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

Not every emperor wanted to live forever.

Perhaps if he really went to the celestial realm, he would be less happy than being an emperor in the mortal world?

Zhu Houzhao was thinking about other things.

Liu Jin wanted to say something more, but seeing Zhu Houzhao deep in thought, he didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Houzhao subconsciously touched his chin and muttered to himself.

"I was thinking this would be quite difficult, but my sworn brother gave me such a pleasant surprise, and now it's much simpler."

Zhu Houzhao was about to speak after thinking it through when he saw Liu Jin's hesitant expression and said with a smile, "Speak your mind."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin immediately smiled obsequiously: "Your Majesty, now that the devil Ren Woxing has been eliminated, according to the imperial decree, it is time to reward those who have made contributions."

Zhu Houzhao laughed upon hearing this.

“That’s right, it’s time to reward those who have made contributions.”

"Call Wang Zhilai."

……

"Ning'er".

On the way back to Wuwei Prefecture, Yue Buqun suddenly thought of something and asked Jiang Ning, "Now that you have reached the Innate Realm, do you feel like you are ascending?"

As soon as Yue Buqun said this, the other sect leaders and experts couldn't help but look over.

They are also very concerned about this issue.

Jiang Ning shook his head.

"No."

Chapter 745: Laudenau deserves to die!

Upon hearing this, everyone showed signs of disappointment.

Zhenshanzi couldn't help but say.

"Could it be that the legends circulating in the world that innate masters can ascend to immortality are false?"

Before anyone reached the Innate Realm, everyone had high hopes for this realm. But Jiang Ning, a terrestrial immortal of this era, told them personally that there was no such thing as ascension in this world.

How can this not be disappointing?

"never mind."

Zhenshanzi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"With our limited abilities, we have no hope of ascending to immortality in this lifetime, so why should we care about whether we can ascend?"

Zhenshanzi was quite carefree; after all, ascension was just a legend.

This is not their concern.

"good."

Tianmen Daoist agreed with Zhenshanzi's words, saying, "Even if there is ascension, it is not very attractive to me. I only hope to live up to the expectations of the ancestors of the Taishan Sect and carry on the Taishan Sect."

Yue Buqun was slightly disappointed, but it was only disappointment; he quickly recovered.

The group quickly returned to Wuwei Prefecture.

After the news of Jiang Ning's annihilation of the remnants of the Demonic Cult and Ren Woxing's serious injury and escape, the martial arts community cheered, which also meant that this anti-demon operation was coming to an end.

But so far, the vast majority of martial arts practitioners have not left, but are waiting for the major sects such as Huashan and Emei to return.

The reason they stayed here was that they had heard that Jiang Ning had entered the Innate Realm and become a legendary terrestrial immortal, and they wanted to see Jiang Ning's face.

Secondly, these people were all wandering martial artists, and some of them wanted to take this opportunity to join one of the major sects.

Perhaps the major factions will recruit them after losing manpower this time.

These two reasons are what made the vast majority of martial arts practitioners stay.

"I heard that King Ning single-handedly killed all the remaining thousand members of the Demonic Cult, and Ren Woxing escaped with serious injuries. It's truly unbelievable."

"A martial arts practitioner who remained in Wuwei Prefecture sighed."

At this point, another person retorted.

"Still calling him King Ning? He's a terrestrial immortal now, aren't you afraid he'll be unhappy?"

"So what should we call him?"

His words made the others fall into deep thought.

Yes.

What should it be called?

Jiang Ning's first title since his debut has been "Ning the King of Hell," and it has stayed with him ever since. They don't know what else to call him.

"I remember Ning Yanwang had a title of 'Great Hero of Guanzhong' bestowed by the imperial court, right? How about we call him the Great Hero of Guanzhong?"

One person made a suggestion.

But this was immediately met with opposition from others.

"The title of 'Great Hero of Guanzhong' is not as imposing as 'King Yama Ning.' Besides, King Yama Ning is now a terrestrial immortal. Wouldn't calling him 'Great Hero of Guanzhong' lower his status?"

"This is even worse than Ning Yanwang."

Opposition was high. The title "Great Hero of Guanzhong" seemed to be limited to the Shaanxi region and lacked the imposing presence of the title "King of Hell Ning".

The name Ning Yanwang (King of Hell) is full of murderous intent.

"This won't work, that won't work, so what do you suggest we call it?"

Everyone was deep in thought.

"That's right!"

At this moment, someone's eyes lit up and said, "Wasn't Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang School a hundred years ago, also a terrestrial immortal? At that time, martial arts people called him Zhang Zhenren. Why don't we just call him Ning Yanwang Jiang Zhenren?"

"good idea."

This person's suggestion was a revelation to the others.

The Huashan School is also a Taoist sect, and its leader is a top figure in Taoism.

They didn't know how to address Jiang Ning now, but calling him "Real Person" wouldn't offend him, would it?

Everyone quickly reached a consensus.

"I wonder if we can take this opportunity to join one of these major sects."

One person sighed, "We are without a sect or school, and our martial arts skills are inferior to those of the disciples of these major sects. Even if we achieve some success, we are still somewhat behind them. If only we could have the opportunity to join one of these major sects."

"Yes, I want to join the Hengshan Sect, and it would be even better if I could become a disciple of Master Mo."

"Master Mo is the head of the Hengshan Sect. It's not so easy to become his disciple. Moreover, Master Mo is a free spirit. I heard that he doesn't like managing the sect. He loves to travel around and enjoy playing the erhu."

One of them quipped, "What? You want to learn the erhu from Master Mo?"

The others burst into laughter.

"I must say, Mr. Mo plays the erhu quite well; I was fortunate enough to hear him play once."

Everyone burst into laughter.

"I wish I could join the Huashan Sect."

After laughing, one of them then shared his inner thoughts.

The others also fell silent upon hearing this.

In fact, most of them wanted to join the Huashan Sect.

"Don't think about it."

Another person sighed, "The Huashan Sect has very strict requirements for recruiting disciples, and they only accept children as young as a few years old. They don't accept those who already have skills."

The person who spoke couldn't help but sigh.

Back when the Huashan Sect hadn't yet developed, it only had a few dozen disciples, making it an extremely small and insignificant sect among the major righteous sects. At that time, it would have been very easy for them to join the Huashan Sect.

However, at that time, the vast majority of martial arts practitioners did not consider joining the Huashan Sect; they preferred the Emei, Songshan, Wudang, and Shaolin sects.

But they didn't expect the Huashan Sect to rise so quickly, growing from a sect with only a few dozen people to its current state in just a few years, and even producing a terrestrial immortal.

It's too late for them to join the Huashan Sect now; they've missed the best time.

Why are the recruitment requirements for the Huashan Sect so strict?

One person couldn't help but feel frustrated.

"I do know a little about that."

While the others were puzzled, a man dressed as a scholar spoke up.

"Back when the Five Mountains Sword Sects had not yet disintegrated, Zuo Lengchan of the Songshan Sect sent a man named Lao Denuo to join the Huashan Sect and become the second disciple of the Yue Alliance Leader. However, this second disciple was an internal traitor of the Songshan Sect."

"A traitor?"

The other martial arts figures were astonished.

Although Yue Buqun denounced the various crimes of the Songshan Sect on the Fengchan Terrace of Songshan Mountain and mentioned Lao Denuo, the story of Lao Denuo did not spread widely when it was circulated.

All they knew was that the Songshan Sect had done many heinous things in order to annex the other four sects, which led to the other four sects directly fighting the Songshan Sect on the Fengchan Platform.

"Because of the incident involving the traitor Lao Denuo in the Huashan Sect, the Huashan Sect now directly refuses to accept disciples who have already mastered any skills, nor does it accept anyone who is over the age limit. Last year, the Huashan Sect recruited several hundred disciples, none of whom were over ten years old, in order to prevent the Lao Denuo incident from happening again."

This person's explanation made it clear to the others.

Immediately, someone started cursing.

"That Laudenau deserves to die!"

"He single-handedly blocked our way!"

Laudenau, whose grave was covered with grass several meters tall, never expected that he would be dragged out and cursed even after being dead for so long.