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

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"Your Beggars' Sect has committed so many heinous acts that even being torn to pieces would not be enough to quell our hatred."

"Humph!"

Jie Feng snorted coldly.

"The victor is king, the loser is villain. I have nothing to say. This is the truth since ancient times. If you hadn't been so aggressive, how could I have ended up in this situation?"

"If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please."

"Jie Feng!"

Master Qingzhu said coldly, "Even now you still show no remorse?"

"repentance?"

Jie Feng laughed loudly.

"What remorse have you shown? Do you think you'll let me go if I kneel down and beg for mercy now?"

Seeing that he remained stubborn even as death approached, Jiang Ning did not feel much anger, but simply dealt with Xie Feng's fate.

“Cast him into a clay statue and make him kneel before the graves of those people harmed by the Beggars’ Gang, so that he will be forever kneeling before them and never be able to rise again.”

Chapter 783: Rest and Recuperation, Wudang Arrives

For someone like Jie Feng, a simple death would be too easy for him; this is the only fate he deserves.

Jie Feng's expression changed drastically.

"Killing someone is just a matter of beheading! How could you be so cruel?"

Xie Feng thought that he could just endure the pain of being stabbed, but he never expected Jiang Ning to be so ruthless, determined to ensure that he would never be able to rise again.

Jie Feng was both shocked and furious, and his heart was filled with intense fear.

If that's really the case, then he will truly be infamous for eternity.

"Master Jiang...Master Jiang, I know I was wrong, please forgive me this time."

Xie Feng hurriedly kowtowed to Jiang Ning, begging for mercy.

wrong?

Jiang Ning remained expressionless.

He'd heard this kind of talk far too many times, and he was tired of hearing it, and even more tired of it being said.

Jiang Ning waved his hand, and Xie Feng was led away by several Emei disciples.

"Jiang Ning, you are so vicious, you deserve to die a horrible death!"

Jie Feng struggled and roared before being taken away.

"You won't get away with this!!!"

Jiang Ning seemed not to hear anything, and his expression remained unchanged.

"Master Jiang, now that we have taken Pingding Prefecture, should we seize the opportunity to pursue them and kill our way to Blackwood Cliff?"

Zhenshanzi asked.

They were overjoyed at their great victory, and many wanted to head straight for Blackwood Cliff.

how many years.

Since the rise of the Demonic Sect, the martial arts world has been in a state of decline for the righteous and rise for the demonic. All sects and martial artists have been suppressed by the Demonic Sect for too long in the past hundred years. Now is the time when they have the best chance to destroy the Demonic Sect. Although a great battle has just taken place, everyone wants to go straight to the heart of the matter and wipe out the Demonic Sect in one fell swoop.

But Jiang Ning calmed down.

"We have just come through a great battle. Although we won a great victory, we also lost a lot of men. If we rashly attack Blackwood Cliff, we may suffer even greater losses."

The members of the Demonic Cult in Pingding Prefecture are not the entirety of the Demonic Cult's strength. Black Cliff is their true stronghold. Moreover, Jiang Ning had been to Black Cliff before and knew that its terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack. With their current manpower, attacking Black Cliff would be an impossible task.

More importantly, if Jiang Ning and Dongfang Bubai were to fight on Blackwood Cliff, and the righteous and demonic factions were to clash again, the demonic sect would have the home advantage, which would be very disadvantageous for them.

"Let's clean up the city first."

Jiang Ning said.

Many martial arts practitioners are still on their way. A few days' delay won't matter. They will stay in Pingding Prefecture for the next few days, firstly to wait for their own people to arrive, and secondly, if Dongfang Bubai leads the Demonic Sect down Blackwood Cliff to fight them, it will also be advantageous for them.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, the crowd's enthusiasm gradually calmed down. They knew that no matter how reasonable Jiang Ning's words were, no one had any objections. They simply accepted the order to clean up the battlefield and collect the corpses.

night.

"We won a great victory in this battle, but we also lost a lot of people, with more than a thousand casualties."

After counting the number of casualties, Yue Buqun reported the data to Jiang Ning.

"However, the Demonic Sect suffered several thousand casualties, but the rest escaped and fled to Blackwood Cliff."

The casualty ratio between the two sides is a bit high, but this is normal. The righteous side has more people and more experts than the demonic side, and they also have the Turtle-Snake, the peerless ferocious beast leading the attack, which greatly impacts the morale of the demonic side, resulting in such a high casualty ratio.

Although the Xuan Turtle and the Spirit Serpent are not martial arts masters, they are comparable to peerless masters. There are no more than five people in the world who can deal with them. Their size and terrifying strength are a double blow to the Demonic Sect in this large-scale war, both physically and mentally.

Jiang Ning nodded without saying anything, but felt a sense of unease.

Why didn't Dongfang Bubai come this time?

He didn't make another move after that sword strike today because he was on guard against Dongfang Bubai's arrival. Unexpectedly, he didn't see Dongfang Bubai's figure from beginning to end.

Given Dongfang Bubai's desire for a decisive battle with him, now that he has arrived, it's impossible for Dongfang Bubai to continue holding back on Blackwood Cliff. Moreover, Jiang Ning is now almost at his doorstep, yet Dongfang Bubai still hasn't come down, which truly puzzles Jiang Ning.

"But I'm wondering why Dongfang Bubai didn't come?"

Yue Buqun could tell what Jiang Ning was thinking just by looking at his expression.

"Ah."

Jiang Ning nodded.

"If Dongfang Bubai had been here today, the outcome would have been uncertain, but he didn't come, which is unusual."

"Perhaps he's preoccupied with something? Or maybe he's at a crucial juncture in his training?"

Yue Buqun guessed.

Jiang Ning shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

"In any case, we must be cautious. We are not far from Blackwood Cliff. We must be on guard against Dongfang Bubai leading the Demonic Sect to attack us at any time."

Jiang Ning said.

"Ah."

Yue Buqun nodded, quite approving.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Jiang Ning, who had just finished meditating all night, heard that the Hengshan Sect had arrived. Upon hearing that the battle in Pingding Prefecture had ended, Abbess Dingxian felt quite guilty for the Hengshan Sect's late arrival.

However, no one had any particular thoughts. It wasn't the final moment of the decisive battle yet, and the Hengshan Sect wasn't too late.

On the same afternoon, Wudang also arrived.

The arrival of several thousand Wudang disciples was so great that the city could not accommodate them all, and they had to camp outside.

After arriving in Pingding Prefecture, Chongxu went to see Jiang Ning immediately.

"Taoist Master."

Jiang Ning smiled, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"

Why does Chongxu's appearance seem to have changed after only a few months? He looks like a bitter gourd.

Just as Jiang Ning was wondering what was going on, Chongxu did something that surprised him.

"Chongxu, the ninth generation leader of Wudang, greets the patriarch."

Chongxu bowed deeply to Jiangning.

"Master, what's wrong with you...?"

Jiang Ning was taken aback. Last time at Mount Hua, Chongxu had avoided him, but now he was suddenly bowing so deeply, which was truly unexpected.

Chongxu, with a solemn expression, did not get up and said...

“Chongxu was unaware of the Patriarch’s identity before and has offended him in many ways. Please forgive me, Patriarch.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning's expression shifted slightly.

He now understood that Chongxu had acknowledged his identity as the reincarnation of Zhenwu.

"Please rise, Taoist priest."

Jiang Ning helped Chongxu up and said, "Actually, I don't know if I am the reincarnation of the True Martial Emperor. What crime has the Daoist committed?"

"And please just call me Jiang Ning, Taoist priest."

Despite Jiang Ning's words, Chongxu did not change his attitude in the slightest.

"I dare not directly address the patriarch by his name."

Chongxu said, "Since the Patriarch does not wish for his disciple to address him in this way, then this disciple will continue to call the Patriarch Jiang Zhenren."

Jiang Ning nodded.

Chongxu then gave a bitter smile, which made his already bitter face look even more bitter.

"There had been several incidents before that revealed the identity of the Patriarch, but Chongxu was completely unaware of it. He even made a gentleman's agreement with Jiang Zhenren, which was a great disrespect. It was not until Emperor Taizong appeared to His Majesty in a dream that he learned of Jiang Zhenren's true identity."

Chapter 784: Chongxu's Actions

Jiang Ning didn't know what to say at this point, but when the other party brought up the gentleman's agreement, he smiled and said, "The Zhenwu Sword is indeed a Wudang item, and I should indeed return the Zhenwu Sword to you..."

"Master Jiang, please don't bring up that gentleman's agreement again."

Before Jiang Ning could finish speaking, Chongxu smiled wryly and immediately replied.

“Since Master Jiang is the reincarnation of the True Martial Emperor, he is also the founder of Wudang. This True Martial Sword naturally belongs to Master Jiang, and we dare not mention returning it.”

After an internal struggle, Chongxu finally made this decision.

Since the situation has already come to this point, there's no chance of the True Martial Sword returning, so we might as well just give it to Jiang Ning.

In addition, Chongxu presented a book with both hands, holding one in each hand.

"I was unaware of your identity before and was therefore quite disrespectful. I even made a gentleman's agreement with you, which was extremely disrespectful. Please forget that gentleman's agreement, Master Jiang."

Upon hearing Chongxu's words, Jiang Ning looked astonished. Before he could react, he was even more surprised when he saw the words written on the covers of the two books.

Pure Yang Wuji Gong?

Tai Chi Classics?

Jiang Ning looked at Chongxu in astonishment.

"Taoist Master, what do you mean by this?"

The Pure Yang Wuji Gong is the highest mental cultivation method of the Wudang School, and the Tai Chi Classics is also a cultivation method created by Zhang Sanfeng. Now Chongxu wants to give him both of them.

Has Chongxu gone mad?

"The Pure Yang Wuji Gong and Taijiquan Jing are internal energy cultivation methods created by our Wudang Grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng. Since you are the reincarnation of the True Martial Emperor, everything in Wudang naturally belongs to you, Master Jiang."

"There's no need for that, Daoist Master."

Jiang Ning shook his head and refused outright.

"I never intended to ask for your sect's Pure Yang Wuji Gong and Tai Chi Chuan Manual. Moreover, these are the foundation of your sect, so how could I possibly accept them? Please take them back, Daoist."

Chongxu looked solemn and, instead of retracting his words, he bowed deeply and said in a deep voice.

"Now is the time of the great war between good and evil. The final battle between you and Dongfang Bubai is related to the safety of our righteous path. Although I have good intentions, my martial arts are too weak to do anything for you. I can only give you the two martial arts manuals created by Grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng. I hope they can help you defeat Dongfang Bubai and wipe out the evil sect."

Before meeting Jiang Ning, Chongxu was torn about whether he should really give Jiang Ning the Pure Yang Wuji Gong and Tai Chi Chuan Jing, since they were the foundation of Wudang. But when the moment came, Chongxu calmed down.

Since we've already given away the Zhenwu Sword, these two won't make a difference. Let's just go all in and give them all to Jiang Ning.

Since the emperor has found an ancestor for Wudang, and they can't get rid of him or throw a tantrum, they might as well just acknowledge this ancestor and treat Jiangning as their true ancestor to show Wudang's sincerity.