Chapter 33: The Ghost Is Still There (Please Read~Please Collect~)

Zhang Anyuan racked his brains to befriend Shi Potian, the next leader of the Huashan Sect.

However, Shi Potian could only understand the last one, and he could fulfill his promise to Brother Chang.

As for the other two points, especially the second one, how much effort would it take to get the court to agree to allow the people to build a temple and shrine for Li Niang and accept incense offerings?

He has no idea at all.

But Yue Buqun knew very well.

He knew it was a big favor, but he didn’t stop it.

Friendships are formed through human interactions.

Zhang Anyuan wants to befriend Shi Potian, Huashan Sect, and the Five Mountains Sword Sect behind the Huashan Sect. He also hopes that Shi Potian can befriend Zhang Anyuan and his tea gang.

This kind of friendship is not enough to be loyal and supportive, but it is enough to avoid being kicked when you are down, and occasionally it can add icing on the cake.

That’s enough.

Yue Buqun said: “Chong’er, why don’t you thank your Uncle Zhang! He has put a lot of effort into this for you!”

“Thank you, Uncle Zhang.” Shi Potian immediately stepped forward to express his gratitude.

“No, no! It’s all a small matter!” Zhang Anyuan said modestly with satisfaction.

What he wanted was for the other person to understand how much effort he had put in.

This friendship has been initially established.

Afterwards, the group came to Brother Chang’s house.

Li Niang’s body had been placed by Brother Chang in a fine coffin sent by Zhang Anyuan.

Other funeral supplies, such as incense tables, candles, white cloth, paper money, offerings… are also all there and arranged clearly!
Even someone like Shi Potian, who was not worldly-wise, knew that Zhang Anyuan had put a lot of thought into this solemn scene and silently gave the other party a good guy card.

“Tian Boguang! I’m going to kill you!”

When Brother Chang saw Tian Boguang, his eyes were wide open with rage. He rushed up and started punching and kicking him, wishing he could eat Tian Boguang alive. But he was quickly stopped and persuaded by Zhang Anyuan.

Because Zhang Anyuan told him that killing Tian Boguang in this way would be too easy for him.

He planned to cut the tendons of Tian Boguang’s hands and feet, cut off the source of Tian Boguang’s sin, send Tian Boguang to the brothel to let him taste the feeling of being forced, and parade Tian Boguang through the streets to expose him to public criticism, so that he would be pointed at by thousands of people and his infamy would be passed down forever.

The reason why Zhang Anyuan was so attentive was not only because Tian Boguang had offended him and had made friends with Shi Potian.

There are two more reasons.

First, Tian Boguang was extremely bold and unscrupulous. He would not let go of anyone he took a fancy to, regardless of their age, family background, or whether they were married.

Among them were daughters of wealthy families, daughters of officials, women from martial arts families, and female disciples from many sects…

The tea gang makes a living by selling tea, and these connections are of great use to them.

The second reason was for Tian Boguang’s swordsmanship and lightness skills.

Gangs are not like martial arts schools that have complete and inherited skills. Most of them are put together bit by bit, with bits and pieces of skills here and there.

Tian Boguang’s swordsmanship and lightness skills are priceless to them, and there will be no aftereffects if they rob him.

Yue Buqun is very familiar with these intricacies.

However, he was too embarrassed to get involved in such things, and secondly, when the Tea Gang was trying to earn favors, Shi Potian, who was the first hero in capturing Tian Boguang, would gain more favors and fame, so he pretended not to know.

After resolving these issues, Yue Buqun and his four companions set off again for Hengshan City.

Only this time, Shi Potian had a puppy in his arms.

Yue Buqun also learned from Lin Pingzhi that Shi Potian used Zixia magic to heal the dog and strengthened his five senses and six consciousnesses to use smell to find Tian Boguang’s trace.

While feeling speechless and helpless, he also keenly realized that such behavior was in line with the Buddhist Zen spirit of equality of all beings, and he felt more and more that Shi Potian might be the reincarnation of an arhat.

Yue Buqun did not rashly correct Shi Potian, but he became a little more wary of Buddhism.

The good disciple he raised with great effort must be the inheritor of the Huashan Sect and must not be abducted by Buddhism!

Yue Lingshan did ask Shi Potian about Qu Feiyan, but Shi Potian only knew Qu Feiyan’s name and knew nothing else.

On the other side, after Qu Feiyan and Shi Potian separated, they crossed two alleys and came to another busier street. They bought various snacks and ate while strolling for about half an hour.

Only after she was sure that no one was following her did she sneak to the locked back door of a house and jump in.

This house had obviously been abandoned for a long time, and the yard was overgrown with weeds that were more than half a person tall.

Only the door of a room in the northwest corner was relatively clean, with signs that someone had lived there.

Qu Feiyan pushed the door and walked in. She thought the room would be empty like before, but suddenly she found a familiar figure sitting cross-legged on the bed.

“Grandpa! You’re back!”

Qu Feiyan was overjoyed, rushed forward, and asked, “Have all the pursuers been dealt with?”

Qu Yang sighed: “The previous ones have been dealt with, but there are more new ones. When I was entering the city, I saw Xue Wei and his men. This place is no longer safe.”

Qu Feiyan frowned and couldn’t help asking, “Grandpa, didn’t you say that the people Ren Yingying sent to recruit you were killed by you and Grandpa Liu before they could pass on the message? No one knew they died in your hands. But why is it that after so long, Ren Yingying is still chasing us?”

Qu Yang smiled bitterly and said, “I don’t know either.”

He himself was also confused.

Ever since the former leader of the Holy Church, Ren Woxing, died suddenly of illness and Dongfang Bubai took over the position of leader, the Holy Church has been subtly divided into two major factions.

One faction is composed of old ministers from the previous dynasty, with the former leader’s daughter, Saint Lady Ren Yingying, as its core.

One faction is the new and upstarts promoted by Dongfang Bubai after he took office.

At the beginning, the two factions were able to maintain superficial peace, but they kept fighting in secret.

However, as Dongfang Bubai promoted Yang Lianting to be the chief steward, he relied on Dongfang Bubai’s trust and began to eliminate dissidents on a large scale. The conflict between the two factions intensified and finally several fights broke out.

His son and daughter-in-law died in one of the fights.

The enemy who killed them did not live for a few days and died in another gunfight.

He was unwilling to get involved in the struggle between the two factions, and after learning about this, he became even more disheartened. He chose to leave Heimu Cliff and travel around the world with his granddaughter.

During this period, he happened to meet Liu Zhengfeng, who was hiding his identity and searching for inspiration in the gaming world.

The two did not know each other’s identities at first. They only interacted with each other through music and quickly became close friends.

Until later, the Saint Lady’s people suddenly came to recruit him, and Liu Zhengfeng happened to meet them.

The two sides fought fiercely.

He chose to stand on Liu Zhengfeng’s side and joined forces with Liu Zhengfeng to kill all of Saint Aunt’s men.

After learning his true identity, Liu Zhengfeng chose to believe him and believed in his solemn oath to “never harm the chivalrous people.”

After this incident, their relationship took a step further.

In the following years, he settled in Hengshan City with Qu Feiyan, frequently visited Liu’s house, exchanged music with Liu Zhengfeng, and jointly created “Swordsman”.

Time flies and it’s already one year ago.

The song “Swordsman” has been completed.

Liu Zhengfeng gradually woke up from his obsession with music creation. He felt so sorry for his master’s cultivation and his fellow men in the world. He was uneasy day and night and finally decided to retire from the world.

He discovered that the Saint’s people had been secretly searching for his whereabouts and had even appeared in Hengshan City.

In order not to expose his relationship with Liu Zhengfeng and bring trouble to Liu Zhengfeng, he brought Qu Feiyan to Chaling to settle down, set a trap, and killed all those people.

He never thought that when he came back from killing people, he found that the Saint’s men had also appeared in Chaling City!

Qu Yang really didn’t understand why they were still staring at him since he hadn’t been involved in the affairs of the Divine Religion for many years?

But he only had one choice.

Qu Yang’s eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he said, “Fei Fei, I will send you to your grandfather Liu’s house first. I will come to find you after I have completely resolved these problems.”

(End of this chapter)