While chatting with Huang Putian, Ye Chen silently read the email system and opened the emails that had not been dealt with for many days.

"Challenge letter..."

"Challenge letter..."

The first thing that caught his eye was the challenge letters that had been left over from last time and had not been dealt with. There were hundreds of them at that time, but he had only challenged dozens of people, so he didn't have much time to continue challenging. However, as long as he did not choose to reject the challenge letters, he would still have the opportunity to challenge them.

The expiration date is one year.

Below these dozens of challenge letters are several notification emails.

"Congratulations, respected Mr. Ye Chen, you have been promoted to the First-Class Genius Hall and become a member of the First-Class Genius Hall! Please submit your address and the elders of the Genius Hall will personally present you with the First-Class Genius Hall's auxiliary system chip and the First-Class Genius Hall's medal."

"notify!"

"Dear Mr. Ye Chen, the signal from your virtual helmet is unclear. Please connect to the virtual world as soon as possible, otherwise you will be pronounced dead."

Under these letters, there were three more, one from two acquaintances. The first one was Ye Chen’s teacher, Venerable Bai Ya, and the second one surprised him a little, because he was Teacher Tianwu King from the Tianwu Kingdom!

Ye Chen first clicked on the email from Teacher Tianwu Wang: "My little disciple, haha, last time my avatar went to the capital of the Yanshen Empire and chatted with some old friends, I unexpectedly found your name in the Genius Hall! I checked and found that there is no one with the same name. Haha, good disciple, when you come back from the Bright Empire, I will give you a good thing!" Seeing this letter, Ye Chen felt a little touched, thinking of the figure sitting on the black throne with infinite sadness, and the life-saving talisman and map of the ancient world given by the other party.

Ye Chen clenched his fists slightly, his mouth twitching, and then clicked on the two emails from Teacher Bai Ya. The first one was sent earlier, four months ago.

"1 kid, if you encounter any difficulties in that dark world, you can tell me and I will arrange a few people to protect you. However, it is best not to come to me unless it is absolutely necessary."

The second one was sent more recently, about a month ago.

"You little brat, you've been missing for so many days that even your virtual helmet can't sense you. If you connect to the virtual helmet, come see me immediately!!!" Feeling the concern in these slightly blaming words, Ye Chen's mouth twitched slightly. He was silent for a while, closed the phone, looked up at Huang Putian in front of him, and said, "I have something to do, I'll leave first." Huang Putian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You go ahead and do your work."

Ye Chen's figure moved and disappeared. Using the virtual number given to him by Master Bai Ya last time, he came to his white crystal palace.

When he was teleported to the square, the surrounding scenery was still the same as last time, without any changes. Ye Chen looked at a towering mountain in the distance, turned around and bowed slightly, and whispered: "Disciple comes to pay his respects."

"Come here." A voice came from millions of miles away.

Then, golden light burst out from the clouds in the sky, and a handsome phoenix descended from the sky and squatted in front of Ye Chen. Its feathers exuded a holy aura that made people dare not look directly at it.

Ye Chen moved and leaped onto the phoenix.

"Cry"

The phoenix let out a long cry towards the sky, spread its wings, flew into the sky, and soared into the distance.

Ye Chen stood on the phoenix, rising to the top of the world. He had a panoramic view of the mountains and rivers under his feet, as if the blue sky was within his reach. The strong wind in his face was stronger than the one on the ground below, but it could not shake his body at all.

Not long after, they arrived at a solitary peak. The peak was towering into the sky. There was a sea of ​​blood on the top of the peak. In the sea of ​​blood was a stone plate. Under the erosion of years, there was no trace of it, but it became more vicissitudes and ancient. The lines on the stone plate, horizontal and vertical, were the sediment of years.

At one end of the stone plate, sat a white-haired old man with a solemn temperament. He was not attracted by the phoenix in the sky. Instead, he looked down at the stone plate in front of him, staring at the black and white chess pieces on it, as if he was deep in thought about something.

whoosh!

Ye Chen's figure moved, and he jumped down from the phoenix, landing next to the stone plate, bowed slightly and said, "Master."

Venerable White Fang did not move, staring at the chessboard without even looking at Ye Chen. After a long while, he said, "Where have you been all these days?" Ye Chen's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head and said, "I was doing a trial mission in the Dark World." Venerable White Fang looked at the chessboard and said nonchalantly, "Why can't even the virtual helmet sense it? I thought you were dead."

Ye Chen coughed lightly and said, "My disciple is lucky. Although he encountered a few dangerous situations, he was able to escape them all."

Venerable White Fang looked away from the chessboard, raised his head, and looked at Ye Chen quietly for a while, then suddenly stood up and roared: "You bastard, you didn't even tell me you were going to die. Do you know that I have sent many disciples to the Dark World to look for you for so many days? Even if you are going to die, you have to bring your body back to me. Don't die outside and embarrass me." "Yes, yes..." Ye Chen nodded repeatedly.

Venerable White Fang blew his beard and glared, snorted, sat down upright and said, "Come here and play a game with me." Ye Chen sat down reluctantly.

Reverend White Fang waved his hand, and all the chess pieces on the stone plate disappeared, as if no trace had been hidden. Only a few flower petals and dead leaves blown by the sea of ​​flowers were scattered on the chessboard.

"You first." Venerable White Fang snorted.

Ye Chen didn't say much and just made his move.

Time flow?

..., about a few hours later, Ye Chen was exhausted and sweating, his eyes fixed on the chessboard. At this moment, the chessboard was completely occupied by black pieces, and several big dragons killed his white pieces.

"I don't want to play anymore. I lost." Ye Chen said angrily.

The White Fang Master raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "You idiot, there is still a piece left in the east corner. If this happens, it will not be so easy for me to complete my big dragon."

Ye Chen looked towards the eastern corner and saw a vacant space. His eyes lit up and he quickly placed a piece.

Venerable White Fang nodded, placed a piece on the side, and immediately ate Ye Chen's piece.

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Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, then immediately threw his hands and said, "I don't want to play anymore, I lost, I lost!" White Fang Venerable glanced at him and said, "You kid, you can still make a move over there, so it won't be so easy for me to form a formation."

Ye Chen looked to the side and found that there was indeed another spot. He looked again to the side to confirm that it was not an ambush, so he gritted his teeth and placed another move.

Venerable Bai Ya nodded slightly and placed a piece in an inconspicuous place nearby. He immediately swallowed the piece placed by Ye Chen, making his lineup even larger.

Ye Chen couldn't help but slap the stone plate and said, "No more playing, I give up!" White Fang Venerable said unhappily, "You give up so easily, you can still make a move next to it, this will just block my way.

Ye Chen rolled his eyes and said, "You play by yourself." The White Fang Venerable glared at him and finally said in frustration, "Well, hey, in this world, I can't find a chess friend. Life is so lonely like an avalanche!"

Ye Chen glanced at him and said, "Are you already the most invincible chess player in the world?"

Venerable White Fang said proudly: "Of course! There are only a handful of people in the world who can compare with me. However, those old guys are always busy and have no time to relax." Ye Chen stood up and said: "I'm leaving first. I'll accompany you next time."

Venerable White Fang frowned and said, "Sit down first. Let me ask you, where did you go before?" Ye Chen lowered his head, looked him in the eye, and said, "I was trapped in a universe of a God Emperor. That God Emperor happened to be away, so I escaped." Venerable White Fang was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Are you telling a lie? Generally, God Emperors will not leave their own universes, which is equivalent to their souls leaving their bodies, unless it is a special case!"

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. Anyway, I'm not dead. No one is coming to catch me in that universe."

Venerable White Fang nodded slightly and said, "If the God Emperor were here, he wouldn't even need to send anyone to capture you. He could crush you to pieces with just a thought."

Ye Chen suddenly realized and said, "So that's it!"

Venerable White Fang glanced at him, his eyes flashed, and said: "You are back to the ancient world now?" Ye Chen nodded slightly and said: "I am back." Venerable White Fang frowned and said: "Are you still in the territory of the Yanshen Empire?"

"Yes." Ye Chen said truthfully.

"Aren't you going to the Empire of Light? Isn't it okay that you were delayed for so long?" asked Venerable White Fang with a frown.

Ye Chen looked at him deeply, his mouth twitching slightly, and whispered: "How long does it take to get to the Bright Empire from here by the fastest route? I must get there within six months." White Fang Venerable was stunned and said, "So urgent? From here to the Bright Empire, you have to go through the procedures for going abroad, and then wait for the complicated procedures such as the stamping of your documents. It will take at least a year. Even if you have the "Ancient Continent Pass" and don't need to go through any procedures along the way, it will take eight months to take the space jump channel all the time."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, his eyes flickering. Although two months were missing, the flying speed of the Demon Palace was more than enough to make up for it.

"How about this." White Fang Reverend suddenly said, "I'll take you there. With the speed of my spaceship, it will take only ten days to get there."

Ye Chen was stunned for a moment and asked, "You're sending me?"

Venerable White Fang glared at him and said, "Why? Are you still not happy? I am just visiting some old friends. Besides, the Ten Nations Genius Competition is about to begin. In about 100 years, it will be the Ten Nations Ten Palaces Genius Competition. By then, all the true geniuses in the entire ancient world will come out one after another to support the forces behind them."!