Qiankun Chessboard, Three Three-Year-Old Children

Wu Chu responded, took the chess piece, and began playing Black-and-White Chess with the Qiankun Ancestor.

The Yin-Yang Ancestor and the Long-Brow Old Daoist moved their prayer mats over and watched the battle from the sidelines. Miss Houtu sat to the left and behind Wu Chu, Houtu Little Yellow Dragon stood to the right and behind him.

Actually, the Black-and-White Chess originated from their Purple Jade Mountain.

Unfortunately, the rough men of the Houtu Tribe had little interest in this refined game; it was nowhere near as appealing to them as the 'eat, pong, kong, and win' Mahjong of mahjong.

The old man and the young man played back and forth for a while, and Wu Chu was surprised to discover the interesting aspects of the chessboard.

The chessboard is a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. It is estimated that the Qiankun Ancestor used Supreme Treasure Heaven-and-Earth Cauldron, a supreme treasure, to perform a process of returning to the innate Innate Acquired. It contains several layers of the Laws of the Dao of Qiankun, one layer on top of the other. With each layer, the lines on the chessboard will have an additional variation.

On the surface, two adjacent spaces may not appear to be adjacent. And two seemingly unrelated spaces may become adjacent under the influence of the second layer of the Qiankun Laws, and then be separated again at the third layer.

Based on Wu Chu's understanding of the Qiankun Laws, he could deduce up to the third level, but he believed that this chessboard definitely had more than just three levels of the Qiankun Laws.

What was originally a simple chessboard suddenly became intricate and complex under the superposition of these layers of the Qiankun Laws.

After observing for a while, the Yin-Yang Ancestor shook his head and said disdainfully, "It's nothing more than a combination of the principles of Dao of Qiankun. What fun is there in it? It can only be used to bully those who don't understand the Qiankun Laws!"

The Long-Brow Old Daoist stroked his Long-Brow and nodded, saying, "Although what this Old Yin Yang usually says is all nonsense, what he said just now did make some sense. What's so funny about that?"

Faced with the combined slander and sarcasm of the Yin-Yang Ancestor and the Long-Brow Old Daoist, the Qiankun Ancestor remained completely unfazed, chuckled, and looked at Wu Chu, "What do you think, young friend?"

Wu Chu sighed softly, "The ingenuity of your design, senior, is truly remarkable. Originally, a simple chessboard wouldn't be too difficult to deduce, but with so many layers of the Qiankun Laws added, it suddenly feels like there are endless variations, making the deduction several times more difficult."

After a pause, Wu Chu continued, "However, what Senior Yin Yang said earlier does make some sense. The two have different levels of understanding of the Dao of Qiankun, so the changes they can see are naturally different as well. To suppress someone solely with the Dao of Qiankun would indeed be a bit of bullying."

Before the Qiankun -Yin-Yang Ancestor could feel smug, Wu Chu continued, "However, this is easy to resolve. Just like when Senior Qiankun plays chess with me, whatever level of my understanding of the Dao of Qiankun, Senior will use a corresponding level of variation to counter it."

Upon hearing this, the Qiankun Ancestor laughed heartily and said, "Young friend, you truly understand me! However, your chess skills are far from ordinary, as your master described!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Chu coughed lightly and said, "After so many years, such progress is to be expected! Senior, you flatter me, you flatter me..."

He couldn't very well say that when he played chess with his master back then, he was too embarrassed to use the Yibao to cheat, so he soon became no match for his master.

When he was playing chess with the Qiankun Ancestor just now, Yibao was involved the whole time, calculating the changes for him in his mind.

Therefore, it's more accurate to say that it was a game between the Qiankun Ancestor and Yibao rather than a game between Wu Chu and the Qiankun Ancestor.

If Wu Chu were to calculate and deduce such complex changes, his reaction would certainly not be fast enough.

Although this chessboard is a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, in terms of its function, besides showing off, its only remaining use is to study the Qiankun Laws on it.

But in the eyes of the Qiankun Ancestor, this was his masterpiece.

From his statement, "Don't be fooled by the fact that your master's chessboard is a Merit Spiritual Treasure, in terms of gameplay, my Qiankun Chessboard is far more interesting and offers more variations," you can see how proud he was of his creation.

Otherwise, why would the Qiankun Ancestor have transformed this chessboard from Acquired to Innate? Even with the help of the Heaven-and-Earth Cauldron, refining Acquired item into Innate would certainly require a considerable price.

It has to be said, these old monsters are just that arrogant.

Just like how his ancestor master transformed a low-grade Merit Spiritual Treasure chessboard into a high-grade Merit- based Merit Spiritual Treasure without batting an eye.

So Wu Chu could only follow his lead and offer some compliments.

But the Yin-Yang Ancestor chimed in Yin Yang, "Utterly boring!"

The Long-Brow Old Daoist nodded and said, "Absolutely, absolutely!"

The appearance of the Qiankun Ancestor caused the Long-Brow Old Daoist and the Yin-Yang Ancestor, these two old enemies, to actually form a united front and come against the Qiankun Ancestor.

Faced with the joint attack from these two patriarchs, the Qiankun Ancestor adopted a haughty and aloof demeanor, shaking his head and sneering, "Such shallow-minded people, I disdain to associate with them!"

"I disdain to associate with those who think too highly of themselves!"

"Wouldn't that be perfect!"

"Snort!"

Watching these three ancient monsters, whose ages were beyond estimation, bicker and argue like three-year-olds, Houtu found it amusing but too embarrassed to laugh. She rose to apologize, saying, "Please have a seat, seniors. I'll go help Little Moon Spirit and the others prepare the ingredients..."

Wu Chu opened his mouth, wanting to call the young lady to stop him. He felt she was being unreasonable, actually leaving him to face these three strange old men alone—oh wait, there was also a Little Fox.

However, the Little Fox was completely oblivious to everyone's presence at this moment, quietly serving tea to the group and occasionally glancing at the Little Flower Fairies beside her.

Little Yellow Dragon stood silently behind Wu Chu, cautiously watching these three strange old men who were even more childish than he had been at a young age. He wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to do so; he felt terrible.

Wu Chu seemed to sense the Little Yellow Dragon occasionally shrugging his shoulders, so he said to him, "Go play! I'm giving you a day off, but don't run around."

"Yes, Master!" Little Yellow Dragon replied cheerfully, then added, "I'm going to see Senior Brother Yuan. I promised Senior Brother Bai Ze I'd go with him."

"Alright!" Wu Chu nodded and said, "When you come back, call him over."

"Yes, Master!" Little Yellow Dragon replied again, then bowed to the three strange old men, "This junior takes his leave! My apologies!"

The Long-Brow Old Daoist looked at the Little Yellow Dragon bowing and leaving the Main Hall, and said with a smile, "Young friend, you've taught this little fellow quite well. He's very polite! You should teach my little Daoist apprentice sometime too."

Wu Chu glanced at the Little Fox and smiled, "Alright! But when it comes to teaching manners, Xiao Yu is the best. She taught Little Yellow Dragon how to treat others."

The Yin-Yang Ancestor glanced at the Little Fox sitting upright and laughed, "I didn't expect you, Little Fox, to know so much. You should teach my little Daoist boy sometime; you'll definitely get your share of the rewards."

Although the Yin-Yang Ancestor's words were a bit impolite, what could the Little Fox do? He was a senior! She could only bow and say, "Thank you, senior. I will do my best to teach them."

Meanwhile, Little Yellow Dragon and Bai Ze left the Summit of the Sacred Tree and flew towards the valley where Old Round was. Little Yellow Dragon secretly transmitted his voice to Bai Ze, "Senior Brother Bai Ze, do you know those three senior elders? Who are they?"

"You've come to the right beast!" Bai Ze perched on his head, stretched out its fluffy little paws, and waved them in front of his eyes. "A bag of Spicy Pop-Bean Curd."

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