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

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Mr. Mo squinted, looking as if he hadn't woken up yet, and smiled slightly after hearing Zuo Lengchan's words.

Zuo Lengchan didn't care about his attitude. He turned to look at Abbess Qingzhu and said, "The fact that the Emei Sect is willing to come to Mount Song to participate in the Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance Conference is truly an honor for our Mount Song Sect."

Master Qingzhu smiled and said, "The Emei Sect and the Huashan Sect have a deep friendship, so it's only natural that we'd like to come."

Zuo Lengchan chuckled twice, said nothing more, and then looked at Jiang Ning beside him, his smile unchanged.

"I heard that Nephew Jiang has rid Guyang County of a white-faced evil spirit who was afflicting the people?"

Zuo Lengchan said, "I never expected such a thing to happen in my Henan territory. I was completely unaware of it before."

As he spoke, Zuo Lengchan looked at the person behind him.

"Junior Brother Han, you were in charge of Guyang County before, why didn't you tell me about this? Why didn't you handle it? What were you doing?"

Earlier, when Zuo Lengchan was speaking, there was a person behind him staring coldly at Jiang Ning. It was Han Tianpeng, and Zuo Lengchan was now asking him questions.

Hearing Zuo Lengchan's question, Han Tianpeng lowered his head and said, "Senior brother, I already knew about this matter before, but I thought it was just an ordinary case of evil spirits pretending to be demons to harm the people, and I could handle it myself, so I didn't bother you, senior brother."

Zuo Lengchan coldly rebuked, "You'll solve it? Where are you going to solve it?"

Han Tianpeng said, "I was investigating the White-Faced Evil Ghost before, and I had made some progress, but someone beat me to it."

"What? You're blaming my nephew Jiang for meddling in other people's business?"

Zuo Lengchan glared and said.

"Don't dare."

Han Tianpeng quickly replied.

Zuo Lengchan snorted coldly: "You've been in charge of Guyang County for a while now, and you've been unable to resolve the problems that have arisen there. You're incompetent!"

"Yes."

Han Tianpeng could only lower his head and agree.

After reprimanding Han Tianpeng, Zuo Lengchan snorted coldly, then turned to look at Jiang Ning, a smile appearing on his face.

"Such a thing happened within my Songshan territory, which is the responsibility of my Songshan Sect. It is thanks to my nephew Jiang that this matter was resolved. Otherwise, this white-faced evil spirit would have continued to harm the people of Guyang County, which would have been my fault."

Zuo Lengchan spoke sincerely, his face beaming with a smile.

Upon hearing Zuo Lengchan's words, Han Tianpeng, who had been looking down, couldn't help but raise his head to glance at Jiang Ning, his eyes filled with intense hostility.

"Sect Leader Zuo is too kind."

Jiang Ning smiled slightly, said nothing more, and paid no attention to the hostility emanating from Han Tianpeng.

"Ah."

Tianmen Daoist sneered.

In the past, he would have assumed that Zuo Lengchan was genuinely unaware of the matter, but now he felt that Zuo Lengchan was being hypocritical.

Tianmen Daoist's cold laugh wasn't loud, but everyone around could hear it clearly.

Faced with Tianmen Daoist's cold laughter, Zuo Lengchan seemed to have no reaction. He only glanced at Tianmen Daoist as if he had just noticed him.

"Brother Tianmen has also arrived."

Tianmen Daoist stared at him coldly, without saying a word.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Yue Buqun couldn't help but glance at Tianmen Daoist and then at Zuo Lengchan. He didn't say anything, but he was always ready.

Master Qingzhu also sensed that something was amiss in the atmosphere, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

It is said that the Five Mountains Sword Sects are of one mind, but now they seem to be enemies.

After a while.

Tianmen Daoist turned his head away and didn't say another word.

"Brother Yue."

Zuo Lengchan said to Yue Buqun, "Tomorrow morning is the important day for the Five Mountains Sword Sect to re-elect the leader of the alliance. The Diancang Sect, the Kunlun Sect, and the martial arts friends who have come to watch the ceremony and offer their congratulations have all arrived. It is already late, and guest rooms have been prepared for you. Please rest for the night."

Yue Buqun smiled and nodded: "Then thank you very much, Sect Leader Zuo."

After saying this, Zuo Lengchan instructed Tang Ying'e, who had previously gone to invite Yue Buqun and the others, to lead everyone to the guest rooms to rest.

"Everyone, please follow me."

After receiving his orders, Tang Ying'e led the group away.

Tianmen Daoist turned his head and glanced at Zuo Lengchan in the distance, a cold smile flashing in his eyes.

Just you wait, I'll make you a huge one tomorrow.

Chapter 359: Re-establishing an Alliance?

"Brother Yue, why don't you rest for the night?"

After leading everyone to the guest room, Tang Ying'e gave them a few words of advice and then hurriedly left.

"Be careful, everyone. Try not to sleep tonight."

As soon as the people from the Songshan Sect left, Ning Zhongze addressed the disciples of the Huashan Sect.

"That's not the case."

Yue Buqun waved his hand gently.

He knew what his wife meant, but he didn't think Zuo Lengchan would be able to resist taking action now; that would be too obvious.

"It's only a few hours until dawn, so it's fine if we don't sleep. Nobody knows what Zuo Lengchan is thinking right now, so it's better to be cautious than to make a big mistake."

Ning Zhongze then said.

“What Lady Ning says is true. It’s no big deal for us martial arts practitioners to sleep one less night.”

Mr. Mo also said.

Needless to say, Tianmen Daoren was completely preoccupied with confronting Zuo Lengchan the next day after arriving at Mount Song, so he definitely couldn't sleep.

"Since none of you are sleepy, why don't we go to my room and discuss tomorrow's plans?"

Yue Buqun made the suggestion to Mr. Mo Da and Daoist Tianmen.

"Alright."

Mr. Mo nodded.

Taoist Tianmen naturally had no objections.

Master Qingzhu was about to leave. It was obvious that the Five Mountains Sword Sects were discussing important matters internally, and it had nothing to do with her Emei Sect.

"Please wait, nun."

Yue Buqun called out to her.

"There are some things I need to discuss with the nun."

Master Qingzhu was somewhat surprised, but still nodded.

"Ning'er, come along too."

Yue Buqun then called on Jiang Ning.

"Yes, Master."

Jiang Ning nodded and then went inside.

"Sect Leader Yue, tomorrow I will expose Zuo Lengchan's wolfish ambitions in front of everyone and fight him to the death."

As soon as Yue Buqun sat down in the room, Tianmen Daoist brought up the matter again.

Upon hearing Tianmen Daoist's words, Yue Buqun remained silent and exchanged a glance with Jiang Ning.

"what?"

Mr. Mo was somewhat surprised. Although Tianmen Daoist had not told him before, he was not too surprised.

After all, he was quite familiar with Tianmen Daoren's temperament and his experiences.

Master Qingzhu was quite surprised.

Wasn't the plan to elect an alliance leader within the Five Mountains Sword Sects to counter the Songshan Sect's merger? How did it escalate to the point of mutual destruction?

"Master, you are unaware of this."

Upon seeing Zhu Shita's appearance, Yue Buqun explained, "Brother Tianmen was previously pursued by a group of martial arts figures, resulting in the loss of dozens of Taishan disciples. Those people were secretly sent by Zuo Lengchan."

"what?"

Master Qingzhu was even more surprised than before.

However, Yue Buqun was not finished. He continued to recount all the things Zuo Lengchan had done, including how Zuo Lengchan had sent four bodyguards to instigate Yu Jizi and others to overthrow Tianmen Daoren.

Of course, these things had already been permitted by Tianmen Daoren beforehand.

"Decades ago, a sword qi dispute occurred in my Huashan Sect, and all the masters in the sect died. I, Yue, was appointed to take charge of the Huashan Sect in a time of crisis. At that time, Zuo Lengchan was already the head of the Songshan Sect. After the internal turmoil in my Huashan Sect, Zuo Lengchan sent someone to my Huashan Sect as an undercover agent. For more than ten years, he has been monitoring the Huashan Sect's every move."

Yue Buqun brought up his past with the Huashan Sect.

When recalling the past, Yue Buqun couldn't help but reveal a hint of coldness on his face.

"At that time, my Huashan Sect was in dire need of rebuilding and was far weaker than the Songshan Sect. If I had revealed the identity of that undercover agent at that time, I was afraid that not only would I not have been able to expose Zuo Lengchan’s wolfish ambitions, but it would have brought the Huashan Sect to the brink of annihilation. For the sake of the future of the Huashan Sect, I had no choice but to keep that undercover agent alive until two years ago when Ning’er secretly disposed of him."

"This……"

Master Qingzhu was somewhat dumbfounded.

The news she heard tonight was more and more explosive than the last, leaving her a little overwhelmed.

Master Qingzhu glanced at Jiang Ning, who remained silent to the side.

She had just heard Yue Buqun say that the undercover agent was dealt with by Jiang Ning himself.

The fact that there was an undercover agent in the Huashan Sect was a secret. She believed that only Yue Buqun and his wife knew about it before, but Jiang Ning not only knew about it, but also personally dealt with the undercover agent. Now he was called in by Yue Buqun to participate in the conversation, which means that Jiang Ning has a very high status in Huashan.

It's likely that Yue Buqun has already groomed him as his successor.

In addition to these matters, Yue Buqun also revealed that the Songshan Sect had instigated the Sword Sect disciples to overthrow the Huashan Sect, without holding back any information about Abbess Qingzhu.

The Emei Sect may need to lend a significant hand next, so there can be no concealment from our allies; the Emei Sect has the right to know these things.

However, Yue Buqun's revelation of these matters made Feng Buping somewhat embarrassed.

After Yue Buqun finished speaking, Master Mo also mentioned that Zuo Lengchan had bribed some of the higher-ups in his Hengshan Sect.

Jiang Ning only then learned that after returning to Hengshan last time, Master Mo had disposed of all those who had secretly defected to the Songshan Sect according to the list given to him.

"I see."

After listening to Yue Buqun and Master Mo's account, Abbess Qingzhu finally understood why Tianmen Daoist had been so hostile to Zuo Lengchan, and why Yue Buqun and the others were so wary of Zuo Lengchan.

"I never expected Zuo Lengchan to be this kind of person."

Master Qingzhu was speechless with astonishment.

Zuo Lengchan had actually started planning this more than a decade ago. His methods against his allies were even more ruthless than those of the Demonic Sect, showing no mercy whatsoever.

"Although Brother Tianmen, Yue, and Master Mo had already firmly rejected Zuo Lengchan's proposal on Mount Hua, I think Zuo Lengchan would not give up so easily. The fact that he secretly sent people to hunt down Brother Tianmen, Master Mo, and the Hengshan Sect shows his determination. I'm afraid Zuo Lengchan will still want to merge the sects at tomorrow's meeting."

Yue Buqun continued.

"What does Sect Leader Yue plan to do?"

Master Qingzhu asked the question.

She understood that what the other party said was probably not just about getting the Emei Sect to support the Huashan Sect to prevent it from being annexed.

"I am prepared to confront Zuo Lengchan at tomorrow's conference and expose what Zuo Lengchan has done to our four sects. Brother Tianmen is also prepared to break ties with Zuo Lengchan at tomorrow's conference. At that time, the internal situation of our Five Mountains Sword Sect will probably not be the same as it is now."

"What does Sect Leader Yue mean?"

Master Qingzhu opened her eyes.

"If it really doesn't work out in the end, then my Five Mountains Sword Sect will have no choice but to disintegrate."

Yue Buqun sighed.