Chapter 23 Yue Buqun

Lin Pingzhi nodded and said, "I understand."

After checking the spots, Xin Zhen took Lin Pingzhi back to the room.

"Go to bed early and get enough rest. You may not be able to sleep all day and all night tomorrow."

Xin Zhen fell asleep quickly, but Lin Pingzhi tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. He tossed and turned until it was slightly light outside.

Then there were sounds of many people walking around, and even the sound of swords clashing.

But it didn't seem like anyone was fighting. From the sound, it seemed like they were exchanging martial arts.

Lin Pingzhi simply got up, dressed neatly and washed, then woke up Xin Zhen.

After the two brothers finished packing, they went to the hall.

The hall was busy, with the gangsters slurping their breakfast.

Lin Pingzhi quickly grabbed some and brought them to eat with Xin Zhen.

Lin Pingzhi was still somewhat indignant and said, "I heard that even the sect leaders have people specially deliver meals to their rooms. Brother, you are also the sect leader, and they are too neglectful."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Everyone knows that I am just talking, and no one will take it too seriously..."

But someone came hurriedly and said to the heroes in the hall: "Everyone, Huashan Sect Leader, Gentleman Sword Yue Buqun is here with his disciples. He is almost at the gate. Is there anyone who will go with me to greet him?"

At one point, most of the heroes in the martial arts world put down their bowls and rushed out.

Lin Pingzhi whispered: "Brother, can I go take a look?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "Let's go together and see how impressive my Senior Brother Yue is."

Lin Pingzhi whispered, "Will this weaken the morale of our Sword Sect?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "What Sword Sect? I am just trying to fool them. I am afraid that they will slander us as a demon sect and attack us together, which will be bad, so I throw out the name of Sword Sect.

No matter what happens inside Huashan, it is Huashan’s internal affairs, and they will never treat us as outsiders. "

Lin Pingzhi usually obeyed Xin Zhen's orders, but at this moment he was unusually serious and said, "Brother, I think what you said is wrong."

"Hmm?" Xin Zhen glanced at Lin Pingzhi.

Lin Pingzhi was a little uneasy, but his tone was quite firm: "Master is from the Huashan Sword Sect, so we are also from the Huashan Sword Sect."

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "That's right."

Lin Pingzhi asked: "Then can we accept Yue Buqun's leadership?"

Xin Zhen snorted and said, "How can he be qualified to lead me, the future Prime Minister?"

Lin Pingzhi spread his hands and said, "That's it. Either we form our own faction, or we are led by someone else."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "No matter what you say, it's just a temporary measure. We don't need to take it too seriously."

Lin Pingzhi smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, we don't take it seriously, but they will take it seriously, and Yue Buqun will take it seriously too."

Xin Zhen laughed: "Let them be. Once this matter is resolved, I will no longer travel the world. Let them think whatever they want."

Lin Pingzhi gritted his teeth and said, "But I still want to travel the world."

Xin Zhen was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said, "How about... you, the Sword Sect's leader, do it?"

Lin Pingzhi was stunned and stamped his feet in anger: "Brother! This sect leader is not a small thing, how can you let him go so easily?"

Xin Zhen was stunned. Lin Pingzhi's stomping of his feet was so feminine. Tsk, has the Exorcism Sword Technique started to take effect?
But what Lin Pingzhi said was true. He didn't want to travel around the world, but Lin Pingzhi still had to travel around the world, so he had to be given an identity.

After all, the identity of a famous and upright person is completely different from the identity of a wandering wanderer.

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "Okay, from now on we will be the Huashan Sword Sect when we travel around the world."

When Lin Pingzhi saw that Xin Zhen agreed, he smiled with joy.

Xin Zhen: “…”

While the brothers were talking, Yue Buqun had already entered the hall surrounded by people. Xin Zhen looked at the head of Huashan, a scholar in a green shirt, wearing a light robe and holding a folding fan in his right hand. He looked very casual and smiling in the crowd, and looked very humble.

Yue Buqun scanned the hall with a smile in his eyes, and from time to time he bowed to the heroes who greeted him.

When Yue Buqun looked at him, Xin Zhen saw that Yue Buqun had a warm smile, as if he was just an ordinary passerby.

Xin Zhen smiled to himself: He is indeed a hypocrite. He is afraid of me in his heart, but he doesn't show it at all.

However, Yue Buqun's wife Ning Zhongze looked at Xin Zhen with vigilance.

However, the two sides did not pay attention to each other for long, because today was the day when Liu Zhengfeng retired from the underworld, and guests from all walks of life arrived one after another.

Near noon, five or six hundred guests arrived like a stream.

Xin Zhen naturally didn't know these underworld figures, and neither did Lin Pingzhi.

But it doesn’t matter. Every time a gang leader comes in, someone will announce their name.

From what Xin Zhen heard, there were the deputy leader of the Beggars' Sect Zhang Jin'ao, the old boxer Xia from the Liuhe Sect in Zhengzhou, the Iron Grandma from the Goddess Peak in the Sichuan-Hubei Three Gorges, and so on.

Some of these people were familiar with each other, while others had never met each other only because they had heard of each other. For a while, there was a lot of noise in the hall as people greeted and introduced each other.

However, no one came to introduce Xin Zhen and his fellow disciples to each other.

Firstly, they had little contact with the underworld, and secondly, they looked young, so everyone thought they were younger generations brought here by certain people.

Thirdly, the people from the Five Mountains Sword Sect knew them, but probably because Yue Buqun was here, if they showed any affection, it would inevitably make the Huashan Sect jealous.

Lin Pingzhi felt somewhat indignant, thinking that his senior brother should also be surrounded by people in a manner befitting of his status and ability.

But Xin Zhen was happy and at ease, and he also saw something.

Taoist Tianmen and Master Dingyi, the two leaders and masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, hid in the side rooms to rest and did not come out to greet everyone.

Perhaps he is proud of his status and dislikes the questionable nature of the recent guests. However, this also shows that the Five Mountains Sword Sect has a very high status in the martial arts world.

However, Yue Buqun was able to get along with everyone. Even if an unknown person with a dubious reputation came up to say hello, Yue Buqun would not give them a cold look. He would still talk and laugh with them, without any airs of being the leader of the Huashan Sect or being superior to others.

On the one hand, it is because Yue Buqun is willing to make connections, and on the other hand, it is probably because the people of Huashan are poor and have low aspirations.

The Taishan Sect and the Hengshan Sect are strong and naturally confident. Huashan has only a few small sects, so they can only make friends and avoid conflicts with others as their top priority for survival.

Xin Zhen shook his head. In today's martial arts world, Shaolin and Wudang are the leaders of the righteous sects, while Kunlun, Emei, Kongtong, Qingcheng and others each occupy their own territory.

Only the alliance of the Five Mountains Sword Sects is qualified to be compared with the Shaolin and Wudang sects.

Among them, the Songshan School is in the first tier, the Taishan and Hengshan Schools are in the second tier, and the Hengshan School is in the third tier.

The Huashan Sect... If it weren't for the fact that Huashan's ancestors were wealthy, it would probably be the alliance of the Four Yue Sword Sects.

Oh, or maybe the Four Mountains Sword Sect didn't sound good, so the Huashan Sect was added in.

No wonder Yue Buqun is so approachable, it’s mainly because he lacks confidence.

Amidst all the hustle and bustle, about two hundred tables were set up inside and outside the Liu Mansion.

Liu Zhengfeng and his disciples and relatives solemnly invited all the guests to take their seats according to their status and reputation in the martial arts world.

There was just some controversy over the chief position. Originally, according to status and position, Tianmen Taoist, the leader of Taishan Sect, should be the chief.

However, since the Five Mountains Sword Sects were in an alliance, they were considered to be half-masters and it was not convenient for them to take the seat, so the senior masters pushed the seat aside.

However, even though they were pushing each other, no one mentioned letting Xin Zhen, the leader of the Huashan Sword Sect, take the seat.

This made Lin Pingzhi look unhappy, and he found an excuse to leave. People who knew the situation smiled knowingly, thinking that Lin Pingzhi was speaking up for his senior brother.

Xin Zhen, however, remained calm.

In the end, Tianmen Taoist took the lead and then Yue Buqun, Master Dingyi, Yu Canghai and others took the chief seats.

Xin Zhen didn't even get the second seat and was arranged to sit at the same table with the disciples of Qingcheng Sect.

(End of this chapter)