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

Upon learning that the Hengshan and Huashan sects had arrived at the Songshan sect, both the Hengshan and Taishan sects came over to say a few words, subtly warning Yue Buqun and Yang Ke to be careful.

It's not that we have a particularly good relationship; it's just a matter of mutual dependence.

Neither Yang Ke nor Yue Buqun said much, as they both had their own agendas and hoped for a grander event tomorrow.

Day 2.

"I believe everyone knows about the recent resurgence of Ren Woxing, the former leader of the Demonic Cult. Many people in the righteous martial arts world have come to me, hoping that I will lead my fellow martial artists to act on behalf of Heaven and get rid of Ren Woxing, the leader of the Demonic Cult."

"Although our Five Mountains Sword Sects have always been allied, they have always been very loosely connected. Therefore, at this alliance meeting, I want to reunite the Five Mountains Sword Sects, select an alliance leader, and gather the strength of the Five Mountains Sword Sects together to deal with the Demonic Sect, which is a major threat."

Zuo Lengchan's words are actually correct.

Any of the Five Mountains Sword Sects that encounters Ren Woxing will suffer a massacre; the only way for them to survive is to band together.

But here's the problem: everyone would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, so why should they be your underling?

Well, judging from the current situation, the Songshan Sect led by Zuo Lengchan is not comparable to anyone else.

"I've finished speaking. Does anyone have any objections?"

Zuo Lengchan was unaware that his words were a famous meme, which almost made Yang Ke burst out laughing, losing all control of his expression.

The Taishan Sect's leader, Daoist Tianren, and the Hengshan Sect's leader, Abbess Dingyi, both looked at Yue Buqun, hoping he would take the lead in refusing the matter.

Normally, the Five Mountains Sword Sects maintain a balance by having Zuo Lengchan make suggestions and Yue Buqun oppose them, acting as fence-sitters. But this time, the Hengshan and Taishan Sects will be disappointed because Yue Buqun strongly supports this proposal.

"Haha, if that's the case, then it's decided."

"No limit on the number of experts from each sect to participate in the battle. The sect to which the last person belongs will be the leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sects after their merger and their sect."

Zuo Lengchan was very satisfied, not expecting Yue Buqun to be so sensible as not to take the lead in refusing.

It should be noted that Zuo Lengchan had brought in Cheng Buyou and Feng Buping from the Sword Sect of the Huashan School, intending to wait for Yue Buqun to refuse and then say that the leader of the Huashan School could not represent others. He then had Cheng Buyou and Feng Buping defeat Yue Buqun and change the Huashan School's identity.

The rules are similar to those before, but previously they were only used to select the leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sects. Even though the Hengshan Sect and the Taishan Sect were just going through the motions, they were not as strict as they are now.

Since they couldn't remain neutral, the Taishan Sect had no choice but to send their own disciples to compete against the Songshan Sect disciples who were already prepared.

Knowing that his disciples were not strong enough, Tianmen Daoist wanted to take the initiative and defeat several disciples of Songshan Sect to make himself look more confident.

Unfortunately, Tianmen Daoist was overthinking things; how could Zuo Lengchan's well-prepared plan possibly go wrong?

Although the first to appear was a disciple of the Songshan Sect, they had actually been trained for many years but had not shown their faces much, all for the sake of this sect merger plan.

The Taishan Sect disciple was defeated in less than 5 rounds, which shows how big the gap in strength between the two sides was.

Seeing this, the Hengshan Sect leader, Abbess Dingyi, signaled to her personal disciple, Yiqing, to step forward and try to win the match.

Yi Qing's victory was very close, mainly because the Hengshan Sect's strength was indeed not that great.

Before she could catch her breath, the Songshan Sect sent someone up again, who knocked Yi Qing off the stage with a single palm strike.

“My dear son-in-law, I might have to ask two people from your Hengshan Sect to fill in later. I don’t think the people from Hengshan Sect and Taishan Sect are very capable.”

Yue Buqun certainly couldn't step in at this time, otherwise the Songshan Sect's strategy of using a series of attacks would be awkward.

Moreover, although he believed his martial arts skills were the highest among those present, Yang Ke was no less skilled. Yue Buqun's plan was for Yang Ke to wear down most of the Thirteen Protectors of Songshan, and then, after being defeated by Zuo Lengchan, for him to step in and settle the score.

"Yes, father-in-law. I'll have two of our younger, more capable members of the Hengshan Sect go up and take down a few from the Songshan Sect."

The surprises are meant to be saved for last; otherwise, if Yang Ke went up and wiped them all out, everyone would probably just go along with him superficially without being too shocked.

Then, on the Hengshan Sect's side, two of Mo Da's personal disciples were sent up by Yang Ke, but they only won one match. After that, the Songshan Sect sent out some of the Thirteen Protectors, and everyone stopped.

Fortunately, Master Dingyi of the Hengshan Sect couldn't stand the arrogance of the Songshan Sect and defeated two opponents in a row, which made everyone's expressions better.

However, Master Dingyi's strength was only so-so, and she was defeated by Zhong Zhen, Zuo Lengchan's junior brother, not long after she left the stage.

Fortunately, Tianmen Daoist knew that his Taishan Sect was just a mood-maker. If the Songshan Sect took the lead so early, he might not even be able to become an elder. So he fought desperately to defeat Zhong Zhen.

"Humph."

Zuo Lengchan knew that Tianmen Daoist was about to die, so he took the opportunity to step down.

It's not that the Songshan Sect has no one; in fact, it has quite a few.

However, Zuo Lengchan never actually intended to have so many people among the Five Mountains Sword Sects, so merging the sects was one thing, but the real killing intent was at night.

Let everyone fight to the death first. If they lose, have someone secretly kill the troublemakers Yue Buqun and Yang Ke that night. If they win, then Zuo Lengchan will naturally be in charge.

"Is there anyone else who would like to come down and offer their advice?"

Zuo Lengchan looked around, but his gaze finally settled on Yang Ke.

Yang Ke's apparent strength was not much different from his. The main reason he did not secretly kill the Hengshan Sect was to keep enough manpower to deal with Yang Ke.

"In that case, let me experience the skills of Alliance Leader Zuo."

Yue Buqun wanted Yang Ke to participate, but if Yang Ke won, would he be willing to go down and deal with Yang Ke?

The Huashan Sect only has a handful of members. If the two of them have a conflict, even if he becomes the leader, he will only be an empty shell.

Therefore, Yue Buqun took the lead in order to take down Zuo Lengchan. If Yang Ke didn't make a move, he would become the new leader of the alliance and could merge the Five Mountains Alliance. With Yang Ke joining forces with him, the Taishan and Hengshan factions would not be able to refuse.

"Oh? Sect Leader Yue is so confident, it seems your martial arts have improved quite a bit recently."

Zuo Lengchan still had some impression of Yue Buqun's martial arts skills. He was at the threshold of the early stage of the Grandmaster level, which was impressive in some ways but not in others.

Generally, only sect leaders possess strength ranging from the peak of first-rate to grandmaster, but even the world's best are full of grandmasters.

With Yue Buqun's meager strength, even a few elders from the Songshan Sect could easily defeat him by attacking him together.

In the drama, Yue Buqun also abandoned Mount Hua, and was then hunted down by the Sword Sect and the Songshan Sect. Even Zuo Lengchan didn't make a move, and the Mount Hua Sect was almost wiped out. It is conceivable that Zuo Lengchan had no fear of Yue Buqun.

"Perhaps, take this!"

Yue Buqun didn't care. Today, he just wanted to show the Five Mountains Sword Sects just how strong Yue Buqun of the Huashan Sect really was.

The original sword techniques of the Huashan Sect were only mediocre. It was not difficult to cultivate first-class masters, but it took the Zixia Divine Skill to reach the level of a grandmaster.

Now that Yue Buqun has the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, he is truly not worried about Zuo Lengchan.

While the Ice Fake is very powerful, it depends on the opponent.

The Star Absorbing Technique, which Ren Woxing relied on, was naturally countered by the Frost True Qi.

However, Zuo Lengchan was useless against Yue Buqun because Yue Buqun's Zixia Divine Skill had very strong internal energy, so he would not be easily injured by the cold ice true energy.