Chapter 80: Not Fighting Is the Way

After discovering that the ghost general had let go, Li Muhan also relaxed a little.

I have to say that this ghost general is worthy of being the Yin God of the underworld. If he hadn't been fighting here for nearly fifteen years and consumed too much of his spiritual energy, I'm afraid that the demonic power I possess now would not be able to fight him to a draw.

"What's going on?"

Li Muhan didn't quite understand what Wei Xingchang meant by what he had just said, but seeing the ghost general like this, it seemed that he had figured it out.

"Little brother, all we have to do now is watch."

Although he didn't quite understand, Li Muhan still chose to believe Wei Xingchang. They both shut their mouths and stared at the ghost general silently.

He picked up his long sword and walked towards the army step by step.

“Isn’t this completely unchanged???”

Li Muhan was anxious, and Wei Xingchang was also scratching his head in anxiety.

"Could this be the legendary stubborn beast?!"

But the ghost general walked in front of the army, suddenly inserted his long sword into the ground, and then clasped his hands together and bowed to the soldiers.

"I'll give in on this one."

Then it did not reach for its weapon, but turned around and walked towards Li Muhan and the others.

As he passed by the two of them, the ghost general let out a long sigh.

Then, the two saw his figure disappear from the battlefield.

"Where...did it go?"

"Back into its shell."

Wei Xingchang said with a sigh of relief.

"What on earth is going on here?"

Li Muhan scratched his head, still not quite understanding what was going on.

"Brother...you have set up a deadly trap, a trap of life and death. Within two steps, no matter how hard the ghost general tries to break it, he will undoubtedly be defeated."

"So... now it's going to be?"

"It chose not to fight and to give in."

Li Muhan became even more confused. He thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to ask Wei Xingchang.

"But didn't you say that no matter how it plays this move, it will be defeated within two moves?"

Wei Xingchang sighed helplessly and turned to look at Li Muhan.

"Little brother, let me ask you, Senior Brother...does he have any next steps?"

Oh shit.

Li Muhan suddenly understood.

"This massive army may seem to have surrounded the Ghost General, but it has left a way out, preventing him from being defeated in one round. If the Ghost General only thinks about how to attack and break the deadlock, he will never be able to escape this game."

"So... the real breakthrough lies not within the game, but outside it. Does that mean talent is the key?"

Li Muhan figured it out. Even if the ghost general took a step back, he would still be killed by Xie Chengtian in the next move, and that would be an absolutely hopeless situation.

But Xie Chengtian will never take the next step.

"It's an unfair victory."

Li Muhan sighed.

"That's why it just walked away without saying a word. It felt it had lost, lost to its senior brother, and also lost to itself."

"So what do we do now?"

"Get out..."

After saying this, Wei Xingchang began to chant a spell.

The game of chess was over, and there was no longer any power to restrain the souls here from leaving. But at the last moment of leaving, Li Muhan looked at where the soldiers were.

In a trance, he found that among the thousands of soldiers, there was a handsome man with a thin figure and gentle appearance who was bowing to him.

"...Thank you, Director. Nice to meet you."

......

When Li Muhan opened his eyes again, he had returned to his body.

"Finally you're back! If you hadn't come back, this vampire would have torn down Yumen Pass!"

Seeing Li Muhan wake up, Zhang Wenlin said with fear.

Xia Yue, who had been holding Li Muchan in her arms, glared at Hati. After confirming that Li Muchan had recovered, she let go of her hand as if nothing had happened.

"Xia Yue, why are you here? Where are those evil spirits outside Yumen Pass?"

Li Muhan asked.

"The ghost general has returned and brought all the wronged souls and evil spirits to the underworld."

Wei Xingchang seemed to have woken up earlier than Li Muhan, and he was also sitting in a chair resting at this time.

Li Muhan turned his head and looked, and sure enough, there was no figure left where the black ghost general had been sitting.

In this way, the matter was resolved satisfactorily.

After the ghost general disappeared, the yellow sand stopped and the sky cleared up to reveal the sun.

Everything seemed to have experienced a new life.

After discovering the weather change, the Yulang City Special Management Bureau also dispatched personnel, and Director Wei Xingchang personally commanded the team to carry out the aftermath.

After completing the handover, Wei Xingchang walked to Xie Chengtian's body and sat down.

He spoke in a calm tone, as if chatting with a friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Brother...is this worth it? You could have had a much better life, but now, more than a decade later, all that's left are these bones...you're such a fool, Brother."

"You cracked Xie Chengtian's chess game, Wei Xingchang. Maybe you're not as stupid as I thought."

Zhang Wenlin's attitude towards Wei Xingchang also softened slightly.

But Wei Xingchang just gave a bitter smile.

"Crack... Hehe, is this considered cracking, Brother... Brother."

He had his back to the group, his fat body trembling, and his hands slowly resting on the bony shoulders.

"Brother... I'm just a loser, why did you throw this mess to me..."

Zhang Wenlin wanted to say something, but Li Muhan held his hand tightly and shook his head at him.

"...Don't fight, don't fight, Brother! Brother...my good brother..."

At this moment, time seemed to have gone back to twenty years ago.

Wei Xingchang was only twenty years old that year, and Xie Chengtian was only twenty-five years old.

"No, no, brother, I will never be able to defeat you."

"Achang, you can't beat me because you always retreat. If you keep doing this, how can you achieve anything?"

"Hehe, Senior Brother, you don't understand. I'm just enjoying my leisure time. There are already so many powerful people in this world, and there's no shortage of me. You're one of them, Senior Brother."

"Wrong logic, you are just lazy."

The young and handsome Wei Xingchang looked at his senior brother and laughed.

"Brother, this is not a perverse theory. What I am saying is the great way. Not fighting is the great way."

“Don’t fight…”

"Look, Brother, for example, if I take a step back, you can capture one of my pieces. But if I just leave and never make the next move, you will never be able to defeat me!"

Xie Chengtian sighed.

"You kid, why are you always so cunning and not down to earth at all?"

"Brother, please remember what I said. Maybe it can help you in the future."

"You kid...Okay, no fighting, no fighting."

......

After saying goodbye to Wei Xingchang, they continued driving towards the outside of Yumen Pass.

There was still one day's distance to the destination. At this time, Li Muhan looked at the clear sky outside the window and the Yumen Pass Tower that was getting farther and farther away, and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

Xie Chengtian's senior brother didn't follow through on his philosophy in the final game, but instead used an endgame that only his junior brother could see through. His purpose in doing so was...

"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing that Li Muhan was looking out the window without saying anything, Xia Yue asked worriedly.

"I was wondering if Xie Chengtian would think that his junior fellow apprentice is the only one who can break the deadlock."

After Li Muhan finished speaking, the car fell into silence.

"well."

Zhang Wenlin sighed.

"Maybe this was also a gamble by Xie Chengtian. Fortunately, he made the right bet."

Li Muhan then asked in detail about the battles between Hati and Xia Yue outside and inside Yumen Pass.

The driver was very excited, he almost witnessed the whole process.

"Miss Hati fights with extreme ferocity. She's practically the embodiment of wind and snow. No matter how the wronged spirits scream, they can't get close to her. And those who do get close to her will quickly scatter!"

"As for Miss Xia Yue..."

The driver was a little hesitant to speak, but finally spoke after a long time.

"Perhaps it's because Miss Hati is too powerful, and few evil spirits have made it past Yumen Pass. So Miss Xia Yue's battle seems a bit... slack?"

"You mean I'm not as good as this stupid wolf?"

The topic came to an abrupt end with Xia Yue's cold words...