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

The current leader of the Sun Moon Sect is number one in the world.

No one knows what realm he has reached now. Ever since the rumor in the martial arts world that Dongfang Bubai had refined the Sunflower Manual, he has been staying in the Black Wood Cliff to practice diligently and has never shown up in the martial arts world again. No one in the martial arts world knows what realm he has reached or whether he has entered the innate realm, and the Sun Moon Sect has not revealed anything about it. This incident has become a legend in the martial arts world.

Although no one knows whether Dongfang Bubai has broken through to his innate state, people in the martial arts world tacitly agree not to list him in the list of top masters, but instead single him out as a unique existence.

This is the current situation among masters. Dongfang Bubai is leading the way, while other first-class masters are flourishing.

Although there are not as many masters in the world today as before, there are still many first-rate and second-rate masters. Even though Jiang Ning's current strength has reached the level of a second-rate master, he has not slacked off at all, but worked even harder.

But it is useless for Jiang Ning to work hard to become stronger. Yue Buqun wants to carry forward the Huashan Sect and give it a second spring, so the strength of the sect's disciples must catch up.

This is not a fantasy world, where one’s personal strength is enough to pluck the stars and grab the moon, and turn clouds into rain with a flip of the hand.

A sect is a collective. No matter how strong an individual is, it is secondary. If a sect wants to be powerful, it must first have a deep foundation.

The foundation of a sect is nothing more than its disciples, its leader, and its martial arts techniques.

Disciples represent the mainstay and core force of the sect, while the sect leader represents the sect's top force and is the sect's pillar. Martial arts techniques are the most important thing for a sect. Without a good martial arts technique, there will never be a chance to reach the top of the sect.

Just like the Huashan Sect in Jiangning now, although Yue Buqun is a first-rate master and ranks quite high among the Five Sacred Sword Sects, the overall strength of the sect is too weak, which has seriously dragged down Yue Buqun. Now Yue Buqun is moving forward with a heavy burden.

Now the Huashan Sect has basically no good martial arts and swordsmanship, and only the Zixia Gong can be considered pretty good. Although it is not as good as the Yi Jin Jing of the Shaolin Temple, it is also the sect's treasure. No one except the sect leader can practice it, and Yue Buqun regards it as his life.

Apart from the Zixia Divine Art, the rest of the Huashan martial arts are much worse and pitifully few. The sect does not have enough foundation, so the second-generation disciples such as Lu Dayou and Gao Genming are not very strong.

If Jiang Ning wants to strengthen the Huashan Sect now, the first thing he needs to solve is the problem of the sect's foundation.

Jiang Ning thought about this question for a long time. Although he didn't have much impression when he knew that this world was The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he also knew that there was a cave on the Siguo Cliff on the Jade Maiden Peak of the Huashan Sect. Inside the cave were many lost sword techniques of the Huashan Sect. If he could bring those sword techniques out to increase the foundation of the Huashan Sect, even if it couldn't be compared with Wudang and Shaolin, it wouldn't be like it is now. Except for Yue Buqun and his wife, Linghu Chong and him, the others in the sect can't show off their talents.

Jiang Ning thought about directly telling Yue Buqun about the swordsmanship in the cave, but he didn't have a suitable excuse. If Yue Buqun asked him how he knew it, he wouldn't be able to answer. It would also be impossible to make up an excuse to hide it from Yue Buqun. Yue Buqun was a meticulous person, and he would be able to detect any loophole in what he said, which would only make things more troublesome.

In addition to this, Jiang Ning also knew that there was another person living on the Cliff of Repentance.

Feng Qingyang from the Sword Sect.

Jiang Ning did not have a deep impression of this person. He only knew that he was the one who taught Linghu Chong the Dugu Nine Swords. Another thing was that Yue Buqun mentioned his name when he was telling them about the battle between the Sword Sect and Qi Sect decades ago.

Although this person disappeared after the defeat of the Sword Sect, Jiang Ning knew that he had been living in the Cliff of Regret. His existence was one of the reasons why Jiang Ning did not choose to find an excuse to tell Yue Buqun about the sword skills in the cave.

It is not difficult to know a secret, nor is it difficult to tell a secret. The difficult part is how to make up a perfect excuse to make him believe it without arousing the suspicion of a meticulous person, especially when this meticulous person knows you very well.

After eliminating the option of finding a random excuse to appease Yue Buqun, Jiang Ning also thought about going to the Cliff of Repentance on Yunu Peak in person, entering the cave himself, and then coming back to tell Yue Buqun.

But the Jade Maiden Peak is very steep, and there is no difference between having a path or not. If you are not careful, you will fall down the mountain and be smashed to pieces.

In addition, Yue Buqun had instructed that the Cliff of Repentance was the place where the Huashan Sect's disciples who had violated the sect's rules were imprisoned and punished, and that disciples were normally not allowed to go there.

As a result of these two reasons, Jiang Ning delayed telling Yue Buqun the secret of the Cliff of Repentance. He planned to go up the cliff when his martial arts skills became stronger and he was no longer afraid of the steep mountain road.

Although he was brought to the mountain by Yue Buqun at the age of three, he only started to practice martial arts with Yue Buqun at the age of seven. Four years ago, his strength reached the level of a third-rate master. With carefulness, he was able to climb the Jade Maiden Peak safely. At that time, he thought of a way. He deliberately committed a crime and let Yue Buqun punish him by going to the Cliff to face the wall.

Chapter 8: Back Hall

Chapter 8: Back Hall

However, Yue Buqun never punished him. Sometimes he would just say a few words to him verbally and there would be no heavier punishment. Sometimes, when Jiang Ning deliberately had some friction with other disciples, Yue Buqun thought that he was bullied, and then he would scold and punish the other disciples, but speak kindly to him.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Ning had always been diligent in training and had been well-behaved that Yue Buqun felt that he was not someone who would deliberately stir up trouble, so he did not punish him severely like he did Linghu Chong.

This made Jiang Ning speechless.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Jiang Ning decided to save the country in a roundabout way.

Although Yue Buqun did not punish him, he was very strict with Linghu Chong, to such a level that even a dog would shake his head when seeing it.

Ever since Linghu Chong grew up, his erratic personality had caused him to be scolded by Yue Buqun many times. He would be scolded once every three days and once every five days. In serious cases, Linghu Chong was even forced to face the wall on the Cliff of Regret.

So Jiang Ning decided to start with Linghu Chong.

At first, he planned to go to the Cliff of Regret under the pretext of delivering food to Linghu Chong, and then pretend to be curious and accidentally discover the secret of the cave during the exploration, and then report it to Yue Buqun, thus solving the problem.

But when Jiang Ning took action, he found that he could not compete with Lu Dayou and Yue Lingshan.

Lu Dayou admires and respects Linghu Chong so much that he wants to stick to him every day, even more than a dog.

Yue Lingshan and Linghu Chong have been childhood sweethearts and have a special relationship with each other.

The two of them were vying to deliver food to Linghu Chong, and they even started arguing. He couldn't get a word in.

Sometimes he argued a few more times and was even misunderstood by Linghu Chong. Although his junior brother was cold in nature, he was actually warm-hearted and still cared about him, the eldest senior brother, which moved him to tears.

After Jiang Ning was unable to compete with Lu Dayou, the bootlicker, and Yue Lingshan, his childhood sweetheart, he changed his method. That was to hint to Linghu Chong to take the initiative to find the entrance to the cave.

What Jiang Ning didn't expect was that this idiot Linghu Chong didn't understand his hints at all. No matter how Jiang Ning hinted, Linghu Chong acted like a retard.

The most obvious hint he gave once was just about to ask him to look for the cave with a broken wall, but the idiot Linghu Chong said that he had already been punished by his master to face the wall on the Cliff of Repentance, and he didn't dare to destroy the place and make his master angry. He was so cowardly that no matter how Jiang Ning tried to persuade or provoke him, it was useless, which made Jiang Ning really helpless.

Jiang Ning wanted to make the Huashan Sect stronger, but the stupidity of his fellow disciples made him feel like he wanted to lead everyone to become bigger and stronger, but he was surrounded by stupid teammates and couldn't lead them.

Seeing that he had the secret in his heart that could make the sect strong again, but he couldn't say it out loud, Jiang Ning really didn't know what to do, and he kept putting it off until now.

He didn't know when the official plot of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer would begin, but he also knew that as time went by, it would become increasingly disadvantageous to the Huashan Sect. Now he had decided not to think about it anymore, and in two days he would go to the Cliff of Repentance in person.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning stopped thinking, stood up, opened the closet, took out some clothes to change into and prepared to take a shower.

The Huashan Sect must bathe and change clothes before worshipping the spirit tablets of their ancestors.

……

After washing, Jiang Ning put the previous set of clothes back into the house. Just as he was about to go to the cafeteria, he saw Laudeno coming from a distance.

"Junior Brother Jiang Ning, the food is ready. Master asked me to call you."

Lao Denuo had a hunched back and his hair had turned gray. He looked at Jiang Ning and said with a smile.

"I understand, thank you, Second Senior Brother."

Jiang Ning nodded calmly, then walked through the door and headed towards the cafeteria with Laudenuo without talking along the way.

Lao Denuo was not surprised, Jiang Ning was just a quiet person.

Walking on the way to the cafeteria, Jiang Ning looked straight ahead, without any shaking of his upper body. The most obvious thing was that when he passed under a tree, a leaf fell on his shoulder. As Jiang Ning walked for a distance, it did not fall, without even shaking, as if it was still, until a breeze blew by and then fell from Jiang Ning's shoulder.

Seeing this scene, Laudno couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Junior brother Jiang Ning’s martial arts have become more advanced.

Before, Lao Denuo felt that although Jiang Ning had reached the level of a second-rate master, his real strength was also at the same level. If the two really fought, he would definitely win in the end.

But at this moment, Lao Denuo felt that if he fought with Jiang Ning again, the outcome would be uncertain.

Jiang Ning walked with big and slow steps, looking leisurely, but not slow at all, with full grace. If it weren't for the blue-white inner robe that had been washed to a pale color and the silk and satin he was wearing, Lao Denuo would have thought he was a nobleman from some family.

Looking at Jiang Ning walking beside him with great grace, Lao Denuo looked at his own old appearance again, and all the emotions in his heart surged up, but he concealed them so that no one except him could know.

Jiang Ning didn't know what Laudenuo was thinking at the moment, but he began to think about Laudenuo.

He remembered that this person seemed to be a traitor?

Find a chance to kill him later.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning still looked straight ahead, but when Laudeno wasn't paying attention, his eyes turned towards him and then turned back, as if nothing had happened.

When Jiang Ning and Lao Denuo arrived at the cafeteria, Lu Dayou, Gao Genming and more than 30 other disciples had already arrived and were waiting for them. There were several young children already eating inside the cafeteria.

These young children should be the ones that the master brought back to be his apprentices.

Jiang Ning just glanced over there, then stopped paying attention to it and sat down at his usual seat.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

So far, their Huashan Sect has a total of more than 30 disciples, including six female disciples. Together with Yue Lingshan, there are seven in total. They are Ning Zhongze's disciples, and the rest of the male disciples are Yue Buqun's disciples.

"It's okay, it's okay. We didn't wait long anyway. If Second Brother didn't come, we wouldn't dare to start eating first."

Lu Dayou said with a smile.

The rules in Huashan Sect are very strict, and there is a hierarchy of seniority. Other fellow disciples cannot eat before their senior brother starts eating.

But apart from this point, everything else is fine. As long as you don't break the sect rules, you can decide for yourself after your master Yue Buqun finishes teaching you the daily lessons.

Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze were not seen in the cafeteria. They usually did not eat in the cafeteria. When the food was ready, it was brought to Youshoubuweixuan by the disciples. Only the disciples and Yue Lingshan would eat here.

Eat without talking and sleep without talking.

This was what Yue Buqun taught them, but Lu Dayou and the others always couldn't help chatting while eating. However, this time was different. They had just been severely scolded by Yue Buqun before, so they were not in the mood. In addition, there were several young children eating in the cafeteria, so it was not convenient for them to chat. Therefore, the meal was quiet.

After finishing the meal in silence, Laudeno led everyone to the back hall.

On the beam in the back hall were inscribed the four large characters "Controlling the Sword with Qi". On both sides were hung long swords, and in the middle was an incense table filled with rows of spirit tablets.

Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze were already waiting for them in the back hall.

Chapter 9: Our ancestors were also rich

Chapter 9: Our ancestors were also rich

"Disciple Yue Buqun has accepted seven children as his disciples today. May the spirits of the ancestors in heaven protect our Huashan disciples so that they can study hard, keep themselves clean, abide by the right path, and abide by the rules of our sect, so as not to tarnish the reputation of our Huashan Sect."

Yue Buqun held incense and candles in his hands and kowtowed four times respectfully towards the incense table. Jiang Ning and other Huashan disciples also knelt down and kowtowed to the spirit tablets of the successive Huashan masters. The few young children standing in front looked at the people kneeling down with a confused expression, but they knelt down as well.

Yue Buqun stood up and looked at all the disciples. Then he and Ning Zhongze sat in the main seats and looked at the children in front of them.

After thinking for a while, he spoke slowly.

"Today you are entering our Huashan Sect and you must strictly abide by the sect rules. If you violate them, you will be severely punished at the very least, or executed immediately at the worst!"

"Our sect has been in the martial arts world for hundreds of years. Although our martial arts are not the best in the world, we are not afraid of other sects. But this is not important."

Having said that, Yue Buqun deliberately paused to allow the children to digest what he had said.

Then he continued speaking amid the confused looks of these children.

"Our Huashan Sect was founded two hundred years ago. The founder did not leave his name, only the surname Lu. Not long after the founder surnamed Lu founded the Huashan Sect in Huashan, he died. Before his death, the founder told his disciples that our Huashan Sect is the true Xuanmen sect, and the true founder is Guangningzi, Hao Datong, one of the seven disciples of the Quanzhen Sect in the past."

Ok?

At this time, Jiang Ning, who had already stood up and was standing aside, raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised.

Is the Huashan Sect in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer a branch of the Quanzhen Sect? He thought the Huashan Sect in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was different from the Huashan Sect in history.

Yue Buqun had never told them this before.

Unlike Jiang Ning's surprise, Lu Dayou and other Huashan disciples did not react much.