Linghu Chong went down the mountain in a drunken state and it wasn’t until midnight that he finally woke up. When he woke up, he discovered he was lying in the wilderness with the Heng-Shan’s disciples sitting far away to guard him and that he was also having a splitting headache. He was thinking that he wouldn’t be able to see Yingying ever again and his heart ache thinking about it. When their party finally arrived at Xianxing Peak on Mount Heng-Shan, they first went to Dingxian, Dingjing, and Dingyi Shi Tai’s altar to report they had taken their revenge.

They anticipated Sun Moon Sect would attack anytime whether it was dawn or dusk. After the fighting finished, Heng-Shan School would definitely be destroyed. They already foresaw this defeat a long time ago and instead of worrying, they instead felt relief. Monk No Commandment and his wife, along with Yilin and Tian Boguang, already met with them at the foot of Mount Huashan and they went back together to Mount Heng-Shan. Everyone was thinking that if they diligently practised their martial art, they still wouldn’t be able to kill that many more people from the Sun Moon Sect. So thinking that it was of no benefit to them, they simply didn’t practice their sword art at all. Some people would read the scripture diligently every day, while the rest would play around the mountain. Heng-Shan School originally had very strict commandments and they had lessons day and night without any idle time. But these days, they were very relaxed.

A few days had passed when they suddenly saw ten monks walking up towards the Xianxing Peak. They were headed by the Shaolin Temple’s Abbott, Great Master Fangzheng. Linghu Chong was in his living hut drinking wine and singing songs when he suddenly heard Great Master Fangzheng was coming. He couldn’t help feeling startled and happy at the same time, and he quickly came out to welcome him. Great Master Fangzheng saw both his feet were bare, and he didn’t even have time to put on his shoes. He smiled and said, “When the ancient people were in a hurry to welcome guests, they still had time to wear shoes. But Headmaster Linghu doesn’t wear shoes to welcome us. Your sincerity is even more than those ancient people.”

Linghu Chong bowed to give his propriety. “When Great Master Fangzheng comes, Linghu Chong has never welcomed you from far. So I’m actually very afraid. Great Master Fangsheng has also come.”

Fangsheng smiled.

Linghu Chong saw the remaining eight monks all had white beards floating on their chins. When he inquired their names, he found out they were all reverend monks of the ‘Fang’ generation. Linghu Chong welcomed all the reverend monks to enter his living hut and they sat on the putuan. This living hut was originally Dingxian Shi Tai’s place and it had no dust around. But when Linghu Chong lived here, the whole place was filled with jugs of wine, wine bowls, and everywhere was a mess. Linghu Chong’s face turned red and he said, “It’s messy, please don’t blame me.”

“I came today to pay respect to the mountain then to discuss an important matter,” said a smiling Fangzheng. “Headmaster Linghu, you don’t need to be so polite.” He waited for a tick before continuing, “I heard Headmaster Linghu didn’t accept the Vice Chief position in Sun Moon Sect in order to protect Heng-Shan School. You’ve also disregarded your own life by doing this and you were also willing to abandon Young Lady Ren, who’s such a good companion to you. Everyone from the orthodox path admires you very much for this.”

Linghu Chong was startled and he thought, “I wasn’t willing because of Heng-Shan School as well as not to implicate all of Wulin. I didn’t allow the school’s disciples to leak this matter out to prevent Shaolin and Wudang Schools from coming to help and getting involved in the big fight and increasing the number of deaths and injuries. I didn’t expect Great Master Fangzheng to still manage to get the news.” He then said, “Great Master absurdly praised me, making me very ashamed. Junior and Sun Moon Sect’s Chief Ren have a lot of grudges and disputes between us. I also lost Young Lady Ren’s love. There’s nothing I can do about this. Great Master, don’t wrongly praise me, I don’t deserve it.”

“Chief Ren wants to lead his men to give your honourable school trouble,” Great Master Fangzheng said. “Right now, Songshan, Taishan, Hengshan, and Huashan Schools have all deteriorated and Heng-Shan School is standing by itself without asking for help from outside. Headmaster Linghu, you didn’t send anyone to my humble temple to ask anyone to come. Could it be that all the monks in my Shaolin School are afraid of dying and want to preserve their lives? And they also don’t care about justice and righteousness in Wulin?”

Linghu Chong stood up and replied, “I don’t dare to assume that. In the past, Junior didn’t check myself and got to know many people from the Sun Moon Sect. Then all sorts of difficult matters came up because of this. Junior thinks a man must take responsibilities for what he has done. My heart is already restless since I’ve implicated the whole Heng-Shan School in this. How can I dare to startle Great Master and Priest Chongxu? If Shaolin and Wudang Schools came to help and lost a lot of people, then it’ll be Junior’s fault that even ten thousands death wouldn’t be able to repay.”

“Headmaster Linghu, what you said was wrong,” said a smiling Fangzheng. “The Devil Sect has wanted to destroy our Shaolin, Wudang, and five mountains sword schools since a hundred years ago. At that time, I wasn’t even born, so how does that have to do with Headmaster Linghu?”

Linghu Chong nodded. “My deceased master often taught me that the demonical and the orthodox can’t stand together. The Devil Sect and our orthodox schools have been fighting for years and the enmity between both is very deep. Junior’s understanding of this was shallow and I thought both parties were able to yield a step and change for the better. Junior never knew that even though Chief Ren and I have a deep origin, at the end, we must still bear arms at each other.”

“You said both parties yielding a step and change for the better. What you said is right,” Fangzheng said. “Sun Moon Sect and our orthodox schools have been fighting for years. Actually, the reason for this wasn’t something so great that we want them to all die or they want us to all die. The only reason was because the leaders of both parties want to control Wulin by himself and wished the other party to be destroyed because of it. That day, when Priest Chongxu, Headmaster Linghu, and I talked at the Hanging Temple, we were there because of the worry that Songshan’s Headmaster Zuo wanted to merge the five mountains sword schools into one. We were afraid of his wild ambition in ruling Wulin by himself.” He let out a long sigh when he spoke till here. He then continued, “I heard Sun Moon Sect’s Chief has a motto, something like ‘Long live to Chief, unify the Jianghu’. Since this is already in his heart, how can Wulin have a day of peace? In Jianghu, each clan and each school has its own purpose and they’re all very different. Unify the Jianghu, this will never happen.”

Linghu Chong agreed with this and nodded. “Great Master Abbott said it right.”

“Chief Ren said that within a month he won’t spare a dog or a bird on Mount Heng-Shan,” Fangzheng said. “His words are like the mountain and they couldn’t be altered. Right now, the master-hands from Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong Schools are already assembled at the foot of Mount Heng-Shan.”

“Ah!” Linghu Chong was startled and he jumped up. “Really? All the schools’ seniors have come to help, Junior didn’t know. I really should be punished.”

Since Heng-Shan School knew that the Devil Sect would one day attack, no one there was feeling lucky so they had not bothered putting up sentries and guards around the place. So much so that the sentries at the foot of the mountain had even been withdrawn.

Linghu Chong continued, “Reverend monks, please rest up here. Junior will lead my school’s disciples down the mountain to welcome them.”

Fangzheng shook his head. “All the schools are on the same boat in this and are helping each other to fight the enemy. There’s no need for small talk, we’ve arranged everything.”

“Yes,” Linghu Chong acknowledged, and he asked, “When did Great Master Abbott find out that Sun Moon Sect wants to attack Heng-Shan School?”

“I received a letter from a senior and found out everything,” Fangzheng replied.

“Senior?” Linghu Chong was thinking that Great Master Fangzheng’s position in Wulin was already very high, so how could there be someone even more senior than him?

Fangzheng smiled and answered, “This senior is a famous elder from Huashan School. He once taught sword art to Headmaster Linghu.”

“Grand martial uncle Feng!” Linghu Chong excitedly said.

“It is Senior Feng,” Fangzheng confirmed. “Senior Feng dispatched six friends to Shaolin Temple to reveal what Headmaster Linghu said on top of the Peak of Morning Sun. These six friends speak in somewhat a roundabout manner and aren’t very clear, so it’s a little troublesome, and they also like to dispute what each other say. But after talking to them for a few hours and patiently listening to them, I finally understood.” When he said till here, he couldn’t help smiling.

“They’re the Peach Valley Six Fairies?” a smiling Linghu Chong asked.

Fangzheng smiled. “They are the Peach Valley Six Fairies.”

“When Junior arrived at Huashan, I wanted to pay my respect to Grand martial uncle Feng,” Linghu Chong happily told Fangzheng. “But many things kept coming up until I finally went down the mountain. From beginning to the end, I didn’t manage to see him to kowtow. I never thought he’d know everything.”

“Senior Feng’s conduct is like a divine dragon, you can see his head but not his tail,” Fangzheng replied. “He already conceals himself living in Huashan, and when the Sun Moon Sect was at Huashan going around without any fear, how could he just not care? Peach Valley Six Fairies were at Huashan to play around and they were captured by Senior Feng and locked up for several days. Later, he ordered them to go to Shaolin Temple to deliver the letter.”

Linghu Chong thought, “Peach Valley Six Fairies were captured by Grand martial uncle Feng. They would definitely hide this matter and won’t talk about it. But if I just talk at random about things, they’ll finally reveal this.” Then he said, “What does Grand martial uncle Feng want us to do?”

“Senior Feng was very modest in his words, he only said that he heard something unusual that needs to be told to me,” Fangzheng told him. “He also said Headmaster Linghu is his beloved disciple and how you resisted the Devil Sect’s invitation on top of the Peak of Morning Sun. He really liked what he saw and wanted me to take care of you. Actually, Headmaster Linghu’s martial art is far above mine. This word ‘take care’, he was too serious.”

Linghu Chong felt appreciative and he bowed before saying, “Great Master Abbott has been taking care of Junior more than once.”

“You flatter me,” Fangzheng replied. “When I found out about this, don’t mention that Senior Feng ordered this, I would’ve done it myself solely relying on the deep origin between your honourable school and my school. Also, I couldn’t just put my hands in my sleeve on account of our friendship. Moreover, this matter concerns each school’s survival. Once the Devil Sect destroyed Heng-Shan, do you think he’d let go of Shaolin and Wudang Schools? That’s why I immediately sent out an epistle notifying each school to assemble at Heng-Shan and fight to the death together against the Devil Sect.”

When Linghu Chong came down from the Peak of Morning Sun that day, he was already feeling dejected. He saw the Sun Moon Sect and felt that Heng-Shan School couldn’t match them. So he was only waiting for the day that Ren Woxing would attack them, then everyone from Heng-Shan School would exert themselves in resisting and fight to the death. Even though there were people who offered the idea to ask for help from Shaolin and Wudang Schools, Linghu Chong asked them, “Even if Shaolin and Wudang Schools come to help, can they stop the Devil Sect?” That person immediately shut up. Linghu Chong also said, “Since there’s no way to help Heng-Shan, why should we implicate Shaolin’s and Wudang’s disciples and make a lot of them lose their lives here?” In his heart, he actually didn’t want to fight with Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian. Also, when his hope of marrying Yingying disappeared, he unwittingly tortured himself and felt his life in this world was no longer useful, and that it was better if he died first.

At this time, when he saw Fangzheng received Feng Qingyang’s trust and came here to help, his spirit was roused. But he still had no interest to really fight to the death against those people from the Sun Moon Sect.

Fangzheng also said, “Headmaster Linghu, Buddhists have mercy in their heart and I’m not a brave person who would fight violently. If this matter can be settled in a friendly manner, then of course it’s the best. But if we yield a step then Ren Woxing would advance a step. We can’t yield in this matter at all or Chief Ren will annihilate each school from the orthodox path. Only if each of us kowtow to him and praise him with ‘Long live to Sacred Chief, unify the Jianghu! Amituofo!'”

In his ‘Long live to Sacred Chief, unify the Jianghu’, he added the word ‘Amituofo’. It was really comical and Linghu Chong couldn’t refrain from smiling. “That’s right. Junior only has to hear of that ‘Sacred Chief’, that ‘Long live to Chief, unify the Jianghu’, and I had goose bumps all over my body. Junior doesn’t get drunk after drinking thirty bowls of wine but to hear a lot of this ‘Long live to Chief, unify the Jianghu’, I couldn’t help feeling dizzy and become drunk on the spot.”

Fangzheng smiled. “Their Sun Moon Sect’s incantation is definitely very formidable.” He paused for a tick before continuing, “When Senior Feng was at the Peak of Morning Sun, he saw Headmaster Linghu getting dizzy. So he especially ordered the Peach Valley Six Fairies to bring over a secret formula for an internal energy technique, and he wanted me to give this to Headmaster Linghu. The Peach Valley Six Fairies don’t speak clearly, but when it came to telling me the inner energy technique, they became clear. It was really rare. I think Senior Feng must’ve forced them to memorise this until they’re very familiar with it. Headmaster Linghu, please lead the way to the inner hall so I can impart you this technique.”

Linghu Chong respectfully led Great Master Fangzheng into a quiet room. This was the formula that Feng Qingyang had asked Fangzheng to impart to him so it was as if he had come personally to impart it to him. He immediately knelt in front of Fangzheng and said, “Grand martial uncle Feng treats disciple with so much kindness.”

Fangzheng didn’t decline his modesty and received his respect. “Senior Feng has a lot of expectation on Headmaster Linghu. He hopes you can practise diligently according to this technique.”

“Yes,” Linghu Chong replied. “Disciple will do as ordered.”

Fangzheng slowly read aloud the formula for the technique while Linghu Chong tried to memorise it. The formula wasn’t that long, from beginning to the end, there were only around one thousands words. When Fangzheng finished reciting it, he wanted Linghu Chong to remember it. After some time, he recited it again. In total, he recited it five times. Linghu Chong was able to memorise it and recited it from the beginning to the end without mistake.

“Even though there’s only around a thousand words in this internal energy formula that Senior Feng is passing on, it is actually very profound and it’s not a small matter,” Fangzheng said. “We’re good friends, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Headmaster Linghu’s sword art is profound, but it seems you’re not good at internal energy technique.”

“Junior only knows some trivial things about internal energy,” Linghu Chong replied. “If Great Master doesn’t mind, I’d still like to ask for some pointers.”

Fangzheng nodded. “Senior Feng’s inner energy technique and Shaolin School’s inner energy technique are quite different. But all martial arts in this world have the same goal but use different approaches. The basic essence doesn’t differ by too much. If Headmaster Linghu doesn’t mind me being meddlesome then I’ll try to explain it.”

Linghu Chong knew he was the current Wulin’s number one or two master. Obtaining his advice was no different than getting Grand Martial Uncle Feng’s advice. That was why Grand Martial Uncle Feng had imparted him this technique so his internal energy could also be profound. Linghu Chong quickly bowed and said, “Junior will respectfully listen to Great Master’s instructions.”

“You flatter me!” Fangzheng replied. Then he immediately started to analyze the inner energy technique sentence by sentence, and he also told him all kinds of different things like breathing, energy movement, tuna(a breathing method), and the method to move the energy. Linghu Chong had learned the formula by heart and he originally remembered it very well. But when Great Master Fangzheng was analyzing the formula, only then did he realise how each sentence contained numerous refined principles.

Linghu Chong had a high level of comprehension, but each sentence of this refined inner energy technique took him a long time to understand. It was good that Great Master Fangzheng was there to explain it to him in detail that he was able to take a peek into the marvellous realm of martial art study that he had never experienced before. He let out a long sigh and said, “Great Master Fangzheng, Junior has been fearlessly going around Jianghu for the last few years, it was because I didn’t know how shallow my knowledge is. I’m really ashamed when thinking about it. Junior doesn’t have much longer to live and unable to practise the wonderful inner energy technique passed down by Grand Martial Uncle Feng. But people in the old days had a saying, it’s something like hear the right way in the morning, then dying at night won’t be too serious. Is that saying right?”

“If a man in the morning hears the right way, he may die in the evening without regret!” Fangzheng corrected him.

“That’s right, that’s the saying,” Linghu Chong said. “I once heard master said it. Hearing Great Master’s advice today, it’s really like a blind man being able to see. Even if I don’t have any more time to practise it, I’m already happy.”

“Our orthodox schools have all assembled near Mount Heng-Shan, and they’re protecting all the important places,” Fangzheng said. “When the Devil Sect comes to attack, we’ll all work together and we won’t lose. Headmaster Linghu, why are you being so pessimistic? This inner energy technique requires a few years to finish practising it, but if you practise it for a day then you’ll get one day’s benefit, and if you practise it for a little bit then you’ll get a little bit’s benefit. These next few days, there’s no harm for Headmaster Linghu to start learning it. Take advantage of me disturbing your honourable mountain and we can also study it together.”

“Junior appreciates Great Master’s kindness.”

“Brother Chongxu should be arriving any moment now. Should we go out and take a look?”

Linghu Chong quickly stood up and said, “I’ve neglected Priest Chongxu and the others.”

He returned to the outside hall with Great Master Fangzheng, the hall was already lighted with candles. When the two of them were discussing martial art, more than six hours had passed and the sky had turned dark a long time ago. They saw three Taoist sitting on putuans talking with Great Master Fangsheng. One of these people was Priest Chongxu. When the three Taoist saw Fangzheng and Linghu Chong came out, they stood up together.

Linghu Chong paid his respects and said, “Heng-Shan is in trouble and we’ve received priests’ help. Everyone from my humble school really doesn’t know how to repay this.”

Priest Chongxu quickly helped him up and smilingly replied, “I arrived here some time ago. I learned that Great Master Abbott and little brother are inside studying inner energy technique so I didn’t dare to disturb you. Little brother has learned a wonderful inner energy technique, once you’ve learned how to use it then when Ren Woxing comes here, you can try it out on him and teach him a lesson.”

“This inner energy technique is very refined,” Linghu Chong said. “How can Junior learn it in just a few days? I heard the seniors from Emei, Kunlun, and Kongtong Schools have all arrived. I should invite them up and discuss our plan. What do seniors think of this?”

Chongxu replied, “They’re hiding in secret to guard against that demon Ren from finding out. If you ask everyone to come up the mountain, then I’m afraid the information will be leaked out. When we came up the mountain, we also disguised ourselves. Otherwise, why didn’t the disciples of my humble school announce us first?”

The moment when he first met Priest Chongxu appeared in Linghu Chong’s mind. At that time, Priest Chongxu disguised himself as an old man riding a donkey, and there were two other men following him. They were all actually masters from Wudang School. Right now, as he observed the other priests, he recognised them to be the other two elders who competed sword with him on the Hubei road.

Linghu Chong bowed and smilingly said, “Priests, your face changing technique is very good. If Priest Chongxu didn’t mention it, Junior wouldn’t have figured it out.”

Those two priests disguised themselves as farmers at that time, one was carrying firewood and the other carrying vegetables. Both were gasping for breath, seemed like they were sick. At this time, they looked very healthy and only their eyes could be recognised. Priest Chongxu pointed to the elder who carried the firewood, “This is martial brother Qingxu.” Then he pointed to the elder who carried the vegetable, “This is my martial nephew, his Taoist name is Chenggao.” The four of them smiled at each other.

Qingxu and Chenggao both said, “Headmaster Linghu’s sword art is very high.”

Linghu Chong replied, modestly, “I apologize for the offence!”

“My martial brother’s and martial nephew’s sword art aren’t very refined, but when they were young, they lived for more than ten years in the western region and learned one special skill,” Chongxu said. “One is an expert in hidden traps and the other is an expert in bombs.”

“Those skills are very rare,” Linghu Chong commented.

“Brother Linghu,” Chongxu said. “I brought them here because I have another purpose. I’m hoping they can help us in doing one big thing.”

Linghu Chong didn’t understand and blurted out, “To do one big thing?”

“I took the liberty to take one thing to your honourable mountain,” Chongxu answered. “Brother Linghu, please take a look.” He had a free and easy personality so he wasn’t as restrained as Fangzheng. That was why one called him ‘Brother Linghu’, and the other called him ‘Headmaster Linghu’. Linghu Chong felt it was quite odd and wanted to see what he took out from his bosom. Chongxu smiled and said, “This item is actually not small, it doesn’t fit in my bosom. Martial brother Qingxu, ask them to come in.”

Qingxu acknowledged the order and went out. Not long after, he led four farmer-looking men to come in. Each person was barefooted and each was carrying vegetables.

Qingxu said, “This is Headmaster Linghu and Shaolin Temple’s Abbott.” The four people bowed to give their respects.

Linghu Chong knew they must have high positions in Wudang. He quickly returned their propriety.

“Take it out and install it!” Qingxu ordered.

The four men took some wrapped bundles from inside the vegetables they were carrying. They opened the bundles revealing many wooden strips, ironware, nails, and springs. These four people worked really fast and they put those items together. A short time later, they finished making a grand chair. Linghu Chong was even more perplexed, pondering, “This grand chair has so many springs. I wonder what it’s used for? Could it be for practising internal energy?”

After installing the chair, the four men took out two more wrapped bundles. These bundles contained the chair cushion and the chair cover which they put on the grand chair. Inside the quiet hall, glitters from the yellow brocade of the chair cover suddenly dazzled their eyes. Nine golden dragons had been embroidered into the brocade with the sun in the middle rising from the ocean. On the left, writings of ‘Glory to Sacred Chief, To the Benefit of Common People’ were seen. On the right was the writing ‘Long Live the Chief, Unify the Jianghu’. Those nine dragons had their claws brandished and teeth snarling, looking very much alive. The caligraphy on the writings was strong and very pleasing to the eyes. Chains of pearls, diamonds, and all sorts of other precious stones surrounded the letters. This humble and plain hall was covered by the lights from the jewels.

Linghu Chong clapped to cheer as he thought of Chongxu saying that Qingxu was once in the western region learning to make hidden traps. He said, “When Chief Ren sees this precious chair, he’ll definitely sit in it. Then the traps in the chair will be sprung and take his life. Am I right?”

Chongxu whispered back, “Ren Woxing can respond really fast and his movement is like lightning. Even if the chair has a trap, he’ll feel something’s not right and jump up immediately. We won’t be able to injure him then. This bottom of this chair has been installed with a fuse and a pack of explosives.”

Once he said this, the faces of Linghu Chong and all the monks from Shaolin changed colour. Fangzheng prayed, “Amituofo!”

“The benefit of this trap is that anyone can sit on it without anything happening,” Chongxu explained. “You need to sit for a while before the fuse is triggered. That Ren Woxing is a sceptical person and he’s also very careful. When he sees this kind of chair on the Xianxing Peak, he definitely won’t sit in it straight away and will get one of his subordinate to sit on it first. The covering on this chair has those gold dragons around the sun, there’s also those ‘Long Live the Chief, Unify the Jianghu’ words, so anyone from the Devil Sect won’t sit on it for too long. But once Ren Woxing sit on it, he won’t give it up.”

“Priest has considered this very thoroughly,” Linghu Chong commented.

“Martial brother Qingxu has also prepared something else,” Chongxu said. “If Ren Woxing doesn’t sit and told people to take the cover and cushion off, and even tear the chair apart to have a look then the fuse will still be triggered. Martial nephew Chenggao has brought twenty thousands catties of explosives to this precious mountain. It seems we won’t be able to avoid ruining the scenery on this precious mountain.”

Linghu Chong felt dread in his heart, he thought, “Twenty thousands catties of explosives! So much gunpowder exploding, even jade will burn. If Chief Ren is blown up, Yingying and Brother Xiang will be too.”

Chongxu saw his face looked unusual. “The Devil Sect is saying they want to kill your honourable school. Once they’ve annihilated Heng-Shan School, they’ll attack Shaolin and Wudang. We’ll be ashes and this big disaster will be hard to fix. We’ve setup this treacherous plan to repay Ren Woxing. Although it’s very dangerous, we’ll get to do away with this head demon and get to save tens of thousands of lives in Wulin.”

Great Master Fangzheng joined both his palms together. “Amituofo! Our merciful Buddha must also defeat demons and slay devils to save our lives. Killing a man to save thousands of lives is path of compassion and sorrow.” When he said these words, he looked stately. All the monks and taoists there stood up and joined their palms together while lowering their heads. They said in unison, “Great Master Fangzheng is right.”

Linghu Chong also knew what Fangzheng said was very reasonable. Sun Moon Sect wanted to annihilate the Heng-Shan School that even dogs and birds wouldn’t be spared, while the schools from the orthodox path had planned to fry Ren Woxing to death. This was a matter of justice and righteousness and no one could say that it wasn’t, but his heart was quite unwilling to kill Ren Woxing. As to killing Xiang Wentian, he would rather die first; As to the life and death of Yingying, he wasn’t worried. He had always regarded their lives intertwined together and they will both die and live together so there was nothing to worry about. He saw all of them were looking at him. He hummed for a little while and said, “Since things have come to this, Sun Moon Sect has forced us with no other option. I think Priest Chongxu’s strategy will hurt the least people.”

“Brother Linghu said it right,” Chongxu praised. “‘It hurts the least people, it’s exactly what I was looking for.”

“Junior is young and my knowledge is shallow,” Linghu Chong replied. “The matter on Heng-Shan today, I’d like to ask Great Master Fangzheng and Priest Chongxu to preside over this big operation. Junior will lead my school’s disciples and follow the plan.”

Chongxu laughed. “I don’t deserve it. You’re the master on Heng-Shan. How can Brother Abbott and I, as guests, snatch the host position?”

“This is not Junior modestly stepping back,” Linghu Chong explained. “I honestly like the two of you to handle it.”

“Headmaster Linghu is very modest,” Fangzheng said. “Brother Priest, you don’t need to decline it either. The three of us will lead this big operation, but we’ll let Brother Priest to issue the order.”

Chongxu said a few more modest words before finally agreeing. “We’ve hidden people on all the passages going up Mount Heng-Shan. When the Devil Sect comes to attack the mountain, we’ll definitely hear of something. That day when Brother LI