"He was still just a boy, after all."
"The world chased fame and fortune. Who could be as refined as the two of us?"
The two young temple attendants chuckled as they chatted.
Li Hao, who had already walked some distance away, heard them and doubled back. He grabbed several stones from the white stone bowl, tossed them onto five spots on the board, then gave a soft snort and strode away.
"Impudent boy, you..."
The young attendant playing white flew into a rage. He was about to curse, but the boy had already gone. Irritably, he looked back, intending to clear away the disruptive stones, only to find his friend across from him staring blankly at the board.
Puzzled, he looked down and discovered that his earlier predicament had been reversed. The placement of those five stones had opened up an entirely new stretch of territory for him.
The crucial point was that, with even one stone missing, they would have been scattered pieces, their purpose impossible to discern.
"This..."
After strolling around the area, Li Hao grew somewhat bored. Seeing that Ren Qianqian's Soul Inheritance had yet to finish, he found the elderly temple attendant and asked him to tell the young girl who had just gone inside to wait here for him when she came out, and not wander off.
He handed over a couple of taels of silver. The elderly attendant accepted them with a delighted smile and promised to pass on the message.
Li Hao then swung his sleeves, with nothing but a clear breeze in them, and sauntered out of the Martial Temple. Entering the city, he found a bustling restaurant where he could inquire about Grandmaster Bai Chunhai.
The restaurant was packed with guests and extremely lively. A candle hung beside the