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

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"The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: Becoming a Disciple of Yue Buqun" by: Thinking of a Name Gives Me a Headache

作品 简介

(No female lead, the protagonist is not a saint, ruthless, has a compassionate heart but uses thunderous methods.) The wealthy scions forcibly abduct women, and you, the government, do nothing? The evil cult poisons the people, and you, Wudang and Shaolin, do nothing? I will! The Huashan Sect will! Since righteousness is elusive in this world, then I will be the first ray of light to pierce the darkness. There's no need to wait for the sun; if there is no sun afterward, I will be the only light. With a compassionate heart, I will use thunderous methods.

Chapter 1: Mount Hua

Huashan.

It is known as the most dangerous mountain in the world.

"The Huashan Sect has been established for over two hundred years and enjoys a high reputation in the martial arts world. Our Huashan disciples have always upheld the mission of eliminating demons and upholding justice. Now that you have joined our Huashan Sect, you must practice diligently and not be lazy. Do not do anything wrong or cause trouble. If you break the sect's rules and tarnish the reputation of our Huashan Sect, I will not let you off lightly."

Huashan Martial Arts Training Ground.

Six or seven children stood in the spacious area, some as old as seven or eight, others as young as five or six. However, these children looked pale and thin, clearly people who often went hungry.

In front of them stood a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man had a handsome face, wore a wide black robe, had five wisps of beard on his cheeks, and possessed an extraordinary temperament. He held a folding fan in his hand, looking very dashing, and his brows exuded a sense of righteousness.

Those words just now came from his mouth.

Although this person had an extraordinary air about him, and his clothes were made of silk, they looked somewhat worn.

"Senior brother, these children are still young. How can they understand what you are saying?"

Just then, a gentle female voice rang out from the side; it belonged to a beautiful woman.

"Hehe, junior sister."

Upon hearing the woman speak, the middle-aged man turned his head and smiled.

"This is just a formality before they enter the sect. I don't expect them to understand it now, but I want them to know that my Huashan Sect is a prestigious and righteous sect, and we must adhere to the right path."

After saying this, the middle-aged man turned back to look at the children, his expression becoming serious again.

"Do you remember everything?"

The children on the field nodded blankly, their voices rising and falling.

"understood."

"I understand."

Hearing these different answers, the middle-aged man showed a helpless expression, but he didn't say anything.

At this moment, the beautiful woman beside her spoke up again.

"Let's perform the apprenticeship ceremony."

The children, who had been looking bewildered, immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the middle-aged man and the beautiful woman after hearing these words.

"Greetings, Master and Mistress."

Their voices were young but clear and synchronized, indicating that they had been taught before.

"Okay, get up."

After the children kowtowed three times, the middle-aged man gently raised his folding fan, signaling them to stand up. The children then stood up one after another and remained motionless.

"Moon Silver, Clever Lady".

The beautiful woman called out to someone not far away, and immediately two young women walked over. A group of people were watching from a distance where they were standing.

The group consisted of both men and women, all young, and each carried a sword. They had been watching silently from the sidelines while the middle-aged man was conducting the apprenticeship ceremony, but their faces were full of curiosity.

"Master."

"Master."

Two young women, summoned by the beautiful woman, came before her and bowed to both the middle-aged man and her.

"Ah."

The middle-aged man nodded slightly without saying anything. The beautiful woman instructed, "The apprenticeship ceremony is now complete. You two take the children to eat."

"Yes."

Yueyin and Qiaojun nodded in agreement, and then led the group of children to the cafeteria for lunch.

Upon hearing that they could eat, the children's faces lit up with hope, and they quietly followed the two people away.

"Senior brother, things are getting more and more chaotic outside."

After the children left, the beautiful woman looked sorrowful.

"I heard that there is a drought in the north, and there is a famine there. I haven't heard any news from the court about disaster relief. Many people have starved to death there, and the people can't survive. Many people have left there with their families."

The beautiful woman looked on with a look of pity.

"They just want to live; the people are suffering too much."

Upon hearing the beautiful woman's words, the middle-aged man remained expressionless, staring intently into the distance. His eyes were calm, making it impossible to discern his inner thoughts.

After a while, the middle-aged man seemed to come to his senses and shook his head at the beautiful woman, saying, "Junior sister, in this world, treacherous officials are in power, corrupt officials run rampant, and the people are suffering. Even if we want to change things, we are powerless. The people are suffering, and we are just trying to survive as well."

The beautiful woman remained silent.

Yes.

Their Huashan Sect is also in dire straits, and their current situation is hardly better than that of these ordinary people.

With internal sects facing severe funding shortages and external threats from the Songshan Sect and the Demonic Cult, it's no exaggeration to say their situation is extremely precarious.

Thinking of this, the beautiful woman couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man.

"Senior brother, we've brought back so many children on this trip, which will increase our expenses on the mountain. We don't have much money left."

A half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home. Seven or eight years old is the age when children are growing, not to mention that these children are all practicing martial arts, which is very physically demanding, so they need to eat even more.

The Huashan Sect was already struggling financially. Although they didn't have many disciples, they still had a fair number. These disciples were diligently cultivating and had no way to earn money. Their food, clothing, and daily necessities were all provided by the Huashan Sect, which put them under considerable financial pressure. The sect leader was a middle-aged man, and the burden of the Huashan Sect rested on his shoulders. If these newly joined children were added to the mix, the financial pressure would be even greater.

Their Huashan Sect has no production area; it relies entirely on middle-aged men to find ways to maintain the sect, so it's no wonder that the beautiful woman is described in this way.

"It doesn't matter."

The middle-aged man shook his head and smiled, "Junior sister, don't worry, I'll handle it. At worst, I'll go down the mountain in a few days to capture a few notorious bandits and wipe out a few bandit dens to exchange for reward money from the government."

The beautiful woman sighed upon hearing this.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Senior Brother. As the dignified leader of the Huashan Sect, known as the 'Gentleman Sword' Yue Buqun, you are renowned in the martial arts world. It's really a disservice to your reputation to lower yourself to capture bandits for a reward."

"hehe."

Yue Buqun laughed heartily, opened his folding fan and waved it a few times, saying, "A good reputation can't put food on the table. I am the head of the Huashan Sect, and I should be responsible for the masters of Chong'er, Shan'er, and Ning'er."

"Besides, these children are orphans. Their parents have starved to death. If I don't take care of them, they won't be able to survive. It's just adding a few more mouths to feed. We are powerless and weak in this world, but we can still do something."

"Besides, I'm going to capture a notorious thief and just collect the reward money on the side. This is also doing a service to the people and it doesn't tarnish my reputation as the Gentleman Sword."

Seeing Yue Buqun's calm smile and composed demeanor, Ning Zhongze felt reassured. After hearing Yue Buqun's words, she smiled and then asked curiously.

"By the way, we just returned to the mountain today. Why didn't we see Chong'er, Shan'er, and Ning'er when we came back?"

Upon hearing Ning Zhongze's words, Yue Buqun realized that he had not seen Linghu Chong and the others, so he looked at his disciples in the distance and called out.

“Great potential.”

Chapter 2: Yue Buqun

Upon hearing Yue Buqun's call, a young man among the disciples watching from a distance quickly ran over. The other disciples, seeing that the pre-entry ceremony was complete, all crowded around.

"Master, Master Wife."

Lu Dayou approached Yue Buqun and the other man and bowed.

"Ah."

Yue Buqun nodded and asked, "Where are Chong'er and Shan'er? Why haven't I seen them?"

Lu Dayou replied, "Master, my eldest brother went to Hanzhong a few days ago."

Yue Buqun frowned and remained silent.

Linghu Chong was an impatient person who couldn't sit still on the mountain and liked to run around. He was fine most of the time, but if he and Ning Zhongze were not on Mount Hua, Linghu Chong would definitely go down the mountain to play. This had become a habit, so he wasn't surprised. He just asked again.

"What about Shan'er?"

Upon hearing his master's question, Lu Dayou looked somewhat embarrassed and stammered, "Junior Sister... Junior Sister..."

He talked for a long time but couldn't get anything out.

The other disciples, such as Ying Bailuo and Shi Daizi, also looked troubled.

Yue Buqun frowned and demanded, "Tell me the truth!"

Lu Dayou was startled by the question and quickly replied, "Junior Sister went to Hanzhong with Senior Brother."

"Nonsense!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Yue Buqun angrily rebuked him, frightening Lu Dayou so much that he dared not raise his head.

Yue Buqun looked at the group of disciples and scolded them: "Lingshan is always mischievous. Before I left, I repeatedly told you not to let her go down the mountain and to urge her to concentrate on her cultivation. What did you do?"

"She's young and her martial arts skills aren't up to par yet. The world outside is in such chaos, and she has such a reckless nature. If she offends someone she shouldn't, being taught a lesson is a small matter, but losing her life is a big deal. And you're just letting her run wild!"

Ning Zhongze, standing to the side, also frowned and remained silent.

Although Yue Buqun usually appeared as a scholar with a kind face, he was extremely imposing when he got angry. The disciples were so frightened that they all knelt down. One of them, an elderly man with gray hair, spoke up.

“Master, Junior Sister and Senior Brother have been childhood sweethearts. This time when Senior Brother came down the mountain, Junior Sister insisted on going with him. Senior Brother couldn’t persuade her otherwise, saying that since Junior Sister wanted to go, it would be good for her to go out and have some fun. Staying on the mountain all the time might make her sick. He said he would take good care of Junior Sister and that we didn’t need to worry. We really couldn’t stop her.”

Laudenau knelt on the ground and said tremblingly.

After hearing his words, Yue Buqun did not respond. Only a barely perceptible trace of disgust and murderous intent flashed in his eyes as he looked at him, but it disappeared immediately.

Looking at the disciples kneeling on the ground, Yue Buqun frowned deeply and remained silent.

In the end, it was Ning Zhongze who spoke up to help them out.

"Okay, everyone get up."

Upon hearing Ning Zhongze speak, disciples such as Lu Dayou and Gao Genming breathed a sigh of relief and stood up one after another.

With the master's wife speaking up, at least the master won't punish them anymore.

Ning Zhongze said, "Since Shan'er and Chong'er are together, and Chong'er is taking care of them, there shouldn't be any problems. Let's just consider it as going out to gain some experience."

"Humph!"

With his wife trying to smooth things over, Yue Buqun couldn't be too harsh on them anymore. He then turned to Lu Dayou and asked, "Where's Ning'er? I haven't seen him either. Did he go to Hanzhong with Shan'er and the others?"

Lu Dayou carefully replied, "Reporting to Master, Junior Brother Jiang Ning did not go with the senior brothers; he went down the mountain seven days ago."

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun frowned: "What is he doing down the mountain?"

As he asked the questions, a surge of anger rose within Yue Buqun.

Before leaving Mount Hua, he repeatedly told them not to go down the mountain unless necessary, and to focus on their cultivation on the mountain.

On the one hand, although Mount Hua is now one of the Five Sacred Mountains Sword Sects, ordinary villains dare not make a move against it. However, Yue Buqun is afraid that while he is away from Mount Hua, Zuo Lengchan of the Songshan Sect and the Sun Moon Church might secretly send people to harm his disciples.

On the other hand, apart from Linghu Chong and Jiang Ning, the martial arts skills of the other disciples of the Huashan Sect are terrible. Yue Buqun also urged them to work hard to improve their skills so as not to tarnish the reputation of the Huashan Sect.

It was one thing for Linghu Chong to be disobedient, but he was prepared for it. His daughter Yue Lingshan also came down the mountain with Linghu Chong, which surprised him, but it was also reasonable.

But to his surprise, even Jiang Ning, the most obedient of all the disciples, disobeyed his orders.

It seems you've all started to let loose while I was away.

Yue Buqun was furious, but he didn't show it on his face. However, his imposing manner grew stronger and stronger.

The other disciples were fine, but Lu Dayou, who was alone under his master's death stare, was in great agony. He quickly said, "Master, half a month ago, Master Wang from Yunmeng County passed away. His eldest son, Wang Yuan, went to Mount Hua to ask for help seven days ago, so Junior Brother Jiang Ning went there."

Yue Buqun frowned and said, "What happened? Tell me in detail."

"Yes."

Lu Dayou breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Wang Yuan said that shortly after his father passed away, before he could be buried, his family steward took the opportunity to gather a group of martial arts practitioners to seize his property and drive him, his wife, and his children out of the house. Wang Yuan was disabled and had only one daughter, so he was powerless to resist and went up the mountain to ask for help."