"It's already been a month since the Calamity Moon of the Red Mist descended."
Tai Xuan, Xuan Capital.
In a secluded garden, Great Lord Mu was playing chess.
Five-in-a-row.
Black and white pieces fell one after another, as though two armies were facing off, as though two Peak Lords were constantly clashing, battling until the universe collapsed and the Great Dao was obliterated.
Sitting opposite Mu Yuan was a mysterious figure wrapped in thick cotton clothing. His features were blurred, and only his general outline could be made out. He appeared to be male, perhaps a young man.
He spoke. "City Lord Tian Yuan's skill at chess is superb. As expected of the most outstanding young genius in Tai Xuan's history!"
Mu Yuan also spoke. "One Hand Guild Leader, you're too modest. I still have much to learn when it comes to chess."
The figures of both men here were merely projections of wisps of divine sense.
To powerful figures, as long as there was an anchor to lock onto, descending a wisp of divine sense and transforming it into an avatar was effortless.
It was currently a period of calamity. The top lords were either in the major war zones or in their own territories. Tian Yuan City was both a frontline war zone and his own territory, so Mu Yuan didn't dare leave casually.
One Hand Guild Leader was widely regarded as the most mysterious man in all of Tai Xuan.
The First Hand Business Association he had founded single-handedly was known, alongside the Star Observation Association, as one of Tai Xuan's two major intelligence agencies. The Star Observation Association relied on divination, while the First Hand Business Association relied on its all-pervasive methods of gathering information.
That wasn't all. Learning and mastering secrets also seemed to be