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

"What is the master trying to say?"

Bu Jie looked at him and said, "Tell me the question you asked me a few days ago."

Jiang Ning was surprised.

He already knew that Bu Jie was hiding some things, but since the other party was unwilling to talk about them, he had no intention of forcing him.

But why has the other party changed their mind now?

"You don't need to be surprised."

Bu Jie said calmly, "The great monk has not cared about many people in his life, only two: Yi Lin and her mother."

Bu Jie then looked at Linghu Chong in the distance.

“Yilin’s mother was originally a disciple of Hengshan, but I ruined her. She has never left Hengshan all these years and still has feelings for the Hengshan Sect.”

“A few days ago, Yilin was about to confess to the Hengshan Sect. The Hengshan Sect accepted her mother back, and her mother was very happy.”

Jiang Ning understood and glanced at Linghu Chong in the distance.

Intentionally planting flowers but not blooming, unintentionally planting willows and willows make a shade.

Bu Jie would rather die than answer his question, but Linghu Chong's action changed Bu Jie's mind.

Bu Jie withdrew his gaze and looked at Jiang Ning.

"Before I answer you, I have a few questions to ask you. If your questions do not satisfy me, I will not tell you what I know."

"Excuse me."

Bu Jie looked at Jiang Ning and said, word by word, "Did you go to the Southern Shaolin Temple this time with some kind of purpose?"

Jiang Ning didn't lie and nodded.

"good."

"What is the purpose?"

Jiang Ning smiled. "Shouldn't the master have already guessed it?"

Bu Jie frowned, but he didn't press the matter further. Instead, he asked another question.

"Did you kill Zen Master Lingxuan?"

Jiang Ning smiled.

"No."

Bu Jie kept a close eye on Jiang Ning's expression and finally concluded that Jiang Ning was not lying, but he still did not relax and asked the question he wanted to ask in the end.

"If you knew what you wanted, would you still take action against the Southern Shaolin Temple?"

After asking the question, Bu Jie stared intently at Jiang Ning, watching every change in his expression.

Jiang Ning remained silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"will not."

Bu Jie remained unmoved and continued, "Do you dare to swear that you will not harm innocent people from the Southern Shaolin Temple?"

Jiang Ning laughed upon hearing this and glanced at him.

"No one in this world, except my master and mistress, can make me swear an oath, and neither can you."

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Bu Jie did not fly into a rage; instead, he felt relieved.

Why do you insist on knowing this story from the past?

Jiang Ning smiled slightly.

“I don’t really care, it’s just that my master wants to know the truth.”

Chapter 543: I'll Do It My Way (Arrogant, Martial Emperor 6/8)

Jiang Ning truly didn't care about the truth behind the sword qi dispute, because whether it was true or false, it wouldn't significantly change the current state of the Huashan Sect or the martial arts world.

Regardless of whether Shaolin has ever attacked the Huashan Sect before, it is certain that the Songshan Sect is supported by Shaolin. Shaolin also wanted to intervene in the Five Mountains Sword Sects. Therefore, no matter what the truth of the sword qi dispute is, it can now be confirmed that Shaolin is the Huashan Sect's hidden enemy.

However, Yue Buqun himself may be very concerned about the sword qi dispute, because it was an important reason for the decline of the Huashan Sect. Although Yue Buqun usually doesn't say it, he cares about it very much.

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Bu Jie did not respond on his face, but his expression softened.

He could tell that the other person had great respect for his master.

"Since you've been to the Southern Shaolin Temple and met Bu Huo, and my name is Bu Jie, you know that Bu Huo and that idiot are fellow disciples."

Bu Jie spoke to Bu Huo with great disdain.

Jiang Ning remained noncommittal.

He had no interest in the relationship between his fellow disciples during the period of neither admonition nor confusion.

Bu Jie stopped talking behind the scenes and looked at Jiang Ning, saying, "You don't seem curious about why I am a disciple of the Southern Shaolin Temple, but am now in Hengshan."

Jiang Ning already knew that Bu Jie had defected from the temple, so he wasn't curious.

Jiang Ning didn't respond, just waited for him to speak, while Bu Jie secretly complained to himself that Jiang Ning wasn't a good listener.

"I defected from the temple. Oh, no, it should be that the Southern Shaolin Temple identified me as a defector."

Bu Jie said it casually.

"Before I became a monk, I was a pig butcher. Once, when Yilin's mother was traveling, I fell in love with her, but her mother ignored me. I thought to myself, a monk is a match for a nun. Since her mother was a nun, I would become a monk, and then her mother would agree. So I went through all sorts of hardships to enter the Southern Shaolin Temple and became a disciple of the Lingxuan Sect. They named me Bujie, and told me to abstain from killing and eating meat. But I became a monk to pursue her mother, so why did I care about abstaining? Heh."

When talking about the past, Bujie chuckled.

Although the other person never got to the point, Jiang Ning did not interrupt them, but listened patiently.

"Unfortunately, I miscalculated. After becoming a monk, not only could I not see his mother, but I also had to abstain from lust. How could that be? I refused to do it and wanted to return to secular life. But that old monk Lingxuan said that I had some kind of wisdom and insisted that I become a monk and wouldn't let me leave. He kept me at the Southern Shaolin Temple and said I could only leave when I defeated him."

"Later, I stayed at the Southern Shaolin Temple for years and fought with that old monk Lingxuan every year, but he always beat me up and left me covered in injuries. That old monk was really ruthless in his dirty tricks."

At this point, Bu Jie still looked angry, gritting his teeth, as if he could recall the old monk's smirk after each beating.

Bu Jie paused for a moment, then said.

"But I also owe it to him that I have such kung fu skills."

"Later, until my last year away from the Southern Shaolin Temple, my martial arts skills improved greatly, and I would seek out that old monk to fight on the same day every year. But at that time, people from the Songshan Shaolin Temple came and were talking to the old monk in the meditation room."

"People from Shaolin Temple on Mount Song? Who are they?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning's expression shifted slightly, and he asked a question.

Bu Jie frowned and pondered for a long time.

"I don't know. Several people came from Shaolin Temple on Mount Song at that time, one of them was named Miao... Miaojue, yes, Miaojue."

"Which is more wonderful? Which is more enlightening?"

“Wonderful wonder, enlightened awakening.”

"He's still alive?"

"I don't know, but if he were still alive, he would probably be over ninety."

After noting down the name, Jiang Ning nodded, signaling the other person to continue.

Bu Jie continued, "I originally wanted to just push the door open and go in, but at that time there was a conversation inside. It was someone from the Shaolin Temple on Mount Song talking to Ling Xuan. They had been talking for a while. When I heard it, all I heard was that the monk from the Shaolin Temple on Mount Song said that the Huashan Sect had undergone a drastic change because of the Sunflower Manual incident. Many people died in the sword qi dispute, and the Huashan Sect had declined. Now is the opportunity for Shaolin to infiltrate the Five Mountains Sword Sects and control this force. They hope that the Southern Shaolin will also help. They will support the Songshan Sect, and the Southern Shaolin will support the Hengshan Sect, so that together they can control the Five Mountains Sword Sects."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning remained silent and continued listening.

Bu Jie shook his head and said, "However, the old monk refused. He said that the Southern Shaolin Temple would no longer interfere in any matters of the martial arts world, nor would it do such things again. Not long after, those monks from the Songshan Shaolin Temple left."

At this point, Bujie glanced at Jiang Ning.

"When you went to the Southern Shaolin Temple last year, you mentioned the Sunflower Manual to that old monk. I'm afraid it wasn't because you heard in the martial arts world that this manual was once in the hands of the Southern Shaolin Temple and asked out of curiosity, but because you already knew that the sword qi dispute in your Huashan Sect was caused by the Sunflower Manual, which is why you questioned that old monk, right?"

Jiang Ning glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Bu Jie received no reply and continued talking.

“I didn’t fight with the old monk that day. A few days later, the old monk came to me and wanted to fight me. That time I beat him.”

At this point, Bu Jie's expression darkened slightly.

"Actually, I didn't beat that old monk. He let me go. He knew I overheard their conversation, but he never said it. He let me go."

"When I was leaving, the old monk said that I had the potential for enlightenment and was destined to be a Buddhist disciple. I was closer to the Buddha than anyone else, but I had to experience the greed, anger, and ignorance of the world before I could attain true freedom."

Bu Jie's tone was indifferent, but one could clearly sense the sadness in his heart.

"Actually, that old monk was a good person, but there were too many things that were beyond his control. These things were not done by him and had nothing to do with him, yet he chose to end them by suicide."

Although he has been away from the Southern Shaolin Temple for many years, Bujie still knows Master Lingxuan very well.

After doing so much, Zen Master Lingxuan chose to pass away, which meant that this matter would end with him.

After listening to Bu Jie's entire account, Jiang Ning's expression remained calm, without the anger or other emotions that Bu Jie had imagined.

"A bit wordy."

Jiang Ning commented on Bu Jie's narrative ability.

Bu Jie burst into laughter.

"Isn't it normal for older people to be a little long-winded?"

Jiang Ning remained silent.

After revealing the secret he had kept hidden in his heart, Bujie seemed much lighter and looked relaxed.

He looked at Jiang Ning. Although the other party did not swear that he would not be implicated in this matter, he believed that Jiang Ning would not do it, even if the other party was the ruthless King Ning.

I don't know why, but he just believed it.

"I know you."

Bu Jie looked at Jiang Ning.

“You kill without hesitation, but you have never killed anyone who shouldn’t have been killed. However, you are too extreme and too bloodthirsty. I know you are a person who hates evil, so you are extremely ruthless to those evil and crooked paths. But you are too obsessed with eliminating evil. Extremes will backfire. Being too extreme is not good for you. The old monk once said something to me, and I want to give it to you to prevent you from eventually falling into the demonic path.”

"Let go of attachments, and you will find freedom."