Yingbao replied to her grandmother, "Yes."

In a beautiful place on a distant, otherworldly continent, amidst the mist and the sounds of birdsong and the fragrance of flowers, sat two old men, seemingly both near and far.

These two are none other than Huangfu Xuanxu, Yingbao's master, and Shangguan Fei, Ji Wuchen's master.

Two old friends met here to enjoy tea and play chess.

"You bandit, no wonder you're called Shangguan Fei, your name even has 'bandit' in it. You've got a good plan. You've sent your disciple Ji Wuchen to the lower realm to be with my disciple Ye Ying. By having them together, you'll be able to get rid of your disciple's bad luck, right?" Although Huangfu Xuanxu said this, his hands were not slow at all. In the blink of an eye, he had taken down Shangguan Fei.

Shangguan Fei made a decisive move, instantly turning the tide of battle. He said, "Although the chessboard is like a battlefield, we've been old friends for many years, so I won't stand on ceremony with you."

Huangfu Xuanxu thought to himself, "How often have you ever been polite to me? You can take anything or any treasure from my place whenever you want, and I've never seen you be so polite as to leave anything behind."

Even if it's just for a moment.

Shangguan Fei continued, "In the end, the bad luck was caused by your disciple Ye Ying. Now it's just that my disciple Wuchen is bearing the brunt of it."

Huangfu Xuan panicked: "Bullshit, bandit! You're a bandit yourself, and your disciple Ji Wuchen is an even bigger bandit. You're birds of a feather. You took my treasure, and your disciple kidnapped my disciple..."

Shangguan Fei argued, "We've known each other for years, why should we be so formal about who's who and who's mine? What's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine..." Seeing the old man Xuan Xuzi's face turn pale and then red, Shangguan Fei immediately changed his tune, "What's yours... what's mine is yours. Old buddies don't distinguish between you and me. Speaking of which, isn't it only natural for my disciple to pursue your disciple?"

Huangfu Xuanxu took a sip of tea to calm his anger and said, "How can it be considered natural for your disciple Ji Wuchen to pursue my disciple Ye Ying? Come, tell me your story."

Shangguan Fei immediately quoted a rather cultured folk proverb: "Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders."

"Get out of here, how can you be like this?"

Shangguan Fei said seriously, "Xuanxu'er, I'm not joking with you. This is not something that you or I can stop. Even the Heavenly Emperor and the Demon Lord cannot interfere. Do you think you, with your old man's strength, can stop it?"

"Besides, their marriage was ordained by heaven, and nothing or no one can separate them."

Huangfu Xuan made a move, narrowly winning the game, and said, "Then how come I heard that a while ago, you were the one who rescued your disciple from the Old Man of the Moon? I heard that he even lost his heart's blood, that's quite something!"

Then, Xuanxuzi added sarcastically, "I didn't expect your disciple to be such a romantic, far superior to you, a playboy."

"Alright, Xuanxu, if you're talking about my disciple, just talk about my disciple. Why are you dragging me into it? I'm a good master, after all. Otherwise, how could I have taught a genius like Wuchen, who is one in a hundred years?"

Huangfu Xuanxu sneered twice, "You should be more humble, know your place, and don't get too cocky—by the way, your disciple Wuchen is a prodigy himself, how could you have taught him? He was born that way, you know."

After saying that, Xuanxu even rolled his eyes at the old man who was always trying to pat himself on the back.

Shangguan Fei ignored all of that and said to Xuan Xu, "I think you're just jealous of me."