After the county Yin left, the villagers found a big car and wanted to carry the flying stone to the county government in exchange for the fifty gold. Although it took ten big men in the village to pull out the flying stone from the cave, it was because a log was placed under the stone to increase the friction, but it was not so easy to carry such a large piece of flying stone into the car. It was still the ten big men, they only lifted more than two inches high with all their might, and then lifted up, but they couldn't lift it anymore. The village chief called five big men to help carry them together, but as before, they only lifted a few inches, and those big men were so tired that their hands and feet were numb and sweating profusely. The people had to sit down and rest, and the women brought water for them to drink, laughing at them for being useless. Everyone saw that the flying stone from the sky was extremely heavy, and they discussed that they had to add more manpower. The village chief looked at the crowd, except for the fifteen big men, the rest of the village was old, small, and young, and the young people were all arrested for military service. The village chief shook his head, and when he saw King Chu Ling, he saw that he was burly, and although he was a little older, he still looked very powerful. So the village chief went over and asked, "This is also a foreigner, my old man has never seen you." ”

"I live behind that mountain and haven't been here." King Chu Ling thought it was funny, no one had ever spoken to him like this.

"Oh." The village chief agreed, looked at the mountain that King Chu Ling pointed to, and thought that there was also a poor village like them behind that mountain, and he had never been to it, so he said; "Can you help us lift this flying stone? I won't let you help in vain, and when we go to the county government to exchange the money, how about having a share of your remuneration? ”

"No, you dare to ......" Shen Hai was about to stop him, but was stopped by King Chu Ling.

"You're the head of the village?" King Chu Ling asked.

"Exactly."

"I'll ask you a question, you have to answer it truthfully, I think what you said is reasonable, and I will help you."

"You ask."

"What do you think of King Chu?"

"Which one are you talking about? As the county Yin said just now, our Chu State has changed to a new king. ”

"Bold, there is only one king in the Chu State." Shen Hai said angrily.

"It's not the new king, it's the king of the previous generation." Chu Ling said, his tone was unusually peaceful.

"You say the king of the previous generation? He's not good. ”

"How so?" King Chu Ling was not angry.

"Since this king came to the throne, he has been thinking about fighting all day long, fighting with the Jin State, fighting with the Wu State, and fighting with the Qi State, so that our people have not had a good life for a few days. Did you see that? The young people of this village were all taken into military service. Alas, if only he had fought less. ”

"His foreign use of troops is all for the hegemony of the Chu State."

"Domination? What does that have to do with the common people. The village chief said: "You don't know, he fights everywhere, and I heard that few countries really obey him." Can he beat the Jin Kingdom? What can he do with Qin? Even if he fought with Wu Guo, he would win less and lose more. Those small countries that surrendered to Chu were often bullied by him, either killing other people's envoys or detaining other people's kings, and most of those small countries dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and they were not convinced, where was like King Zhuang to convince people with virtue and dominate the world with virtue. ”

"Doesn't he have any merit?"

"It's not for nothing, I heard that he is quite generous, informal, and not bad to his ministers, sometimes our people's lives are quite passable."

King Chu Ling sighed: "It seems that he is not useless yet. Okay, I'll move it for you. ”

King Chu Ling walked to the flying stone outside the sky and asked the fifteen people to raise one head, and he himself raised the other. King Chu Ling shouted, and the fifteen people felt that this flying stone outside the sky was as light as a feather, and easily carried him into the car. The villagers pulled the cart to the county government to receive the bounty, and King Chu Ling asked Shenhai to follow, and specially instructed Shenhai: If the county government dares to give one less money, you will kill the county Yin for me. Shen Hai agreed and followed the villagers.

After the villagers left, Zhan Wuxian was about to leave, and he felt a dark force under his feet, and Zhan Wuxian guessed that it was the person who moved the flying stones from the sky. Zhan Wuxian also secretly used Xuan Gong to press the dark force into the ground, and King Chu Ling tried hard several times, but the dark power never rushed up.

"Haha, this guy is very skilled." King Chu Ling said.

"Concession." Zhan Wuxian turned around and said.

"It's been a long time since I've met someone as skilled as you, can you try with me again?"

Zhan Wuxian also felt that the person in front of him was very skilled, and he was happy for a while, so he said: "Okay, I am willing to accompany you." ”

"But we're not comparing martial arts."

"What's that?"

"What about drinking?"

"Just what I want."

So King Chu Ling and Zhan Wuxian found a wine shop and asked for two jars of rice wine and a few meat dishes. The two glanced at each other, picked up the jar, and drank it in one gulp.

King Chu Ling said: "This wine is not good, can you come to my house, I have good wine." ”

"It couldn't be better."

Mo Wuya was so happy to see Zhan Wuxian, so he didn't stop him and followed them. At this time, Shenhai also came back and replied to King Chu Ling: "The county government has handed over fifty gold to the villagers. ”

At Shen Hai's house, he took out all the good wine he had treasured for many years and gave it to King Chu Ling and Zhan Wuxian, and the two of them drank it from day to night.

King Chu Ling said: "I think my brother is a swordsman, why doesn't he have a sword on him?" ”

"I'll tell you the truth, I've given it away."

"Being able to give what you love to others is a true gentleman. They say I'm stingy, they're wrong, I have a sword here, if you like me, give it to my brother. King Chu Ling took out his sword and handed it to Zhan Wuxian.

Zhan Wuxian took King Chu Ling's sword, weighed it with his left hand, and said, "It's a good sword." ”

King Chu Ling stared at Zhan Wuxian and said, "If you dare to ask for it, I will snatch it back." ”

Zhan Wuxian kept looking at the sword, and suddenly held the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and pulled out half of it, only to see that the sword body was dark red, and the lines of the dragon and snake were faintly displayed on it, as if it was swimming around the sword body. Zhan Wuxian secretly exclaimed: "Chixiao Sword? How could it be in the hands of this person, what is the relationship between this person on the other side and the son's defeat? ”

Seeing that Zhan Wuxian did not speak, King Chu Ling asked, "Do you recognize this sword?" ”

"I don't recognize it." Zhan Wuxian shook his head: "But I see that this sword should be a peerless sword, I don't know where Your Excellency got this sword?" ”

"Family heirloom."

Zhan Wuxian returned the sword into the sheath, and handed it back to King Chu Ling: "This sword is a family heirloom of Your Excellency, I can't ask for it." ”

King Chu Ling took the Chixiao Sword and said, "Okay, happy." He stood up and walked to a bamboo grove outside the house, and slashed two bamboos with his sword, only to see that the end of the bamboo ignited with a spark. King Chu Ling threw a bamboo pole to Zhan Wuxian and said, "My brother can break that this sword is a famous sword, it can be seen that your swordsmanship must also be good. ”

Zhan Wuxian took the bamboo pole, saw that the fire at the head of the pole was still burning, and said, "Okay, I am willing to accompany you." Then he flew out of the house and fought with King Chu Ling. Zhan Wuxian and King Chu Ling have never known each other in their lives, and they don't know each other, but the two were able to meet by chance, so Zhan Wuxian held the mentality of stopping at the point and learning swordsmanship, and fought with King Chu Ling, and at the same time added this precaution.

However, after more than a dozen rounds, Zhan Wuxian felt that King Chu Ling's moves were becoming more and more aggressive, the momentum was becoming more and more violent, and there was domineering in the sword moves. Zhan Wuxian had never seen this kind of swordsmanship, and he couldn't help but admire it, completely immersed in dismantling the opponent's moves, and learning the advantages in the opponent's moves, discovering the opponent's weaknesses and cracking them. The more tricks the two of them tried, the more Zhan Wuxian admired the swordsman in front of him, and he couldn't help but forget what the relationship between this person and Gongzi's defeat of the enemy was.

The swordsmanship of King Chu Ling comes from the secret legend of the Chu royal family, and it is said that it was created by Zhu Rong, the ancestor of Chu State, so the later generations of Chu State called this set of swordsmanship Zhurong Shen Swordsmanship, and each generation of descendants in later generations has been continuously transformed, and it has been perfected when it is passed on to the bear. With this Zhu Rong Shen swordsmanship, the bear led his tribe and the god bear of the Chu State to help King Wen of Zhou defeat the Shang Dynasty, in recognition of his merits, King Wu of Zhou gave the Chixiao sword to the bear, and since then Zhu Rong Shen swordsmanship is even more powerful. Because Zhurong Shen swordsmanship is too domineering, killing too many people in the process of destroying the Shang Dynasty, Mane Xiong once eliminated the reinforcements of the Shang Dynasty alone, so King Wu of Zhou specially ordered outsiders not to practice this swordsmanship, since then Zhurong Shen swordsmanship is only secretly passed down in the Chu royal family, and only the kings of Chu in the past dynasties can practice, and it is not allowed to be used externally, otherwise it will definitely die.

Zhan Wuxian admired King Chu Ling's swordsmanship, and King Chu Ling was also amazed by Zhan Wuxian's swordsmanship: this person's swordsmanship is profound and magnificent, no matter what move you use to attack, it will always be dissolved into invisibility. The more this was the case, the more excited King Chu Ling became, and the more domineering Zhu Rong's swordsmanship became.

After more than a dozen rounds, King Chu Ling said excitedly: "Good swordsmanship, this place is too small to show your hands and feet, how about we go up there and compete?" After speaking, without waiting for Zhan Wuxian to answer, he flew up, and stood on the top of a big tree in a flash, Zhan Wuxian did not hesitate, and almost at the same time climbed to the top of the tree with King Chu Ling.

In the deep dark night, I saw two starfires, holding a long tail of light, swimming with each other, like two tongues of fire fighting in the air, when they were staggered together, the tail of light disappeared, the starfire suddenly burst open, and the sparks scattered and flew in all directions, like a goddess scattering flowers, illuminating the entire treetop. Zhan Wuxian and King Chu Ling looked at each other and smiled, then the sparks disappeared, the sparks reappeared, and they carried the two light tails towards the distant valley, and disappeared among the trees in the mountains, startling the birds. As the birdsong faded, the valley fell silent, leaving only the stars twinkling in the sky.

Suddenly, the two sparks soared into the sky, holding the tail of light, rotating and entangled with each other, and once again intertwined in the air, and sparks flew everywhere, lighting up the night sky and making the stars in the sky lose their brilliance. The sparks have not disappeared, two sparks fell on the top of the mountain, on the ridge one after the other, one after the other, disappeared in a blink of an eye, on the top of the farther mountain, floated a group of black spots, that is the birds in the woods of the distant mountains, only to see the black dots flying up, but no sound can be heard. Before the black dot disappeared, two points of light rose again, instantly surpassing the black dot, and so on several times, until the dot of light was no longer gone. After about a moment, among the stars in the dark night, two stars became brighter and larger, and in an instant they reached the roof of Shenhai's house.

At this time, Zhan Chi was sleeping soundly in the house, and somehow opened his eyes, and saw two sparks on the roof, dancing with a long light tail, he felt curious, and actually got out of bed and walked out, standing in front of the door and watching it with interest.

At this time, Zhan Wuxian and King Chu Ling had already fought for hundreds of rounds, and Zhan Wuxian said in his heart: When will it end if it goes on like this, this benevolent brother on the other side looks very competitive, it is better to sell a flaw to him, and rest early, and he will have to hurry to Shibo tomorrow. So, when the two bamboo poles collided, Zhan Wuxian deliberately retracted his strength, and his bamboo pole snapped into two, and the head of the bamboo pole with fire flew down like lightning and shot straight at Zhan Chi.

The firelight flashed, Zhan Wuxian saw Zhan Chi standing at the door, he was taken aback, he didn't have time to think about it, he used the escape technique, and grabbed the bamboo pole before it hit Zhan Chi. The flames on the bamboo poles were still burning, and the little face was flushed. Zhan Chi stared at the flames with his eyes and was not afraid, maybe he was hot from the flames, and Zhan Chi opened his small mouth and blew out the flames. At this time, Mo Wuya also came out of the house, picked up Zhan Chi, she saw what happened just now, Mo Wuya glared at Zhan Wuxian, turned around and went back to the house.

"Escape?" King Chu Ling said.

"Exactly."

King Chu Ling looked at Zhan Wuxian thoughtfully: "If you hadn't caught that bamboo pole just now, what would have you done?" ”

"I'd be very sad, I'd rather that bamboo pole stabbed me."

"What will happen to you if someone kills your son?"

"I'll kill that man to avenge him."

"What if that enemy is higher in martial arts than you?"

"I'd rather fight to the death."

"I have two sons, both of whom were killed, and I can't avenge my son."

"That person's martial arts must be extremely high."

"yes, I don't know how many people will die if we kill them."

"Do you know who your enemy is and where he is?"

"I don't want to mention their names. But my son, you must know, they are Xiong Lu and Xiong Defeat. ”

When Zhan Wuxian heard that the person in front of him turned out to be the father of Gongzi's defeat, the current King of Chu, he couldn't help but take a few steps back. He hit this person at first sight, admired his swordsmanship very much, and wanted to make friends, but for some reason, he felt that there was a layer of fog between the two, and there was always some distance. Now that Zhan Wuxian knows, he said slowly: "It's Zhan Wuxian below." ”

When the three words "Zhan Wuxian" came out, more than a dozen masked black-clothed people suddenly appeared in all directions, each holding a lightless black sword in their hands, and Shen Hai stood in the middle: "King, he is Zhan Wuxian who killed the enemy's son." ”

"Stand down, all of you." King Chu Ling's tone was calm.

"But ......" Shenhai was a little unwilling.

"Didn't you hear what I said?" King Chu Ling was not angry and arrogant.

"Yes." Shen Hai had to lead someone to retreat.

"I'll know who you are when you use your escape technique."

"Then why don't you kill me?"

"Because you love your son as much as I do."

"If I didn't kill Gongzi and defeat the enemy, the entire Cai Kingdom would be ruined, so I had to kill him."

"Don't make any excuse for killing someone." King Chu Ling said angrily, then he calmed down, and said slowly: "The world says that the enemy is cruel and tyrannical, but no matter how he is, he is also my son, everything he does is for the Chu State, what's wrong with him?" Shouldn't those who betrayed the state of Chu be killed? ”

"I don't know who the betrayer is, but I firmly believe that a person can't kill innocents for his own selfish desires, and if there is a next time, I will kill him."

"You say I killed innocents for my own selfish desires?"

"Have you killed fewer people?"

"Then you helped Qi Ji defeat me, isn't Qi Ji for his own selfish desires?"

"I didn't help him, I just wanted the people of Caicheng to avoid being slaughtered."

"Maybe." King Chu Ling reflected on all the things he had done: killing his own nephew, detaining the kings of other countries, destroying other people's countries, and killing the entire Qingfeng clan, he had indeed killed too many people. King Chu Ling asked again, "Do you think that Qi Ji will become a better king than me?" ”

"I don't know what he's like, but you're not a qualified king."

"You're the first person to dare to say that about me in front of me." King Chu Ling was not angry: "You and I have known each other, can you help me do something?" ”

"Please say it, but if you can do it, you can."

"My son Xiong Lu is a good boy, but he was killed." King Chu Ling then stretched out his right hand, and two circular white lights appeared in the palm of his hand: "This is the spirit of my two guards, their names are Bai Yin and Bai Xian." I raised them as my own, and they were killed by the same person. I don't have the power to avenge them now, and I want to ask my husband to help me kill that enemy. ”

"I wonder who that person is?"

"Fei Wuji."

Hearing these three words, Zhan Wuxian suddenly felt dizzy, since he left Cai Cheng, he had never heard of Fei Wuji, but he didn't expect that it was he who led his troops to attack Yingdu, killed Prince Lu, and killed others. Zhan Wuxian froze there and did not answer King Chu Ling.

"You don't have to promise me right away, I'm sure you won't let me down." King Chu Ling said: "I have one more request, please accept the spirit of Bai Yin and Bai Xian." After King Chu Ling finished speaking, Bai Yin and Bai Xian's spirits automatically flew in front of Zhan Wuxian, Zhan Wuxian stretched out his right hand, and the two white lights entered Zhan Wuxian's palm.

The next day, after Zhan Wuxian left, King Chu Ling became much older, and his hair turned completely white. Shen Hai came to him: "King, I can't bear to see you like this......"

"You're trying to ask why I let Zhan Wushirt go?"

"Yes, the enemy is right in front of you, why don't you kill him?"

"Look at the way I look now, I don't have the mandate of heaven anymore, which shows that I have been chosen by the ancestors of the Chu State and officially become the king of Chu. As for Zhan Wuxian, I can't kill him with my martial arts. Last night I tried my swordsmanship with him, and I used all my strength, but he didn't, and I used up to nine times. The broken bamboo sword should have been in my hand, and he deliberately lost it to me. If I can kill him, how can I show mercy? ”

"But you still have nine spirit pawns."

"As I said, I've killed too many people, and I don't want to see the state of Chu ruined because of me before I die. Zhan Wuxian is right, I am not a qualified king. ”

"Great King......" Shen Hai cried, he knew that he could not do anything now.

Three days later, King Chu Ling hanged himself and died.

Since then, the magic of the Nine Spirit Pawns has been lost and has never appeared in the human world again.