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

At this moment, the bamboo forest was shrouded in mist, and Ren Woxing saw nothing but a fog in front of him.

Ren Woxing continued to stare ahead, muttering to himself as if he were saying something.

"The fog is unclear, the bamboo is not green, the fog... is vast... obscuring my heart."

"The person is unknown... the road is unclear... the road ahead is long and arduous..."

"I...can...do it..."

Chapter 744: No Ascension

……

"Master, the bodies here have been disposed of."

Linghu Chong reported back to Yue Buqun.

The corpses of these cult members were scattered all over the mountains, and it took a lot of time to deal with them.

"Ah."

Yue Buqun nodded and said, "You can leave now."

"Yes."

Linghu Chong responded.

Yue Buqun then joined up with the leaders of the other sects.

"Gentlemen, the bodies here have been disposed of and will not cause a plague. We can leave now."

Tianmen Daoist then spoke up, "Alliance Leader, shall we return to Wuwei Prefecture now, or..."

Yue Buqun pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go back to Wuwei Prefecture first."

There are still many martial arts practitioners in Wuwei Prefecture, waiting for him, the leader of the Demon Extermination Alliance, and Yue Buqun has something to say to them.

The four schools of Emei, Taishan, Hengshan, and Hengshan naturally had no objections.

Fang Zheng suddenly spoke up at this moment.

"Amitabha."

Fang Zheng said, "Ren Woxing has been killed, so this old monk will take his leave now. Shaolin Temple still has many important matters to attend to."

Fang Zheng's early departure surprised Yue Buqun somewhat, but he still nodded in agreement.

"Abbot, please proceed with caution."

After a brief greeting, Fang Zheng left.

"Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Zhenshanzi was somewhat surprised.

The other sect leaders present all knew why Shaolin was leaving in such a hurry, and none of them said anything, but Zhenshanzi was surprised.

Forget it.

Zhenshanzi didn't think about it anymore.

He was planning to stay a little longer.

After Shaolin left, only the Weiyi Alliance, Wudang, and Kunlun sects remained present.

As for the Beggars' Sect?

Jie Feng had already run away.

They were afraid that if they were even a step too slow, Jiang Ning would come after them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please."

Yue Buqun addressed the leaders of the various sects.

"please."

Zhenshanzi and Chongxu bowed and said.

The group embarked on their journey back to Wuwei Prefecture.

……

Beijing.

The Imperial Palace.

"Your Majesty, great joy, great joy!"

Liu Jin jogged towards Zhu Houzhao's palace with small, quick steps, holding a secret letter in his hand as he ran and shouted.

Zhu Houzhao, who was dealing with memorials at the time, put down his work upon hearing Liu Jin's voice and frowned slightly.

"What good news?"

Zhu Houzhao was somewhat displeased by Liu Jin's outburst, but he was also curious about what could have made this old fox Liu Jin deliberately act so out of control.

"Your Majesty, news has arrived regarding the battle in Wuwei Prefecture. The demonic cult leader named Ren Woxing has been killed by Hero Jiang."

Liu Jin quickly replied.

"Oh?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"Bring it here."

Liu Jin dared not delay and immediately presented Luo Ding's secret letter.

Zhu Houzhao quickly opened the secret letter and began to read it, a look of delight on his face.

"it is good!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but applaud.

"I knew it. My sworn brother is indeed a master of martial arts."

In the secret letter, Luo Ding gave a detailed report on the specific actions of this demon-slaying operation.

Zhu Houzhao nodded as he read.

"Hmm, this sworn brother's master, Yue Buqun, is quite good."

"He was able to command this battle involving tens of thousands of people in an orderly manner; he is a capable person."

Liu Jin flattered from the side, saying, "After all, Alliance Leader Yue is Jiang Daxia's master. If he didn't have excellent skills, he wouldn't have been able to teach such a master as Jiang Daxia."

Zhu Houzhao laughed upon hearing this.

"That's true."

Zhu Houzhao then continued reading.

The following content naturally describes Jiang Ning's performance.

Zhu Houzhao looked surprised.

"So my sworn brother's martial arts skills are so high? He can move freely among thousands of troops, and even in the rear of the Demonic Sect, no one can kill him?"

Zhu Houzhao had already overestimated Jiangning's martial arts skills, but the secret report in front of him still surprised him greatly.

Especially when he saw Jiang Ning go alone to confront Ren Woxing's thousand-strong remnant of the Demonic Cult, and actually kill all of them, including Ren Woxing and Ren Yingying, the two main culprits, all by himself, this was beyond Zhu Houzhao's comprehension.

If it weren't a secret letter, Zhu Houzhao would have thought he was reading some mythological book.

"but……"

Zhu Houzhao still showed a look of doubt.

"What does it mean that the letter says my sworn brother has entered the Innate Realm?"

"Is this level of skill very powerful?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin quickly offered an explanation.

Fortunately, he had done his homework.

"I have already sent people to inquire. This realm is very powerful for those martial artists in the Jianghu. They call those who have reached this realm 'Land Immortals'."

"A land-based immortal?"

Zhu Houzhao was startled and found it hard to believe.

"Yes, it is said that those who have reached this realm are no longer ordinary people. They can remain youthful and live to be a hundred years old with ease. They also have protective qi that can protect them from all attacks in the world. Therefore, people in the martial arts world call masters of the Innate Realm 'Land Immortals'."

"Moreover, it is said that those who reach this level can ascend to the celestial realm and attain immortality."

Zhu Houzhao listened, completely stunned.

Eternal youth?

Protective Qi?

Ascension?

Zhu Houzhao noticed the sensitive word and immediately asked, "Ascension? Is there really a way to ascend to immortality? Is it possible to attain the Dao and become an immortal?"

Liu Jin honestly replied, "This servant doesn't know either; I only learned about it from those martial arts practitioners."

Even so, Zhu Houzhao was still quite shocked.

So, does that mean his sworn brother is now an immortal?

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought.

Liu Jin carefully observed Zhu Houzhao's expression and said, "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, whether there is truly any ascension is still unknown. Perhaps it is just the boasting of those martial arts practitioners."

"Instead of doubting whether it is truly possible to attain immortality and ascend to heaven, we should invite Master Jiang into the palace and ask him."

Zhu Houzhao was thinking, but after hearing Liu Jin's words, he opened his mouth as if to say something, but then shook his head.

"We'll discuss this later."

In fact, Zhu Houzhao himself did not care whether there was a celestial realm or whether he could ascend to immortality.