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

The conflict between their lineage and Yu Jizi's lineage did not start when Tianmen Taoist succeeded as the head of the sect, but started from the generation of their grandmaster. There were also conflicts between Tianmen Taoist's master and Yu Jizi's generation. At that time, their master did not deal with Yu Jizi and others, and passed away after leaving the position of head of the sect to Tianmen.

Tianmen Taoist's martial arts skills are the highest among them, but his temper is very similar to that of their master. He is soft-hearted towards Yu Jizi and others and cannot bear to kill them.

However, Taoist Tianyi and his friends also understood Taoist Tianmen. After all, if they were in Taoist Tianmen's position, they probably wouldn't have the heart to attack these nephews and nieces.

"Hey."

Thinking that the Taishan Sect was like a pile of loose sand, Tianyi and others sighed again, with worry in their eyes.

……

The next morning.

"Junior Brother Jiang, how was your rest last night?"

Faxing, the Taishan disciple who chatted with Jiang Ning yesterday, came to Jiang Ning's residence early in the morning.

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother. I'm fine."

Faxing also smiled and said, "Master asked me yesterday to take Junior Brother Jiang to visit Mount Tai today. Where do you want to go today?"

Jiang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go to Yuhuangding."

Jade Emperor Peak is the place where emperors performed Fengshan rituals. It would be a pity if you come to Mount Tai and don’t visit it.

"Row."

Faxing nodded readily, and then climbed to the top of Mount Tai with Jiangning.

Jade Emperor Peak is the highest point of Mount Tai, with an altitude of more than 1,500 meters.

"In fact, in ancient times, the emperors did not only perform Fengshan at Yuhuangding. It was just called Fengshan at Yuhuangding. This is also recorded in the Fengshan book in the Records of the Grand Historian."

While Faxing was taking Jiang Ning to the mountain, he explained the details of the Fengshan ceremony.

"The Emperor of Qin built an altar on the top of Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the heavens and to repay the heavens for their contributions, so it was called Feng. Then he cleared the land on some small hills at the foot of Mount Tai to repay the earth for its contributions, so it was also called Chan. This is Feng Chan."

Faxing smiled as he walked, "After the Emperor Qin built an altar on the Jade Emperor Peak to report to the heavens, he reported to the earth on Liangfu Mountain. If you want to see it, you can go to Liangfu Mountain to have a look later."

Jiang Ning nodded upon hearing this.

"In fact, Mount Tai was controlled by the royal family before the Song Dynasty, and no one else was allowed to go up the mountain."

Faxing then laughed again and said, "It's just that after Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty performed Fengshan at Mount Tai, no emperor came to Mount Tai to perform Fengshan, so the place was abandoned."

"Speaking of which, my Taishan sect should thank this Song Dynasty emperor. If no emperor had come here to offer sacrifices to the gods after he offered sacrifices to the gods, I'm afraid my sect's founder would not have had the opportunity to establish a sect here."

Jiang Ning laughed when he heard this.

"Junior brother, look, this is the Wudafu Pine, which is said to be the place where the Qin Emperor took shelter from the rain."

Faxing pointed to a pine tree not far away.

At this time, he and Jiang Ning also arrived at Wusong Pavilion.

Faxing was also telling Jiang Ning the stories of this place.

"It is said that after the Qin Emperor conquered the six kingdoms and unified the world, he brought his civil and military ministers to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods. The Qin Emperor originally planned to ride a carriage up the mountain, but those Confucian scholars said that he could not ride a carriage, and even if he did, he had to wrap the wheels with cattails so as not to crush any grass or tree on Mount Tai. The Qin Emperor was furious and forbade the Confucian scholars to go up the mountain with him to offer sacrifices to the gods."

As for the story of this singularity of Mount Tai, Faxing was as familiar with it as Jiang Ning was with the story of Mount Hua, and he talked about it attentively.

"After the Emperor Qin Shi Huang was enthroned at Yuhuangding, it suddenly rained heavily. He thought that the god of Mount Tai was angry and wanted to send down heavy rain to wash him away, so he ran away. He ran all the way to Wusong Pavilion, where he found a big pine tree. He hid under the tree, hugged the trunk with both hands and prayed for the protection of the tree god. Later, the Emperor Qin Shi Huang named the tree Wudafu Pine."

Jiang Ning nodded after hearing this.

Fa Xing then laughed again and said, "But this is just a rumor. There is another rumor that when Emperor Qin was climbing the mountain, it suddenly rained and he happened to pass by here and took shelter from the rain. It is hard to say whether these two rumors are true or false, but the first rumor is widely circulated and many people believe it, but I am more inclined to the second one."

"why?"

Jiang Ning laughed.

Faxing also laughed and said, "Because the first one was too exaggerated."

Although later dynasties after Qin did not have a good opinion of the Qin Emperor, not everyone felt the same way.

At least Faxing felt that the Qin Emperor, who was able to unify the six kingdoms, would not flee in panic when encountering heavy rain. The first rumor was more like a smear on the first emperor in history.

Jiang Ning and Fa Xing stopped briefly at Wusong Pavilion and continued to climb up the mountain. Not long after they walked, they saw several Taoists coming down the mountain in mourning clothes.

These Taoists snorted coldly after seeing Fa Xing beside Jiang Ning.

When Faxing saw these people, the smile on his face turned cold.

The atmosphere between the two sides was somewhat awkward.

Chapter 295: Jade Emperor Peak

Chapter 295: Jade Emperor Peak

The two groups of people, those who were going down the mountain and those who were going up the mountain, looked at each other coldly.

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

Fa Xing snorted coldly and took Jiang Ning up the mountain, ignoring the people opposite.

The Taoist priests in mourning clothes on the opposite side snorted coldly and went down the mountain without even looking at Faxing and Jiangning.

The two sides just passed each other by.

"Brother, who are they?"

Jiang Ning looked back at the people who were coming down the mountain.

Faxing replied, "They are from the lineages of Grand Master Yuji and Grand Master Yuyin."

Jiang Ning also raised questions at this time.

"Brother, what disease did Senior Yujizi and the others die of?"

Hearing Jiang Ning's question, Faxing felt a little embarrassed.

"for this I……"

Jiang Ning looked at him: "Is it inconvenient to say?"

"no no."

Faxing quickly shook his head.

"The main thing is that we don't know what disease Grand Master and the others have."

Seeing him say that, Jiang Ning did not ask any further questions and changed the subject.

"Brother, do you have a bad relationship with those brothers just now?"

At this time, Jiang Ning seemed unaware of the internal conflicts within the Taishan Sect.

When Faxing heard Jiang Ning mention those people, his face turned cold and he blurted out.

"It's not that I have a bad relationship with them, it's that our lineage has a bad relationship with all of their lineages."

As soon as the words came out, Faxing immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly kept silent.

After all, they are all disciples of Taishan Sect, and it is really difficult to talk about their discord.

"Oh? Why is that?"

Jiang Ning asked even though he knew the answer.

Seeing Jiang Ning's endless questioning, Faxing's expression was a little conflicted, but after thinking about what Taoist Tiansong had told him yesterday that Jiang Ning's identity was not ordinary and asked him to try his best to have a good relationship with Jiang Ning, Faxing hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"In fact, Junior Brother, you don't know that although we are all fellow disciples, Grand Master Yuji and his disciples are not on good terms with my master and Grand Master Tianmen, and the relationship between us disciples is also very tense."

Jiang Ning nodded upon hearing this and asked, "Why are Senior Yujizi and his men at odds with Master Tianmen?"

Faxing pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know about this, actually. I just heard from my senior brothers that it seems to have started from the generation of our great master. It is said that when our great master's master handed over the position of the head of the sect to our great master, our great master uncle Yuji and his friends were not satisfied. It was not until our great master passed the position of the head of the sect to our uncle before he passed away that our great master uncle Yuji and his friends became even more dissatisfied."

"They think that our master is selfish and wants to monopolize the position of the head of our lineage, so they have been opposing our master since he became the head of the lineage."

The bad relationship between the elders also affected them, the disciples. The relationship between the disciples of Tianmen Taoist's lineage and the disciples of Yu Jizi's lineages was also very tense, but at least they could maintain superficial peace before. What really led to the current situation for both sides was that Tianmen Taoist returned from Shaanxi.

"I heard that the Songshan Sect proposed to merge the Five Mountains Sects at Huashan. Junior Brother should know this too."

Faxing said at this time.

"Ah."

Jiang Ning nodded. Of course he knew because he was there at the time.

Faxing continued, "My uncle would never agree to merge our sects, but Grand Uncle Yuji and his people wanted to merge our sects. After they came back, they kept telling us how good it would be to merge our sects. Their disciples have already agreed to merge our sects, but we don't agree."

At this point, Faxing's face was determined: "My Taishan Sect has been passed down for three hundred years. This merger would mean severing the lineage of my Taishan Sect. There is no way we will agree to a merger."

"Master Tianmen heard the news after he came back. He had a few arguments with Master Yuji and the others. Not long after, Master Yuji and the others passed away. I heard that they had contracted a serious illness."

Taoist Tianmen handled Yu Jizi and others in secret. No one else knew about it except his fellow disciples in his lineage, not even disciples like Faxing.

Ever since the death of Yu Jizi and several others, their disciples all suspected that it was Tianmen Taoist who killed them, but there was no evidence. Despite this, the relationship between the two sides took a sharp turn for the worse. In addition, the two sides had different philosophies, with one side agreeing to merge and the other side disagreeing, making the already strained relationship even more incompatible.

The disciples under Yu Jizi and his companions and the disciples of Master Tianmen's lineage have gradually drifted apart, leading to the current situation.

"Qingsong and the others thought that Grand Master Yuji was killed by Grand Master Tianmen, and they are very hostile to us, but don't we hate them too?"

Fa Xing sneered, "My Taishan Sect has been passed down for hundreds of years. Grandmaster Yu Ji and his men said they wanted to merge with the sects and destroy the foundation of Taishan Sect. Don't even mention whether it was Grandmaster Uncle who killed them. Even if it was, so what? What's the difference between what they did and betraying Taishan Sect? Grandmaster Uncle Tianmen should get rid of people like this."

After the conversations yesterday and today, Faxing had a very good impression of Jiang Ning. He said a lot without realizing it. At this moment, his emotions were boiling and these words came out of his mouth. Even though he realized that it was inappropriate, he did not change his words, but just stopped talking.

"..."

Listening to Faxing's words, Jiang Ning keenly noticed a fact.

I'm afraid there are quite a few disciples in the lineage of Master Tianmen Taoist who think like Faxing.

The disciples of Faxing who disagreed with the merger probably now have murderous intentions towards the disciples who agreed to the merger, in addition to hatred.

Jiang Ning had not expected that the conflict between the two sides had escalated to this point.

Judging from what he has noticed so far, if Taoist Tianmen continues to suppress the matter and does not deal with it, it won’t be long before internal strife breaks out in the Taishan Sect.

There are more than 200 people in Tianmen Taoist's lineage, and more than 150 people in Yujizi's lineage. If an internal fight really breaks out between the two sides, the consequences for Taishan Sect may not only be a serious blow to its vitality, but it may also cause the sect to be unable to recover.

The Huashan Sect was devastated for decades by a dispute over sword energy, and has not recovered until now.

Faxing did not speak again during the rest of the journey, as if he was in a bad mood. He only briefly mentioned the stories of the singularities on the road, and the two finally arrived at the Jade Emperor Peak.