The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Becomes a Disciple of Yue Buqun

"He is the junior brother who came with me to Siguo Cliff two years ago and discovered the lost swordsmanship of the Five Mountains Sword Sect in the stone wall."

Linghu Chong reminded.

Since Feng Qingyang has been living in seclusion in Yunv Peak, he must have known about the noise when Jiang Ning and he smashed the stone wall last time.

"Two years ago? When?"

Feng Qingyang asked.

Linghu Chong said: "April."

Feng Qingyang frowned and said nothing.

During that period, he was not at the Jade Maiden Peak, but had gone down the mountain. When he came back, he found that the secret of the stone wall in the Cliff of Regret had been discovered by someone. He thought that Linghu Chong had discovered it himself, but he did not expect this to be the case.

Feng Qingyang was a little curious at this time and asked, "Is your junior brother stronger than you?"

Linghu Chong showed a helpless smile and nodded: "Yes."

Feng Qingyang was even more surprised.

He originally thought that it was a blessing for Huashan to have a disciple like Linghu Chong, but he didn't expect that there was someone even more powerful.

"How old is he?"

"eighteen."

"eighteen?"

Feng Qingyang narrowed his eyes, somewhat unconvinced.

Seeing Feng Qingyang's expression, Linghu Chong also felt helpless.

"Yes, that's eighteen."

Feng Qingyang stopped talking.

He knew Linghu Chong's strength. It was already very good that he could be comparable to the general first-class masters at this age. There was actually someone in the second generation of disciples of Huashan Sect who was more powerful than him, and he was only eighteen years old.

After a while.

Feng Qingyang found a rock to sit down, waved to Linghu Chong, and said, "Tell me the details of your junior brother."

He was really curious.

Upon seeing this, Linghu Chong told him everything he knew about Jiang Ning from childhood to adulthood. It was very lengthy, but Feng Qingyang did not interrupt him, but listened carefully.

"Junior Brother Jiang Ning killed Yu Canghai and his disciples from the Qingcheng Sect in Sichuan. After returning, he met the Saint of the Demon Sect in Hanzhong Prefecture. He chased her for 300 miles, severely injured her, and killed two of her top masters."

Linghu Chong told him about Jiang Ning's battle achievements, which were like stones pressing on his heart, making it hard for him to breathe.

After Linghu Chong finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.

Feng Qingyang was lost in thought at this time, frowning and remaining silent.

With this age and strength, there has never been such a genius even in the Huashan Sect which was at its peak in the past.

Yue Buqun must be so lucky to have picked up such a treasure.

Chapter 159: Those with extraordinary talents will be envied by the heavens

"you……"

Feng Qingyang finally came to his senses and looked at Linghu Chong.

"So you work so hard because your junior fellow apprentice puts too much pressure on you?"

Linghu Chong smiled helplessly.

It was more than just pressure, it was like a mountain pressing on his heart.

Feng Qingyang looked at him with a half-smile: "Do you want to surpass him?"

Linghu Chong smiled awkwardly.

Feng Qingyang looked at him again and asked, "Is it because he has affected your status?"

Linghu Chong's expression changed, and he remained silent as if something had been said.

In the past, he was the eldest disciple of the Huashan Sect's leader, the eldest senior brother among his fellow disciples, and had the highest martial arts skills. He was admired by all his fellow disciples and loved by his master's wife. When he went out into the world, people in the world who knew his identity were polite to him, came up to curry favor with him, and treated him as the future leader of the Huashan Sect.

Maybe he didn't care at first, or even felt uncomfortable, but as time went on, even he thought so. He gradually got used to the admiration of his fellow disciples and the fawning of others, and accepted these admiration and fawning. He also naturally believed that he was the only candidate for the next generation leader, and Yue Buqun would definitely choose him as the leader.

But all this changed because of Jiang Ning.

Ever since Jiang Ning's strength became stronger and stronger, even surpassing him, the Huashan disciples' admiring eyes began to shift to Jiang Ning.

If these only gave him a sense of urgency, what really scared him was the change in Yue Buqun.

Although Yue Buqun was very strict with him in the past, much stricter than with other disciples, there was always something in Yue Buqun's eyes when he was training him that made him feel at ease.

Now Yue Buqun was not strict with him anymore, cared more and more about him, and no longer punished him at every turn. Linghu Chong was also immersed in this fatherly love, but later on, there was no longer the same meaning in Yue Buqun's eyes as before. Later, that kind of meaning only appeared in Yue Buqun's eyes when he looked at Jiang Ning. The sense of security in his heart was gradually fading away, and was replaced by a sense of emptiness.

He realized that something was moving away from him, and no matter how hard he tried to grab it, he could not keep it and could only watch it slip through his fingers.

Every time he saw Yue Buqun praising Jiang Ning and his satisfied look, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He wanted to practice hard, wanted Yue Buqun to notice him, and wanted the look in Yue Buqun's eyes that originally belonged to him to return to him. He wanted to prove that he was no worse than anyone else, but Jiang Ning's growth speed made him despair.

There were countless nights when Linghu Chong dreamed that one day Yue Buqun suddenly announced that Jiang Ning would become the head of the Huashan Sect and betrothed his daughter Yue Lingshan to Jiang Ning. Every time he dreamed of this moment, Linghu Chong woke up from the dream with cold sweat on his forehead.

Whenever he thought about the possibility of something like this happening in the future, Linghu Chong felt an indescribable fear in his heart.

When he found that no matter how hard he tried to practice, he could not catch up with Jiang Ning, Linghu Chong subconsciously chose to escape and came to the Cliff of Repentance. Although this was the place where Yue Buqun often punished him in the past, it made him feel the long-lost tranquility.

Seeing the subconscious dejected look on Linghu Chong's face at this moment, Feng Qingyang frowned. He guessed what Linghu Chong was thinking and couldn't help but scold him.

"You are so young, but you become depressed when you encounter setbacks, and you become anxious about gains and losses at the slightest setback. With your mentality, how can you achieve great things in the future?"

Feng Qingyang looked stern and scolded: "What's that expression of yours? What's that look of yours? Do you think that just with that expression of yours, Yue Buqun will pay attention to you again? Will he give you the position of the head?"

"Since others work harder and are stronger than you, then you should work hard to practice, work harder than before, work harder than him, and become stronger than him, instead of feeling sorry for yourself like you are now, and coming here to escape like a coward!"

Feng Qingyang's rebuke was like a wake-up call, shocking Linghu Chong beyond words. He did not expect Feng Qingyang to have seen through his thoughts. Before he could explain himself, Feng Qingyang's next words woke him up from his dream, and he quickly knelt down and said.

"Master Feng is right. Your disciple will remember this."

Seeing that Linghu Chong took his words to heart, Feng Qingyang's expression softened.

"Get up."

Linghu Chong stood up upon hearing this.

Feng Qingyang looked at him, then turned back and said, "Although your junior brother is extremely talented, I think he won't live long."

"what?"

Linghu Chong was stunned, a look of nervousness appeared on his face and his tone was anxious.

"Why did Grandmaster Uncle say that? Why will my junior brother not live long?"

Hearing his question, Feng Qingyang looked at him with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Noticing that Linghu Chong's expression did not seem fake, he paused before speaking.

"Although I have never met your junior brother, I have a general understanding of his character from what you have said. Although he hates evil, he is ruthless and cannot tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes. As long as he thinks something is wrong, he will intervene, no matter how strong the other party is. He will stick to one path to the end and does not know how to write the word retreat. He is also very murderous. I am afraid that countless people have died at his hands so far."

Linghu Chong nodded repeatedly after listening to this. He also thought that Jiang Ning was like this.

"People like this are often the ones who die the fastest in the martial arts world and are easily killed by others. But your junior brother is so talented that he has such strength at the age of only eighteen. With his current strength, I'm afraid there are not many people in the martial arts world who can kill him."

Linghu Chong was puzzled: "Why did the Grand Master say that my junior brother would not live long?"

Feng Qingyang smiled and said, "Because he took away the secret of heaven."

Linghu Chong was stunned.

Feng Qingyang paused for a moment and continued, "Your Junior Brother, you have too strong a desire to kill. You should know that killing too many people is not a good thing. It will damage your virtue. Some people gradually indulge in the pleasure of killing and lose themselves. They develop inner demons and eventually fall into the path of evil."

"Moreover, his mind is too deep. People with deep minds think more than ordinary people, consume more energy than ordinary people, have gray hair early, and die earlier than ordinary people."

"Those with extraordinary talents will often be envied by the gods."

"Birth, aging, illness and death are the laws of all things. No one is exempt from them. We can only follow these laws. However, martial artists like us practice martial arts and strengthen our bodies to delay the laws of birth, aging, illness and death. In other words, if we defy these laws, we are essentially going against the will of heaven."

"Among most people in the martial arts world, some have practiced martial arts for decades but have made no progress, yet they can die of old age. Some have great martial arts skills but die halfway due to the recurrence of old illnesses, or are killed by others, or for various reasons. Why is this? Because they violated their own destiny."

Chapter 160: My Heart is Bright

Chapter 160: My Heart is Bright

“For example, this person could live to be seventy, but he was very intelligent and practiced martial arts to prolong his life, which extended his lifespan and allowed him to live to eighty, which violated his destiny and caused him to die earlier.”

"Everyone has his or her own destiny. Most people can only accept it. However, some people are gifted and can skip their original destiny. However, the consequence of this is that they cannot live to their original lifespan. Otherwise, why would there be the saying that God is jealous of talented people? Why would people die young?"

Feng Qingyang spoke calmly, with no expression of sadness or joy on his face, and Linghu Chong was stunned as he listened.

These words were too metaphysical, making him somewhat skeptical.

"He is too murderous, too talented, and too thoughtful. All three of these things will shorten his lifespan. If only one of them is present, his lifespan will be shorter than that of an ordinary person. But he has all three, so he won't live long."

……

"Die? Of course I will die. No one is immune to death."

Jiang Ning laughed.

inside the house.

Liu Zhao and Lin Pingzhi sat on the other side of the table.

Ever since Liu Zhao became Jiang Ning's disciple, he has always wanted to know more about Jiang Ning. Jiang Ning usually doesn't talk much about himself, and Liu Zhao is very curious. He saw that Lin Pingzhi respected Jiang Ning very much, more than other Huashan disciples, so he finally couldn't help but ask Lin Pingzhi about Jiang Ning's deeds out of curiosity. But after knowing what Jiang Ning had done, Liu Zhao was stunned, and couldn't help asking questions like "Isn't Jiang Ning worried about his own death by doing this?"

“Life is long, and we all have to die in the end. Since we will die anyway, why not die for our ideals?”

Liu Zhao and Lin Pingzhi stared at Jiang Ning in a daze.

"Is it your ideal to be a chivalrous man and help the world?"

Lin Pingzhi hesitated for a moment and asked.

Jiang Ning thought about it and nodded: "About the same."

Lin Pingzhi was stunned.

"Even if I die from it?"

Jiang Ning nodded: "Yes."