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

"Master."

"You've come at the perfect time."

Yue Buqun pointed to the desk.

"Two letters have arrived, one from the Beggars' Sect and one from the Diancang Sect. Take a look at them first."

Jiang Ning didn't say much upon hearing this, and picked up a letter from the table to read it.

This letter came from the Beggars' Sect.

The letter was simple: the Beggars' Sect had given them an ultimatum, demanding an explanation. If the explanation was not satisfactory, the Beggars' Sect would wage a full-scale war against the Huashan Sect.

As Jiang Ning flipped through the book, Yue Buqun's voice rang out.

"It seems the Beggars' Sect is going to war with us."

Jiang Ning didn't speak, and then looked at the contents of another letter. This letter was quite ordinary. The reply from the Diancang Sect Leader was just a response to the Huashan Sect's request to open a security escort agency. Although it was very polite, the overall attitude was one of rejection.

After reading the two letters, Jiang Ning turned to Yue Buqun and said.

“Master, since I started this Beggars’ Sect incident, let me go down the mountain and resolve it.”

"Did you notice anything wrong with the letter from the leader of the Diancang Sect?"

Yue Buqun ignored Jiang Ning's words and asked instead.

Jiang Ning said, "It seems that the Diancang Sect is now refusing to contact us."

"good."

Yue Buqun nodded and said, "When I wrote the letter, I mentioned that I would send your Uncle Feng to the Diancang Sect to discuss this matter, but he declined. It is clear that he does not want us to go. His attitude is quite obvious."

Yue Buqun frowned: "It seems that the Diancang Sect has really fallen."

Jiang Ning wasn't surprised; since Liu Zhengfeng had sent that letter, it meant it was genuine.

"It seems we should write to the Hengshan School as soon as possible to alert Master Mo."

Although the Hengshan Sect is more than 2,000 miles away from Yunnan, I don't know if Ren Woxing will take action against it. It would be better to write a letter to remind him.

As Yue Buqun was about to write a letter, Jiang Ning brought up the previous topic again.

"Master, please let me go down the mountain..."

He was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"If you have nothing to do, I'll assign you more tasks. It'll be a good opportunity for you to take over the sect's affairs ahead of time. Your junior brothers who haven't yet joined the sect still need someone to take care of their food, clothing, and property. There's no time for you to go down the mountain."

As he spoke, Yue Buqun glared at Jiang Ning.

"Are you itching to use this as an excuse to go down the mountain again?"

"..."

Jiang Ning was speechless.

Yue Buqun ignored him and waved his hand dismissively.

"go out."

This was the first time Yue Buqun had ever driven him away.

"Yes."

Jiang Ning had no choice but to bow and take his leave.

However, just as he stepped out of Jiangning, he ran into Linghu Chong who was coming over.

"Senior Brother, do you need to see Master for something?"

Jiang Ning was surprised.

Linghu Chong replied, "I'll ask Master if there's anything else we haven't bought yet."

Jiang Ning nodded, said nothing more, and stepped aside to brush past Linghu Chong.

Linghu Chong was walking in such a hurry that something fell out of his arms.

Jiang Ning called out to Linghu Chong upon seeing this.

"Senior Brother, you dropped something."

Linghu Chong turned around and exclaimed in surprise, about to bend down, but Jiang Ning had already picked it up and handed it over.

"Thanks, junior brother."

"You're welcome."

Jiang Ning smiled slightly and was about to leave, but Linghu Chong seemed to have thought of something and quickly called Jiang Ning back.

"Junior brother, wait a minute."

Jiang Ning turned around, puzzled.

"Is there anything else, Senior Brother?"

"Junior brother, you are knowledgeable, can you help me see what this says?"

Linghu Chong handed over the thing that had just fallen to the ground.

Jiang Ning accepted it with a puzzled look.

Linghu Chong's item was just a small booklet, nothing special, and Jiang Ning didn't pay much attention to it. However, when Jiang Ning opened it, his eyes showed surprise.

"Senior Brother, you're still looking at this?"

The booklet was clearly written with Buddhist scriptures.

"Uh-huh."

Linghu Chong nodded like a chick pecking at rice, urging, "Can you help me see what it means? I don't understand it."

Jiang Ning didn't say anything more and continued flipping through the pages.

But the more he looked at Jiang Ning, the deeper his brows furrowed.

"This... seems to be it."

After a moment, Jiang Ning hesitated.

"Huh? Is it for practicing martial arts?"

Linghu Chong looked completely bewildered.

Jiang Ning frowned and said, "I'm not too sure about that either. I don't know much about Buddhism. I only have a little understanding because I talked with the old monk on the third floor of the Sutra Repository at the Southern Shaolin Temple."

"Oh."

Linghu Chong nodded, then asked with great interest, "So how do you practice this?"

"I don't know either, I'm just guessing."

Jiang Ning shook his head and said, "The scriptures written on this are very profound. I can only understand a little bit of them. The further you go, the more obscure and difficult they become. You can ask your master. He should know."

"Ok."

Linghu Chong was somewhat disheartened.

Jiang Ning was about to return the booklet to Linghu Chong and leave, but Linghu Chong suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up, and instead of taking the booklet, he pushed it back.

"Junior brother, you should keep this."

"what?"

Jiang Ning was taken aback.

Linghu Chong chuckled: "Anyway, I don't understand it, so I won't bother my master. Just help me figure it out, and tell me when you do, so I don't have to rack my brains."

"Senior Brother, you..."

Jiang Ning was at a loss.

Linghu Chong put his arm around Jiang Ning's shoulder and chuckled.

"Junior brother, you know me. I get a headache just looking at some of my own books, let alone Buddhist scriptures. I know absolutely nothing about them. So I'll have to trouble you. Try to study them when you have time. It's okay if you can't figure them out, okay?"

"Well... okay."

Jiang Ning nodded.

Linghu Chong gave him a thumbs up.

"terrific."

Jiang Ning then asked the question he wanted to ask.

"Senior Brother, I have a question for you: where did you get this booklet from?"

Jiang Ning asked, "The scriptures on this are profound and extensive, far beyond ordinary Buddhist scriptures. How did you obtain them?"

"This is……"

Linghu Chong was about to blurt out that Feng Qingyang had given him the words without thinking, but he quickly stopped himself.

"I found this."

"Found it?"

Jiang Ning looked at him with suspicion.

Linghu Chong nodded vigorously, his expression serious.

"Ah."

"Ok."

Jiang Ning didn't pursue the matter further. After saying goodbye to Linghu Chong, he prepared to return to his residence.

Watching Jiang Ning's departing figure, Linghu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead.

Chapter 617: Liu Qin

It was mid-May after that day. Jiang Ning didn't know whether Yue Buqun had replied to the Beggars' Sect, and Yue Buqun didn't mention it again.