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

According to the current distance, if everything goes well, he will arrive in Xiangyang around May 12, just in time to meet Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze and others.

Jiang Ning ate the rabbit leg while feeling the internal strength in his body.

Apart from eating and traveling these days, he only slept for a few hours at night, and spent the rest of his time practicing Xiantian Gong.

After three days of practice, he understood that Xiantian Gong has the effect of refreshing the mind. Even if he doesn't sleep for a night, he can still be energetic. However, it puts a great burden on the body. It is not noticeable in a short period of time, but problems will arise over time.

If the human body is compared to a machine, then the brain is the switch. Jiang Ning's brain has never been turned off. He travels during the day and practices at night. His body is always running, and he will definitely not be able to bear it for a long time.

So even though Jiang Ning was eager to practice Xiantian Gong, he also had to consider the burden on his body. Taoism emphasizes gradual progress, and the same is true for Xiantian Gong.

However, after practicing for a few days, Jiang Ning's internal strength has become a very pure internal force, which is much better than before when it was not much bigger than a hair.

After eating the rabbit legs, Jiang Ning stood up, drew his sword and began to practice swordplay in the cave.

The cave was spacious, with plenty of room inside for him to stretch out.

Maodou had already fallen asleep nearby.

In the cave, apart from the crackling of the burning campfire, there were also sounds of snoring and sword practice.

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Except for the heavy rain seven days ago, the weather started to clear up. Jiang Ning deliberately passed through a county three days ago to see if the government had any action. As a result, he didn't know whether the wanted order had not been issued here due to traffic inconvenience, or the government had not reacted yet. Jiang Ning did not see the reward for his arrest, which made him feel more relieved, and he no longer deliberately avoided those large cities in the following days.

At this time, he was sitting on Maodou's back, and Maodou was carrying him towards the southeast.

When he was riding Eadodou before, he didn't have any equipment like a saddle, which made it very uncomfortable. He bought a saddle in the county he passed by before and put it on Eadodou's back, which made things much better.

It was the same shopkeeper who looked confused when he saw him attaching a saddle to the back of a donkey.

Maodou was running while making cheerful noises. His big teeth sparkled in the sunlight and the bell under his neck made crisp sounds, which was very pleasant to the ear.

It was another five days before he arrived in Xiangyang after such a hasty journey.

During the journey, he did not encounter any incidents like the one where Xu Yaozu robbed a woman in the street. It was relatively peaceful. This might be because most of the places he passed through were villages.

However, when he passed by one of the villages, he found that the villagers there were about to drown a woman under the instructions of the village chief, and he stopped them.

After questioning, it was learned that the woman was already married, but had an affair with other men after marriage and was eventually discovered by her husband.

The woman was afraid that her crime would be exposed, so she teamed up with her adulterer to poison her husband, but was discovered by her husband.

Finally, the husband accidentally killed the adulterer in extreme anger, and fearfully told the local village chief, who was also their clan leader, about the incident.

When the village chief learned about what happened in the village, he organized the villagers to put the woman who had committed adultery into a cage and prepare to throw her into the river to drown her.

This is their clan rule.

Jiang Ning confirmed from the woman that this was indeed the case, so he did not try to stop her.

He has no control over such matters, nor does he want to control them.

The woman was grateful at first when she saw Jiang Ning rescued her, but after Jiang Ning gave up on saving her, she started cursing at Jiang Ning.

After this episode, nothing else happened and Jiang Ning continued on his journey to Xiangyang.

Compared with Xi'an Prefecture, Xiangyang seems less prosperous. After all, Xi'an Prefecture is the ancient capital of Six Dynasties, and the only cities that can compare with it are Jiangnan, Luoyang and the capital.

But Xiangyang is also a big city.

Today is May 12th, which is almost the same day as he had calculated before.

Jiang Ning walked around Xiangyang City with Maodou.

Unlike in Xi'an Prefecture, there are obviously more martial artists in Xiangyang City than in Xi'an Prefecture. You can see some people carrying weapons almost every few steps. Some of them look ferocious and not easy to mess with, while others walk in groups of three or five. Compared with them, Jiang Ning's outfit is much more ordinary.

Previously, when he massacred Xu Heqing's family in Xu Mansion in Xi'an Prefecture, his newly bought clothes were stained with blood, but he washed them clean later, and the smell of blood on his body was not so strong. Now it is impossible to tell that he killed so many people.

What's strange is that he was leading a donkey.

It’s not that there were no people who entered the city leading their mounts, but it was strange that everyone else was leading horses and he was leading a donkey.

Along the way, Jiangning discovered that there were lanterns hanging on the buildings on both sides of the road, and some streets were already decorated with lanterns and calligraphy and paintings.

According to Yue Buqun, the flower and lantern festival in Xiangyang City will begin in three days, so they may have already arrived in Xiangyang.

Jiang Ning planned to find an inn to stay in first, and then ask passers-by if they had seen Yue Buqun and others.

The dozens of people led by Yue Buqun are still quite conspicuous together.

"Eh? Junior Brother? Why are you in Xiangyang too?"

At this time, a familiar female voice sounded from behind him. Jiang Ning turned around and saw a woman holding a lantern in a small alley next to him, looking at him in surprise.

"Senior Sister Du?"

Chapter 39: It's really you

Chapter 39: It's Really You

Jiang Ning was also surprised.

Unexpectedly, I ran into Du Lanyin as soon as I entered the city.

At this time, Du Lanyin came over, looked at Jiang Ning and covered his mouth with his hands and laughed, "When I first saw you, I was not sure. I was afraid that I recognized the wrong person. I didn't expect it to be you. With this outfit, I thought you were a young master out for fun."

Jiang Ning asked, "Where are Master and the others?"

Du Lanyin said, "I went to visit a good friend. We just arrived the day before yesterday, and the Lantern Festival will not start for another three days. Master took us to stay in the inn, and we have been playing in this city for the past few days."

Jiang Ning nodded in understanding.

"Why did you bring a donkey? It doesn't suit your temperament. It would be better to change it to a horse."

Du Lanyin looked at Maodou behind Jiang Ning curiously and wanted to reach out to touch it, but perhaps Maodou understood what Du Lanyin said, as it turned its head away and prevented her from touching it.

"It's called edamame, and I bought it in Huayin County."

Jiang Ning explained.

Du Lanyin widened his eyes slightly and pointed at the edamame.

"Did you ride it all the way to Xiangyang?"

Jiang Ning nodded.

Du Lanyin chuckled, looked at Maodou with curiosity, and wanted to reach out and touch the bell under its neck.

However, the usually docile Maodou seemed to be angry, shaking its head back and forth to prevent her from touching it. Du Lanyin pouted her lips, put her hands on her hips, puffed up her cheeks, stared at it, and looked very angry.

Jiang Ning laughed and reached out to stroke Maodou's head.

"Come on, Junior Brother, I'll take you to the inn. Junior Sister and Senior Brother are all here."

Du Lanyin walked in front to lead the way.

"it is good."

Jiang Ning nodded.

The inn where Yue Buqun and his companions were staying was not far from Jiangning, and they arrived there in a short walk.

Before entering the inn, Jiang Ning heard a familiar voice.

"The fifth leader, six six six..."

As soon as he entered the inn, Jiang Ning saw four or five people sitting around a table on the first floor. They were Linghu Chong, Lu Dayou, Gao Genming and Ying Bailuo. The four of them were gesticulating around the table, which was filled with bowls of wine. Yue Lingshan was standing next to Linghu Chong and watching them play.

The voice just now was made by Linghu Chong.

"Big Brother, Junior Sister Lingshan~"

Du Lanyin shouted.

Several people who were playing games turned around and saw Jiang Ning.

"Junior brother, you are also in Xiangyang?"

Linghu Chong and the others asked in surprise, then Linghu Chong waved towards Jiang Ning and said, "Come on, we are playing a drinking game, come and play, little junior brother."

In addition to his hobby of drinking, Linghu Chong also liked gambling. Half of the pocket money Yue Buqun gave him was spent on buying wine, and the other half was spent in the gambling house.

When Yue Buqun found out, he was furious and punished him severely several times, but to no avail. It was not until Jiang Ning's strength level caught up with his, that he began to practice diligently again and gradually quit gambling. However, he did not change his love for alcohol. Yue Buqun strictly ordered him to drink less, but he still could not change. In his words, if there was no alcohol, it would be better to be dead than to live.

Now Yue Buqun was not in the inn visiting friends, Ning Zhongze went with him. Linghu Chong was too bored to be alone in the inn, so he played a drinking game with Lu Dayou and the others, and the loser had to drink.

"No, brother."

Jiang Ning smiled and shook his head.

Linghu Chong curled his lips and said "boring".

"Wow, what a big donkey."

Lu Dayou saw Maodou outside the inn and exclaimed in surprise.

"It's called edamame, and my junior brother bought it in Huayin County."

Du Lanyin answered first.

"Junior brother, didn't you go to practice? Why did you come to Xiangyang?"

Gao Genming asked.

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "It's on the way. I thought that Master, Master's Wife, and all the brothers and sisters were here, so I came to take a look."

"Oh."

Gao Genming nodded.

Yue Lingshan said: "My father and mother are not here. They went to visit friends."

Ying Bailuo asked curiously, "Where did you go this time when you came down the mountain? Was it fun?"

Jiang Ning shook his head: "Nothing fun."

"Little Junior Brother, you don't know that Master has often mentioned you along the way and used you as an example to scold me. It's really overwhelming for me."

"It's only been a short time since you came down the mountain, and Master's wife has been nagging about you. She told us every day that it was your first time down the mountain. She was worried that you wouldn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes outside, and that you would be bullied. My fellow disciples and I have become callused at your ears."

Linghu Chong shook his head and sighed, "My master's wife didn't even care about me this much when I came down the mountain."

"How not."

Yue Lingshan covered her mouth and laughed: "Every time you go down the mountain, your mother is also worried about you, but you just don't know it."