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

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Xiang Wentian nodded, satisfied with Ji Wushi's words.

He also felt that if Jiang Ning really came, there was absolutely no way to escape.

If he can't even kill Jiang Ning and let him escape, then he might as well just die on Wubagang Hill.

At this moment, a man quietly watched this scene.

"I never expected the sect leader to go to such lengths for a second-generation disciple of the righteous path. Is this King Ning Yama really that special?"

Shangguan Yun thought to himself.

He had never met Jiang Ning, and they hadn't gone to Mount Song together last time. He had only heard about Jiang Ning's deeds and knew that Xiang Wentian had also been defeated by Jiang Ning.

Shangguan Yun was indeed surprised to learn that Xiang Wentian had also failed to defeat Jiang Ning, but the fact that Ren Woxing had sent so many people to hunt down Jiang Ning was still too much of a fuss for Shangguan Yun.

"Old man."

Zu Qianqiu then looked at the short, fat old man beside him.

"How is your daughter now after taking the Life-Sustaining Pill?"

The old man and Zu Qianqiu were known as the Yellow River Ancestors. Both were skilled in martial arts and were sent to besiege Jiang Ning.

The old man smiled upon hearing this: "My daughter's illness has improved a lot. Soon she will be able to run and jump again. After I go back this time, I will take her all over the country."

Zu Qianqiu also laughed, but then his smile faded, and he looked worried.

"The Holy Maiden and the Cult Leader ordered us to surround and kill King Ning. I don't know if we'll be able to get back alive this time."

Faced with this encirclement and attack, Xiang Wentian, Ji Wushi, and others were very confident, but some were worried that they would lose their lives here.

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Jiang Ning's name was earned through bloodshed, and no one dares to underestimate his martial arts skills. Even though so many people are coming to kill him, it's impossible for everyone to emerge unscathed. Many people will die, but it's uncertain whether they will actually die.

Although they were highly skilled in martial arts, they knew that they were facing an extremely dangerous person.

Zu Qianqiu was somewhat distressed that he would die at the hands of Jiang Ning.

The old man laughed and said, "Even if Ning Yanwang is highly skilled in martial arts, he has no chance of surviving under the siege of so many of our experts. The reputation of us two Yellow River Ancestors over the years is not something we earned by mere words. You can rest assured."

The two whispered.

Blue Phoenix sat quietly not far away, glancing at the people around her, lost in thought.

At this moment, everyone in the Black Wind Society's main hall had different thoughts, and there was only one discordant scene.

The Four Immortals of Peach Valley huddled together.

"Brother, you said the leader told us to kill King Ning, can we kill him? He seems to be even more powerful than before."

Peach Leaf Fairy was somewhat melancholy.

Last time, Jiang Ning killed two of their brothers in a fight against six opponents, leaving the four of them with a great deal of psychological trauma.

Tao Genxian, however, was full of confidence and even made a couple of gestures.

"Didn't the cult leader teach us grappling techniques? He even said that if the four of us brothers were to perform these techniques, no one in the world except the cult leader could solve them. No matter how powerful Ning Yanwang is, with so many of us, what are we afraid of?"

"Besides, we just learned some grappling techniques, are we afraid we can't take him down?"

"When I see him, I'll slide tackle him..."

Chapter 431: He's on the Road (An extra chapter for the travel ban)

puff!

Jiang Ning reached out and snapped one man's neck, then walked out of the mountain stronghold filled with corpses.

This is already the umpteenth copycat.

After learning from Chen Hu of Yanxi Village that the Black Wind Society was located in Wubagang, Jiang Ning did not rush to Wubagang, but continued to sweep through these mountain strongholds.

He was indeed going to find the Black Wind Society, but that didn't conflict with the bandit suppression efforts.

The Black Wind Society must be destroyed, and so must these bandit strongholds that kill and rob.

"Thank you, hero! Thank you, hero!"

After leaving the mountain village, some women and girls kept kowtowing to Jiang Ning.

The women were dressed in tattered clothes, covered in wounds, and their faces were streaked with tears.

"You all get up."

Jiang Ning said.

These women were all rescued by him from this mountain stronghold. Some of them were respectable women from nearby villages who had been taken away by these bandits when they raided the villages.

Some were families who had moved away, or wealthy young women who were out traveling, and they were also abducted.

"Thank you, hero. Without your help, we would never have escaped in this lifetime."

A young girl kept thanking Jiang Ning.

This mountain stronghold was a den of iniquity to them, an inescapable den of iniquity. Countless women had been captured, tortured, and killed before them. If Jiang Ning hadn't come, their lives would have ended there.

"You should all go home."

Jiang Ning gave them some silver and some grain, not much, but enough for them to go home.

These women all live nearby. It's just that some of the women who aren't locals have a bit more trouble, but they can go back to the village with the women who live nearby and then figure out how to get home.

"Thank you, hero! Thank you, hero!"

The women thanked them profusely and left, expressing their deepest gratitude.

After sending the women away, Jiang Ning began searching the mountain stronghold.

He would search every mountain stronghold he raided, and he would always find a lot of gold and silver, but he didn't take any of it with him.

It's inconvenient for him to carry so much gold and silver around, especially since he's going to kill someone. So he found a place to bury it and marked it with punctuation.

After doing all this and disposing of the corpses, Jiang Ning set fire to the mountain stronghold before leaving.

……

"Why hasn't he arrived yet? What is he doing?"

Xiang Wentian frowned.

The person who was asked was the one gathering information. Upon hearing this, he stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the Left Envoy, King Ning... he is still suppressing bandits."

"He still wants to suppress them?"

Xiang Wentian was convinced.

Logically, now that the other side knows the exact location of the Black Wind Society, they should be rushing over as fast as they can, but so much time has passed and they are still suppressing bandits.

Just how dedicated was he to suppressing bandits?

He got so addicted to suppressing bandits in Shaanxi that he came to Shandong to continue the campaign.

Xiang Wentian really couldn't understand what Jiang Ning was thinking.

Despite already being among the top martial arts masters in the world, he still takes these trivial matters very seriously.

The people present were also puzzled.

Perhaps only Ji Wushi understands.

"Ning Yanwang...the great hero of Guanzhong...who is the real you?"

Ji Wushi thought to himself.

His martial arts skills were not low; he was a first-rate figure. But what was even more remarkable about him than his martial arts skills was his intellect.

He has a good mind and likes to use his brain; he likes to think about many things.

Now he's wondering what kind of person Jiang Ning really is.

Ning Yanwang?

That's too one-sided; that's just the other side's tactic.

Guanzhong hero?

That doesn't fully capture the essence of Jiang Ning.

To truly understand a person, don't look at what they say, but at what they do.

What has Jiang Ning done since his debut?

Eliminate evil, save people; eliminate evil, save people.

The other person has been doing these two things repeatedly, from when they first started out, and now that they've become a top expert, they're still doing them.

Why would the other party do these things?

Because the other party wants to eliminate evil.

Who is evil?

It's them.

Who else?

There are many more, including those bandits who kill and rob.

Jiangning must eliminate these evils, and also eliminate those evils.

To Jiang Ning, they were all the same; they all had to be eliminated.

The other party has been walking down this path all along.

Ji Wushi sighed inwardly.

pity……

He admired Jiang Ning, but they could not be friends, and were destined not to be friends.

"Continue to track them down. We need to know their every move and report back promptly."

He gave the order to Xiangwen Tianxia.

"Yes."

The person who was called said.

……

"I didn't want to either, I didn't want to either."

A bandit knelt before Jiang Ning, weeping bitterly.

“I can’t go on living. I’m desperate. My parents have starved to death. I have no choice but to become a bandit in the mountains. I don’t want to hurt anyone, I…”

Before the bandit could finish speaking, Jiang Ning killed him.

After sweeping up another mountain stronghold and rescuing innocent civilians, Jiang Ning finished his cleanup work and left.

He has wiped out countless mountain strongholds by now; in short, he has completely destroyed all the strongholds in the vicinity.

After Jiang Ning wiped out this mountain stronghold, he no longer knew the locations of other strongholds. The strongholds provided by the bandit leader of this stronghold were all ones he had already visited.

After finishing his business, Jiang Ning headed towards Wubagang.

At this time, he was some distance from Wubagang, but not too far.

"Black Wind Society..."

Jiang Ning kept this power in mind.

Since the Black Wind Society manages all the mountain strongholds in Shandong, after he finishes dealing with the Black Wind Society, he can ask the leader of the Black Wind Society where all the mountain strongholds in Shandong are located, so that he won't have to ask every time he sweeps up a stronghold.

However, since the Black Wind Society can manage all the mountain strongholds in Shandong, there are probably many experts among them, unlike now where they can easily crush novices.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning glanced at the sword in his hand.

This is Yue Buqun's sword, which has been with him for many years and is in excellent condition. Now Yue Buqun has given this sword to him, and he finds it very easy to use.

I believe this sword will accompany him through battle after battle.

……

"Reporting to the Left Envoy, King Ning Yan has arrived in Yanggu County and is heading towards Wubagang."