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

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Jiang Ning called out to Linghu Chong upon seeing this.

"Senior Brother, you dropped something."

Linghu Chong turned around and exclaimed in surprise, about to bend down, but Jiang Ning had already picked it up and handed it over.

"Thanks, junior brother."

"You're welcome."

Jiang Ning smiled slightly and was about to leave, but Linghu Chong seemed to have thought of something and quickly called Jiang Ning back.

"Junior brother, wait a minute."

Jiang Ning turned around, puzzled.

"Is there anything else, Senior Brother?"

"Junior brother, you are knowledgeable, can you help me see what this says?"

Linghu Chong handed over the thing that had just fallen to the ground.

Jiang Ning accepted it with a puzzled look.

Linghu Chong's item was just a small booklet, nothing special, and Jiang Ning didn't pay much attention to it. However, when Jiang Ning opened it, his eyes showed surprise.

"Senior Brother, you're still looking at this?"

The booklet was clearly written with Buddhist scriptures.

"Uh-huh."

Linghu Chong nodded like a chick pecking at rice, urging, "Can you help me see what it means? I don't understand it."

Jiang Ning didn't say anything more and continued flipping through the pages.

But the more he looked at Jiang Ning, the deeper his brows furrowed.

"This... seems to be it."

After a moment, Jiang Ning hesitated.

"Huh? Is it for practicing martial arts?"

Linghu Chong looked completely bewildered.

Jiang Ning frowned and said, "I'm not too sure about that either. I don't know much about Buddhism. I only have a little understanding because I talked with the old monk on the third floor of the Sutra Repository at the Southern Shaolin Temple."

"Oh."

Linghu Chong nodded, then asked with great interest, "So how do you practice this?"

"I don't know either, I'm just guessing."

Jiang Ning shook his head and said, "The scriptures written on this are very profound. I can only understand a little bit of them. The further you go, the more obscure and difficult they become. You can ask your master. He should know."

"Ok."

Linghu Chong was somewhat disheartened.

Jiang Ning was about to return the booklet to Linghu Chong and leave, but Linghu Chong suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up, and instead of taking the booklet, he pushed it back.

"Junior brother, you should keep this."

"what?"

Jiang Ning was taken aback.

Linghu Chong chuckled: "Anyway, I don't understand it, so I won't bother my master. Just help me figure it out, and tell me when you do, so I don't have to rack my brains."

"Elder brother, you..."

Jiang Ning was at a loss.

Linghu Chong put his arm around Jiang Ning's shoulder and chuckled.

"Junior brother, you know me. I get a headache just looking at some of my own books, let alone Buddhist scriptures. I know absolutely nothing about them. So I'll have to trouble you. Try to study them when you have time. It's okay if you can't figure them out, okay?"

"That's...ok."

Jiang Ning nodded.

Linghu Chong gave him a thumbs up.

"terrific."

Jiang Ning then asked the question he wanted to ask.

"Senior Brother, I have a question for you: where did you get this booklet from?"

Jiang Ning asked, "The scriptures on this are profound and extensive, far beyond ordinary Buddhist scriptures. How did you obtain them?"

"This is……"

Linghu Chong was about to blurt out that Feng Qingyang had given him the words without thinking, but he quickly stopped himself.

"I found this."

"Picked it up?"

Jiang Ning looked at him with suspicion.

Linghu Chong nodded vigorously, his expression serious.

"Ah."

"Ok."

Jiang Ning didn't pursue the matter further. After saying goodbye to Linghu Chong, he prepared to return to his residence.

Watching Jiang Ning's departing figure, Linghu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead.

Chapter 617: Liu Qin

It was mid-May after that day. Jiang Ning didn't know whether Yue Buqun had replied to the Beggars' Sect, and Yue Buqun didn't mention it again.

Huashan was peaceful except for the preparations for the grand wedding.

On this day, Jiang Ning encountered Linghu Chong.

"Junior brother, have you come to any conclusions about that scripture?"

Linghu Chong greeted him.

Jiang Ning shook his head: "No."

Jiang Ning had spent a lot of time reading that booklet over the past two weeks, but the scriptures in it were indeed too profound. Without a deep enough understanding of Buddhism, it was very difficult to comprehend them. Even though Jiang Ning had spent a month in the Sutra Repository, it was still very difficult for him to decipher the scriptures.

So far, there's still no clue.

"Ok."

Linghu Chong nodded indifferently, not caring at all.

When Feng Qingyang gave him that booklet, he only told him to read it more, but Linghu Chong didn't pay much attention to it. Now, he just recites it to himself every morning and evening.

"Senior Brother, I'll return this booklet to you."

Since he couldn't understand it, Jiang Ning decided to return the booklet.

But Linghu Chong did not accept.

"It's alright, you can keep it. I already know the scriptures inside by heart, so there's no use for me to keep the booklet."

Seeing this, Jiang Ning had no choice but to withdraw it.

"Ok."

"Junior brother, don't be discouraged. I think you will be able to understand it and tell me."

Linghu Chong, on the contrary, comforted Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but chuckle.

"Let's go."

Linghu Chong waved his hand and left.

Jiang Ning then went down the mountain to check on Liu Lie's condition as usual.

June arrived quickly, just over a month before Lu Dayou's wedding.

On this day, guests arrived from Mount Hua, but there were quite a few guests.

"Junior Brother Jiang Ning, Master Mo from the Hengshan Sect has arrived. Master has asked us to go and greet him."

Ying Bailuo found Jiang Ning and said.

"Okay senior brother."

Jiang Ning put down the book in his hand and went there with Ying Bailuo, but when they arrived, they were shocked by what they saw.

Before me stood a dense crowd of Hengshan Sect disciples. Besides the formal Hengshan disciples, there were also many children, who seemed to have just joined the sect not long ago. There were more than two hundred of them in total.

Has Master Mo brought the entire Hengshan Sect with him?

"Alliance Leader, I am bringing my entire sect to visit Mount Hua. I hope you won't mind?"

Mr. Mo is still the same as before.

Yue Buqun was somewhat taken aback by the scene, but quickly said, "Mr. Mo, you are too kind. I am overjoyed."

Mr. Mo smiled slightly.

Yue Buqun then welcomed Mr. Mo to the main hall.

"Mr. Mo, have you noticed anything unusual lately?"

Yue Buqun asked.

Master Mo knew what Yue Buqun meant and shook his head.

"No."

So what's the point of all this commotion?

With so many people, Master Mo made Yue Buqun think that Ren Woxing had already made a move against the Hengshan Sect.

"After receiving the Alliance Leader's letter, I dared not be careless. Although I have not seen any trace of the Demonic Sect, I still made preparations to avoid being attacked by the Demonic Sect just in case."

When he learned that the Diancang Sect had fallen, Master Mo knew that his Hengshan Sect alone could not resist Ren Woxing, so without saying a word, he led the entire Hengshan Sect away.

Master Mo doesn't usually manage the sect much, but when it comes to the sect's life or death, he's absolutely unambiguous.

Although Mr. Mo's actions caught Yue Buqun off guard, it must be said that his actions were a prudent move.

"I'll be troubling the Alliance Leader for a while now."

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun said, "What are you saying? Our two sects have been friends for centuries, why bother with such formalities?"

After skipping over this topic, Yue Buqun brought up another matter.

“Mr. Mo, there is something I, Yue, am not sure if I should ask.”

Master Mo asked curiously, "Alliance Leader, please ask without hesitation."

Yue Buqun asked, "I wonder what Mr. Mo Da and your sect think of Liu Zhengfeng?"

Yue Buqun did not directly address Liu Zhengfeng's matter; he wanted to test Mo Da's current attitude towards Liu Zhengfeng.

Mr. Mo's expression changed at the mention of Liu Zhengfeng.

After a moment of silence, Master Mo said, "Liu Zhengfeng has a private relationship with Qu Yang of the Demonic Sect, which has ruined the reputation of our Hengshan Sect. We don't know where he is now. Why did the Alliance Leader suddenly bring this up?"

"Yue had only recently heard some news about Liu Zhengfeng."

Yue Buqun said.

Master Mo's expression changed slightly, and he immediately asked, "Does the Alliance Leader know his whereabouts?"

Seeing that even the usually calm and collected Master Mo couldn't help but lose his composure upon hearing news of Liu Zhengfeng, Yue Buqun had a better understanding of the situation.

"Um……"

Yue Buqun pondered for a moment and said, "My disciple did hear some things about Liu Zhengfeng's whereabouts when he went down the mountain."