"Ye Xingchen, what's wrong?" Li Yijin rushed over and hugged Ye Xingchen tightly, crying out, "How could you be so foolish? You even dared to drink poison for me? I, I must marry you and give you ten or eight sons..."
"Are you repaying a debt of gratitude or seeking revenge?" Ye Xingchen asked, both amused and exasperated.
“I don’t care, I’ve decided on you for life. Wait until you’re 20, and I’ll marry you right away. I’m almost 20, so wait for me,” Li Yijin cried out.
"I'm afraid there's no chance." Granny Hong laughed. "But the fact that you two are dying here today makes you a pair of star-crossed lovers."
"Speak, who else hasn't come out yet?" Ye Xingchen glanced at Granny Hong: "We've fought before, you know you can't defeat me, so you must have called in outside help. Where is he?"
"Hahaha, you really are a smart man, but unfortunately, it's useless." With a burst of laughter, a man slowly walked out.
The man's strength had reached the Heavenly Realm, and his robe was embroidered with a blue lotus, making it clear that he was from the Leisurely Abode.
"Qingxianju?" Ye Xingchen glanced at the man.
“That’s right, I’m from Qingxianju. Below Senior Brother Ding, there are three other experts at the Heavenly Realm, and I am one of them, Zhao Jiaolong.” The man laughed heartily.
"Entering the game in a dream, invincible across the board, you're a chess fanatic, Zhao Jiaolong?" Ye Xingchen looked up at the man: "Did Bai Tiance bring you into this mess because he was injured this time?"
“That’s right, hehe.” Zhao Jiaolong stepped forward: “You dare to provoke the people of Qingxianju? You must be tired of living. Today I’ll show you how serious the consequences are for cutting off my senior brother’s arm.”
"How serious is it?" Ye Xingchen glanced at Zhao Jiaolong: "Cutting off his arm is a lesson for him. Didn't he tell you that I have an old score to settle with you all?"
"Look at your speed now, do you still have the energy to settle scores with us?" Zhao Jiaolong sneered. "I admit, a Celestial Phenomenon Master has his pride. If you hadn't been poisoned by the Five Poisons Curse, I wouldn't be able to do anything to you right now."
"Unfortunately, you don't even have the strength to stand up now. Do you think you still have the strength to deal with me?"
"Haha, my Five Poisons Curse can knock out even a god. It's a miracle he's lasted this long after drinking the whole bottle." Granny Hong laughed heartily. "Let's not waste any more time. After we've dealt with him, you can go and take care of your business."
"You three brothers came down the mountain for other reasons, right?" Ye Xingchen slowly raised his head: "Twenty years ago, Ding Yulong killed someone for a scripture. Now you know the whereabouts of that scripture?"
"Of course, that girl from the Su family still has a maternal grandmother who is alive. The scriptures are right there. My senior brother Bai and junior brother Liu have already gone there." Zhao Jiaolong sneered, "This time, the Su family is going to be completely wiped out."
"That's ruthless." Ye Xingchen slowly exhaled, then stood up.
"How do you still have the strength to stand?" Granny Hong was surprised.
She knew better than anyone how powerful her Five Poisons Sword was.
Normally, just a little bit would be enough to take down a Heavenly Realm expert, but Ye Xingchen drank a whole bottle. Why is he unharmed?
After a few breaths, Ye Xingchen's complexion became rosy. He stretched out his right hand, and a black water droplet floated in his palm. This black water droplet was the Five Poisons Descent from before.
"You really think I would drink that fishy, stinking corpse water?" Ye Xingchen laughed, throwing the water droplets on the ground, and immediately a pungent, fishy smell wafted over.
He muttered to himself, "It's so tiring to hold my breath and pretend to be poisoned."
"You're cheating?" Granny Hong's face was extremely ugly, and she also felt a sense of fear.
Ye Xingchen is a master of the Heavenly Realm, so her spells had very little effect.
"You've already used such despicable methods, is it too much for me to cheat a little?" Ye Xingchen smiled slightly, staring at Zhao Jiaolong beside him: "I've heard that your chess game is unparalleled, even celestial experts can be trapped in it. Today, I'd like to try it out."
"Then so be it." A sinister look appeared on Zhao Jiaolong's face. He raised his right hand and a chessboard appeared in his hand.
At the same time, a flash of inspiration emanated from the chessboard, and the entire world suddenly changed.
A black and white world appeared before Ye Xingchen's eyes, and he was in a huge chessboard. The black and white pieces were intertwined on the chessboard, and each piece was like a boulder.
"Ye Xingchen, where is this?" Li Yijin was dumbfounded. Looking at the black and white world in front of her, which had no color at all, she felt a sense of fear.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a game of chess." Ye Xingchen looked around, and Chixiao had already appeared in his hand.
"Entering the game in a dream, invincible across the board, Ye Xingchen, there are not many people who can enter my game of chess, you are one of them, cherish it well." Zhao Jiaolong's cold laughter came from all directions, but only his voice could be heard, and his figure could not be seen.
"Well, it's an honor for me to witness the Strategists' Bureau. Qingxianju, with its first phase of the Heavenly Phenomenon and the third phase of the Heavenly Realm, truly lives up to its reputation as a sacred place of martial arts." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly. "But how could the world know that this so-called sacred place of martial arts, Qingxianju, is full of despicable and shameless people?"
"Enough with the nonsense, let's get started." Zhao Jiaolong snorted, then gave a deep shout.
With a rumble, the enormous chess pieces on the board moved, and one after another, boulder-like pieces crashed into Ye Xingchen and Li Yijin.
Ye Xingchen shielded Li Yijin behind him, and the Chixiao sword in his hand suddenly shone with a sharp light. With a clear shout, he swept the Chixiao sword horizontally.
Whoosh... One by one, the chess pieces turned to dust under the sweep of the sword light. Ye Xingchen took a step forward and made a move with his right hand, and Chi Xiao floated in mid-air.
He drew countless streams of vital energy from all directions and poured them into the Crimson Sky.
Accompanied by a blinding light, the Crimson Sky Sword's radiance intensified. With a roar from Ye Xingchen, he forcefully slashed forward with the Crimson Sky Sword in his hand.
The entire formation was cleaved open by Ye Xingchen's sword, as if the heavens and earth themselves had been split apart.
puff……
In the real world, Zhao Jiaolong spat out a mouthful of blood and staggered back a few steps, the magical artifact in his hand already showing several cracks.
Ye Xingchen took a step forward, wielding his sword to dispel the fog before him, and the stratagem was broken.
"How could you possibly break my strategic plan?" Zhao Jiaolong asked, both surprised and furious.
The chessboard in his hands was destroyed, and from then on, there was no more invincible chess game in the world.
He couldn't accept this fact, but what he couldn't accept even more was how Ye Xingchen had managed to break his complex chess game in one fell swoop.
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