The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun.

His companion winked and said, "I've already saved nine taels, and I only need one more tael."

The burly man exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?"

After saying that, the burly man also felt a little nervous and said, "Then I have to work harder too. I need to urge those little beggars to ask for more money so I can take more kickbacks."

Upon hearing this, his companion frowned and said, "I don't know what's wrong with these little beggars lately; they're getting less and less money."

"That's not bad enough, keep hitting them!"

"It's a tough guy," the burly man said fiercely.

“Break their limbs and make them crawl on the ground begging for food; that might garner more sympathy.”

These two were at the bottom of the Green Gang, especially in Wuyi Lane, where they were at the very bottom. The only people they could exploit were the beggars. In order to climb up the ranks, they had to exploit the beggars even more ruthlessly.

“Yesterday, the branch on Huanxi Street sent over a child. We haven’t started yet. We’ll break the child’s arms and legs tomorrow morning and make him beg on the streets too.”

"That's what the burly man said."

His companion nodded: "Yes."

As the two were talking, faint shouts of battle drifted over from outside, catching their attention.

"Huh? It's the middle of the night, what's making such a racket outside?"

The burly man frowned.

"Go out and see."

The two exchanged a glance, then prepared to leave and go outside to check the situation.

A dark shadow flashed by, and with two sharp cracking sounds, the two men fell to the ground.

Jiang Ning stepped over the two corpses and entered the room guarding them.

Squeak!

The door was opened, and the sound woke the people inside.

Jiang Ning looked around and saw at least twenty children staring at him in the darkness. Their eyes were filled with fear, and they retreated behind the wall after seeing Jiang Ning enter.

Jiang Ning has excellent eyesight and can see the physical condition of these children. Some have lost an arm, some have lost a leg, and some are blind. Some have lost both legs and are crawling on the ground. Only one child is physically healthy, but he is covered in dirt.

The child was just delivered yesterday, as mentioned by the two Green Gang members.

The little beggars looked at Jiang Ning as he walked in, their eyes filled with deep fear.

Only the able-bodied child stepped forward and stood in front of the little beggars. Although he was also very afraid of Jiang Ning, he still forced himself to stand up.

Jiang Ning glanced at him, then at the little beggars, but still didn't say anything.

Unlike before, he had nothing to say to the Green Gang members, but he didn't know what to say to these children.

"You are free."

After a pause, Jiang Ning spoke to them.

His words left the little beggars looking confused, but one of them recognized Jiang Ning's voice and thought it sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. So he mustered his courage and took two steps forward to a slightly brighter spot, where he finally caught a glimpse of Jiang Ning's face.

"what?"

The little beggar instinctively let out a sound of surprise, feeling that Jiang Ning looked familiar.

Jiang Ning looked at him and smiled, "We meet again."

The little beggar gasped, his dirty little face showing surprise as he looked at Jiang Ning.

Now he remembered that Jiang Ning was the person who had asked him questions on the street a while ago. He had a deep impression of Jiang Ning; she was the only person who would talk to him.

"Grandpa, you... how did you get here?"

The little beggar stammered.

"I……"

Just as Jiang Ning was about to speak, a commotion arose outside, and the Taoist priests stormed in.

“Master Jiang, we have already dealt with those Green Gang members outside.”

Several Taoist priests rushed in and spoke to Jiang Ning.

Their arrival startled the children in the room, who huddled against the wall, staring at them in terror.

"This……"

Some of the Taoist priests saw the children's tragic condition and fell silent.

"Layman, this..."

An older Taoist priest approached Jiang Ning, intending to ask about the arrangements.

"These children are now in the care of you Taoist priests."

Jiang Ning said.

"it is good."

The Taoist priest nodded, then walked up to the children, paused, and said, "Children, don't be afraid. We are Taoist priests from Qingcheng Mountain. We have come to rescue you. The Qing Gang, which was controlling and coercing you, has been eliminated by us. You are all safe now, and no one will bully you anymore."

When the Taoist priest spoke, some of the children still looked confused, but some of the older ones understood what he meant, and the healthy child looked even more excited.

These past two days, he had witnessed many dark aspects of human nature, which had cast a shadow on his heart. He constantly wanted to escape from this place, but he couldn't run away at all. Now, after hearing the Taoist's words, he was very excited.

"Save...us?"

The little beggar who had spoken to Jiang Ning earlier stared blankly at them.

They had been under the control of the Green Gang for too long and couldn't react in time.

"Esteemed Taoist priests, I'm leaving this place to you."

Jiang Ning is preparing to speed things up and head to the other two branch halls.

No one was injured or killed after the Taoist priests finished cleaning up the branch temple in Wuyi Lane. At most, a few suffered minor injuries, mainly because there were a few Taoist priests with good martial arts skills who held the line.

After discussing for a while, the Taoist priests decided to split up with Jiang Ning. They would leave a few priests to take care of the children, while the others would go to the Green Gang's branch in the brothel. Jiang Ning would go to Juedefang.

Without further delay, Jiang Ning went straight to Juedefang, where Zhang Daoshi and his fellow disciples were keeping watch.

"Jiang Jushi".

Upon seeing that Jiang Ning had found them, Zhang Daoshi immediately asked, "Have the other branches of the Green Gang been dealt with? What about Brother Xu and the others?"

Although Zhang Daoshi felt that Jiang Ning had arrived a little later than previously agreed, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He just wondered why Jiang Ning was the only one who came.

Jiang Ning nodded: "The Green Gang headquarters and the other four branches are gone. Now only this branch and the Xinghualou branch are left. The Taoist priest and the others went there, and I came here."

Zhang the Taoist priest was taken aback upon hearing this, as it was different from their previous plan.

He thought something unexpected had happened in Jiangning that had delayed things for so long, but he didn't expect that Jiangning had already wiped out the Green Gang headquarters. He then exclaimed with delight, "Good!"

He knew Jiang Ning was strong, but he didn't expect him to be this strong. Although his bloodthirstiness was a bit frightening, as an ally, he did feel very reliable.

"Let's go, let's just charge in."

Taoist Zhang offered his advice.

"it is good."

Jiang Ning did not refuse.

Now only this place and another branch have not been destroyed. People have also gone to the branch in the brothel, so there is no need to worry about alerting the enemy.

Zhang Daoshi and his fellow disciples rushed into Juedefang from other directions, while Jiang Ning entered through the main gate. When he arrived at the main gate, he found that the same burly man was guarding the entrance as before.

Upon seeing someone approaching, the burly man was about to speak, but the next second he felt that Jiang Ning was familiar, and then he remembered.

"Hey, you little brat, you dare to come here!"

The burly man glared angrily at Jiang Ning.

"Last time you came here, you left without doing anything. Now you're back again? Are you here to go shopping?"

Last time, he thought Jiang Ning was a big fat sheep, but it turned out to be a stingy miser. He had let Jiang Ning be so attentive for so long, which already made him angry. Now that he saw Jiang Ning come here again, the burly man's temper flared up again. He reached out to grab Jiang Ning's collar and throw him inside.

Bang!

With a flash of light, Jiang Ning held a short sword in his hand, its blade stained with blood.

The burly man's eyes widened, and he collapsed to the ground, clutching his neck.

Walking through this long corridor, the noise inside is very lively, and even now, many people are still in Juedefang.

As soon as Jiang Ning entered, the blood-stained short sword in his hand caught the attention of the thugs from Juedefang.

Who are you?

Immediately, a thug tried to step forward to question Jiang Ning, but then a flash of sword light appeared, and the thug's neck was severed, and he fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.

"what!!"

"It's dead!"

The gamblers nearby screamed in terror at the sight, throwing the entire Juedefang into chaos.

puff!

puff!

Several muffled thuds sounded from the shadows, and several Green Gang thugs fell to the ground, unable to get up.

Zhang the Taoist and his fellow disciples have already infiltrated and begun their operation.

Dengdengdeng.

The sound of people coming downstairs came from upstairs. The middle-aged man Jiang Ning had met before, who had been saying that he would become a Buddha by laying down his butcher's knife, and some Green Gang thugs came downstairs. They were furious when they saw the chaos downstairs.

"How dare you! You have the nerve to cause trouble here!"

With a wave of his hand, the branch leader sent Green Gang members surging downstairs and attacking Jiang Ning and Zhang Daoshi.

After a while.

Tick, tick.

The middle-aged man was pinned to the wall with a knife, his face still showing an open-eyed expression.

The ground was littered with the corpses of Green Gang members.