The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Becomes a Disciple of Yue Buqun

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun nodded, and he no longer felt as nervous as before.

Jiang Ning's expression was as calm as water.

He did not kill the county magistrate, but the county magistrate suddenly died five days later, and the cause of death was unknown.

"Okay, Ning'er, you must have been exhausted along the way. Go down first and take a rest. I'll ask Denuo to call you when it's time for dinner."

"Yes."

Jiang Ning nodded, turned around and left.

Looking at his departing back, Ning Zhongze, who had been silent all the time, couldn't help but speak.

"Brother, Ning'er..."

There was a hint of worry in his tone.

Jiang Ning's cold and indifferent attitude made her afraid that he would go astray in the future.

"fine."

Yue Buqun knew what his wife was thinking and shook his head.

"Although Ning'er is young, he has his own ideas. You and I don't need to worry."

Seeing her husband say this, Ning Zhongze had no choice but to nod.

……

After returning to his room, Jiang Ning placed the sword at his waist on the table.

The room was very simple. Apart from a bed, a table and a stool, there was only a wardrobe for storing clothes. Nothing else. The only thing that caught the eye was the thick pile of books on the table.

squeak~

Jiang Ning walked to the window and opened it to let in some fresh air. As soon as he opened the window, what came into view was the endless green hills in the distance. Clouds covered the tops of the hills, and the peaks appeared and disappeared. The outer walls of the wooden house were covered with ivy, and the air was full of spring.

After opening the window, Jiang Ning came to the table by the window and sat down, staring out the window intently.

It has been twelve years since he came into this world.

Twelve years ago, he was reborn as a three-year-old child in a village. At that time, bandits broke into the village and massacred the entire village. His biological mother hid him in a secret place, but he was eventually found by the bandits when they were searching for survivors. At that time, he was the only survivor in the village.

Just when the bandits were about to kill him with a knife, Yue Buqun who happened to be passing by the village rescued him.

Jiang Ning will always remember the face reflected on the snow-white blade.

Yue Buqun killed the group of horse bandits and then brought him back to Huashan, where he has been ever since.

Chapter 6: Realm Division

Chapter 6: Realm Division

Before going to Mount Huashan, Jiang Ning didn't know what kind of world this was. Only after he knew the names of Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze, Yue Lingshan and Linghu Chong did he realize that this was The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

He hadn't watched much of "Swordsman" and didn't have a deep impression of it. He had no interest in it and only knew some general things, including the death of Yue Buqun and the controversies surrounding Yue Buqun himself.

Is Yue Buqun a hypocrite?

Some people say that he is a sinister and ambitious man who wants to dominate the martial arts world and who is willing to persecute his wife, daughter and disciples for the sake of the Sword Manual of Exorcism.

Some people say that he was forced into a desperate situation and resorted to risky tactics, and that he even castrated himself in order to carry forward the Huashan Sect.

he does not know.

Since he went to Mount Huashan, Yue Buqun has always taught him to be chivalrous and righteous, to help the weak and fight against the strong, and not to bully the weak, and has been raising him up.

He didn't know whether Yue Buqun was a hypocrite as others said, but at least in his opinion, he had never seen Yue Buqun's hypocritical side in these twelve years.

Does Yue Buqun want to dominate the martial arts world?

Jiang Ning didn't know.

At least in the past ten years, he didn't see any ambition in Yue Buqun. Although he never told his disciples about the difficulties of the sect, Jiang Ning could sometimes catch a glimpse of fatigue in his eyes, and the candlelight that never went out in the middle of the night when Huashan was short of money.

Can a person still have the energy to dominate the martial arts world when he is trapped in the financial difficulties of his family and sect?

Jiang Ning still didn't know.

People are diverse, complex, and changeable.

At every stage of life and after every experience, there are new perspectives and new choices.

A gentleman or a hypocrite may be just a matter of one thought.

Whether Yue Buqun is a gentleman or a hypocrite, Jiang Ning doesn't care.

For him, Yue Buqun saved him, raised him, and was like a rebirth to him.

He had to acknowledge the kindness Yue Buqun had shown him.

So Jiang Ning didn't care about these things. Since Yue Buqun's lifelong wish was to develop Huashan, he would help Yue Buqun fulfill this wish.

Jiang Ning looked fixedly into the distance. For some reason, he suddenly thought of a sentence Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

"In order to achieve the general's ambition..."

Jiang Ning's eyes were dazed and he muttered to himself.

After coming back to his senses.

Jiang Ning's thoughts returned to the present.

He has been practicing martial arts diligently since he came up the mountain. Except for reading books in his spare time, he spends all his time practicing martial arts.

Lu Dayou, Yue Lingshan and others don't understand why Jiang Ning practices so hard. Only Jiang Ning himself knows that the reason he works so hard is not only to repay Yue Buqun, but also for his own ideals.

Fortunately, he has a good talent, even Yue Buqun admires him. At this age, he has reached the strength of a second-rate master, and is ranked high among second-rate masters. This is unheard of in the entire Five Mountains Sword Sect.

Linghu Chong is now twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and his strength is at the level of a second-rate master. Although the Huashan Sect is now in decline, Linghu Chong is instead the leading figure among the second-generation disciples of the entire Five Mountains Sword Sect.

With Linghu Chong as a reference, Jiang Ning was able to be on par with him at the age of fifteen. This shows how talented Jiang Ning is. Even Yue Lingshan, who was at odds with Jiang Ning, said that Yue Buqun had picked up a treasure.

Although Yue Buqun didn't say it, he would always mention Jiang Ning's name and his strength every time he visited the other Five Mountains Sword Sects. However, he had a nonchalant expression on his face, as if he had a lot of disciples like Jiang Ning among his disciples.

Even though the disciples of the other Five Mountains Sword Sects had never seen Jiang Ning, they had heard of his great name for a long time.

There is no specific division of martial arts realms in this world. I don't know if it's because these people in the martial arts world are uneducated and can't think of it, or if it's just like that.

Generally, martial arts masters are divided into third-rate masters, second-rate masters, and first-rate masters.

Originally, there was no such category as "not up to the mark". It was mainly to take into consideration the feelings of those untalented people in the world, and to create a category of "not up to the mark" to give them a sense of participation.

Otherwise, when people are traveling around the world and are asked about their strength, they are not even third-rate, and they still say they are people of the world?

It's really shameful that you can't even reach the threshold of entering the world of martial arts. Just quit the group yourself and don't let us kick you out.

Being not up to standard refers to people who have no internal strength at all and rely entirely on martial arts to get around in the world. They hang around on the fringe of the world, and if they get seriously injured by accident, they are basically finished with.

Representative figures: Those killed by Lin Zhennan and Jiang Ning.

A third-rate master is slightly better than a third-rate master, and is still at the bottom of the world, but is much stronger than a third-rate master. For example, among the Four Beauties of the Qingcheng Sect, Lin Zhennan is already a middle-aged man in his forties, but in terms of martial arts, he is no match for youngsters like Hou Renying and Hong Renxiong.

Third-rate masters, this type of people in the martial arts world, have finally cultivated a little bit of internal strength, but their martial arts skills are average, so they can only go out in groups. They have to fight shoulder to shoulder. If they go out alone, there is a high probability of accidents.

Representative figures: Yue Lingshan, Lu Dayou, Gao Genming and other second-generation disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

It was precisely because Yue Lingshan was a third-rate master that Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze were so nervous after knowing that she had sneaked down the mountain.

Second-rate masters, this kind of people in the world basically have the ability to protect themselves. They have cultivated their own internal strength, and their internal strength is not low. They can move normally in the world. As long as they don't seek death, there will be basically no accidents. For example, Linghu Chong, he often travels alone in the world, but Yue Buqun is not worried about him.

However, the people in the world who are at the level of second-rate masters are also uneven. Although some of them are second-rate masters, their actual combat power varies greatly, and the fight may end in just a few rounds.

Representative characters: Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong.

Although people in the martial arts world at the level of second-rate masters have cultivated internal strength, it does not mean that the internal strength will not slip. If they think they have cultivated internal strength and become complacent, lazy, and neglect their practice, then the internal strength in their bodies will gradually dissipate, and in the end they will fall to the level of third-rate masters.

First-rate masters are already at the level of top masters in the martial arts world. They are usually masters who have been famous in the martial arts world for a long time, such as the leaders of the Five Mountains Sword Sects, Yue Buqun of the Huashan Sect, Mr. Mo Da of the Hengshan Sect, the three Dings, Dingyi, Dingjing and Dingxian of the Hengshan Sect, Tianmen Taoist of the Taishan Sect, Zuo Lengchan and Fei Bin of the Songshan Sect, as well as Yu Canghai, the head of the Qingcheng Temple outside the Five Mountains Sword Sect, Ren Woxing of the Sun and Moon Sect, Fang Zheng of the Shaolin Temple, Chongxu of the Wudang Sect, etc., all of them can be classified as first-rate masters.

Although there are many first-rate masters in the world, the differences among them are greater than those between second-rate masters.

For example, compared with Ren Woxing and Fang Zheng, although Yu Canghai is at the level of first-class masters, if Ren Woxing and Fang Zheng want to deal with Yu Canghai, Yu Canghai will be defeated or even killed in just a few moves. This is the gap between them.

Chapter 7: Innate Realm

Chapter 7: Innate Realm

Although Yu Canghai was honored to be ranked among the top masters along with the leaders of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the leader of Shaolin Temple, the Taishan Beidou in the martial arts world, Yue Buqun among them was more than enough to defeat him.

When Yue Buqun was giving a lecture to the Huashan disciples, he explained the level division of masters in the martial arts world and mentioned himself and Yu Canghai of the Qingcheng Sect at that time.

Jiang Ning remembered Yue Buqun's original words at that time: "Listen carefully to what I am going to say to you, but do not spread it out, otherwise Master Yu will cause trouble for my Huashan Sect. Although Master Yu is a top martial arts master, if I really fight him, he will lose within fifty rounds. If it is a life-and-death battle, Yu Canghai will die under my sword within twenty rounds."

When he said this, Yue Buqun had a faint smile on his face and looked very calm.

But despite this, Yue Buqun said that his strength was not as good as that of Zuo Lengchan, the leader of the Songshan School, not to mention the former leader of the Sun and Moon Sect, Ren Woxing.

If Yu Canghai is used for comparison, Yue Buqun is equivalent to about three Yu Canghais, Zuo Lengchan is equivalent to five Yu Canghais, and Ren Woxing is equivalent to at least ten Yu Canghais.

As for Master Fangzheng of Shaolin Temple, he was not sure. Yue Buqun only said that Master Fangzheng had a high level of cultivation and he was far inferior to him.

From this point of view, Fang Zheng has at least fifteen Yu Canghais to start with.

In fact, according to common sense, Ren Woxing and Fang Zheng can no longer be considered first-class masters. They need to be at a higher level, but there are only these four levels in the world. The higher level is the peerless masters in the innate realm.

The innate realm, what exactly is this realm, no one in the current world knows, but everyone knows a thing or two.

It is said that masters who have reached this realm will not age, can live to be a hundred years old with ease, still be as agile as the wind, and have internal strength so powerful that it can be released to form a protective qi. Martial arts masters at this realm can no longer be described as mortals. In short, they are as mythical as possible, like immortals. However, no one knows whether this realm is really like this. People in the martial arts world now call this realm the land immortal realm.

However, there is no one in the world today who can reach the innate realm. The only known master who has reached the innate realm is the founder of the Wudang Sect two hundred years ago.

Zhang Sanfeng.

The founder of the Wudang Sect is the last known person to reach the innate realm. Legend has it that this immortal figure lived to be 120 years old and still looked the same as before, with white hair and a childlike face.

However, when Zhang Sanfeng was 120 years old, he said he wanted to go down the mountain to travel around the world, and he never returned to Wudang Mountain. No one knew his whereabouts, whether he was dead or alive, or whether he had achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven as the legend said.

Since him, no one in the martial arts world has reached the innate realm, and even now the overall strength of the entire martial arts world has declined.

In today's martial arts world, even Fang Zheng from Shaolin Temple, who is one of the most righteous people in the world, still laments the difficulty of breaking through.

Maybe there is a little hope for just one person.

Invincible in the East.