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

Jiang Ning replied, "I learned it in the Sutra Repository of the Southern Shaolin Temple."

Southern Shaolin?

Bu Jie, Yi Lin, and Zheng E were taken aback.

Especially Bu Jie, whose eyes widened in shock upon hearing the name of the Southern Shaolin Temple.

Bu Jie looked at Jiang Ning.

"The Sutra Repository is a very important place in Shaolin Temple. How did you get in?"

Before Jiang Ning could speak, Linghu Chong interrupted, "Last year when we visited the Southern Shaolin Temple, my junior brother broke the Southern Shaolin Temple's 108 Arhat Formation, so he was able to enter the Sutra Repository and read all of the Southern Shaolin Temple's martial arts manuals."

Arhat Formation?

They had indeed heard the rumor that as long as they could pass through the Shaolin Arhat Formation, they could enter the Sutra Pavilion, but what the hell was this 108 Arhat Formation?

Zheng E and Yi Lin were so shocked by the news that they were speechless.

Bu Jie's gaze changed even more.

"You went all by yourself?"

Jiang Ning was about to answer when Linghu Chong spoke first.

"My junior brother and I tried to break through the formation together, but my martial arts skills were not good enough and I failed. However, my junior brother broke through the Shaolin Temple's 108 Arhat Formation all by himself!"

Jiang Ning tried to speak twice, but Linghu Chong beat him to it. Jiang Ning couldn't help but look over and saw that Linghu Chong was holding his head high with a proud expression, as if he was the one who had successfully broken through the formation.

Do not refrain from speaking.

No wonder the opponent is so powerful; he was able to beat him up like this in just a few moves. Judging from the opponent's calm and composed demeanor, it seems that he didn't use his full strength just now.

"You're Jiang Ning?"

Bu Jie asked.

Although it is a question, it is a statement of fact.

The only person with the surname Jiang who could defeat him so easily and break through the Shaolin Arhat Formation alone, and who is also a young man from the Huashan Sect, is Jiang Ningning, the infamous King Yama, who has been notorious in the martial arts world in recent years.

Jiang Ning nodded.

"It is indeed I, the junior."

Bu Jie fell silent and sighed.

"Talented people emerge in every generation, and the later generations surpass the old ones."

This is a monster.

Without being cautious, he began to make his own assessment.

Jiang Ning was also sizing him up. At this moment, Jiang Ning was not thinking about the other party's identity as Yilin's father, but about the conversation he had overheard between Lingxuan and Buhuo outside Lingxuan Zen Master's room that night at Southern Shaolin.

It seems that the person Bujie, who was mentioned by Buhuo as someone who defected from the Southern Shaolin Temple, is the one standing before us.

Sure enough, before Jiang Ning could continue thinking, Bu Jie looked at him again and brought up something.

"You visited the Southern Shaolin Temple last year. Did you meet Abbot Lingxuan?"

Jiang Ning nodded. "I saw him."

Upon hearing this, Bu Jie paused, as if he were thinking about something.

"Is he... alright?"

Jiang Ning said, "Zen Master Lingxuan has already passed away."

"what?"

Bu Jie was taken aback for a moment, then looked at him with disbelief.

"Impossible. Although he was old, he still had at least a few years left to live. How could he have passed away so soon?"

Chapter 536: Hengshan (Arrogant, Martial Emperor 3/8)

Bu Jie's reaction was so strong that even Zheng E and Yi Lin were surprised.

However, Jiang Ning already had a guess in his heart and had anticipated Bu Jie's reaction.

“Master Lingxuan passed away the night before my fellow disciple and I left. The current abbot of the Southern Shaolin Temple is Master Bu Huo.”

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Bu Jie stared blankly into space.

Yilin, Zheng E, and Linghu Chong were all puzzled as to why Bujie reacted so strongly to the news.

However, Bu Jie quickly regained his senses, and his expression returned to calm.

His gaze fell upon Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong, his thoughts unreadable.

Jiang Ning glanced at him.

Judging from the other party's reaction just now, it seems that he has feelings for Zen Master Lingxuan. Considering that he once heard Zen Master Lingxuan forbid Buhuo from sending people to arrest Bujie, it shows that Zen Master Lingxuan also has feelings for Bujie.

Why would the other party defect from the Southern Shaolin Temple?

Jiang Ning glanced at Yilin again before looking away.

But Bu Jie turned his gaze to him and Linghu Chong, finally looking at Linghu Chong.

"I just heard my daughter call you Brother Linghu, are you Linghu Chong?"

Upon hearing this, Linghu Chong replied, "It is indeed this junior."

Bu Jie said, "A few years ago, that lecherous scoundrel Tian Boguang bullied my daughter. Thanks to your desperate rescue, my daughter was not violated. Great monk, thank you very much."

Linghu Chong felt flattered and quickly said, "Master, there's no need for that. My junior sister Yilin and I are allied brothers and sisters. It's only right that we help each other when one of us is in trouble. Besides, punishing evil and upholding justice is what we righteous people should do."

Bu Jie nodded, showing some goodwill towards Linghu Chong.

“Your martial arts skills were inferior to Tian Boguang’s at the time, yet you still risked your life to save him. You are a true hero. And coincidentally, my daughter Yilin also likes you. Why don’t you two get married and make him my great monk’s son-in-law?”

Bu Jie's words were astonishing, not only surprising Linghu Chong, but also greatly astonishing Yilin and Zheng E.

"father!"

Yilin blushed and said, "Brother Linghu already has someone he likes, how can you say such a thing?"

"Have you found someone you like?"

Bu Jie was taken aback for a moment, then said indifferently, "Who cares about his sweetheart? Anyway, no woman in the world is as beautiful as my daughter. Linghu Chong, I'm betrothing my daughter to you. Consider it a bargain for you."

"Absolutely not!"

Linghu Chong was shocked and quickly refused.

Jiang Ning's face also darkened.

“Master, my master has already betrothed his daughter, Senior Sister Lingshan, to my senior brother. He is already engaged and it is not appropriate for him to marry Senior Sister Yilin. Besides, Senior Sister Yilin is a disciple of Hengshan and has entered the Buddhist order. How can she become someone else’s wife? Please be careful with your words.”

Zheng E's face also turned angry: "Master Bujie! Even if Junior Sister Yilin is your daughter, she is a disciple of my Hengshan Sect, a Buddhist disciple. Whether she should leave the monastic life and get married is a decision for my Hengshan Sect! If you continue to talk nonsense, I will tell my master and sect leader about this when I get back!"

Bu Jie has a carefree personality. After hearing Jiang Ning's words, he instinctively wanted to say, "Why not? Isn't Yi Lin's mother a nun too?"

But after seeing that Jiang Ning's expression didn't seem like he was joking, he chose to shut up.

He felt that if he continued to say anything inappropriate or did anything bad to Yue Lingshan, the other party would really take action.

"Master, please don't joke like that."

Linghu Chong also said solemnly, "My junior sister and I are in love with each other. I have no feelings for anyone else and will never marry another woman. I only have brotherly feelings for junior sister Yilin and absolutely no romantic feelings for her."

After receiving Jiang Ning's warning, Bu Jie stopped talking nonsense, and even after hearing Linghu Chong's words, he remained silent.

On the contrary, Yilin looked dazed, as if the news of Linghu Chong's marriage to Yue Lingshan had deeply affected her, and she only came back to her senses after hearing Linghu Chong's next words.

"Father, I am indeed very grateful to Brother Linghu for risking his life to save me, but I only feel gratitude and brotherly affection towards him. I have already pledged my life to Buddhism, so please don't say anything that would force me to die."

Yilin had a sorrowful expression that made her look pitiful.

Yilin spoke softly, but Bujie exclaimed in alarm, "Alright, alright, Lin'er, Father won't say anymore, Father won't say anymore, don't try to kill yourself."

Yilin said to Linghu Chong, "Brother Linghu, my father is talking nonsense, don't take it seriously."

Linghu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly, "No, no."

Yilin looked at him, her eyes brimming with emotion, as if she had endless things to say, but she held back in the end and said, "Brother Linghu, congratulations on your marriage to Senior Sister Yue."

Linghu Chong looked at her, unsure of what to say, and finally managed a smile.

"Thank you for your kind words."

He knew that Yilin liked him, but that was all he could do; his heart belonged only to Yue Lingshan.

Jiang Ning shook his head upon seeing this.

Foolish, foolish, foolish.

The atmosphere, which had been improving, cooled down again because of Bujie.

Zheng E led Jiang Ning and the other two to find other Hengshan disciples who were making purchases, and prepared to return to Hengshan with the food they had bought.

It's not far from Hengshan, but it was already dark when we arrived at Hengshan.

The main peak of Hengshan is Jianxing Peak. When the group arrived at the foot of Hengshan, several Hengshan disciples went up the mountain first to report that Abbess Dingxian had come from Huashan Sect. When they reached the middle of the mountain, they saw a group of nuns hurrying down the mountain. Jiang Ning had very good eyesight and saw that the one leading them was Abbess Dingyi.

"Nephew greets Uncle Dingyi."

Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong bowed to each other.

"When did you arrive in Shanxi? Did Sect Leader Yue send you?"

Master Dingyi got straight to the point. When she heard her disciple report that the two people from the Huashan Sect who came to visit were Linghu Chong and Jiang Ning, she was surprised. She thought that the two had come to Hengshan on the orders of Yue Buqun and that something important had happened. So she went down the mountain to greet them herself.

Seeing the serious expression on Ding Yi's face, Jiang Ning said.

"Uncle-Master, my fellow disciple and I were traveling through the martial world when we passed through Shanxi, so we came to Hengshan to pay our respects."

Dingyi's face relaxed upon hearing this.

"I see."

It startled her.