Chapter 265: The Stereotyped Yue Buqun

One day, Yue Buqun came back from the county town in a hurry, and his face looked a little strange. Others could not see it, but Ning Zhongze, who was with him day and night, noticed it, so he avoided his disciples and asked in a low voice.

"Brother, what happened in the county?"

"Master Yuan Hua has come to Huashan, and has purchased a piece of land on the North Peak from the government, planning to build a Taoist temple." Yue Buqun clenched his fists behind his back, his knuckles turning white. He felt nervous, expectant, and unspeakable fear in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that maintaining the image of a gentleman had become his instinct, his face would have changed color long ago.

The reason why Yue Buqun was so uneasy was that whether this incident happened or not, it was not under his control. This feeling of powerlessness made him, who already lacked a sense of security, very anxious.

There is no need to mention the government. Unless there is a rebellion, let alone him, even the Huashan Sect had to give enough face to the local county magistrate during its heyday.

As for Master Yuan Hua, the most famous person in the martial arts world today is the one who is said to be a god who has descended to earth. The traces left by the shocking knife attack by the Fuwei Escort Agency can still be seen today.

Chief Escort Lin even declared that he had no intention of repairing it, but would keep it as it was, and allow people passing by to watch it. If they could learn a few moves from it, it would be a great story.

After being observed by many famous martial arts masters, it was confirmed that the knife marks were not fake. There is really someone who can cut out a knife energy several meters long with one knife, and it has the power to split mountains and rocks.

You should know that the walls and streets of the Fuwei Escort Agency are built with hard and thick bluestone. It would be great if an ordinary martial arts master could leave a mark. But to make the sky collapse and the earth crack with one knife is something that only a human can do. It is simply a myth.

Not to mention that no one in the martial arts world can do it nowadays, even hundreds of years ago, when the martial arts world was at its peak, there were only a handful of peerless masters who could do this. It is even impossible to confirm its authenticity because it happened so long ago.

But Yuan Hua Zhenren's knife strike was real. There were more than two hundred people who witnessed it on the spot, not to mention those who went to observe the knife marks afterwards.

It is impossible for so many people to help with the fraud. You have to know that every word these masters say is guaranteed by their own reputation. One or two people can be bribed, but with so many people, no single force can do it, let alone an individual.

In other words, this is true. Even if Yuan Hua Zhenren is not a god who has descended to earth, he is still an unrivaled powerful man.

Why would such a godlike figure come to Huashan?
Is there a treasure here? A spiritual vein? A magical medicine? Or is he sent here for Huashan?
Yue Buqun, who grew up listening to various mythological stories of Huashan, couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts, and it was Ning Zhongze's voice that woke him up.

"Brother, what do you think we should bring when we visit Master Yuan Hua?"

"What?!" Yue Buqun was shocked and lost his voice.

"I mean what gifts should I bring to visit Taoist Yuanhua? He's a Taoist master. Do you want to find some Taoist books? I remember there are quite a few in your sect, but unfortunately no one reads them. I don't know if they have been eaten by insects." Ning Zhongze was very happy to have a deity as a neighbor. He even started to think about buying some incense and candles to go to the Taoist temple to worship. Therefore, he did not notice Yue Buqun's loss of composure.

However, after Yue Buqun came to his senses, he changed his mind and thought that it was hard to say whether having a deity as a neighbor would pose a threat to the Huashan Sect. However, the threat to Huashan from the outside world would be much smaller, because no one could guarantee whether the action against the Huashan Sect would anger the living deity, especially after the precedent of the unlucky Yu Canghai.

If Yuan Hua Zhenren can help Fuwei Escort Agency, then he may help Huashan Sect.
If this Yuan Hua Zhenren was a martial artist, Yue Buqun would never have such an idea. The key is that the other party is not a martial artist. In this way, there will be no conflict of interest. Even if it works well, it can become a protective umbrella for the Huashan Sect.

Thinking of this, Yue Buqun immediately changed his thinking and began to consider how to curry favor with the other party and how to show his harmless side.

This was not a big problem for Yue Buqun, otherwise how did he get the name of Gentleman Sword? At that time, there were only him and his junior sister left in Huashan, and their martial arts were only average. In this case, how to support the Huashan Sect and not be destroyed by those who disliked them was a severe test for Yue Buqun.

So he dressed himself up as a scholar, and deliberately pretended to be a pedantic scholar, trying his best to conceal the edge of a man of the world.

This appearance and behavior made Yue Buqun often ridiculed behind his back, but he achieved his goal. No one thought that the Huashan Sect would be a threat, but no one directly belittled him either.

No matter how much people laugh at them, respect for scholars is actually engraved in the hearts of every Han Chinese, even though Yue Buqun is not a real scholar.

In this way, Yue Buqun can show his harmless side and not lose the face of Huashan, killing two birds with one stone.

But this also made Yue Buqun's image gradually stereotyped. Over the past few decades, he could not and dared not break this image, otherwise he would suffer backlash.

This is exactly why Zuo Lengchan knew that Yue Buqun had ambitions, but never really took them to heart, because he had already trapped himself.

Yue Buqun considers himself a gentleman. Whether it is true or not, he has to act in the style of a gentleman. And it is very easy to control a gentleman.

Because of this experience, Yue Buqun was able to easily put himself in the right position and was not ashamed of it. Everything he did was for the Huashan Sect.

After giving some instructions to his disciples, Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze came to Yuntai Peak with several Taoist scriptures they had found.

The two of them were not unfamiliar with this place. After all, as the territory of Huashan Sect, they would often inspect it. But wasn't this Taoist temple destroyed? And the location didn't seem right?
Before the two men could come to their senses, a strong young man came briskly from the mountain path carrying an iron bucket. When he saw the two men, he quickly put down the bucket, saluted and asked.

"Are you two here to burn incense at Woyun Temple?" The young man was Lin Pingzhi. He was very curious about where these two people came from. After all, he knew very well how difficult this mountain road was to travel on.

"I am Yue Buqun, the leader of Huashan Sect, and this is my wife Ning Zhongze. We learned that Master Yuanhua is practicing here, so we came to meet him." Yue Buqun said with a smile, not being negligent because of the other party's young age, and bowed.

"Master Yue and his wife have arrived at an inopportune time. Our master has gone to the top of the mountain to practice, and won't be back for more than half an hour." Lin Pingzhi was stunned when he heard the other party's self-introduction. After all, the master of Huashan Sect was a big shot he had never met. But when he thought about how Yu Canghai, the master of Qingcheng Sect, who was also a master, was split into two by his master, he suddenly felt that it was nothing, so he behaved politely but not too eagerly.

“Then may my husband and I go into the temple to burn some incense and wait for Master Yuanhua?” Yue Buqun seemed even more polite, and Ning Zhongze also smiled, waiting for Lin Pingzhi's answer.

"You two lay Buddhists are free to do as you please. I'll go boil some water and make tea for you two." Lin Pingzhi pushed open the door and led the two to the front of the hall. He then brought water from the mountain spring to the back kitchen, and then boiled water and made tea to entertain the guests.

Facing the statue of Guandi, Yue Buqun and his wife burned incense respectfully. Since there is a god-like figure like Yuanhua Zhenren, what about the immortals and Buddhas?

Therefore, the two of them had no choice but to be pious, especially Yue Buqun. Even though everything was for the Huashan Sect, he knew in his heart that what he did was not at all gentlemanly.

(End of this chapter)