Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 16 Zhenlong Chess Game
Cheng Qian continued, "After you were seriously injured and Xiao Feng rescued you, I knew you would die, but I cared about the relationship between master and servant, so I sent secret guards to summon you, hoping that you would return to the Murong family to save your life, but your refusal also led you to a dead end, because I was not sure whether you would tell Xiao Feng or your father about my plan because of your feelings, thus affecting my plan. Therefore, since then, I no longer let the secret guards protect you in secret, so that you will fall into such a fate."

After saying that, Cheng Qian stood up and stroked Ah Zhu's tombstone, as if to tell all his thoughts, "Ah Zhu, do you hate me? Hate me for watching you die? Or hate me for not letting you and Xiao Feng live together? My plan is almost complete now, and no one in the world can stop me, including Xiao Feng. But don't worry, I will spare Xiao Feng's life for you, which will also complete the last bit of our master-servant relationship."

Afterwards, Cheng Qian got up and left, leaving only the wine glass in front of the tomb to prove that someone had once worshipped here.

However, after Cheng Qian left Xiaojing Lake, he received a report from the secret guard that Su Xinghe had sent him an invitation to participate in the Zhenlong chess game.

Knowing that the Xuzhu line is about to begin and the last step of the plan has already started, how can I be absent?

He then mobilized the power of the Ten Thousand Things in his body and the Infinite Jade Body, recovered from his illness, and went to Leigu Peak to join Feng Bo'e and others.

Just after Cheng Qian and Feng Bo'e arrived at Leigu Peak together, they saw Duan Yu playing chess with Su Xinghe, with three of his family generals, Zhu Danchen, standing behind them. Duan Yu was really trying hard to think and try to crack the Zhenlong chess game. After making more than ten moves, he failed because he refused to give up his pieces. Su Xinghe was very regretful and reset the chessboard.

Come to think of it, the Zhenlong chess game was a game that the head of the Xiaoyao Sect, Mr. Wuyazi, spent three whole years setting up. How could Duan Yu be able to crack it with just a glance in the stone cave of Wuliang Mountain in Dali?

At the time when Duan Yu was playing chess, Ding Chunqiu came here with the captured Fan Bailing and others, and Xuan Nan came here with the monks from Shaolin Temple.

When Su Xinghe saw Ding Chunqiu, he was surprised and said, "You have already mastered the Little Wuxiang Kung!"

But it was Ding Chunqiu, the man who made people in the martial arts world shudder at the mention of him, who actually looked like a man in his thirties.

Ding Chunqiu laughed and said, "Do you think I don't know your plan? You are as stupid as that old thief. You actually want to delay me with this, but you don't know that this move has enabled me to practice seriously during the time I was in Xingxiu Sea and reach new heights."

Su Xinghe couldn't bear to hear anyone insulting his master, so he immediately got into a conflict with Ding Chunqiu. However, he was no match for him and was injured in just a few moves.

It was not until this time that everyone realized that Su Xinghe, known as "Mr. Smart", was actually a fellow apprentice of the evil "Xingxiu Old Immortal" Ding Chunqiu.

Because his master Wuyazi was beaten to death by a sneak attack (in fact, he was seriously injured and advertised as fake death), and because he himself had learned too many miscellaneous things, his martial arts were not as good as his junior brother Ding Chunqiu, so he set up the Zhenlong chess game here to recruit disciples on his behalf (in fact, Wuyazi, who was faking his death, took the opportunity to find a smart person to pass on his skills) to clean up the family.

Cheng Qian glanced over and saw a group of bald heads in the crowd. There was an ugly little monk with thick eyebrows, big eyes, upturned nostrils, protruding ears, and very thick lips (the number of water words is really cool). Standing among them was none other than the protagonist of this chess game, Xu Zhu.

When the chess devil Fan Bailing came forward, he vomited blood after just watching for a while, which made everyone marvel at him. Ding Chunqiu even provoked Su Xinghe and others, and no one could break this game.

At this time, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and the chessboard was changing. It turned out that Jiumozhi had arrived. Seeing Cheng Qian was also here, they started to talk to him. Everyone knew that this pale, but elegant and noble young man was Murong Fu, known as the "Southern Murong", and they went forward one by one to greet him.

After greeting Duan Yu, Duan Yu said with a face full of shame: "Master Murong, I failed to live up to your trust, which led to Sister Azhu's death."

Before Duan Yu finished speaking, Cheng Qian comforted him, "Brother, you don't have to be like this. I know what happened to Ah Zhu. It was her own choice. She can't blame anyone else but herself for not having this blessing."

This made Duan Yu feel even more ashamed, but what was even more surprising was the relationship between Cheng Qian and Duan Yu. When Cheng Qian approached to inquire about it, he found out that it was all because of Duan Yu's father's romantic debt.

While sighing, they envied Duan Yu's luck for being able to make friends with the world-famous Murong family, but how could they know Duan Yu's suffering.

Every time he met a beautiful girl, he would get to the point of talking about marriage, only to find out that she was his half-sister. He finally came to the Central Plains, but he still couldn't escape this curse. The person he loved so much was also his sister. How miserable it was. But fortunately, he didn't know yet that he was not his father Duan Zhengchun's son, otherwise he would not know whether he would cry with joy or be in a mess.

Jiumozhi then knew why Cheng Qian wanted to protect Duan Yu at Murong's house that day. When he thought of the details, he couldn't help but sweat coldly and his back felt cold. He secretly thought that he had snatched Duan Yu from his uncle and sent him to his brother-in-law in exchange for reward money (secrets). This operation was a bit tricky. Fortunately, Cheng Qian didn't bother with him, but let him read the secrets at home at will. If Cheng Qian had poisoned his daily food at that time and he was unprepared, he would have died.

Cheng Qian saw Jiumozhi sweating profusely, and knew that he had figured out the secret, so he stepped forward and said, "I wonder if the Ming Wang is ill or if there is something wrong with his martial arts training."

This sentence also helped the Tubo State Master to come back to his senses. "Master Murong, please stop joking. I would like to thank you for your generosity, otherwise I would never leave Yanziwu. I just wonder if Master Murong came here to understand the Zhenlong chess game?"

Cheng Qian smiled and said, "I am not in good health, and I am afraid that playing this game will shorten my life. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Since Your Majesty has already made his move, please finish the game."

Jiumozhi thought about it and realized that it was indeed the truth, so he stepped forward and began to concentrate on cracking the Zhenlong chess game. In less than a moment, Jiumozhi looked distracted and said bluntly, "It's all in vain, all in vain."

After saying this, he wanted to kill himself by slapping his palm. Everyone tried to stop him but it was too late. Only Duan Yu pointed with his index finger and shouted, "Don't do that." The sword energy from his finger shot out, breaking up the true energy in Jiumozhi's palm and piercing his palm.

The pain brought Jiumozhi back to his senses and he saw the situation clearly. He was still unaware that he was bewildered by the chess game. Fortunately, Duan Yu came to his rescue and he was able to save his life.

Just as he was about to thank him, he saw Duan Yu hiding away, fearing that Jiumozhi was going to capture him again. Jiumozhi was silent for a moment and said no more.

Suddenly, a voice came from afar: "Which member of the Dali Duan family is here? Is it Duan Zhengchun?" It was Duan Yanqing who arrived with Ye Erniang and the evil god of the South China Sea.

When Cheng Qian saw Duan Yanqing coming, he knew the show was about to begin.

Sure enough, when Duan Yanqing joined the game, he was also bewitched by the chess game. His mind became oblivious due to the evil skills he practiced. He was then led astray by Ding Chunqiu and was only one step away from becoming possessed.

Just as he was about to swing his staff, Xu Zhu saved him by disrupting the chess game. Xu Zhu was also forced to replace Duan Yanqing in the game because of his move.

When Xu Zhu sat down to play chess, everyone was amazed.

It was because Xu Zhu, who originally did not know how to play chess, turned out to be like a chess master. After Xu Zhu committed suicide with a white piece, the situation of the chess game changed, and Xu Zhu gradually gained the upper hand.

Only Cheng Qian knew that Duan Yanqing knew Xu Zhu's chess moves by using his secret sound transmission skill in order to repay him for saving his life.

What remains is that Xu Zhu wins the chess game, Ding Chunqiu is unwilling to accept and fights with Su Xinghe, Xu Zhu takes the opportunity to be beaten into a dark room by Su Xinghe, after entering the dark room, he receives Wuyazi's skills and immediately becomes a top-level boss, defeating Ding Chunqiu.

However, before leaving, Ding Chunqiu secretly used "Three Smiles Free and Easy Powder" on everyone and completed a wave of harvesting of the remaining blood. Those who were harvested were Xuan Nan (whose internal energy was dissolved by Ding Chunqiu), Su Xinghe (injured by Ding Chunqiu), and a group of Shaolin monks (also injured by Ding Chunqiu). Ding Chunqiu was super god.

After Kang Guangling told everyone the whole story, they realized how powerful Ding Chunqiu's poison was.

But he was wondering why Cheng Qian was not poisoned, and guessed that it might be because Ding Chunqiu was disdainful of attacking extraordinary people. Suddenly, Cheng Qian's face showed three consecutive strange smiles, just like the ones Xuan Nan and others had before their death.

Just when everyone was having trouble reacting, the world-famous "Nan Murong" died.

PS1: Will it become a masterpiece if it ends now?
PS2: If you want to survive in the world of Pili, who can't do sit-ups with one hand?

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