Villains in Film and Television: Starting with Yang Ke in "The Golden Age"

Yang Ke knew that Ren Woxing should just hold his temper and wait for him to leave, then the Four Friends of Meishan would naturally not survive.

Once news of the incident at Plum Manor reaches the Demonic Sect, many more will offer their lives to Ren Woxing so he can recover his power.

When Ren Woxing, whose martial arts skills are no match for Dongfang Bubai, wants revenge, he will naturally have no choice but to coerce and entice the Five Mountains Sword Sect to join him in dealing with Dongfang Bubai.

Sure enough, not long after Yang Ke returned to Hengyang City, many rumors about Ren Woxing began to circulate in the martial arts world.

Dongfang Bubai made no response to this, mainly because he was the only one in the Demonic Sect capable of dealing with Ren Woxing. He knew that Ren Woxing would come knocking on his door sooner or later, so he just waited.

Dongfang Bubai was confident that no matter how many people came, none of them would be his match, so why should he bother to drag them out one by one?

Ren Woxing has recently become quite arrogant. He captured Tong Baixiong and Xue Xiangzhu, elders of the Sun Moon Cult who were sent to investigate the situation. After killing Xue Xiangzhu, he confirmed that Dongfang Bubai had indeed learned the Sunflower Manual.

But he wasn't worried. After learning about Yang Ke's relationship with Ren Yingying, he already considered Yang Ke as half a son-in-law.

Given that Yang Ke likely saved him to deal with Dongfang Bubai, Ren Woxing felt he already had a powerful ally, only lacking someone to deplete Dongfang Bubai's internal energy.

The Demonic Sect has now submitted to Dongfang Bubai and has many experts under its command. Ren Woxing naturally took action and used the Three Corpse Brain God Pill to recruit several top-notch experts.

Yang Ke ignored all of that and, after returning home, quickly told Yue Lingshan about Qu Feiyan.

Yue Lingshan was quite reasonable, and given the prevailing saying in ancient times that a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes after marriage, she naturally wasn't worried about Qu Feiyan's identity, which couldn't be revealed.

"Congratulations, host, on successfully winning over Qu Feiyan. Reward: Three Corpse Brain God Pill formula and antidote."

It's alright. After all, Qu Feiyan is the granddaughter of Qu Yang of the Demonic Sect, so this reward is normal.

Although Yang Ke wasn't afraid of this stuff, figuring it out on his own would still be very difficult, and he didn't need to. But now that he had the formula, things were different.

After staying at home for more than a month, Yang Ke also gave several of his subordinates a new Yi Jin Jing mental cultivation method to practice.

Although he could defeat the enemy without his subordinates, why would he do it himself when he could do it easily?

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Yang Ke began to take Yue Lingshan to the Huashan Sect.

Taking Yue Lingshan back to her parents' home to visit relatives is one thing, but the Songshan Sect summoning the Five Mountains Sword Sects to discuss dealing with the Demonic Sect is another.

Previously, everyone was scattered and fought their own battles. This time, Zuo Lengchan's idea was to merge the Five Mountains Sword Sects into a collective, to unite against Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai, who had returned to the martial world.

That's what they say, but what they really mean is that Zuo Lengchan wants to become the leader of the martial arts world.

Each of the Five Sacred Mountains Sword Sects has its own lineage, and none of them are willing to relinquish their foundation.

But the Songshan Sect dared to gather everyone in this way because they were confident that Zuo Lengchan's Frost True Qi had advanced further.

Meanwhile, Zuo Lengchan secretly made connections with the underworld and had more than 10 top-notch masters and over a hundred second- and third-rate disciples under his command.

It can be said that the Five Mountains Sword Sects are indeed overwhelmingly superior. As long as Zuo Lengchan can defeat the other sect leaders, the merger will be a foregone conclusion.

Yang Ke's visit to the Huashan Sect this time actually had another purpose, but that depends on the situation.

"Father, Mother."

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law".

Upon arriving at the Huashan Sect, Yang Ke and Yue Lingshan had just alighted from their carriage when they were greeted by Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, who had come to welcome them after receiving the news.

"You two must be tired from the journey. The main problem is that the Songshan Sect incident was very sudden, so I had to contact you in advance to come over."

Yue Buqun was in great distress at this moment.

He had ambitions, but he couldn't find the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual, and he hadn't dealt with Lao Denuo yet. Ren Woxing's arrival made Zuo Lengchan speed up his pace.

At this point, Yue Buqun was truly unsure of himself; even with Yang Ke's help, he felt it was still a long shot.

"Father-in-law, rest assured, as long as the Hengshan and Huashan factions stand together, what can the Songshan faction do to us?"

Yang Ke also offered Yue Buqun a word of comfort.

Even if they win, what good will it do? Is he going to let his son-in-law lead this alliance? That's not what Yue Buqun wants.

After catching up for a few minutes, Yang Ke led the disciples who were going to the Songshan Sect to stay in the Huashan Sect's side rooms.

"My dear son-in-law, your martial arts skills now..."

"You know, it won't be easy for us to fight against the Songshan Sect this time. The Hengshan Sect and the Taishan Sect are in bad shape."

Yue Buqun and Yang Ke started chatting in the study.

"I am now at the mid-stage of Grandmaster, and I have mastered the Hengshan School's sword techniques. I will need to see how I deal with Zuo Lengchan."

Yang Ke gave a brief overview of his situation.

"Oh, what a pity."

"Time waits for no one. If we waited a few more years, with your strength, son-in-law, we would definitely be able to defeat Zuo Lengchan. But now, even though Zuo Lengchan roughly knows your strength, he still dares to convene the Five Mountains Sword Sect Conference, which means he is confident."

Yue Buqun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Yang Ke's strength, but he was actually very angry inside.

He had been working hard for the rise of the Huashan Sect, but his senior brother Linghu Chong had disappeared at this time.

If Linghu Chong were around, the Huashan Sect would be roughly equal in strength to the Hengshan Sect led by Yang Ke, so why would they worry about the Songshan Sect or their good son-in-law taking away their position as leader of the Five Mountains Sword Alliance?

That night.

"call out."

Just as Yue Buqun was about to return to his room to rest, he saw a figure fly by. Realizing something was wrong, he quickly followed.

"Sect Leader Yue, I've heard so much about you."

Yang Ke appeared before Yue Buqun disguised as a man in his thirties.

"Who exactly are you, and why are you visiting our Huashan Sect in the middle of the night?"

Yue Buqun frowned.

The person in front of him was clearly no ordinary person, judging from his movements alone. This made Yue Buqun feel even more anxious. How come there were so many experts everywhere?

"I'm a rather lecherous businessman, and I've come to discuss a business deal with Master Yue."

Yang Ke introduced himself.

"Business? What kind of business?"

Looking at the stranger in front of him, Yue Buqun was extremely wary, but he still asked the question.

Yue Buqun knew that if the other party tried to hide from him, he wouldn't be able to catch him, so he also wanted to know what the person in front of him was up to.

“It’s simple. Headmaster Yue, please take a look. This should be the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual you’ve been searching for.”

Yang Ke took out the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual and handed it to Yue Buqun.

"Is this the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual?"

Looking at the cassock in front of him, Yue Buqun examined it carefully, but his attention remained focused on Yang Ke.

"What do you want to trade with me?"

Yue Buqun didn't know if this was true or false, nor did he understand why the person in front of him would take out the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual for him.

"Simply put, as I said, I'm rather lecherous."

"I want to use this Evil-Repelling Sword Manual to exchange for Madam Ning with Sect Leader Yue. As long as Sect Leader Yue doesn't make a fuss, the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual is yours."

"Oh, the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual is a technique developed by a eunuch. To practice it, one needs to castrate oneself."

"So if Sect Leader Yue really wants to cultivate, I've done you a great favor."

Yang Ke explained his purpose for coming and the drawbacks of the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique.