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Upon seeing his action, Tao Ganxian and Tao Zhixian pulled out their erhu and suona from who-knows-where and started playing funeral music.
The lobby was immediately filled with noise.
"let go!"
Ren Yingying's face turned pale with anger.
"I do not!"
Tao Genxian still clung tightly to her sword, refusing to let go.
"Holy Maiden, the fifth and sixth brothers are gone. I have nothing left. I only have these three younger brothers. Kill me, but don't kill them."
Upon hearing this, Ren Yingying's extreme anger subsided slightly.
She remembered that when Jiang Ning was chasing her, it was the Six Immortals of Peach Valley who risked their lives to protect her and save her, for which Peach Blossom Immortal and Peach Fruit Immortal died.
These brothers may be foolish, but their foolishness is pure and simple; they are loyal to her.
Many of her subordinates were coerced, bribed, or subdued by her through cruel means, but these few were the only ones who followed her unconditionally and trusted her completely.
Thinking of this, Ren Yingying's heart softened a little.
"Alright, Yingying."
At this moment, Ren Woxing spoke up.
"Since it has already happened, there's no point in holding the four of them accountable, and killing them won't help either. We're short-handed right now, so let's spare their lives for now."
Hearing Ren Woxing speak, Ren Yingying was still angry, but her desire to kill the Four Immortals of Peach Valley had softened. She snorted, loosened her grip on the sword hilt, and sat down on a chair.
Ren Woxing understood her meaning. He turned to look at the people still performing acrobatics, his brows furrowed, and he snapped, "Put them all away!"
Upon hearing Ren Woxing speak, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley immediately stopped what they were doing and looked at Ren Woxing pitifully.
Lan Fenghuang had already given the four of them a heads-up when they arrived. The person who looked like Ren Yingying was Ren Woxing. Whether they could survive this time depended on Ren Woxing.
Ren Woxing looked at them coldly.
“The four of you have failed in your duties. If you were to be punished according to the laws of the religion for your crimes, you would all be subject to the most severe punishment!”
Ren Woxing spoke with great seriousness, and the Four Immortals of Peach Valley trembled with fear.
"but."
Ren Woxing changed the subject and said, "Although you were careless and gave the enemy an opportunity, you at least completed the task assigned by Yingying. You can be spared the death penalty, but you cannot escape punishment."
Hearing this, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley breathed a sigh of relief.
I won't kill them.
But Ren Woxing kept talking.
"You will remain here to serve under Yingying while you await punishment. If you fail to perform your duties again, you will be severely punished!"
Ren Woxing said sternly.
The Four Immortals of Peach Valley hurriedly dropped their swords, musical instruments, and other miscellaneous items, and kowtowed to Ren Woxing.
"Thank you, Master Ren, for sparing my life."
The group muttered to themselves, with Peach Blossom Fairy adding, "I always said Yingying is a good person, and her father is a good person too. He wouldn't kill us."
"Yeah yeah."
The other three immortals of Peach Valley nodded repeatedly.
Tao Genxian said, "How could such a good person as Leader Ren be imprisoned by Dongfang Bubai for so many years? That Dongfang Bubai must be a bad person."
"Master Ren's martial arts are unparalleled. It must have been Dongfang Bubai who plotted against him back then. If I ever encounter such a treacherous villain, I'll definitely stab him a thousand times to avenge Master Ren!"
The four of them took turns praising Ren Woxing while belittling Dongfang Bubai.
Ren Woxing, who had been imprisoned for more than a decade, found these words very pleasing and burst into laughter.
"Well said, then Dongfang Bubai is a treacherous villain, hahaha."
Seeing Ren Woxing being praised so enthusiastically by them, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley also started to laugh foolishly.
"Good, good, good, well said, well said."
Ren Woxing laughed loudly.
He hated Dongfang Bubai to the core, but given his status, he couldn't utter any foul language. Ren Yingying wouldn't deliberately insult Dongfang Bubai, Xiang Wentian would only call him an old thief, and Lan Fenghuang wouldn't say a word. Now, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley were wantonly cursing Dongfang Bubai, which was hitting Ren Woxing right in the heart, making him overjoyed.
"The four of you are quite talented."
Ren Woxing smiled at the four and said, "From now on, you will all work for me obediently. After I kill Dongfang Bubai and regain control of the Divine Sect, I will appoint you as elders."
At this point, he had forgotten what he had told the Four Immortals of Peach Valley about making amends for his crimes.
The four immortals of Peach Valley looked delighted and exchanged glances.
Suddenly, Tao Genxian knelt down again in front of Ren Woxing, clasped his hands together, and looked solemn. The other three people's eyes flashed, and they also knelt down. The four of them did the same thing.
"Master!"
Tao Genxian looked at Ren Woxing seriously.
“We four brothers have wandered for half our lives, and everyone we've met has looked down on us. We've been wandering for decades, and we only regret that we haven't met a wise ruler.”
“Ever since we met Yingying, she has been very good to us brothers. Yingying is different from other people. She respects us, and we brothers are willing to fight for her.”
Tao Genxian's eyes welled up with tears: "We thought that Yingying was the only person in the world who was truly good to us, but we never expected that the sect leader was just as good as Yingying."
“If the leader does not abandon us, we four brothers are willing to acknowledge the leader as our godfather.”
Peach Root Immortal spoke with great emotion, and then bowed down, as did the other two, including Peach Leaf Immortal.
Ren Yingying couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw this.
These four idiots are doing something stupid again.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Upon seeing this, Ren Woxing couldn't help but burst into laughter, laughing until tears streamed down his face.
Xiang Wentian and Lan Fenghuang watched silently from the side.
"Forget it."
After laughing, Ren Woxing shook his head.
"You'd better focus on your work. I won't treat you unfairly from now on."
The four immortals of Peach Valley were all uglier than the last, and older than him. Ren Woxing really didn't want to recognize these four old and ugly adopted sons.
Regardless of whether he admitted it or not, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Safe.
Before meeting Ren Yingying, the four of them were always on tenterhooks and dared not come to see her, but when Ren Yingying sent someone to find them, they knew that they could not escape the matter in the end.
Fortunately, they had seen a play about Lü Bu recognizing his adoptive father before they came, so they learned from it.
They originally intended to use this move on Ren Yingying, but Ren Yingying ignored them, so the Four Immortals of Peach Valley used it on Ren Woxing instead.
"Rest assured, Master. The four of us brothers have always been loyal to Yingying. And since you are Yingying's father, we will be even more loyal to you."
Tao Genxian quickly replied.
"Okay, let's go down."
Ren Woxing smiled.
Upon hearing this, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley stood up abruptly, bowed repeatedly to Ren Woxing and Ren Yingying, and picked up all the papers that Peach Leaf Fairy had scattered on the ground before leaving.
"Master, if you want to win over the people in the sect, I have a suggestion."
After the matter of the Four Immortals of Peach Valley was settled, Xiang Wentian brought up the real business.
"We can try to win over Shangguan Yun of the White Tiger Hall and Jia Bu of the Azure Dragon Hall."
Xiang Wentian had been with the Sun Moon Sect for quite some time, and he had a good sense of who could be won over.
Ren Woxing nodded without much thought upon hearing this.
"Hmm, no rush for now."
Ren Woxing said, "Wait until I recover my strength before doing these things. Before that, don't make too many moves, lest Dongfang Bubai find out that I have already come out."
"Yes, Master."
Xiang Wentian nodded.
"Father, I won't be staying here for the next while."
At this moment, Ren Yingying stepped forward.
"Where are you going?"
Ren Woxing was surprised.
Ren Yingying said, "Since we'll have to confront Dongfang Bubai later, I'll go and contact my men."
She has a lot of people under her command, but they are scattered. She needs to inform the most powerful members of her team first.
Ren Yingying planned to go to Tianhe Gang to find Huang Bolu first.
Ren Woxing pondered upon hearing this.
"Master, Yingying, you don't need to trouble yourself with such a small matter. Let me do it."
Xiang Wentian then said, "The sect leader has not seen Yingying for many years, and I'm sure the sect leader misses her a lot. Let Yingying stay by the sect leader's side, and I will do this for Yingying."
Ren Woxing looked at him in surprise, and after a moment, nodded.
"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Brother Xiang."
After saying that, Ren Woxing looked at Ren Yingying and said, "Yingying, since you've already told your uncle this, then let him go."
Ren Yingying frowned slightly, but still nodded.
"Ok."
Ren Yingying looked at Xiang Wentian: "Uncle Xiang, I'll give you some names later, you can go find these people."
"no problem."
Xiang Wentian nodded.
After saying that, Ren Yingying got up and left to make a list, and Lan Fenghuang followed her.
Only Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian remained in the hall.
"Brother Xiang."
Ren Woxing looked at Xiang Wentian and said, "I was betrayed by that treacherous Dongfang Bubai and spent more than ten years in West Lake Prison. As the saying goes, people leave and tea grows cold. Many of my former subordinates have turned to Dongfang Bubai, but you alone have remained loyal to me. I will remember this kindness."
Ren Woxing spoke with great sincerity: "Although Yingying is my daughter, she is still a girl and cannot inherit my position as the leader of the sect. Don't worry, after I defeat Dongfang Bubai and take back the sect, I will appoint you as the next leader."
"what?"
Chapter 307: Drink Up Before You Go On Your Way
Lanfeng.
After leaving Mount Tai, Jiang Ning followed the river to Lanfeng, which was already within the territory of Kaifeng and very close to Dengfeng.
Mount Song is located in Dengfeng.
However, Jiang Ning did not plan to go to Mount Song now, as Zuo Lengchan would not welcome him if he went too early.
After leaving the river, Jiangning hired an oxcart and headed towards Lanfeng.
The Central Plains, also known as the Central Land.
It refers to the area within Henan province.
Thousands of years ago, Yu the Great used nine tripods to divide the land into nine provinces. Henan was designated as Yuzhou, the central hub of the land and the economic and cultural center from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the Northern Song Dynasty. Its importance is self-evident.
Henan is very prosperous; I've already seen it in Jiangning.
When Jiang Ning first went down the mountain to travel, he bid farewell to Yue Buqun in Xiangyang and went to Luoyang. Later, he went to Huaiqing Prefecture, but never came to Kaifeng.