Universe in the Palm

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"Is that so... So Qing Ying is here too."

"Hmm... she said she was embarrassed to see you because she picked your peaches."

"What's this about picking the peach? If she wants it, she should just say so. I'll hold the Sarira down so she can play with it."

"Why are you making it sound like you're asking for a woman to hold you down?"

Qin Yi blinked.

Li Qingjun felt she had inadvertently revealed her true feelings, so she lowered her head to drink her tea and coughed twice. "She's mainly competitive and feels like she's falling behind."

"Actually, it would be enough if she didn't fall behind Minghe... I still believe that her true love was Minghe."

"..." Li Qingjun rubbed her forehead.

"Would the Young Master still like the Profound Azure Jade Fire Fruit?"

Inside the Profound Yin Sect's guest hall, Qin Yi, Li Qingjun, and the chess fanatic sat drinking tea and chatting. All the servants in the hall had been driven away, and the sect leader, Yu Fuzi, personally ran up and down serving tea, water, and snacks, displaying the utmost loyalty and servility.

The chess fanatic gave him a meaningful look but said nothing. Yu Fuzi gave an awkward smile, shrugging his shoulders and forcing a smile, "Does the old master have any instructions?"

This guy is a living, breathing Qian Yuan, and he even achieved it through self-cultivation. He's far stronger than Xuan Hao, who forcibly broke through by absorbing energy. He's probably the strongest person Yu Fuzi has ever seen in his life. At least half of his fawning over Qin Yi stems from this. Regardless of Qin Yi's future prospects, his powerful backing is undeniable.

The chess fanatic said, "I didn't give any instructions, I just feel itchy to play chess. Do you have anyone here who knows how to play chess? Just not the kind who doesn't follow the rules and messes around."

Yu Fuzi became increasingly embarrassed. How could a Demonic Path Sect that researched dual cultivation have such refined tastes? But he reacted quickly and immediately said, "If Grandpa likes it, this junior will learn it right away!"

The chess fanatic chuckled, speechless. "Dream on."

He paused for a moment, then turned kindly to Qin Yi: "Virtuous Nephew..."

Qin Yi leaned back warily. "Don't drag me into playing chess..."

The chess fanatic frowned. "You're not well-behaved at all."

"Uncle-Master, it's okay to use such adjectives on Qing Cha, but please don't use them on me. It gives me goosebumps."

"Pooh."

"Speaking of which, how did you calculate everything so clearly, Uncle-Master? You didn't even use divination. How did you do it?"

The chess fanatic took out a chessboard.

Li Qingjun and Yu Fuzi both craned their necks to look.

The chessboard was faintly filled with Spiritual Qi, with interwoven light, and the black and white chess pieces seemed to move, making it look very mysterious.

"Heaven and earth are the chessboard, and all living beings are the pieces." The chess fanatic said calmly, "Playing chess is different from divination. An ordinary player can only try his best to estimate each move of his opponent, which is like divination. But a higher level player knows everything about his opponent, so there is no need for divination. A higher level player guides his opponent's path of play, and each move of his opponent is based on your wishes. So step by step, everything is in your mind. Just like this..."

He then placed a white stone between two separated black stones, but did not rashly insert it into the middle.

"This is my strategy, aimed at cutting. The opponent can only stick together, which is the inevitable response. If every move you make allows the opponent to play the way you want, then your chess calculations are perfect, and there's no need for divination."

Qin Yi's rake head.

It sounds simple, but it's far from that simple in reality. The moves in chess are incredibly varied. You might think that sticking in is just a basic response, but in reality, you could encounter a dozen or more possible responses. You need to anticipate your opponent's most likely move. And this is just playing chess; what about playing against a human?

How well do you need to know someone? I'm afraid my master hasn't done anything else all these years but has spent studying Xuan Hao's personality, strength, power relationships, internal conflicts, external conflicts, even his cultivation level and potential growth, and even the difference between Buddha and demon on Cheng Yuan's side. He must have studied him for several years... Even without Qin Yi's variable, if they had followed the established plan of uniting with other Rogue Cultivator against the enemy, Xuan Hao would probably be dead for sure. He was just using the nearby Rogue Cultivator as Discarded Piece.

His Qin Yi only made things a little more positive, less cold and ruthless.

The chessboard slowly disappeared into the chess fanatic's palm, the lines of his hand intertwining as if a game of chess was unfolding.

"This is the universe in our hands; the changes of the world are as clear as observing a pattern on a string." The chess fanatic looked up at Qin Yi: "How about we compete in Calligraphy and Painting Dao?"

Qin Yi was speechless for a moment.

Those who Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting Sect are all madmen.

Everyone is contemplating the grand scheme of things. They're either creating their own destiny, or they're Universe in the Palm.

He sighed, "Uncle-Master, we are all sentient beings, how can we escape this? Look at the lines on your palm, how can you know that the Heavenly Dao is not watching you?"

"I play the game of chess, Heavenly Dao plays the game of me; this is how it should be." The chess fanatic said, "In this world, everyone is a player in the game; no one can escape or transcend it. Unless one transforms Heavenly Dao into a chessboard, manipulates the stars as pieces, transcends the Three Realms, and is no longer within the Five Elements, only then can one be called a chess player."

Qin Yi joked, "And what about Qin?"

The chess fanatic remained silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Do you know that when you were just starting out, you walked right past us while I was playing chess with Heavenly Mystery Child?"

"Yes, I remember it vividly."

"I don't know how to use word divination," the chess fanatic said. "Back then, I asked Heavenly Mystery Child, 'What does Qin mean?' Heavenly Mystery Child said that there was no way to interpret this single word, but he strangely came up with an interpretation from your case."

Qin Yi was taken aback. "What?"

"A certain... unified beginning, the origin of everything."

Qin Yi pondered for a while, then his eyes widened slowly.

The chess fanatic shook his head. "I don't understand, and neither does Heavenly Mystery Child. Of course, we won't continue the discussion, because at that time we were competing, not being close friends."

Qin Yi smiled awkwardly, "There's no need to solve it, it's too mysterious."

The chess fanatic said, "I can't play in Land of Chaos either. Looking at a bunch of idiots makes me want to vomit blood. I'd better go back."

Qin Yi then asked, "How is the Immortal Palace today? Has it been bullied by the Witch God Sect?"

Chess fanatic chuckled, "The Witch God Sect hasn't had an easy time these past few years either. All the Righteous Path are against them. Do you really think they're so arrogant as to block our door? The so-called wanted notice for you is just a result of the turmoil in the demonic path. You've been gone for a few years, and things have actually calmed down there. The Witch God Sect's main focus is still on finding this Blood Netherworld Plane."

"Actually, once they find a suitable Blood Ghost Altar, they can get everything they want themselves. There's no need for them to hunt me down at all." Qin Yi said angrily, "Wouldn't it be better if everyone just did their own thing? They just thought I was easy to bully, that they could grab a peach with one slap, but they ended up grabbing a hedgehog instead."

The chess fanatic said meaningfully, "So... you hedgehog, do you want to prick them on your own initiative?"

Qin Yi said, "Of course I want to, but my strength isn't enough right now. If I rashly go to Shenzhou, I'll die a horrible death."

"That's not necessarily true." The chess fanatic chuckled. "The Land of Chaos may lack other things, but there are plenty of ways to conceal your celestial secrets and perform divination. You can simply swagger back to the Divine Continent, and the Witch God Sect won't even know you've returned. Do you really need to hide outside in the Qian Yuan Wu Xiang realm?"

Yu Fuzi immediately chimed in, "Our Profound Yin Sect is quite adept at this kind of thing—confused Yin and Yang, obscuring the secrets of Heaven!"

The chess fanatic clapped his hands and laughed, "Look, isn't this a pillow delivered right to our door?"

Qin Yi said, "But actually, I don't know what I can do if I go back to Shenzhou at this time."

"You don't need to do anything, but you should at least keep an eye on some things," the chess fanatic said. "In the next few years, there will definitely be some very strange changes in the Great Qian Dynasty, which are beyond human calculation."

"The Great Qian Dynasty?"

The chess fanatic slowly said, "The mountains and rivers, the land and the will of all living beings, are ultimately the most powerful Dao in this world. Immortals are all freed from mortals, and which disciple of any school doesn't come from the Divine Land... If what we cultivate is the Heavenly Dao, then the emperors of the mortal world are the embodiment of the Dao of Humanity. The affairs of the mortal world are the most unpredictable situation, with far greater implications than any single school or sect."

Qin Yi frowned.

"If I'm not mistaken, the one on the throne right now is your disciple?" The chess fanatic's expression grew increasingly solemn as he earnestly said, "Whether it's the Witch God Sect, the Taiyi Sect, or you... it seems the winds of change are about to converge on this little girl."

Li Qingjun had been listening silently without interrupting, finally couldn't help but exclaim, "Wu Xian?"

The chess fanatic's gaze fell on her, somewhat amused. "Look how interesting this is, right now, Qin Yi is standing next to you."