The couple stopped talking and just watched Li Yijin's figure disappear.
Stumbling and staggering along the way, Li Yijin was starting to panic. Just then, several flashes of lightning appeared in the sky, followed by a torrential downpour.
There was a cave nearby, and she quickly ran into it to take shelter from the rain.
"Why am I so unlucky? Why did I have to go out so late at night?" Li Yijin was on the verge of tears.
She really felt that she had bad luck. She was targeted by an old man who insisted that she become his granddaughter-in-law, and then she was targeted by others, so she had no choice but to come to this place.
Despite her complaints, seeing that the rain showed no sign of stopping anytime soon, she had no choice but to stay put.
She turned her head and saw a faint light inside the cave.
Driven by curiosity, she walked deeper into the cave.
After walking around for a long time, the view suddenly opened up, and a stone chamber appeared before us.
The walls of the stone chamber were inlaid with stones of unknown origin, and the light illuminated the entire chamber.
A woman, a breathtakingly beautiful woman, sat in the very center of the stone chamber. In front of her was a stone table, and she was looking down, fiddling with a chessboard on the table.
It's called a chess game, but it's actually a simple chessboard made of black and white stones.
A chessboard with crisscrossing lines was carved out of pebbles on the stone table. Although it looked simple, the woman was so engrossed in it that she didn't even notice Li Yijin walking up to her.
"Hello." Seeing someone, Li Yijin was overjoyed and less afraid. She quickly ran forward and said, "Can you take me back to the Taoist temple? I'm lost here."
The woman looked up, a hint of surprise in her eyes. She murmured to herself, "I never thought someone could actually break into the Seven Star Cave."
The moment the woman looked up, Li Yijin was completely stunned.
She didn't know how to describe the woman in front of her.
She was so beautiful that even Li Yijin, who considered herself to be quite attractive, felt ashamed of herself.
More importantly, the allure she exuded captivated Li Yijin, who was also a woman.
"Are you... are you playing chess?" Li Yijin was stunned for a long time before she suddenly came to her senses. She didn't dare to look the woman in the eye and looked down at the chess manual in front of her.
"Time flies, what else is there to do but play chess?" The voice was charming and melodious, with a sense of vicissitudes that seemed to have traversed the long years.
"Wouldn't it be boring to walk alone? It's raining so hard outside, and I can't go back. Let me keep you company for a while." Li Yijin sat down in front of her as if they were old friends.
She picked up a black pebble, glanced at it, and then placed it on the ground.
Li Yijin loves Go and has even played a game with a Go master. She is an 8-dan Go player.
The woman looked at Li Yijin curiously, smiled slightly, picked up a white pebble, and startled her: "Are you a new disciple at the Taoist temple?"
"No, I'm staying here for a while because I've been targeted by bad guys." Li Yijin shook her head: "I'm just trying to lay low for a bit."
"Anyone who can seek refuge at the Xuan Yi Sect is no ordinary person," the woman said with a smile. "However, those old fogies at the Xuan Yi Sect are always sinister and despicable, never acting without self-interest. I suppose you promised them many benefits?"
“I don’t know, my husband is talking to them.” Li Yijin was drawn to the chess game: “Hmm, this game seems quite difficult.”
"Of course it's difficult. It's a puzzle that no one has been able to solve for thousands of years. I've been pondering this for a long time, but I still can't find a way to break it," the woman said with a smile.
“It was left to me by my husband. I have an impatient personality, and he said that if I could solve this chess game, I could solve many other things.”
"Let me give it a try." Li Yijin picked up the black piece and placed it.
"Little girl, what's your name?" the woman asked slowly and deliberately.
"Li Yijin".
"Playing chess like this is suicidal," the woman said calmly. "In the end, you'll only drive yourself to your death."
"A strategic retreat is not necessarily a good strategy." Li Yijin shook her head and continued placing her piece: "What's your name?"
"A strategic retreat? Hehe, interesting." The woman chuckled. "You can just call me Six-Tailed Fox."
"Six-Tailed Fox? That's a weird name. It's definitely not a name, it's a title." Li Yijin chuckled and continued placing her pieces.
As the game progressed deeper, Rokuou's gaze gradually became serious.
She discovered that Li Yijin was a very good player. Her black pieces were in a desperate situation, but as Li Yijin used a strategy of retreating to advance, the game gradually came to a head.
"I won!" Li Yijin said excitedly as she placed her last piece. "My 8th dan in Go is no joke."
Liuwei stared blankly at the result, his gaze gradually becoming profound: "I understand, I understand."
"Zhang Guangxing, Zhang Guangxing, you left this chess game for me to ponder, just to tell me that taking a step back opens up a whole new world, and to tell me not to go back and cause them trouble."
Liuwei's eyes were filled with sorrow: "But those people... forcibly separated us, to the point that your fate is now unknown, and I have been trapped in this Seven Star Cave for twenty years. Is this really over?"
"Sister, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Li Yijin was slightly taken aback when she saw her expression.
"No." Liuwei withdrew her gaze, looking at Li Yijin with considerable interest: "How old are you?"
“I’m seventeen,” Li Yijin replied.
"So young and already so beautiful, what will she be like in the future? She'll definitely be a scourge to the nation." Liuwei smiled faintly, "I'd like to take on a disciple, would you be willing?"
"Taking me as an apprentice? Me?" Li Yijin was taken aback. "What are you going to teach me?"
“Many things,” said Liuwei. “If you learn my things, you won’t have to be afraid of those bad people.”
"Really?" Li Yijin was intrigued. Thinking about how Ye Xingchen always saved her, if she really became stronger, wouldn't she no longer have to be afraid of anyone? Moreover, she could share Ye Xingchen's burdens.
"Yes, but you should think it over carefully. My skills are not something just anyone can learn." Liuwei smiled slightly. "But you and I are destined to meet, and you possess the Three Incarnations Lotus Heart, which is suitable for cultivating my Heart Sutra."
"I've thought it through. I want to help my husband. I can't keep dragging him down." Li Yijin thought about it seriously and nodded heavily.
“Okay, then you can come here every night from now on, and I’ll teach you. But you can’t tell anyone, okay?” Liuwei stroked her head.
“Yes, Master.” Li Yijin nodded heavily.
Then she vaguely heard someone calling her from outside. She said with surprise, "Master, someone is looking for me outside. I have to go."
"Go." Six-Tails waved its hand.
Li Yijin waved to her, then turned and left.
After she left, Liuwei's gaze gradually sharpened.
She slowly stood up, and suddenly, she let out a sharp cry to the sky.
Her voice was filled with endless sorrow and resentment, and then her clothes billowed and whistled without any wind.
At the same time, six huge fox tails stretched out from behind her, and a huge nail was driven into each of her fox tails.
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