When Lin Yi saw the comments from the Douluo I era, he couldn't help raising an eyebrow.
This was not really unexpected.
Since he had chosen to probe, he naturally had to make some sacrifices.
The people on both sides, in Douluo I and Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, had finally realized the other side existed.
Would they communicate through the comments?
What could they communicate about?
Lin Yi remained silent, standing where he was and waiting quietly.
There, in front of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, he stood concealed in space, yet no one could detect him.
He was watching the comments, waiting to see what would ultimately come of them.
Could the people of Douluo I and Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King communicate freely?
After waiting a long time, Lin Yi still hadn't seen a reply from Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King.
He couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.
It seemed the livestream's comments had some taboos too.
In theory, anyone can post a comment, so there must be people on the Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King side who love watching the commotion and would be happy to stir up more by answering that question.
And as long as someone answers, more spectators will like their comment. It'll cross space and time and appear in my view and Douluo I's.
After all this time, there's been no reply from Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King. Clearly, it's not because there's no one there looking for fun.
That left only one answer.
The Heavenly Screen did not allow the two sides to communicate about certain matters through the comments.
That was also one of the taboos governing the Heavenly Screen's comments.
What Lin Yi was considering now was just how much those taboos covered.
They can't even answer how many years lie between them? So they can't talk about history?
What about matters in the real world?
For example, secret cultivation methods, cultivation techniques, Soul Spirit Contracts...
Lin Yi suspected that none of those would be possible either.
In fact, he didn't need to guess, because he had already seen a comment from the Douluo I side asking how to absorb a Soul Ring beyond one's level.
Once again, a long time passed without a comment from Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King in response.
At the same time, someone on the Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King side also asked some questions about the Divine Realm.
There was no reply from Douluo I either.
Clearly, anything involving certain taboos was forbidden from discussion.
That makes sense. The core of what this Heavenly Screen broadcasts is my Heaven and Earth Chess Game, after all. It's one thing for the comments to discuss my chess, but how could it possibly let them start chatting among themselves?
Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
In that case, he had actually lost nothing.
He no longer needed to worry about the losses he should have incurred by using the existence of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to probe Douluo I's point in time.
He no longer had to worry that his probe would lead Douluo I and Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King to learn of each other's existence and then communicate, diminishing his information advantage.
After all, if Lin Yi wanted to establish a Heaven and Earth Chess Game in the other two eras, he first needed to make good use of his information advantage.
He had no Soul Power that could reach into Douluo I or Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King.
All he could do was make good use of his information advantage to play chess.
Then he could use the faith in the Chess God he might gain to influence Douluo I and Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King.
With faith and the actual act of placing pieces on the board, he could then hope to establish a Heaven and Earth Chess Game!
Lin Yi stood before the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, seemingly lost in reflection.
After a while, he walked into the sect.
Ning Yuan, the current master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, was tending to his youngest daughter.
He held a baby girl in his arms and was amusing her.
The baby's bright eyes darted from side to side before suddenly fixing on a single spot.
She stared for a long time.
Wondering what his daughter was looking at, Ning Yuan suddenly looked over as well.
At the sight, he nearly threw the daughter in his arms away.
His pupils contracted sharply, and his scalp tingled.
A chill shot straight to the crown of his head.
When?
Ning Yuan could scarcely believe it. He had never imagined that someone could slip in behind him without his noticing.
"Your Excellency, isn't it rather rude to barge into my Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect without a word of greeting?"
A chessboard faintly appeared behind Lin Yi, black and white Qi circulating around it.
Dressed in a cyan robe, he stood there, quietly watching Ning Yuan.
No, rather than watching Ning Yuan, his gaze had fallen on the baby girl in Ning Yuan's arms.
Ning Tian?
Ning Yuan, meanwhile, was trying to work out Lin Yi's identity.
Looking at the cyan robe, and especially the chess realm Martial Soul that had appeared behind him, he immediately realized who he was.
"Chess God Douluo!"
Ning Yuan enunciated each word, staring fixedly at Lin Yi as he voiced his guess about his identity.
"So you're not stupid." Lin Yi nodded calmly, acknowledging his identity.
Ning Yuan's expression turned grave.
Although Lin Yi had not released the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power, merely standing there, he exerted immense pressure.
Ning Yuan knew that although Chess God Douluo Lin Yi did not seem to have been very active on the continent, his reputation was by no means small.
Back then, he had turned the tables and killed the Clear Sky Sect's master, despite being at a lower level!
Afterward, he had even prompted the Sea God to descend in person.
Ning Yuan had also wondered at the time why the Sea God would personally intervene.
After all, ten thousand years had passed since the Sea God's time, and over those ten millennia, his existence had become a legend.
Yet he had actually intervened directly because of Lin Yi's existence.
It was incredible.
But the facts proved that the Sea God's intervention was indeed extraordinary.
The person he had sought to erase was actually so heaven-defying.
Even when the Sea God acted personally, he had failed to kill him.
"May I ask what important business brings Your Majesty the Chess God to my Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect?"
Ning Yuan asked in a low voice.
Lin Yi said, "Which do you think is stronger, the Sun Moon Empire or the Douluo Three Kingdoms?"
The sudden question caught Ning Yuan somewhat off guard.
After pondering for a moment, Ning Yuan answered truthfully, "Sun Moon."
He showed no sign of humiliation when answering, clearly not giving that answer because he had no other choice.
Lin Yi nodded.
"If war broke out, who would win?"
Ning Yuan didn't know exactly why Lin Yi had asked those two questions, but he still answered truthfully.
"If Shrek acts immediately, it can keep the Douluo Three Kingdoms clinging to life for a while longer. If things continue to drag on, Sun Moon will surely win!"
"Your Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect has a pretty accurate grasp of the situation. So you withdrew from the world because you saw this outcome coming." Lin Yi spoke with absolute certainty.
Ning Yuan remained silent and did not answer.
But no answer was the best answer.
That was precisely why the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had chosen to withdraw from the world back then.
In fact, many sects on the Douluo Three Kingdoms' side had withdrawn from the world in that era, but not because they saw no hope.
When the two continents merged, the Sun Moon Empire had launched a war that engulfed the entire continent. At the time, Shrek's Sea God Pavilion Master had issued a rallying call and driven back the Sun Moon army.
In that great war, the major sects of the Douluo Three Kingdoms had suffered heavy losses, prompting them to withdraw from the world and recover their strength.
The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the Clear Sky Sect, and other sects had withdrawn along with them.
However, each sect had its own reasons for doing so.
Most sects had withdrawn to recover their strength.
But a small number had clearly recognized the gap between the two sides.
The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was one example.