The energy in the Demon-Slaying Cave overflowed and collided, forming a hurricane that slammed into Chen Ye.
Chen Ye tried to block it with the long sword in his hand, but the next moment, he was slapped away.
"Wow~"
Chen Ye hit the hard stone wall behind and spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Before Chen Ye could get up from the ground, the next hurricane had arrived and sent Chen Ye flying out again. However, this time, Chen Ye was not so lucky.
The huge momentum caused Chen Ye to hit a protruding rock, and the next moment Chen Ye lost consciousness!
In a daze, Chen Ye seemed to be taken to a cave.
"It's time to wake up, kid!"
Chen Ye, who felt pain in his waist and back, slowly woke up from his daze, opened his eyes and looked around, then at the person in front of him.
This is still the same grotto, but the difference is that the surrounding stone walls are very smooth and very bright, which is in great contrast with what Chen Ye encountered before.
Chen Ye looked at the old man in front of him. His gray hair was draped loosely on his shoulders, and his fluffy white beard looked very messy. Chen Ye couldn't tell where the beard was and where the hair was for a moment.
The purple robe he wears makes him look out of place here!
Chen Ye immediately became vigilant and directly drew out his long sword and assumed a fighting posture at any time!
"Boy, what's your name?"
Chen Ye did not answer because the illusion just now made him dare not relax at all.
The next moment, the long sword pierced out and went straight to the old man's eyebrows.
The old man did not move until the long sword reached his eyebrows and was still an inch away, when Chen Ye was directly ejected.
Suddenly Chen Ye felt a huge force dragging him down on his back. Chen Ye looked at the old man in front of him, and sure enough, it was the old man who took action.
Chen Ye frowned, who was the old man in front of him? In terms of cultivation, he was higher than everyone he had ever seen.
Chen Ye felt that the old man did not seem to have any ill intentions, so he calmed down and sat down cross-legged, but always kept the sword in his hand to prevent accidents.
"My name is Ye Shiyi!" Chen Ye replied.
"Well, relax, there's no need to be so nervous, I won't hurt you! And I want your life, it's easy!"
Chen Ye naturally believed what the old man said. After all, his strength was on display. Chen Ye stared at the old man and asked, "Who are you?"
"Me?" The old man pointed to himself, and then smiled, "It's not important anymore, it's not important anymore, I've also forgotten who I am?"
Chen Ye frowned. He always felt something was strange, but he couldn't place it. Moreover, the old man in front of him, Chen Ye, didn't think he was an illusion.
Looking at the old man again, he conjured a chessboard out of nowhere and placed it between Chen Ye and himself.
"Boy, don't you want to go out? If you can beat me, or if you are satisfied with me, you can leave!"
"What is this? Go?"
The old man nodded and then made a gesture of invitation.
For Chen Ye, he can't be said to be very good at playing Go, but he still knows a thing or two about it.
Chen Ye roughly estimated the time and found that he had very little left before the sixteen-day deadline, so Chen Ye had to make a quick decision!
Chen Ye raised his hand and dropped it to the chessboard. The old man naturally saw Chen Ye's thoughts. He just shook his head, smiled faintly, and then thought about the next step leisurely.
This move made Chen Ye even more anxious, so Chen Ye basically made the move without thinking.
Therefore, Chen Ye lost this game of chess very quickly. Within a few moves, Chen Ye was already defeated.
Chen Ye knew that he was a little anxious, so he decided to win steadily. As if, Chen Ye was very slow in the second set, and it took the two of them a full day and night to really decide the winner.
Not surprisingly, Chen Ye lost...
Like this, Chen Ye continued until the agreed sixteenth day.
Chen Ye finally couldn't bear it anymore and tried to use force to break open the cave, but he underestimated the old man's strength.
The old man didn't even look at him, he just stared at the chessboard, then dropped the piece heavily with his hand, and Chen Ye was bounced back by the huge energy.
"Remember, when playing chess, you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity! Never be distracted by other things." The old man said calmly.
"Senior, I really have other things to do, so I ask you to be accommodating. When I finish things, I will definitely come to you to be punished in the future!"
The old man just repeated the rule, "If I win, I can leave!"
Chen Ye was speechless, but he also realized that it was probably impossible for him to go out by force now.
So Chen Ye simply put everything behind him, and then comforted himself by saying, "The real body is outside anyway, I believe the real body will definitely take care of things!"
The next moment, Chen Ye devoted himself wholeheartedly to the game with the old man!
…
"What do you think that boy is doing now?" The old man sitting in the center of the purple temple asked a few people on the side.
"Who knows, it seems that there was a huge force just now that completely blocked our surveillance of that kid! I don't know what that kid will look like now!"
The old man sitting in the middle shook his head, "I hope he can come out. After all, he is a rare and good young man."
…
one year later
Chen Ye's body was covered with weeds, but the game with the old man continued.
After a year of accumulating experience, he figured out the old man's chess routines, and then prepared to defeat them one by one, so Chen Ye focused on attacking when he played chess!
But he has been unable to capture the old man.
Three years later
Chen Ye found that no matter how he attacked or figured out the old man's tricks, he could not win, because when he figured out the tricks, the old man would change his tricks and continue to deal with Chen Ye.
Chen Ye looked at the old man's step after step, and suddenly seemed to understand something.
"If you can't win over the old man with your own tricks, then you should learn from the old man's tricks and treat him with his own tricks!" Chen Ye thought to himself.
So, this time, Chen Ye took the initiative to defend and no longer took the initiative to attack.
The old man watched Chen Yexia's step by step and finally showed a long-lost smile.
"Yes, yes, you have finally understood. You have to understand that true victory does not necessarily have to be achieved through attack, but defense will often achieve the results you want!"
Chen Ye wondered, "But doesn't the Demon Cult advocate attack and aggression?"
The old man shook his head, "The Demon Cult just has a bad reputation. It has been spread by people with good intentions outside, making the world mistakenly believe that the Demon Cult is a sect that does all evil. However, the fact is exactly the opposite. The Demon Cult prefers peace. As long as the enemy cannot move me, I will not kill the enemy."
!So people from the Demon Cult generally don’t take the initiative to provoke disputes, they are just used as an excuse for war by some so-called righteous people!”