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

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"My only enemies are evil and crooked paths."

The elder was speechless, overwhelmed by Jiang Ning's gaze.

"Don't deceive people too much!"

The elder who had previously been so arrogant, demanding that Jiang Ning surrender, couldn't help but point at Jiang Ning with a mixture of shock and anger.

Jiang Ning glanced at him, placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and said slowly, "Don't point your finger at me, or I'll think you're provoking me."

Zheng!

With a flash of sword light, the elder's arm was severed at the wrist, and blood spurted from the cut.

"what!!"

The elder screamed in agony, and the other Beggar Clan elders looked at Jiang Ning with fear in their eyes.

They didn't see how Jiang Ning made his move. In their eyes, Jiang Ning didn't move at all; he simply placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and then a flash of sword light appeared, leading to the scene we see now.

Such terrifying strength made the elders realize that the gap between them and Jiang Ning was enormous, and that even if they all attacked together, they would probably not be a match for Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning ignored the screaming elder, glanced at everyone, and said, "I'm not killing you today so you can go back and tell Jie Feng that you won't let this go, and neither will I."

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, the room fell silent, including the elder whose wrist had been broken.

At this moment, everyone was speechless.

After Jiang Ning finished speaking, he turned and left.

The elders inside the room looked at each other in bewilderment.

……

By the time Jiang Ning returned to the foot of Mount Hua, it was already dark.

"Senior brother, you're finally back."

Lin Ping stepped forward and said.

"Ah."

Jiang Ning dismounted and asked, "Has anything happened?"

Lin Pingzhi quickly shook his head: "No."

Jiang Ning nodded, but hadn't said anything yet.

"Please, please let me go. I'll never come back again."

At this moment, a beggar ran up to Ying Bailuo, knelt down, and begged for mercy.

After several days of relentless torment, one of the beggars finally couldn't take it anymore and begged for mercy.

After this beggar started, other beggars crawled up to them and begged for mercy.

They were so hungry they could barely walk.

"We will never dare to do it again, we will never dare to do it again."

"Please let us go, we beg you heroes."

In just a few days, the beggars' attitudes changed drastically, and the Huashan disciples who were monitoring them finally vented their anger and felt extremely relieved.

"Humph!"

Ying Bailu snorted coldly: "If you knew this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

"Please let us go, please let us go."

"We know we were wrong, and we will never do it again."

The beggars kept begging for mercy.

"Wait."

Ying Bailu said something and then came to Jiang Ning.

"Junior brother, they already know they were wrong, so perhaps we should..."

Before Ying Bailuo could finish speaking, Jiang Ning said, "No need to pay attention to him."

Ying Bailu was taken aback.

"They've already begged for mercy, should we continue?"

Jiang Ning looked at the group of beggars and said, "They don't know they were wrong, they're just afraid."

“They are afraid of death. They know they will really die if this continues, so they beg for mercy. Even if we release them now, they will still do the same thing. Their nature will not change.”

Jiang Ning's tone was calm, but it was filled with extreme indifference.

Imba hesitated for a moment, then asked, "So we're just going to continue like this and let them all starve to death?"

Jiang Ning glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and said, "That's not entirely true..."

Before Jiang Ning could finish speaking, his gaze seemed to be drawn to something, and he looked into the distance.

Ying Bailuo was puzzled and looked in the direction of the gaze.

There was a beggar who was so hungry that he could not move. His lips were cracked and his face was sallow. He looked like he was about to die.

Other beggars could still climb, but he couldn't even climb anymore.

"Ok?"

Ying Bailuo was puzzled, not understanding why Jiang Ning paid attention to this beggar.

At this moment, the door of the villager's house opened, and a villager came out carrying food.

"Hey."

The villagers sighed as they looked at the beggar who was on the verge of starvation on the ground and put the bowl down.

"My husband is soft-hearted, so eat it."

The beggar, who was already delirious from hunger, suddenly smelled the aroma of food. When he saw the food placed in front of him, his eyes widened and he stared intently at the bowl of rice in front of him. He didn't know where the strength came from, but he picked up the bowl and began to eat it in large mouthfuls.

Seeing him wolfing down his food, the villagers who were giving alms couldn't help but shake their heads.

"You lot, with hands and feet, why don't you go and work properly? What are you doing as beggars?"

The beggar had no time to think about anything else; all he could see was the food in front of him.

After wolfing down a few more mouthfuls of food, the beggar, who had been gobbling down his food, suddenly stopped and began to shrug his shoulders.

"sorry Sorry."

The beggar began to cry, his murky tears falling into his food.

The beggar slapped his own face and cried uncontrollably.

"I'm an animal. I treated you like that before, and you treated me like this. I'm not human. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Chapter 592: I'll take responsibility!

The sight of the beggar weeping bitterly moved the villagers to tears.

Although the villagers were indeed annoyed by the beggar's long-term harassment, they couldn't bear to watch him starve to death after seeing him go without food, water, or rest for several days. Seeing the beggar constantly repenting, the villagers earnestly tried to persuade him.

"Look at you, you have hands and feet, why do you have to be a beggar? And to make matters worse, you come here to cause trouble."

The beggar was now sobbing uncontrollably, choking out, "It was the elders of our Beggars' Sect who sent us."

The villagers waved their hands.

"I don't care what kind of gang you are. No matter how powerful your gang is, can it be as powerful as the Huashan Sect? Can your Beggars' Sect even control you now? It's only because the heroes of the Huashan Sect are kind-hearted that you're left. Otherwise, you would have died eight hundred times over."

The beggar didn't know what to say, he just nodded repeatedly and picked at the rice in his hands.

"He has food there!"

At this moment, the other beggars saw the food in the beggar's hand. Someone shouted, and they all turned around and scrambled towards the beggar, trying to snatch the food from his hand.

The villagers were terrified when they saw this and quickly said, "There's only one bowl of rice here, don't come and take it!"

Actually, the villagers didn't need to worry. Before these beggars could even climb over, they were stopped by other Huashan disciples, who kicked them all back.

“This bowl of rice was given to him by this man; only he can eat it, you can’t take it from him.”

Lin Pingzhi said coldly.

Only beggars who are willing to be given alms by the villagers can eat; this is a rule established by Jiangning, and Lin Pingzhi firmly implements it.

Upon hearing this, the other beggars all kowtowed to the villager, begging for mercy.

"Please, sir, give me something to eat."

"Please, I'm starving if I don't eat soon."

The beggars' pleas and whimpers sounded eerie and noisy. The villagers, seeing this scene, felt a chill of fear and no longer cared about giving alms. They quickly ran back into their houses.

Seeing the villagers enter the house, the other beggars knew there was no hope and couldn't help but feel despair. They lay on the ground and wailed, while some beggars stared with their green eyes at the food in the bowl of the beggar not far away.

The beggar felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly scooped up the food in his bowl, stuffing his mouth full of it in a few bites before finally managing to swallow it with difficulty.

The beggar let out a long breath, then lay down on the ground, staring motionlessly at the night sky.

Another night passed.

"Junior brother, two of them starved to death."

Ying Bailuo found Jiang Ning and said.

After another night without food or water, some of the beggars finally succumbed to hunger and died.

“Two beggars were motionless last night. My fellow student and I thought they hadn’t slept, but we didn’t expect them to be dead this morning.”

These beggars were so hungry they couldn't move. They were mostly lying on the ground, motionless. Because it was so dark at night, Ying Bailuo and another Huashan disciple didn't notice whether they were asleep or not. As a result, two of the beggars fell into a deep sleep and never woke up.

"Ah."

Upon hearing this news, Jiang Ning simply nodded, saying nothing more and showing no surprise.

Jiang Ning had previously said that if no villagers were willing to give alms to these beggars, then let them starve to death; Jiang Ning wasn't just making empty threats.

"Senior brother, be careful, the number of beggars who starve to death may increase."

Jiang Ning offered a reminder.

If they had simply refused food and water, these beggars might not have died so quickly, but Jiang Ning hadn't allowed them to rest, which hastened their demise.

In addition, the fact that a villager gave alms to a beggar last night caused a stir among the other beggars and exhausted their remaining strength suggests that the other beggars' happiness will not last long either.

"rest assured."

Ying Bailu nodded in agreement, and then asked another question.

"Junior brother, if we imprison these beggars here, what will happen to the Beggar Clan? I'm afraid they'll send even more people. Should we continue doing what we're doing now?"

Jiang Ning laughed and said, "They probably won't send anyone else, but if there are still beggars harassing the nearby villagers, they'll continue doing so."

Jiang Ning had already warned those elders yesterday to get out of Shaanxi as soon as possible. If they didn't take Jiang Ning's words seriously, then Jiang Ning would pack up and prepare to push over to the other branches of the Beggars' Sect one by one.

Of course, even if they wisely leave Shaanxi, it doesn't mean Jiang Ning won't cause them trouble. After Jiang Ning returns to the mountain to help Yue Buqun deal with some matters within the sect, such as recruiting disciples, and the marriages of Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan, Lu Dayou, and another Emei disciple, Jiang Ning will still come after the Beggars' Sect. It's just a matter of sooner or later.

"No problem, leave it to me."

Ying Bailu patted his chest and agreed.

the other side.

The villager who had given alms to the beggar last night went out early this morning to prepare for work in the fields, but as soon as he stepped out, he heard someone calling him.

"My benefactor, my benefactor."

The villagers were completely bewildered, but when they turned around, they realized it was the beggar they had given alms to the night before calling them.

"Benefactor?"

Hearing the beggar address him as his benefactor, the villager was taken aback for a moment, then waved his hand.

"No need to call me benefactor, I just gave you some food."

By this time, the beggar had regained some strength. Upon hearing the villager's words, he quickly said, "You are my benefactor. If it weren't for the food you gave me yesterday, I would probably be starving to death by now. You don't know, do you? Two people starved to death last night."