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

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"father!"

Yilin blushed and said, "Brother Linghu already has someone he likes, how can you say such a thing?"

"Have you found someone you like?"

Bu Jie was taken aback for a moment, then said indifferently, "Who cares about his sweetheart? Anyway, no woman in the world is as beautiful as my daughter. Linghu Chong, I'm betrothing my daughter to you. Consider it a bargain for you."

"Absolutely not!"

Linghu Chong was shocked and quickly refused.

Jiang Ning's face also darkened.

“Master, my master has already betrothed his daughter, Senior Sister Lingshan, to my senior brother. He is already engaged and it is not appropriate for him to marry Senior Sister Yilin. Besides, Senior Sister Yilin is a disciple of Hengshan and has entered the Buddhist order. How can she become someone else’s wife? Please be careful with your words.”

Zheng E's face also turned angry: "Master Bujie! Even if Junior Sister Yilin is your daughter, she is a disciple of my Hengshan Sect, a Buddhist disciple. Whether she should leave the monastic life and get married is a decision for my Hengshan Sect! If you continue to talk nonsense, I will tell my master and sect leader about this when I get back!"

Bu Jie has a carefree personality. After hearing Jiang Ning's words, he instinctively wanted to say, "Why not? Isn't Yi Lin's mother a nun too?"

But after seeing that Jiang Ning's expression didn't seem like he was joking, he chose to shut up.

He felt that if he continued to say anything inappropriate or did anything bad to Yue Lingshan, the other party would really take action.

"Master, please don't joke like that."

Linghu Chong also said solemnly, "My junior sister and I are in love with each other. I have no feelings for anyone else and will never marry another woman. I only have brotherly feelings for junior sister Yilin and absolutely no romantic feelings for her."

After receiving Jiang Ning's warning, Bu Jie stopped talking nonsense, and even after hearing Linghu Chong's words, he remained silent.

On the contrary, Yilin looked dazed, as if the news of Linghu Chong's marriage to Yue Lingshan had deeply affected her, and she only came back to her senses after hearing Linghu Chong's next words.

"Father, I am indeed very grateful to Brother Linghu for risking his life to save me, but I only feel gratitude and brotherly affection towards him. I have already pledged my life to Buddhism, so please don't say anything that would force me to die."

Yilin had a sorrowful expression that made her look pitiful.

Yilin spoke softly, but Bujie exclaimed in alarm, "Alright, alright, Lin'er, Father won't say anymore, Father won't say anymore, don't try to kill yourself."

Yilin said to Linghu Chong, "Brother Linghu, my father is talking nonsense, don't take it seriously."

Linghu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly, "No, no."

Yilin looked at him, her eyes brimming with emotion, as if she had endless things to say, but she held back in the end and said, "Brother Linghu, congratulations on your marriage to Senior Sister Yue."

Linghu Chong looked at her, unsure of what to say, and finally managed a smile.

"Thank you for your words."

He knew that Yilin liked him, but that was all he could do; his heart belonged only to Yue Lingshan.

Jiang Ning shook his head upon seeing this.

Foolish, foolish, foolish.

The atmosphere, which had been improving, cooled down again because of Bujie.

Zheng E led Jiang Ning and the other two to find other Hengshan disciples who were making purchases, and prepared to return to Hengshan with the food they had bought.

It's not far from Hengshan, but it was already dark when we arrived at Hengshan.

The main peak of Hengshan is Jianxing Peak. When the group arrived at the foot of Hengshan, several Hengshan disciples went up the mountain first to report that Abbess Dingxian had come from Huashan Sect. When they reached the middle of the mountain, they saw a group of nuns hurrying down the mountain. Jiang Ning had very good eyesight and saw that the one leading them was Abbess Dingyi.

"Nephew greets Uncle Dingyi."

Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong bowed to each other.

"When did you arrive in Shanxi? Did Sect Leader Yue send you?"

Master Dingyi got straight to the point. When she heard her disciple report that the two people from the Huashan Sect who came to visit were Linghu Chong and Jiang Ning, she was surprised. She thought that the two had come to Hengshan on the orders of Yue Buqun and that something important had happened. So she went down the mountain to greet them herself.

Seeing the serious expression on Ding Yi's face, Jiang Ning said.

"Uncle-Master, my fellow disciple and I were traveling through the martial world when we passed through Shanxi, so we came to Hengshan to pay our respects."

Dingyi's face relaxed upon hearing this.

"I see."

Startled her.

"Come up with me."

Dingyi spoke to Jiang Ning and the other person, while pretending not to see Bujie standing to the side.

The main temple of the Hengshan Sect is Wuse Temple, and its abbess is Abbess Dingxian. Abbess Dingyi is the abbess of Baiyun Temple. When passing by Baiyun Temple, Abbess Dingyi did not stop. After instructing the other Hengshan disciples to take the food with them, she continued to lead Jiang Ning and the other two up the mountain. Bujie also left with Yilin.

Upon arriving at Wuse Nunnery, Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong saw a rather desolate nunnery standing before them.

Wuse Temple, the main temple of Hengshan, is very small, with only two entrances.

Upon entering the nunnery, one sees an old nun sitting on a prayer mat, with a statue of Guanyin in front of her. Apart from that, there are no other furnishings in the nunnery, which can be described as very simple.

Jiang Ning was visiting Hengshan for the first time, but he was surprised to see how simple the place was.

Linghu Chong wasn't surprised. He had been to Hengshan with Yue Buqun before and knew that this place was like this. However, he was amazed that it was still the same as before and that it was hard to imagine how the disciples of the Hengshan Sect could cultivate in such an environment, especially Master Dingxian who had been cultivating here for decades.

"Nephew greets Uncle Dingxian."

The old nun on the futon is Dingxian.

Master Dingxian nodded upon seeing Jiang Ning and his companion, and said...

"Please take a seat."

Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong looked at the empty room and exchanged bewildered glances.

Chapter 537: Abbess Dingxian

Dingxian didn't really intend for Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong to sit on the ground. A Hengshan disciple came in carrying two prayer mats and placed them on the ground.

After the two sat down, Abbess Dingxian asked, "How has Alliance Leader Yue been lately?"

Jiang Ning said, "Thank you for your concern, Uncle-Master. My master is in good health."

Master Dingxian nodded and looked at Jiang Ning, saying:

"There's something I need to tell you."

Master Dingxian said, "We received news that some time ago, Ren Woxing gathered a large number of his men in Pingding Prefecture to attack Blackwood Cliff and fight Dongfang Bubai. However, the two sides did not fight in the end. For some reason, Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai chose to fight each other. After Ren Woxing was defeated, he left Blackwood Cliff with his men."

Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong exchanged a glance, and Jiang Ning said, "Uncle-Master, we already know about this."

"Oh?"

Master Dingxian was surprised.

Linghu Chong said, "Uncle-Master, we not only know, but my junior brother and I even witnessed Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai's great battle at the top of Blackwood Cliff."

Master Dingyi looked at the two of them in surprise: "What? You were at Blackwood Cliff back then?"

Jiang Ning then recounted in detail how they infiltrated the area and what Dongfang Bubai had said to Ren Woxing, but he did not mention Liu Zhengfeng.

Master Dingyi and Master Dingxian were extremely surprised.

Master Dingxian nodded. "I see, it was for the Three Corpse Brain God Pill."

Master Dingyi said in surprise, "You two are truly skilled and daring, daring to go to Blackwood Cliff. Wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if you were discovered?"

"Uncle-Master, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Although this trip was risky, it was worth it to meet Dongfang Bubai."

Linghu Chong said, "You don't know, Dongfang Bubai truly deserves to be called the number one in the world. His martial arts are so high that they have never been seen before. Even when Ren Woxing and five other masters attacked him, he was still able to handle them with ease and play Ren Woxing in the palm of his hand."

Ren Woxing's strength was among the best in the entire martial arts world, but even he and five other top masters couldn't touch him, and were easily defeated by Dongfang Bubai, which made Linghu Chong admire him.

Hearing Linghu Chong's words, Master Dingxian and Master Dingyi exchanged a glance but remained silent.

Master Dingxian sighed slightly and said, "Dongfang Bubai is indeed a formidable person."

Even just listening to Jiang Ning recount the process, she could sense Dongfang Bubai's powerful martial arts and mental strength.

Linghu Chong nodded and said, "It's a pity he didn't kill Ren Woxing."

Master Dingxian shook her head. "He would never kill Ren Woxing."

Linghu Chong was surprised by Master Dingxian's certainty and asked, "Why?"

Master Dingxian glanced at him and said, "Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai are like fire and water. The Demonic Sect is split in two because of the two of them, making it the weakest it has ever been. In order to prevent our righteous path from gathering manpower to counterattack Blackwood Cliff during this period, Dongfang Bubai needs Ren Woxing to attract the attention of our righteous path, or rather, to make us fight Ren Woxing and exhaust each other's strength to achieve his goal. Therefore, he will not let Ren Woxing die."

Master Dingyi and Linghu Chong looked astonished.

Jiang Ning looked thoughtful.

"Sect Leader, why is Dongfang Bubai so certain that Ren Woxing will attack us?"

Master Dingyi frowned, puzzled.

Master Dingxian said.

"Dongfang Bubai was very shrewd. Through the battle at Blackwood Cliff, he made Ren Woxing understand the gap between the two of them, and at the same time made Ren Woxing give up the idea of ​​causing him trouble again in a short period of time."

"However, Ren Woxing is not a peaceful person. He has great ambitions. Although he was defeated by Dongfang Bubai, it does not mean that he will accept his fate. Since he cannot defeat Dongfang Bubai, he will try every means to strengthen his own strength and power. Now, almost all the people of the three religions and nine schools of martial arts are under Ren Woxing's command. Ren Woxing no longer has a source to absorb and strengthen his power, but he still needs a lot of experts. Therefore, my righteous sects are his target. So Dongfang Bubai is certain that after Ren Woxing was defeated at Blackwood Cliff, he will definitely take action against the righteous sects, then swallow up the righteous sects and fight Dongfang Bubai again."

Linghu Chong still didn't understand what Master Dingxian was saying.

"Uncle-Master, isn't Dongfang Bubai afraid that Ren Woxing will see through his scheme?"

Before Abbess Dingxian could explain further, Jiang Ning took the initiative to speak.

"He's not afraid of being exposed."

"Because Dongfang Bubai knows Ren Woxing very well, Ren Woxing will never tolerate another person being on equal footing with him, nor will he give up the hatred of being imprisoned for more than ten years. He will definitely make a comeback, but before that, Ren Woxing will definitely try his best to strengthen his power. Therefore, it is inevitable that Ren Woxing will take action against my righteous path. Similarly, Ren Woxing must also know Dongfang Bubai's scheme, but he must do it, and he can only do it. He will not hide. If he chooses to hide, then he is not Ren Woxing."

"The most important point is that, regardless of whether Ren Woxing does what Dongfang Bubai wants, he can still achieve his goal."

Master Dingxian glanced at him and nodded.

"good."

Linghu Chong and Abbess Dingyi asked at the same time, "Why?"

Jiang Ning didn't need to answer this question; Abbess Dingxian had already replied: "Because we know what kind of person Ren Woxing is. Even if Ren Woxing doesn't make any more moves and goes into hiding, our eyes will still be on him. Compared to Dongfang Bubai, Ren Woxing poses a greater danger to the martial arts world. As long as Ren Woxing doesn't die, we have to keep a close eye on him at all times."

Jiang Ning and Abbess Dingxian's words astonished Linghu Chong and Abbess Dingyi. They found it hard to believe, but their analysis left them no choice but to accept it.

Now that the personal feud between Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai has come to an end, it could even be said that because of this crushing defeat, Ren Woxing may have come to realize the reality that he will no longer think about dealing with Dongfang Bubai until he can defeat him in one fell swoop. Ren Woxing may turn his guns on the righteous path.

With Ren Woxing no longer posing a threat to Dongfang Bubai, and with Ren Woxing standing in front, Dongfang Bubai's forces would not be damaged. In addition, he obtained the Three Corpse Brain God Pill and had time to refine it, which would allow him to better control his subordinates. This was a win-win situation.

Linghu Chong was utterly astonished. He hadn't expected that the Dongfang Bubai he met at Blackwood Cliff would be so cunning and have such a precise grasp of people's hearts.

No wonder the other party was able to usurp Ren Woxing's position and cause him to suffer a crushing defeat.

"I will write to the other sect leaders later and tell them to be prepared. Nephew Jiang, Nephew Linghu, you should also remind Alliance Leader Yue to be prepared after you return to Mount Hua."

Master Dingxian said.

Jiang Ning nodded. "Don't worry, Uncle-Master."

Master Dingxian nodded and then brought up another matter.

"There's one more thing I need to ask you. A few days ago, Hengshan received news that you massacred the Beggars' Sect's branch in Yanping Prefecture. Now the entire Beggars' Sect is very hostile towards your Huashan Sect. Is this true?"

Chapter 538: Bu Jie and Linghu Chong (Arrogant, Martial Emperor 4/8)

Jiang Ning was slightly surprised that the events that had occurred in Yanping Prefecture had even reached the Hengshan Sect in Shanxi, so the entire martial arts world must already know about them.

"Indeed, it was done by my fellow apprentice and me."

Upon seeing Jiang Ning's admission, Ding Xian frowned.

"Why?"

Linghu Chong said indignantly, "Uncle-Master, what that Beggars' Sect branch did was heinous, they..."

After hearing Linghu Chong recount the deeds of the Beggars' Sect's Yanping branch, Dingxian and Dingyi were first astonished, then Dingyi was furious, while Dingxian looked reluctant.

"Amitabha."

Master Dingxian closed her eyes as she listened.

"Sect Leader, I knew those two wouldn't attack the Beggars' Sect without reason, and it was just as I thought!"