Chapter 151 Cheating
Han Wei gazed at the chessboard, which stretched out in the void for over ten feet, its lines shimmering with light. This chessboard contained a hidden Daoist aura; this game of chess was no ordinary game.
Hongye smiled and gestured for them to proceed.
Without guessing, Han Wei concentrated her magic power at her fingertips, forming a crystal-clear white chess piece.
As the piece was placed, the spiritual energy around that point on the chessboard seemed to freeze, rippled with fine ice-like patterns, and showed a faint tendency to freeze the local space.
Hongye grinned at her, revealing her sharp canine teeth.
He raised his finger, and a wisp of true essence, imbued with the aura of life and decay, transformed into a deep black chess piece. As this black piece fell, an aura of decay and desolation appeared on the chessboard, as if a bleak autumn wind had blown by, causing red leaves to fall like fire.
While the two of them were playing chess, the gods and immortals who were secretly watching them began to whisper among themselves.
“Hongye’s chess skills are far superior to Luo Xuan’s; this little girl has no chance of winning.”
"She's only at the early stage of Mahayana cultivation. It's just that Hongye is bullying her because she's competing in comprehension on the chessboard."
"I don't think so. This young girl seems quite extraordinary!"
"Just keep watching and you'll find out."
This red-haired boy named Hongye was indeed formidable; Han Wei found herself in a difficult position halfway through their game. Hongye drank his wine while watching Han Wei, who was deep in thought, wondering how far she could go.
"We're going to lose."
"I told you, this little girl has no chance of beating Hongye."
"She's only cultivated for a few thousand years? Judging from her physical constitution, she's no more than two thousand years old."
"To be able to cultivate to the early stage of Mahayana in less than two thousand years, he is an unparalleled genius in all the heavens and myriad realms."
"I'm actually thinking of taking this little girl as my apprentice."
Han Wei was unaware of the immortals' conversation. She gazed at the chessboard, where numerous strange phenomena appeared: frost gathered, dark clouds converged, lightning flickered, and yin and yang intertwined…
Even if she combined her two lifetimes, her cultivation level would only reach the Tribulation Transcending stage, incomparable to a true immortal. This Red Leaf's cultivation and chess skills were both superior to hers; Han Wei already knew she couldn't win. But she didn't want to lose; the reward was too generous—why not take it?
So she secretly used the Divine Wisdom Fruit.
Within her sea of consciousness, hanging from a divine tree hundreds of feet tall were 365 fruits the size of heads. These fruits were translucent, and their interiors resembled brains. These were the 365 Divine Wisdom Fruits that had grown on the Divine Wisdom Tree, each serving as Han Wei's secondary brain.
One of the Divine Wisdom Dao Fruits shone with a dazzling light, and countless numerological techniques appeared within it. This sea of consciousness was affected to some extent, and many ancient and profound runes appeared.
Golden runes lit up Han Wei's emerald eyes as she gazed at the chessboard, her magic power once again coalescing into a white chess piece.
The moment the piece was placed, the shape on the chessboard seemed to be impacted. A white wave of energy surged, causing the laws governing the chessboard to fluctuate violently, and the situation was reversed.
What? ! !
Hongye opened her eyes wide, unable to believe it.
Not only him, but Luo Xuan and everyone else were incredulous.
Hongye held a chess piece in his hand, and his gaze towards the chessboard had changed; he had become serious.
The speed at which the chess pieces fell increased again.
But after the situation reversed, Hongye's handsome face became increasingly serious.
As the game progressed, Hongye's thinking time grew longer and longer, while Han Wei seemed to think almost without a second thought. After each move Hongye made, Han Wei immediately found a counter-strategy, once again pushing Hongye into a desperate situation.
"What... what exactly is going on?"
The immortals and gods who were secretly watching them play chess were all puzzled. Just now, Han Wei was clearly in a predicament, so how did she suddenly find a way to break the deadlock and suddenly become so powerful?
Even the playing style has changed. Before, it was steady and methodical, but now it's unpredictable and seemingly without any rules, yet it always strikes a fatal blow when you least expect it.
Has this little girl been possessed?
That's impossible, of course.
Han Wei's playing style changed because she used the Divine Wisdom Dao Fruit to imitate Gu Qi's style and adopted Gu Qi's methods. Although Hong Ye was stronger than Luo Xuan, he couldn't possibly win against Han Wei with the cheat code of the Divine Wisdom Dao Fruit.
This young man, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, was utterly defeated by Han Wei.
When he lost, his eyes were wide open, and he looked incredulous.
"Senior, you flatter me!" Han Wei stood up and bowed to Hongye.
The red leaves are still motionless.
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"Oh dear, oh dear, has Hongye gone mad?" Ling'er held a mirror and looked at Hongye in it.
The Heavenly Emperor is still fishing.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, look, Han Wei won again! She must have cheated using the Divine Wisdom Fruit! She cheated! How wicked!" Ling'er said, hugging the mirror.
"She was fortunate enough to obtain the Divine Wisdom Seed and cultivate the Divine Wisdom Fruit; that is her skill, her own destiny. In all the realms of the heavens, who among the powerful has not had their own opportunities? Losing is losing, winning is winning," the Heavenly Emperor said calmly.
"Your Majesty, if she possesses the Divine Wisdom Dao Fruit, then even Immortal Lord Qingxia and Immortal Lord Qingyi might not be her match. If she loses to both Immortal Lord Qingxia and Immortal Lord Qingyi, then... then only you will have to step in..."
At this point, Ling'er had already jumped over to the Heavenly Emperor's side, staring at his handsome face. The Heavenly Emperor had just caught a fish, which was struggling, so he released it back into the water.
"What if she recognizes you then?" Ling'er asked.
The Heavenly Emperor's golden eyes were sharp: "What do you mean, 'what to do'?"
Was he afraid she would recognize him? Shouldn't she be the one who's afraid?
Ling'er was startled by the Heavenly Emperor's gaze and immediately jumped away. As the saying goes, serving a ruler is like serving a tiger—it's absolutely true.
The Heavenly Emperor withdrew his gaze, looking at the ripples on the water. He recalled the despicable things Han Wei had done to him, the stab she had given him in the Jade Palace, how she had disguised herself as a man to approach him in the Orchid Realm, seduced him, and then left him.
When she was his apprentice, she betrayed her master and ancestors; when she was his wife, she abandoned him after starting a relationship. This woman…
The Heavenly Emperor clenched one of his hands, which was hidden in his sleeve, into a fist.
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"Young friend Han is amazing, I'm impressed." After regaining his senses, Hongye also cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards Han Wei. Although losing to a young guy in the early stage of Mahayana was quite embarrassing, he wasn't someone who couldn't accept defeat.
Having cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, although his battle with Han Wei did have a great impact on him, it also gave him some insights.
With a wave of his hand, the token and the reward flew towards Han Wei.
Han Wei smiled and said, "Thank you, senior!"
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