“Those who stick to swordsmanship and don’t know how to adapt will not go very far in the martial arts.”

In the past, Yue Buqun was always very strict when teaching his disciples swordsmanship, requiring them to practice exactly the same way, without any difference. However, now he said this, which shows how much those broken moves in the stone cave had changed his mind.

Perhaps it was this change that brought about a qualitative change in his swordsmanship skills.

Yue Buqun thought for a moment and said, “In fact, our Huashan Sect originally did not have the distinction between the sword and qi sects. It’s just that the elders of our sect went astray in their training, practicing sword techniques blindly and ignoring the internal skills. They didn’t know that the internal skills are the foundation. If you ignore the internal skills and only practice sword techniques, no matter how exquisite the sword techniques are, you will not be able to break through the upper limit. But they were obsessed with it and even formed their own sect, calling themselves the Huashan Sword Sect, and calling our sect’s authentic internal skills the Qi Sect. That’s why there was a dispute between sword and qi.”

“So you must remember not to follow their old path again.”

Jiang Ning nodded.

“Master, don’t worry.”

Only then did Yue Buqun take Ning Zhongze away.

After everyone left, Jiang Ning tidied up the classroom before leaving.

Not long after he returned to his room and was about to take his sword outside to practice swordplay, a Huashan disciple ran over.

“Junior brother, Wang Yuan is here to see you again. He is in Zhengqi Hall now.”

This was Wang Yuan’s first time to go to Mount Hua in the few days since he came back from Jiangning.

“Okay, I understand. Thank you, brother.”

Jiang Ning nodded to the disciple, put down the sword in his hand and walked out of the house. When he arrived at Zhengqi Hall, he found three people waiting in the living room, one man and two women. One of the man and woman was a little older, in his thirties or forties, and the other woman was about fourteen or fifteen years old.

At this time, the middle-aged man saw Jiang Ning walking towards the lobby from afar, his face suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly walked out of the lobby and limped towards Jiang Ning.

“Benefactor!”

Before he even stepped forward, the middle-aged man knelt down in front of Jiang Ning and kowtowed continuously.

“I haven’t seen you for a year, and I haven’t been able to thank you yet. I hope you won’t blame me.”

The woman and the girl also came behind the middle-aged man and knelt down in front of Jiang Ning, calling him benefactor.

Jiang Ning stepped forward, grabbed his arm and pulled him up.

“You don’t have to kneel to me. Helping the weak and fighting the strong is the purpose of our Huashan Sect. You don’t have to thank me.”

After pulling him up, Jiang Ning said, “I heard from Master that you came to the mountain many times to look for me during the year I was traveling down the mountain. Why do you worry about me so much?”

After not seeing each other for a year, when Wang Yuan saw Jiang Ning again, he still cried bitterly and his voice was choked with sobs.

“My property was taken away, my wife and daughter were kidnapped, the county magistrate and the housekeeper colluded to swallow my property, and no one helped me. If it weren’t for you, my family would have been destroyed and I would have become a pile of bones in the wilderness. How can I not miss your great kindness?”

His wife and daughter behind him were also crying. It was obvious that they were still frightened by the dramatic changes that had happened in their family a year ago.

Jiang Ning shook his head and said nothing more. Instead, he asked, “I heard that you moved to Huayin County? Is your life going well? Has anyone bullied you?”

Chapter 68: The Future Development of Huashan Sect

“No no.”

After venting his emotions just now, Wang Yuan’s depressed mood improved a lot. After hearing Jiang Ning’s question, he quickly replied.

“I don’t know what happened to the county magistrate after my benefactor left. He died suddenly of illness five days later. I was afraid that I would be bullied again in Yunmeng County, so I moved here with my wife and children. Although we just moved here, the people here are still very nice.”

Jiang Ning nodded.

“My benefactor, I heard that last year when you were in Xiangyang Prefecture, you did a great thing and saved many poor people. They followed the Huashan Sect to Huashan and built a new village at the foot of the mountain.”

Wang Yuan said at this time.

A new village was built not far from the foot of Mount Hua. With so many people coming and reclaiming the land on a large scale, it could definitely not be concealed. Fortunately, others only knew that these people were rescued by the Huashan Sect and did not know the specific circumstances.

Jiang Ning nodded.

“Yes, Not Bad.”

Wang Yuan added: “I have been to that village and found that the geology there is not good. Although the vegetation is lush, it is difficult to get a harvest if used for farming.”

Jiang Ning looked at him.

“Do you have any idea?”

Wang Yuan said carefully, “What I mean is that we should open a farm there. There are abundant plants and trees there, and I have a lot of money. I can form a partnership with the local people to raise some poultry and donkeys there. Then we can sell them in nearby towns and big cities.”

“Just discuss it with the people there. As long as they agree, it will be fine.”

Jiangning Road.

Wang Yuan quickly said, “I have discussed this with them, and they all agree.”

Jiang Ning laughed: “Since they have agreed, just do it. Why bother asking me again?”

Wang Yuan looked at Jiang Ning and said nervously, “Yes, my idea is that we will open a breeding farm there. We would like to give some poultry to Huashan Sect every month as an offering to express our gratitude and to thank Huashan Sect for protecting us.”

“I mentioned this matter to Mr. Yue before, but he didn’t agree. Later, we asked him several times, and he told us to ask our benefactor. As long as he agrees, it will be fine.”

“It’s just that the benefactor has been traveling abroad and has not returned, so we have been waiting until now.”

Wang Yuan added: “You saved us from the depths of the sea and didn’t ask for anything in return. But if a person doesn’t know how to repay a favor, he is no different from an animal. I hope you can agree. This is our wish. If you don’t agree, even if I, Wang Yuan, live on in this world, how can I face my ancestors in the afterlife?”

Jiang Ning frowned and said nothing when he heard this.

Wang Yuan and his wife and daughter looked at Jiang Ning nervously.

The development of a sect requires management, but the Huashan Sect has no industry of its own and is entirely supported by Yue Buqun alone. The sect is in poverty and destitute, and the development of such a sect is abnormal. As long as Yue Buqun dies or something unexpected happens, the Huashan Sect will immediately scatter.

Jiang Ning had long wanted to change the Huashan Sect’s current deformed development model, but he had neither the time nor the energy to do so, nor did he have any idea how to do it.

Nowadays, the business model of the sects in the martial arts world basically all has their own industries, such as the Taishan Sect, the Hengshan Sect and the Shaolin Sect. The disciples of these sects all have a large amount of land, especially the Shaolin Sect.

Shaolin is a Buddhist sect, so the fields are certainly not all managed by their own people. Instead, they rent them out to nearby residents. They collect rent, which in itself is a large sum of money, and they don’t pay taxes.

Apart from this, they also have a considerable income from donations from pilgrims, so they don’t have to worry about their livelihood at all.

In addition, they also have lay disciples who, after returning to secular life and establishing a family business, will also provide them with offerings, which also represents a sum of money.

Not to mention the Songshan School, which is similar to the Shaolin Temple, but with Zuo Lengchan’s methods, he might have done some things to make money in private.

As for the evil cults and those evil heretics, there is no need to mention them.

The righteous have fields and land, the evil can rob and seize, and they all have their own ways of making money, but the Huashan Sect is the most embarrassed.

The Huashan Sect had no land, no industry, and too few disciples, all of which restricted its development.

If Yue Buqun really lowered his face to do things like murder, arson and robbery in private, things would not be like this now.

I don’t know if Yue Buqun is a true gentleman and is unwilling to do it, or if the reputation of the Gentleman Sword limits his bottom line.

In short, the Huashan Sect has become what it is today.

Jiang Ning was originally considering how the Huashan Sect should develop in the future, but he had no idea.

The best way is to adopt the development model of Shaolin and Hengshan. Huashan can purchase industrial land, but if Huashan has the money to do so, Jiangning won’t have to consider this.

He could also say as he did on the Internet in his previous life, that the original capital accumulation is bloody, and as long as he is willing to do it, he can quickly accumulate a lot of money, but if he does this, then what is the point of his persistence?

Even if he saved more people later and more people thanked him and the Huashan Sect, weren’t his hands dirty?

In a sense, he and Yue Buqun are the same type of people. Yue Buqun may be a hypocrite, who has been burdened with the title of Gentleman Sword all his life. He is bound by his own heart.

That heart called conscience.

But he enjoyed it very much.

Wang Yuan’s proposal at this time reminded Jiang Ning.

Since the development model of other sects in the martial arts world is not suitable for the Huashan Sect, he might as well change his thinking.

Since Wang Yuan and the others want to offer tributes to the Huashan Sect, then just accept it. It’s just like the sects in the novels about cultivating immortals. The sects give shelter to mortals, and the mortals offer tributes to the sects, and each gets what they need.

The world is in chaos. Although there are dynasties, they cannot provide them with shelter. In this case, the Huashan Sect saves them, shelters them, and creates a place for them to settle down, and they offer tributes to the Huashan Sect.

In this way, the Huashan Sect will no longer have to rely on Yue Buqun alone for support.

Although Jiang Ning wanted to protect justice, he also knew that it was unrealistic to rely solely on passion to generate power for love, and the hero also had to eat.

There is a price to pay for defending justice.

Chapter 69: Contract

Chapter 69: Contract

Now that he had thought clearly about the development of the sect, Jiang Ning no longer hesitated. After asking Wang Yuan to wait in the lobby, he went directly to find Yue Buqun to discuss the matter with him.

……

“What? Offering?”

Yue Buqun looked stunned, and Ning Zhongze also looked surprised.

They had never heard of this mode of offering.

After Jiang Ning’s detailed explanation, Ning Zhongze’s eyes lit up and he felt that this model was feasible. Although Yue Buqun was somewhat tempted after listening, he was still a little hesitant.

After a while.

Yue Buqun said, “Ning’er, if our Huashan Sect did this, how would other righteous sects view our Huashan Sect?”

Jiang Ning couldn’t help laughing after hearing this. He didn’t tell Yue Buqun about the development model of other sects, but said: “Master, why bother about other people’s opinions? We protect the righteous path for the sake of the people. We protect them and give them a place to live. They worship us, what’s wrong with that?”

“If we care so much about their opinions, then are we protecting the righteous path for the opinions of others, or for the people?”

After hearing Jiang Ning’s last words, Yue Buqun’s expression changed slightly. He thought of what Jiang Ning said to his fellow apprentices in class this morning.

After a while.

“Hahaha.”

Yue Buqun burst into laughter, stood up and looked at Jiang Ning, saying: “Ning’er is right, as long as I have a clear conscience, why should I care about what others think? Your teacher has lived for decades, but he doesn’t understand as well as you do.”

Hearing Yue Buqun’s words, Jiang Ning knew that he had agreed.

Yue Buqun stroked his beard and said, “Since they want to serve Huashan Sect, then we will allow them to do so. Go and tell Wang Yuan to ask them to select a few representatives from the people living at the foot of the mountain to go up the mountain in three days. Huashan Sect will formally sign a contract with them in three days.”

Now that they have agreed, they must make it official to let them know that the Huashan Sect will not accept their offerings casually.

“Yes.”

Jiang Ning nodded and left, returning to Zhengqi Hall. At this time, Wang Yuan and his wife and daughter were still waiting for him.