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

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That's good.

Dingyi was also worried that Yue Buqun might not handle the succession issue well, causing conflict between the two brothers in Jiangning.

"If you need anything in Hengshan these days, feel free to contact me anytime."

After saying this, Abbess Dingyi left.

For the next few days, Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong simply toured the Hengshan Mountain scenery. Linghu Chong did not see Yilin again until three days later when Yilin found him with a joyful expression on her face.

"Brother Linghu, thank you for your advice a few days ago."

Yilin's words left Linghu Chong completely bewildered.

"what happened?"

Yilin no longer has the worries she used to have, and her face is full of smiles.

"Yesterday, after much thought and discussion with my mother, I confessed to my master and the sect leader. The sect leader and my master did not pursue the matter."

Since returning that day, Yilin has been torn, her mind constantly replaying Linghu Chong's words. It wasn't until yesterday that she realized she couldn't continue to hide it and chose to confess. Just as Linghu Chong had expected, Abbess Dingxian was quite surprised that the mute old woman had been disguised in Hengshan for so many years, but in the end, she did not pursue the matter. Instead, she chose to forgive the mute old woman's sins and did not expel Yilin from Hengshan. She was even willing to let Yilin and the mute old woman stay in Hengshan and let the mute old woman continue to clean the Hanging Temple every day.

This is the best outcome for Yilin.

"Really? Congratulations."

Linghu Chong was also very happy.

Yilin also laughed, her smile was incredibly bright.

"By the way, Brother Linghu, how much longer are you and Junior Brother Jiang Ning going to stay in Hengshan?"

Linghu Chong smiled and said, "Soon, I'll be preparing to say goodbye to my senior brothers the day after tomorrow."

Yilin exclaimed "Ah!"

"So fast?"

Yilin seemed somewhat disappointed, but in the end she didn't say anything more and left.

On the third day, Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong prepared to take their leave.

The two arrived at Wuse Nunnery, and Jiang Ning spoke to Abbess Dingxian, who was chanting sutras.

"Uncle-Master Dingxian, my fellow disciple and I are preparing to leave Hengshan today, and we bid you farewell."

As soon as Abbess Dingxian stopped chanting, she opened her eyes, looked at Jiang Ning, and nodded.

"Safe travels."

After bidding farewell to Master Dingxian, Empress Dowager Jiang Ning, and Linghu Chong, they descended Hengshan Mountain, preparing to head towards the capital.

Linghu Chong was rather listless the whole way.

"Elder brother, what's wrong?"

Jiang Ning couldn't help but ask.

Linghu Chong glanced at him and shook his head.

"nothing."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Jiang Ning didn't ask any further questions.

Linghu Chong sighed inwardly again.

He had originally planned to sneak a taste of Fenjiu in Shanxi, but he couldn't find an opportunity. He hadn't touched a drop of alcohol during this time, which made him very hungry.

Linghu Chong glanced at Jiang Ning and sighed again.

He thought that without Yue Buqun's restraint, he could shout without restraint after going down the mountain, but it turned out that Jiang Ning controlled him even more strictly than Yue Buqun.

When Master is around, I can't get any wine when I go down the mountain, and I still can't get any wine when Master is not around. Isn't it a waste of time to go down the mountain?

Jiang Ning glanced at Linghu Chong's utterly dejected expression, but ignored him.

The two traveled until nightfall but failed to find a nearby town. Jiang Ning decided to rest in the wilderness for the night and continue their journey the next day.

To Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong's surprise, someone was already waiting for them.

"Master Bujie? What are you doing here?"

Linghu Chong stared at Bujie in astonishment.

Bu Jie looked at him, then at Jiang Ning.

"I know you're heading to the capital, so I'll wait for you here on your inevitable route."

Linghu Chong frowned: "Is there something you need, Master?"

Bu Jie looked at him: "Did you make my daughter confess her mother's affair to the Hengshan Sect?"

"Well... I wouldn't call it a suggestion, it's more like a recommendation."

Linghu Chong scratched his head and said.

Bu Jie nodded: "Thank you, now my daughter's mother can openly live in Hengshan."

Linghu Chong waved his hands repeatedly: "No need, no need, Master, you flatter me. I just mentioned it casually."

Bu Jie stopped looking at him and instead looked at Jiang Ning.

"I have something to tell you."

Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.

Upon seeing this, Linghu Chong turned and left.

He had a premonition that he wasn't very interested in what Bu Jie was going to say next.

Where is he going?

Linghu Chong's actions surprised Bujie.

Jiang Ning said, "There are some things that my senior brother doesn't know, and he's not very interested in them either."

Bu Jie was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Ning glanced at him.

"What is the master trying to say?"

Bu Jie looked at him and said, "Tell me the question you asked me a few days ago."

Jiang Ning was surprised.

He already knew that Bu Jie was hiding some things, but since the other party was unwilling to talk about them, he had no intention of forcing him.

But why has the other party changed their mind now?

"You don't need to be surprised."

Bu Jie said calmly, "The great monk has not cared about many people in his life, only two: Yi Lin and her mother."

Bu Jie then looked at Linghu Chong in the distance.

“Yilin’s mother was originally a disciple of Hengshan, but I ruined her. She has never left Hengshan all these years and still has feelings for the Hengshan Sect.”

“A few days ago, Yilin was about to confess to the Hengshan Sect. The Hengshan Sect accepted her mother back, and her mother was very happy.”

Jiang Ning understood and glanced at Linghu Chong in the distance.

Intentionally planting flowers but not blooming, unintentionally planting willows and willows make a shade.

Bu Jie would rather die than answer his question, but Linghu Chong's action changed Bu Jie's mind.

Bu Jie withdrew his gaze and looked at Jiang Ning.

"Before I answer you, I have a few questions to ask you. If your questions do not satisfy me, I will not tell you what I know."

"Excuse me."

Bu Jie looked at Jiang Ning and said, word by word, "Did you go to the Southern Shaolin Temple this time with some kind of purpose?"

Jiang Ning didn't lie and nodded.

"good."

"What purpose?"

Jiang Ning smiled. "Shouldn't the master have already guessed it?"

Bu Jie frowned, but he didn't press the matter further. Instead, he asked another question.

"Did you kill Zen Master Lingxuan?"

Jiang Ning smiled.

"No."

Bu Jie kept a close eye on Jiang Ning's expression and finally concluded that Jiang Ning was not lying, but he still did not relax and asked the question he wanted to ask in the end.

"If you knew what you wanted, would you still take action against the Southern Shaolin Temple?"

After asking the question, Bu Jie stared intently at Jiang Ning, watching every change in his expression.

Jiang Ning remained silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"will not."

Bu Jie remained unmoved and continued, "Do you dare to swear that you will not harm innocent people from the Southern Shaolin Temple?"

Jiang Ning laughed upon hearing this and glanced at him.

"No one in this world, except my master and mistress, can make me swear an oath, and neither can you."

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Bu Jie did not fly into a rage; instead, he felt relieved.

Why do you insist on knowing this story from the past?

Jiang Ning smiled slightly.

“I don’t really care, it’s just that my master wants to know the truth.”

Chapter 543: I'll Do It My Way (Arrogant, Martial Emperor 6/8)

Jiang Ning truly didn't care about the truth behind the sword qi dispute, because whether it was true or false, it wouldn't significantly change the current state of the Huashan Sect or the martial arts world.

Regardless of whether Shaolin has ever attacked the Huashan Sect before, it is certain that the Songshan Sect is supported by Shaolin. Shaolin also wanted to intervene in the Five Mountains Sword Sects. Therefore, no matter what the truth of the sword qi dispute is, it can now be confirmed that Shaolin is the Huashan Sect's hidden enemy.

However, Yue Buqun himself may be very concerned about the sword qi dispute, because it was an important reason for the decline of the Huashan Sect. Although Yue Buqun usually doesn't say it, he cares about it very much.

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Bu Jie did not respond on his face, but his expression softened.

He could tell that the other person had great respect for his master.

"Since you've been to the Southern Shaolin Temple and met Bu Huo, and my name is Bu Jie, you know that Bu Huo and that idiot are fellow disciples."

Bu Jie spoke to Bu Huo with great disdain.

Jiang Ning remained noncommittal.

He had no interest in the relationship between his fellow disciples during the period of neither admonition nor confusion.

Bu Jie stopped talking behind the scenes and looked at Jiang Ning, saying, "You don't seem curious about why I am a disciple of the Southern Shaolin Temple, but am now in Hengshan."

Jiang Ning already knew that Bu Jie had defected from the temple, so he wasn't curious.

Jiang Ning didn't respond, just waited for him to speak, while Bu Jie secretly complained to himself that Jiang Ning wasn't a good listener.

"I defected from the temple. Oh, no, it should be that the Southern Shaolin Temple identified me as a defector."

Bu Jie said it casually.

"Before I became a monk, I was a pig butcher. Once, when Yilin's mother was traveling, I fell in love with her, but her mother ignored me. I thought to myself, a monk is a match for a nun. Since her mother was a nun, I would become a monk, and then her mother would agree. So I went through all sorts of hardships to enter the Southern Shaolin Temple and became a disciple of the Lingxuan Sect. They named me Bujie, and told me to abstain from killing and eating meat. But I became a monk to pursue her mother, so why did I care about abstaining? Heh."

When talking about the past, Bujie chuckled.

Although the other person never got to the point, Jiang Ning did not interrupt them, but listened patiently.

"Unfortunately, I miscalculated. After becoming a monk, not only could I not see his mother, but I also had to abstain from lust. How could that be? I refused to do it and wanted to return to secular life. But that old monk Lingxuan said that I had some kind of wisdom and insisted that I become a monk and wouldn't let me leave. He kept me at the Southern Shaolin Temple and said I could only leave when I defeated him."

"Later, I stayed at the Southern Shaolin Temple for years and fought with that old monk Lingxuan every year, but he always beat me up and left me covered in injuries. That old monk was really ruthless in his dirty tricks."

At this point, Bu Jie still looked angry, gritting his teeth, as if he could recall the old monk's smirk after each beating.