NOVEL NEXT Chapter 41 - Tell a Joke: The Five Mountain Sword Sects Are United
Chapter 41 Tell a Joke: The Five Mountain Sword Sects Are United
【Cheng Shifei: Whoa! This misunderstanding is massive!】
【Yang Guo: Indeed! And it’s basically unsolvable! If Linghu Chong wants to keep his promise, he must wait until he can plead with Feng Qingyang to let him explain everything to Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze.】
【Yang Guo: But aside from the fact that Linghu Chong is severely injured and might die at any moment, Feng Qingyang himself has already declared he won’t see them again. Where is Linghu Chong supposed to find him?】
【Four-Browed Lu Xiaofeng: Actually, it’s understandable why Yue Buqun would be suspicious. Those fifteen masked men—Yue Buqun himself wasn’t their match, yet Linghu Chong, originally weak in martial arts, could instantly defeat them. That’s way too abnormal.】
【Princess Yunluo of the Ming Dynasty: This ‘Dugu Nine Swords’ is incredible!】
【Princess Shaomin Zhao Min: Indeed! In terms of internal energy cultivation, Linghu Chong is far inferior to any of those masked men. But with just swordsmanship alone, he turned the tables instantly.】
【Thief Master Chu Liuxiang: Sigh! Seeing Yue Buqun’s expression, I bet he thinks Linghu Chong secretly trained with the Lin family’s ‘Bixie Sword Manual.’】
【Yangzhou Twin Dragons Kou Zhong: Damn, that’s true! Now he couldn’t clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River.】
【Blood Sabre Sect Patriarch: Why bother explaining? What’s the point of wasting that effort?】
【Blood Sabre Sect Patriarch: Linghu Chong doesn’t have many days left anyway, so why not just kill Yue Buqun, take his wife and disciple, and have some fun before he dies?】
【Iron Sword Clan Yuzhenzi: Haha, fellow Daoist, you speak my mind.】
【Mount Hua Sect Ning Zhongze: Shameless scoundrels!】
【Mount Hua Sect Linghu Chong: Shut up! You despicable old thieves!】
【Flying Swallow Fairy Yang Yan: The Mount Hua Sword Sect is colluding so deeply with the Songshan Sect just to reclaim the sect leader position. Even if they defeat Yue Buqun, can Mount Hua Sect still be Mount Hua Sect?】
【Emerald Feather Huangshan Huo Qingtong: No, they’d just become a lackey of the Songshan Sect.】
【Northern Beggar Hong Qigong: Sigh! Brothers turning against each other, sect members slaughtering one another—what’s the point?】
【Peach Blossom Island Huang Rong: I’m willing to bet that those fifteen masked men are in cahoots with the Songshan Sect!】
【Songshan Sect Ding Mian: Nonsense! Do you have any proof? Stop slandering us!】
【Peach Blossom Island Huang Rong: Proof? I don’t have any. After all, a bunch of cowards who won’t even show their faces can’t exactly leave evidence.】
【Peach Blossom Island Huang Rong: But I keep hearing you all say things like ‘Righteousness cannot coexist with evil’ and ‘The Five Mountain Sword Sects are united like branches of the same tree.’】
【Peach Blossom Island Huang Rong: That’s strange, because those masked men clearly claimed to be from the demonic path, yet none of you so-called righteous sects stepped up to eliminate them.】
【Peach Blossom Island Huang Rong: If the Five Mountain Sword Sects are truly united, why did you all stand by idly while Mount Hua Sect was attacked? Is this your definition of ‘branches of the same tree’?】
【Princess Changping of the Tang Dynasty Li Cuiyu: Yeah! Why? Speak up!】
【Green-Winged Bat King Wei Yixiao: Speak up!】
【Great Qing Imperial Steward Wei Xiaobao: Speak up!】
【Affectionate Young Master Hou Xibai: Miss Huang has a point—Songshan Sect won’t even show their faces now.】
【……】
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“Damn the Songshan Sect! Damn the Sword Sect faction!”
“What ‘Five Mountain Sword Sects are united like branches of the same tree’—pure nonsense!”
“Yeah, if you ask me, aside from the Hengshan Sect, the other three sects are all despicable.”
“……”
Seeing the tragic scene at the Medicine King Temple, with their own people dead and wounded, the disciples of Mount Hua Sect could no longer hold back their fury and started cursing.
Some even spotted their own corpses among the fallen. Liang Fa, the eighth disciple of Mount Hua, had been decapitated. The sheer brutality and bloodshed left them in shock and rage. Ning Zhongze was also seething.
If not for Linghu Chong, she would have truly been humiliated. She, her daughter Yue Lingshan, and the other female disciples of Mount Hua Sect would have lost their dignity. At this moment, whatever camaraderie once existed among the Five Mountain Sword Sects—aside from the Hengshan Sect—was completely shattered.
Yue Buqun usually presented himself as righteous and upright. Under normal circumstances, he would have reprimanded his disciples for saying things that could divide the sects. But right now, all his thoughts were fixated on the ‘Dugu Nine Swords.’ So, this sword technique was actually this powerful…
If he could obtain it, a glint flashed in Yue Buqun’s eyes. Then, he looked at Linghu Chong and smiled.
“Chong’er, I misunderstood you.”
Linghu Chong quickly shook his head.
“No! Master’s suspicions were completely reasonable. It was my own carelessness in thinking things through. I feel ashamed!”
Yue Buqun patted Linghu Chong’s head, sighed, and said, “Although we are master and disciple, we are as close as father and son. We should trust each other completely without doubts. And yet… sigh! Sigh!”
Linghu Chong was deeply moved and declared, “I will take this as a lesson! From now on, I will never let my Master be disappointed again.”
“Good! Good child!”
Yue Buqun looked kind, as if he was very relieved.