Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Early the next morning, Xia Zuo bid farewell to the two men and returned to the Huashan Sect headquarters with Tian Boguang's body.

When Xia Zuo dragged the corpse back to the main hall, he immediately disrupted the morning training in the martial arts training ground.

The mangled corpse terrified the disciples, who screamed in panic. Even the most experienced disciple, Laudenuo, was at a loss for what to do.

Lao Denuo, Liang Fa, Shi Daizi, Gao Genming, and Lu Dayou, the senior brothers, were at a loss and shocked by Xia Zuo's ruthlessness and strength in killing, and dared not utter a word of rebuttal.

Although Yue Lingshan is usually arrogant, she goes completely blank when faced with a major event. When she sees a bloody corpse, her calves tremble uncontrollably, and she is unable to offer any opinions.

As for his junior brothers, Tao Jun (the eighth brother) and Ying Bailuo (the ninth brother), they no longer dare to look Xia Zuo in the eye.

As for the younger Shu Qi and Lin Pingzhi, they were even less able to speak.

Xia Zuo suggested, "If you fellow disciples can't solve the problem, then first use lime to preserve the corpse and hang it up, waiting for Master and Mistress to return and handle it."

"They won't be fooled for long; they'll be back soon."

Everyone accepted Xia Zuo's suggestion and let him hang Tian Boguang inside the main hall's entrance, covering him with an old bed sheet, waiting for the sect leader and his wife to return.

Yue Buqun was able to single-handedly carry the name of Mount Hua and carve out a place for himself in the treacherous world of martial arts, proving that his strength and intelligence were both highly reliable.

However, Tian Boguang meticulously designed a trap, leaving behind clues that were realistic enough to keep Junzijian in a daze for a long time.

However, after 13 days, Yue Buqun saw through Tian Boguang's scheme and hurriedly returned to Mount Hua on the 15th day.

Upon arriving at the foot of Mount Hua, both Yue Buqun and Ning Zezhong were filled with apprehension, wondering to what extent their sect had suffered losses due to Tian Boguang's sneak attack.

Ning Zezhong was even more worried about his disciples and his daughter Yue Lingshan. These children were all beautiful young women, exactly the kind of prey Tian Boguang loved to hunt. What if…

Ning Zezhong dared not think any further and desperately quickened his pace until he returned to the foot of Mount Hua. Seeing the crowds coming and going as always, he finally felt relieved.

Ning Zezhong was overjoyed but also surprised: "Senior brother, could it be that Tian Boguang didn't come to ambush our Mount Hua?"

"That's impossible. He went to great lengths to plan this, creating numerous illusions to lure us out of Mount Hua and make us travel back and forth in Shaanxi for over ten days. He couldn't have just been playing around, could he?"

Yue Buqun regained his composure and replied with a smile, "Tian Boguang, the 'Lone Wanderer,' has roamed the martial world for so many years without being hunted down by righteous people. He must have some skill."

"Junior sister, let's go home first."

The Huashan Sect leader and his wife chatted and laughed as they walked slowly. However, as they approached the Huashan Sect headquarters, they both smelled a faint stench of corpses in the air, and their hearts jumped again.

Yue Buqun disregarded all decorum and immediately used his movement technique to take three steps through the gate, where he saw his fifth disciple, Gao Genming, guarding the gate.

He asked solemnly, "Genming, is everything alright within the sect?"

When Gao Genming saw Yue Buqun, he was like a lost child seeing his father, and burst into tears: "Master! You're finally back!"

"Aaaaaah— Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened at home!!"

Yue Buqun was terrified. He grabbed Gao Genming by the neck and shouted, "What happened? Who in your family is dead?"

Gao Genming, instead of being frightened by Yue Buqun, stopped crying and replied blankly, "No one in the family died. It was just that Tian Boguang came and then he died."

Yue Buqun: "..."

Ning Zezhong: "..."

The couple were relieved to hear that no one in their family had died, but when they heard that Tian Boguang had arrived, their hearts leaped into their throats. When they finally heard the words "he is dead," they were momentarily unable to comprehend who had actually died.

Yue Buqun, being the sect leader, reacted the fastest, inquired about the details from Gao Genming, and found Tian Boguang's body.

Although the body had been hanging for more than ten days, and even with lime, it had dried and rotted, it was still vaguely recognizable as Tian Boguang.

Yue Buqun and Ning Zezhong exchanged a glance, both shocked and overjoyed.

Ning Zezhong sighed, "I only found out that Xia Zuo was a genius before I came down the mountain. In the blink of an eye, he even killed Tian Boguang. It's unbelievable."

Yue Buqun was extremely excited at this moment, and an unprecedented happiness welled up in his heart. He tried his best to hold back his tears.

Only one voice was shouting in his heart: The Huashan Sect is finally on the verge of revival!

After a long while, Yue Buqun sighed and said, "It turns out that I had a problem with my judgment. I didn't discover Xia Zuo's talent for five whole years."

"I had clearly noticed something unusual before I went down the mountain, but I still arrogantly ignored too many details, thinking that it was just another genius like Linghu Chong."

"Hehe, it seems like we've turned misfortune into a blessing in disguise, and by some twist of fate, we've preserved the foundation of the Huashan Sect."

He roused himself and ordered, "Genming, have all the disciples gather in the main hall; I need to ask them something."

Gao Genming loudly accepted the order and rushed to the back mountain, striking the chime to summon his disciples.

A moment later, Yue Buqun sat down in the Hall of Righteousness, with Ning Zezhong sitting beside him. All the disciples of the Huashan Sect arrived and stood in their assigned positions on both sides of the hall.

Xia Zuo was called out by Yue Buqun, who carefully questioned him about how he discovered Tian Boguang.

Xia Zuo made no secrets, recounting the entire process of discovering Tian Boguang spying on the mountain gate, then tailing, blocking, and killing Tian Boguang.

Everyone from the Huashan Sect felt as if they were in a dream.

Tian Boguang is the most notorious villain in recent years. Countless righteous people in the martial arts world want to kill him in order to gain both fame and fortune.

But this guy's lightness skill is unparalleled in the martial arts world, and his fast knife is also hard to beat.

So many righteous sects organized sieges against Tian Boguang, but he repeatedly broke through their encirclements and escaped easily, even turning the tables and slaughtering the righteous people.

If it weren't for the fear of Tian Boguang's vicious reputation, Yue Buqun wouldn't have traveled with his wife, leaving the mountain gate undefended and vulnerable to Tian Boguang's attack.

Who would have thought that Xia Zuo, whom no one really knew, could kill him so easily, as if he were slaughtering a chicken in the kitchen.

Xia Zuo explained, "It's not that Tian Boguang is easy to kill, but that I took advantage of the special environment of the Cliff of Contemplation to restrict Tian Boguang's lightness skill and force him to fight me head-on."

"On the narrow mountain path, I was able to fully utilize my internal energy and swordsmanship, which is why I was able to kill Tian Boguang so easily."

Oh, I see... what a load of rubbish.

Linghu Chong, the senior disciple of the Huashan Sect, also used a variety of schemes to successfully limit Tian Boguang's lightness skill in order to rescue Yilin, the junior sister of the Hengshan Sect.

But in the end, Linghu Chong was seriously injured and on the verge of death, while Tian Boguang escaped unscathed.