Lin Shen Valley, the main hall of the sect.

The old valley lord was sitting in the pavilion in the backyard, fiddling with the country and the mountains and chess alone, and he was also self-satisfied.

Since he took off the position of the valley lord of Lin Shen Valley, his life is also very easy and comfortable, like he is so old, he doesn't have much mentality and motivation to practice, and now every day he is a person who raises flowers, plays chess, and even does it himself when he is bored.

Lin Jin was grown up by him, and he was naturally very relieved of Lin Jin's ability, that kid had a deep mind, and he was more suitable to be the valley master than him. But the only thing that can't be relieved is Lin Jin's "ambition." ”

Lin Jin has great ambitions, otherwise he would not have gone to leave the Fire City when he was young, and he would not have carried out drastic reforms after taking over as the valley master, of course, the result was good, Lin Jin destroyed the other four major forces in Wanlu City in one fell swoop, and made Lin Shengu the master of this region.

At this point, Lin Jin is much stronger than an old man like him, and he has only been here all his life, but he simply doesn't want to be ashamed of so many ancestors in Lin Shengu.

"It's old, it's old...... "The old valley lord stared at the endgame chessboard in front of him for a while, and finally just smiled helplessly.

"Teacher. Lin Jin hurriedly walked into the backyard and saw that the old valley master was still playing chess with him, and suddenly laughed dumbly. "If the teacher is bored, come to me, no matter how busy I am as a disciple, I will accompany the teacher to the next game. ”

"Oh?" the old valley lord was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "Then let's have a game." ”

The two sit opposite each other, and the chess game unfolds in front of them.

In the Xingzhu Empire, it is popular to say that a master who is good at Jiangshan chess must be good at military affairs, and the interlocking layout ability and the psychological quality of being smart and adaptable are the most basic requirements of a general.

Every move involves the change of the whole chess game, and every move is the result of countless deductions, and you must not only understand your own chess path but also ponder the opponent's chess path.

The crackling sound of falling fell from fast to slow, and the originally firm and powerful falling fell gradually became less powerful.

After a while, the old valley lord looked at the chess game in front of him, and shook his head helplessly.

"I lost. ”

Lin Jin smiled lightly, picked up the teapot from the tea table on the side and began to make tea, skillfully in his technique.

The old valley lord was a little stunned.

In a trance, I went back to decades ago, when Lin Jin was a child and had just become his apprentice.

At that time, Lin Jin's eyes were very pure, with the curiosity unique to children.

He will be obsessed with the adventures he tells, will memorize every spell model he demonstrates, will pester him to teach him how to play chess, and will also play willfully when he loses......

"What is the teacher thinking?" Lin Jin came back with a teapot and made a cup of tea for the old valley master.

"Nothing. The old valley lord took a sip of tea, a little bitter.

"By the way, teacher, I have something to ask you?"

"Huh?" the old valley lord was stunned.

"If one day...... Lin Shengu is about to be destroyed, will you choose to leave alone or live and die with Lin Shengu?" Lin Jin asked very seriously, and the immature expression of his childhood could no longer be seen on his mature face.

“...... Who knows?" the old valley lord was silent for a while, and finally smiled helplessly, "Everyone is selfish, maybe I will choose to run away alone." ”

"Really...... but the teacher I know won't run away on his own. Lin Jin sighed lightly, "You regard this place as too important. ”

Is it ......? The old valley lord asked himself in his heart. He understands that he doesn't have many days to live at his age, don't look at him now, this is completely relying on his extraordinary strength to continue his life, and one day his body will inevitably age and die.

But death was nothing to fear for him. He's lived a long time and has been through so much.

has experienced youth and frivolity, infatuation, ups and downs of life, and the dullness of life.

But at the beginning, he was young and frivolous with him, a companion who promised to conquer the world, and a confidant who was infatuated with him and promised a lifetime...... It's all in the ground.

In this life, there are no regrets and no expectations. Maybe that's all that's left, guarding the foundation left by Lin Shengu, the ancestor, is the only thought.

"Perhaps. The old valley lord smiled helplessly.

Lin Jin didn't say anything, just poured out all the tea in his teapot.

"Teacher ......"

No matter how many words he spoke, the old valley lord didn't hear clearly, and when he closed his eyes for the last time in his life, his expression was unusually relaxed.

Lin Jin looked at the old valley lord who fell to the ground with a terrifying pale face, and didn't say anything, just took out the blood-red dagger prepared in his arms, all next to the old valley lord's corpse.

In the pot of tea just now, there was what he had prepared, and it stands to reason that with the trust of the old valley lord in him, there would be no doubts.

But the ultimate professional is born with some good fortune and avoidance, Lin Jin didn't know if the old valley master would detect the poison in this pot of tea, but even if the old valley master noticed it, the blood-red dagger hidden in Lin Jin's arms was another preparation.

A piece of equipment that is very popular with assassin professionals, at such a close distance, Lin Jin can easily pierce the heart of the old valley master.

But the old valley owner doesn't seem to be aware of the toxin at all?

Lin Jin knelt down and kowtowed lightly three times to the old valley master's corpse.

After that, his face was unusually firm.

Out of the backyard, Lin Jin gathered his manpower, "Pass on my order, there was a sudden emergency, and the messenger from Huocheng assassinated the old valley lord, and their army was already approaching Wanlu City, and they planned to destroy us and Xincheng together." We can't sit still and gather everyone. ”

The disciples patrolling the main hall of the sect were stunned for a long time before they were shocked by this sudden news. However, they soon came to their senses and began to go around to report the news.

The speed of the assembly was very fast, and a large part of the people hurried to the outside of the sect hall without even figuring out what was going on.

"Just now, the messenger of the Fire City assassinated our old valley master. Lin Jin stood outside the main hall of the sect, looked at the pair of puzzled or incredulous eyes below, and said with a little sadness, "And it is reported that the battle between Xincheng and Lihuo City is already at a disadvantage, and the army of Lihuo City is about to arrive in Wanlu City,"

"The time has come for Lin Shengu to live and die, brothers, the only way we have now is to work with Xincheng to resist the army of Lihuo City!"

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