Chapter 7 Rebuilding the Gate

  One night without a word, at dawn the next day, Ning Ruxue made Ye Wen wait in the broken temple and not to wander around, personally ran to the county town nearby to rent a flatbed cart to transport the corpses.

  At first, the old farmer didn't know what was going on and almost peed his pants when he saw all the dead bodies. Luckily, Ning Ruxue quickly explained that they were notorious criminals wanted by the authorities, and she and her companion had just happened to encounter them and killed them to rid the people of their evil. This finally put the old farmer at ease; otherwise, he would have taken the two of them for a pair of ruthless thieves roaming the countryside, killing without batting an eye.

  At this time, Ye Wen remained silent, while Ning Ruxue saw him frowning and not speaking, thinking that his old injury had relapsed. Due to the fierce battle last night, it was very likely that Ye Wen's internal injuries, which had not fully recovered, were acting up again.

  "If you feel uncomfortable, go rest in the car!"

  After all, he was his own brother who had been together since childhood, and although he didn't like Ye Wen's personality, he still couldn't help but worry about his physical condition. So when Ning Ruxue saw that Ye Wen was still frowning, she suddenly said something that startled him, leaving him unresponsive.

  It wasn't until a while later that I realized my Ning Shizhi was letting me rest on the carriage out of concern, so as to avoid overexertion. After all, he is still an injured person.

  It was not because of his still-unhealed injuries that Ye Wen furrowed his brow, but rather the sudden thought that had popped into his head.

  Since he and Ning Ruxue killed those evil bandits and learned that they were wanted criminals with a price on their heads, there had been a voice echoing in his mind. However, it was faint and unclear, leaving him constantly unsure of what he really wanted to do.

  But in his heart, he kept telling himself that this was a very important thing, and he must figure it out. This had kept him in a state of contemplation from the early hours of the morning until now, to the point where he couldn't care about anything else.

  The situation did not improve even after arriving at the government office - in fact, the two carried the corpse directly to the police station instead of the county government.

  Generally, fugitives are sent here and their identities are confirmed by the local capture head before being thrown into prison. How to deal with them in the future will be discussed separately; only super-large thieves or imperial appointees need to be personally confirmed by the county magistrate, first because such wanted persons have a significant relationship, secondly because the amount of reward involved is also relatively high, and the capture head does not have the power to take out so much silver.

  As for what Ye Wen brought over, although it's not a small amount of money, the reward silver is already quite substantial. Instead, they invited Master Shi to help the two settle accounts.

  To be a good advisor, one must have the ability to judge people accurately. He can tell who can be offended and who cannot be offended, otherwise how can he advise the county magistrate?

  So the master saw these two people, although young, carrying knives and swords (all those big men's weapons), one look was enough to know they were children of the rivers and lakes, still that kind of person who is not easy to mess with. After all, so-called children of the rivers and lakes, another name is fugitive.

  They don't take their own lives seriously, nor do they take others' lives seriously. At the slightest disagreement, they draw their swords and face each other. With just a name, they can wipe out an entire family. The teacher doesn't want to be labeled as an evil thief by these two and then killed with one sword (as if he hadn't seen those eight big men, stronger than him, lying dead on the cart).

  So the master quickly and happily handed over the reward money, then immediately slipped away. He didn't want to offend the other party, nor did he want to have too much contact with them; it was best if they just parted ways after settling the account.

  There's no need for him to get involved in other matters. As for Li Fu, the county's capture head, he was already getting close to those two young knights and didn't need to join in at all.

  As the leader of the capture team, Li Fu often had to deal with these Jianghu people, especially when he needed their help in capturing wanted criminals. Whenever someone brought a fugitive to collect the reward money, Li Fu would take the opportunity to build a relationship with them.

  This time was no exception, only he didn't expect that the one who had been talking to him all along was a little girl who looked like she was only 16 or 17 years old. The young man, on the other hand, had been keeping his mouth shut all along, looking like he was this girl's follower.

  "Could it be that she is a favored female disciple or daughter of some prominent sect's elder, come down the mountain to gain experience?"

  He didn't know that Ye Wen was still entangled in the voice in his head, so he didn't have the heart to respond to him. Moreover, Ning Ruxue didn't think there was anything wrong with representing both of them in a conversation with others. As a result, neither of them expected to cause such a misunderstanding.

  "Which school and sect do these two young heroes come from?"

  The topic turned around and finally turned to this almost "must-ask" question for Li Fu. Every time he met some Jianghu people, this question was almost a must-ask question to explore the other party's background information, and Li Fu could also use this to understand whether the other party was worth deeply interacting with.

  But unexpectedly, when this question came out, Ning Ruxue, who had been chatting with herself for half a day, suddenly looked embarrassed and closed her mouth, but instead secretly glanced at the young man.

  Although Ning Ruxue's movements were very covert, how could she escape Li Fu, who had been in the business of capturing thieves for over a decade and was almost a master?

  "If there's anything inconvenient, just don't mention it, you two young heroes!"

  In general, people who travel the world will not conceal their own sect. If they do, there are usually some special circumstances, and it is even possible that there are particularly taboo situations. So it's best not to ask, Li Fu naturally understood these principles, so he immediately changed the subject to show that he had no other special intentions.

  It was just at this moment that Ye Wen, who had been silent all along, suddenly replied: "My sister and I are disciples of the Shu Mountain Sect. It's likely that Li Captor, a small door and a small household, has never heard of it!"

  "Shūshan-ha?"

  Li Fu of Shushan knew that it was a small sect on top of Book Mountain, and he had only heard of it because of its good name. However, he had heard that the Shushan Sect had been destroyed by someone in the past few days.

  "No!" Ye Wen smiled: "Not Book Mountain, but Shu Shan Sect..."

  ……

  Coming out of the police station, Ning Ruxue and Ye Wen didn't say a word to each other for a long time. Finally, Ning Ruxue couldn't help but speak up: "Senior brother, even if our sect's signboard has been taken away by others, even if our sect is destroyed, we can't let them change the name of our sect like this!"

  She was not very satisfied with Ye Wen's casual modification of the school name, especially since their sect had already been occupied by others. According to common sense, the two now belonged to the wandering knights without a door or a faction, but suddenly said they were disciples of Shu Shan Sect, which made Ning Ruxue think that her senior brother had forgotten the kindness of his teacher and was even more ashamed of his identity as the leader of Shu Shan Sect.

  But Ye Wen was not concerned about this at all, and his approach was also a deliberate decision after careful consideration.

  "Sister, the Book Mountain Sect and Shu Mountain Sect are all us! What's in a name, it's just a signboard! If we're talking about tradition, as long as you and I are here, that's a continuation of our lineage. What we need to do is carry on the legacy of our sect, not be too fixated on just one label!"

  What's more important is that the Shushan Sect didn't have any reputation to begin with, so even if they used their old signboard, it wouldn't be of much use. Ye Wen naturally discarded it without a care.

  As for him suddenly wanting to let the Book Mountain Sect continue, it was all because he finally understood what the voice in his head that wouldn't stop ringing was trying to tell him. And this was also thanks to Li's question about which sect they came from.

  Originally, Ye Wen took control of this body by attaching himself to it during the martial arts competition that day. The original Ye Wen had actually died on the spot, leaving only a wisp of soul that remained in the body because he felt guilty towards his master's trust and never dispersed, thus becoming an obsession.

  In the past few days, Ye Wen's physical condition was not good, so it wasn't strange that he didn't have any weird thoughts. However, after his body gradually recovered, this obsession emerged, and he hoped that Ye Wen, who had taken over his body to live on in his place, could revive their sect for him.

  This idea has been lingering in his mind, almost driving Ye Wen mad on the spot. If it weren't for his extraordinary willpower, Ye Wen would have had another sudden and violent death just after being revived.

  This situation gradually improved in Ye Wen's mind after he began to carefully think about how to revive the Shushan Sect, and when he had some initial ideas, that obsession gradually dissipated - later Ye Wen only knew that it was because this Ye Zhangmen finally agreed to his request and was willing to reincarnate.

  Of course, at this time Ye Wen thought that the original owner of his body had given him an order to rebuild and revive the Shu Shan Sect. If he didn't do it, then he wouldn't be able to live comfortably either. From time to time, he would get a severe headache, and Ye Wen himself would probably go hit his head against the wall in search of a quick death to escape.

  So, thinking that his neck was on the chopping block, Ye Wen began to seriously consider how to revive the Shushan Sect. In any case, he should first establish a foothold, which would at least be an initial accomplishment and give himself some justification for the idiot in his head.

  What about afterwards?

  "Now I have a cheat device. When I brush out the ultimate divine skill and cultivate it, you'll return what's mine to me, and spit out what you've eaten of mine!"

  He had no doubt that he would make those who had offended the Book Mountain Sect disappear from this realm later on, and if his kung fu progressed quickly, he didn't mind making those bastards completely disappear from this world. This confidence reached its peak in a situation where even carelessly brushed Three Immortals Swords were so effective.

  Simply told her own plans to the younger sister, but no matter how good or bad Ning Xue said, she disagreed with Ye Wen's approach of setting up another household.

  In the end, Ye Wen lost his patience and didn't bother to care about Ning Ruxue's increasingly ugly and obviously disapproving expression, and made a decision on his own.

  "I'm the boss, so what I say goes! Let's first find a place to set up our base, and then we'll go back and openly take back the things that were stolen from us!"

  He didn't expect that after he finished saying this, Ning Ruxue's expression actually became much more relaxed, perhaps the sentence "afterwards we will properly and openly take back what was lost" was very much in line with her temperament, and she finally acquiesced to Ye Wen's decision.

  "Then our sect is called Shu Shan Sect?"

  "Of course!" Ye Wen nodded: "Shu Shan and Shu Shan have similar pronunciations, and it's not even considered a separate school! It's possible that our ancestors didn't know many characters, so they started the name of the Book Mountain School!"

  In Ye Wen's opinion, Shu Shan Pai is far more awesome than Shu Shan Pai... As for the reason? Everyone on earth knows!