Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu and others separated, but the leading disciple did not explain in detail where he was taking Lin Bai.
Not long after, under the leadership of this leading disciple, Lin Bai came to the sky above a green mountain forest, with a mountain peak rising into the sky in the distance.
Lin Bai landed on the cliff east of the mountain peak and looked up at the beautiful mountains and rivers in the distance.
"Senior Brother Qingluo, please wait here for a moment."
After the leading disciple finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Lin Bai didn't ask any questions and patiently waited for the owner of the place on the cliff.
In his spare time, Lin Bai looked at a stone chess piece placed on the cliff, which was divided into black and white.
Driven by curiosity, Lin Bai walked to the stone table and leaned over to take a closer look.
Although Lin Bai's attainments in chess were not high, he had traveled extensively and knew a thing or two about chess, calligraphy and painting.
Looking at the situation on the chessboard, Black is being chased and intercepted by White. He is on the verge of a desperate situation with no way to escape.
With just one stone, White can kill Black.
While waiting, the owner of this place had not arrived for a long time. Lin Bai sat on Heizi's side, frowning in deep thought, thinking about a way to break the situation.
Half an hour later, Lin Bai subconsciously twisted his sword finger and pointed it at the chessboard. Immediately, the spiritual power of heaven and earth gathered together and turned into a sunspot on Lin Bai's fingertips, which landed on the chessboard.
Snap...a crisp sound came.
After making the move, Lin Bai showed a satisfied smile on his face.
"Living towards death is indeed in line with your status as a Sky-Devouring Clan and your inheritance of swordsmanship!"
"No wonder you chose kendo. No wonder you are so accomplished in kendo!"
After Lin Bai made the move, an old but gentle voice echoed in Lin Bai's ears.
Lin Bai stood up and looked back. An old man with white hair and beard, wearing a white robe, appeared behind Lin Bai.
"I've met senior."
Needless to say, this person is the strong man from the Xie Yue Sect who invited Lin Bai here, and he is also the master of the cliff here.
However, Lin Bai did not know much about the senior leaders of Xieyue Sect, and did not know what position this person held within Xieyue Sect.
The old man smiled slightly, motioned to Lin Bai to excuse himself, walked to the chessboard, sat on Bai Zi's side, and invited Lin Bai to sit down: "This end game is for my own entertainment in my free time, and you just happened to make a move.
, can you invite me to accompany me to play this game of chess?"
Lin Bai said: "If the younger generation is not good at chess, it will be difficult for him to enter the elegant hall."
The old man smiled and said: "Hahaha, it doesn't matter. There are only you and me in this mountain. Only heaven and earth know the outcome. No one else knows whether we win or lose."
Lin Bai thought for a while, nodded and said: "In that case, then I, the junior, dare to play a game of chess with the senior."
Lin Bai sat on Heizi's side and looked at the chessboard.
"Your chess move was so risky." The old man stared at the chessboard, staring at the piece that Lin Bai had just made: "Your chess move, after it fell, directly destroyed a piece of black stone, giving it to me in vain.
But it gave your sunspot a chance to live."
"It's a pity that after one step, Heizi will be defeated for a long time!"
After saying this, the old man gathered the white stones and landed them on the chessboard.
Bai Zi settled down, and Heizi, who had just regained some vitality, fell into a deadlock again in an instant.
Lin Bai didn't think much and dropped the twister.
The sunspot once again fell into a dead end, and another piece of sunspot was discarded in exchange for a step of life.
The old man continued to make moves, and Lin Bai also made moves...
But every time Lin Bai made a move, he would give up some sunspots in exchange for a glimmer of hope.
The two of them went back and forth, playing a chess game that could be ended in three moves. They played more than a dozen moves, but still there was no winner.
The old man shook his head and said: "Every time you have to give up a piece of sunspot in exchange for life, this is just delaying the time of victory or defeat. Does this make sense?"
Lin Bai smiled and said: "But I haven't lost yet, right?"
The old man smiled and nodded: "Although I didn't lose, isn't this kind of chess game more painful than losing? Knowing that there is no way to survive, but you have to break your arms every time to survive?"
Lin Bai said: "The younger generation is not good at chess, but they know that they can't see clearly who wins and who loses until the last move."
"Okay, let's continue."
The old man's twister fell, and Lin Bai's twister fell.
Lin Bai continued his tactics, as if he was a fool, no matter what, just looking for a chance to survive.
After five moves, the old man suddenly frowned and found that the dying sunspots on the chessboard were actually radiating some vitality, as if a momentum was gathering.
The old man no longer took it lightly, he narrowed his eyes and carefully examined every move of the black pieces on the chessboard.
Every move must be carefully considered.
Bang, bang... bang... Two people are playing chess, you come and I go, they are fighting inextricably.
But the expression on Lin Bai's face was obviously not as solemn as before, and instead he showed some relaxed smile.
On the other hand, the old man's face was full of surprise, and layers of sweat broke out on his forehead. He seemed to be surprised by Lin Bai.
Bang... Lin Bai once again landed a piece, which was the last piece on the entire chessboard.
"I...lived."
After making the move, Lin Bai said to the old man with a smile.
The old man looked at the chessboard in disbelief. The black piece, which had been cornered by the white piece just now, gradually became a living chess piece under Lin Bai's step-by-step rebirth of his broken arm.
In the end, with Lin Bai's last piece falling, it became a draw.
"It's just a draw, you don't count as a win."
The old man seemed a little embarrassed and smiled stiffly.
"But I didn't lose either."
Lin Bai responded with a smile.
"Didn't lose..." The old man remembered what Lin Bai said just now, 'No one knows the outcome until the last step of chess is reached.' Then, the old man burst out laughing: "Yes, yes, you did not win, but
Didn’t lose either!”
"After giving up again and again, breaking your arm again and again, and living towards death again and again, you finally found a glimmer of hope!"
"Qingluo, Qingluo, if anyone in this world dares to say that you are not good at chess, that would be a joke."
The old man laughed heartily and did not hold any grudge because of the draw with Lin Bai.
"I am the great elder of Xie Yue Sect. I invited you here today."
The old man revealed his identity openly.
Lin Bai immediately stood up and said with a respectful salute: "I have met my senior. I was rude just now. Please forgive me."
The Great Elder smiled and waved his hand: "I have been cultivating in the mountains for a long time and have not cared about worldly affairs. No one has been willing to play chess with me for a long time. Although it is a draw today, I am unwilling to accept it, but this is the final result. No one can
Can not change."
Lin Bai asked: "I wonder why senior came to find me?"
The Great Elder said: "It's about the murder of hundreds of disciples of the Eternal Demon Sect... The Xie Yue Sect has already got clues."
Lin Bai hurriedly asked: "Where is Li Baiyue?"
"In the Li family!" the great elder replied calmly: "After the Eternal Demon Sect went to the Li family in Yunling to cause trouble, the Xie Yue Sect quickly found traces of Li Baiyue. This person had been secretly escorted away by the elders of the Li family.
Went to Star City and returned to Yunling."
The great elder's words were naturally made up to deceive Lin Bai.
But obviously, the great elder's ability to lie has reached an advanced level. When he spoke in a panic, his face turned red and his heart stopped beating. Even Lin Bai didn't notice the clues.