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

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Lin Pingzhi inquired.

The old man glanced at him and asked, "Young master, I think you're actually a girl, aren't you?"

"Ok?"

Lin Pingzhi's expression froze.

Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong were also surprised.

Linghu Chong asked curiously, "Old man, why do you think so?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I think he's so handsome, prettier than many women. It's obvious he's a girl who deliberately dressed up as a man."

As he spoke, the old man looked like he knew everything. “I understand. You are not ordinary people. It’s always inconvenient for a woman to be out in public. It would be much easier to dress as a man.”

Linghu Chong laughed heartily: "Old man, my junior brother Lin may be handsome, but he's not a girl, he's a pure man."

The old man was startled by what he heard and apologized repeatedly.

Lin Pingzhi was somewhat depressed.

I'm a real man!

In fact, Lin Pingzhi was also troubled by his appearance. He looked like his mother, with a male body and a female face. In the past, many people mistook him for a woman, which made him very angry. However, the old man was just a commoner from the countryside and said it unintentionally, so he couldn't say anything and looked sullen.

After this incident, Lin Pingzhi stopped talking, and Linghu Chong and the old man chatted.

The old man's house wasn't far; the group walked for a short distance and arrived.

The old man's family consisted of six people: his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons. They lived a relatively poor but still manageable life.

Upon seeing the head of the household return with guests, the old man's wife, son, and daughter-in-law came out to greet them.

"Oh, so cute with its chubby cheeks."

Linghu Chong picked up one of the old man's little grandsons and teased him.

The old man smiled when he saw this.

Holding the child in his arms, Linghu Chong's thoughts drifted, and he began to fantasize about having several children with Yue Lingshan after they got married.

"The three gentlemen must not have eaten yet? Luckily, I have just finished cooking at home. If you don't mind, would you like to have some with us?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning, Linghu Chong, and Lin Pingzhi said, "Thank you, sir."

The old man's family had prepared only enough food for themselves, but now that there were three more people, including Jiang Ning, it was clearly not enough. So the old man's wife and daughter-in-law went to cook more food, and the group sat and waited.

After a while, the old man's wife and daughter-in-law brought out a lot of dishes again, and everyone started eating.

"good to eat."

Linghu Chong took a bite and praised it.

Jiang Ning and Lin Pingzhi also thought the taste was good. Although it wasn't a fancy dish, these simple country-style dishes were more flavorful.

Although they were guests and had been paid, Jiang Ning and his two fellow disciples, Linghu Chong and his brother, didn't eat much. The three of them had large appetites, and if they ate to their hearts' content, there probably wouldn't be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.

Jiang Ning and his two companions were preparing to finish their meal quickly and rest so they could continue their journey the next day. However, before they had even finished eating, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.

There were shouts of alarm and the sound of horses' hooves outside, along with a lot of cursing.

"what happened?"

Lin Pingzhi frowned, and before he could get up to ask, the old man and his family looked terrified.

"Why are they here again? Didn't they just come last month? Are they trying to kill us?"

The old man's son cried out in alarm.

Although the old man was also flustered, he quickly regained his composure and said repeatedly, "Quick, quick, hide all the food so it won't be discovered. Chunsheng, tell your wife to hide too."

The son quickly agreed and then told his wife to hide.

The old man also looked at Jiang Ning and the other two.

“The three of you are not locals. Quickly hide with my daughter-in-law and wife, and let's get through this night and leave tomorrow.”

Hearing the old man's words, Jiang Ning and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Old man, what happened to make you so panicked?"

Lin Pingzhi frowned and asked.

Jiang Ning, however, sensed something amiss and asked, "Old man, is there some bandit activity around here?"

During his years of travel, he had wiped out countless bandit strongholds and witnessed the panic of countless villagers upon hearing that bandits had entered their villages. He had gained considerable experience in this regard.

"Bandits?"

Before the old man could speak, Linghu Chong's eyes lit up, and he immediately prepared to get up.

But before Linghu Chong could get up, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside.

Pfft!

The door was kicked open.

"Where are you all? Get your asses out here and stand at the village entrance!"

A man rushed in with a knife and started yelling without even looking at who was inside.

"Are you all fucking mute? You guys..."

Without continuing, the man noticed that there were three other people in the room besides the old man. At this moment, Jiang Ning, Linghu Chong, and Lin Pingzhi all turned to look at him.

Chapter 486: We Are All Good People (Bonus Chapter 1/2 for Lin Feng who likes Lung Gold Grass)

"you……"

When the man saw Jiang Ning and his two companions, they seemed unfamiliar. However, upon seeing their clothes, he realized that the three brothers were not from the village, but were definitely wealthy. His eyes lit up, and he was about to speak when a figure suddenly rushed towards him.

boom!

The man was sent flying backwards and crashed into the yard outside the house, startling the chickens and dogs into a frenzy.

"Ouch, it hurts me to death."

The man clutched his chest and cried out in pain, looking at the man who had just kicked him standing at the door and shouting in shock and anger.

"You are so brave!"

"Humph!"

Lin Pingzhi snorted coldly.

"This, this, this..."

Inside the house, the old man was stunned and speechless.

Jiang Ning got up and walked out.

"Senior brother, let junior brother do this kind of small thing."

Seeing that Jiang Ning was about to make a move, Lin Pingzhi quickly said.

Jiang Ning looked at him and nodded.

"Alright."

At this moment, the bandit also got up, looked at them warily, and then turned and ran to call for help.

He hadn't even seen how Lin Pingzhi kicked him; this guy was tough, he needed to call for backup.

However, he had only run for a short while when suddenly, with a soft "plop," he stopped abruptly. He looked down at his chest and saw a sword tip protruding from it.

puff!

Lin Pingzhi drew his blood-stained sword, and the man fell to the ground.

Linghu Chong and the old man also came out. When they saw this scene, Linghu Chong didn't react much, but the old man was terrified.

"This, this, this..."

The old man looked at the three of them with a look of horror, especially Lin Pingzhi.

You shouldn't have killed him!

Lin Pingzhi was taken aback.

The old man beat his feet and pounded his chest: "If you don't kill him, at most we'll just have our food stolen. If you kill him, our whole family will be finished!"

When the old man's son came out and saw this scene, he also looked miserable.

Linghu Chong looked at him with a grin: "Old man, how about the three of us brothers help you kill all these bandits?"

The old man stared at him in horror upon hearing this.

"Who...who exactly are you people?"

Seeing how easily he spoke of killing, the old man sensed that these three people were not as simple as they seemed.

Linghu Chong chuckled and said, "We are all good people."

"Isn't he going to the village entrance? Let's go take a look."

Jiang Ning glanced at the corpse, then walked outside.

"Yes, senior brother."

Lin Pingzhi followed.

Seeing the two leave, Linghu Chong said to the old man and his son, "Old man, you two come along too."

After saying that, Linghu Chong followed. The old man and his son exchanged glances, both of them seeing the other's fear and dread, but they had no choice but to follow.

It was already quite late, but the village entrance was bustling with people, and more than twenty men on horseback, brandishing knives, were shouting sternly at the villagers.

"We really have no food left."

An old man was pleading with one of the bandits. The old man was the village chief, and the bandit was their leader.

Upon hearing this, the bandit leader's face hardened, and he immediately put a knife to the bandit's neck.

"I don't care about all that. If you don't hand over the grain, I'll massacre your entire village."

Upon hearing this, many villagers were so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Boss, almost everyone in the village has arrived."

One of the bandits said to his leader.

At this moment, several hundred villagers were standing at the village entrance.

The leader nodded at the villagers, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Where did one of our men go?"

Upon hearing this, the bandit looked around and turned to say, "Boss, Xiao Liu hasn't arrived yet."

The leader yelled, "Where is he? Where the hell is he?"

The bandit said, "He went to the west side of the village to call the villagers there."

Upon hearing this, the leader pointed his knife at the villagers.

"Any of you living in the west of the village? Have you seen us brothers?"

The crowd panicked and no one spoke.

"Oh shit."

The leader cursed and was about to make an example of someone, but suddenly stopped as several people walked in from the west of the village.

"Ok?"

The leader exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the clothes and appearances of Jiang Ning and the other two.

"Where are you from? You're not from this village, are you? You're from the west side of the village, where are our brothers?"

Upon seeing so many bandits, the old man and his son turned pale with fright, before they could even reply.

"kill."

Jiang Ning looked at these people expressionlessly and uttered a single word.