The Azure Bird looked at Jing Jiu.
Jing Jiu said, "Don't look at me. This has nothing to do with me."
Tong Yan looked at the Azure Bird.
The Azure Bird spoke in a human voice. "Don't look at me. This has nothing to do with me."
Hearing this, even Jing Jiu looked at the Azure Bird.
This was the illusory realm inside the Azure Sky Mirror. Everything here had something to do with her.
The Azure Bird said, "I am the Mirror Spirit, not the rules."
There seemed to be a deeper meaning in these words, but she did not spell it out, leaving Jing Jiu and Tong Yan to ponder it themselves.
Jing Jiu offered no further opinion on the matter and said to Tong Yan, "Continue."
Whether to break through the Tribulation-Breaking or endure it, to face it or give up, was Lord Mo's own choice.
When he had placed that black stone earlier, a bolt of lightning had fallen from the sky. Now it was Tong Yan's turn.
Tong Yan gazed into the depths of the wind and snow. After a moment of silence, he picked up a white stone with three fingers and set it on the board.
The Azure Bird walked onto the board and nudged the white stone with her right claw to straighten its position, complaining, "Why are you still as clumsy as you were as a child?"
Tong Yan said expressionlessly, "If I'm clumsy, what does that make you?"
Clearly, Tong Yan and the Azure Bird had known each other before, and knew each other well. Jing Jiu paid it no mind. He picked up a black stone and placed it.
Tong Yan played a stone.
Jing Jiu played another.
The two hands kept descending.
The stones on the board gradually