Wuxia Fantasy: Starting with the Revitalization of the Beggars' Sect

"Fire! Firefighting!"

The first shout came from an unknown source, and the village was thrown into chaos. A towering flame had already risen in the northwest corner of the village.

Zhu Changling was in his room when he heard a commotion outside. He slammed the door open, just as a servant rushed in to report.

Zhu Changling demanded, "What's going on?!"

The servant said, "Master, the woodshed is on fire."

Enraged, Zhu Changling shouted, "Hurry up and put out the fire!"

He wanted to burn down the manor to create a false sense of justice for Lin Ye, but his role wasn't played out yet, and starting a fire now would just be a waste of time.

"A bunch of useless trash."

Zhu Changling cursed, feeling quite panicked. He also wanted to put out the fire; this estate, a century-old foundation, couldn't be destroyed for no reason.

Halfway there, he suddenly remembered something and said to a servant, "Go and fetch the young lady."

At this moment, Zhu Jiuzhen heard the commotion inside the manor and came out of the room. She quickly went to her father's side.

"Father, why is the estate on fire?"

Zhu Changling did not answer, but instead said, "Go and keep an eye on that brat Zhang Wuji."

Zhu Jiuzhen nodded and walked towards Lin Ye's room. She found the door closed and called out a few times, but no one responded. So she pushed the door open and went in.

However, the house was empty; there wasn't a single person inside.

Zhu Jiuzhen was immediately stunned. "Where did that kid go?"

She sensed a vague unease and hurried back to report to Zhu Changling.

On the way, they happened to meet Uncle Liu and his son, who were rushing to put out a fire. They stopped them and asked, "Uncle Liu, where is Brother Wuji?"

Uncle Liu was puzzled: "Isn't the young master inside the room?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiuzhen felt even more uneasy and quickly rushed to Zhu Changling's side. At this moment, Zhu Changling was directing the firefighting efforts, but the fire was extremely intense.

The fire was even more difficult to control because there was a warehouse containing kerosene next to it.

The entire village, numbering in the dozens, was in a state of chaos, scrambling to put out the fire.

Zhu Jiuzhen said, "Father, that boy has disappeared."

Zhu Changling was already furious, and upon hearing this news, he became even more enraged. He immediately ignored the raging fire and rushed to Lin Ye's room.

Beneath the underground chamber, Wu Lie, now disguised as Xie Xun, listened to the commotion above and sighed:

"My brother is swift in his actions, and he really does what he says he will do. I must not let him down in the future."

He sat up straight, brushed the beard and hair sticking to his face, and cleared his throat to get used to Xie Xun's rough voice.

Just then, the door to the underground chamber opened, and Yao Qingquan rushed in.

Wu Lie said, "Brother Yao, you guys are really quick. I thought it would have to wait until tomorrow, but I'm ready at any time. I'm just waiting for you to bring that kid here."

Yao Qingquan said anxiously, "What's the rush? Zhang Wuji is missing!"

Wu Lie was taken aback: "Why is that?"

Yao Qingquan said, "The two men who were monitoring Zhang Wuji are dead, and their bodies were left in the garden. That kid probably already knew about it. The manor was also on fire, which was probably set by that kid."

Wu Lie was shocked: "Could it be that you've given yourself away?"

When Wu Lie asked him this, Yao Qingquan fell into self-doubt, saying uncertainly, "No..." while recalling his actions during the day.

But no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

Seeing this, Wu Lie comforted him, "Brother Yao, don't panic. That kid can't have gone far. I'll go after him with you."

……

While the villagers' attention was drawn to the fire, Lin Ye had already quietly gone to Uncle Liu's house, grabbed a rope, and climbed over the wall.

Heading northeast, to the place where the monkey climbed down the cliff that day.

After traveling for nearly twenty miles without stopping, Lin Ye finally arrived at his destination.

He had scouted this place multiple times over the past few days and had spotted monkeys climbing down from here three times, so it was probably the right spot.

Lin Ye took out a rope, wrapped it around a large rock twice and tied it tightly. He tied the other end around his waist, stood on the edge of the cliff, looked down by the moonlight, and took a deep breath.

If you don't enter the tiger's lair, you won the tiger.

I've already lived once, so what's there to be afraid of? It's just death anyway.

Win and you get a glamorous model at a club; lose and you're forced to work in the sex industry.

After mentally preparing himself, Lin Ye grabbed one end of the rope and began to slowly descend along the cliff.

Finally, his feet were dangling in the air.

He tried to use his feet to gain leverage on the cliff face, but the cliff was almost vertical, and his feet could only barely touch it.

He slowly raised the rope, his body descending little by little.

This process was repeated, and he didn't know how many meters he had descended. A quarter of an hour later, the top was shrouded in a thin mist, making it difficult to see the cliff face below.

Looking down, it was still bottomless.

However, as Lin Ye walked along, he seemed to have gradually gotten used to it and gradually stopped feeling scared.

He focused intently and continued his descent when he suddenly heard faint shouts coming from above.

"Brother Zhang—"

"Brother Wuji—"

"Young Master Zhang—"

Lin Ye frowned slightly. They found us so quickly?

However, it was dark at night, and although the moonlight was quite bright, they should have had difficulty spotting the rope tied to the large rock.

Despite thinking this, Lin Ye unconsciously quickened his descent, descending dozens of meters in the blink of an eye. Gone was the hesitation he had felt when he came down; it was more like he was doing something very ordinary.

At this speed, he lost count of how many meters he had descended. Suddenly, Lin Ye felt a tightness around his waist, but he could no longer descend any further.

Is the rope at the end?

Lin Ye looked down and, sure enough, there were no more empty sections of rope.

Although it was night, the moonlight was bright, and by the moonlight, one could see some things below in the woods.

All he could see was this sheer cliff face, with not a single cave in sight.

Not long enough?

Lin Ye frowned. According to Uncle Liu, the rope must be several hundred meters long, and he felt it was about the same length along the way.

In the original story, how could Zhang Wuji and Zhu Changling fall hundreds of miles and hit a tree trunk without dying?

Lin Ye didn't quite believe it.

Is it because the location is wrong?

But where can that monkey climb to after it comes down?

Lin Ye looked up and suddenly paused, only to see a thick pine tree growing out of the middle of the cliff opposite him.

Behind the pine tree is a protruding stone platform.

Depend on……

It turns out the tree was on the other side.

Zhang Wuji and Zhu Changling fell off a cliff. In the chaos, they lost their bearings and landed on a pine tree on the opposite side.

No wonder, that explains it all. He couldn't find any trace of the waterfall no matter how hard he looked on this side of the mountain.

It turned out that the towering mountain was actually on the opposite side.

For a moment, I didn't think of it. I just assumed that Zhang Wuji, who was being chased by Zhu Changling and the others, must be on this side of the mountain.

Lin Ye could not hide his excitement and grabbed the rope, climbing upwards step by step.

Fortunately, he is a martial artist in this life, and his arm strength is far superior to that of an ordinary person in his previous life. Otherwise, climbing up and down like this would have left him completely exhausted.

After climbing another hundred meters or so, he finally surpassed the tall, horizontal pine tree opposite him.

With his eyes locked on, he didn't hesitate. Using the cliff face as leverage, he leaped towards the pine tree opposite.

Fortunately, he escaped unharmed. As he fell, he clung tightly to a thick tree trunk, which swayed up and down before gradually calming down.

He couldn't help but let out a breath.

"Brother Zhu, there's something going on here!"