A Recreation of History

"Want to visit the place where the patriarch attained enlightenment?" Qiu Jin'an was stunned for a moment after hearing the words of the Transmission Elder.

Ten thousand years ago, when the patriarch had just successfully attained enlightenment, the Immortal Realm was a forbidden area, inaccessible to anyone who had not reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage. As time passed, ten thousand years went by. During this period, countless young prodigies and peerless experts from the Five Elements Sect entered the Immortal Realm seeking fortuitous opportunity to gain enlightenment and recreate the patriarch's feat, but not a single one succeeded.

As for the scene of immortals playing chess, a historical reenactment, it has never happened again, and the identities of those three High Antiquity immortals remain undetermined to this day.

Qiu Jinan looked up and happened to see the ancient painting hanging on the wall. The painting exuded an ethereal aura and contained endless mysteries that were incomprehensible and unfathomable.

Although it is an ancient painting, it is protected by some inexplicable force, making it impossible to tell that it is a painting from 100,000 years ago.

In the ancient painting, two immortals sit on stone chairs, seemingly deep in thought. Although their faces are not clearly visible, one can imagine that these two immortals must be deep in thought with their brows slightly furrowed. A third immortal carries firewood on his back and stares intently at the chessboard. Similarly, the appearance of the third immortal is also unclear.

On the chessboard, the black and white pieces were locked in a fierce struggle, unable to connect and forming a unified whole. The battle was intense and the outcome was difficult to determine.

Mr. Tiankui was a Confucian scholar with profound painting skills. This painting depicts the scene he saw after leaving the fairyland.

Next to the ancient painting is another ancient painting, also in the handwriting of Mr. Tiankui.

In another ancient painting, Master Tiankui is dressed in a white Confucian robe, full of vigor and displaying the demeanor of a great man. He stands on two renowned and peerless masters, who are the ancestors of the Meng family and the Jiang family.

These two peerless masters were covered in wounds, clearly having gone through a life-or-death battle, yet they still could not defeat Master Tiankui.

Mr. Tiankui was a Confucian scholar with profound painting skills; this was the scene he imagined.

Qiu Jinan withdrew his gaze from the two paintings, and after a moment's thought, he agreed.

"It's understandable that the children, who have never been to the immortal ruins before, want to broaden their horizons."

"Alright then, let me take them to see it."

It is, after all, the place where the patriarch attained enlightenment. Although it now only has commemorative significance, it should still be given the respect it deserves.

When Lu Yang and his group of five learned that they were allowed to enter the Fairy Realm, and that Qiu Jin'an was personally leading them, they all wore smiles on their faces.

This is the legendary fairyland.

Of all the publicly known secret realms, none have yet been designated as paradises, which is enough to prove how precious paradises are.

Of course, for Lu Yang, whose body is the celestial realm, the celestial realm is nothing special.

Led by Qiu Jinan, the five of them quickly arrived at their destination.

The fairyland is located at the intersection of the fire vein and the water vein.

"What a high mountain!" Man Gu exclaimed in amazement. The mountain towered into the clouds, and white clouds obscured its height halfway up, making it impossible to tell exactly how high it was.

What is certain is that this mountain is no less tall than Heaven Gate Peak.

Qiu Jinan casually explained, "The fairyland is in a cave in the mountain. The patriarch was worried that simply moving the cave would disrupt the layout of the immortals and the integrity of the fairyland, so he moved the entire mountain over."

For a cultivator like Mr. Tiankui, moving mountains and filling lakes is nothing more than a trivial matter.

Lu Yang noticed a fence surrounding the mountain, forming a faintly visible barrier. It must be to protect the fairyland and prevent disciples from sneaking in and disrupting the immortal chess game.

Lu Yang noticed a rather inconspicuous yellow talisman not far from the entrance of the fence, stubbornly stuck to the fence and fluttering in the wind.

"This yellow talisman has a very sophisticated seal drawn on it." The Immortal Fairy glanced at it casually and deduced the appearance of the whole talisman and its contents based on half of it.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang was startled. Could it be that the Immortal Realm not only contained the Immortal Chess Game, but also a peerless demon?

Lu Yang conjured up a scene: Master Tiankui encountered an unparalleled demon, fought fiercely, but ultimately lost by a single move and was no match for the demon. Helpless, he could only seal the demon in the fairy realm and use the Immortal Chess Game to suppress it.

Time has passed, and the people of the Five Elements Sect have all forgotten this history. The Great Demon has broken the seal and escaped from the Immortal Realm!

Or perhaps the Great Demon also possessed something similar to the Dao of Cause and Effect, causing people to forget his existence?

Observing Sect Master's reaction, it seemed that he did not notice the existence of this half of the yellow talisman.

Lu Yang raised his hand and pointed to an inconspicuous half-yellow talisman not far away, asking, "Sect Master Qiu, what is that?"

Is it a seal?

"It's a seal."

Lu Yang: "..."

"The patriarch was in such a hurry when he moved the mountain that he moved it back without the court's permission. Of course, the court wouldn't allow it, so they sealed off the fairyland and put up a seal."

"After paying the fine and bailing out our patriarch, the imperial court agreed to grant the mountains and the fairyland to our Five Elements Sect, so the seal became useless."

"The seal wasn't completely torn off at the time, and later generations thought it was a cultural relic, so they preserved it."

The seal that can break the seal of the fairyland is naturally no ordinary object.

Seeing that everyone had no further questions, Qiu Jinan led them across the railing to the foot of the mountain.

The closer they got to the mountains, the more oppressive they felt. Without lingering, the group entered a damp cave.

Upon entering the cave, the restless hearts of the group suddenly calmed down, as if the State of Mind of immortals playing chess 300,000 years ago had influenced the present.

The cave was silent, dark, and deep, with only their footsteps echoing in the empty space.

The deeper you go, the drier the environment becomes, as if the inside and outside of the cave are two different worlds.

"This is it," Qiu Jinan said.

What appeared before everyone was a stone table, with black and white characters filling the entire chessboard, leaving no empty spaces. Upon closer inspection, neither side had managed to form a five-piece sequence.

The game of chess between immortals ended in a draw.

The stone table, stone chairs, and Go board are all ordinary objects. Only because the immortal used them for a hundred years and imbued them with a trace of immortal energy were these mortal objects able to survive the long years without being eroded by the river of time.

Qiu Jinan shook his head regretfully. Sure enough, no matter how many times he came in, he could never recreate the scene from that time.

The fortuitous opportunity by the patriarch is a rare and precious divine encounter, one that cannot be repeated.

What Qiu Jinan didn't notice was that Lu Yang's eyes were vacant, as if he had lost his will.

Lu Yang lowered his head as if he were dozing off, then he suddenly looked up and saw an empty chessboard and two strangers reaching into the chess box to pick up pieces and prepare to play.

Meng Jingzhou, Tao Yaoye, and the others were nowhere to be seen; only Lu Yang was there to watch the game.

Lu Yang was startled; this scene seemed to be a reenactment of the story of Master Tian Kui.

Before he could react, he heard the two chess players talking.

The voices of the two chess players possess a special power that can calm the State of Mind and focus the spirit.

"Ying Tianxian, would you like to go first?"

"Good."

Snap, a white piece lands in the center of the chessboard.

Ying Tianxian made her move.

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