The destiny of all heavens begins in the Red Chamber

That's right, he is now a proper Beggar Clan Seven-Bag Disciple, which means he earns a sack of Beggars almost every year.

The reason is simple: his performance was outstanding.

The Beggars' Sect is, after all, a Jianghu gang. Although seniority is inevitable, as long as one's martial arts skills are genuinely strong and one performs exceptionally well, it is still quite easy to rise through the ranks.

Not to mention, Zhang Jinbie, who has been promoted to deputy gang leader, is giving his full support, both openly and secretly.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy for him to rise from the Huarong branch leader to the Yuezhou branch leader.

After all, the Yuezhou branch is indeed special, as it is right under the nose of the headquarters on Junshan Island.

It is the branch that receives the greatest support from headquarters, yet is also the most difficult to manage, bar none.

The headquarters has several factions, each with its own personnel stationed in branch offices, making management quite troublesome.

Just like being a Jingzhao Yi, you have to consider all aspects.

Fortunately, the Beggars' Sect has a relatively loose organizational structure and doesn't have many complicated rules, both overt and covert. As long as one's martial arts skills are high enough, they can suppress any dissent.

With Jia Huan's talent and skill, managing the branch would be a piece of cake.

Following Huarong, the entire Yuezhou branch showed very clear signs of taking off!

However, it took a little effort to clean up the cancerous elements within the branch.

He wasn't a pushover; he wouldn't let his men do any of the mundane tasks.

But he would absolutely not allow someone like the dead ghost Wu Xiangzhu.

Sometimes he really couldn't understand why some trash in the Beggars' Sect would be so cruel to the weak after gaining power.

Even if they lend money in gambling dens and do some petty theft, it's acceptable, but they still extend their evil clutches to the more vulnerable groups.

Ironically, such fellows not only exist in incense halls everywhere, but they also do quite well, just like the former dead ghost Wu Xiangzhu of Huarong Incense Hall.

Unless the other party goes too far, clearly violates the gang rules, or offends him, he really can't take direct action. In that case, he can only try a roundabout approach.

Whenever he went out to fight for justice, he would always have a few of these kinds of people among his henchmen.

Then, while they're doing it, they secretly make some small movements that no one else notices; they just assume they're unlucky or have bad luck.

It took more than half a year to clean up all the trash in the branch.

Fortunately, the Beggars' Sect he joined emphasized resolving problems with force, and its higher-ups were not particularly intelligent or familiar with the ways of officialdom.

Although it seemed like a coincidence, I didn't suspect Jia Huan at all!

With these scourges gone, Jia Huan felt the atmosphere at the branch headquarters had become much fresher.

What followed was to implement the mature model from Huarong Xiangtang, with only slight adjustments, throughout the entire branch, and the results were quite remarkable.

After all, Yuezhou's geographical environment is too superior.

Even now, Yuezhou is the political and economic center of northern Hunan Province. Relying on the Yangtze River, the Xiang River, and the Dongting Lake, it truly deserves the title of "land of fish and rice"!

The foundation was already very good, but the previous leaders of the Beggars' Sect were almost all bad at managing things properly, and they preferred to rely on force to engage in crooked practices. So although the branch was quite strong, it was far from reaching its limit.

Putting aside everything else, as long as there are ways to make money, the vast majority of the branch brothers are willing to work hard to earn money, and the branch's income is increasing at a visible speed.

The headquarters on Junshan Island was quite satisfied with Jia Huan's management skills. Even though there were occasional voices saying that he was not qualified enough to serve as the leader of such an important branch as Yuezhou Branch, his position was not affected in the slightest.

On the contrary, as the branch sent more and more money and food to the headquarters on Junshan Island, Jia Huan's influence within the Beggars' Sect naturally grew.

Regardless of the era, everyone is willing to follow a capable leader who also takes good care of his subordinates.

It's obvious that Jia Huan is that kind of person; he knows how to win people's hearts!

In addition, Jia Huan's reputation in the martial arts world is growing, especially after he recently participated in the succession ceremony of the new leader of the Hengshan Sect. The name "Heroic Beggar" is now quite well-known in the martial arts world.

That's right. Not long ago, Jia Huan, along with the gang leader Xie Feng and the deputy gang leader Zhang Jinbie, participated in the succession of the new leader of the neighboring Hengshan Sect.

Speaking of the Hengshan Sect, they've really had a run of bad luck!

Previously, they joined forces with the Beggars' Sect to besiege the elders of the Five Poisons Sect, but they ended up being caught off guard and one of the two veteran top-tier masters was killed and the other seriously injured.

Originally, these two veteran top-tier masters of the Hengshan Sect had already suffered significant damage to their vital energy due to their fierce battle with Ren Woxing when he was the leader of the Demonic Sect.

To put it simply, anyone who can cultivate to the level of a top-tier martial arts master, unless their martial arts are flawed or they have experienced a major upheaval, will have no problem living to around ninety years old.

If one cultivates internal energy, especially Taoist techniques, then their lifespan may be even longer.

Unfortunately, when you're constantly on the move, you're bound to get hurt.

The previous leader of the Demonic Sect, Ren Woxing, was far too domineering, and also incredibly ambitious and ruthless.

The period of conflict between the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Five Mountains Sword Sect can be described as a period of intense and even tragic struggle, spanning a century of conflict between the two sides.

The Demonic Sect launched several large-scale attacks on the Five Mountains Sword Sects, and even stormed the gates of Shaolin and Wudang!

The Five Mountains Sword Sects were not to be outdone, and they joined forces several times to attack the Blackwood Cliff, the headquarters of the Demonic Sect.

Such intense fighting takes a heavy toll on the body.

Otherwise, why would almost all the senior masters of the other four sects, except for the Taishan Sect, have perished by the time the story of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer begins?

It's because he fought too fiercely against the evil cult, and he couldn't take it anymore as he got older.

Of course, the Huashan Sect was destroyed by internal strife, so it is not included here!

The two remaining top-tier martial arts masters of the Hengshan Sect are in the same situation.

As a result, they encountered the poisonous techniques of the Five Poisons Sect elders, and the last one who held on until recently also passed away.

At this time, the Hengshan Sect naturally began a rapid transition between the old and the new. Master Mo Da, known as "Xiaoxiang Night Rain," took over as the sect leader, while Liu Zhengfeng and Lu Lianrong became elders.

On the day that Master Mo Da took over as the head of the Hengshan Sect, many martial arts bigwigs took the initiative to come and witness the ceremony.

Among them, the leaders of the other four sects of the Five Mountains Sword Sect all came!

Indeed, even Yue Buqun, the head of the Huashan Sect who had been secluded for ten years, appeared among the guests.

At this time, Lao Yue was approaching forty years old. He gave people a gentle and refined feeling, and his martial arts skills had reached the first-class level in the martial arts world.

Upon arrival, he took the initiative to befriend fellow martial arts practitioners who had also come to witness the ceremony, and quickly won widespread praise.

After all, the leaders of the Five Mountains Sword Sects are undoubtedly big shots in the martial arts world. It's quite remarkable that they could lower themselves and mingle with so-called chivalrous heroes.

Didn't you notice how aloof the other leaders of the Five Mountains Sword Sect are?

This was the first time Jia Huan had ever seen the new generation leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

Indeed, in recent years, the older generation of masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sect have rapidly passed away, and a new generation of strong masters have taken over, becoming the mainstay of the righteous path in the martial arts world.

Zuo Lengchan, the leader of the Songshan Sect, possessed an imposing aura, yet he lacked the boundless arrogance of the character in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and was relatively approachable in his dealings with others.

Master Tianmen of the Taishan Sect and Abbess Dingjing of the Hengshan Sect are both in their prime, and their martial arts skills have reached a formidable level, making them formidable forces in the martial arts world.

However, the inauguration ceremony of the Hengshan Sect's new leader was disrupted by the Demonic Sect.

Even Jia Huan hadn't expected that Dongfang Bubai would suddenly arrive with experts from the Demonic Sect.

I won't go into details about what happened next, but in any case, the righteous path of the martial arts world, led by the Five Mountains Sword Sect, has completely lost face this time.

Dongfang Bubai fought against all the leaders of the Five Mountains Sword Sects alone, and in the end, he was still able to win.

The Shaolin monks who were observing the ceremony were directly defeated by Dongfang Bubai.

The distinguished guests from Wudang did not make a move, but judging from their extremely wary demeanor, they clearly had no confidence in winning.

Next, the Beggars' Sect leader, Xie Feng, the deputy leader, Zhang Jinbie, and a group of top martial arts masters who came to watch the ceremony, almost all of them went out to fight Dongfang Bubai, and in the end they were all defeated.

In that battle, it could be said that the righteous side was utterly humiliated.

Fortunately, Dongfang Bubai had no intention of killing this time. He simply beat the group of righteous masters until they were mentally and physically exhausted, then stopped on his own and calmly announced that he would change his name to 'Dongfang Bubai' from now on!

What an arrogant name, what a domineering declaration, yet none of the righteous heroes present dared to utter a sound.

In short, Dongfang Bubai's name became renowned throughout the martial arts world, and he was recognized as the number one master in the martial arts world.

Jia Huan, mingling among the Beggars' Sect brothers, witnessed Dongfang Bubai's prowess firsthand. He had to admit that Dongfang Bubai's martial arts were indeed formidable; at that moment, Dongfang Bubai's movements were almost invisible to the naked eye.

Their movements are swift and unpredictable, their attacks are lightning fast, and their internal strength is so powerful that its depth is unknown.

He really wanted to compare the current Dongfang Bubai with his own peak period in the Dream of the Red Chamber world, but unfortunately, there was no way to compare them. Dongfang Bubai played the game of "speed is the only way to break through all martial arts", while he played the game of "one force can break all techniques" in the Dream of the Red Chamber world.

At that moment, his eyesight was so poor that he couldn't make a difference at all.

It was at this moment that he learned the origin of the name Dongfang Bubai.

In fact, when he thought about the story of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he always felt that something was off.

The novel does not describe how Dongfang Bubai became the number one martial arts master in the world.

In the martial arts world, what matters is strength and power, not boastful abilities!

Even if Dongfang Bubai replaced Ren Woxing as the leader of the Demonic Sect, it is unknown who spread the rumor that Dongfang Bubai was the number one master in the world.

For reasons unknown, Shaolin and Wudang did not refute this statement!

However, Dongfang Bubai did not actually demonstrate any ability to gain the trust of the entire martial arts world, so naturally he did not win people's hearts.

However, this time, Dongfang Bubai, with his overwhelming power, almost defeated all the top-tier masters who participated in the ceremony for the Hengshan Sect's leadership. His strength was so great that no one could argue with him.

At this point, even if Dongfang Bubai called himself "Invincible," or even claimed to be a powerhouse comparable to Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang, none of the heroes in the martial arts world present would object.

Anyway, they've never witnessed the true prowess of Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang, so they can accept whatever Dongfang Bubai boasts about him.

Jia Huan then understood the true origin of Dongfang Bubai and the number one martial arts master in the world!