The Beggar Sect

"Uh..."

Jun Jingyi was speechless. He glared at the young man in displeasure.

He felt that his dream of the jianghu, one he had carried since childhood, had been shattered by a few words from this guy.

The beauties in ancient robes he had dreamed of.

His dream of roaming to the ends of the earth with a sword in hand!

"Glaring at me won't help. Besides, what do you think the jianghu is? Why would you need to go looking for it? The place right in front of you is the jianghu."

The young man in black chuckled. "There are three major gangs operating in Tianfu City's underground: the Golden Dragon Gang, the Earth Tiger Gang, and the Heaven and Earth Gang. They control Tianfu City's underworld."

"Here on Tianfu City's own patch of land, even the Yan Kingdom's major powers from elsewhere have to show them respect."

Jun Jingyi: "..."

If he had still harbored a sliver of hope before, now his dream of the jianghu could not have been shattered any more thoroughly.

"By the way, why are you asking about this?"

The young man in black looked at Jun Jingyi curiously.

"Um... I want to venture into the jianghu..."

Jun Jingyi spoke in a low voice, feeling a little embarrassed.

Sure enough, the moment he finished speaking, the young man in black burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, venture into the jianghu? You're killing me..."

"Hahaha..."

"Is it that funny?" Jun Jingyi pursed his lips.

"Yes, it's hilarious!"

The young man's body twitched as he held back his laughter. Looking at Jun Jingyi's earnest expression, he gradually regained his composure and said, "You really are an oddball. This is the first time I've heard of someone giving up a good life to venture into the jianghu."

"Sigh..."

Thinking of this, he let out a soft sigh.

He glanced at Jun Jingyi with envy and said mildly, "Do you know that no one actually wants to be part of the jianghu? These so-called jianghu people live with their heads hanging from their belts, fighting and scheming against one another, all just to get a full meal."

"Since most people have little education, and only a bit of strength and martial arts, they can only..."

"Uh, then if I pay them, they can help me too?"

Jun Jingyi still couldn't quite understand, but that didn't stop him from grasping the key point. At the same time, he felt it was a pity.

The jianghu as he remembered it.

Righteous and reputable sects on one side, evil and demonic cults on the other. The righteous served the nation and its people, while the demonic brought disaster upon both.

"Utter nonsense!"

Hearing this, the young man sneered disdainfully. "Righteous, demonic, whatever. If everyone had enough to eat, who the hell would have nothing better to do than bring disaster on the nation and its people every day?"

"The so-called demonic ones... are nothing more than common folk who can't survive and take desperate risks."

"As for the so-called righteous... most are just children of nobles who want for nothing and are only after fame."

"Otherwise, if those righteous people spent every day meddling in other people's business, they'd starve to death sooner or later. The evil they do in secret might be far worse than what they accuse the demonic ones of."

"I know of plenty of sects that work with the rich and powerful, handling certain matters for those people!"

Jun Jingyi was speechless once again.

He didn't want this bastard to go on. He wanted to preserve a little of his dream of the jianghu in his heart.

After a long while, he nodded. "Then I'll give you money. Help me set up a sect."

"Hm?"

The young man frowned.

Jun Jingyi spoke again. "Recruit those beggars. We'll call our sect the Beggar Sect!"

The young man in black: "..."

At that moment, he looked at Jun Jingyi with a complicated expression.

This guy, with a heart like that, really was a thoroughgoing good Samaritan.

The Beggar Sect, beggars...

He was speechless.

What could mere beggars accomplish? This was plainly nothing more than an excuse Jun Jingyi had found to help those pitiful people.

Seeing his reaction, Jun Jingyi smiled.

He felt he had made the right move.

Even this guy, who had stayed by his side all along, understood it that way. Sure enough, people in this world didn't regard beggars as human at all.

So if he dealt with those people, others would only think he was being charitable.

Beyond that, they wouldn't think of anything else.

Because they were beggars!

Even if they gathered together, they would still be nothing more than a bunch of beggars, the kind of people whose deaths would be celebrated by the state and the imperial court.

Because once they were dead, they would no longer hold the country back.

But...

Jun Jingyi came from a later age.

His views were very different.

He knew that beggars were people too, just very poor people. Many were pitiful souls who had been driven to it by necessity, just to stay alive.

These people understood nothing now, so their lives were as worthless as weeds. That was because they couldn't even get enough to eat and had no education at all. Their bodies were frail, so they could be defeated with a single blow and were of no use.

But... he had money!

He lacked neither food nor knowledge.

So, hehe!

Jun Jingyi nodded and said nothing. For now, he would let this guy go on thinking that.

"Are you serious?"

The young man in black was speechless. Though he approved of Jun Jingyi's kind heart, this sort of thing...

He still thought Jun Jingyi was going too far. Those were beggars, after all-people who did nothing but beg, and whom others considered an eyesore even to look at.

"Of course. Every one of them is a living, breathing person!"

Jun Jingyi nodded earnestly.

"All right. What do you want to do?"

The young man in black nodded. He accepted it and would let Jun Jingyi have his way. In any case, this guy had plenty of money, and he earned it even faster.

It didn't matter if he squandered some.

"Step one: establish the Beggar Sect!"