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

"Master, where are they going?"

Linghu Chong couldn't help but ask, wondering.

Yue Buqun smiled faintly and said, "Junior Brother Feng and his companions have been living in seclusion in the mountains for decades. Although they don't care about worldly affairs, they still have several disciples. This time they are going down the mountain to bring their disciples back to Huashan."

Linghu Chong nodded suddenly.

At this time, Yue Buqun looked at Jiang Ning and said, "Ning'er, go to the back hall after dinner. I have something to say to you."

Jiang Ning was a little surprised, but still nodded.

"Yes, Master."

The other disciples didn't think there was anything wrong. It might be because Jiang Ning performed very well this time, so Yue Buqun wanted to give Jiang Ning special treatment.

"Okay, everything is fine now, you can go and do what you need to do."

Yue Buqun said to his disciples at this time.

Ning Zhongze snorted lightly at this time and left.

Seeing her back, Yue Buqun's eyes froze slightly, and he called out to Yue Lingshan who was about to leave.

"Shan'er."

Hearing Yue Buqun calling her, Yue Lingshan turned around and asked in confusion: "Dad, what's wrong?"

Yue Buqun hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Go to the kitchen and make some ginseng soup later. I have consumed a lot just now, so I need to replenish my energy and blood."

Yue Lingshan was at a loss.

"okay."

……

evening.

After dinner, Jiang Ning came to the back hall early and waited. Not long after, Yue Buqun also arrived.

"Master."

Jiang Ning said.

"Ah."

Yue Buqun nodded, then smiled and said: "I'm sure you have many questions in your mind at this moment, ask them."

Jiang Ning also smiled, then stopped smiling and asked, "Master, did you come up with this idea today on a whim, or did you have it in mind for a long time?"

Yue Buqun also stopped smiling and said, "It was just a spur-of-the-moment decision."

Jiang Ning nodded.

If it wasn't a sudden idea, Yue Buqun wouldn't have hidden it from him.

Yue Buqun continued, “Originally, Feng Buping and his men from Songshan came to Huashan to put pressure on us today. I was also prepared to kill Feng Buping and completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the Sword Sect. However, I finally found out from my observation that this person has a good character and can face death calmly after being defeated, so I wanted to try to subdue him.”

The tablets on the spirit tablet in the back hall were indeed placed there by Yue Buqun before, but he did not do it specifically to subdue the Sword Sect. It was because death is like the extinguishing of a lamp, and Yue Buqun was too lazy to pursue the dead, but people like Feng Buping were still alive.

Although today's decision was made on the spur of the moment, Yue Buqun also set up a series of tests.

He deliberately took Feng Buping around and returned to the back hall, hoping to evoke Feng Buping's memories. When he had evoked most of his memories, he would take Feng Buping to the back hall to show him the plaque with the words "Sword Qi Soaring into the Sky", and finally let Feng Buping see the tablets on the spirit tablet.

There are three stages in total, and each one is a test for Feng Buping. As long as Feng Buping fails to meet any standard, Yue Buqun will never consider subduing him.

Fortunately, Feng Buping performed well in the end and was a man who respected his teachers, which made Yue Buqun think of him and his master.

That's why Yue Buqun gave Feng Buping a chance in the end.

Of course, what he said to Feng Buping at the end were false. He didn't have the time or energy to put up plaques for those dead Sword Sect disciples. He just said this to give Feng Buping a way out and make him think that he returned to Huashan voluntarily, rather than the Qi Sect giving him alms as a gesture of victory.

"Master has also made another plan. If Feng Buping still refuses to repent, Master will make him swear in front of the ancestors of Huashan that he will never call himself a Huashan disciple again. I will completely remove his identity and announce to the entire martial arts world that there will no longer be a branch of the Sword Sect in Huashan. Otherwise, if he is released from the mountain, the people of Songshan Sect will inevitably use them to make trouble. This can also prevent Songshan Sect from interfering with Huashan Sect in this way in the future."

Yue Buqun is a man of great insight and he will think carefully before doing anything. Although the capture of Feng Buping today happened suddenly, he has made all the preparations.

Jiang Ning nodded, then smiled and said, "Master, what you said is very true, but it is very difficult for people to change their inherent ideas. I just hope that the two of them can completely forget their identities as Sword Sect in the future, otherwise it will be a trouble for Huashan."

Yue Buqun also smiled and said: "Master, I think what you said before is very good."

"Everyone will have new views and new choices after going through a new stage. Now the master has made a new choice and is willing to give them a chance to choose. As for what they think, it depends on them. If they really still insist on not changing their ways and are just pretending to submit in order to restore the Sword Sect in the future..."

Having said that, Yue Buqun's smile faded, he stretched out his hand, palm up, and then turned his hand down.

"Then don't blame me for being cruel."

They can be destroyed with a single move. This is Yue Buqun’s true attitude towards Feng Buping and the other two.

After saying that, Yue Buqun looked at Jiang Ning and said with a smile: "But I believe that as long as I am here and you are here, they will not cause too much trouble."

Jiang Ning's growth rate is extremely terrifying. I believe it won't be long before he will surpass his original self. As the current Feng Buping, Jiang Ning's talent and qualifications are Yue Buqun's real confidence.

Jiang Ning nodded. He would not disappoint Yue Buqun's expectations. He was already firmly tied to the Huashan Sect.

Since Yue Buqun has thought it through clearly, Jiang Ning would naturally have no objection. In fact, he didn't have any objection in the first place. He would do whatever his master thought.

Jiang Ning showed a hint of smile on his face: "If I knew that Master wanted to subdue the Sword Sect, I wouldn't have to kill Cong Buqi."

"No, you still have to kill him. You are not wrong to kill him."

On the contrary, Yue Buqun looked serious: "Although my view on the sword energy dispute has changed, it does not mean that they have changed. It is very difficult for people to change their inherent ideas."

"Although the sword energy dispute is an internal fight within our Huashan Sect, it is essentially a fight between two sects. Throughout history, as long as there is a fight, there must be bloodshed. A fight without bloodshed is not a real fight."

So many people died in the sword energy dispute back then. It was a tragic struggle.

"No bloodshed will be enough to make them wake up, and no deaths will be enough to make them change."

"Only the most tragic death, the threat of imminent death, can break their fixed ideas."

The consequences of the sword energy dispute lasted for decades. So many people died back then, and the number of survivors can be counted on one hand. Yue Buqun is not naive enough to think that they will change as long as no one dies. There is no such thing.

Compared to the time when the Sword Sect masters massacred the Qi Sect disciples and caused large numbers of casualties on both sides, Jiang Ning's situation was considered good.

"And you don't have to worry too much about whether Feng Buping and the others will feel upset after you kill Cong Buqi."

During the day, Feng Buping and Yue Buqun chatted a lot in the back hall. Feng Buping also told them the purpose of the Songshan Sect looking for them, and it was exactly as Jiang Ning said.

However, Feng Buping's idea was to pretend to agree to the Songshan Sect temporarily, and use their influence to make Yue Buqun agree to reopen the sword energy competition, and then turn against the Songshan Sect when he regained control of the Huashan Sect.

Before going to Mount Hua, Feng Buping was very confident in his Swift Sword. In his mind, he not only wanted to use the Swift Sword to take back the Huashan Sect, but also the position of leader of the Five Mountains.

What Feng Buping could not have imagined was that Yue Buqun's martial arts power was far superior to his, and his great ambitions died before they even began.

Originally, Feng Buping thought that his strength was about the same as Yue Buqun's, but in fact, the other party was far superior to him. After winning, he did not kill him or drive him down the mountain. Instead, he opened his heart and was willing to accept the Sword Sect again. Before this, Yue Buqun had even enshrined the spirit tablets of the Sword Sect's predecessors together with those of the ancestors of the Huashan Sect.

At that time, there were only two choices for Feng Buping: either refuse and leave Huashan, or return to Huashan, merge the Sword and Qi sects, and restore the original Huashan School.

There is no need to consider how to choose.

As for Cong Buqi's death, under the positions of both sides at the time, Jiang Ning fought for the Qi Sect and Cong Buqi fought for the Sword Sect. Both sides were determined to kill each other. If Jiang Ning did not kill Cong Buqi, he would be killed by Cong Buqi. There was nothing for them to say.

Everyone present saw the situation at that time. The two men were of similar strength. Cong Buqi even used the Three Immortal Swords in a chain, aiming to take Jiang Ning's life. If Jiang Ning didn't kill him, he would be killed. Even Cong Buqi didn't hold back. In that situation, the distance between the two men was quite close. If Jiang Ning was killed accidentally, not even Yue Buqun would be able to do anything. It was not realistic to demand too much from Jiang Ning under this premise.

Life and death are determined by fate, and you cannot blame others.

They naturally felt a little uncomfortable about Cong Buqi's death at the hands of Jiang Ning's sword, but this was a struggle, and a struggle must result in death. If there was no bloodshed, it was not a struggle.

Although Feng Buping did not say anything, he also noticed that Cong Buqi seemed to have a lot of ideas, unlike Cheng Buyou. At that time, he, the number one master of the Sword Sect, had not said anything. When Ding Mian and others proposed the best of three games, Cong Buqi was the first to agree and the first to speak up.

He seems to be too close to the Songshan School.

Jiang Ning nodded. Since Yue Buqun had said so, there was nothing more to say, but his expression was still a little hesitant.

"But when you announced the unification of the Huashan Sect's sword energy during the day, Master, Master's wife didn't seem very happy. She..."

It doesn't matter to them, the Huashan disciples. They were not born when the sword energy dispute happened. The aversion to the Sword Sect came from Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze. Although Yue Buqun now intends to reconcile with the Sword Sect, Ning Zhongze had no idea about it beforehand and had personally experienced that brutal struggle, so it is not easy to convince her.

When Ning Zhongze was mentioned, Yue Buqun's expression froze for a moment.

Yue Buqun gritted his teeth and comforted his disciple, "Don't worry, I have my own way."

Chapter 116: Done

After saying goodbye to Jiang Ning, Yue Buqun took a bowl of ginseng soup from the kitchen and came to the door.

It was already dark at this time, but the lights in Yousoubuweixuan were still bright. The pale yellow candlelight cast a figure on the window. The person in the room had not yet fallen asleep and was still sitting by the window waiting for someone to return to the room.

Yue Buqun stood at the door with a bowl of ginseng soup in his hand, looking at the figure in the window, somewhat hesitant.

As if knowing that someone was standing outside the door, the figure in the room did not move, but a faint cold snort came from inside.

Yue Buqun let out a long sigh, drank the ginseng soup in the bowl, then threw the bowl behind him, gently opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind him.

……

Early the next morning.

Yue Buqun opened the door and walked out from the inner room.

For some unknown reason, Yue Buqun, who had rested for a night, seemed a little pale, and had faint dark circles under his eyes, as if he had not slept all night.

Yue Buqun leaned one hand against the door and placed the other hand on his lower back. Although his face looked a little pale, he looked relaxed.

With a tired body, Yue Buqun came to the martial arts training ground.

Cong Buqi's body has been dealt with, the bloodstains on the martial arts training ground have been washed away, and the crater created by the explosion has been refilled. Although it is still a little uneven, overall there is not much difference.

It was still dark at this time, but there were already Huashan disciples practicing sword skills in the training ground.

Not only Huashan disciples, but some Hengshan disciples were also practicing swordsmanship, but judging from the sleepy expressions on their faces, they seemed to be still sleepy.

When Yue Buqun saw this scene, a smile appeared on his face.

Seeing how introverted the Huashan disciples were during this period, Master Dingyi was very disappointed with them. She criticized the Hengshan female disciples and asked them to get up in the morning to practice sword skills with the Huashan disciples.

Master Dingyi is naturally strong-willed and feels that there is no reason why she cannot do what others can do.

Not only did she ask these female disciples of Hengshan to do so, she also said that she would ask all the disciples to do so after she returned.

The inward-looking trend in the Huashan Sect was started by Jiang Ning, and now this trend will soon spread to Hengshan.

Yue Buqun looked at the figures practicing sword in the field, but did not see Jiang Ning, and there was some surprise in his eyes.

Normally at this time Jiang Ning would already be practicing swordplay.

Yue Buqun looked around one by one and finally saw Jiang Ning's figure.