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

Seeing the pitiful state of the beggars, a Huashan disciple said, "Junior Brother Jiang Ning is really something. Only two days have passed, and he's already made them suffer like this."

The other Huashan disciples nodded.

According to reports from Huashan disciples from other villages, the beggars who harassed other villages were also dealt with quite a bit.

They finally got their revenge these past two days.

As expected, they liked Jiang Ning's style of doing things more!

The disciples of Mount Hua couldn't help but think to themselves.

At that moment, Jiang Ning was talking to a disciple of Mount Hua.

“Junior brother, a couple of days ago I followed those beggars all the way to a county fifty miles away, and sure enough I saw those elders who came to Mount Hua to cause trouble for us before.”

This disciple from Mount Hua had been tracking the beggars in place of Jiang Ning for the past two days and only returned today.

Jiang Ning asked, "Did you see any monks when you were following them, Senior Brother?"

"Monks? No."

The Huashan disciple looked surprised and then shook his head.

Ok?

Jiang Ning pondered for a moment, then said, "Thank you for making this trip for me, Senior Brother."

The Huashan disciple waved his hand and laughed.

"What's the big deal?"

After explaining his mission to Jiang Ning, the Huashan disciple left.

Jiang Ning was also preparing to take action. After finding Lin Ping, he said, "Junior Brother, I'm going out for a bit. I'll leave things here to you and the other senior brothers."

Upon hearing this, Lin Pingzhi quickly assured him that there would be absolutely no problems here. Jiang Ning then borrowed a horse and headed towards the county that the Huashan disciple had mentioned earlier.

……

"What's going on today?"

"A Beggar Clan elder said impatiently."

They haven't had a meeting since the meeting the day before yesterday, but today the big man called them in for another meeting, which made some of the Beggars' Sect elders unhappy.

The burly man who had previously orchestrated the beggar's harassment of the villagers looked solemn as he gazed at the elders.

"There's bad news."

"What news?"

An elder frowned.

The burly man said, “Since one of my brothers reported to Ning Yanwang that he had returned two days ago, the brothers who went to harass the villagers at the foot of Mount Hua have not returned. This morning I sent people to check and found that there were several Mount Hua disciples in those villages. After investigation, I learned that Ning Yanwang had those Mount Hua disciples detain the brothers, not allowing them to leave the village and forcing them to beg.”

"what?"

The other elders were shocked to hear this, but one of them said excitedly, "If that's the case, then the Huashan Sect made the first move against our Beggars' Sect. Then we don't need to hold back anymore. We should immediately write to the sect leader and ask Shaolin for help."

The other elders' eyes lit up, but the burly man shook his head: "No."

The elders looked over, frowning, and asked, "Why?"

The big man explained to the crowd.

Previously, they sent people to harass the people in order to annoy the Huashan Sect and force the Huashan Sect to take action against them first, so that they would have a legitimate reason to attack. Now the Huashan Sect has finally made a move, but it has not yet reached the point of fighting.

Although the Huashan Sect had essentially imprisoned the people they sent, they hadn't actually taken any other action, and they couldn't make the first move.

The current situation is that they are disgusting the Huashan Sect, and the Huashan Sect is also disgusting them. It's a matter of seeing which side can't hold back and makes a move first, then the other side will have a legitimate reason to fight.

With a legitimate cause, the Huashan Sect can act against them with impunity, and can even rally the other four factions of the Weiyi Alliance to attack the Beggar Clan, while other sects such as Shaolin and Wudang can only watch.

With the Beggars' Sect having a legitimate reason to act, Shaolin Temple had ample justification to intervene.

After hearing the burly man's explanation, the other elders, though somewhat helpless, realized upon reflection that it made sense.

"Since that's the case, then let's continue to send people to harass them. Didn't you only harass a few villages before? Let's send more people and see who can annoy whom the most, and see who can't hold back and make a move first."

An elder sneered.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a laugh suddenly rang out from outside.

"Who?"

The elders inside the room all stood up and looked towards the door. A figure appeared outside the door, and with a creak, the door opened from the outside and a person walked in.

Upon seeing the man's face, the elders of the Beggars' Sect inside the room all changed color, their faces filled with astonishment.

"Ning Yanwang, what do you want to do?!"

Jiang Ning didn't speak first. He glanced at everyone in the room, took in their expressions, and couldn't help but laugh.

"You went up Mount Hua before, demanding that my master hand me over, and even sent beggars to harass the people at the foot of Mount Hua to coerce my master. Now that I'm here, tell me what I'm supposed to do?"

Chapter 591: The Panicked Beggar Clan Elder

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, everyone in the room felt their hearts pound.

Besides the fear implied in Jiang Ning's words, what terrified them even more was how Jiang Ning had gotten in. With so many Beggars' Sect disciples outside, not a single one had noticed Jiang Ning or reported it beforehand.

At this moment, an elder spoke up in alarm: "You're going to attack us?"

The other elders were on high alert, not daring to breathe, for fear that Jiang Ning would suddenly kill them.

“Ning Yanwang, if you attack us today and kill us, your Huashan Sect will have no moral standing in the martial arts world, and your master Yue Buqun will no longer be able to protect you.”

An elder, though outwardly fierce, was inwardly weak.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but laugh as he looked at their seemingly threatening expressions, which revealed that they were actually terrified.

"I will not kill you today."

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, everyone in the room subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but Jiang Ning continued.

"I'm giving you one day to get out of Shaanxi province."

The elder, who had just relaxed after hearing Jiang Ning say that he wouldn't kill them, immediately asked a question upon hearing this.

"Why?"

Jiang Ning followed the gaze and saw that the elder who had spoken was no longer afraid.

Perhaps it was Jiang Ning's words that made him think that Jiang Ning was hesitant to attack them, so he became bolder.

The elder who spoke sneered and said, "My Beggars' Sect disciples are scattered all over the world, and their whereabouts are known throughout the land. Where they go to beg is their freedom. Does your Huashan Sect have to interfere?"

The other elders looked at each other, but none of them spoke first.

Jiang Ning remained calm and said, "Didn't you want to avenge the destruction of our branch? I'm right here now. If you want revenge, you can come directly to me. You don't need to bother the other people anymore."

“Ning Yanwang, don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you are skilled in martial arts. We do want to take revenge on you, but we are not stupid. If we want to capture you, we will suffer heavy losses. Unless you are willing to surrender and let our Beggar Clan deal with you, we will never let this matter rest.”

The world is full of fools who don't know their own mortality. This elder assumed that Jiang Ning wouldn't dare to make a move just because Jiang Ning hadn't. He became increasingly reckless in his speech.

“What’s so great about your Huashan Sect imprisoning those beggars? Our Beggars’ Sect has plenty of people. If you imprison this village, we’ll send people to that village. Let’s see how many people your Huashan Sect has.”

Seeing this person's attitude, Jiang Ning shook his head.

"You still don't understand."

“The fact that I’m not killing you doesn’t mean I can’t do anything to you. If it weren’t for my master, none of you would be standing alive in front of me right now.”

"Do you think it's over after I wiped out one of your branches? I will go down the mountain again and investigate each of your branches to find out if what your Beggars' Sect Yanping branch did was only done in Yanping Prefecture, or if it was done in every branch. I will wipe out each one I find."

Jiang Ning's words were calm, but they stirred up waves in everyone's hearts.

"You, are you going to become a complete enemy of my Beggars' Sect?"

An elder couldn't help but tremble as he spoke.

He realized that what Jiang Ning said was true.

Jiang Ning looked at him.

"My only enemies are evil and crooked paths."

The elder was speechless, overwhelmed by Jiang Ning's gaze.

"Don't deceive people too much!"

The elder who had previously been so arrogant, demanding that Jiang Ning surrender, couldn't help but point at Jiang Ning with a mixture of shock and anger.

Jiang Ning glanced at him, placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and said slowly, "Don't point your finger at me, or I'll think you're provoking me."

Clang!

With a flash of sword light, the elder's arm was severed at the wrist, and blood spurted from the cut.

"what!!"

The elder screamed in agony, and the other Beggar Clan elders looked at Jiang Ning with fear in their eyes.

They didn't see how Jiang Ning made his move. In their eyes, Jiang Ning didn't move at all; he simply placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and then a flash of sword light appeared, leading to the scene we see now.

Such terrifying strength made the elders realize that the gap between them and Jiang Ning was enormous, and that even if they all attacked together, they would probably not be a match for Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning ignored the screaming elder, glanced at everyone, and said, "I'm not killing you today so you can go back and tell Jie Feng that you won't let this go, and neither will I."

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, the room fell silent, including the elder whose wrist had been broken.

At this moment, everyone was speechless.

After Jiang Ning finished speaking, he turned and left.

The elders inside the room looked at each other in bewilderment.

……

By the time Jiang Ning returned to the foot of Mount Hua, it was already dark.

"Senior brother, you're finally back."

Lin Ping stepped forward and said.