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After an unknown amount of time, Hu Anyu had long since stopped screaming, but their actions did not stop until they had completely vented their anger. They then dispersed, revealing a pile of minced meat inside.
"vomit!"
Many people were so disgusted by the scene that they vomited.
"And him!"
After Hu Anyu was chopped into mincemeat, one of the women pointed at Hu Shi and said hatefully, "He's that scoundrel's son! He was the one who said no one cared about our lives!"
Upon hearing this, the women, who had just vented some of their anger, revealed their deep-seated hatred again and surged towards Hu Shi together.
Seeing their appearance, the Huashan disciples who were holding Hu Shi felt their hearts pound and quickly moved aside.
Hu Shi, who was already filled with grief and indignation because of his father's tragic death, couldn't help but twitch his eyelids when he saw this scene.
He was strong, but when he saw the group of brothel women, who looked like demons, rushing towards him, he seemed to lose all his strength.
These people, who were originally just tools in his eyes to fawn over customers and make money for his Iron Palm Sect, now terrified him.
After a while.
Hu Shi was also turned into a pile of minced meat.
Ning Zhongze shook his head as he watched this scene.
"Do your own fault, don't live."
The fight had dragged on until late at night, but the number of onlookers on the street had not decreased; on the contrary, it had increased, completely blocking the street.
"Thank God!"
"Daughter, you can rest in peace now!!!"
Many people knelt on the ground and wailed in grief after seeing the brothels on this street being raided and the forces behind them being eradicated.
They were all from families with daughters whose wives had been taken to brothels.
“Junior brother, we have done a good deed for the people of Xiangyang City.”
Du Lanyin came to Jiang Ning's side and said with emotion.
"I suppose this kind of thing won't happen again in Xiangyang City."
Hearing her words, Jiang Ning shook his head.
"No, this kind of thing still happens."
"what?"
Du Lanyin looked at Jiang Ning blankly.
The other Huashan disciples also heard Jiang Ning and Du Lanyin's words and did not understand why Jiang Ning would say such a thing.
"The appearance of courtesans like Shuyun in Xiangyang City is not because of people like Hu Anyu and Wan Deming, but because of the evil and greed in people's hearts."
Looking at the group of weeping women, Jiang Ning calmly said, "Human greed is endless. Greed breeds evil, and this greed will drive them to commit even greater evils."
"Even if we kill Hu Anyu and eliminate the Iron Palm Sect, another Hu Anyu and another Iron Palm Sect will appear soon. They are impossible to kill or eliminate."
“They are not Hu Anyu, yet they are all Hu Anyu.”
"In that case, isn't what we're doing now pointless?"
A disciple of Mount Hua said blankly.
"Do not."
Jiang Ning turned to look at the person who spoke, his gaze intense: "On the contrary, it is precisely because of these evildoers that our actions have meaning, and that we should do this even more."
Chapter 53: Kill them until they're afraid, kill them until they feel pain, then they won't dare to act recklessly.
"It is precisely because of people like Hu Anyu and Wan Deming that we are needed even more."
“If we don’t step in and save them, they will be stuck in this quagmire forever.”
"It is undeniable that no matter how much we try to eliminate evil and promote good, there will still be evil that cannot be eliminated. But if I do not do it, these evil demons and heretics in the world will become even more rampant, and my righteous path will be difficult to advance. But as long as we do it and save people."
Jiang Ning pointed at the group of women, looked at the Huashan disciple, and said, "Then they will have a way to survive. Even if there is no end to evil, as long as we can save some of them, then what we have done will be meaningful."
"The more rampant the demonic path becomes, the more we need to eradicate and annihilate it. We kill one batch, and another batch grows up. We kill them again and again. Even if we can't kill them all, we must let them know that there is always a sword hanging over their heads that could fall at any moment."
At this point, Jiang Ning's voice was as cold as ice: "If morality can't restrain them, and the law can't punish them, then kill them. Kill them until they're afraid, kill them until they feel pain, and they will restrain themselves. Even if they only restrain themselves for a short time, some people will be saved. That's the significance of what we're doing now."
Jiang Ning's murderous words sent a chill down the spines of Lu Dayou, Gao Genming, and other Huashan disciples.
Yue Buqun frowned deeply upon hearing this.
It wasn't that he thought Jiang Ning was wrong, but rather that he felt Jiang Ning's murderous aura was too strong and too extreme.
Too rigid and easy to break.
He now understands why Jiang Ning killed Wang Yuan's steward and the dozen or so Jianghu people in Yunmeng County, and he also understands why Jiang Ning massacred a wealthy family's mansion in Xi'an Prefecture.
"However, the world is so vast that there are always evil forces that we cannot deal with, such as the Demonic Cult."
Jiang Ning looked at the group of Huashan disciples and said, "Now the Demonic Sect is powerful and our righteous path is isolated. Therefore, we need to work harder to practice our skills, promote the righteous path, strengthen our Huashan Sect, and then wipe out the Demonic Sect in one fell swoop, sweeping away all the evil spirits in the world. Only in this way can our righteous path prosper."
Okay, it's alright now.
Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Yue Buqun felt very gratified.
"I support my junior brother Jiang Ning."
After Jiang Ning finished speaking, while the other Huashan disciples were still pondering his words, Du Lanyin was the first to express his opinion.
She was deeply moved by Jiang Ning's words.
The powerful clan that caused her family's ruin is still lording it over her in her hometown.
"Um, I support it too."
The honest Liang Fa also said.
The other Huashan disciples nodded in agreement, while Linghu Chong seemed to be deep in thought.
"That's a strange thing to say."
A Huashan disciple asked in bewilderment, "We've been fighting with the Iron Palm Sect here for so long, why haven't we seen any government officials?"
"Excuse me, excuse me!"
Shouts rang out from outside the crowd.
A group of government officials arrived after the fighting between Jiang Ning's side and Hu Anyu's side had completely broken out, but they were blocked by the people outside. They tried desperately to squeeze in, but the crowd did not budge, and they could not get in no matter what.
But as the shouts of battle inside grew weaker and weaker, and as many civilians around them knelt and wept, they all understood that the battle inside was over. Going in now was pointless. Even if they rushed in and made them stop, they might still be retaliated against by those martial arts practitioners, and even these onlookers wouldn't be spared.
After discussing for a while, the officials quietly left, as if they had never been there.
"Who cares, it's better if they don't come."
One of the Huashan disciples said nonchalantly.
"Now that all the girls here have been rescued, we've rid ourselves of a menace. Let's go back to the inn."
At this moment, Yue Buqun said something.
Jiang Ning said, "Master, you and your fellow disciples should go back first. I need to go to the Iron Palm Sect's headquarters again."
Yue Buqun was taken aback: "What are you going to do next?"
Jiang Ning said, "Let's see if any have slipped through the net."
Besides that, he also needed to go back to find that maid, who had always given Jiang Ning a strange feeling.
Yue Buqun pondered for a moment.
"In that case, let Liang Fa, Da You, Gen Ming and a few more of your fellow disciples go with you."
Jiang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Alright."
Several Huashan disciples who still had energy left immediately followed Jiang Ning to the Iron Palm Sect's residence.
"Who are you? What are you doing here at my Iron Palm Sect? Get out of here at once!"
At the main gate, two burly men guarding the gate sensed something was wrong when they saw the aggressive group of Huashan disciples and quickly shouted to stop them.
Bang!
Jiang Ning, who was walking in front, immediately kicked him aside and then walked straight into the camp.
"do not move!"
The man tried to get up, but a Huashan disciple behind him drew his sword and pressed it against his throat.
After a while.
In the open space of the Iron Palm Sect, in front of Jiang Ning and the Huashan disciples, besides the dozen or so Iron Palm Sect members who had left their positions, there were only a dozen or so maids.
There were no family members of Hu Anyu. According to these senior maids, Hu Anyu's wife had died of illness, and his daughter had also died at the age of three. He only had a few concubines, but those concubines were abandoned after a few years when they grew old and lost their beauty. So now, only these people are in the Iron Palm Sect.
When Hu Anyu heard that someone was causing trouble, and that the troublemakers were Huashan disciples, he brought all his disciples with him, leaving only two gatekeepers and the maids behind.
“Junior brother, we’ve searched everywhere. Everyone is here; there’s no one who escaped.”
A disciple from Mount Hua ran over from a short distance and said to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning nodded.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother."
"what is this."
The Huashan disciple laughed.
Jiang Ning looked at these people and frowned slightly. The maid he had seen before was not among them.
Jiang Ning stepped forward and said, "Hu Anyu coerced a respectable woman into prostitution and has been executed by our Huashan Sect. The Iron Palm Sect will cease to exist from this day forward."
"what?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was terrified.
The Iron Palm Sect had deep roots in Xiangyang Prefecture. Hu Anyu had lived there for many years and was a powerful local figure. Their first reaction upon hearing the Jiangning dialect was disbelief.
But the sight of their opponent covered in blood and the longsword stained with blood, along with the strong stench of blood, made them hesitate.
"From this day forward, the Iron Palm Sect will cease to exist, and you will be gone."
Jiang Ning glanced at these people and continued, "Those of you who have not participated in oppressing the people will be allowed to leave by the Huashan Sect. But those who have caused the people of Xiangyang to lose their homes and lives will suffer the same fate as Hu Anyu."
Jiang Ning's gaze was cold, and when he swept his eyes over these people, they dared not look at him and all lowered their heads.
After pausing for a while and waiting for them to finish digesting the information, Jiang Ning approached the maids he had met during the day.
Upon seeing him approach, the maids looked somewhat frightened and lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.
Jiang Ning asked one of the maids, "Wasn't there another maid who served tea to you in the main hall today? Where is she?"
The maid looked somewhat bewildered when asked the question.
"We don't know her."
A weak voice came from the other side; it was another maid speaking.
Chapter 54: Darkroom
When Jiang Ning looked in the direction of the sound, the maid who had spoken earlier lowered her head in fear.
Jiang Ning looked at the maids and asked, "Is she new here?"
"Probably so. The manor recruits maids from outside every now and then."
A maidservant replied.
Jiang Ning then asked, "When did she enter the manor?"
The maids looked somewhat bewildered: "We don't know, we don't know when she arrived either."
Jiang Ning frowned slightly and asked again, "Where is she now?"