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

"Humanity is insignificant, and the path of immortality is boundless."

"The way of the ghosts is joyful, as it leads to the gate of life."

"The path of immortals values ​​life, while the path of ghosts values ​​death."

"The path of immortals is always auspicious, while the path of ghosts is always inauspicious."

……

Upon hearing these sounds, Abbess Dingyi was slightly surprised.

This is a passage from the Lingbao Wuliang Duren Shangpin Miaojing (灵宝无量度人上品妙经).

After a moment of surprise, Abbess Dingyi suddenly remembered that the Huashan Sect had Taoist influences, and then she was no longer puzzled.

The sound of reading aloud continued in the classroom.

"High and pure, beautiful and melancholic, its lament echoing through the vast sky."

Looking through the crack in the window, Master Dingyi saw several children dressed in Huashan Sect attire sitting in the classroom. Each of them had a book on their desk, and the children were reading the text in the books very attentively.

Their voices were young, but they had a unique charm that drew those of them from the outside world into their ears.

Jiang Ning sat on the platform in front, his posture upright and his expression calm.

"The Qi of the heavens is vast and boundless, and my Dao flourishes day by day."

"The Qi of the heavens is vast and boundless, and my Dao flourishes daily!"

After reciting the last sentence, the children stopped talking and stared intently at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning nodded slightly, stood up, and looked at them, saying, "I asked you to recite this every day so that you would remember that my Huashan Sect is a sect dedicated to saving people and helping the world. Our disciples must take it as their responsibility to protect all living beings and eliminate demons and uphold justice. This responsibility cannot be shirked or avoided."

"What is the purpose of our training in martial arts?"

A junior disciple shouted, "Uphold justice!"

"Correct."

Jiang Ning nodded: "There is a saying: 'The greatest heroes are those who serve their country and its people.'"

"As a righteous sect, it is our duty to uphold justice and help people, but this is only the lesser aspect of chivalry. What we really need to do is protect the people and safeguard all living beings."

"You are all still young and have bright futures. Your achievements will far surpass mine. I only hope that when you grow up, you will firmly remember the eight words 'The greatest heroes are those who serve the country and its people,' and become true heroes."

"But you must remember not to do things beyond your capabilities before you have grown up. When you are poor, you should cultivate your own virtue; when you are successful, you should help others."

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

The junior disciples looked at Jiang Ning with a strange light in their eyes and responded loudly.

Jiang Ning glanced at his fellow disciples below the stage, paused, and raised his voice slightly.

"May righteousness prevail in the world forever."

……

"Senior Brother Yue, these children are still so young. Don't you think they won't understand what we're saying?"

Looking at Jiang Ning's lecture, Abbess Dingyi was somewhat puzzled.

Yue Buqun chuckled and said, "Ning'er said that although they are young, it is even more important to plant a seed in their hearts to prevent them from going astray in the future."

Jiang Ning didn't just lecture his junior brothers on grand principles and empty talk. Besides his regular classes, he would also take his junior brothers with him when he went down the mountain to suppress bandits. He would eliminate harm for the people while teaching his junior brothers by example. The words he just spoke were actually his daily recitations after each class.

Yue Buqun initially thought that the children might not understand, but Jiang Ning believed that these Taoist scriptures could cultivate their righteous spirit, and even if they did not understand their meaning, they would remember them after reciting them for a long time.

Secondly, Jiang Ning needs to improve the cultural level of his junior brothers. He doesn't expect them to be learned, but at least they should be reasonable, know their own position, and know what they should and shouldn't do.

Master Dingyi nodded thoughtfully.

Although she felt that Jiang Ning's words were too early for these junior brothers, they did make a lot of sense.

The greatest heroes are those who serve their country and its people.

A thoughtful look appeared in Dingyi's eyes.

She kept those words in mind.

By this time, Jiang Ning had finished teaching his junior brothers and also saw Yue Buqun, Abbess Dingyi, and others outside the house.

“Master, Uncle-Master Dingyi.”

Jiang Ning was somewhat surprised; why had Abbess Dingyi suddenly come to Mount Hua?

"Ah."

Yue Buqun smiled and nodded.

Master Dingyi didn't speak, but nodded slightly. She looked at Jiang Ning, then at the children in the classroom, with a strange look in her eyes.

“Yilin, a junior disciple of the Hengshan Sect, went down the mountain before. The abbess thought she might come to my Huashan, so she came here.”

Seemingly aware of Jiang Ning's surprise, Yue Buqun began to explain without Jiang Ning even asking.

Although Yue Buqun did not say it explicitly, Jiang Ning understood his tacit understanding.

Jiang Ning nodded knowingly.

It's not surprising that someone driven by love would do something like this.

“Master Dingyi, this is your first time visiting Mount Hua. Why don’t I take you and your nephews around Mount Hua for the next few days to show you some hospitality? Otherwise, I’m afraid that if word gets out, my fellow martial artists will say that the Mount Hua Sect doesn’t respect your sect and that we are being impolite.”

Yue Buqun laughed as if joking.

Upon hearing this, Abbess Dingyi smiled.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother Yue."

"please."

Yue Buqun gestured for them to leave, and Abbess Dingyi led the Hengshan disciples away.

Jiang Ning glanced at their figures, then prepared to return to his room to practice his skills.

Although he has been very busy lately, he has not neglected his cultivation progress.

He has been in the third stage of the Innate Skill for a year now. Perhaps it's because he's a virgin, but his progress in cultivating the Innate Skill is not slow. He is steadily increasing every day, and now the strength of his internal energy has surpassed that of many top-tier masters.

For example, Yu Canghai.

If Jiang Ning was about the same level as Yu Canghai last June, he is now at the level of two Yu Canghais.

This greatly surprised Yue Buqun.

Although he already felt that Jiang Ning's cultivation speed was already very fast, he was still amazed by Jiang Ning's unreasonable talent.

It should be noted that before Yue Buqun obtained the Innate Skill, he was equivalent to three Yu Canghais. That was the result of his decades of hard work in practicing the Purple Cloud Divine Skill. In just one year, Jiang Ning not only caught up with Yu Canghai, but even surpassed him and became equal to Ning Zhongze, who had not yet obtained the Five Mountains Lost Sword Technique.

Previously, Ning Zhongze was weaker than Yue Buqun, equivalent to two Yu Canghai. After obtaining the lost sword technique, although her internal strength did not increase, her combat ability increased significantly. Dealing with three Yu Canghai was no problem for her, and she already possessed the power of three Yus.

Jiang Ning is only about seventeen years old, yet his strength is already on par with Ning Zhongze's. Moreover, this is not due to any shortcuts; Jiang Ning has grown to this level step by step, entirely on his own merits.

To put it bluntly, even without Yue Buqun and Jiang Ning going to Sichuan together, Ning Zhongze and Jiang Ning alone would have been enough to wipe out the Qingcheng Sect.

(Why do I see people shipping the main character and Master Dingyi as a couple?)

Don't be too weird.

Chapter 100: Provocation

While passing through a side hall in Jiangning, they discovered that Qiaojun, Du Lanyin, and other female disciples were embroidering something.

"Senior sisters, what are you doing?"

Jiang Ning looked at Du Lanyin and Qiao Jun and several other female disciples with a hint of surprise as they embroidered something on a piece of cloth.

"Oh, Master told us to do it."

Qiaojun replied, "Master said he'll be going to Xi'an to recruit disciples in a few days, and he asked us to make a flag to represent the Huashan Sect, so we can use it then."

Qiaojun is Ning Zhongze's disciple, ranked second among the female disciples, and is beautiful.

“Since we’re going to embroider a flag, I thought we should embroider Mount Hua on it, as that would best represent the Mount Hua Sect.”

Jiang Ning nodded in realization. No wonder he had seen Qiao Jun and the other female disciples wandering around Mount Hua a while ago.

Jiang Ning looked around and realized that they were indeed on the peaks of Xiuhua Mountain, one of which was the outline of Jade Maiden Peak.

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, senior sisters."

Yueyin smiled and shook her head: "This is nothing. It is our duty to revitalize the Huashan Sect."

They were the ones who could most directly feel the changes in the Huashan Sect, and they all sincerely hoped that the Huashan Sect would get better and better, so they were very serious about what they did.

Jiang Ning smiled, turned around and left.

Nothing major has happened in the past few days. Apart from Yue Buqun being busy taking Master Dingyi and a group of female disciples from Hengshan to visit Mount Hua, Jiangning has been relatively quiet. Apart from teaching his junior disciples, he has spent most of his time practicing martial arts.

His diligence was nothing to worry about for the Huashan disciples, who were used to it, but the female disciples from Hengshan had never seen anything like it before. They were innocent and were severely criticized by Abbess Dingyi, suffering an undeserved disaster.

Another day passed.

With the date for the Huashan Sect to recruit disciples drawing ever closer, Yue Buqun had already sent his disciples down the mountain to set up the venue and spread the word. He was just waiting for the appointed time for Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong to go down the mountain to recruit disciples in the four prefectures.

But one of the disciples returned early today.

"Junior Brother Jiang Ning, where is Master?"

Liang Fa, who was sent out, rushed up from the foot of the mountain early in the morning, looking somewhat anxious.

"We received Master Dingyi in the main hall."

Jiang Ning answered Liang Fa's question first, then looked at him with surprise: "Senior brother, what happened?"

Liang Fa took Jiang Ning's hand and walked towards the main hall.

"Let's talk as we walk."

Seeing his eagerness, Jiang Ning frowned and followed.

"What exactly happened?"

"Tian Boguang has come to Shaanxi."