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

Chapter 37: If this world is too dark, then I will be the only light.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man in fine clothes looked at Jiang Ning with fear in his eyes, unable to utter a single word.

The servants around were all horrified as they watched this scene. They wanted to rush forward to rescue the richly dressed middle-aged man, but they were hesitant to act for fear of harming him.

Jiang Ning glanced at the group of servants out of the corner of his eye, then looked at the richly dressed middle-aged man on the ground and sneered.

"Let me cut open your heart and see if it is different from theirs, let me see if your blood is more noble than theirs."

He then suddenly thrust downwards.

"what!"

The middle-aged man in fine clothes let out a miserable scream and breathed his last.

"Master!"

One of the servants suddenly shouted, staring at the scene in disbelief.

Jiang Ning drew his sword, its blade stained with blood, and then looked at the group of servants with a cold and stern gaze.

This group of people aided and abetted the evildoers.

Kill them all, kill them all.

Leave no one alive!

Jiang Ning raised his sword and charged towards the group of servants.

Seeing that the two masters of the mansion had been killed and their families were also dead, the group of people were suddenly at a loss and helpless. When they saw Jiang Ning attacking again, they could only put up a hasty resistance, and three of them died immediately. This scene made them even more fearful and powerless, and they hurriedly dropped their weapons and ran outside.

"Run!"

"The men are dead! Run! This man has gone mad!"

The group of servants ran while shouting wildly.

Jiang Ning chased after him, each man wielding a sword. He targeted vital points, each strike claiming a life.

Seeing more dead people, the group lost all will to resist and ran even faster, hoping to outrun those around them so they could shield them from the demon behind them and buy them time to escape.

Some even attacked people around them, causing them to fall to the ground.

However, all of this was in vain. Just as they were about to run out of the gate, only one servant remained. The courtyard was littered with corpses and blood.

At this moment, Jiang Ning was still some distance from the gate. When he saw the servant step out of the gate and prepare to run to either side, Jiang Ning picked up a knife that was lying on the ground and threw it forcefully. The knife drew an arc in the air and accurately pierced the servant's back.

The servant paused, his body inertia carried him forward a few steps, before he collapsed to the ground.

Thus, the entire Xu family was wiped out by Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning glanced back at the mansion behind him and could see some maids and the like huddled in their rooms, trembling with fear.

However, Jiang Ning no longer had any intention of continuing the attack.

The blood on the sword had already congealed. Jiang Ning squatted down and used the clothes from one of the corpses to wipe the sword clean before walking towards the gate.

As Jiang Ning stepped out of the Xu residence, he noticed that a number of people had already gathered outside to watch. However, most of them remained at a distance and dared not come in. Upon seeing Jiang Ning covered in blood, they couldn't help but take a few steps back, looking at him with slightly terrified eyes.

Jiang Ning glanced at these people, then went to Maodou's side and carried him on his back.

"Walk."

He had to leave Xi'an Prefecture quickly; he had lingered too long at the Xu residence, and the officials could arrive at any moment.

Maodou, who had been waiting outside the Xu residence for Jiangning, heard its master's command and took off running towards the city gate, its bells ringing all the way.

Shortly after Jiang Ning left the Xu residence, a large group of government officials came running from the west avenue towards this place.

"Make way! Make way!"

As soon as the group of officials arrived, they started shouting at the crowd and pushed their way into the Xu residence.

"Sir, the thief is right here."

A servant led the way with a fawning smile to the head official, but he was stunned by what he saw as he approached the gate of the Xu residence.

A corpse lay at the gate, a knife stuck in its back. Inside the mansion, the scene was even more gruesome, with corpses lying haphazardly on the ground and blood flowing everywhere.

"This...this..."

The servant was speechless.

When the officials entered and saw this scene, they all stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

The stench of blood filled the courtyard and assaulted their senses.

"vomit!"

One of the officers couldn't help but vomit.

His vomiting seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and the other officers also felt a churning in their stomachs and began to vomit as well.

"Brother Wang, what should we do?"

An officer approached the lead officer and asked in a low voice, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at the corpses scattered throughout the courtyard.

Brother Wang frowned deeply. After hearing his subordinate's words, his eyes narrowed, and he said directly, "Search. See if there are any survivors inside. Also, have a few brothers ask the people around here which direction the murderer went. Then have a few brothers go back and report to the prefect."

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After leaving Xi'an Prefecture, Jiang Ning rode Maodou on the wide road, the wind blowing Jiang Ning's hair behind him.

After leaving the Xu residence, he ran straight towards the city gate on the East Avenue. When the guards at the city gate saw a blood-covered man riding a donkey towards them, they immediately tried to stop him, intending to close the city gate and put up a fence.

However, people were coming and going at the city gate, and it would take them a while to close the gate. Jiang Ning took advantage of this opportunity to drive them away. Maodou easily jumped over the fence and ran out of the city gate.

Maodou is indeed exceptionally gifted. As a donkey, he runs faster than a horse, has better stamina, and jumps higher. He can be considered the Red Hare among donkeys.

I wonder where that old Li found this treasure.

Jiang Ning's expression was calm, his eyes fixed ahead, lost in thought.

I originally just wanted to rest temporarily in Xi'an Prefecture, but I didn't expect this to happen.

He massacred a high-ranking mansion in Xi'an Prefecture, and the authorities will likely issue an arrest warrant for him soon.

However, Jiang Ning was not worried about this.

The court in this world has very weak control over the dynasty. When Jiang Ning arrived in this world, he discovered that the dynasty in this world was not the Ming Dynasty in history when he listened to Yue Buqun talk about things outside. Although it was also called the Ming Dynasty, it was not the same as what he knew.

In this world, people from the martial arts world roam freely, and Yue Buqun always expresses his contempt for the imperial court whenever he talks about those past events in the martial arts world.

It wasn't just him; it seems that everyone in the martial arts world is like this.

Yue Buqun once said that there was a security escort agency in Jiangxi where the head escort, Master Yu, and his entire family of more than twenty people were nailed to a tree in front of the government office by the Demonic Sect. Even the children were not spared.

When Zhao Xiankai, the leader of the Wujin Saber Sect in Jinan Prefecture, was getting married, members of the Demonic Sect suddenly broke in and killed his entire family in full view of everyone. Their heads were cut off and fed to dogs, and then they left without anyone stopping them.

Among the guests at the time were government officials.

Even after committing such a act of contempt for the imperial court, the demonic sect remained arrogant and domineering, and nothing happened to them. All of this demonstrates that the imperial court's control over the country was very weak.

Jiang Ning had already heard far too many stories of government inaction from Yue Buqun.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Demonic Sect's influence is too great. Even the Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan regions, which are difficult for the government to penetrate, are the Demonic Sect's territory, which shows just how powerful the Demonic Sect is.

This is a chaotic era.

Therefore, Jiang Ning was not too worried that his actions would cause trouble for the Huashan Sect.

Furthermore, if given another chance, even if the imperial court were to issue a warrant for his arrest and hunt him down, he would still do the same.

This world is too chaotic, and nobody is doing anything about it.

That's his responsibility.

If this world is so dark that there is not a single ray of light, then he will be the first ray of light to pierce the darkness and shine upon this land.

Jiang Ning patted the edamame beneath him.

"Slow down."

My hip hurts a little.

Chapter 38: Xiangyang

It has been three days since I left Xi'an.

Although Jiang Ning wasn't too worried about being wanted by the government, he wouldn't be so arrogant as to swagger around the official road and enter major cities after massacring a wealthy family's mansion. If he were that arrogant, even if people weren't interested in him, they would still come after him.

So these past few days, Jiangning has been taking small roads and mountain paths, trying to avoid main roads, and at most passing through a few villages or towns.

He should wait a few more days. If he still didn't see any action from the government after a few days, then he would be safe.

Fortunately, although we were traveling in the mountains, we didn't have to worry about food. There were fish in the river and rabbits in the mountains, so we could also eat meat.

However, it doesn't have much flavor.

But that's enough; we're not here on vacation.

night.

Jiang Ning sat at the entrance of the cave, roasting rabbit legs. Outside, a fierce wind and rain raged, and the trees rustled in the wind.

Unfortunately, the weather turned bad today; a downpour has been falling since morning, so Jiang Ning had no choice but to stay in this cave.

He came down the mountain on April 13th. Seventeen days have passed since then, and it is now the beginning of May.

The journey from Xi'an to Xiangyang is over a thousand li. He has traveled nearly two hundred li in the past three days, and there are still about eight hundred li to go to Xiangyang.

He took a side path, a mountain path, which was much more circuitous than taking the main road.

Based on the current journey, if all goes well, he should arrive in Xiangyang around May 12th, just in time to meet Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze.

Jiang Ning ate the rabbit leg while sensing the internal energy within his body.

These past few days, aside from eating and traveling, he has only slept a few hours at night, spending the rest of his time practicing the Innate Skill.

After three days of practice, he finally understood that the Innate Skill had the effect of refreshing the mind and keeping one energetic even if one didn't sleep all night. However, it put a great burden on the body. The effects might not be noticeable in the short term, but problems would arise over time.

If we compare the human body to a machine, then the brain is the switch. Jiang Ning's brain has never been turned off. He travels during the day and cultivates at night, so his body is always running. Over time, he will definitely not be able to take it.

Therefore, although Jiang Ning was eager to master the Innate Skill, he also had to consider the physical burden. Moreover, Taoism emphasizes gradual progress, and the Innate Skill is no exception.