In the Purple Cloud Temple, there indeed were the head Sect Leaders of the five major branches of the Emei sect, but aside from these five Sect Leaders, the rest were bandits from the central Sichuan forests!
What are these bandits? The term 'forest heroes' used in martial arts novels refers to them.
Of course, among the bandits, there might be a few heroic figures, but most of them were robbers, who after committing murder and breaking the law, and finding themselves desperate, turned to banditry.
During the tumultuous years of war, bandit lairs were also called forests, but many of these bandits were a scourge on the common people, for what could they eat or drink if they didn't prey on them?
In this day and age, there were still bandits; these people were mostly martial artists, and the reason they were called bandits was that they were a group of well-fed scoundrels who, having no other choice, burrowed into mouse holes, or were on the wanted list.
