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

This is normal. The Huashan Sect was originally passed down by Hao Datong. The Quanzhen Sect is the orthodox Xuanmen. Although the sect rules are obscure and difficult to understand, the disciples are well educated and have high quality, unlike the current Huashan disciples. Although Yue Buqun tried to simplify it as much as possible to take into account their understanding level, it is not so concise. Lu Dayou often said that it gave him a headache to memorize the sect rules.

However, the seven commandments mentioned by Jiang Ning made Yue Buqun nod secretly. They were much easier to understand and more concise than his own.

He wrote it down. Next time he accepts apprentices, these are what he will say to his new apprentices.

"All right."

Yue Buqun stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said to his disciples.

"The apprenticeship ceremony has ended. There is nothing to do in the sect for the time being. You can go down and practice what you need to practice, and do what you need to do."

"Yes."

Jiang Ning and other Huashan disciples bowed and retreated. Ning Zhongze asked two female disciples named Yueyin and Qiaojun to take the new disciples away, so that they could measure their body sizes and make Huashan sect robes for them, which is the one Jiang Ning is wearing.

After leaving the back hall, Jiang Ning said goodbye to Lu Dayou and others, then returned to the room and took the clothes he had changed earlier to the river to wash.

Huashan disciples wash their own clothes, this is Yue Buqun’s rule.

The Huashan Sect has no servants. Except for Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, the rest are Huashan disciples. Although there are female disciples in Huashan, Yue Buqun did not let those female disciples be responsible for washing the clothes of all the disciples.

In his words, regardless of gender, they are all Huashan disciples, and they are all brothers and sisters in Huashan. No one is anyone's vassal. How could they let their sisters and brothers wash clothes for others and be servants?

Chapter 11: Xiantian Gong

Chapter 11: Xiantian Gong

The Huashan Sect is very poor.

Very poor.

Ning Zhongze and his female disciples were so poor that, in addition to their daily martial arts practice, they had to sew their own clothes to save money.

Jiang Ning took his clothes and a basin and walked along the mountain road to a stream. The water in the stream was so clear that you could see finger-sized fish swimming in the stream.

This is where they usually wash their clothes.

When Jiang Ning arrived at the stream, he found that there was already a woman squatting by the stream washing clothes. The clothes the woman was wearing were those of a Huashan disciple.

When Jiang Ning came over, the female disciple of Huashan still didn't notice anything. It was not until Jiang Ning deliberately made the sound of rolling stones that she reacted.

The Huashan female disciple turned around, and a bright face came into view. She was in her twenties, with curved eyebrows, large and bright eyes, fair skin with a rosy glow, and a few strands of hair hanging from her forehead.

"Hey, Junior Brother Jiang Ning, what a coincidence."

A smile appeared on the woman's face, like a blooming spring flower in March.

Jiangning saluted.

"Senior Sister Du."

The female disciple smiled and said, "There's no need to be so polite between us fellow disciples. Just call me Lan Yin."

"The elders are in order."

Jiang Ning replied calmly.

Du Lanyin smiled helplessly, and when he saw the basin in Jiang Ning's hand, he said, "Do you want to wash your clothes? I'll help you wash them."

Jiang Ning smiled and shook his head.

"Don't bother me, Senior Sister. I'll do it myself."

Du Lanyin still said, "It's okay. Although Master said that we should wash our own clothes, this is my own request. Master won't say anything. Besides, weren't Senior Brother's clothes washed by Junior Sister Lingshan and Senior Brother Dayou? Master didn't say anything either."

Although Yue Buqun asked Huashan disciples to be self-reliant and wash their own clothes, Linghu Chong never washed his clothes himself. It was all done by Lu Dayou, his bootlicker, and Yue Lingshan, his childhood sweetheart. Lu Dayou and Yue Lingshan competed to wash his clothes.

Jiang Ning smiled and declined.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Sister."

After saying that, he went to the stream and started washing clothes.

Du Lanyin was helpless, but her eyes brightened after seeing Jiang Ning's back.

"Junior Brother Jiang Ning, what you said before was really good."

He was referring to what Jiang Ning said to Yue Buqun and a group of Huashan disciples in the martial arts training ground, as well as the words upholding justice.

"Since the government cannot bring justice to the victims, then upholding justice is the meaning of the Huashan Sect's existence."

Du Lanyin murmured these words, with a hint of sadness in her bright eyes.

"..."

Jiang Ning paused while washing clothes, but did not speak.

He knew what had happened to Du Lanyin.

Du Lanyin's family was an ordinary family. Her parents were farmers and they owned a few acres of land. When she was nine years old, a local powerful family bought up a lot of land.

It was called an acquisition, but in fact it was almost like robbery. Her parents refused to sell the land, and were finally dragged to their own house by the people of that big family and beaten to death. Their bodies were thrown out and said to have died of illness. Then, the few acres of land in her family was incorporated into the family's own property after the people of that big family had made arrangements from top to bottom.

Someone in that big family worked as an official in the government and was in collusion with the local government. What happened to her family was just one of the cases.

And she became a beggar, begging everywhere.

In order to conceal her identity as a woman, she made herself dirty and smelly during the time she was begging. She begged in the county town during the day and hid in the mountains and forests at night. She spent two years like this. Needless to say, it was very bitter. Until she met Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, they took her back to Huashan.

After knowing her experience, Yue Buqun did not choose to help her to take revenge, but let her stay in Huashan to practice martial arts, and then take revenge herself after she became proficient in martial arts.

Driven by the motivation of revenge, Du Lanyin worked very hard, but his talent was not that good. Up to now, he was only a third-rate master. It would take some time for him to take revenge.

Moreover, Huashan Sect is now led by Qi Zong, whose skills are not only poor but also inefficient. It is the kind that will achieve success late in life, and there will be no results without ten to twenty years of accumulation.

But despite this, she still stubbornly practiced hard and did not ask Yue Buqun to help her get revenge. Although she knew that as long as she asked, Yue Buqun, who was the Gentleman Sword and their master, would definitely take action, but she did not do so.

"..."

As if she was thinking about her own experience, Du Lanyin stopped talking and washed clothes silently. Jiang Ning naturally would not deliberately bring up her sad memories.

After a while.

Jiang Ning stood up.

"Sister, I'm leaving first."

At this time, his clothes had been washed, but Du Lanyin had not finished washing them yet.

Jiang Ning only had underwear to wash, but she had a pile of clothes to wash, so she was taking a longer time than Jiang Ning.

Du Lanyin, who was called, came back to his senses and looked at Jiang Ning who had stood up and was about to leave and said quickly: "Okay, Junior Brother, take care."

Jiang Ning nodded and left.

However, when he left, he thought of Du Lanyin's experience.

Senior Sister Du’s original home seems to be somewhere near Dengfeng?

There are many Huashan disciples who have encountered the same situation as Du Lanyin. They practice martial arts very hard, but their talents are not very good.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Ning returned to the mountain to dry the washed clothes. At this time, a hint of red glow appeared in the sky.

late at night.

Jiang Ning returned to the house and lay on the bed, looking at the roof quietly. The sounds of insects chirping and leaves rustling came from outside the window.

Originally Jiang Ning was still thinking about how to strengthen the foundation of his sect, but what Yue Buqun said in the back hall today opened his mind.

Judging from what Yue Buqun said, the martial arts world hundreds of years ago seems to be the era of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. So it seems that this world actually includes all of Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

From Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, to The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, these eras have passed, and now is the era of Smiling Proud Wanderer.

The Smiling, Proud Wanderer is set in an era when most of the magical skills and martial arts have been lost.

Since this world is the afterlife of the above martial arts novels, why should Jiang Ning stick to the Huashan Sect's swordsmanship? He can just look for those lost magical skills to serve as the sect's foundation.

There are too many lost magical skills from "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" to the present day, such as the Nine Yin Scriptures, the Nine Yang Divine Art, the Six Meridians Divine Sword, the North Sea Divine Art, etc. These are much more advanced and stronger than the swordsmanship in the stone cave of the Siguo Cliff of the Huashan Sect.

As long as Jiang Ning finds even one of the magical skills, his Huashan Sect will be able to rise again. Why would Yue Buqun fight for the flawed Book of the Sword of Exorcism?

However, although Jiang Ning had already thought about looking for the magical power, he had no clue where to start.

These magical skills have all been lost, and looking for them would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. The older the age of the skills, the harder it is to find them.

Over the past few hundred years, many martial artists have certainly been searching for the whereabouts of these secret manuals, but no one has ever found them. Jiang Ning doesn't think he'll be so lucky as to be able to find them just by looking for them as soon as he goes out. That would definitely take a lot of time, and he might not be able to find them even after spending his entire life.

Jiang Ning looked at the roof, his brows furrowed, his eyes absent-minded, his thoughts drifting far away.

After a while.

Jiang Ning's eyes narrowed, and he sat up from the bed, muttering three words to himself.

"Xiantian Gong."

Chapter 12: I, the Huashan Sect, the authentic Xuanmen and the orthodox Taoism!

Xiantian Gong.

Its status is self-evident.

The Quanzhen Sect's treasure, the Taoist's supreme martial art, and Wang Chongyang's unrivaled martial art.

Although Huashan's Zixia Divine Art is the sect's treasure, the difference between these two treasures is as great as heaven and earth.

The Huashan Sect is a branch of the Quanzhen Sect and also the last branch. It is no exaggeration to call it orthodox.

As the orthodox Xuanmen and the last branch of Quanzhen Sect, it would be a great boost for Huashan if Jiang Ning could recover the Xuanmen's supreme magic skill, Xiantian Gong.

Will Yue Buqun still be afraid that the Huashan Sect will humiliate the status of the orthodox Xuanmen by then? I am afraid that by then Yue Buqun will have to tell everyone he meets that Huashan has been the orthodox Xuanmen and Taoist sect since ancient times.

Who has an opinion?

Wu-Tang?

Although your Wudang is also a Taoist sect and is currently very powerful, what does it have to do with our Quanzhen Sect? At most, we are just two different sects. Moreover, our Quanzhen Sect was founded earlier than your Wudang Sect. After all, your Wudang Sect is also a branch of Taoism. It is only because you are powerful and influential that you have become the face of Taoism. But our Huashan is the orthodox sect of Taoism.

What? Are you saying that the Quanzhen Sect later surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, accepted the title bestowed by the Yuan Dynasty, and became the Yuan Dynasty's running dogs?

What does this have to do with my Huashan Sect?

The Quanzhen Sect was divided into several branches after the death of its founder Wang Chongyang. The branch that defected to the Yuan Dynasty was Qiu Chuji's branch, not my branch, Hao Datong's. Why should their hats be put on my Huashan Sect?

Moreover, our Quanzhen Sect's founder, Wang Chongyang, once led troops to fight against the Jin Dynasty. He was also the pride of our Han people. Moreover, our Huashan Sect also worked together with the other five of the six major sects to drive out the Tartar invaders during the Yuan Dynasty.