Chen Xuanji, Dong Xuanmu-
With aliases that simple, had he heard them a few days earlier, Chen Yi might have worked all this out long ago.
He would not have had to wait until today.
Fortunately, it was not too late.
Chen Yi returned his mind and spirit to the "Figure in the Painting." Looking in the direction Chen Zhitang and "Dong Xuanmu" had just left, he felt rather wistful.
It was not anything else that stirred these feelings, but the fact that Jia Xingzhi, the Qinghe Cui Family, and the others were still being kept in the dark.
Earlier, Jia Xingzhi had followed Cui Mao's orders and invited Chen Zhitang out of seclusion to assassinate Chen Xuanji.
If they knew that Chen Xuanji was Dong Xuanmu, the "Old Chess Ghost" who appeared and vanished in the Jianghu like a divine dragon whose head could be glimpsed but never its tail, and the current Minister of War, Chen Xuanji, what would they think?
Presumably, once Cui Mao learned of this, he would sigh over how fate toyed with people, then abandon any thought of moving against Chen Xuanji.
"Killing an Earthly Immortal who has reached the Extreme Realm in three paths is no easy task."
"At the very least, 'Willow-Folding Sword' Chen Zhitang cannot do it."
Judging by the strength Chen Xuanji had displayed today, Chen Yi could roughly tell that he should be on a par
with "Snow Sword Lord" Ye Guxian, and might even be slightly stronger.
Especially with his secret art, which used the Four Symbols Technique as its foundation and fused three paths into one. Its power multiplied when unleashed, far beyond what an ordinary Earthly Immortal could match.
"The Way of Calligraphy, Chess Dao, Sword Dao-"
Chen Yi withdrew his gaze, still feeling rather wistful.