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

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He has been living in seclusion for many years and has no intention of re-entering the world.

Later, Fang Zheng suggested that he choose a Huashan disciple as a suitable candidate, and Shaolin would fully support this person to use him as a breakthrough to counter Zuo Lengchan, but Feng Qingyang never agreed, and he was always conflicted.

Since the upheaval at Mount Hua more than 20 years ago, he was heartbroken and decided to live in seclusion. He never saw anyone from the Mount Hua Sect again and planned to no longer care about its affairs, but there was always a lingering concern in his heart.

Especially when he heard that the Songshan Sect wanted to annex the Huashan Sect, Feng Qingyang realized that he still couldn't let go of the Huashan Sect.

He couldn't bear to watch the Huashan Sect be swallowed up.

But if he were to agree to Shaolin's suggestion, he would find it difficult to make a decision.

Feng Qingyang was not stupid. He knew Shaolin's plan. Shaolin did not want another sect to emerge in the martial arts world that could rival Shaolin. If he agreed, Shaolin would use the Huashan Sect as a breakthrough to interfere in the affairs of the Five Mountains Sword Sect. At that time, the Huashan Sect would become Shaolin's puppet.

Besides disrupting Zuo Lengchan's plan to merge factions, Shaolin's move was also intended to tear a hole in the Five Mountains Alliance. They had tried this once before, but failed and were about to suffer a backlash. Now they were planning to do it a second time.

Over the past few years, Feng Qingyang has been struggling with this decision. He had originally been prepared to agree to Shaolin's second plan, until recently when he heard about the current situation of the Huashan Sect from Linghu Chong on the Cliff of Contemplation.

Only then did he realize that the rigid Yue Buqun had actually put aside past grievances and reunited the Sword and Qi Sects.

So Feng Qingyang is now hesitant again.

Feng Qingyang sat at the table, his gaze fixed intently, as if lost in memories.

After a long time.

"hehe."

Feng Qingyang laughed again and muttered to himself.

"Forget it, what's the point of thinking so much? Times have changed. It's no longer the era of my generation."

After much deliberation, Feng Qingyang finally decided not to get involved in the current internal affairs of the Huashan Sect.

He has been in seclusion for so long that, to the Huashan Sect, he is a dead man. A dead man should stay put and not come out to give advice anymore.

Yue Buqun is now the leader of the Huashan Sect.

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After thinking it through, Feng Qingyang prepared to return to Mount Hua.

His most important purpose in coming out to find Fang Sheng this time was to get Shaolin to help Huashan Sect resolve this crisis.

He saved Fang Sheng's life years ago, and Fang Sheng owes him a favor.

Feng Qingyang had never used this favor before, but he planned to use it this time, so that Fang Sheng would no longer owe him anything.

Feng Qingyang had no doubt that Shaolin would do its best to help. Fang Sheng was Fang Zheng's junior brother, and in order to help his junior brother repay this favor, even though Fang Zheng had previously been indifferent, he would definitely do his best after learning about his request.

For Feng Qingyang, this was the last time he could leave any legacy for the Huashan Sect.

Having accomplished his goal of descending the mountain, Feng Qingyang was about to get up when he suddenly stopped. The next second, his originally rosy complexion turned yellowish, as pale as gold paper, and he looked somewhat depressed.

He no longer has the vigorous appearance he once had; he exudes a heavy, aged air.

Feng Qingyang stood there, stunned and lost in thought.

After a long time.

Feng Qingyang glanced at the sword on the table; it was the sword that had been with him for decades.

"I wonder what the Huashan Sect will be like in the future, and I don't know if I'll even live to see that time..."

Feng Qingyang lowered his eyes, his fingers slowly stroking the hilt of his sword, muttering to himself, a trace of sadness in his eyes.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, Feng Qingyang silently stood up, his originally tall and straight figure now appearing slightly hunched for some reason.

……

"This……"

Zuo Lengchan stared in astonishment at the empty foot of Mount Hua.

Didn't they say before that several thousand people surrounded Mount Hua? Where are they?

Not only him, but also Fang Zhengchongxu, Xie Feng and others.

"Senior brother, have these people stormed Mount Hua? Is it over already?"

Lu Bai couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

Zuo Lengchan frowned and remained silent, his gaze turning to Fei Bin beside him, his eyes filled with questions.

Where are the people you arranged?

Fei Bin also looked bewildered.

He didn't receive any news, and he didn't know where the people he had arranged had gone.

"We...are we late?"

The Kunlun Sect leader, Zhenshanzi, stared at this scene with astonishment.

Fang Zheng and Chong Xu exchanged a glance and decided to go up and see what was going on.

Just as everyone was about to go up Mount Hua, two people came down from the Thousand-Foot Cliff.

"Li Jinyu?"

Yu Yinzi of the Taishan Sect recognized one of them as a disciple of the Taishan Sect, but he did not recognize the other one, who was dressed in the Huashan Sect's clothing.

Zuo Lengchan, Fang Zhengchongxu, and the others looked at the two men with deep confusion.

At this moment, Lu Dayou and this Taishan Sect disciple were chatting and laughing all the way.

"Li Jinyu!"

Yu Yinzi shouted loudly.

Hearing someone call his name, the Taishan disciple finally saw the people, densely packed at the foot of Mount Hua. He was startled, thinking that those people had returned. Then he realized that among them were his own Taishan Sect members, as well as members of the Songshan Sect, Shaolin, and Wudang.

Lu Dayou and the Taishan Sect disciple were surprised and astonished, but they still quickly came to Zuo Lengchan and Fang Zheng and bowed.

“Junior disciple Lu Dayou/Li Jinyu greets Senior Uncle Zuo and all seniors.”

The two did not recognize Fang Zheng and Chongxu, and addressed them only as seniors.

Zuo Lengchan looked at the two without speaking, while Yu Yinzi frowned and asked, "I'd like to ask you two, weren't there thousands of martial artists surrounding Mount Hua before? Why can't we see a single one now? What exactly happened? Did you two start a fight?"

Upon seeing Yu Yinzi and the others, Li Jinyu, a disciple of the Taishan Sect, did not look too pleased, but still replied, "We have already driven these people away."

Although nearly two thousand corpses were left behind, quite a few people still managed to escape, so Li Jinyu's statement is not wrong.

"They fought back?"

Yu Yinzi and the others stared in disbelief, while Zuo Lengchan, Fang Zhengchongxu, and the others also looked incredulous.

Your group only has a few hundred people, while there are thousands of people besieging you from the foot of the mountain. Can you really drive them back?

Li Jinyu's words were met with disbelief from Zuo Lengchan and other bigwigs, but the empty foot of Mount Hua now proved that he was not lying.

How did you drive those people away?

Zuo Lengchan frowned and asked.

Upon hearing this, Li Jinyu, a disciple of the Taishan Sect, looked at Lu Dayou, unsure of how to respond.

Upon seeing this, Zuo Lengchan looked at Lu Dayou.

Lu Dayou was also a little nervous and said, "The night before last, Master told us to launch a night raid on the enemy camp, and to attack together with the Qingcheng Sect and the Emei Sect. We then drove them back. Now Master wants us to go down the mountain to Xi'an Prefecture to buy wine and food."

"Qingcheng Sect?"

"Emei Sect?"

Zuo Lengchan and Fang Zheng spoke at the same time, looking completely bewildered.

What surprised Zuo Lengchan was that the Qingcheng Sect only had a few big and small members left, so how could they still come to help the Huashan Sect?

Fang Zheng was astonished to find that the Emei Sect had already arrived, and that Master Jin Guang had come directly to Mount Hua without meeting up with them.

"Did the Venerable Jin Guang of the Emei Sect come in person? Is he on Mount Hua now?"

Fang Zheng frowned and asked.

"what?"

Lu Dayou looked blank for a moment: "No, that's not it."

Chongxu then spoke up, "Is that Daoist Songwen?"

Lu Dayou shook his head blankly: "No, not exactly."

neither?

Fang Zheng and Chongxu frowned and asked at the same time, "Who is that?"

Lu Dayou scratched his head, speechless.

He didn't recognize Master Qingwei's name and didn't know how to say it.

Seeing his cluelessness, Fang Zheng and Chongxu fell silent, exchanging only glances.

Besides Venerable Jin Guang, the second-in-command of the Emei Sect is Daoist Song Wen. Since neither of them came, who from the Emei Sect came this time?

At this moment, Ding Mian said to Zuo Lengchan, "Senior brother, let's go up the mountain first."

"Alright."

Zuo Lengchan nodded, then looked at the others.

"Abbot, Taoist priest, please go up the mountain first."

Fang Zheng and Chong Xu nodded.

Forget it, I won't think about it too much. I'll find out what's going on with the Emei Sect when I go up the mountain later.

Jie Feng and Zhen Shanzi had no objections.

Zhen Shanzi swiftly opened his folding fan and waved it, then looked at Lu Dayou with a light laugh and said, "Young friend, may I ask you to lead the way? I am Zhen Shanzi, the head of the Kunlun Sect, and I have come here at the special invitation of Master Fangzheng to assist your sect."

The leader of the Kunlun Sect?

Lu Dayou was startled and dared not be negligent in the slightest. He quickly said, "Please, senior."

After saying that, Lu Dayou led the way, and Li Jinyu, the Taishan Sect disciple, followed behind.

Originally, the two of them were planning to go down the mountain to buy food and wine, but now that they had suddenly encountered people from the Songshan Sect, Shaolin, Wudang and other sects, they were definitely going to be led up the mountain first.

With Lu Dayou and the Taishan Sect disciple leading the way, Zuo Lengchan and the others also went up the mountain one after another.

"Abbot, senior brother."

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from behind the crowd. Fang Zheng turned around and saw that Fang Sheng had returned.

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"Junior brother."

Upon seeing Fang Sheng, Fang Zheng asked in surprise.

Wasn't Fang Sheng waiting for Feng Qingyang in Xi'an Prefecture?

"Master Fang Sheng".

Zuo Lengchan, Zhenshanzi, and others bowed to Fang Sheng.

"Amitabha."

Fang Sheng returned the greeting, then asked with a puzzled look, "Senior Brother, Alliance Leader Zuo, have you driven those martial arts figures away? Or did you persuade them to leave?"

After saying goodbye to Feng Qingyang, Fang Sheng went to Mount Hua to wait for Fang Zheng and the others, just as they had agreed. However, they arrived first. When Fang Sheng arrived, he saw Fang Zheng and the others climbing the mountain, so he quickly ran over.

"..."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dayou and Li Jinyu, the disciple of the Taishan Sect, looked slightly strange, while Zuo Lengchan, Fang Zheng, and the others were speechless.

"what happened?"