"Forget it, let's leave that aside. One look tells you this one has no fighting ability. Even if you took her on, it wouldn't improve your swordsmanship."
Jiang Yu looked at Yanqing and said, "We'd be better off spending that time doing ten thousand sets of Golden Automaton cauldron lifts."
With that, Jiang Yu turned to the speechless Chess Demon, his gaze sweeping over the table she had set up. "Let's play, then. Where's your board? Huh? This is a board game? What kind of game is this?"
Jiang Yu eyed the little maze-like thing in confusion.
When Jiang Yu asked, Chess Demon suddenly realized that she seemed able to speak again, so she said disdainfully:
"Tch, ignorant little thing. This is called Pathfinder, a puzzle game that originated in your Luofu's Divination Commission.
"Setting and solving Pathfinder puzzles is a contest that taxes every ounce of your wits. Can you solve my puzzle?"
"Let's play, then," Jiang Yu said.
"Heh, you've got some courage, kid, unlike this Xianzhou swordsman beside you, who's so timid," Chess Demon said.
"Just play your game. Why so much chatter? Even some obscure board game can't shut you up. I bet you only came up with this because you couldn't beat anyone at proper board games." The moment Chess Demon finished speaking, Jiang Yu glared at her and said:
"Do you think Yanqing came here to play puzzle games with you? He came to fight you. Count yourself lucky he can't be bothered with you right now. If he actually made a move, you'd have a Warp Trotter's head the next second."
Chess Demon opened her mouth, a thousand curses gathering in her throat. How was this kid so sharp-tongued?
But what actually came out was, "Hehe, I only started studying this because I