The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun

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Not only did the Green Gang join the evil cult, but they also knew about the many evil deeds the gang had committed in the area over the years, but they were powerless to do anything about it. Now that they had the opportunity, these Taoist priests went all out.

The same scene occurred at several back doors of the main hall. These Taoist priests had long guarded all the exits of the Green Gang's main hall and had not let a single one escape.

The Green Gang member who ran out of the main hall was beaten to death by these Taoist priests. Only then did the young Taoist priest lower his sleeves and breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally, I felt a little involved.

Just then, there was another commotion at the gate. Several Taoist priests looked up and saw a member of the Green Gang running out of the gate, his expression exactly the same as the previous Green Gang member.

"Everyone, charge!"

The young Taoist priest was startled upon seeing this and was about to rush forward, but the next second he noticed that the Green Gang member who had just escaped stiffened and collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Ning appeared at the gate.

"Jiang Jushi".

The Taoist priests were delighted and quickly stepped forward.

"Please wait outside, fellow Taoist priests."

Jiang Ning nodded and smiled.

"Compared to the lay Buddhists who are eliminating evil inside, we feel really bad about it."

The young Taoist priest said.

Jiang Ning smiled and said nothing. After a while, the Taoists guarding the other exits of the Green Gang headquarters also ran back. They had also dealt with the Green Gang members who had escaped.

"Where shall we go next?"

A young Taoist priest said excitedly.

Jiang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Go to Wuyi Lane."

The Green Gang's headquarters has been destroyed, leaving only three branch offices. Since it's the middle of the night, the people from those three branch offices haven't sent anyone back to the headquarters or to the other branch offices yet, so they don't know anything about it yet, but they need to act quickly.

Jiang Ning planned to go to Wuyi Lane first, then Jude Lane, and then the brothel for the remaining three branch halls.

"it is good."

The Taoist priests had no objections; they were basically just there to make up the numbers tonight.

Wuyi Lane is not far from here. After arriving here, Jiang Ning met up with the Taoists who were monitoring the area and ordered them to attack from the front, while he himself sneaked in to find the little beggars.

"Fellow Daoists, the day to punish evil and promote good has arrived! Charge with me!"

A young Taoist priest rushed out from the corner and was the first to rush towards Wuyi Lane.

"who!"

The burly men who were standing guard outside Wuyi Lane were suddenly stunned when they saw more than twenty Taoist priests rushing out and attacking them.

"What are you stinking Taoist priests doing? Don't you want to live anymore?"

Seeing so many Taoist priests, the Green Gang members, though outwardly fierce, were inwardly weak and shouted sternly.

Bang!

The Taoist priest who was leading the group jumped up and kicked the Green Gang member who had spoken to the ground.

"Damn it, you still dare to be arrogant? Today I'll wipe out your Green Gang."

This young Taoist priest had a fiery temper; when he started fighting, he didn't act like a typical Taoist.

The remaining Taoist priests swarmed into Wuyi Lane and fought with the Green Gang members.

"What happened?"

Some members of the Green Gang who were sleeping were awakened by the commotion outside, and some were still confused about the situation.

"Damn it, still sleeping? Get up! These damn Taoists have gone mad. They're running around causing trouble here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping. Grab your weapons and let's show them what we're made of."

The Green Gang members, awakened by the commotion, were enraged and grabbed their weapons, ready to draw blood from the Taoist priests.

As soon as a member of the Green Gang stepped out, he saw a young Taoist priest standing at the door with his sleeves rolled up. As soon as he opened the door, a fist came flying at him, accompanied by the words "May the Heavenly Venerable grant me boundless blessings."

The fight was raging outside, and the Green Gang members in Wuyi Lane were all lured out. Jiang Ning went directly to a corner of Wuyi Lane.

This is where the Green Gang guards those little beggars.

Chapter 145: The Gears of Fate

The houses here are quite dilapidated, and the windows are broken, so you can see inside through them.

"Hey, you tell me."

A burly man guarding the place yawned and said sleepily to his companion, "When are we finally going to leave this wretched place and go to another branch? We're getting so bored here."

"Being assigned to Wuyi Lane was already troublesome enough, but then Master Lin sent me to watch over these little beggars, which made it even less profitable."

His companion sighed, "What can we do? We'll just have to endure it here. Who told us we don't have any connections? Look at those who do, aren't they all going to other branches with more lucrative opportunities? Take Zhou Wensan from Juedefang, for example. His brother was the head of Juedefang, and he was taken away by his brother not long after he joined the gang."

Even the burly man was helpless.

His companion added, "Let's take it slow. Once we've made enough here, we can use our connections to get to other branches."

"Hey, which branch are you planning to go to?"

"I asked curiously."

After thinking for a moment, his companion said, "The place I want to go to most is Jude Fang. I heard that it's a lucrative place where you can easily make a lot of money from those gamblers."

The burly man sneered, "You wish! Going to the Juedefang branch requires a thirty-tael registration fee. Can you afford that?"

His companion chuckled and said, "Of course we can't afford it. I was just saying. Actually, going to Xinghua Tower wouldn't be bad. Although there's not much money to be made, we can play with those women however we want."

The two men chuckled lewdly.

They are far away and have no idea that a fight has broken out outside.

"I heard that it's not cheap to get into Xinghualou; you have to pay ten taels of silver to the head of the branch there."

At this moment, the burly man spoke again.

His companion winked and said, "I've already saved nine taels, and I only need one more tael."

The burly man exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?"

After saying that, the burly man also felt a little nervous and said, "Then I have to work harder too. I need to urge those little beggars to ask for more money so I can take more kickbacks."

Upon hearing this, his companion frowned and said, "I don't know what's wrong with these little beggars lately; they're getting less and less money."

"That's not bad enough, keep hitting them!"

"It's a tough guy," the burly man said fiercely.

“Break their limbs and make them crawl on the ground begging for food; that might garner more sympathy.”

These two were at the bottom of the Green Gang, especially in Wuyi Lane, where they were at the very bottom. The only people they could exploit were the beggars. In order to climb up the ranks, they had to exploit the beggars even more ruthlessly.

“Yesterday, the branch on Huanxi Street sent over a child. We haven’t started yet. We’ll break the child’s arms and legs tomorrow morning and make him beg on the streets too.”

The strong man said.

His companion nodded: "Yes."

As the two were talking, faint shouts of battle drifted over from outside, catching their attention.

"Huh? It's the middle of the night, what's making such a racket outside?"

The burly man frowned.

"Go out and see."

The two exchanged a glance, then prepared to leave and go outside to check the situation.

A dark shadow flashed by, and with two sharp cracking sounds, the two men fell to the ground.

Jiang Ning stepped over the two corpses and entered the room guarding them.

Squeak!

The door was opened, and the sound woke the people inside.

Jiang Ning looked around and saw at least twenty children staring at him in the darkness. Their eyes were filled with fear, and they retreated behind the wall after seeing Jiang Ning enter.

Jiang Ning has excellent eyesight and can see the physical condition of these children. Some have lost an arm, some have lost a leg, and some are blind. Some have lost both legs and are crawling on the ground. Only one child is physically healthy, but he is covered in dirt.

The child was just delivered yesterday, as mentioned by the two Green Gang members.

The little beggars looked at Jiang Ning as he walked in, their eyes filled with deep fear.

Only the able-bodied child stepped forward and stood in front of the little beggars. Although he was also very afraid of Jiang Ning, he still forced himself to stand up.

Jiang Ning glanced at him, then at the little beggars, but still didn't say anything.

Unlike before, he had nothing to say to the Green Gang members, but he didn't know what to say to these children.

"You are free."

After a pause, Jiang Ning spoke to them.

His words left the little beggars looking confused, but one of them recognized Jiang Ning's voice and thought it sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. So he mustered his courage and took two steps forward to a slightly brighter spot, where he finally caught a glimpse of Jiang Ning's face.

"what?"

The little beggar instinctively let out a sound of surprise, feeling that Jiang Ning looked familiar.

Jiang Ning looked at him and smiled, "We meet again."

The little beggar gasped, his dirty little face showing surprise as he looked at Jiang Ning.

Now he remembered that Jiang Ning was the person who had asked him questions on the street a while ago. He had a deep impression of Jiang Ning; she was the only person who would talk to him.

"Grandpa, you... how did you get here?"

The little beggar stammered.

"I……"

Just as Jiang Ning was about to speak, a commotion arose outside, and the Taoist priests stormed in.

“Master Jiang, we have already dealt with those Green Gang members outside.”

Several Taoist priests rushed in and spoke to Jiang Ning.

Their arrival startled the children in the room, who huddled against the wall, staring at them in terror.

"This……"

Some of the Taoist priests saw the children's tragic condition and fell silent.

"Layman, this..."

An older Taoist priest approached Jiang Ning, intending to ask about the arrangements.

"These children are now in the care of you Taoist priests."

Jiang Ning said.

"it is good."

The Taoist priest nodded, then walked up to the children, paused, and said, "Children, don't be afraid. We are Taoist priests from Qingcheng Mountain. We have come to rescue you. The Qing Gang, which was controlling and coercing you, has been eliminated by us. You are all safe now, and no one will bully you anymore."

When the Taoist priest spoke, some of the children still looked confused, but some of the older ones understood what he meant, and the healthy child looked even more excited.

These past two days, he had witnessed many dark aspects of human nature, which had cast a shadow on his heart. He constantly wanted to escape from this place, but he couldn't run away at all. Now, after hearing the Taoist's words, he was very excited.

"Save...us?"

The little beggar who had spoken to Jiang Ning earlier stared blankly at them.

They had been under the control of the Green Gang for too long and couldn't react in time.

"Esteemed Taoist priests, I'm leaving this place to you."

Jiang Ning is preparing to speed things up and head to the other two branch halls.

No one was injured or killed after the Taoist priests finished cleaning up the branch temple in Wuyi Lane. At most, a few suffered minor injuries, mainly because there were a few Taoist priests with good martial arts skills who held the line.

After discussing for a while, the Taoist priests decided to split up with Jiang Ning. They would leave a few priests to take care of the children, while the others would go to the Green Gang's branch in the brothel. Jiang Ning would go to Juedefang.

Without further delay, Jiang Ning went straight to Juedefang, where Zhang Daoshi and his fellow disciples were watching over things.