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

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Where there is demand, there is a market, especially for women.

The Beggars' Sect would abduct women and sell them. They divided these women into three classes: the first class consisted of women of exceptional beauty, who were sold to high-ranking officials and nobles; the second class were sold to brothels; and the third class, the worst, were sold to impoverished people.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning remained expressionless and continued to press for answers.

"anything else?"

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The Azure Lotus Envoy trembled slightly, then continued.

"And... our Beggars' Sect also kidnaps children."

The Beggars' Sect also divided these children into three classes, still targeting high-ranking officials, brothels, and the poor.

Below the third class, children whom even the poorest people were unwilling to buy were instead beaten up by the Beggars' Guild and forced to beg on the streets to earn money for them.

In other words, those dozens of children were originally healthy, but after being kidnapped by the Beggars' Guild, no one was willing to buy them. So they were deliberately maimed and turned into tools for the Beggars' Guild to make money, because only disability can arouse sympathy and make kind-hearted people give alms.

During the day, they would leave these children to beg on the streets, and at night they would sleep in that filthy room, eating food that was worse than pig slop. If the children didn't beg for copper coins, they would be beaten severely.

The children, wounded and sleeping in such an environment, were almost all infected and did not survive. Their deaths were of no consequence to these people; they were simply one less tool. They would dump the children's bodies in the wilderness under the cover of night.

Besides this, the Beggars' Sect has many other shady businesses. They have been doing these things for a long time, forming a complete industrial chain, and even have many high-ranking officials and nobles cooperating with them.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me."

After saying this, the Qinglian envoy kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. Due to the large movements, the 50,000 tael silver note in his arms fell out.

The Qinglian envoy was completely oblivious, still begging for mercy and trying to get Jiang Ning to spare his life.

"Ning Yanwang... no, hero, please spare me! I didn't do any of these things. I was just following the gang leader's orders to collect the silver. It has nothing to do with me. Please let me go."

The Qinglian Envoy has been trying to absolve himself of responsibility.

Jiang Ning had already raised his sword.

Upon seeing this scene, the Azure Lotus Envoy was terrified and exclaimed repeatedly.

"You can't kill me! My father is Xie Feng, the leader of the Beggars' Sect. If you kill me, he won't let it go!"

At this point, the Qinglian envoy had no choice but to reveal his true identity in an attempt to make Jiang Ning wary.

Jiang Ning looked down at him, his face expressionless, and his sword swung down without pausing.

puff!

The head of the Azure Lotus Envoy flew off.

After killing the man, Jiang Ning looked at the silver note on the ground and then picked it up.

At this moment, there were corpses all around, and no one was alive except for him. Linghu Chong had no idea where the Beggar Clan disciples had gone to chase after them.

Jiang Ning wasn't worried and turned to walk towards the gate.

squeak~

Jiang Ning pushed open the door, and Lin Pingzhi was waiting outside.

"Senior brother."

Upon seeing Jiang Ning, Lin Pingzhi was overjoyed.

"Are you OK?"

Jiang Ning was covered in blood, which was quite frightening. The Beggars' Sect branch, which had been filled with a large group of people, was now littered with corpses, which was both gruesome and terrifying.

"fine."

Jiang Ning responded with a single sentence.

"What about the children?"

Lin Pingzhi quickly replied, "They're all nearby."

Jiang Ning looked in the direction Lin Pingzhi pointed and indeed saw the children hiding not far away. When they saw him come out, they all looked in his direction.

Feeling the attention, Jiang Ning said to Lin Pingzhi, "Junior Brother Lin, please take them to find a place to stay first. Senior Brother and I will come later."

Although the Beggars' Sect branch had been wiped out, and Linghu Chong was still nowhere to be found, Jiang Ning still needed to search the area, which would take quite some time.

"Okay, senior brother."

Lin Pingzhi nodded and then walked towards the children. After a while, the children followed Lin Pingzhi away.

Jiang Ning entered the Beggars' Sect branch.

He was fighting in the front yard just now, but now he has entered the backyard of the branch headquarters.

The backyard was also littered with corpses, and judging from the wounds on their bodies, it was Linghu Chong who had done it.

After walking for a short while, a noise suddenly came from the room on the right.

Jiang Ning looked over and saw Linghu Chong walking out from inside.

"Junior Brother Jiang Ning."

Upon seeing Jiang Ning, Linghu Chong greeted him.

"Senior Brother, how is it?"

Linghu Chong shook his head: "We couldn't kill them all; some escaped."

Jiang Ning wasn't too surprised to hear this.

"But I discovered something."

Linghu Chong suddenly chuckled.

Before Jiang Ning could ask any questions, Linghu Chong turned and left.

"Junior Brother Jiang Ning, come with me."

Jiang Ning then followed Linghu Chong into a room.

Several corpses lay in the room; they were all members of the Beggars' Sect.

Besides the bodies, Jiang Ning also found many boxes in the room, some locked and some opened.

Jiang Ning looked inside and saw that it was full of silver.

"You didn't expect that, did you?"

Linghu Chong said, "I heard some noise here just now, so I came to check and found these people taking the silver from this box. They even started fighting."

Jiang Ning looked around and noticed that the bodies all had bulging pockets, clearly indicating that they had taken silver from the boxes.

"I didn't open these boxes, but I guess they're filled with silver."

Linghu Chong pointed to the other dozens of boxes and said.

Jiang Ning didn't speak, but looked at the seal on one of the boxes, which read "Beggar Gang Yanping Branch Pays Silver".

It seems this is the silver that the Azure Lotus Envoy is going to take away.

"I never expected these beggars to be so rich."

Linghu Chong chuckled coldly, clearly mocking him.

Jiang Ning didn't speak, but looked at the boxes and made a preliminary estimate. If the boxes were filled with silver, there should be around several hundred thousand taels.

"Junior brother, what do we do with so much silver?"

Linghu Chong stepped forward and said.

Jiang Ning didn't think much of it: "I'll write a letter to my master first."

We must tell Yue Buqun about the Beggars' Sect. Jiang Ning is currently out there and we don't know when he will return to Mount Hua. It would be safest to write a letter to Yue Buqun in advance.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Linghu Chong nodded.

"Senior Brother, are there any other people at this Beggars' Sect branch?"

Linghu Chong shook his head: "I don't know. I just came out after killing these people and saw you. I haven't had time to search you yet."

"Then let's continue searching."

As Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong continued their search of the Beggars' Sect branch, they discovered that there were no living Beggars' Sect disciples left; the area was mostly filled with corpses.

squeak~

Jiang Ning pushed open the door of a room and came out, about to continue searching other places, but his ears suddenly twitched, and he turned and walked in one direction.

The target was deep within a branch of the Beggars' Sect. Jiang Ning entered and noticed a commotion coming from one of the rooms.

Jiang Ning went forward to take a look and found that the door was locked.

Bang!

Jiang Ning kicked the door open, shattering it, and screams erupted from inside.

Jiang Ning went inside and found several women staring at him in fear.

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"Don't come any closer!"

A woman looked at Jiang Ning in horror.

Seeing their fear of him, Jiang Ning asked, "Where did you all come from?"

The women looked at each other, too afraid to answer when they saw the blood-soaked smell on Jiang Ning.

Pfft!

The woman who had spoken earlier knelt down before Jiang Ning with a thud.