Chapter Seventy-Two: The Divergence of Paths between North and South

Chen Xiaotian walked out of the back of the corridor slowly, Ma Desheng was overjoyed when he saw it, hurriedly ran forward, bowed down and saluted: "Master, you are back! The young master sent me to bring people to find you, but I was incompetent, and I couldn't find it for a long time, so now you can return safely." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Chen Xiaotian nodded, turned to Liu Chaozhong and said, "This general, please follow me to the Xuanzheng Hall, and explain what you have there." Liu Chaozhong saw that the person in front of him was majestic and extraordinary, and he was not angry and arrogant between his words, so he knew that this must be Chen Xiaotian, the general who protected the country. So he hurriedly gave a deep salute and said: "The patrol army six-rank Xiaowei Liu Chaozhong see the general!"

Chen Xiaotian smiled slightly and said: "General Liu is loyal and righteous, and he is really a model in the patrol army, so there is no need to be polite between you and me." Liu Chaozhong thanked him and thought, "It's the first time I've met General Chen, how can he know me so well?"

Chen Xiaotian said to Ma Desheng: "You take the guard battalion to strengthen the inspection of the entrances and exits in the palace, and no one is allowed to leave the palace without my order!" Ma Desheng took the order and retreated with all the guards. Chen Xiaotian secretly observed the guard who had just spoken, and saw him walking at the end of the line, looking back secretly as he walked, looking unguarded. Chen Xiaotian said in his heart: "This person can use the buttons on his body to unlock Kou Fatzi's acupoints in an instant, this kung fu of recognizing acupoints and hitting acupoints is worthy of the divine skill of the Holy Fire Elder of Caixia Palace, it seems that Bai Wangbo is going to make a big move this time." ”

After a short time, the four of them had returned to the Xuanzheng Hall, and all the heroes in the hall were overjoyed when they saw Chen Xiaotian returning. Chen Mo, Chen Yixin and others stepped forward quickly, chattering and asking, and their care was overflowing. Chen Xiaotian smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, Chen is very grateful, please sit down, I have something to discuss with you." When the heroes heard this, they sat down to their own seats. I heard Chen Xiaotian say: "Today, I let all the heroes be frightened in the house, Chen is deeply sorry, these people in black are coming for Chen, and they have nothing to do with you, please rest assured." ”

When everyone heard this, they all rejoiced in their hearts. This may seem inconsequential, but in fact, it has caused many people's hearts to suffer.

You must know that there are not a few people who have just come out of the fight with the man in black, many people actually have no deep friendship with Chen Xiaotian, but they just rely on the strength of the crowd, so they come to join in the fun, first, they can show their skills in front of everyone, and second, they can also sell Chen Xiaotian a big favor. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how many people want to see Chen Xiaotian, let alone get acquainted with him, everyone sitting here is from the rivers and lakes, if there is Chen Xiaotian's protection in the future, it will be like having a Danshu iron coupon in hand, and there will be no worries. It's a seemingly sure-fire deal, so everyone is scrambling to step forward.

But who would have thought that these black-clothed people have extremely high martial arts, although the heroes are not mediocre, and there are many of them, but unfortunately there is no one to lead, most of them are fighting on their own, and there is no order, how can they be the opponents of the exquisite formation of the black-clothed people, and the original good thing of fame and fortune disappeared in a moment. This is not the point, what everyone is worried about is that if they form a bond with these men in black because of this matter, they will be retaliated against in the future, which will be very bad. Chen Xiaotian's words reassured everyone, so everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted: "What do you mean, old timer? Are we greedy for life and afraid of death? Since we have come to your house today, we should depend on your blessings and misfortunes." ”

Everyone saw that the person who spoke was Liu Dahai, who had just fought with Hao Sanniang, and Chen Xiaotian said in his heart: "Although this person is lustful, his quality is not bad." ”

As soon as Liu Dahai's voice fell, a person stood up in the crowd and said to him: "Why don't you know what to do, General Chen is thinking about all of us, and he doesn't want these gangsters to trouble us in the future." How could he be so misinterpreted by you?"

Liu Dahai said with a smile: "Han Operator, you have always been timid and afraid of things, three years ago at the Songshan meeting on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the head of your faction He escaped from the battle, causing our southern faction alliance to be defeated by the northern camp, do you remember this?"

That year, at the Songshan Conference, the main factions of the north and south gathered together, nominally to learn martial arts, but in fact the two sides wanted to compete with each other. The north is headed by Shaolin Wudang, and the south is led by Emei and South Shaolin, as the first confrontation between the north and the south of Shaolin, it naturally attracted the attention of the world, so on the day of the conference, the masters of all the sects and factions on the rivers and lakes were all present, and they all wanted to witness this historic moment.

The Songshan Conference was held for a total of five days, and the two sides agreed to win or lose ten battles, and if it was a draw, there would be an additional game. In order to prevent the conference from becoming a ring where only the disciples of the Shaolin, Wudang, and Emei sects were in the ring, the two sides stipulated that the north and the south could assign personnel to fight at will, but each sect was only allowed to participate in one battle. In this way, even if there are many Shaolin martial arts players, there is nothing they can do, and if they want to win the competition, they rely on the overall strength of the team.

At that time, the two sides had their own advantages, the northern camp had many masters, and their personal ability was relatively strong, but the first-class masters who could play were mostly concentrated in the Shaolin Wudang two major factions; the southern alliance was balanced in strength and had no obvious shortcomings, but the overall strength was slightly inferior to that of the north. Therefore, the key to the victory or defeat of the competition lies in the arrangement of troops, just like Tian Ji horse racing, how to reasonably allocate the vital forces in his own camp is the key to victory.

In the first two games, the northern camp took the lead, and successively sent the masters of the Shaolin and Wudang factions, and the first two games, and the southern league pulled back a game in the third game, and the first day of the game came to an end. The next day, each side sent a master to fight, and after a vicious fight, they were evenly matched, and each won a game. By the third day, the advantage of the Southern Alliance gradually appeared, winning two games in a row, and overtaking with a total score of 4-3. On the fourth day, the northern camp showed a killer feature, sending Fei Hongzi, a master of the Xuankong Gate of the Kongtong faction, to easily win the eighth game.

So far, the two sides have fought to a 4-4 draw, this ninth game is very important, at this time, the masters of the various factions of the northern camp have taken the stage, and it is really difficult to have good players in the rest of the scattered small sects, but the rules of the competition system do not allow other sects to replace the battle, so this ninth game, the representatives of the southern alliance won easily. In the most critical tenth game, the southern alliance was the head of the Natural Gate, He Jingzhi, and the northern one was Guan Shi, who shook Shanxi. The kung fu of these two people was originally between them, and it was difficult to predict who would win and who would lose, but the Southern League had one more victory, so they had a huge psychological advantage.

When everyone thought that victory was about to come to the Southern Alliance, on the last day of the game, there was only one person on the field, but He Jingzhi was nowhere to be found, and everyone waited for three hours without seeing it, so that the northern camp won without a fight, won the tenth game, and the two sides fought to a 5-5 draw. In the final play-off, there are no restrictions on the rules, and the sects that appeared before can also send people to play. The northern camp sent Master Hong Zhi of the Shaolin Scripture Pavilion, while the southern side was the presiding elder of Southern Shaolin, and the duel between the north and south Shaolin was not officially staged until the last day.