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

Qingcheng Mountain.

Jiang Ning stood in front of a Taoist temple.

The Taoist temple gate was tightly closed, seemingly deserted, with the words "Songfeng Temple" written above it.

Jiang Ning looked at the Taoist temple, circulated his inner energy, and his voice carried extremely far.

"Jiang Ning of the Huashan Sect has come to pay a visit to the Qingcheng Sect."

Jiang Ning used internal force in his words, which caused the surrounding trees to rustle and the gate of the Taoist temple to tremble.

Splash!

A dense chorus of footsteps echoed inside the Taoist temple.

Squeak!

The heavy door opened from the inside, and a group of Qingcheng disciples stood in a row, densely packed together, numbering at least dozens.

At this moment, the Qingcheng disciples looked at Jiang Ning with expressions of shock and anger.

Yesterday, Jia Renda carried Xu Dazui's corpse back to Songfeng Temple and told them about their encounter at the foot of the mountain and Jiang Ning's words. The Qingcheng disciples were furious when they heard this. Now, seeing that Jiang Ning actually dared to go up the mountain alone, they felt that he looked down on the Qingcheng Sect and all glared at Jiang Ning.

"How dare you! You killed my Qingcheng disciple and still dare to go up the mountain alone."

A voice rang out from behind the Qingcheng disciples. Several Qingcheng disciples in the middle stepped aside, and Yu Canghai stepped out, looking at Jiang Ning with a cold smile.

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "It's been a year. How have you been, Abbot Yu?"

The other party remained as polite as ever, but Yu Canghai said coldly, "What are you doing here at my Qingcheng Sect? You even killed my disciples. Does your Huashan Sect want to start a war with the Qingcheng Sect?"

Normally, Yu Canghai wouldn't act like this, but Jiangning is different.

Jiang Ning not only ruined his plans, but also embarrassed him in front of everyone in Hengshan City. This already constituted hostility. Moreover, the other party killed his disciple as soon as he arrived in Sichuan, so Yu Canghai no longer wanted to be polite with him.

The smile on Jiang Ning's face gradually disappeared.

"As I said before, I would visit your sect again."

Yu Canghai sneered: "Is this how you visit someone?"

As he spoke, Yu Canghai raised his hand, and the Qingcheng disciples behind him swarmed forward, carrying up a corpse—Xu Dazui, whom Jiang Ning had killed yesterday.

"You killed my sect's disciple, how do you intend to settle this score?"

Yu Canghai's voice turned cold.

"How do you calculate it?"

Jiang Ning also laughed: "Didn't that Qingcheng disciple tell Abbot Yu what happened yesterday? This person lays hands on ordinary women in your territory and insults my Huashan Sect. With such behavior from your sect's disciples, anyone who doesn't know better would think they are demons."

Jiang Ning's words left Yu Canghai speechless for a moment.

Jia Renda naturally dared not hide what happened yesterday and recounted the whole story.

Thinking of this, Yu Canghai felt that it was infuriating to compare himself to others. Other people's disciples were more talented, had stronger martial arts skills, and always protected their own sect.

Their own disciples have poor talent and low martial arts skills, often bringing shame to the sect.

He knew Xu Dazui. He often hung out with his son Yu Renyan and disciple Jia Renda. They were usually ignorant and lecherous. These three were truly the three disgraceful members of the Qingcheng Sect.

Regardless, the three of them knew their limits and wouldn't do such a thing in public. It's likely that Xu Dazui had been driven mad by his lust after a few drinks.

Thinking of this made Yu Canghai even angrier.

Since the year before last, when he sent his disciples to Hanzhong to spread the influence of the Qingcheng Sect, Hong Renxiong and Hou Renying made suggestive remarks about Yue Lingshan and were beaten back by Linghu Chong, it seems that the Qingcheng Sect has been at odds with the Huashan Sect. Last year in Fujian, his son Yu Renyan harassed a woman who turned out to be Yue Lingshan, and was later killed by Lin Pingzhi. Now, Qingcheng disciple Xu Dazui was killed by Jiang Ning for harassing a woman.

He discovered that the Qingcheng Sect seemed to be incompatible with the Huashan Sect by fate, as the Qingcheng Sect always lost face, and now its reputation in the martial arts world had become tarnished.

"Your sect has been a righteous sect for hundreds of years, but I never expected it to become like this. You have repeatedly provoked my Huashan Sect disciples and even insulted my Huashan Sect. If you treat my fellow righteous disciples like this, now I have caught your disciples attacking innocent women in Qingcheng territory. Abbot Yu, don't you have anything to say?"

Jiang Ning's voice rang out again, but these words made Yu Canghai's face grow colder and colder, and the Qingcheng disciples were even more furious.

"What do you want me to say?"

Yu Canghai's voice was extremely cold: "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext. Even if my disciples are of bad character, it is up to my Qingcheng Sect to deal with them. When did it become your Huashan Sect's place to speak?"

After his trip to Hengshan City, Yu Canghai realized that the Huashan Sect and the Qingcheng Sect were now enemies, and there was no need to maintain any pretense of civility anymore.

In the past, he might have been wary of the Huashan Sect's status as an ally of the Five Mountains Sword Sects, but over the past ten years, the Qingcheng Sect and the Songshan Sect have become close friends, and he himself has a very close personal relationship with Zuo Lengchan. The close interaction between the two sects has made the Qingcheng Sect an unofficial member of the Five Mountains Sword Sects, and he has gradually lost his wariness of the Huashan Sect.

Especially a few years ago, when Zuo Lengchan subtly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Huashan Sect in his correspondence with him, implying that he could take action against the Huashan Sect without worry and that the Five Mountains Sword Sects would not target the Qingcheng Sect as a result, Yu Canghai directly began to encroach on the original territory of the Huashan Sect.

With the support of the Songshan Sect and Zuo Lengchan, Yu Canghai believed that the Qingcheng Sect was no less powerful than the current Huashan Sect, and he no longer maintained a superficial approach.

Jiang Ning laughed, but his smile was cold: "If Abbot Yu says so, it seems that your disciples' attitude towards our Huashan Sect must have been at your behest."

Yu Canghai sneered and remained silent.

"If you dare to kill my Qingcheng Sect disciples on my Qingcheng territory, you can forget about going back alive. A life for a life, my Qingcheng Sect will take your life to pay for the death of our disciples."

Hou Renying, one of the four outstanding disciples of Qingcheng, stepped forward and sneered.

Ever since Linghu Chong called the Four Heroes of Qingcheng the Four Beasts of Qingcheng two years ago, he has been very dissatisfied with the Huashan Sect. This dissatisfaction reached its peak after the trip to Hengshan City. They all held their breath, and now, hearing Hou Renying speak, the other disciples all stared at Jiang Ning with predatory eyes.

Yu Canghai remained indifferent and silent.

Jiang Ning glanced at Yu Canghai, then at the Qingcheng disciples.

"Good, good, good."

Jiang Ning laughed.

"So your sect also knows the principle of an eye for an eye, but Abbot Yu pretended to avenge his son, but in reality he killed my junior brother Lin Pingzhi's entire family for the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual. Now he is protecting his disciple's misdeeds. How wonderful."

"Since that's the case, then don't blame me for disregarding the friendship between the righteous sects."

As Jiang Ning spoke, his hand was already on the hilt of his sword.

Clang~

The longsword was slowly drawn from its sheath, a flash of cold light appearing.

Seeing that he showed no fear in front of so many Qingcheng disciples, even Yu Canghai felt that Jiang Ning was indeed outstanding. However, now that the Qingcheng Sect was at odds with the Huashan Sect, he had only one thought about Jiang Ning.

Yu Canghai waved his hand, and the Qingcheng disciples behind him swarmed forward.

As the head of a sect, he couldn't bring himself to gang up on a junior with his disciples.

There's no need for formalities anymore; once the mask is torn off, this is Yu Canghai's true attitude.

"Kill him!"

Luo Renjie shouted and charged forward with his sword.

Chapter 127: My Master Can Kill You Like Taking Something Out of a Bag

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A Qingcheng disciple thrust forward with a long sword, using the Qingcheng Pine Breeze Sword Technique. This sword technique is powerful yet agile, possessing the strength of a pine tree and the spirit of the wind. However, this disciple's thrust was more powerful than agile.

Besides this disciple, another Qingcheng disciple rushed over from behind. Instead of using a sword, he lay prone on the ground and kicked at Jiang Ning's lower body.

This is also a unique skill of the Qingcheng Sect, called the Shadowless Illusionary Kick.

Two more Qingcheng disciples charged in from both sides of Jiangning, attacking from all directions.

Jiang Ning stood still, then raised his sword and slashed.

Clang!

The sword in the hand of the Qingcheng disciple in front was broken in two, and a sword wound spread from his forehead to his chest.

The Qingcheng disciple froze, and his body slowly collapsed.

At the same time, Jiang Ning swung his sword sharply, and with two clangs, the swords of the two Qingcheng disciples who attacked from the side were thrown from their hands.

Jiang Ning glanced at the disciple who used the Shadowless Phantom Leg, narrowed his eyes, and kicked him, sending him flying.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ning swiftly and decisively dealt with the four Qingcheng disciples.

Jiang Ning looked around, his gaze sweeping over the Qingcheng disciples who had packed the area tightly. Then, he circulated his inner energy, opened his mouth, and let out a clear whistle, creating layers of sound waves.

At this moment, some Qingcheng disciples who rushed up were the first to be hit. They felt a loud bang in their ears, as if their eardrums had been ruptured. They were immediately dizzy and their vision blurred, and they could hardly hold their swords.

Some of the weaker fighters couldn't withstand the sudden attack; they felt dizzy and immediately collapsed to the ground.

Yu Canghai's expression turned solemn upon seeing this scene.

As a top-tier expert, he was very clear about Jiang Ning's move. It was an attack launched directly with internal force, which was simply unbearable for those with weak internal force.

However, using this kind of attack requires extremely high internal strength from the user, and even Yu Canghai himself might not be able to achieve this level.

This kid's strength has already surpassed his.

Upon realizing this, Yu Canghai's expression turned grim.

Such formidable internal strength is completely unlike what a young boy should possess.

If Yu Canghai hadn't thought Jiang Ning was a righteous disciple, he would have even assumed that the other party had used the Demonic Sect's "Star Absorbing Technique" to absorb the internal energy of many people to achieve such profound internal strength.

Although he was amazed by Jiang Ning's talent when he was in Hengshan City, Yu Canghai was truly frightened at this moment.

In just one year, his opponent's strength had surpassed his.

Yu Canghai was truly amazed by Jiang Ning's talent.

But there was no way to change things now; the two sides had become enemies, and the faster the other side grew, the more disadvantageous it would be for the Qingcheng Sect.

Yu Canghai flicked his sleeve, and a gust of wind struck the longsword in the hand of a disciple who had not yet made a move.

With his longsword drawn, Yu Canghai moved swiftly, gripping the hilt as he charged directly at Jiang Ning, his movements incredibly graceful and his speed extremely fast.

Seeing Yu Canghai charging towards him, Jiang Ning was prepared. He raised his sword to block, and the tip of Yu Canghai's longsword struck the blade. Jiang Ning took the opportunity to retreat, his body flying backward and landing on a branch of a large tree.

Seeing that Jiang Ning had broken free of the encirclement, the other Qingcheng disciples gathered around the big tree.

“Your master and disciples are quite united.”

Jiang Ning looked at the crowd below and laughed.

"Humph!"

Yu Canghai snorted coldly, knowing that the other party was mocking him for bullying the weak with numbers, but at this moment, Jiang Ning was attacking the Qingcheng Sect, so he naturally didn't care about such things.