After integrating the Bleach series, it didn't take much effort to find the location of the Imperial Vein, which was a seemingly inconspicuous courtyard.

That's right, it's a courtyard!

The Holy Spirit Ancestral Land contains many small courtyards, which are the final resting places chosen by the Holy Spirits who are about to die so that they may return to their roots. Moreover, such places have a very high probability of having a lineage passed down through generations.

"You're not talking about this imperial lineage, are you?" Bu Yao stopped at the door, somewhat hesitant.

“It should be!” Jiang Yuan nodded; the Grim Reaper’s finger was pointing to this spot.

Bu Yao said discouragedly, "But this place has obviously been visited hundreds or thousands of times. If there was any imperial bloodline here, it must have been taken away many years ago!"

"Don't rush, let's go in and take a look!" Jiang Yuan pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard. The Hand of Death told him that there was an imperial lineage here, but it was hidden too well and had not been discovered by anyone.

Bu Yao held Jiang Yuan's hand the whole time. She had missed five years of golden cultivation period, so she didn't want to miss even a second of her dual cultivation with Jiang Yuan.

The courtyard was very simply furnished, with a stone table, a chessboard with seven black pieces and six white pieces carved on it, and two jars filled with chess pieces. Further inside, apart from the table and chairs, there was only a painting hanging on the main wall of the hall, and no other special layout.

"Should we go in and take a look?" Bu Yao asked. She had tried to activate her bloodline, but there was no response, which meant that she was very likely unable to find the bloodline, so she could only rely on Jiang Yuan.

"What do you think is special about this place? Where might an Emperor-level bloodline be hidden?" Jiang Yuan suddenly wanted to test Bu Yao.

Bu Yao looked thoughtfully for a few moments before saying, "The stone table outside, and the painting on the main wall!"

"How do you know?" Jiang Yuan asked with great interest.

“Isn’t that how the older generation always is? They like to play with things that are elegant and have a certain artistic conception. The stone table outside is very likely an unfinished puzzle, or there is a special artistic conception inside. Only by solving it can we obtain the imperial lineage left by the setter! And the painting inside should be similar, right?” Bu Yao analyzed seriously.

Jiang Yuan listened and nodded. These two places were indeed the most likely to hide the imperial lineage, and Bu Yao's analysis made a lot of sense!

"Do you think everyone who comes here will be able to notice these two anomalies?" Jiang Yuan asked.

“Of course, anyone who can come to the Holy Spirit Ancestral Land is no ordinary person. Anyone who isn’t blind can see it,” Bu Yao said.

"But so many people have discovered the special features, yet they still haven't been able to take away the bloodline. Have you ever thought about why?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"Because there are no imperial bloodlines here!"

After Bu Yao finished speaking, she looked forward to Jiang Yuan's praise.

"I wouldn't have brought you here if I didn't have an imperial bloodline!" Jiang Yuan smiled helplessly. He didn't intend to let Bu Yao guess anymore, and instead said, "This time, let's get the imperial bloodline ourselves!"

It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather the price of obtaining an imperial vein here was simply too high. This imperial vein was clearly under a restriction, so forcibly bringing it up with the Hand of Death would cost at least 500,000 Death Marks. He only had 5 million left, and he didn't want to waste that 500,000, so he simply decided to break the restriction himself.

"Can we do it?" Bu Yao asked uncertainly. Finding an imperial vein that no one else had discovered in a place that countless people had visited was no easy task.

"Don't worry, others may not be able to do it, but you have to believe in me!" Jiang Yuan was very confident.

"Fine, what can I do? You're my husband!"

Bu Yao stood obediently to the side and waited. Judging from her appearance, she clearly did not intend to take action, but rather let Jiang Yuan find it himself.

"Uh, are you planning to just stand there and watch?" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly.

"If you don't stand up to watch, are you going to squat down to watch?" Bu Yao retorted.

Jiang Yuan looked utterly dejected, and could only ask, "Do you know how to play Go?"

"I know a little bit, it's something I played when I was little!" Bu Yao nodded like a chick pecking at rice, then asked Jiang Yuan curiously, "Do you want to play Go with me? I won't hold back!"

"I don't know how!" Jiang Yuan shrugged.

"You're not going to ask me again!"

Bu Yao seemed a little depressed.

However, Jiang Yuan gestured for him to sit down and said, "Come on, sit down and play a game with me!"

"Didn't you say you wouldn't play?" Bu Yao was completely confused.

"I won't bet, but someone will bet with you!"

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he entered a state of harmony with nature. He had long noticed the difference in this courtyard. Despite the chess set on the stone table, only one person lived here. Moreover, judging from the faint sense of loneliness he felt around him, the former owner of this courtyard longed to play a game of chess with someone before he died.

In other words, the key to the imperial lineage is indeed on this chessboard, but the way to break the deadlock is different!

The key this time is not the game of chess, but that the master of the imperial lineage lets him finish a game of chess.

Bu Yao was indeed stunned by Jiang Yuan's posture, but out of trust in him, she put all the pieces back on the chessboard and then concentrated on waiting for the game to begin.

"Death's blessing, I wish to fulfill your final wish, descend!"

The profound meaning of life and death emerged, and the remaining thoughts in the vicinity began to gather. However, because the thoughts were already extremely thin, even a trace of power could shatter them. Therefore, the consciousness only dared to linger around Jiang Yuan.

"Don't be afraid, senior, I can use my physical body to complete the final gamble!"

Jiang Yuan delivered the message in the guise of Death. Then, the surrounding thoughts began to surge into Jiang Yuan's body. Jiang Yuan, who had entered a state of oneness with heaven and man and was wandering in the heavens, temporarily withdrew control and allowed these thoughts to take charge of his actions.

As for the talk of possession, Jiang Yuan wasn't afraid at all. To be honest, he himself was a master of possession, so how could he possibly be caught off guard? When the Hand of Death summoned those thoughts, it had already locked onto them. With just a thought from him, those consciousnesses would vanish into thin air, without any chance whatsoever.

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