learn martial arts, not to become a true Huashan disciple. Our Huashan Sword Sect still needs a face. Let Senior Sister prove that our Huashan Sword Sect has successors. Who told Senior Brother to always be nowhere to be found at crucial moments?”

Ning Zhongze reacted instantly upon hearing this, and looked at Zhang Weihao, her self-taught apprentice who brought his own food, with great gratitude.

So that’s what the other party really wanted. It might actually be a good thing for Ling Shan to be with him. My own vision is indeed not as far-sighted as my senior brother’s.

Seeing that her mother had finally relented, Yue Lingshan immediately replaced her original sword with Lingxu, completely disregarding the Biyue Sword that her father had given her.

Although it was one of the seventy-two famous swords, Yue Lingshan no longer looked down on ordinary divine weapons.

Lin Pingzhi watched with envy, and at the same time, he had even more confidence in the Huashan Sword Sect.

Although it’s not as quick to learn as the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual, the Huashan Sword Technique has no side effects, and its power is considerable once truly mastered. And this is just an introductory sword technique.

As expected of the swordsmanship originating from Mount Hua, the true masters of swordsmanship are those from Mount Hua.

Lin Pingzhi may be a novice, but his attire is quite impressive. The little snow dragon he rides is a famous Ferghana horse, a coming-of-age gift from his maternal grandmother, comparable to the four Akhal-Teke horses that Zhang Weihao uses to pull his carriage.

The Heavenly Wolf Sword he wore was a famous sword that was no less powerful than the Azure Water Sword, and it was also among the seventy-two famous swords.

Just like how the stationery of those academically challenged students is often new, cool, and exquisite, it is precisely because they are bad at the subject that they like to put a lot of effort into their equipment and appearance. True masters do not care about these external things at all.

Ye Gucheng might be tempted to kill and steal treasures because of divine weapons, but Yan Nantian and Ximen Chuixue wouldn’t, nor would Feng Qingyang. Xie Xiaofeng would struggle for a moment, but ultimately wouldn’t make a move. Therefore, the latter four can be considered true righteous heroes.

However, this battle did indeed establish Yue Lingshan’s reputation as a heroine. All of Chu Yunfei’s previous efforts as the Evil-Repelling Prince had contributed to her success. This is the way of the martial world.

So it’s normal to be ruthless in some challenges. You’re planning to climb over my reputation to get ahead, why should I hold back?

If you want the reputation I’ve painstakingly built up over decades, fine, gamble with your life. That’s the real world of martial arts.

However, compared to the newly debuted Yue Fei, the swordswoman Zhang Lingyu, who wields countless divine weapons, is naturally more admired by people in the martial arts world. Therefore, during this last short stretch of the journey, they encounter a large number of people from the martial arts world every day. These people will take the initiative to show concern and care, and serve the Huashan Sword Sect in various ways.

Meanwhile, the number of challengers is increasing. Some want to see the legendary divine sword, while others want to demonstrate their strength and talent to obtain other divine weapons from the itinerant sword seller.

Unfortunately, without exception, they all lost to Yue Lingshan, the heroine wielding the Lingxu Divine Sword.

Through one real battle after another, Yue Lingshan made rapid progress, and even broke through to the level of internal strength in internal martial arts. In terms of talent, Yue Lingshan, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, is probably no less than Qiu Chan and the others, and her foundation is indeed solid.

Although Yue Buqun’s teaching methods have been heavily criticized by countless online readers, he is absolutely qualified in laying a solid foundation.

Because it is fundamental, it is very important to be meticulous and not to be careless in any way.

Without the solid foundation laid by Yue Buqun for Linghu Chong, how could Linghu Chong learn the Dugu Nine Swords? He couldn’t even hold the sword steadily, so how could he learn the Nine Swords?

Upon entering Hengshan City, the Huashan Sword Sect was respectfully stopped by a group of people. The leader, a man in blue, clasped his hands in greeting and said, “Are you from the Huashan Sword Sect? I am Mi Weiyi, and I have been ordered by my master Liu Zhengfeng to invite you all from the Huashan Sword Sect to stay at the Liu residence for the time being.”

Ning Zhongze: “Oh, it’s Junior Brother Mi. Alright, lead the way.”

Since they were all from the Five Mountains Sword Sects and belonged to the same sect, Ning Zhongze naturally didn’t need to be polite in this regard, just like people from the other four sects came to Mount Hua.

As the host, the Huashan Sword Sect will make special arrangements. Not to mention, they themselves received an invitation from Liu Zhengfeng to attend the ceremony, so they naturally won’t be too polite about formalities and refuse other people’s kindness.

The group from the Huashan Sword Sect soon followed Mi Weiyi to the Liu residence, intending to stay there temporarily.

Liu Zhengfeng was a well-known wealthy man in the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Like Zhang Weihao, he was a scion of a powerful local family. He went to Hengshan to learn martial arts, not as a disciple. Therefore, it was perfectly normal that the position was passed to Mo Da instead of Liu Zhengfeng.

As for the claim that Liu Zhengfeng’s influence affected Mo Da’s status, that’s pure nonsense. The two are actually more like the face and the substance of a sect. At most, they have some differences in their interests and philosophies, and there are some disputes over music theory. Their relationship is not as bad as the rumors suggest.

Liu Zhengfeng, who was a respected figure in Hengshan, suddenly retired from the martial arts world, which had a significant impact on the sect.

If it were Zhang Weihao, he would have already taken action to clean house.

There are many treacherous characters in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, but besides Linghu Chong, Liu Zhengfeng is the most unreliable.

Linghu Chong at most harmed his adoptive parents and the Huashan Sword Sect, but Liu Zhengfeng not only harmed the sect, he also planned to harm his own family. He was an absolutely ruthless person.

If Zhang Weihua were his son, he would definitely curse this scoundrel a few times when he was about to be killed by the Songshan Sect. He would say, “I may not be afraid of death, but you can’t let me die for the sake of a so-called good buddy. How can you do this to me?”

Do you know how difficult it is to be born into a good family?

However, what Zhang Weihao and his companions didn’t know was that Linghu Chong, the number one troublemaker in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, was drinking with Tian Boguang at the Huiyan Tower.

Perhaps it was a cruel joke by the goddess of fate, or perhaps it was the powerful corrective force of the plot, but Dongfang Bai, Tian Boguang, and the little nun from the Hengshan Sect all ended up in Linghu Chong’s life.