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

"Junior brother, let's go back and prepare!"

Liang Fa shouted loudly as he watched Jiang Ning's retreating figure.

"I am ready."

Jiang Ning didn't turn back, only leaving a message before walking into the brothel across the street with his sword.

Chapter 48: Sweep

Jiang Ning's commotion at Yihua Tower had alerted nearby brothels. The women there knew Jiang Ning's purpose, and after confirming that they were all being forced, and that some of them, like Shuyun, had been persecuted, Jiang Ning took action.

This time he held back, killing each of the thugs who rushed at him with a single sword strike.

These people, who aided and abetted evil, must all die.

Although the courtesans were terrified by the scene, they knew that Jiang Ning had come to save them, so they forced themselves to lead the way.

The madam of this brothel was named Ruxiang. She managed the brothel. Under Jiang Ning's sword, she admitted that she had indeed oppressed the women. After the oppression, Jiang Ning found all the women's indentures and killed her with one sword. Then, amidst the women's constant thanks, he left and went to the next brothel.

Seeing that Jiang Ning was really preparing to sweep through each and every shop, Liang Fa and the others looked very serious.

“Let’s go tell our master right away and ask him to handle it.”

Liang Fa said.

"Senior brother, you should go back. I need to go help junior brother."

Du Lanyin said, however.

Liang Fa exclaimed in astonishment, "Junior Sister Du, you..."

Du Lanyin looked at the brothel Jiang Ning entered and said earnestly, "Junior Brother is all alone here and can't manage on his own. I'll go help him so that I can keep an eye on him."

Regardless, Jiang Ning's words had touched her deeply, and she was no longer willing to leave.

After speaking, Du Lanyin drew her sword and headed towards the brothel Jiang Ning had entered.

"I am coming too!"

Qiaojun gritted her teeth, drew her sword, and followed.

“Junior Brother Shi, go back and tell Master what happened here. We won’t go back; we’ll go help Junior Brother.”

Liang Fa then turned to one of the Huashan disciples and said something. He then tried to draw his sword and rush forward, but when he reached for his waist, he found nothing and realized that his sword had been borrowed by Jiang Ning. So he simply took the sword from the junior brother Shi and pointed it at the brothel.

"Junior brothers, it is our Huashan Sect's duty to punish evil and promote good!"

After saying that, he rushed out, and the other Huashan disciples also drew their swords and followed.

The junior disciple Shi, who had been instructed by Liang Fa to go back and find Yue Buqun, watched this scene nervously. Without daring to linger, he immediately ran towards the inn. Not long after, he saw several Huashan disciples eating, chatting, and laughing while strolling around. He rushed over, said a few words to them, and then told one of the Huashan disciples to go back and report to Yue Buqun. He then drew the disciple's sword, said "borrow my sword," and turned and rushed back.

The other disciples were also furious upon hearing this and went with Junior Brother Shi.

The disciple whose sword was lent stared blankly at his empty hands, then gritted his teeth and ran wildly toward the inn. But soon he saw several fellow disciples who were about to return to the inn. After exchanging a few words, he followed the example of his junior brother Shi and borrowed a sword from one of the disciples before rushing toward the brothel.

This went on several times until the last disciple, whose sword had been borrowed, shouted as he ran back to the inn.

"Master, Master."

Yue Buqun, who was practicing the Innate Skill in his room, heard his disciple shouting. He frowned, stopped practicing, and walked out of the room with Ning Zhongze.

What are you shouting about?

"Master, they...they..."

The disciple, panting from running, said, "They went to a brothel."

"what?"

Yue Buqun was furious and demanded, "Did Linghu Chong take his junior brothers to a brothel?"

The disciple was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head and said, "It's not the senior brother, it's the junior brother. The junior brother and Senior Brother Liang Fa went to the brothel."

"Oh?"

Yue Buqun was taken aback upon hearing this, but his expression softened.

"Since it is Ning'er who wants to go, he must have his reasons."

Yue Buqun frowned and said, "Tell me in detail, what happened?"

The disciple then recounted what had happened.

Yue Buqun first frowned and remained silent, then his brows relaxed, but when he heard that Jiang Ning was going to take over an entire street of brothels by himself, his face darkened again.

"Master, Senior Brother Liang and Junior Brother Wang have gone to help. They asked me to come back and tell you and your wife."

The disciple looked anxious; he wanted to help as soon as possible.

"Senior brother, let's go quickly. Ning'er and the others don't know how deep the waters of the martial world are. I'm afraid they'll get hurt."

Ning Zhongze had already turned back to her room to get her sword and prepare to go and provide support.

"it is good."

Yue Buqun nodded. There was no use thinking about it now. His disciples had already started fighting, and as their master, he definitely had to go and help them.

Taking the sword from Ning Zhongze, Yue Buqun prepared to leave, but then he noticed that his disciple's hands were empty, and he frowned and asked, "Where is your sword?"

The disciple said with a mournful face, "Senior Brother Wang borrowed it, then Senior Brother Zhao borrowed it, then Senior Brother Li borrowed it, and then Senior Brother Li..."

"OK OK."

Yue Buqun felt a little dizzy listening to this, so he stopped him and set off immediately.

When Yue Buqun arrived at the famous brothel street in Xiangyang City, he found that the entrance to the street was already crowded with people, who were talking amongst themselves.

"Excuse me, please make way."

Yue Buqun tried to squeeze in for a long time, but found that he couldn't get in. So he used his lightness skill to jump over the house next to him.

When he saw what was inside, he found that the main street was already ablaze.

The disciples of Mount Hua clashed with a group of thugs.

"Hahahaha, you bunch of bastards who forced good women into prostitution, today your Grandpa Linghu will teach you a lesson."

Linghu Chong's arrogant laughter came from inside.

Yue Buqun frowned as he looked at the crowd fighting in the distance. Although the Huashan disciples were stronger than these thugs who only knew how to use fists and feet, there were too many of them. Four or five of them ganged up on one Huashan disciple. Although they were still no match for them, they could at least hold them off. Moreover, the Huashan disciples were constantly adding more people. There were only about thirty Huashan disciples in total. If this went on for too long, they would definitely not be able to hold out.

On several occasions, when some Huashan disciples were attacked and nearly killed, Linghu Chong intervened in time to save them.

"Where is Ning'er?"

Yue Buqun looked around and saw that Jiang Ning was not among the crowd, and wondered to himself.

But his doubts were soon dispelled. A figure suddenly rushed out of one of the brothels, crashed to the ground, and screamed. Then Jiang Ning walked out.

Jiang Ning was covered in blood, and the sword in his hand was stained crimson. Drops of blood dripped from the tip of the sword, leaving a trail in the path Jiang Ning walked.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me."

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I will never again force good people into prostitution or do evil."

The man who was thrown out kept begging Jiang Ning for mercy.

Jiang Ning looked at him coldly, walked towards him step by step, then raised his sword and flicked it, sending the man's head flying.

Chapter 49: Do People Really Change?

Seeing Jiang Ning's murderous aura, Yue Buqun felt as if he were getting to know his disciple for the first time.

"Who dares to cause trouble in Xiangyang Prefecture!"

A loud shout rang out from the other end of the street, and a young man led a group of burly men into the street, his anger burning at the sight before him.

"It's you?"

The young man was startled when he saw Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning turned around and looked at him, his eyes narrowing.

"Young Master Hu?"

It is Hu Shi of the Iron Palm Sect.

"Stop it, all of you!"

Hu Shi shouted at the group of thugs.

Upon hearing his words, the thugs all stopped and came over to Hu Shi.

Hu Shi looked at Jiang Ning's grim expression and said, "Brother Jiang, what do you mean by this?"

The Huashan disciples who had fought valiantly also gathered in Jiangning.

Seeing that all the brothel thugs obeyed Hu Shi's words, Jiang Ning understood. After hearing Hu Shi's words, Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are all the brothels here your Iron Palm Sect's?"

Hu Shi nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“That’s right. They’ve come to pay homage to my Iron Palm Sect and give us monthly tributes, so of course it’s ours.”

Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes even more: "So you also know that they force good women into prostitution and compel these poor women to sell their bodies?"

Hu Shi frowned upon hearing this and said, "I know, so what?"

"Have you all lost your conscience? How can you treat them like this? How can they possibly survive?"

Upon hearing this, a female disciple of Mount Hua couldn't help but erupt in anger.

Hu Shi frowned as he looked at her, then turned to Jiang Ning and said, "Isn't that how the world is? Who cares whether they live or die?"

"Is this how it is? Doesn't anyone care whether they live or die?"

"Since no one else is in charge, then I will. The Huashan Sect will take charge."

Jiang Ning looked at Hu Shi and said, word by word.

Hu Shi was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.