Chapter 315 - Outgoing investigations
Oh right, you better take note of the Mount Song's side. Although they are part of the Five Mountain Alliance and are originally one family, but the Mount Song has always prided herself as the Alliance Master, being extremely powerful, and has always wanted to take over the other four mountains, and the Huashan Mountain is currently the weakest side, so you need to be careful. Feng Qingyang reminded.
Hearing that, Ling Xiao cupped his fists and said: "Disciple understands, many thanks Master for your concern."
If not for you, I would never want to step foot into the Huashan Mountain again. This place gave me a bad impression, and I do not wish to have any more conflicts with the Huashan Mountain. You are already strong enough, so you will not need my protection in the near future. With that, Feng Qingyang got on his horse and waved his whip and left.
Looking at Feng Qingyang's resolute figure, Ling Xiao couldn't help but sigh with emotion. In the end, he was already an old man in his late twenties.
Actually, Ling Xiao was very clear about the things that he had been reminded of. Since he had already become the Sect Leader, he naturally wouldn't let anyone bully the Huashan Mountain anymore.
When he reached the top of the mountain, he saw Ning Zhong standing on the road, seemingly waiting for him.
"Lady Ning, is there anything else?" Ling Xiao asked.
Ning Zhong looked behind Ling Xiao and asked: "Sect Leader Ling, has Martial Uncle already left?"
Ling Xiao laughed lightly: "Lady Ning, I have not officially become a Sect Leader, there is no need to change my name so quickly, right? As for Master, he has already left. If there are no urgent matters, he should not be appearing in Huashan Mountain anymore. "
It was obvious that it was a little regretful of Feng Qingyang's decision. Back then, when he left Huashan Mountain, he had been very decisive in leaving, and it was the same now. He was still unwilling to return, even though the entire Huashan Mountain hoped for him to return, but he still remained unmoved.
"Since the inauguration ceremony hasn't been held, then it should be held. Our Huashan Mountain's situation is precarious, all the surrounding powers are watching us, and we urgently need a fair and square person who is strong enough to take the position of the Sect Leader, at the same time intimidating other people." Ning Zhong, on the other hand, had a serious expression on his face.
Hearing that, Ling Xiao nodded his head and said: "I agree with Lady Ning's thoughts, since that is the case, we shall organize it. Lady Ning will be responsible for this matter, I will respect your arrangements."
Upon hearing this, Ning Zhong showed a relaxed smile and nodded. "That's great. I'll come inform you about the following matters after I've made the arrangements."
Not only Ning Zhongze, Ling Xiao had met a few elders of the Huashan Mountain Sect along the way. They had all changed their way of addressing him as Sect Leader Ling, and from the looks of it, Ling Xiao had already become their new spiritual leader.
Returning back to his own residence, Ling Xiao discovered that it had already been swept clean, at least the pile of leaves that he had piled up earlier on were all gone.
Originally, Ning Zhongze's request was for Ling Xiao to move to the Sect Leader's personal residence. However, since Ling Xiao didn't agree to it, he preferred his original residence more, and had ordered for no one to approach him, maintaining his original appearance.
Just as he sat down and was about to pour a cup of tea-water, he heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." Ling Xiao said.
The door was pushed open and Lu Da walked in.
Seeing Lu Da, Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows and said: "You're back?"
Lu Da cupped his fists and said: "Yes, Sect Leader Ling, I have already investigated thoroughly."
"Sit down, let's talk slowly. Don't worry about the details, drink some water first." Ling Xiao said as he poured Lu Da a cup of water.
However, when he thought of how Ling Xiao was different from Yue Buqun, he gave himself a very kind feeling, and naturally he was not that nervous. Although his following actions were much more natural, he still maintained the respect that he should have, as Ling Xiao, after all, was now a Sect Leader of the Huashan Mountain.
Because Yue Buqun's escape had caused Hu Chong to disappear, the entire Huashan Mountain's strength had been greatly weakened. Furthermore, the younger generation did not have any strong enough people to stand out against.
This time, Lu Da had received Ling Xiao's orders to head to the surrounding four mountains to investigate some matters. The most important of them all was to investigate the attitude of the Mount Song towards the Huashan Mountain s.
Even if Feng Qingyang didn't say it, Ling Xiao would have thought of a way to investigate the Mount Song, because Ling Xiao knew everything. He knew that the Mount Song had always been eyeing the Huashan Mountain covetously, so he naturally had to be on guard.
"Sect Leader, after some investigation, other than Mount Song, the other three mountains did not show any outstanding reactions. However, they did not have any intentions of coming here to provide assistance or to offer condolences. I will go and ask the disciples of the three mountains, their attitudes were extremely indifferent, and they looked down on Huashan Mountain." Lu Da said with some dissatisfaction.
After all, he was a disciple of a Huashan Mountain and upon seeing the attitude of the disciples of the other allies in the Alliance towards a Huashan Mountain who was also an ally, he must be extremely unhappy.
Ling Xiao knew all this from the beginning, but he naturally did not display much of an attitude, and then asked: "As for Mount Song, your attitude should be even worse than that, right?"
Hearing this, Lu Da nodded his head, his face filled with anger: That's right, Mount Song disciples don't just look down on Huashan Mountain, you even say that Huashan Mountain is sooner or later, could it be that they want to swallow us up? If it is like this, then this alliance is meaningless.
When he said these words, Lu Da was very angry, but there was nothing he could do. After all, the Mount Song's overall strength was indeed much stronger than the Huashan Mountain's.
What Lu Da did not know was that the Mount Song did indeed want to swallow the Huashan Mountain.
Ling Xiao nodded and said, "Mn, even if that's the case, we still don't have a choice. Back then, the alliance was formed by a few Sect Leader s together, although it was Mount Song's intention, but this method, is to unite with the outside world, otherwise, they would have broken one by one long ago.
"But, the current Mount Song is extremely indifferent to us, she doesn't have any intention of helping us, when the enemies attacked, we already sent people to inform the Alliance, but in the end we did not manage to get any reinforcements." Lu Da said angrily.
Ling Xiao waved his hand and said: "I know, but at the moment, we cannot express anything. If we say that we want to leave the Alliance, that would be adding oil to the fire, and the surrounding forces are all eyeing us covetously, one of the few reasons that they are afraid of is the Five Mountain Alliance. Although internally, our Huashan Mountain is despised and mocked by others, but the reputation of the Five Mountain Alliance is indeed able to help us temporarily."
Hearing Ling Xiao's explanation, Lu Da was speechless, but the expression on his face showed that he was very sad.