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

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"Which of you is Li Qingwu?"

Jiang Ning got straight to the point.

"I am."

The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier spoke again, frowning as he looked at Jiang Ning.

"Who are you? Have we met before?"

At this moment, the two men who had been guarding the gate walked in and addressed Li Qingwu.

"Sect Master, we don't know who this person is. He insists on coming in, and he's running too fast. We can't stop him."

"It's alright, you can go now."

Li Qingwu waved his hand, signaling the two to leave, and then continued to watch Jiang Ning.

He had never met Jiang Ning before and didn't know what Jiang Ning wanted to do, but seeing Jiang Ning's demeanor, he felt that Jiang Ning was someone important. Even though Jiang Ning hadn't come again by invitation, Li Qingwu still planned to find out first.

After all, they might be looking for a collaboration with him.

Jiang Ning looked at him and smiled.

"We've never met before. You don't know me, and I don't know you."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingwu frowned and asked, "Then what business do you have with me?"

Jiang Ning said, "I have a junior brother. I wonder if Sect Leader Li knows him?"

Li Qingwu asked suspiciously, "Junior brother? Who?"

"Lin Pingzhi".

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Li Qingwu's face immediately darkened, and he looked at Jiang Ning with hostility.

"Are you from the Huashan Sect?"

The other three people who hadn't spoken didn't react much after hearing those three words.

They weren't part of the martial arts world and didn't know the meaning of those three words.

Seeing the change in Li Qingwu's expression, Jiang Ning nodded.

"It seems that Sect Leader Li has made an acquaintance."

Jiang Ning sat down in one of the chairs, took the sword from his waist and placed it on the table.

“My junior brother Lin Pingzhi was chased by Sect Leader Li when he went to Fujian. He told me about it when he came back. I’m here now to demand an explanation.”

Jiang Ning leaned his hand on the table, his index finger tapping lightly on the surface.

"Should I kill myself or do it myself? Sect Leader Li, please choose one."

Chapter 279: Gouming

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Li Qingwu sneered.

"So what if you commit suicide? So what if you take action against me?"

"Should I commit suicide? Only you will die. Your pursuit of my junior brother Lin Pingzhi will end here. I will take action now. From today onwards, the Shadowless Sect will cease to exist."

Jiang Ning spoke calmly.

The other three were also taken aback when they heard Jiang Ning's words.

"Sect Leader Li, what you're doing..."

The noblewoman stared at the scene in astonishment.

"hehe."

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Li Qingwu laughed instead of getting angry.

The other party swaggered into his residence alone and gave him two choices, but the result was the same. The overwhelming malice made him realize that the other party had no good intentions.

"Are you going to stand up for Lin Pingzhi?"

Jiang Ning didn't respond to him, but instead said something.

"I'll give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to arrange your affairs after your death."

Hearing Jiang Ning speak like this, the three people standing to the side, who were completely unaware of what was going on, only felt that Jiang Ning was extremely arrogant.

But seeing that the other party was calm and composed, and seemed fearless, the three of them, realizing it was a matter of江湖恩怨 (jianghu enyu, a kind of martial arts feud), did not want to cause trouble and decided to leave.

"Sect Leader Li, since you have things to attend to here, then I, Wu, will not disturb you any longer."

One of the portly middle-aged men got up to say goodbye, and the other two also planned to leave.

Seeing the three leave, Li Qingwu made no attempt to greet them; his attention was now focused on Jiang Ning.

As soon as Jiang Ning entered, he began to scrutinize him, but found nothing particularly special about him. He couldn't discern anything about him, but the fact that Jiang Ning was so confident suggested that he was not simple.

Realizing this, Li Qingwu did not act rashly and said coldly, "Your words are far too arrogant. Even if you are a disciple of the Huashan Sect, I am not someone to be trifled with."

Even though Li Qingwu said that, he still went on to say something more tactful.

"I think there might be some misunderstanding here. I went to Fujian not to hunt down my nephew Lin, but to save him. It's just that my nephew Lin misunderstood me."

"I had some dealings with Lin's father. After the Fuwei Escort Agency was wiped out by the Qingcheng Sect, I was unable to help. Now, Brother Lin only has this one son left alive, and I heard that he is being hunted down. I went to save him and protect Brother Lin's only son. However, I'm afraid Brother Lin has misunderstood and thinks that I also want to get the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual from him. But I have no such intention."

Although Jiang Ning has not shouted or displayed any extraordinary martial arts skills since he entered, his calm demeanor has made Li Qingwu very wary.

He guessed that Jiang Ning's calm demeanor was not only due to his extreme confidence in his martial arts, but also because people from the Huashan Sect must have come to Yangzhou, and perhaps even the Huashan Sect Leader Yue Buqun. Otherwise, this Huashan disciple wouldn't be so arrogant.

Yue Buqun was extremely famous and possessed exceptional martial arts skills, which Li Qingwu greatly feared.

He never expected that Lin Pingzhi would be so highly regarded after joining the Huashan Sect, and that the Huashan Sect would stand up for him. This was something Li Qingwu never imagined.

Li Qingwu originally thought that even if Lin Pingzhi joined the Huashan Sect and received its protection, he would still be just an ordinary disciple, and Yue Buqun and the Huashan Sect would not care about him. Therefore, Li Qingwu had no psychological burden to hunt down Lin Pingzhi and wanted to obtain the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual.

His idea was also the idea of ​​most people in the martial arts world, but what Li Qingwu did not expect was that Lin Pingzhi was hunted down last year, and the Huashan Sect came knocking on his door in March of this year. Yangzhou is so far away from Huashan, so it still felt absurd to him that the Huashan Sect would specifically come to find him.

However, with the situation now at hand, thinking about these things was useless, so Li Qingwu decided to let the matter drop.

As he spoke, Li Qingwu's expression softened.

"I suppose your sect's leader, Master Yue, and nephew Lin have also come to Yangzhou?"

Li Qingwu continued, "This matter is a misunderstanding, and I am willing to clear up this misunderstanding with Nephew Lin under the witness of Sect Leader Yue."

In his view, there are no grudges that cannot be resolved. He was willing to back down, and he had not caused any harm to Lin Pingzhi. At most, he would apologize. Yue Buqun was a gentleman and would not really fight. He would just treat it as a misunderstanding and let it go.

"I have long admired the name of Master Yue and have never had the chance to meet him. Since your sect has come to my Yangzhou City, I, Li, will personally welcome Master Yue to tour Yangzhou, which can be considered as fulfilling my duty as a host."

Li Qingwu spoke very politely.

Jiang Ning listened to Li Qingwu's long and eloquent speech without any reaction.

Seeing that Jiang Ning treated him like he was invisible, Li Qingwu's expression turned ugly.

"Does the Huashan Sect really intend to become enemies with my Shadowless Sect?"

Li Qingwu asked one last question.

Seeing that Jiang Ning still did not respond, Li Qingwu's face darkened and he shouted.

"Someone is coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen people rushed into the main hall from outside, holding sharp weapons and glaring at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning glanced at Li Qingwu, then stood up without taking the sword from the table.

After eating the candied hawthorn the child gave him, Jiang Ning was in a good mood and no blood was drawn.

"on!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Qingwu sent more than a dozen members of the Shadowless Sect rushing towards Jiang Ning.

A man was raising a stick to smash towards Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning remained expressionless, leaped into the air and delivered a side kick, sending the two people on either side flying. Then, he delivered another kick, sending the person in front of him flying.

Jiang Ning's kick was too fast; the three of them were attacked by Jiang Ning almost simultaneously, flying backward and crashing into a group of tables and chairs.

The three of them struggled painfully on the ground for a moment, then fell silent.

He took down three people in an instant, and before the others could react, Jiang Ning started making his move again.

These people are not skilled in martial arts, and Jiang Ning will not have to exert much effort to deal with them.

Li Qingwu held a pen in his hand and pointed it at Jiang Ning. With a whoosh, a needle as thin as a silver thread flew out from the pen core among several ink dots. The speed was so fast that no one else could see it clearly. However, Jiang Ning only glanced at it, tilted his head slightly, turned around, and kicked out with a high kick, knocking the pen out of Li Qingwu's hand. Then he reached out to him.

Li Qingwu's wrist ached. Seeing Jiang Ning's hand reaching out, he dared not be careless and quickly raised his hand to block.

However, as soon as the hand that was blocking touched Jiang Ning's arm, it felt like hitting iron, not moving an inch. In fact, there was a slight pain in his arm. Li Qingwu's expression changed, and he realized something was wrong. He quickly withdrew his hand and retreated.

Jiang Ning took a step forward, moving faster than him. His outstretched hand still reached for Li Qingwu's neck. Li Qingwu couldn't react in time and was grabbed by the neck by Jiang Ning.

"Uh……"

Jiang Ning tightened his grip, and Li Qingwu's expression changed drastically. He struggled desperately, trying to shout, but Jiang Ning held his neck tightly, preventing him from making a sound.

Click!

Jiang Ning remained expressionless. A soft sound came from his hand, and Li Qingwu, who was struggling, paused. His limbs drooped limply, and his eyes began to glaze over.

Jiang Ning released his grip, and Li Qingwu's body fell to the ground, unable to rise.

Corpses were scattered all around.

Jiang Ning bent down and picked up the pen from the ground. He then walked over the corpses to where he had been sitting, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, spread it out on the table, and then put a checkmark on Li Qingwu's name.

Chapter 280: I don't know if we can hold on.

After doing all this, Jiang Ning put the paper away, picked up the sword on the table, and walked out of the main hall.

At this moment, many more people arrived outside the main hall, and they all appeared to be members of the Shadowless Sect.

These people watched as Jiang Ning walked out of the main hall, looking calm and composed, as if nothing had happened.

Jiang Ning looked at these people and said, "From now on, the Shadowless Sect will cease to exist."

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, the people were taken aback.

After saying that, Jiang Ning walked towards the gate.

The crowd instinctively made way for Jiang Ning, looking at him with great apprehension, but no one dared to make a move.

After Jiang Ning cleared the way for the main hall, several people rushed into the hall, their eyes widening in surprise the next second.

The sight of more than a dozen corpses lying haphazardly in the main hall shocked them, especially one of the corpses, which made several of them gasp in surprise.

"Master!"

Hearing the exclamations from the hall, the others rushed into the room and witnessed the scene, leaving them speechless with shock.

After a moment of silence.

"Our sect leader is dead, what are we going to do?"

One person raised a question.

"Who killed the sect leader?"

Another person raised a question, which was quickly met with shouts and curses from the others.

"Are you blind? Besides the person who just walked out, who else could it be?"

The person who was insulted didn't back down and insulted back.

"I'm blind, only your eyesight is good."

The room immediately erupted into a heated argument.

"Then shall we go find him and avenge the sect leader?"

At this moment, someone made a suggestion, but as soon as these words were spoken, the previous heated argument instantly fell silent, and no one spoke.

Just kidding, even the sect leader wouldn't last until they arrived before he collapsed, who would dare go?