"Junior sister, I never expected this game to last a whole month. Your chess skills truly inherited the True Lord's legacy. Your senior brother is no match for you!"
Venerable Gu Yu's hearty laughter rang through Venerable Qingyun's Dojo.
"Not at all! It was only because you went easy on me, senior brother, that I managed to win by chance!"
Venerable Qingyun wore a faint smile as she saw Venerable Gu Yu out of the great hall. She formed a hand seal in farewell. "That's far enough, senior brother. I won't see you out any farther. Come by for another game whenever you have time!"
"Stay here, junior sister. I'll come by again when I get the chance. Your senior brother will take his leave!"
Venerable Gu Yu returned her farewell with a smile, then turned away. His face turned cold, and with a flicker, he vanished from where he stood.
Venerable Qingyun watched him leave, the corner of her mouth curling into a smile. Then she turned and walked back into the hall.
Nangong Aoyun hurried over to meet her, asking urgently,
"Master, how did you know Taichu Peak would intervene?"
Chi Yu was also puzzled. She came forward and asked, "That's right, Master! You deliberately kept Venerable Gu Yu occupied too, didn't you? Do you also think highly of Fang Mo?"
Venerable Qingyun smiled faintly. She was about to answer, but suddenly stopped and turned to look at the sky outside the hall.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun followed their master outside in surprise.
Venerable Qingyun waved her hand, and the void parted like a curtain of water, revealing the sky beyond the divine hall.
A clear, resonant dragon's roar shook the air. Through the void, a golden dragon shot straight into the sky, its