On a mountain peak not far from here, a middle-aged man with a thin face and a white robe sat on a large rock.

There was a chessboard in front of him, a box of black and a box of whites, from the number of chess pieces placed on the chessboard and the situation seemed to be coming to an end, he took a pot of wine in his left hand, took a sip and smacked his tongue, picked up a white piece and looked at the chessboard uncertainly, thinking about which move was more appropriate.

Although he was playing against himself, he seemed very nervous, and after thinking for a while, he filled in the white son in the upper five or seven roads, and then dropped four or five chess pieces, and put the black spot in the position of the equal three or eight roads, at this time the black son has spread all around the whole game, and the white son seems to have a lot of exits, but the position of the black son inadvertently blocked the white child's way of life, but the black son can't eat all the white pieces for a while, and the situation looks very stale.

While thinking about the number of chess pieces, he occasionally raised his head and glanced in a certain direction, the direction he looked at was the Lingyun Buddha, sometimes showing a shallow smile, sometimes looking deep, I don't know if the change in the chess game affected the interest, or what happened in the Lingyun Buddha exaggerated the mood, for a while people are a little unpredictable, if this person is Ling Xiao here, he will definitely meet him, it is the one who wanted to recruit him, Zuo Fan.

Zuo Fan figured out the number of chess pieces, and dropped four or five chess pieces in a row, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps from the mountain path, not much effort, a neatly dressed black-clothed guy, came to Zuo Fan nearly three feet away, knelt on one knee on the ground and looked a little nervous, and said in a language that the Central Plains people did not understand: "Protect the Dharma, there is something important to repay"

Zuo Fan left two more sons and then said lightly: "How about the completion of the plan?" The little guy said: "The protector is clever, using the Central Plains people as shields, finding countless treasures, and then using the secret passage dug in advance to transport away the treasures, this time he killed countless heroes from all walks of life in the Central Plains, which can be described as a complete victory, but..."

Zuo Fan's eyes kept staring at the chessboard, and what the little guy said seemed to be taken for granted, and when the little guy wanted to speak and stopped, he turned his head and asked, "Just what...?"

Zuo Fan spoke with a gentle smile on his face, without the slightest hint of excess, but the little guy was extremely nervous, and he didn't dare to come out, let alone look up at Zuo Fan, and said in a panic: "Protector of the Dharma, the two hall masters of Black Dragon and Tengjiao were seriously injured in the plan and fell unconscious..."

Zuo Fan dropped another chess piece and said, "Where are they?" The little guy said: "It's halfway up the mountain, is the Dharma protector?"

The little man said "yes" and stood up, and after a few steps came to the intersection of the trail and whistled, someone at the bottom of the mountain heard the whistle, and the four men in black each carried a stretcher and ran up the mountain, and there were two people on the stretcher.

One is Hao Lianhe, the leader of the Black Dragon Gang, Hao Lianhe used some means to slow down the momentum when he jumped off the Lingyun Buddha and fell, but he really fell hard, his legs were broken, and he was rescued by the black-clothed party but lost his legs.

The other person is Cheng Teng, Cheng Teng was originally supported by Zuo Fan to become the master of Tengjiaotang, although he is not well known to outsiders, but he is very famous in the same party.

This time he was ordered to come here to carry out the mission, but he never thought of encountering the enemy of life and death, since he appeared in the Lingyun Buddha since he knew a thing or two about the organs in the Buddha, he was not in the Buddha under the enemy, and fainted on the way because he was seriously injured, but he was also rescued by his subordinates and brought back.

At this time, it was already evening, and the mountain road seemed a little dark, but the four of them walked like flying on the winding and involuted mountain path, carrying the stretcher effortlessly, not being hindered by the sky and the road at all, but a moment of effort had already run to the top of the mountain.

A few steps to Zuo Fan approached and put down the stretcher, divided on both sides, the little guy said: "Protector, people have been brought" Zuo Fan nodded, got up and walked to the two people lying on the stretcher.

At this time, Hao Lianhe and Cheng Teng seemed to have woken up in the bumpy road, and when they saw Zuo Fan walking towards them, they both used all their strength to sit up, and they hugged their fists with a look of panic and said: "The Dharma protector is above, and the subordinates are not effective, I hope the Dharma protector will forgive."

Zuo Fan said with a smile: "The two hall masters are serious, the two of them have worked hard this time, tried their best, and did not hesitate to be seriously injured, and made great contributions to this sect, which can be described as a high degree of hard work, and this Dharma protector must report to the Lord to celebrate the merits of the two, what is the crime?"

Hearing this, Hao and Cheng said as if they were about to be amnestied: "The two of us acting for the Lord are the blessings of several generations of cultivation, and if they are used to the two of us in the future, they will definitely be ruined with liver and brain, and they will not give up."

Zuo Fan said with a smile: "The two of you have such intentions, and this Dharma protector is also happy for the lord, and now the two of them have been injured and should take a good rest and breathing" Without waiting for the two to reply, they rushed left and right: "Come, send the two hall masters back to the mountain to rest"

The black-clothed people on both sides of the side raised the stretcher and ran down the mountain when they heard this, Hao and Cheng were already excited to tears when they heard this, and said vaguely: "Thank you... Thank you Protector, thank you Protector..."

Until the voices of the two disappeared, Zuo Fan gradually put away his smile, and muttered with an intriguing color: "This Buddha statue has a strange omen, and I don't know if it is auspicious."

After saying that, he looked in a certain direction and said: "It's time too..."After speaking, he walked down the mountain with his hands on his back, and suddenly a black chess piece appeared in his right hand, and his head did not look back to shoot behind him.

The Emei faction, second only to Shaolin and Wudang, is the great faction of today's martial arts, and an old woman in her fifties sits in the attic on the top of Emei Mountain.

I saw that she was wearing a lotus crown, wearing a black satin robe, climbing on the clouds, holding a dust, and her expression was not angry and arrogant.

And the next person standing is six feet, well-proportioned, like a moth eyebrows, wearing a hairpin on his head, wearing a green robe, and carrying his back with one hand, this person is the sister of the Chifeng Shitai, Miaoqing.

At this time, she frowned, pacing back and forth in the room with a worried face, Chifeng was also thinking strangely, her face was gloomy, and she saw Miaoqing fidgeting and said: "Senior sister, what should come will always come, what's the use of you being so anxious?"

Miaoqing stood still in front of Chifeng and said in a deep voice: "Senior sister, it has been a few days since we saw the letter, but there has been no challenger coming to the door for a long time, judging from all kinds of signs, there is no doubt that the Dongying people, the Dongying people have recently turned the martial arts factions upside down, it can be seen that their methods are amazing, and I am afraid that my Emei will not be spared, how can this not be worrying"

Chifeng said loudly: " What the senior sister said, how did the senior sister not know, the Dongying people have always acted mysteriously, and according to the news that the various factions were besieged, the Dongying people were taken by surprise and surprise before the shot, and there was never a precedent with a notice, since there was a letter first, I thought that the Dongying people were deceiving me Emei is a female stream has not been put in the eyes, and now I Emei is waiting for the Dongying people to come to the door, if they don't come, then to, if they come, let them be wiped out and let them know the means of my Emei, and also avenge the innocent sacrifice of the martial arts colleagues"

She paused and continued: "Wudang Zhang Zhenren has not asked about the world for a long time, and this time it is to unite with Zen Master Kehui to gather all factions to hold a "demon eradication conference", and at this time, we have to rush to the meeting to discuss a way to drive the Dongying people out of my Central Plains" The last few words were sonorous and powerful, so that Miaoqing was moved by it.

Miaoqing nodded heavily and said: "Senior sister is right, I can't let the Dongying people and other factions underestimate my Emei, and we must eradicate the ambitious aliens."

In fact, as the head of the Emei faction, Chifeng is also extremely anxious at this time, since Chifeng learned the news of the Dongying people, he has made all preparations in case of accidents, and since receiving the "challenge letter", he has been sleepless all night for several days, as the head of a faction, although he did not show fatigue in front of people, but his heart is extremely tormented.

Chi Feng suddenly remembered something and asked, "Senior sister, it has been some time since Xu He rushed to the Lingyun Giant Buddha, but is there any news to send back?"