Before long.
Prince An and Wang Shouzhe had finished discussing business. Prince An immediately set up the chessboard with great enthusiasm, picked up the black and white stones, and prepared to slaughter Wang Shouzhe until not even a scrap of armor remained, finally getting his revenge.
Playing chess with Shouzhe had become Prince An's favorite pastime lately. It was only because his chess skills were truly abysmal—like a rookie bird that could fly, yet neither high nor far.
There were countless rookie birds in the world, and Prince An had bullied plenty of others. Yet it had never felt as utterly satisfying and exhilarating as bullying Wang Shouzhe. With the others, he simply found it dull and joyless.
Upon careful thought, it could only be blamed on the fact that Shouzhe was too perfect in every respect, always calculating without a single misstep and inspiring awe like a towering mountain. Bullying a rookie bird of this caliber—no matter how many times he did it—never grew tiresome.
Just then, a family guard came to report that Yao Chengchao of the Immortal Dynasty's Yao Air Transport had come to visit.
"Please invite Young Master Yao in," Wang Shouzhe said.
After the family guard acknowledged the order and withdrew.
Prince An rather listlessly set down a chess piece and said faintly, "Young Master Yao has been coming quite often lately. Shouzhe, are you planning to develop in the Immortal Dynasty?"
"As for the Immortal Dynasty, if there's a chance, one ought to go and see it for oneself." Wang Shouzhe smiled. "I hear that the Qi Refining Realm has already become widespread there. Even ordinary tenant farmers and servants who pour tea and run errands possess Qi Refining Realm cultivation. It truly makes one yearn for it."
At the mention of this, Prince