Seeing Jiang Ning coming back, Wang Yuan was interrupted by Jiang Ning before he could say anything.

“My Huashan Sect saves the world and saves people, exorcises demons and defends the Way. Since we have saved you, we will protect you. You want to offer sacrifices, and my Huashan Sect agrees. After you go down the mountain today, talk to the villagers and come back to my Huashan in three days to make this agreement with my Huashan Sect. Is that ok?”

Wang Yuan was so excited when he heard this that he fell to the ground with all four limbs and said loudly:

“Can!!!”

……

Three days later.

In the open space in front of Zhengqi Hall.

A group of people stood in the open space. In addition to the Huashan disciples, there were many people who migrated from Xiangyang to build the village. Most of them were women. They were all women rescued by Jiangning and Huashan Sect in Xiangyang.

A desk was placed in front of them. Yue Buqun stood behind the desk, and the Huashan disciples and the people stood behind him.

At this time, Yue Buqun’s expression was somewhat helpless.

Originally, he meant to let these people just choose a few representatives to come up, but who knew that after Jiang Ning talked to them three days ago, they were so enthusiastic that many of them wanted to go up the mountain in person, and almost the entire village was mobilized. If Jiang Ning hadn’t repeatedly instructed that only a few people were needed to go up the mountain as representatives, I’m afraid there wouldn’t be enough room here.

But even so, most of the people in the village still came.

Most of these people were former prostitutes. Unlike the numbness on their faces before, they were now full of hope for the future.

Some of them had hidden illnesses due to long-term oppression, and some had already contracted internal diseases. They thought that their future lives would be bleak, but Huashan Sect not only rescued them, but was also willing to take them to start a new life. Moreover, according to their physical conditions, Huashan Sect spent a lot of money to invite a group of famous doctors from Xi’an Prefecture to treat them and regulate their bodies. Even the money for medicine and supplements was paid by Huashan Sect, and they did not have to pay for it themselves.

Of course, the Huashan Sect itself had no money to treat their illnesses. All that money was copied from the Iron Palm Sect, and they knew it themselves.

But it was this that made them even more moved and burst into tears of gratitude towards the Huashan Sect.

What the Huashan Sect did made them realize that this world is not only dark, but also has the sun, and now they are under the sunshine.

Jiang Ning stood on the periphery and looked at these people, and found a few familiar faces among them.

The woman named Shuyun, her husband, and the girl who asked him for help in getting back the money owed to her.

Seeing Jiang Ning looking at her, the girl waved at him and laughed.

Jiang Ning couldn’t help but laugh.

“The ancestors of the Huashan Sect are above you.”

Yue Buqun held three incense sticks in his hands and said respectfully to the tablet on the table:

“Disciple Yue Buqun leads Huashan Sect to make this agreement with Huaming Village today. As long as Huashan Sect exists, it will protect the people of Huaming Village, and Huaming Village will worship Huashan Sect. If Huashan Sect can no longer protect the people of Huaming Village, or if the people of Huaming Village are unwilling to worship Huashan Sect, then this agreement will be invalid. If Huashan Sect violates the agreement, they will be killed by both heaven and earth!”

After saying this, Yue Buqun held three incense sticks and bowed repeatedly. The people behind him were delighted to hear his words.

After the ceremony was completed, Yue Buqun stood up and looked at the people. Facing their excited expressions, Yue Buqun paused and said, “Today you have signed this agreement with Huashan Sect. Huashan Sect will protect you from being bullied in the future. However, you must be diligent and do your duty in the future, and you must not bully others, otherwise Huashan Sect will no longer protect you.”

“Please rest assured, Immortal, we know it.”

“We won’t bully others.”

This group of people were talking to each other.

Yue Buqun didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he heard the word “immortal”, and quickly corrected him: “Don’t call me that, I’m not an immortal.”

This group of people didn’t know how to call Yue Buqun. They just saw that he looked like a fairy. His every move was like that of a fairy and he did things just like a fairy. They were willing to save them and protect them, so they called him that.

“Okay, Immortal.”

“We understand, Immortal.”

Yue Buqun’s expression seemed a little helpless, but at the moment he was in a very happy mood.

The Huashan Sect is about to flourish.

Jiang Ning smiled and said nothing at the edge.

The Huashan disciples were also very happy, and today seemed as lively as the Chinese New Year.

Only a few people looked sad.

“Junior brother, do you think we will be in trouble?”

At this time, a voice came from the side. Jiang Ning looked back and saw that Du Lanyin had come to his side without him knowing when.

Jiang Ning heard this and asked, “Why did you say that, Senior Sister?”

Du Lanyin looked a little worried.

“If the government knew what was going on here, would they come and cause trouble for us?”

Even though the Huashan Sect has only made an agreement with Huaming Village, and there are only a few people in Huaming Village, their actions have already been regarded as a provocation to the authority of the government.

This would be intolerable for a normal dynasty. Even though people in the martial arts world looked down on the court, it was still a dynasty after all.

Jiang Ning laughed when he heard this: “Senior Sister, don’t worry too much.”

During this year of traveling, Jiang Ning gradually got to know the current dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty in “Swordsman” is not the Ming Dynasty in history. The Ming Dynasty in this world has too weak control over the world. The current court is full of rampant buying and selling of official positions. Jiang Ning once saw a wealthy businessman spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to get a fourth-rank official position from the government, and the procedures were complete.

If the government really had control over this area, then he would have massacred an official’s mansion in Xi’an Prefecture, caused such a big incident in Xiangyang Prefecture, and later wiped out 18 unscrupulous businessmen in Shanxi. The court would have already started to hunt him down.

However, apart from the initial issuance of several bounty warrants by the Xi’an government, there was no further action, and the bounty warrant did not even mention Jiang Ning’s appearance.

Jiang Ning later heard from Yue Buqun about what happened in Xiangyang Prefecture. The Xiangyang government had looked for Yue Buqun, but they did not go to call him to task but to express their gratitude for getting rid of a scourge for Xiangyang City.

The Huashan Sect made such a big move in Xiangyang City, but the government not only did not blame them, but also came to express gratitude. The reason behind this is puzzling.

As Yue Buqun recalled, the official who came was a close confidant of the Xiangyang prefect. When talking to Yue Buqun, he kept asking questions intentionally or unintentionally, asking whether the Huashan Sect had any discoveries in Tie Zhangmen’s mansion, and finally asked whether the Huashan Sect had any intention of settling in Xiangyang.

Yue Buqun knew that there was a special letter among the ones Jiangning had sent him regarding the prefect of Xiangyang, which contained his leverage.

The position of Xiangyang prefect was also bought through bribery, but Hu Anyu used it as a handle to threaten him. This also explains why Hu Anyu said that the prefect sent him tribute tea.

With the handle in someone else’s hands, the prefect of Xiangyang wanted Hu Anyu dead all the time. When he learned that Huashan Sect and Tie Zhangmen had a conflict, the prefect of Xiangyang did nothing except sending a few officials to check out the situation. He planned to wait and see how it would end. After it was over, the prefect of Xiangyang sent people to Huashan Sect to try to extract some information. Later, he also sent people to search Tie Zhangmen, but by that time Jiang Ning and his group had already left, and they found nothing.

Yue Buqun naturally pretended to know nothing. He then collected the letter containing evidence against the prefect of Xiangyang, and picked out some people related to the Demon Cult and handed them over to the government.

After learning that the Huashan Sect had no evidence against him, the prefect of Xiangyang finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still had a headache when he saw these letters.

He also didn’t expect that Hu Anyu was actually colluding with the Sun and Moon Sect.

The Sun and Moon Sect not only stirs up trouble in the martial arts world, carrying out assassinations and robberies everywhere, but is also a cancer to the government.

After discussions, the Xiangyang government announced that the Huashan Sect’s actions were a joint action between the government and the Huashan Sect. They had already grasped the criminal facts of the Iron Palm Sect, and that night was an operation to cleanse the Xiangyang City of evil forces.

In addition to this, the Xiangyang government also stated that it would return the illegal assets that the Iron Palm Sect had plundered over the years to the victims after investigation.

With the cooperation of the government, the silver and land deeds in Yue Buqun’s hands were soon checked, and all the properties that were seized by trickery were returned to the victims. In the end, there was still a lot of silver left. The government also paid a large sum of money to thank the Huashan Sect. Yue Buqun did not hesitate, and the operation in Xiangyang City came to an end.

Hearing Jiang Ning say this, Du Lanyin finally relaxed and had a little smile on her face. She looked at the lively scene and said with a smile: “Junior sister likes lively occasions the most. If she were here now, she would definitely be very happy.”

The little junior sister she mentioned was Yue Lingshan. When Yue Buqun asked Lao Denuo to go to Fujian, Yue Lingshan found out and clamored to go with him to play. Yue Buqun also needed someone to watch over Lao Denuo along the way, fearing that he would do something he didn’t know about, so he agreed. Now they haven’t returned yet.

Jiang Ning smiled without saying anything.

……

A month passed by in a hurry.

The Hengshan Sect’s Liu Zhengfeng’s retirement ceremony will officially begin in mid-June. It is already May 24th, and Yue Buqun has to leave as soon as possible. If he doesn’t leave now, he might miss the banquet.

Yue Buqun did not bring all his disciples with him this time. After all, he had to leave someone to look after Mount Hua and the disciples at the foot of the mountain. So Yue Buqun only brought a few disciples including Jiang Ning, Linghu Chong, Liang Fa, Lu Dayou, and Ying Bailuo.

After all, they were just going to a banquet, not to fight, so there was no need to bring too many people.

Moreover, Liu Zhengfeng suddenly wanted to retire, and no one knew what his situation was. There was no need to mobilize the entire Huashan Sect for just him. Liu Zhengfeng was not bold enough to do that. He could just bring a few disciples with him to show his respect and save face.

“Huh? Where’s the senior brother?”

Lu Dayou looked around curiously, looking around.

“Chong’er passed away a few days ago.”

Yue Buqun said calmly.

During this period of time, Linghu Chong did start to work hard again. Without Yue Buqun’s punishment, he ran to the Cliff of Regret and faced the wall on his own initiative, then devoted himself to practicing martial arts. Until a few days ago, Linghu Chong found him and said that he wanted to go down the mountain alone to gain some experience, and they would then meet up at Hengshan. Yue Buqun thought about it and let him go.

“You don’t have to follow me this time. Just stay at Huashan and don’t run around. Otherwise, if you are caught and made into donkey meat BBQ, I won’t be able to save you. I will have to eat two big bowls of it with tears in my eyes.”

Jiang Ning stroked Maodou’s head and spoke softly to it.

Maodou rolled his eyes at him. If Jiang Ning hadn’t held his head tightly to prevent him from turning around, he would have really wanted to kick Jiang Ning.

“hehe.”

Du Lanyin covered her mouth and laughed secretly. She found that Jiang Ning only showed his funny side when he was talking to Maodou.

Du Lanyin said to Jiang Ning: “Don’t worry, little brother, I will take good care of Maodou.”

Jiang Ning nodded: “Then I’ll trouble you, Senior Sister.”

“Okay, it’s time for us to get going. The carriage is waiting for us at the foot of the mountain.”

Yue Buqun said at this time.

Hearing Yue Buqun speak, Jiang Ning let go of Maodou’s head, patted its head as a farewell, and Maodou turned around and ran away.

Jiang Ning couldn’t help shaking his head as he watched Maodou disappear in a flash, then turned around and followed Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze down the mountain.

“Ning’er, how much have you learned about my Huashan swordsmanship in the past month?”

On the way, Yue Buqun asked Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning said: “I have learned almost everything.”

In the past month, in addition to practicing Xiantian Gong, he has been practicing swordsmanship. So far, he has learned them all. However, some swordsmanship is more delicate and requires a high level of internal strength. It is always a bit stiff and inconsistent when used. But he has gradually become proficient in it. Give him some more time and he will be able to integrate these swordsmanship into his own fighting style.

“Ah.”

Yue Buqun could not help but nod. He was confident in Jiang Ning, but he still reminded him: “If some sword techniques are too difficult, don’t force yourself. Take it step by step and don’t be impatient.”

“The disciple understands.”

Jiang Ning nodded.

Chapter 70: Hengshan City

Chapter 70: Hengshan City

Hengshan.