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

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He had led a team to suppress bandits in Shaanxi before, and naturally heard many bandits kneeling and begging for mercy.

"If you want to live, tell me where your hideout is, and I might spare your lives if I'm in a good mood."

Linghu Chong said with a smile.

"I'll talk, I'll talk."

“I’ll say it too.”

Without any trickery, these bandits eagerly confessed, hoping to save their lives.

Having received the answer, Linghu Chong chuckled and said, "Alright, alright, you're all obedient. I'm glad, so I won't kill you."

Linghu Chong walked to the side. Before the bandits could even rejoice at his words, a sword aura swept over them, and they were instantly decapitated.

Jiang Ning flicked the Zhenwu Sword and then sheathed it.

The bandits stared at Linghu Chong in disbelief before they died.

Linghu Chong laughed.

"I did say I wouldn't kill you, but whether my junior brother lets you go or not is beyond my control."

After dealing with those people, Jiang Ning turned to look at the villagers in the village.

When the villagers saw him looking over, they seemed to back away in fear.

"Senior Brother, Junior Brother Lin, let's go."

Jiang Ning didn't say anything, turned around, mounted the bandits' horses, and planned to go straight for the enemy's stronghold.

"Good Le!"

Linghu Chong responded, mounted his horse, and prepared to leave. Only Lin Pingzhi glanced back at the villagers before leaving, but did not want to say anything. The three of them rode away.

The villagers stared blankly at the scene, and no one spoke for a long time.

……

Jiang Ning and his two companions hurried along the direction indicated by the bandits, and finally found their lair in a mountain dozens of miles away.

There's not much to say.

After a while.

Several women kowtowed repeatedly to Jiang Ning and his two companions in gratitude.

They were all respectable women who had been abducted, but have now been rescued.

After the men left, Linghu Chong looked back at the mountain stronghold and the corpses inside, and couldn't help but glance at Jiang Ning beside him.

Many bandits begged Jiang Ning for mercy, but none of them slowed down Jiang Ning's sword strike even slightly, nor did they change their expressions.

"Let's go."

After completely clearing out the bandit stronghold, Jiang Ning turned and left, with Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi following behind.

While killing those bandits, Jiang Ning found out the locations of other mountain strongholds in the vicinity.

Their journey to Fujian will be delayed for a while.

A few days later.

"Wow."

Linghu Chong flicked the blood off his sword.

There are quite a few bandit strongholds here.

These past few days, Linghu Chong's sword has been practically smoking from its swings.

"Now that we've cleared out the bandits here, let's get going."

Linghu Chong urged.

Yue Buqun had already written to the Putian Shaolin Temple before they descended the mountain; it would have been bad if they had arrived too late.

"Alright."

Jiang Ning nodded and then set off again.

They are still in Yuezhou Prefecture, quite a distance from Fujian, so they definitely need to speed things up.

……

"father."

Ren Yingying knocked on the door and came in, carrying a bowl of medicine.

"This is medicine that Ping Yizhi brewed for you; it will help with your hidden injuries."

Inside the room, Ren Woxing was meditating, his face alternating between light and shadow, with faint currents swirling around him, and streams of true energy emanating from his body, emitting a chilling aura.

Upon hearing Ren Yingying's words, Ren Woxing opened his eyes, his aura subsided, and he stood up and walked over.

"This Ping Yizhi does have some skills."

Ren Woxing did not refuse, picked up the bowl of medicine and drank it all in one gulp, but his brows furrowed.

"Why does this medicine taste even worse than before? It smells even worse too!"

Ren Yingying said, "Ping Yizhi added a lot more medicine to it to increase its effectiveness, which will help your injuries heal faster."

Ren Yingying explained why it tasted bad, but didn't mention why it smelled so bad.

Upon hearing this, Ren Woxing wisely refrained from asking further questions, just as he hadn't asked Ping Yizhi what medicine he had given Ren Yingying when she was severely injured by Jiang Ning.

"Your subordinate's medical skills are indeed quite good. I feel that my hidden ailments have improved."

After taking the medicine, Ren Woxing felt his physical condition had improved significantly. If he had been in this physical condition, he would never have experienced a relapse of his hidden illness when he fought Yue Buqun at Mount Song last year.

Ren Yingying calmly said, "However, Ping Yizhi said that the Star Absorbing Technique is too domineering. You absorbed the power of so many people and forcibly neutralized it, which has caused great damage to your own body, resulting in multiple hidden ailments in your body. It is very dangerous and requires recuperation and medication to recover. If..."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Before Ren Yingying could finish speaking, Ren Woxing burst into laughter: "He is indeed skilled in medicine, but martial arts are beyond his comprehension, let alone a martial art like the Star Absorbing Technique. I will spare him this time and let him brew his medicine properly. If he dares to criticize me again, I will not let him off lightly."

Ren Woxing has a very domineering personality, and even his own daughter, Ren Yingying, cannot persuade him.

Ren Yingying remained silent.

"Oh, right."

Ren Woxing suddenly asked, "I heard that Jiang Ning returned to Mount Hua alive?"

Ren Yingying's face darkened slightly at the mention of Jiang Ning, and she nodded.

"That's right. Uncle Xiang ambushed him last time, leaving him seriously injured and causing him to escape without a trace. We searched everywhere but couldn't find him, and we thought he was dead. Unexpectedly, he appeared at the Emei Sect's succession ceremony."

Ren Woxing shook his head upon hearing this.

"What a pity, what a pity."

Last time, so many experts were sent, but unexpectedly, they failed to kill the opponent. Not only did Xiang Wentian die, but the Zhenwu Sword also fell into the opponent's hands, which made Ren Woxing feel that he had suffered a great loss.

"I heard he's gone down the mountain again, heading to Fujian."

Ren Yingying suddenly said.

Ren Woxing glanced at her and shook his head, saying, "Let's ignore him for now and deal with Dongfang Bubai first."

Many experts died during the siege of Jiangning. The deaths of those people were not a big deal, but the fact that Xiang Wentian also died was a blow to Ren Woxing.

Besides being second only to him in martial arts, Xiang Wentian was also very intelligent and was his right-hand man. Now that Xiang Wentian is dead, he will focus all his energy on how to deal with Dongfang Bubai and regain the position of leader.

"Oh, right."

Ren Woxing suddenly said, "Don't you have a subordinate named Ji Wushi? I heard that he's quite cunning. He also went to ambush that brat from the Huashan Sect last time. Is he dead?"

Ren Yingying's face darkened upon hearing this: "He's not dead, but we don't know where he is."

Those who survived the last siege of Jiangning have all returned, except for Ji Wushi, who is nowhere to be found. Ren Yingying immediately knew that he had run away, considering that he had suddenly disappeared during the siege of Huashan.

"Oh."

Ren Woxing couldn't help but chuckle.

"This person seems to value his life."

Ignoring the insignificant man, Ren Woxing asked, "For now, we don't need to worry about those righteous paths. Once I've recovered, I'll head straight for Blackwood Cliff."

Now, half of the Sun Moon Cult members have sided with them, and with the rest of her followers from all walks of life, the total number is in the tens of thousands.

It's time to go to Blackwood Cliff and settle scores with Dongfang Bubai.

Ren Woxing thought to himself.

Ren Yingying nodded.

……

Jiujiang Prefecture.

"Hey."

Ji Wushi walked down the street, sighing frequently.

"I'm afraid that if I fail to kill King Ning this time, the Holy Maiden and the Sect Leader will not let me off the hook when I return."

Ji Wushi shook his head repeatedly.

"Now the demonic path cannot tolerate me, and the righteous path regards me as a demon. The world is vast, where is home?"

As Ji Wushi was walking, his gaze suddenly widened as he noticed three people walking towards him, one of whom looked somewhat familiar.

"Who is this?"