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

The two sides are even discussing auspicious dates.

The next day.

January 1st.

Today is the inauguration ceremony for the new leader of the Emei Sect, and also the day the Emei Sect declares its return to orthodoxy.

Currently, all the major righteous sects except Shaolin have arrived, along with many idle martial artists. The scale of the event is no smaller than, and perhaps even greater than, the grand gathering at Mount Song in June.

At this time, the Golden Summit Temple was bustling with activity and noise.

"I heard the Emei Sect has a new leader?"

"Yes, wasn't the Emei Sect under the leadership of Venerable Jinguang? Why the sudden change of leader? Could it be that Venerable Jinguang has passed away?"

"I don't know. There are rumors circulating in the martial arts world that the Emei Sect is going to change its leader."

"You all still don't know? The Emei Sect has already undergone a complete upheaval!"

Everyone in the martial arts world was talking about it, and some of them were still unaware of what had happened to the Emei Sect.

Just as everyone was discussing the matter, Shaolin finally arrived.

Chapter 468: The Bewildered Chongxu (24/26)

"Reporting to the sect leader, the abbot of Shaolin Temple has led his disciples to Emei."

main hall.

A female disciple from Emei came to report.

At this moment, Abbess Qingzhu and Yue Buqun, among others, were talking in the main hall, and stopped talking upon hearing this.

"I see."

Master Qingzhu nodded, then said to the Emei disciples, "You come with me to welcome Shaolin, while the rest of you stay here with Headmaster Yue and the others."

After saying goodbye to Yue Buqun and the others, Abbess Qingzhu left the main hall with her entourage.

Abbess Qingzhu has left, but the atmosphere in the main hall is somewhat strange at this moment.

Master Mo and Abbess Dingxian were chatting and smiling, but their smiles slowly faded. Yue Buqun was alright, as it wasn't noticeable on his face, while Tianmen Daoren's expression was slightly more obvious, though he remained expressionless.

Chongxu, Zhenshanzi, and the others were puzzled as to why the atmosphere had suddenly become so cold.

A moment later, as it was almost noon, an Emei disciple walked in and addressed the group.

"Distinguished sect leaders, the inauguration ceremony for our sect leader is about to begin. Please proceed to the outside of the main hall."

It's finally about to begin.

Master Mo, Abbess Dingxian, Yue Buqun, and Daoist Tianmen exchanged glances.

Others may not know, but they know that today is not only the succession ceremony of the Emei Sect's leader, but also an important day for their five-sect alliance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please."

Yue Buqun walked out first, and the others followed.

The outside was bustling with activity, a veritable sea of ​​people.

It's January 1st, the height of winter, but there's no snow. The sun is high in the sky, and the sunlight brings a touch of warmth to the frigid winter.

The Emei Sect had prepared seats for all the major sects in advance, and the Shaolin disciples had already taken their seats in their designated places.

The leader was none other than Master Fangzheng.

"Abbot, it's been several months. How have you been?"

Yue Buqun stepped forward and spoke with Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng also smiled and said, "Amitabha, thanks to Master Yue's concern, this old monk is in good health."

Fang Zheng is not young, almost seventy years old. For ordinary people, he should be enjoying his retirement. But now he has been trekking from Songshan to Emei, just like last year when he went from Songshan to Huashan. I wonder how his health is after all this.

However, Yue Buqun noticed that Fang Zheng's complexion was rosy and his breathing was even, so it seemed that he could still endure it.

"It's truly wonderful to hear that Young Master Jiang is safe and sound."

Fang Zheng then laughed.

He already knew that Jiang Ning was still alive. Although he was somewhat surprised, he wasn't too astonished.

"Ning'er was lucky; she wasn't killed by those evil cultists."

Yue Buqun smiled.

He didn't let Jiang Ning come over, and instead rested at the designated location of the Huashan Sect.

After talking for a while, Yue Buqun got up to take his leave.

Chongxu also arrived.

"The Taoist priest arrived before this old monk."

Fang Zheng smiled upon seeing his friend.

Chongxu laughed and said, "I only arrived a few days earlier than the abbot."

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "I never expected such a big change to happen to the Emei Sect."

Chongxu nodded in agreement: "Indeed, who would have thought that Venerable Jinguang was not a true successor of Emei?"

Fang Zheng said casually, "I heard that a great battle broke out on Mount Emei last year. Although Venerable Jin Guang died, Daoist Song Wen escaped down the mountain and his whereabouts are now unknown. Daoist, where do you think he is now?"

Chongxu laughed and said, "This humble Taoist does not know either."

While the two were chatting, Master Qingzhu spoke up.

"Today is a joyous day for my Emei Sect, and also the ceremony for this humble nun to assume the position of Emei Sect Leader. I have specially invited you all to Mount Emei to witness this."

Master Qingzhu addressed the crowd.

Her voice, amplified by internal energy, traveled very far.

Upon hearing this, the discussion gradually subsided, and everyone turned their attention to that direction.

Master Qingzhu stood on the high platform, with a group of people from the Emei Sect below.

Master Qingzhu looked at everyone with a calm expression. Although she was not tall, she had a natural air of authority.

"As you all know about my Emei sect, I will not go into too much detail here."

Master Qingzhu's voice echoed throughout the entire venue.

"In the past, my Emei sect was usurped by villains, but now it has been restored to the rightful rule of Emei. I hereby declare to the world that from this day forward, the humble nun Qingzhu will take charge of Emei."

With these words from Abbess Qingzhu, the details of this ceremony will soon spread throughout the martial arts world.

Upon hearing Abbess Qingzhu's words, the group of Emei female disciples below were both excited and thrilled.

On the contrary, some male disciples of Emei were somewhat afraid.

These were all disciples of the Emei Sect when Master Jinguang was in charge. They were all low-level disciples. On that night, after the Emei disciples of Master Qingzhu's lineage regained control of Emei, they killed many people, almost wiping out all the masters. However, they did not continue to kill these low-level Emei disciples.

For these lower-ranking male disciples of Emei, Abbess Qingzhu chose to recruit them as Emei disciples, but their status would be lower than that of ordinary female Emei disciples.

The other Emei masters had no objection to absorbing these lower-level disciples into the sect, and there was no distinction between men and women.

When Abbess Miejue was in charge of Emei, the Emei Sect had both male and female disciples, but female disciples had a higher status, and the sect leader had to be a virgin female disciple.

As soon as Abbess Qingzhu uttered these words, the emotions of the people in the room varied.

Some wandering martial artists didn't react much, since it didn't affect them much.

Fang Zheng, on the other hand, kept his expression unchanged, making it impossible for others to discern his thoughts.

The other major sect leaders, such as Zhenshanzi, did not react much. Whether the Emei Sect changed its leader or not was none of their business. Only the four sect leaders, including Abbess Dingxian and Daoist Tianmen, were more emotional.

"Gentlemen."

Master Qingzhu said, "Besides my inauguration ceremony today, there is another matter to announce."

Everyone thought that after Abbess Qingzhu announced her succession as the head of the Emei Sect, there was nothing more to say, but unexpectedly, Abbess Qingzhu still had something to say.

Those who didn't know the situation expressed their confusion, but only Yue Buqun, Master Mo, and the other three understood what Abbess Qingzhu was about to say.

"As you all know, the Five Mountains Sword Sects disbanded on Mount Song in June. Zuo Lengchan of the Mount Song Sect harmed his allies, and the Mount Song Sect has disappeared. All of this is Zuo Lengchan's own fault."

Upon hearing Master Qingzhu's words, everyone was puzzled, and Fangzheng frowned, wondering why Master Qingzhu would say such a thing.

"My Emei Sect and Huashan Sect are on good terms. I have also had a very pleasant conversation with the three leaders of Hengshan, Taishan and Hengshan Sects. We share the same ideals and beliefs. After discussion with the leaders of the four sects, the five sects of Emei, Huashan, Hengshan, Taishan and Hengshan Sects intend to form an alliance. From now on, the five sects will advance and retreat together!"

When Master Qingzhu said this, it was like an earthquake, and everyone was in an uproar.

"what?"

"An alliance?"

No one expected that there would be another bombshell announcement at the Emei Sect's leadership succession ceremony.

Even Fang Zheng was stunned upon hearing this.

Chongxu was completely bewildered.

Are you five factions going to form an alliance?

So what does it mean that I've been busy these past two days?

Chapter 469: Wei Yi

At this moment, not only was Chongxu completely bewildered, but Fangzheng was as well.

Previously, when they were in Dengfeng, Shaolin had made contact with the Hengshan and Hengshan sects. Although they did not receive any feedback, Fang Zheng felt that such things could not be rushed and required patience. After all, the Five Mountains Sword Sects had already disintegrated, and these two sects were like meat on a chopping board, and they would eventually side with Shaolin.

But at this moment, he was given a surprise.

alliance.

It's the league again.