Chapter 81 Receiving

  With today's series of events, the Orthodox Fist not only lost its prestige, but even its own disciples will be dissatisfied with the sect. It can be said that the Orthodox Fist has fallen into internal and external troubles at once.

  Men's master Wang Shu was seriously injured and needed a long time to recover. Zhang Gui reminded Ye Wen, which also caused dissatisfaction among some of Wang Shu's confidants, pointing out that there might be another internal conflict, thinking that in the next period of time, Zhengquanmen would have some troubles, even if he didn't attack himself, it was likely that destruction was not far away.

  The only variable is that it's unknown how the deputy leader of Zhengquan Gate will fare. If this person can rally the troops and stabilize morale, then Zhengquan Gate may still be able to entangle with Shushan Sect for a while after some adjustments. But if their prestige is insufficient, then from today on, Zhengquan Gate will withdraw from the struggle for power in Shushan territory.

  In short, no matter what, Zhengquanmen was no longer an object that Ye Wen needed to consider for the time being, even if they could really recover, it would take a considerable amount of time.

  Then, what should be considered next are those other miscellaneous sects. The two outer door disciples who had been waiting outside the house were summoned in, and Ye Wen directly asked: "Who all came today, did you take note?"

  Xu Ping, who was originally expected by Ye Wen to speak up, remained silent. Instead, another disciple, the one who used the松风 sword technique, replied: "Today, apart from the Zhengquan Gate people, a total of 87 people have come. Among them, 74 are disciples or leaders of various sects on Shushan, and the rest are from some factions in Shushan County!" He then went on to list the specific sects these people came from, mentioning most of their names one by one.

  Ye Wen was slightly surprised, possibly because he didn't expect this disciple to have such a good memory. This disciple was one of the ten people sent by Yue Shan Biaoju, named Li Sen, who usually didn't have any special features, and his martial arts skills were just average among the twenty disciples, not outstanding in any way.

  Unexpectedly, Li Sen actually had such talent. In just a short while, he not only counted the number of people clearly but also remembered who each and every one of them was. Originally, he had only hoped that Xu Ping could roughly remember which sects' people were present, so it would be convenient for Ye Wen to settle accounts later. But now, due to Li Sen's unexpected talent, they had all been clearly accounted for, not a single one missed.

  "It won't be easy to settle accounts later!"

  In fact, Ye Wen letting these people leave was already a test. If they could bid farewell to Ye Wen and offer something in return when they left, then Ye Wen wouldn't bother them again afterwards. Because after they made amends, they would also have learned a lesson, and since today's matter wasn't severe, Ye Wen could let them off the hook.

  Unfortunately, none of these people made this choice. After seeing Zhengquanmen could leave, they chose to remain silent and hurriedly left as if nothing had happened.

  Perhaps they didn't think of it, but rather felt that as long as they blended in with the crowd, who would remember that they came today? Why bother paying anything else? After all, these people and their sects are small potatoes, if they were to be extorted by Mount Shu Sect, I'm afraid this sect wouldn't be able to survive either.

  Actually, Ye Wen's plan was just like this.

  It's too much trouble to clear out the various sects on Mount Shu one by one, so Ye Wen wants to see if he can take advantage of this opportunity to solve it once and for all. Unfortunately, most people are clinging to their own territory and refusing to let go, so Ye Wen can only wait until his injuries recover before going to find them one by one to settle the score.

  He told his plans one by one, and Ye Wen didn't avoid Liu Qingfeng's master and apprentice, as well as Xu Ping and Li Sen. The performance of these two people today made Ye Wen very satisfied. Except for Xu Ping who had already been confirmed to be included in the inner door, Li Sen was also valued by Ye Wen because of this special talent, considering whether or not to also take him into the inner door.

  However, in any case, this Li Sen has already entered his line of sight. Considering that the true combat strength of Shu Shan Sect is still very weak at present, it's not bad to focus on cultivating him for a while. So it doesn't matter if he hears about such things.

  Liu Qingfeng was even more indifferent, this old Taoist completely agreed with the Shu Mountain Sect's expansion of power. After all, if the Shu Mountain Sect became stronger, it would be able to suppress the Tian Le Gang after allying with the Hu Shan Sect. If the Shu Mountain Sect continued to hide in the mountains and not develop, Liu Qingfeng would have to start wondering whether finding this ally was right or wrong.

  After taking over, remember to take over the existing business of Zhengquanmen in the next few days, and then decide whether to recruit a few more workers according to the situation.

  These things were left to Ning Ruxue to deal with. Considering Ning Ruxue's foot injury might not have healed yet, Ye Wen also instructed: "When Xu Xian comes back, let him help you with those errands!"

  Anyway, Xu Xian's lightness skill is good, so it can be said that everything has been used to its fullest potential!

  Everyone nodded in agreement, Liu Qingfeng asked about Ye Wen's injury and learned that it was nothing serious, then he also retreated and led his apprentice back to their room to rest.

  In the blink of an eye, the entire room was left with only Ye Wen and Ning Ruxue. The two stared at each other for a long time, until finally Ye Wen said: "Junior sister, you go ahead and busy yourself, senior brother will just meditate for a bit!"

  "Don't you need me to take care of you?" Ning Ruxue knew that this internal injury was the most troublesome and prone to relapse, and it was really hard to put her mind at ease with no one taking care of him.

  Ye Wen didn't care, and simply said: "The martial arts I'm currently practicing have a wonderful effect on treating internal injuries of the true qi. Liu Qingfeng knows this too, he had such severe internal injuries but I was able to cure him, so what's this minor problem?"

  Ning Ruxue nodded, without suspecting anything else. After all, Ye Wen had told her this set of skills because he had come up with it while practicing in the cold pool and helping Liu Qingfeng heal his wounds, and at that time, he had emphasized that this set of kung fu was particularly effective for regulating true energy. So now that Ye Wen said so, Ning Ruxue wouldn't doubt it at all, nodded and got up to leave.

  As soon as she stood up, a pale pink dress made Ye Wen's eyes light up. Although he had seen her during the fight earlier, he hadn't taken a close look. Now, he finally had the leisure to slowly appreciate Ning Shizhu's usual demeanor.

  "Is it... weird?" Ning Ruxue asked, then fell silent. She had never dressed like this before, and now that she was wearing such a feminine dress, being stared at by Ye Wen in such a fixed manner made her face flush red, feeling uncomfortable all over, thinking something wasn't right.

  Ye Wen shook his head: "No, very beautiful! Junior sister should wear more clothes like this in the future!" Such words were indeed sincere, although Ning Ruxue's previous cheongsam had a unique flavor, but men still preferred such feminine and elegant dresses.

  When she heard her senior brother's praise, Ning Ruxue didn't know how to respond and finally blurted out: "I don't need you to care about what I wear!" She turned around and ran away directly.

  Watching his junior sister leave his room, Ye Wen didn't know what wrong words he had said again! However, thinking of Ning Ruxue's pink dress and her slightly flushed face earlier, it really made one's heart flutter, even having the urge to directly hug her in his arms.

  Unfortunately, Ye Wen didn't think deeply about it and only felt a sharp pain in his meridians, so he had to put aside his thoughts and focus on cultivating his skills to repair the damaged meridians.

  This exercise, from the sun rising to three poles, went all the way to dusk in the western mountains! Ye Wen opened his eyes and it was already dark, and he didn't even know when the lights were turned on in the room. He was so busy with his exercises to heal his injuries that he hadn't even noticed.

  The table in the room had been set with a meal, and it looked like it had been there for some time. It was probably put there because no one knew when he would wake up.

  Getting down from the kang, moving around a bit, I feel that although my meridians are slightly sore, they're no longer seriously injured. The only problem is that I still can't move my hands. Unfortunately, this last injury is the hardest to heal. Luckily, there's the Absolute Valley Cold Pool on Mount Shu. That thing has a pretty good effect on treating injuries - the cold pool can stimulate the flow of true energy and indirectly help restore the meridians.

  He picked up his rice bowl, although it had already gone cold, but Ye Wen didn't mind, and he shoveled a big mouthful in. Just as he was about to take another bite, the door was pushed open, and Ning Ruxue looked at Ye Wen with a surprised expression, holding his rice bowl.

  Perhaps because she hadn't expected Ye Wen to wake up so suddenly, and to start eating cold food right away, Ning Ruxue was taken aback for a moment before hastily saying: "Is it cold? I'll have someone heat it up for you again."

  "It's all right, it's not very cool!"

  Ye Wen's words were of course not true, in this cold winter, the dishes would be as cold as ice after being left for an hour. Although Ye Wen had only held the bowl for a short while and it wasn't that exaggerated, there was no warmth to it at all. He was just extremely hungry, having only eaten something light since waking up early, and then hadn't taken in anything due to his injury, so he couldn't care about that now.

  Ning Ruxue didn't let him eat the cold rice, directly snatching it away: "You still have injuries on your body, and you're weak, don't eat randomly! I'll heat it up for you, Master will wait for a moment!" After speaking, she didn't care about what Ye Wen said, and directly carried the dishes towards the kitchen!

  Ning Ruxue turned and left, Ye Wen sat at the table in a daze, very entangled: "Fake? I'm not fake! I'm really real!"

  Such an evaluation is simply an insult to Ye Wen, who claims to be a dragon and a tiger, although he clearly knows that his sister is not referring to that aspect at all. However, he is still very dissatisfied with Ning Ruxue using this word to describe him.

  It wasn't until Ning Ruxue returned with a steaming hot meal that he didn't plead his case again, but instead focused on devouring the food in front of him.

  Waiting until he finished eating, Ning Ruxue came over with a big smile on her face and a pile of things in her arms: "Senior brother, Zhengquanmen sent these over this afternoon. They're basically all the deeds to their sect's properties and whatnot. Now they all belong to us!"

  "What's the big deal? What's so special about them?" He didn't really care about these things. Although Zhengquan Gate was known as the number one force in Shu Mountain, to Ye Wen, such small sects were limited in their wealth and power.

  Unfortunately, when Ning Ruxue read it out one by one, he found that he was not only wrong but also terribly wrong!