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

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"Actually, there is another matter I came to Mount Hua with that I would like to discuss with your sect about cooperation. I wonder if your sect is interested?"

Wang Yuanba then brought up another topic.

Cooperation?

Jiang Ning and Ning Zhongze exchanged a glance, and Jiang Ning said, "I would like to hear the details."

"Is such that."

Wang Yuanba said, “As you know, my grandson Lin Pingzhi’s family used to run a security escort business, but due to the Qingcheng Sect incident, the Fuwei Security Escort Agency no longer exists. I think that although Pingzhi has joined the Huashan Sect, he still needs to take care of the family business. I want to help my grandson revive the Fuwei Security Escort Agency.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning said, "Sect Leader Wang and Junior Brother Lin can discuss this matter. If Junior Brother Lin has no objections, then the Huashan Sect will not interfere too much."

That's good.

Wang Yuanba smiled.

The only concern is that the Huashan Sect might think that its disciples are ruining the sect's reputation by engaging in worldly business instead of practicing martial arts properly. As long as the Huashan Sect doesn't object, things will be much easier from here on out.

Now that we've finished discussing Wang Yuanba's matter, it's time to talk about Dean Chen's.

Or rather, it's about Chen Lanjin.

"I want to join the Huashan Sect."

With a thud, Chen Lanjin knelt before Jiang Ning and Ning Zhongze, her expression resolute.

"This……"

Jiang Ning and Ning Zhong looked at each other in bewilderment.

This girl is really persistent. She was rejected once two years ago, and now she's coming back again.

Remembering that Yue Buqun had told him to say a few perfunctory words to her before he left, Jiang Ning paused and said.

"Please rise, Miss Chen."

Chen Lanjin kowtowed again.

"I beg your esteemed sect to accept me as your disciple."

Seeing that the other party was determined, Jiang Ning asked, "Miss Chen, the recruitment of disciples for this year of our Huashan Sect has ended. We will not recruit any more disciples. Besides, you are already past the age for practicing martial arts and do not meet the requirements for entry."

Chen Lanjin is already eighteen years old this year, long past the age for practicing martial arts.

Chen Lanjin still refused to give up.

"I know that you have to start learning martial arts at the age of seven, but I started learning martial arts when I was seven. It doesn't matter. Please accept me as your student."

Seeing that the other party was determined to join the Huashan Sect, Jiang Ning did not continue to refuse, but instead asked a question.

"Why is Miss Chen so determined to join my Huashan Sect?"

Chen Lanjin gets excited whenever this is mentioned.

"I want to learn advanced martial arts and master unparalleled skills."

Jiang Ning then asked, "Why do you learn martial arts?"

Chen Lanjin looked on with anticipation: "To make my way in the world!"

Jiang Ning asked again, "What is your view of the martial arts world?"

Without hesitation, Chen Lanjin replied, "It is about seeking justice and vengeance, about love and affection, about robbing the rich to help the poor, about helping those in need, and about taking full responsibility for all consequences."

The image of Jiang Ning saying on the streets of Luoyang that he would protect Lin Pingzhi and that everyone should look for him had been etched in Chen Lanjin's mind.

"No!"

Jiang Ning rejected her answer, saying, "The martial world is a place of bloodshed and treachery, of good versus evil, of life and death."

Chen Lanjin was stunned.

Jiang Ning continued, "Do you know how many novice martial artists, just like you, have been robbed and killed as soon as they entered the martial world because of their poor skills? Do you know how many martial artists have died in martial arts feuds, and how many righteous people have died at the hands of the demonic sect?"

"You want to settle scores quickly and rob the rich to help the poor, but why do you want to rob the rich to help the poor?"

Chapter 610: Far Away Yet So Close

Chen Lanjin was taken aback by the questions and couldn't answer them.

When Jiang Ning asked the last question, Chen Lanjin felt she could answer it and quickly replied, "Of course, it's about using the rich's money to help the poor."

"Why?"

Jiang Ning countered with a question.

"Why...?"

Chen Lanjin said blankly, "Of course it's those rich people who are heartless."

Jiang Ning said calmly.

“I admire Ms. Chen’s compassion for the poor. I do not deny that there are indeed many wealthy but heartless businessmen in the world. But I have a question for Ms. Chen: Are all rich people heartless? Are all poor people hardworking and kind?”

"Miss Chen, your family is quite well-off. If one day someone takes money from your family under the guise of robbing the rich to help the poor, do you think that's a chivalrous act? Is that the kind of chivalry you want?"

"I……"

Chen Lanjin couldn't answer, her eyes filled with a clear sense of confusion.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Ning said, "Miss Chen, the martial world is cruel, not as beautiful as you think. Before you understand what the martial world is, the Huashan Sect will not accept you as a member."

Chen Lanjin silently got up and no longer mentioned joining the Huashan Sect.

They finally managed to get away with it.

Jiang Ning thought to himself.

Actually, Jiang Ning's question wasn't unanswerable; everyone present except Chen Lanjin could answer it. They were all seasoned veterans, and this kind of question wouldn't stump them, but there was no need to answer it.

As Jiang Ning said, for Chen Lanjin, clinging to fantasies before figuring out what the martial arts world truly is is actually detrimental to her.

With Chen Lanjin's matter resolved, Wang Yuanba was also going down to find Lin Pingzhi. The crowd dispersed from the main hall, but before Jiang Ning left, Chen Lanjin approached him again.

"Is there anything else, Miss Chen?"

Jiang Ning thought that Chen Lanjin was still not giving up and wanted to join the Huashan Sect.

But Chen Lanjin didn't mention it. Instead, she blinked her big, curious eyes at him.

"I have a question for you."

Jiang Ning was puzzled, but still asked, "Please tell me."

"Why do you learn martial arts?"

"for what?"

Jiang Ning was stunned.

I didn't expect Chen Lanjin to ask this question.

"Uh-huh."

Chen Lanjin nodded repeatedly.

“Young Master Jiang, you asked me before about your purpose in learning martial arts. I would also like to know what your purpose is in learning martial arts.”

Jiang Ning smiled.

"To eliminate demons and protect the righteous path."

"Demon slayer?"

Chen Lanjin blinked. "Anything else?"

Jiang Ning countered, "Isn't that enough?"

Chen Lanjin pressed further, "You're so famous in the martial arts world, and your skills are so high. Don't you have someone you love? Haven't you ever thought about growing old with a woman and adventuring in the martial arts world together?"

"Hehehehe."

Jiang Ning laughed but did not answer.

In his view, the other party was just a young girl who had read too many storybooks and plays, who thought of the martial arts world as too simple, and who still had beautiful fantasies and was naive about the ways of the world.

Seeing that Jiang Ning did not answer her, Chen Lanjin was still not giving up and continued to ask, "Since you say that the martial world is cruel and that many people die in it, what about you? Will you die too?"

"meeting."

Jiang Ning nodded.

Chen Lanjin didn't believe it.

"Even with your high level of martial arts, you can still die?"

Jiang Ning laughed: "Who can escape death?"

"That's not what I'm talking about."

Chen Lanjin quickly shook her head: "I meant being killed. You are a righteous disciple, you want to eliminate demons and protect the righteous path, aren't you afraid of being killed by the demonic sect?"

Jiang Ning burst out laughing.

"It's just death."

After saying that, Jiang Ning turned and left, leaving Chen Lanjin stunned.

……

"Grandson pays respects to grandfather."

Lin Pingzhi bowed deeply to Wang Yuanba.

"Good boy, get up quickly."

Wang Yuanba chuckled and helped Lin Pingzhi up.

Looking at his grandson, whose fate had been so unfortunate, Wang Yuanba couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions, but he kept them to himself.

"Ping'er, how are you doing on Mount Hua?"

Lin Pingzhi quickly replied, "Grandpa, I'm living very well on Mount Hua. My master and mistress are very kind to me, and my senior brothers and sisters also take good care of me."

With a loving master and mistress, and harmonious fellow disciples, Mount Hua is Lin Pingzhi's home now.

"That's good."

Wang Yuanba nodded with satisfaction and then asked, "Is there anything inconvenient about your daily life?"

Lin Pingzhi replied, "Grandpa, I'm fine and I don't lack anything in life. You can have my cousin take all those big boxes back with him. I really don't need the money."

When Wang Jiaju and his brother were catching up with Lin Pingzhi, they put those dozen or so large boxes at Lin Pingzhi's place, and Lin Pingzhi couldn't stop them.

Wang Yuanba laughed and said, "Good boy, not all of these are for you."

Lin Pingzhi was taken aback.

Wang Yuanba added, "As you know, your Huashan Sect's Senior Brother Jiang Ning and Senior Brother Linghu Chong saved my Wang family's lives. My grandfather remembers this kindness."

Lin Pingzhi nodded; he knew that.

Wang Yuanba continued, "Grandpa originally wanted to thank your two senior brothers handsomely, but they both refused and wouldn't accept it. I think Sect Leader Yue certainly wouldn't accept these things either, so I had your two cousins ​​put them here with you. Two of the boxes are for your pocket money, and you can keep the rest. If Sect Leader Yue ever runs into financial difficulties and urgently needs money, you can hand these over and say they are yours."

Lin Pingzhi listened, completely stunned.

He was the one who passed on the relationship.

"That's...ok."

Lin Pingzhi hesitated for a moment before nodding.

After arranging this matter, Wang Yuanba brought up another matter.

"Ping'er, your parents are gone, and now you're all alone in the Lin family. Have you thought about what will happen to your family's escort business?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Pingzhi's expression hardened.

"Grandpa, I will definitely rebuild the family's security escort agency and make it as big as the Fuwei Security Escort Agency back then."

When Lin Pingzhi returned to his hometown last year, he had already secretly resolved to revitalize the escort agency.

Wang Yuanba laughed upon hearing this, his expression one of satisfaction. "With such ambition, your parents would be happy for you even in the afterlife."