CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 2 I, YUE BUQUN, LIVE STREAM TO UNIFY THE MARTIAL WORLD (TWO UPDATES)_1

Carefree Smile’s World Wanderer.

Today, the fifteenth of July, was the day Yue Buqun had widely distributed invitations, calling upon Wudang, Shaolin, and the Five Mountain Sword Sects, among other major sects, to gather at Huashan to discuss important affairs.

Yue Buqun started the live stream. What appeared on the screen was a magnificent and perilous mountain—Huashan.

The Huashan Martial Arts Square was packed with people. Various sects arrived with their disciples, taking their seats according to their rank.

**10,000 Chat Group:**

Dog Son of the Upper God: "Sitting and waiting for Elder Yue to triumph in all directions, achieve civil and martial virtue, and unify the Jianghu! Popcorn_Cola.jpg."

The Lord of Great Qin: "Sitting and waiting for Elder Yue to triumph in all directions, achieve civil and martial virtue, and unify the Jianghu! Popcorn_Cola.jpg."

Dominator of the Underworld Association: "Yue Buqun, aren’t you a bit slow? Besides the recently joined Little Fox and Yunyun, you’re the last one here!"

Huashan Sect Master: "The grand sacrificial ceremony for my God cannot be rushed. My abilities are limited, and I can only try my best, willing to go through fire and water and die a thousand deaths."

Yue Buqun sneered inwardly. Xiong Ba actually dared to make such insinuations. Wasn’t this plainly saying that I wasn’t working hard and not showing enough dedication? If the Upper God believed these slanderous words and held it against me, wouldn’t I be done for? Detestable. However, a sense of urgency also rose in his heart. After this sacrificial ceremony, I must accelerate the dissemination of the teachings. Otherwise, the Upper God really might feel that I am not making enough effort and am slacking off.

Soul Hall Saint Girl: "We have all seen the efforts of Sect Leader Yue, and the Upper God will surely be pleased!"

Bibi Dong stepped in to mediate, and the crowd stopped discussing. The focus shifted back to the live stream.

Yue Buqun no longer paid attention to the group chat. He concentrated on handling the affairs outside.

"Sect Leader Yue, you said there’s a matter concerning the rise and fall of our sects to discuss. Now that we have all arrived, it’s time for you to speak. What exactly is it?" One of the Thirteen Protectors of the Song Mountain Sect, Ding Mian, prompted by Zuo Lengchan’s signal, stood up and asked Yue Buqun.

"Indeed, Sect Leader Yue, is it because the Demon Sect is making some major move?"

"Ever since Dongfang Bubai became the Sect Hierarch, the Sun and Moon Holy Cult has grown stronger. They might actually make a move on us!"

One after another, people from the Jianghu spoke up. All eyes were focused on Yue Buqun.

"Everyone, please calm down!" Yue Buqun stood up, exuding the demeanor of a gentleman, elegant and cultured. He raised his hand to silence the noisy crowd, saying, "Today, I have invited you all here, and it’s not about the affairs of the Sun and Moon Holy Cult."

"It’s about..."

Everyone perked up, extremely curious.

Not about the Sun and Moon Holy Cult—could it be that the imperial court is going to take action against them?

"It’s because I happened upon divine grace and wish to share it with everyone. To believe in my God, to enjoy the divine blessings together, to spread the glory of my God collectively!"

As his words fell, the entire place went silent. Everyone questioned whether they were hearing things. Had they heard wrong? Yue Buqun had called them from afar just to say this? This was blatant deception. After the silence, the crowd burst into an uproar.

"Sect Leader Yue, we understand if you believe in a god—Master Fang Zheng also believes in Buddha—but to trick us all into coming here so that we would believe in a god with you, that’s going too far!" Zuo Lengchan was the first to stand up and accuse, "If you don’t give us an explanation today, I doubt anyone here will stand for it!"

He hadn’t expected Yue Buqun to be playing such a desperate hand. The Huashan Sect was a major obstacle to his unification of the Five Mountain Sword Sects, and today was a good opportunity to suppress them.

"What Sect Leader Zuo said is very true. We’ve set aside our sect affairs and traveled thousands of miles to come here, only to be asked to join you in believing in a god. Today, you must give us an explanation!"

One martial artist after another, filled with righteous indignation, clamored loudly.

"Gentlemen, please quiet down for a moment!" Yue Buqun released the aura of an Innate expert. With a downward press of his hand in the air, all the Jianghu martial artists felt as if they were carrying mountains on their backs, struggling to breathe.

"How is this possible?"

"Yue Buqun has actually broken through to the Innate realm?"

"Impossible!"

"He was nowhere near the Innate realm!"

All the martial artists were stunned, especially the powerful sect leaders, such as Shaolin’s Master Fang Zheng, Wudang’s Chong Xu, and Song Mountain’s Zuo Lengchan. They had a rough idea of Yue Buqun’s strength: around the seventh level of Houtian, at most. The most likely candidate for Innate strength in the current Jianghu was Dongfang Bubai, the Sect Hierarch of the Sun and Moon Holy Cult. The titans of the Jianghu martial arts, such as Shaolin’s Fangzheng and Wudang’s Chong Xu, were merely at the peak of Houtian.

"I know you are all wondering how I, with my mediocre martial arts, have suddenly broken through to the Innate realm!" Yue Buqun was bursting with vigor as he looked out over the crowd and loudly declared, "This is all an endowment from my God, the God of Hongmeng! He is the supreme and almighty True God, a grand being of reality, not the false divine spirits as you all perceive them to be!"

"Ridiculous!" Zuo Lengchan’s face darkened like still water as he stepped in front of the crowd, fixing his gaze on Yue Buqun. "Although I don’t know what heaven-defying opportunity you’ve come across, divine favor? Do you take us for three-year-olds?"

Yu Canghai from the Green City Sect also stood out, echoing, "Sect Leader Yue, you’ve coaxed us all to come here today, causing us all great losses. How do you plan to explain?"

As Yu Canghai’s voice fell, the surrounding martial artists unanimously stepped forward. Their eyes burned, fixed on Yue Buqun with predatory intent. Their purpose was self-evident: they intended to use the power of the crowd to coerce Yue Buqun into handing over the secret to his breakthrough to the Innate realm.

"How to explain?" Yue Buqun suddenly laughed. Just as everyone was bewildered, he drew his sword.

CLANG.

The sword light shot through the sky like a long rainbow, swift as lightning. The terrifying Innate True Qi condensed into Sword Qi, pierced through Yu Canghai’s brow, and left a deep, bottomless sword mark on the ground.

THUD.

Yu Canghai fell straight to the ground, dead. He didn’t even have time to scream.

Zuo Lengchan, Master Fang Zheng, Chong Xu, and other martial artists were stunned. While Yu Canghai was not particularly strong, he was not weak either. Even they would find it difficult to kill Yu Canghai with a single move, let alone as effortlessly as Yue Buqun had done.

Innate experts. So terrifyingly powerful.

"Yue Buqun, do you really intend to use your Innate cultivation level to coerce all your fellows of the Jianghu martial world?" Zuo Lengchan’s tone was harsh, invoking moral righteousness. He couldn’t allow Yue Buqun to control the situation, or else his dream of leading the Five Mountain Sword Sects would be dashed.

SWISH!

Yue Buqun wasted no words, delivering another sword strike.

Zuo Lengchan was on alert, but against absolute strength, he instantly followed in Yu Canghai’s footsteps.

Looking at Zuo Lengchan’s corpse, the scene fell deathly silent. Everyone knew that likely no one present could withstand a sword strike from Yue Buqun. Whoever stepped forward would die. Their gazes naturally turned towards the respected Master Fang Zheng and Daoist Master Chong Xu.

"Amitabha!" Master Fang Zheng slowly emerged from the crowd, looking at Yue Buqun. "Sect Leader Yue, what exactly is the purpose of calling us here today?"

He did not believe that Yue Buqun truly summoned them to convert to a faith; rather, he suspected Yue Buqun intended to absorb their sects and unify the martial world.

"Master Fang Zheng, the reason I’ve called everyone here today is very simple: I want all of you to believe in the God of Hongmeng, this great True God!"

"Master Fang Zheng believes in the Buddha, but has the Buddha ever manifested? Has He ever bestowed even a shred of grace upon Master Fang Zheng or any of His followers?"

Yue Buqun then looked at Daoist Master Chong Xu. "Daoist Master Chong Xu, the same goes for you. Have the Divine Spirits you worship ever paid you any attention? Do they even truly exist?"

Daoist Master Chong Xu replied, "Sect Leader Yue, can this God of Hongmeng you worship then bestow grace upon you, or manifest Himself?"

"Yes, if you can make the God of Hongmeng manifest Himself, what’s to stop us from believing in Him?"

"Indeed, indeed!"

"We’ll only believe in the God of Hongmeng if He can manifest Himself!"

The martial artists loudly concurred. They had seen many supposed divine beings, but none had ever truly manifested. All were falsehoods.

"As I said earlier, my ascension to the Innate realm was a blessing from my God," Yue Buqun said with a slight smile, pleased he was getting the desired reaction. He continued, "I know you don’t believe it. Therefore, today, in front of all of you, I will ask the magnificent God of Hongmeng to manifest Himself, so you can all see the difference between a True God and false gods!"

"Poor Daoist will wait and see!" Daoist Master Chong Xu maintained an impassive face, curious to see what tricks Yue Buqun might play.

"Amitabha." Master Fang Zheng brought his hands together, equally curious.

"Have you all seen this altar? This is for worshiping my God. Later, if you pray with me, you can receive divine grace and break through your cultivation levels!"

Yue Buqun’s words once again stirred up a commotion among the people.

Receive divine grace just from praying? What a joke! Why doesn’t he just ascend to heaven himself?

"Believe it or not!" After dropping that remark, Yue Buqun ignored the clamoring crowd and walked straight to the altar in the center of the Huashan Martial Arts Square. He took a deep breath, his eyes full of expectation, and instructed Ling Huchong behind him, "Bring out the Sacrifices!"

"Yes, Master!"

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