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

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Before Jiang Ning could finish speaking, Yue Buqun continued.

"Ah."

Jiang Ning nodded.

Yue Buqun wasn't too surprised and simply nodded.

Tianmen Daoist paused, remaining silent as if he hadn't heard anything.

Jiang Ning continued, "The interrogation has been completed. The one who led the ambush on Master Tianmen this time was Ji Wuchang, a notorious figure from Qinghai, who was instructed by Zuo Lengchan."

"A ruthless tyrant from Qinghai?"

Upon hearing this name, Yue Buqun looked surprised.

They clearly knew this name.

"Master, is this person very famous?"

Linghu Chong was somewhat puzzled.

Yue Buqun glanced at him.

"He's not very famous, but his master is called the White-Boarded Demon Star."

Upon hearing the words "Whiteboard Demon Star," Linghu Chong's eyes showed a look of recollection, as if he had heard the name somewhere before. After thinking carefully, he remembered that when he was young, Ning Zhongze had used this person to scare Yue Lingshan, and Linghu Chong had asked who this person was.

"The Whiteboard Killer is a notorious figure even among the heretics."

Feng Buping's face turned ugly. He said, "It is said that the Whiteboard Fiend has a strange appearance. He has no nose, and his whole face is like a whiteboard. He likes to eat children."

Yue Buqun also frowned: "More than ten years ago, the Whiteboard Killer was infamous in the martial arts world. Then he suddenly disappeared. I thought he was dead. I didn't expect that his disciple had joined Zuo Lengchan. I suppose the Whiteboard Killer is now in the Songshan Sect."

After speaking, Yue Buqun looked at Jiang Ning and asked, "Were the Hengshan Sect and the Hengshan Sect attacked?"

Jiang Ning shook his head.

"Those who attacked Master Tianmen didn't know either."

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun frowned again and turned to look at Tianmen Daoist.

At this moment, the Taoist of the Heavenly Gate still had the same expression as before.

"Brother Tao."

Seeing him like this, Yue Buqun comforted him, saying, "The dead cannot be brought back to life, please take care of yourself, brother."

The Taoist priest of Tianmen remained silent.

Normally, Tianmen Daoren has a fiery temper, but at this moment he is unusually calm.

But Yue Buqun knew that Tianmen Daoist's inner world at this moment was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

True sorrow is not loud and boisterous, but deathly silence.

“Brother Dao, Zuo Lengchan is now disregarding the alliance of the Five Mountains and attacking us. I’m afraid he won’t succeed this time and will send more people to deal with us later. Why don’t you and I return to Mount Hua first and discuss this further?”

Yue Buqun said to Tianmen Daoist.

He was a little worried that Tianmen Daoist would go and settle scores with Zuo Lengchan without any regard for the consequences.

The Taishan Sect is currently facing internal and external troubles, and we don't know what's going on with Hengshan and Hengshan. The most urgent task is to contact Master Mo and Abbess Dingyi as soon as possible.

Tianmen Daoist shook his head.

"Sect Leader Yue, I have nothing to do but return to Mount Tai to take care of some matters. We will meet again at Mount Song this June."

The Taoist Tianmen spoke in a very calm tone, almost excessively so.

Tianmen Daoist looked at the dead bodies of his disciples with calm eyes, but a fire of anger was burning in his heart.

The Five Sacred Mountains Alliance Conference in June will be the time for him and Zuo Lengchan to settle accounts.

Chapter 275: Collecting the Corpse

Hearing Tianmen Daoist say this, Yue Buqun knew that he had still maintained his rationality and was not going to seek revenge on Zuo Lengchan right now, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Junior Nephew Li is still recuperating on Mount Hua. Why don’t you come back to Mount Hua with us first, and then return to Mount Tai after Junior Nephew Li has recovered?”

Of the people Tianmen Daoist brought this time, only Li Jinyu, who went to Mount Hua to deliver the message, was still alive. The rest were all dead. Yue Buqun was a little worried that if Tianmen Daoist went back like this, he would probably encounter another ambush on the way.

"Let Jinyu recuperate at Mount Hua. He can go to Mount Song with you, Sect Leader Yue, later."

Tianmen Daoist rejected Yue Buqun's proposal.

Seeing that Tianmen Daoist was determined to leave, Yue Buqun had no choice but to nod.

"In that case, please be careful on your journey, fellow Daoist."

Tianmen Daoist nodded slightly, looked at the corpses on the ground, and then began to collect the disciples' bodies without saying a word throughout the entire process.

Jiang Ning, Yue Buqun, Feng Buping, and the others remained silent and stepped forward to help.

At this time, Lu Dayou and other Huashan disciples also arrived one after another.

"Master, Uncle-Master."

The Huashan disciples were shocked to see so many corpses on the ground, and fell silent when they saw that many of them were the bodies of Taishan disciples.

"You came just in time."

Yue Buqun didn't say much.

"Let's help collect the remains of the Taishan Sect disciples."

"Yes."

"Master."

Lu Dayou, Liang Fa, and other Huashan disciples nodded in agreement and began to help.

At this moment, Maodou was idly wandering around and soon came to the donkey that Yue Buqun had ridden when he arrived.

At this moment, the donkey lay on the ground, panting with its mouth wide open, looking completely exhausted.

"Uh-huh-huh."

Maodou looked at it, then at itself, shook its head, grunted a few times, and then left.

As darkness fell and the pursuit by Tianmen Daoist and Ji Wuchang had stretched the battle lines too thin, resulting in the deaths of many Taishan Sect disciples along the way, coupled with the snowfall, it took Lu Dayou and the other Huashan disciples considerable time to search. They finally managed to collect all the bodies of the Taishan Sect disciples before dawn.

"Master, the remains of my fellow disciples from the Mount Tai Sect are all here."

Jiang Ning approached Yue Buqun and said.

At this moment, dozens of corpses lay on the open ground in front of them, all of them disciples of the Mount Tai Sect.

"Ah."

Yue Buqun nodded, then looked towards Tianmen Daoist.

"Brother Tao."

Yue Buqun said, "This place is too far from Mount Tai. Why not let my nephews' remains be buried on Mount Hua?"

"Bury him here."

The Taoist priest of Tianmen shook his head.

"I will come back later to take their remains back to Mount Tai, so I won't trouble you any further."

Seeing that Tianmen Daoist said this, Yue Buqun had no choice but to nod. He then ordered his disciples to dig soil to bury the dead Taishan disciples.

As dawn broke, the Huashan disciples, who had been busy all night, finally buried all the bodies of the Taishan disciples.

Tianmen Daoist looked at the rows of burial mounds and the wooden tombstones in front of him.

“Establishment…Cheng Yin…”

The Taoist Tianmen's lips trembled as he softly recited the names carved on the wooden board; each name belonged to his disciple.

These disciples, who had been lively and cheerful all the way, are now all cold, lifeless corpses buried in these mounds of earth.

"You rest here for now. It won't be long before I take you all home."

The Taoist priest at Tianmen slowly stroked the wooden plaque, muttering to himself.

Yue Buqun did not bother him again.

"Sect Leader Yue."

At this moment, Tianmen Daoist finally came to his senses and looked at Yue Buqun, cupping his hands in greeting.

"Farewell."

Seeing that Tianmen Daoist was about to leave, Yue Buqun nodded.

"Brother, please take care on your journey."

Tianmen Daoist nodded, then bowed to Feng Buping and Jiang Ning before turning and leaving.

"Master, what should we do with those corpses?"

Linghu Chong then spoke up and asked.

The corpses of those martial arts figures who ambushed the Taishan Sect are now all lying exposed in the wilderness.

"Do not care."

Yue Buqun's expression was somewhat indifferent.

"There are wild animals roaming around, so let them feed the wolves and dogs here."

Last night, while collecting the bodies, many Huashan disciples heard wolf howls. This place is sparsely populated and frequented by wild animals.

When facing the group of martial arts figures who had previously surrounded Mount Hua, Yue Buqun would at least have dug a pit to bury them in peace. But when facing these subordinates of Zuo Lengchan, Yue Buqun didn't even have the heart to dig a pit.

"Yes, Master."

Linghu Chong was somewhat surprised, but he nodded nonetheless.

"Okay, let's go back."

Yue Buqun then spoke.

Although they couldn't save the lives of these Taishan disciples this time, they at least saved Tianmen Daoist.

"Master."

Jiang Ning then approached Yue Buqun and said, "About what Uncle Tianmen mentioned earlier..."

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun's expression remained indifferent. He said, "Your senior uncle Tianmen is right. If we continue to allow someone as unscrupulous as Zuo Lengchan to be the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, it will be a threat to all four of our sects."

If Yue Buqun had previously hesitated about whether to vie for the position of leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, there's nothing more to say now.

"Even if I cannot take the position of leader of the alliance, I will never let Zuo Lengchan continue to hold it."

Yue Buqun's face was cold, and his words were also icy.

However, this chill was not directed at Jiang Ning, but at Zuo Lengchan.

Yue Buqun is now extremely dissatisfied with Zuo Lengchan.

"Is Master going to become the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance?"

Before Jiang Ning could speak, Linghu Chong exclaimed in delight.

"Great."

Linghu Chong clenched his fist, looking somewhat excited, as if Yue Buqun was already the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance.

Yue Buqun ignored his eldest disciple's embarrassing appearance and continued to say to Jiang Ning, "Zuo Lengchan has already made a move against the Taishan Sect, and I'm afraid he will also make a move against our other three sects. Be careful when you go out to travel later, and come back immediately if anything goes wrong."

Jiang Ning nodded: "Don't worry, Master."

Yue Buqun nodded and said nothing more.

Seeing that Yue Buqun ignored him and treated him like air, Linghu Chong awkwardly fell silent.

Unlike their emergency rescue mission on the way here, Yue Buqun and Jiang Ning's group spent more than a day riding donkeys back to Mount Hua.

The news of their return was also reported to Ning Zhongze by his disciples. As soon as Yue Buqun reached the Thousand-Foot Cliff, he saw Ning Zhongze and Taishan disciple Li Jinyu already waiting for him.

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