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

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Linghu Chong gave a cold laugh and replied.

"It is your honor to die by this sword."

After saying that, Linghu Chong drew his sword again. Elder Ge's face turned very ugly. He wanted to defend, but his palm technique had been completely seen through. The next second...

"what!!"

Elder Ge let out a miserable cry as Linghu Chong swiftly severed both of his palms in two quick movements.

Linghu Chong stepped forward and kicked Elder Ge, sending him flying. Several disciples of the Weiyi Alliance rushed up and stabbed Elder Ge to death before he could get up.

Having dealt with this person, Linghu Chong didn't waste any more words and turned to join other battlefields.

"Amitabha."

A Buddhist chant rang out not far away. Fang Zheng knocked back a disciple of the Demonic Sect with a single palm strike. He glanced at the battle on the ground, his expression unchanged, but his heart sank slightly.

Yue Buqun's martial arts skills are unfathomable, and Jiang Ning's strength is even more unquestionable. Given time, they will surely become the number one master of the righteous path. In fact, if Dongfang Bubai dies, they might even become the number one master in the world. And now, Linghu Chong has also shown his strength.

With these two exceptionally talented disciples, the Huashan Sect is destined to return to its peak, or even surpass it, which made Fang Zheng's emotions quite complex.

"Hey."

Fang Zheng let out a barely perceptible sigh, and then unleashed a powerful Buddhist Lion's Roar. His skill was even greater than Fang Sheng's, and the demonic cult members surrounding him immediately coughed up blood from their mouths and noses and died on the ground.

Chapter 714: On the Eve of the Decisive Battle

And while the two sides were fighting fiercely.

At the foot of Yinping Mountain.

“Junior brother, those demonic sect members inside the cave have come out and are fighting against Master and the others. Master said the situation is still under control, so you don’t need to do anything here for the time being.”

Liang Fa received Yue Buqun's order to go down the mountain and find Jiang Ning to say something.

They've already started fighting?

Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes, but since his master said that he didn't need to do anything here for the time being, he decided to leave it alone for now.

"it is good."

Jiang Ning nodded, and then sent people to continue strengthening the defenses and exploring the surrounding area.

……

It is located several dozen miles from Yinping Mountain.

The crowd was so dense that it seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see.

The leaders were Ren Woxing and Ren Yingying, among others.

Ren Woxing's face was full of murderous intent, his eyes were fierce, and Ren Yingying's face was also ashen.

They already knew that Sang San Niang had betrayed them and had taken Dong Mu Tang and Chi Huo Tang back to Blackwood Cliff.

"Invincible East..."

Ren Woxing gritted his teeth as he muttered those four words.

Upon hearing of Sang San Niang's betrayal, Ren Woxing was nearly driven to despair. However, after calming down, he immediately realized that the thousands of people hiding in the Yinping Mountain cave were likely in grave danger. Abandoning those thousands would be an extremely heavy blow to them. Ren Woxing made a decisive move and led almost all of his men to Yinping Mountain in a grand procession, clearly in a posture of decisive battle.

"Father, we must get to Yinping Mountain quickly, otherwise those thousands of people are likely to be in grave danger."

Ren Yingying said with a gloomy expression.

Ren Yingying also came along. At this point, she also understood that there was no way out but to fight a big battle.

The father and daughter have reached a temporary reconciliation.

Ren Woxing glanced at the people behind him.

Since his escape from the West Lake prison, he had gathered half of the sect's forces, plus tens of thousands of people from all walks of life under Ren Yingying's command. However, he had suffered considerable losses, especially after the imperial decree was issued, with many secretly fleeing. He now only had a little over 30,000 men under his command. Previously, he had sent over 2,000 men to ambush the Wudang Sect, but Jiang Ning led reinforcements and killed over 1,000 of them. The remaining men scattered and fled. Although they were not killed, most of them did not return, clearly taking advantage of the chaos to escape. This was equivalent to a loss of 2,000 men. Now, Sang San Niang betrayed him and took several thousand men with her. In addition, there were several thousand men in the Yinping Mountain cave. Now, Ren Woxing only had a little over 20,000 men available under his command. It can be said that his power has been greatly diminished and is far less than before.

All of this dealt a huge blow to Ren Woxing, leaving him with little of the ambition he had when he first escaped his predicament.

Without a word, Ren Woxing, his expression cold and fierce, raised his hand and waved, and the demonic army marched out, heading towards Yinping Mountain.

……

Jiang Ning was still stationed at the foot of the mountain. He didn't know how the battle was going on up there, but he figured it was nothing serious. If the situation changed, Yue Buqun would naturally send him to provide support. He just needed to stay here as a precaution.

Just then, the martial arts practitioners who had gone out to explore returned, their faces filled with panic.

"Ning... Ning Yama, something terrible has happened!"

One of them shouted as soon as he saw Jiang Ning.

"The Demonic Cult has arrived!"

"The demonic cult's army has been mobilized and is heading this way!"

Upon their return, these people immediately reported their intelligence findings to Jiang Ning.

Upon hearing this information, Jiang Ning's expression turned serious, and he asked, "Who is the leader? How many people are there?"

"It's Ren Woxing."

How far are they from here?

"Less than ten miles away."

After hearing the intelligence, Jiang Ning's expression turned serious. He immediately sent someone up the mountain to report to Yue Buqun, while the people stationed at the foot of the mountain were also making preparations.

On the mountain.

Righteous martial arts practitioners are cleaning up the battlefield.

At this time, the cave entrance and surrounding area were littered with corpses, almost all of them belonging to the Demonic Sect, but there were also quite a few corpses of righteous people.

Blood was everywhere, almost staining the ground red, and the stench of blood filled the air, creating a scene of hell on earth.

"vomit!"

In the distance, Yue Lingshan was pale and vomiting incessantly.

"Junior Sister, are you feeling better?"

Linghu Chong, standing to the side, asked with a somewhat anxious expression.

"Much better, Senior Brother."

Yue Lingshan's voice sounded somewhat weak.

Linghu Chong helped her up, and when Yue Lingshan's eyes darted around and she saw the severed limbs not far away, her stomach churned again. In particular, when Yue Lingshan saw a martial arts figure with only half a head left, whose eyes were looking in her direction, his tragic state of dying with his eyes wide open made Yue Lingshan's emotions surge even more.

She had experienced the Battle of Songshan, but seeing such a tragic scene again still made her somewhat uncomfortable.

Besides her, many other disciples of the Weiyi Alliance were in the same situation. Most of them had never experienced such a large-scale battle between good and evil; this was already a battle in itself.

Yue Buqun sat on a rock not far away, wiping the blade of his sword. His expression was calm, but his clothes were stained with a lot of blood.

At this moment, Mr. Mo walked over.

"Alliance Leader, the count is almost complete. The demonic sect inside the cave has been completely wiped out. The total number of demonic sect corpses counted is over 3,800. There were no survivors."

Yue Buqun nodded slightly.

"Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Mo."

This time, they annihilated more than 3,800 members of the demonic sect in the cave, but their own side also suffered casualties, about 1,000 people, including more than 400 dead, several hundred seriously wounded, and the rest were slightly wounded. The difference in casualties between the two sides was huge, and their side could almost be said to have won a great victory.

The reason for such a high casualty ratio is that they had the advantage of terrain. They blocked the Demonic Cult at the cave entrance, which was extremely small, preventing the Demonic Cult members inside from rushing out in large numbers to fight them. In addition, top righteous masters such as Yue Buqun, Chongxu, and Master Mo Qingzhu were guarding the cave entrance. Furthermore, the Demonic Cult members inside the cave had their fighting power reduced due to the poisonous smoke, resulting in such an exaggerated casualty ratio. If it weren't for this, they would have won a great victory.

Just as everyone was cleaning up the battlefield, the people sent up the mountain by Jiang Ning brought them news of the Demonic Cult's army being mobilized.

Everyone tensed up, waiting for Yue Buqun, the leader of the Demon Extermination Alliance, to give the order.

Yue Buqun pondered for a moment and looked at Master Mo.

"Mr. Mo, how are the other sect leaders doing? Can they hold on?"

Judging from the current situation, it seems that another battle is about to begin, and a major one at that. It is uncertain whether the various sect leaders, who have just gone through a fierce battle, can withstand it.

Mr. Mo nodded.

"Don't worry, Alliance Leader, all the sect leaders are fine."

Although the battle just now was quite fierce, apart from a few elders, the Demonic Sect had no other experts. The leaders of the various sects were not seriously injured, at most they lost some internal energy. However, Shaolin was distributing spiritual medicines to the various sects to treat injuries and restore internal energy, so they would recover quickly.

Yue Buqun nodded and said, "In that case, those who are seriously injured should be sent back to Luzhou Prefecture for treatment. The rest of you will come down the mountain with me to join the people below and fight Ren Woxing to the death!"

Chapter 715: No Regrets

At Yue Buqun's command, a group of martial arts figures responded enthusiastically and descended the mountain in a grand procession, quickly joining forces with Jiang Ning.

"Master, Mistress, and all my fellow disciples."

Jiang Ning waited at the foot of the mountain. When he saw Yue Buqun and the leaders of the various factions of the Weiyi Alliance come down, he stepped forward and bowed.

"Ah."

Yue Buqun nodded and asked, "Has Ren Woxing already brought the army?"

"That's right, we're not far from here."

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, a sound came from afar. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a black line appearing on the distant horizon. The black line kept moving forward, and Ren Woxing's figure appeared in everyone's eyes first.

Ren Woxing's side also spotted Yue Buqun, Jiang Ning, and others on the other side. Ren Woxing raised his hand and waved, and his followers of the Demonic Sect stopped.

The two sides stood hundreds of meters apart, neither of them uttering a word.

Ok?

Jiang Ning, who was observing, suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Ren Woxing seemed to be in a bad state. His face was pale, but strangely tinged with a hint of blood. He was some distance away, so it was impossible to see the changes in his eyes, but a chilling aura was faintly revealed. His temperament was very different from that of the Ren Woxing I had seen at the Fengchan Terrace on Mount Song and in Luoyang.

Not only Jiang Ning noticed something was wrong with Ren Woxing, but Yue Buqun and the other sect leaders also noticed the strangeness about Ren Woxing and frowned.

However, no one spoke up.

Ren Woxing looked at Jiang Ning and the others with a cold expression. His gaze swept over them without him speaking first.

After a while.

"Sect Leader Yue, it's been a long time. How have you been?"

Ren Woxing broke the standoff, a slight smile appearing on his lips, and said to Yue Buqun.

"Humph!"

Yue Buqun snorted coldly and remained silent. Given the current situation, he didn't need to say anything more to Ren Woxing.

Yue Buqun's gaze swept over Ren Woxing and his group. When he saw Liu Zhengfeng, his gaze paused for a moment before continuing to scan the others.

Yue Buqun appeared calm, but two people in the crowd behind him had complicated expressions on their faces.

It was Mr. Mo Da and Liu Qin.

One of them was Liu Zhengfeng's senior apprentice, and the other was Liu Zhengfeng's biological son. They had not seen Liu Zhengfeng since the day he washed his hands of the martial arts world at Hengshan. They never expected that their meeting would turn out like this.

Now that they have seen the other side's demonic sect's camp, if they didn't already know that Liu Zhengfeng was an undercover agent, their feelings would probably be even more complicated.

However, the two knew that Liu Zhengfeng was an undercover agent, so they remained calm. The other disciples of Hengshan Sect gritted their teeth when they saw Liu Zhengfeng.

If it weren't for Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang, the Hengshan Sect wouldn't have lost its reputation. Over the years, Hengshan Sect disciples have faced a lot of exclusion and ridicule when traveling the martial arts world. They had no way to express their grievances. Now, seeing that Liu Zhengfeng was actually serving the Demonic Sect, the Hengshan Sect disciples couldn't help but feel angry and looked at him with resentment.

Liu Zhengfeng remained expressionless. He saw Master Mo and Liu Qin, and felt the resentful gazes from the other Hengshan Sect disciples. Although his emotions were churning, Liu Zhengfeng suppressed them and his expression remained unchanged.

Qu Yang, who was standing to the side, glanced at him but did not say anything.

At this moment, Yue Buqun's gaze also fixed on one person, and the expression on his face became somewhat angry.

"Sect Leader Wu, we were once both righteous people, and the Diancang Sect is a great sect with a history of hundreds of years. For hundreds of years, the Diancang Sect has been dedicated to the righteous path. Now you have joined the demonic sect. Can you face the ancestors of the Diancang Sect? Can you face the Diancang Twin Swords who have devoted their lives to the Diancang Sect? Can you live with yourself?"

Yue Buqun was furious. He had a good relationship with the Diancang Twin Swords and knew that they were chivalrous people. The two had helped him or stood on the side of the Huashan Sect several times. But he never expected that the next news he heard about them would be of their deaths.

The two Diancang Swordsmen were true chivalrous men. Faced with the oppression of the Demonic Sect, they would rather die than surrender and live a life of shame for the sake of their chivalry. However, the fact that the leader of the Diancang Sect was afraid of death made Yue Buqun feel sorry for the two Diancang Swordsmen.

He was angry.