The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun

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The other elders were arguing fiercely, all clamoring to go to Mount Hua and demand an explanation from Yue Buqun.

However fierce they were, and how indignant they were, they were all unusually calm inside, secretly observing Jie Feng from their own perspectives to see what his attitude was towards the matter.

They were indeed furious when they learned that Jiang Ning had massacred the Beggars' Sect branch, but that was all.

To capture Mount Hua?

joke.

In the past two years, thousands of martial arts practitioners have already risked their lives to show the world just how absurd the idea of ​​attacking Mount Hua is.

Nowadays, anyone who isn't mentally unstable wouldn't actually want to besiege Mount Hua; the effort and reward wouldn't be proportional.

All the elders were watching to see how Jie Feng would handle the matter, since he was probably the angrier among them at the moment.

Because his illegitimate son, the Qinglian Envoy, died at Jiang Ning's hands.

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Jie Feng's face was extremely gloomy at this moment.

Just as everyone was speculating how he would handle the matter, someone burst into the hall.

"Gang leader!"

The person who came in was a young man, who looked somewhat similar to Jie Feng.

"Chief! The Huashan Sect has dared to provoke our Beggars' Sect so much, we must teach them a lesson!"

The young man who entered looked angry.

The elders in the hall were not surprised to see the young man, for he was the White Lotus Envoy, another illegitimate son of Jie Feng.

However, everyone was surprised when they heard his words.

Weren't you the one with the worst relationship with your half-brother? You should be happy that he's dead.

At this moment, Xie Feng, who was in a fit of anger, glanced coldly at the young man after seeing him, causing the young man to swallow his words again.

How could he, as a father, not know what the young man was thinking? Saying these things now is nothing but crocodile tears and feigned compassion.

Now that he had calmed down, he looked at the Beggar Clan disciple and asked, "Tell me the details of what happened, without omitting anything."

The Beggars' Sect disciple who had escaped from Yanping and returned to the sect's headquarters recounted the entire incident.

Everyone listened attentively, and when they heard Jiang Ning leading the dozens of disabled children out, they understood why the other side had attacked the Beggars' Sect without warning.

The expressions on everyone's faces gradually turned grim.

The other side's chivalrous acts have crossed the line into the Beggars' Sect.

"Chief, in my opinion, we should immediately write to Yue Buqun, the head of the Huashan Sect, and ask him whether Ning Yanwang's actions were his personal will or the Huashan Sect's will. If Ning Yanwang represents the Huashan Sect, then our Beggars' Sect may have to go to war with the Huashan Sect as well."

An elder looked at Jie Feng and spoke.

Previously, they had all been talking about going to war with the Huashan Sect, but they hadn't really thought about it. However, after listening to the Beggar Clan disciple's words, they all changed their minds.

Given the other party's personality, even if the Beggars' Clan doesn't cause trouble later, they won't let it go.

Jie Feng's face was also very gloomy at this moment, but he did not express his opinion. After thinking for a long time, he did not answer the previous question, but said: "You should pass on the message to each branch, tell them to stop recently, stop doing it, and hide those things so that no one can find any evidence against them."

Jie Feng still did not act rashly or initiate hostility with the Huashan Sect. On the one hand, the other side had many experts. Although their Beggars' Sect had many people, they could not compare with the Huashan Sect in terms of top experts. On the other hand, although the Huashan Sect seemed to have only a little over a hundred people, the other side was now the leader of the Xinwei Righteous Alliance. On January 1st of this year, the five sects of Emei, Huashan and Taishan announced an alliance on Mount Emei, with Yue Buqun of the Huashan Sect serving as the leader.

Now that these five factions are closely connected, any change in one will affect the whole situation. They will inevitably clash with the other four factions, which makes Xie Feng very cautious.

"Boss, are we just going to let this go?"

One of the elders frowned, clearly dissatisfied with Jie Feng's decision.

It's easy to hide those things, and it's easy to stop doing them for now, but what about later? Are they just going to stop doing them forever? If they don't harvest and mutilate animals, and don't sell women and children, where will their Beggars' Sect get its income? Just by begging? Can the meager earnings from begging sustain a huge Beggars' Sect? Then they really would just be beggars.

The Beggars' Sect leaders, who would have benefited from these two things, would absolutely not agree to it.

"Don't act rashly yet. Let me go to Shaolin and see the abbot first."

Jie Feng was not going to let this go easily. He just didn't want to directly confront the Huashan Sect, so he asked Shaolin first.

The Beggars' Clan is now underlings of your Shaolin Temple, always following you wherever you say they will. Now that they've been bullied, is your Shaolin Temple going to do anything about it? Will you stand up for us?

The Beggars' Sect elders were relieved to learn of Jie Feng's plan.

"So, are we just going to do nothing now?"

An elder asked, his face filled with anger.

The other elders also hesitated to speak, all preferring to teach the Huashan Sect a lesson first, otherwise the other side would think they were easy to bully.

Jie Feng's expression calmed down at this moment, and he said, "Send a letter to Huashan to ask what Headmaster Yue means. Then send someone to find out where Jiang Ning is now and whether he has returned to Huashan. Finally, send some people to Shaanxi to keep a close watch on the Huashan Sect and see what they do."

Although the elders were dissatisfied, they knew that this was the only way to go, and they all nodded in agreement.

After arranging these matters, Jie Feng went back to his room to write a letter to Yue Buqun.

After finishing writing, Jie Feng had someone deliver the letter and then set off for Shaolin Temple.

……

End of December.

After another month of travel, Jiang Ning and his group finally entered Shaanxi territory.

With dozens of children to carry and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the journey was slow. However, once they entered Shaanxi province, they were not far from Mount Hua.

At this time, Jiang Ning and his group arrived in a small town in Shaanxi Province.

Jiang Ning prepared to part ways with Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi temporarily.

"Where are you going?"

Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi were taken aback when they heard that Jiang Ning was not planning to return to Mount Hua now.

Jiang Ning said, "I plan to travel around and visit the capital while I'm at it."

"The capital?"

Linghu Chong immediately realized what was going on.

Are you going to see your friend?

"Ah."

Jiang Ning nodded.

Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Then I'll go with you."

After a moment, Linghu Chong spoke, then looked at Lin Pingzhi.

“Junior Brother Lin, then I’ll trouble you to take this silver and them back to Mount Hua. If Master asks about it, just say that Junior Brother went to the capital to see a friend and I went with him.”

"what?"

Lin Pingzhi was taken aback.

"Don't worry, we're already in Shaanxi Province, so we're unlikely to encounter any danger. Go back home with peace of mind."

Linghu Chong patted Lin Pingzhi on the shoulder.

After the last large-scale bandit suppression, the security situation in Shaanxi has improved significantly. In addition, Yue Buqun sends his disciples down the mountain every year to train in the area, so they are unlikely to encounter any danger.

Lin Pingzhi didn't know what to say.

He wasn't worried about safety; he just wanted to go with Jiang Ning, but Linghu Chong said it first.

"Ok."

Lin Pingzhi nodded helplessly. "Then, Senior Brother, you and Senior Brother Jiang Ning should be careful on your journey."

Linghu Chong nodded with a smile.

"sure."

Jiang Ning originally intended to go alone, but after hearing that Linghu Chong had made all the arrangements, he didn't say anything.

The two parted ways in this small town.

"Don't worry, junior brother."

Seeing that only the two of them remained, Linghu Chong changed his address for Jiang Ning back to "Junior Brother".

Linghu Chong winked at Jiang Ning, grinning as if he already knew what was going on, and said, "Are you afraid that if you go back to Mount Hua this time, your master won't let you leave the mountain?"

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Linghu Chong felt he had seen through Jiang Ning's thoughts.

Jiang Ning smiled slightly.

See through, don’t say through.

Linghu Chong chuckled and stopped pressing the question, instead asking, "Junior Brother, you've been to the capital. Was it fun?"

Jiang Ning thought about the places Zhu Shou had taken him to last time and nodded: "They were quite interesting."

Linghu Chong's eyes lit up.

Do you have any good wine?

Jiang Ning couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't know that."

He hardly drinks and hasn't paid attention to those things.

Linghu Chong was already pondering how to sneak away from Jiang Ning to drink.

Jiang Ning was unaware of his thoughts, and the two continued walking towards the capital.

……

Huashan.

"Disciple Lin Pingzhi greets Master."

Lin Pingzhi finally returned to Mount Hua with the dozens of disabled children and the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

However, he left the children and silver at the foot of the mountain to be looked after by the villagers of Huaming Village, while he went up Mount Hua to report back.

"Why are you alone? Where are your senior brother and Jiang Ning?"

Yue Buqun looked at Lin Pingzhi alone and couldn't help but ask.

Lin Pingzhi replied, "Reporting to Master, my senior brother said he was going to the capital to visit a friend, and my eldest senior brother was accompanying him, so he asked me to return first."

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun frowned. He was still thinking of asking Jiang Ning if he had found anything about the Southern Shaolin Temple during his trip to Fujian, and he also wanted to ask about the specific situation of the Beggars' Sect's Yanping branch.

Yue Buqun thought carefully for a while, then looked at Lin Pingzhi and asked, "Pingzhi, what were the specific details of the Beggars' Sect branch you destroyed in Yanping? Were you involved? What was the situation inside?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Pingzhi quickly recounted the entire incident in detail.

Yue Buqun's brows were already furrowed, but his expression became even more gloomy after hearing Lin Pingzhi's words.

Yue Buqun sat in the main seat, tapping the table lightly with his index finger, without saying a word.

After a while.

"Where are the children you brought?"

Yue Buqun spoke, but instead of mentioning the Beggars' Sect, he asked about the children.

Lin Pingzhi quickly replied, "This disciple has settled them all in Huaming Village, and the silver that was seized from the Beggars' Sect branch is also stored there."

Yue Buqun nodded, stood up and said, "Pingzhi, you must be tired from your journey back from Fuzhou. Go and rest first. I will leave the rest to your other senior brothers."

"Yes, Master."

After Lin Pingzhi left, he went out of the hall to go back to his room, but there was already someone waiting for him outside.

"Junior brother Lin."

Hearing the voice beside him, Lin Pingzhi turned around and found that it was Yue Lingshan calling him.