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At this moment, a loud shout rang out, and a Huashan disciple rushed over and immediately stopped him.
"Do you Beggars' Sect members intend to bully the people at the foot of Mount Hua? If so, I will report this to the sect leader and will certainly not let you off!"
The Huashan disciple shouted at the beggars.
"Hey? Which eye of yours saw us bullying them?"
Upon seeing the people from the Huashan Sect, the beggars showed no fear. The beggar whose collar had been grabbed by the commoner spread his hands and said innocently, "I'm the one being beaten right now, can't you see that, young hero of the Huashan Sect?"
The Huashan disciple who arrived was even angrier at their fearless attitude, but he eventually held back and said to the commoner, "Let go first."
The man looked furious, but he let go after hearing what the Huashan disciple said.
The beggar smiled smugly.
At this moment, the Huashan disciple asked in a deep voice, "What was the reason for your argument just now?"
The man immediately pointed at the beggar and said, "This scoundrel is a scoundrel. He used foul language when he saw my wife, and I was so angry that I wanted to teach him a lesson!"
No sooner had the man finished speaking than the beggar started shouting.
"Hey, hey, what do you mean by 'filthy language'? I just thought your young lady was pretty, so I complimented her a few times. Is that not allowed?"
The other beggars joined in the commotion.
"Yes."
"Yes."
The scene was a complete mess.
"Shut up, everyone!"
The Huashan disciple shouted loudly, finally calming the group of beggars down.
The Huashan disciples pointed at the group of beggars.
"You beggars, idle and aimless, now you come to the foot of Mount Hua to harass the people and cause trouble. Do you not take the Mount Hua Sect seriously? You should leave at the very last minute!"
The words of the Huashan disciple did not frighten the group of beggars; instead, they made them burst into laughter.
"So what if we're at the foot of Mount Hua? We're beggars, is it wrong to beg? Who said we can't beg here?"
"That's right, we didn't steal or rob, we just wanted to beg for food, why should Mount Hua interfere with that?"
"So what if we don't leave? We haven't broken the law, and we haven't killed anyone. If you dare to touch us, we'll immediately spread the word throughout the martial arts world, and let everyone see how domineering your Huashan Sect is!"
The shameless behavior of these beggars infuriated the Huashan disciple, but he was helpless.
The beggars dispersed, choosing to remain in the village instead.
The Huashan disciples clenched their fists, but there was nothing they could do.
"Junior brother."
Just then, Linghu Chong and Jiang Ning walked over.
The Huashan disciple turned his head and looked on with surprise and delight.
"Senior Brother? Junior Brother Jiang Ning? You're back?"
"Ah."
Jiang Ning also walked over, nodded, looked at the beggars, and asked, "Senior brother, what's the situation with these beggars now?"
Upon hearing Jiang Ning's question, the Huashan disciple sighed and then recounted what had happened.
Ever since Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong massacred the Beggars' Sect branch, the Beggars' Sect members have been making a fuss and coming to Mount Hua demanding an explanation from the Mount Hua Sect. They were led by several elders.
The Beggars' Clan members stormed up the mountain but didn't get the results they wanted. Instead, a conflict broke out, and several elders were injured and sent down the mountain by Yue Buqun. If Yue Buqun hadn't been holding back, these elders would have been dead.
However, these members of the Beggars' Sect did not leave after descending the mountain; instead, they took another approach.
The Beggars' Clan couldn't defeat the Huashan Sect, but they were unwilling to leave. So they did this, causing the beggars in the clan to cause trouble and harass the people in various counties and villages at the foot of Huashan Mountain, but without causing any deaths, so as not to give the Huashan Sect an excuse to take action, just like they are now engaging in shameless begging.
At the same time, these members of the Beggars' Sect were telling the harassed people that they were being implicated because the Huashan Sect had offended the Beggars' Sect. They said that they would not let the area have peace until the Huashan Sect gave them an explanation.
The Beggars' Sect is undermining the Huashan Sect's popularity among the people.
Faced with such a shameless scheme, Yue Buqun could not think of any good solution, so he could only send his disciples down the mountain to maintain stability in various counties and villages to prevent the people from being harmed.
Linghu Chong got angry as soon as he heard that, and said...
"These Beggars' Sect members are simply outrageous! They're using such despicable tactics because they think Master is a gentleman and won't do anything to them. If you ask me, why waste words with them? None of these Beggars' Sect members are good people; let's just kill them all!"
Chapter 580: I Can't Do It
The saying "a gentleman fears a petty person" applies here. The Beggars' Clan couldn't defeat the Huashan Sect head-on, nor could they do anything about it, so they resorted to such despicable means to annoy Yue Buqun, and Yue Buqun couldn't think of any good way to deal with them.
Linghu Chong was enraged by the Beggars' Sect's shamelessness and walked straight towards the Beggars' Sect disciples, standing before the beggar who had just acted like a rogue.
"You, get up!"
Linghu Chong said to him.
The beggar glanced at Linghu Chong and laughed disdainfully.
"Here we go again. When will you Huashan Sect ever stop? Is my begging here an eyesore to you?"
Linghu Chong said coldly, "If the Beggars' Sect has a grudge against my Huashan Sect, they should come to us directly. What kind of people are you to harass these poor folks?"
The beggar chuckled.
"That's none of my business. Our elders said we're allowed to beg here. You don't like it? Go ahead and kill us if you dare."
Seeing the beggar's shameless attitude, Linghu Chong's anger surged. With a clang, he drew his sword to kill the man, but the Huashan disciple rushed over to stop him.
"Senior Brother, you mustn't!"
The Huashan disciple hurriedly said.
"Senior Brother, Master instructed us not to kill them."
At this moment, the other beggars, seeing that something unexpected had happened, quickly came over and formed a group to confront Linghu Chong.
When the villagers saw Linghu Chong's actions, they assumed that the Huashan Sect was going to deal with the group of beggars, so they all grabbed their weapons and surrounded him.
"Senior Brother, please don't act rashly!"
The Huashan disciple gripped Linghu Chong's wrist tightly, his expression anxious.
Linghu Chong glared angrily at the beggars, wanting to kill them, but after hearing the words of the Huashan disciple, he gritted his teeth and held back.
The beggar, who had thought Linghu Chong was really going to kill him, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Linghu Chong being restrained, and then shouted.
"Our elders said that we can leave if they want us to, but we must give the Beggars' Sect an explanation."
"Explanation? What explanation do you want?"
Jiang Ning walked over at this moment, with a smile on his face.
The beggar didn't recognize Jiang Ning. When he saw Jiang Ning, he assumed he was just another disciple of Mount Hua and didn't think much of it. After hearing Jiang Ning's words, he said, "Our elders said that unless your Mount Hua Sect hands over Jiang Ning to our Beggar Clan for disposal, this matter will never be over!"
"Correct!"
"That's right!"
"Hand over Jiangning!"
The other beggars echoed this sentiment.
Linghu Chong was so angry he laughed. He thought these beggars had been kicked in the head by a donkey.
Jiang Ning smiled too.
"I am Jiang Ning. I am the one who massacred your branch. If you want to cause trouble for me, you can come now."
The group of beggars, who had been so indignant just moments before, suddenly fell silent as if their throats had been choked. Their smug expressions froze, and they looked at Jiang Ning with a hint of fear in their eyes.
Despite their previous boasts about making the Huashan Sect pay the price and forcing Jiang Ning to surrender, their expressions turned out exactly like this when they actually met Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning was too lazy to argue with these lackeys. Seeing that they hesitated to make a move and instead retreated in fear, he said, "What? I'm right in front of you, and you're not saying anything? If you don't dare to make a move, then leave here."
"you……"
A beggar seemed about to speak, but Jiang Ning interrupted him directly, saying, "If you don't leave this village within three breaths, I will kill you all."
Jiang Ning spoke expressionlessly, but to these beggars, it was the most serious threat.
Without the slightest hesitation, the beggars scrambled away, not daring to utter a single harsh word.
Linghu Chong had already drawn his sword, but they hadn't even flinched. Now, Jiang Ning had only said one sentence, and they were scrambling to their feet.
Because they could tell that Jiang Ning really intended to kill them.
"Junior brother, are we just going to let them leave like this?"
Seeing the beggars run away, Linghu Chong had a strong urge to rush up and kill them all.
It's strange, really. Linghu Chong seemed very angry about what the Beggars' Sect had done. If it weren't for that Huashan disciple stopping him, he would have already killed those beggars.
The reason Linghu Chong was so angry was that before he joined the Huashan Sect, he had been a beggar for a period of time after his parents died, making a living by begging. When he saw those children who had been tortured beyond recognition at the Yanping branch, he couldn't help but think of his past life, which made Linghu Chong furious and wish he could kill all these evil people.
Upon hearing Linghu Chong's words, Jiang Ning shook his head.
"These are just small fry. Killing them now won't do any good. Let them go back and report, and while they're at it, let's see where the Beggars' Sect members are hiding."
The high-ranking elders of the Beggars' Sect are definitely not out of Shaanxi yet; they must be hiding somewhere. Jiang Ning wants to see where they are hiding and whether they are doing anything in secret.
"Senior Brother, you go back to see Master first. I'll follow these people and see where they're going."
Jiang Ning was about to follow secretly after he finished speaking, but was stopped by the Huashan disciple.
“Junior Brother Jiang Ning, I’ll follow them. You and Senior Brother should go back to Mount Hua to see Master. You haven’t been back for so long, Master misses you.”
Hearing what the Huashan disciple said, Jiang Ning did not insist and nodded.
"Thank you very much, senior brother."
Without further ado, the disciple quickly followed the group of beggars and secretly tracked them.
After this little incident, Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong continued their journey back to Mount Hua, while the villagers were overjoyed to see that the beggar who had troubled them for so many days had all run away.
Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong arrived at Thousand Feet Cliff and encountered the Huashan disciples on duty. Upon learning that Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong had returned, they hurried back to report the news.
"Senior Brother, Junior Brother Jiang Ning, Master is waiting for you in the main hall."
"Disciple greets Master."
Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong bowed to Yue Buqun.
Having not seen him for nearly a year, Yue Buqun had not changed much.
Upon seeing his two disciples finally return, Yue Buqun smiled.
"Everyone, get up."
After Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong stood up, Yue Buqun asked, "Did you encounter any dangers along the way? Were you injured?"
Jiang Ning said, "Thank you for your concern, Master. The journey has been relatively safe, and I have not been injured."
Linghu Chong quickly added, "That's right, disciple too."
"Ah."
Yue Buqun nodded without saying anything.
He was actually at ease knowing that Linghu Chong and Jiang Ning were going out together.
Yue Buqun then looked at Linghu Chong and said, "Chong'er, you haven't been back for so long, go and see Shan'er."
Linghu Chong was already missing Yue Lingshan, and upon hearing Yue Buqun's words, he replied, "Yes, disciple takes his leave."
After Linghu Chong left, only Yue Buqun and his disciple Jiang Ning remained in the hall.
At this moment, Jiang Ning said, "This disciple massacred a branch of the Beggars' Sect in Yanping Prefecture, causing trouble for the Huashan Sect. Please punish me, Master."
Yue Buqun was taken aback and remained silent.
After a while.
"Actually, if you look at it from the perspective of the righteous and the demonic paths, you shouldn't do this. The Beggars' Sect is the righteous path and is on good terms with Shaolin. The demonic sect has not been destroyed, and Shaolin is a potential enemy of Mount Hua. From the perspective of the overall situation, we should not be enemies with the Beggars' Sect."
Yue Buqun's face showed no emotion; he spoke softly, as if he were criticizing Jiang Ning for his inappropriate actions in this matter.