I am Zhao Zhijing, a poor Taoist priest, and I have disciples all over the world.

The Eight-Pocket Elder of the Beggars' Sect shouted loudly, wanting both sides to stop fighting for the time being.

When Xu Zhuo and the others saw that Song Qingshu did not say anything, they ignored the other side's lies and made more efforts to make these rabble who dared to come to Yunu Peak to provoke them pay the price.

"Don't go too far and leave a way for others!"

The elder of the Beggars' Sect could not see the martial arts skills of this handsome young man at all. He fought back and shouted angrily, "Since you refuse to reveal your name, you are going to make things difficult for the Five Gangs and Thirteen Associations. No matter how high your martial arts skills are, can you challenge all eighteen gangs?"

Upon hearing this, Song Qingshu flashed up to him and grabbed his throat with one hand. Anyone who could be promoted to an eight-bag elder in the Beggar Gang was definitely not an ordinary person, but at this moment he didn't even have a chance to fight back.

When the rest of the people saw their leader being captured, they immediately lost their fighting spirit. The twenty or thirty people who could still move threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender. The few people who were still stubbornly resisting were quickly dealt with by Xu Zhuo and Zhang Yao.

"Tell me, what are you doing in Huashan?"

The overall situation was decided, and Song Yan immediately conducted a detailed interrogation. It turned out that these more than a hundred people belonged to more than a dozen sects.

The so-called Five Gangs and Thirteen Associations is an alliance formed by the Beggars' Gang, which unites second- and third-rate gangs in the underworld and imitates the six major sects.

As for why they appeared in Huashan, it was because they wanted to take advantage of the situation. On the surface, they were raising the banner of helping Huashan Sect to resist the Demon Sect, but in fact they were trying to annex Huashan Sect.

The news that Huashan Sect's leader Xian Yutong had fallen into disgrace on Guangmingding has now spread throughout the martial arts world. After the Beggar Gang secretly investigated, they discovered that many of the masters in the Huashan Sect were dead, fled, or injured, and their strength was far less than before.

Therefore, they came to the Jade Maiden Peak in a swaggering manner without encountering any obstructions. They only had to wait for their companions who were going to Shaolin, Emei, Kunlun and Kongtong to succeed, and then they could hold a martial arts conference in the name of the Five Gangs and Thirteen Associations.

By then, the Beggars' Sect will naturally sit firmly on the position of the leader of the martial arts world. Among the six major sects, only the Wudang Sect will be left. As long as it can control the situation with the general trend, it will definitely not be able to cause any trouble.

"From today on, I, Song Qingshu, will be the head of Huashan Sect."

After hearing the reason, Song Qingshu said in a cold voice: "I am not killing you now because I want to spare your lives so that you can go back and tell those Five Gangs and Thirteen Associations to disband as soon as possible. Otherwise, my Huashan Sect will never let you off easily!"

Song Qingshu? The "Jade-faced Mengchang" Song Qingshu of the Wudang Sect?

The elders of the Beggars' Sect were both shocked and puzzled. Although they had heard about Song Qingshu displaying the Huashan Patriarch's Order on the Bright Summit and defeating Master Miejue of the Emei Sect, they could never have imagined that he would actually become the leader of the Huashan Sect.

This is not just a matter of sectarian issues. More importantly, the Huashan Sect is not up to par compared to the Wudang Sect. It is really puzzling that Song Qingshu gave up a good position as the next leader of the Wudang Sect and went to the trouble of Huashan to take over this mess.

However, the lives of all of them are now in the hands of others. All they have to do is to beg for mercy. If they ask one more question, they might lose their heads.

"Yes, yes, we were blind and offended Sect Leader Song. We hope Sect Leader Song will forgive us and show mercy!"

Song Qingshu didn't want to waste any more words, so he told Xu Zhuo to watch and let them take the dead and wounded accomplices down the mountain and get out of here quickly.

After the fierce battle just now, the Jade Maiden Peak was in a mess. More than half of the people from the Five Gangs and Thirteen Societies were killed or injured, and were lying all over the ground.

Those who could still walk hurried to clean up the mess, fearing that if they were a step slower, the evil star would change his mind. Although there were quite a few casualties, it didn't take long for everything to be gone.

So from that day on, the news that Song Qingshu, the third-generation disciple of Wudang Sect, became the new leader of Huashan Sect with the order of Huashan Patriarch quickly spread in the martial arts world. In addition, the original name of "Jade-faced Mengchang" was secretly changed to "Jade-faced Shura".

"Xu Zhuo, go and investigate carefully to see if there are any suspicious people on Yunu Peak."

"Chengping, go down the mountain and ask Elder Yue and Elder He to make preparations and come to Yunv Peak to see me tomorrow morning."

"Zhang Yao, take the others to clean up the house and the grounds. If there are any things that need to be purchased, ask Chengping to buy them from the foot of the mountain."

Song Qingshu ordered everyone to act separately and follow one person to revisit the old place, wanting to take a good look at what the Zuowang Temple, which was built a hundred years ago, has become now.

Although the Huashan Sect was formerly a branch of the Quanzhen Sect, the Three Pure Ones are no longer worshipped in the sect. Instead, there is the Huashan Zhengqi Hall, which is where the sect leader usually issues orders and is also the main hall for meeting friends from the martial arts world.

As one of the leading righteous sects in the martial arts world, although the Huashan Sect ranks last among the six major sects, the facilities in the sect are built in a very magnificent manner.

Take Zhengqi Hall as an example. It firmly occupies the best Feng Shui location on the Yunu Peak. There is a nine-step bluestone staircase at the entrance, which corresponds to the numbers of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. Cast iron wind chimes are hung on the eaves in front of the hall. When the mountain breeze blows, they make clanging sounds, which represent the five notes of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu.

The place where the previous leader Xian Yutong rested was even more quiet and elegant. In front of the door, there were two ancient pines that were vigorous and upright, like a canopy for an emperor.

Others include "Haoran Zhengqi Pavilion", "Jade Girl Sword Viewing Platform", "Ancestor Sword Discussion Pavilion" and so on, as well as alchemy rooms, quiet rooms, flower gardens and the like.

Song Qingshu looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The Zuowang Temple in his memory disappeared without a trace. Except for the Jade Maiden Peak which was still the same Jade Maiden Peak, everything else had changed.

"Master, everything you ordered has been done. Miss Xiao Zhao and Miss Guan have prepared dinner. Please move to the dining hall."

About two hours later, Xu Zhuo and others returned one after another. The halls and courtyards that had not been cleaned for a while, as well as the messy places caused by the Five Gangs and Thirteen Societies, had all been cleaned up.

Song Qingshu had already said in person that he was the head of Huashan, so everyone addressed him as the head.

"Everyone, after I have dealt with Huashan Sect's pending internal affairs tomorrow, I will reopen the sect gates and accept you as disciples of Huashan Sect."

After finishing their meal, everyone followed Song Qingshu to Zhengqi Hall. Xu Zhuo and others regarded Song Qingshu as their master, so naturally they had no objection to returning to Huashan.

"Yes, I will wait for the master's orders."

"As for other matters, we can arrange them together tomorrow. It's getting late now. If you don't have anything to do, just go and rest."

Everyone bowed and left, only Song Qingshu remained in the Zhengqi Hall with his eyes closed, thinking about how to manage the Huashan Sect in the future.

Moreover, before going to fight Zhang Sanfeng for the fourth time, he should do something to help these troubled times. At least, he should not leave unattended those villains like the Five Gangs and Thirteen Societies who wanted to cause chaos in the martial arts world.

"Sir, aren't you going to rest yet?"

Light footsteps sounded, and it turned out to be Xiao Zhao coming from outside the hall. She first added hot water to the teapot, and then asked softly. (End of this chapter)