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

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The way Tianmen Daoist was going all out surprised not only Yu Panzi and Ding Mian, but also Fang Zheng, Chongxu, and Zhenshanzi, who all stared at the scene with slightly wide eyes.

Are the Five Mountains Sword Sects about to start fighting?

Master Qingwei was also taken aback.

Wasn't it said that the Five Mountains Sword Sects were as close as family? How come what she saw was not the same as what she thought?

Upon hearing Tianmen Daoist's words, Yue Buqun sensed that things were going wrong and quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Brother Dao, I think Alliance Leader Zuo and the others must have some important matters that have delayed them."

After speaking, Yue Buqun looked at Zuo Lengchan and said, "This matter originally belonged to my Huashan Sect. I am deeply grateful to Alliance Leader Zuo for coming from afar to support my Huashan Sect."

At this moment, Zuo Lengchan's expression remained unchanged. Upon hearing Yue Buqun's words, a look of guilt appeared on his face. He stepped forward and took Yue Buqun's hand, saying with shame, "It is indeed true that our Songshan Sect is late. Brother Tianmen is right. Our Five Mountains Sword Sects have been allied for a hundred years, and our relationship is extraordinary. We should have arrived here much earlier, but we have been late. This is my fault, Brother Yue, please do not blame me."

At this point, Zuo Lengchan's voice choked up slightly as he said, "Fortunately, Brother Yue single-handedly turned the tide. Otherwise, if the Huashan Sect had truly fallen victim to the Demonic Sect, I, as the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, would have been utterly unworthy of the trust placed in me."

Zuo Lengchan held Yue Buqun's hand and spoke with sincerity and earnestness, as if his words came from the bottom of his heart.

Chapter 243 Let’s get straight to the point

Seeing Zuo Lengchan's appearance, Tianmen Daoist couldn't help but snort and was about to speak again, but he held back after seeing Yue Buqun.

"Master Uncle, please calm down."

Jiang Ning came up behind Tianmen Daoist and whispered.

He knew that Tianmen Daoist was unable to control his emotions because he was furious about the Songshan Sect's plan to annex the other four sects, but that was the truth, and anger was useless.

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Tianmen Daoist glanced back at him, said nothing, and fell silent.

He was increasingly displeased with the Songshan Sect. If it weren't for the presence of people from Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, and Kunlun, Tianmen Daoist's fiery temper would have immediately led him to question Zuo Lengchan.

Hearing Zuo Lengchan's words, Yue Buqun smiled and said, "Hehe, all of this is thanks to my disciple Jiang Ning. If it weren't for him, Mount Hua would have been besieged for who knows how long."

Jiangning?

Everyone's expression changed slightly.

Jiang Ning's name has become quite famous recently, and it can be said that Jiang Ning has been the most controversial topic in the martial arts world for the past two years.

In March of this year, Jiang Ning personally killed Tian Boguang, a notorious womanizer in Hanzhong. He then went to Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan and wiped out Yu Canghai's entire sect. The Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect, who was chasing after him, fled in panic. All these events have shaken the martial arts world.

Although Jiang Ning himself has not been active in the martial arts world this year, his legend is already circulating everywhere.

Now everyone in the martial arts world knows that the Huashan Sect has produced a young master.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Kunlun Sect Leader Zhenshanzi looked at Jiang Ning in the crowd and smiled, "This must be the recently renowned King Ning, right?"

The name of Jiangning's King of Hell has already spread to Kunlun, beyond the Central Plains.

Everyone turned to look at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning was easy to identify. He was the youngest among Tianmen Daoist, Dingyi Shita Ning Zhongze, and others, and he was wearing Huashan Sect clothing. Yue Buqun even brought him along to welcome the various sects. No one else was chosen for such special treatment.

"Junior Jiang Ning of Huashan Sect greets Senior."

Jiang Ning stepped forward, bowed to Zhen Shanzi, and then also addressed Fang Zheng and the others.

He didn't have to come out. Yue Buqun asked him to come along to meet the leaders of the various sects, and he didn't have to be in this scene. He could have just been a bystander. However, Yue Buqun mentioned his name and Zhenshanzi spoke to him, so he had no choice but to step forward.

"Truly a young prodigy!"

Zhen Shanzi looked at Jiang Ning with an expression of appreciation on his face.

Jiang Ning is indeed very young, so young that he can hardly hide his amazing talent.

"Brother Yue, you say that this is all thanks to your disciple. Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

One of the members of the Songshan Sect spoke up.

Yue Buqun looked at the man and smiled, "Brother Han, I have no intention of boasting. This incident was indeed thanks to my disciple Ning'er's overall command. It was he who devised the plan to wipe out that demoness's subordinates in one fell swoop."

Yue Buqun then recounted how Jiang Ning went down the mountain to contact Qingcheng and Emei and how he formulated the plan. Of course, he concealed some details, such as the fact that Mr. Mo had infiltrated the enemy's high command.

Upon hearing his words, Yu Panzi, Ding Mian, and the others looked at Jiang Ning with some skepticism, and then at Tianmen Daoist and Qingwei Shita behind him. Finding that they had no reaction, they realized that Yue Buqun might not be lying.

"more than."

Lu Dayou couldn't help but say, "When we were guarding the mountain, Junior Brother Jiang Ning guarded Thousand-Foot Cliff by himself for seven days and seven nights. No matter how those people below attacked the mountain, not a single one of them could get through."

Lu Dayou always exaggerates when he speaks, and he doubled the time Jiang Ning would have to guard the mountain.

Master Dingyi and the others looked at him with surprise, but said nothing.

"Hehe, Junior Nephew Jiang is truly an outstanding person."

Zuo Lengchan looked at Jiang Ning and smiled, "Brother Yue has truly taught a good disciple. Unlike me, none of my disciples have become successful, let alone someone like Junior Nephew Jiang. Brother Yue, I am truly envious."

Yue Buqun chuckled and said, "To be honest, I didn't teach him much. It's just that this kid practices hard enough and has some talent."

That's what he said, but the smile on Yue Buqun's face showed that he was very satisfied.

Master Dingyi looked at Yue Buqun speechlessly.

She remembered that Yue Buqun had the same expression and tone when he mentioned the clothes Jiang Ning bought for him last time.

Although Zuo Lengchan was also somewhat speechless, after these words, the argument that was almost started by Tianmen Daoist was finally calmed down.

"Leader Zuo, Master Fangzheng, Daoist Chongxu, everyone, please follow me up the mountain. I have already arranged rooms. You have come from afar, so please rest well after you arrive."

Yue Buqun greeted the group as they ascended the mountain.

Neither Fang Zheng nor Chong Xu said anything more.

What shocked them most was the matter of the Emei Sect, but after the interruption just now, they couldn't say anything more. They could only wait until they arranged for people to go to Sichuan to investigate what had happened.

They have more important things to consider right now.

Fang Zheng remained calm as he glanced at Yue Buqun.

Although he didn't know what exactly happened to the Emei Sect, at least one thing was certain: the so-called orthodox Emei sect was definitely related to the Huashan sect.

Moreover, Fang Zheng also noticed that although Dingyi Tianmen Daoist and Master Mo Da had not spoken before, they were clearly leaning towards Yue Buqun, implicitly taking Yue Buqun as their leader.

Fang Zheng, with his keen political sense, immediately realized something and looked towards Zuo Lengchan.

Zuo Lengchan was also feeling somewhat heavy-hearted. Looking at Tianmen Daoist's direct expression of dissatisfaction with the Songshan Sect, and the silence of Dingyi and Master Mo, he realized that all three sects had grievances against him. Not to mention the Huashan Sect, which was the main protagonist of this incident.

Thinking of this, Zuo Lengchan felt that the subsequent merger plan would probably be even more difficult.

Yue Buqun led everyone up to the South Peak, where Linghu Chong and his disciples were already waiting.

"Chong'er, go arrange the rooms and lead the disciples from each sect to rest. Master Fangzheng and the others have come from afar and must be tired from their journey."

Yue Buqun said to Linghu Chong.

"Yes, Master."

Linghu Chong accepted the order and immediately led the Huashan disciples to guide the disciples from the Songshan, Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun and other sects to their guest rooms for accommodation.

Fortunately, Yue Buqun had expanded the guest rooms before, otherwise there really wouldn't have been enough room for so many people.

"Master Fangzheng, Leader Zuo, everyone please."

Yue Buqun led Fang Zheng and other high-ranking members of various factions to sit down in the main hall, and also invited Jiang Ning to join them.

As soon as everyone sat down in the main hall, Fei Bin spoke.

"Brother Yue, although the crisis has been resolved, the root cause is that our Five Mountains Sword Sect is too scattered. As a result, even the subordinate gangs of the Demonic Sect dared to surround Mount Hua. This kind of thing will probably happen more than once in the future. In my opinion, why don't our Five Mountains merge into one sect?"

Chapter 244: The Heavenly Gate Taoist's Sustained Output

Zuo Lengchan had just sat down when he heard Fei Bin's words. Startled, he instinctively tried to get up, but stopped himself and looked at Fei Bin with a bewildered expression.

Oh no, something bad is going to happen.

Zuo Lengchan's heart sank.

"What? Send them together?"

Tianmen Daoist jumped up from his chair, looking at Fei Bin with shock and anger.

Is this really the case?

Despite having known about it beforehand, Tianmen Daoist still couldn't hide his anger when he heard Fei Bin bring it up himself.

Jiang Ning and the others couldn't help but look at Fei Bin with some surprise.

Has he always been this brave?

"Zuo Lengchan! What do you mean?"

Tianmen Daoist glared angrily at Zuo Lengchan.

You were late, fine, but you came so quickly and then you were so direct?

He was truly enraged at this moment, and he stopped calling him the leader of the alliance, instead addressing him by his full name, Zuo Lengchan.

While Master Dingyi and Master Mo Da looked rather grim, they were mentally prepared beforehand and did not lose their composure like Daoist Tianmen.

Although Zuo Lengchan was caught off guard by Fei Bin's move, his expression remained calm.

Faced with Tianmen Daoren's questioning, Zuo Lengchan smiled and said, "Brother Dao, our Five Mountains Sword Sect has been allied for a hundred years and is already like one family. I am honored by your kindness in recommending me as the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance."

"Since I took over as the leader of the alliance many years ago, I have worked day and night without sleep, all for the sake of the future of my Five Mountains Sword Sect."

"A hundred years ago, the Demonic Cult suddenly rose up and wreaked havoc on the martial arts world, harming the righteous path. Our Five Mountains Sword Sect formed an alliance to fight against the Demonic Cult. Although we did not eliminate the Demonic Cult over the past hundred years, we did contain it in Hebei. Until a few decades ago, our Five Mountains Sword Sect underwent a major internal upheaval, and the sword techniques of each sect were lost, and the masters were extinct. The Huashan Sect, especially Brother Yue's, was the most severely affected."

"Over the past few decades, the Demonic Sect's influence has spread throughout the north and south of the country, while our Five Mountains Sword Sect has gradually weakened. As you all know, the sects alone can no longer resist the Demonic Sect. Now it is time for change."

"For many years, I, Zuo, have devoted myself to thinking about the future of the Five Mountains Sword Sect. I have found that there is only one feasible way to do this now, which is to unite the Five Mountains into one sect."

"Only in this way can we resist the evil cult."

Although Zuo Lengchan's voice was somewhat cold, his words sounded very sincere.

However, the Taoist priest of Tianmen did not buy it.

"Our sect has been established for hundreds of years by our founder, Master Dongling. Although I am unable to carry forward the Taishan Sect, I will never allow the three-hundred-year foundation of the Taishan Sect to be buried in my hands!"

Tianmen Daoist's face flushed red, and his voice was extremely loud and resolute.

Master Dingyi's expression was also cold: "I'm sorry, but I cannot agree either."

Mr. Mo looked at everyone and said, "They all disagree, and I disagree too."

Yue Buqun's expression remained largely unchanged as Zuo Lengchan spoke. Only after the other three factions had expressed their opinions did he say, "Alliance Leader Zuo, I cannot agree to this merger of factions."

Without further comment, just one sentence: sending troops is impossible.

Seeing that all four factions had this attitude, Zuo Lengchan was not surprised. He had already guessed it, or rather, he had already guessed it when Fei Bin said those words.

He originally came here to bring together the Five Sacred Mountains, but the plan deviated from his expectations.

Zuo Lengchan originally planned to use the crisis of the Huashan Sect as an excuse to propose a merger, but those people were too useless and were killed in a rout before they even arrived. This excellent opportunity was thus lost.

After arriving at Mount Hua, Zuo Lengchan saw that Tianmen Daoist Dingyi and Master Mo Da were again subtly leading Yue Buqun, and he sensed something was wrong. He knew that the chances of merging the factions were slim.

Things changed, the original plan couldn't be changed, and the chances of success were slim if things continued. Zuo Lengchan planned to slowly create another opportunity to propose and send someone, but Fei Bin immediately revealed himself, leaving Zuo Lengchan in a difficult position.

Now that things have come to this, it's impossible to change your mind, or rather, it was impossible from the moment Fei Bin opened his mouth. Zuo Lengchan could only bite the bullet and propose it.

"Heavenly Gate!"

An old Taoist priest stood up from the Taishan Sect camp and questioned Tianmen Taoist: "The unification of the Five Mountains is an inevitable trend. The Left Alliance Leader has a visionary vision and wants to change the status quo of our Five Mountains Sword Sect. This is an extremely beneficial undertaking for our Taishan Sect. Are you going to obstruct our sect's great cause because of your selfish desires?"

When Tianmen Daoist saw that the person speaking was his uncle, Yujizi, his expression became even angrier.

He already had a poor relationship with Yu Jizi, and now that the other party was the first to stand up against him, the sect leader, Tianmen Daoist was furious and shouted, "Yu Jizi, what do you mean by that? Since I became the sect leader, what have I done that wasn't for the sake of the sect? Has there ever been one thing I did for myself? Where has my selfishness come from?"

"Humph."

Yu Panzi stood up and sneered: "If our Five Mountains Alliance were to merge, our power and influence would be far greater than it is now. Your obstruction of the merger is not out of personal motives, but rather out of greed for the position of sect leader."

"Yu Pan, you're talking nonsense!"

Tianmen Daoist roared, pointing at Yu Panzi's nose and cursing, "I covet the position of sect leader? That's one thing! What does it matter whether I'm the sect leader or not? The only thing is that I will never let the foundation of the Taishan Sect be destroyed in my hands!"