When the light of escape stopped, Su Mu shook his slightly dizzy head and looked around to find that several powerful cultivators were already standing to the side.
Upon seeing the arrival of the princess and her companion, he let out a cold snort of displeasure.
"I didn't expect that even though I concealed my spiritual light, you two still managed to see it."
With these two here, a lot of the treasures are going to be taken away.
Just as these words fell, several more streaks of light descended.
Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be the same powerful cultivators from before.
Su Mu clicked his tongue inwardly, wondering if these people had all known divination techniques beforehand, which was why they were all flocking to this place.
But if that's the case, wouldn't it mean there's a huge treasure here?
Upon seeing the descending streaks of light, the first few powerful cultivators who arrived darkened their faces, gave a cold snort of annoyance, and, too lazy to pay attention to these latecomers, walked forward alone.
Before them stood an enormous palace.
The palace was originally hidden, but it is only now slowly emerging.
Let's go!
Judging from the extraordinary appearance of this palace, I reckon there must be many treasures inside.
Seeing that others had already gone ahead, the eldest princess did not delay.
When the crowd arrived in front of the palace, they suddenly saw many stone tables appear in front of the palace, and chessboards slowly emerged on the stone tables.
"Those who come, please take your seats and play chess; the winner may enter."
An ancient voice echoed from the the Unseen.
Playing chess?
Upon hearing this voice, Su Mu's face darkened. He knew about Go, but his skills were by no means particularly outstanding.
Gu Yu smiled upon hearing this, brimming with confidence, "I'll give it a try!"
The eldest princess remained silent, also choosing a table to sit down, seemingly quite knowledgeable about her chess skills.
Seeing this, Su Mu felt that he would only make a fool of himself if he went up, so he simply stood aside and watched the two play chess.
The other old monsters also took their seats and began to play chess.
Gu Yu initially remained calm, holding the piece on the side.
But as more and more pieces were placed, Gu Yu's expression gradually became serious, and then solemn.
Seeing that the situation on the chessboard was already one-sided, Su Mu immediately knew that Gu Yu had lost this game.
On the other side, the princess's game wasn't looking good either. Seven or eight of her pieces had been captured, and the rest were in a hopeless situation.
"Again!"
Gu Yu's face showed resentment, as if she couldn't believe she had lost so decisively. She immediately resigned and started over.
There was no one opposite Gu Yu, but there was an invisible hand constantly playing a game with everyone.
Seeing that the two seemed unable to win for the time being, and then looking at the other old monsters, Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they all had solemn expressions on their faces.
Time passed slowly, and the people on the chessboard seemed completely unaware, trapped in the game.
Meanwhile, the number of cultivators playing chess outside the palace gradually increased. Seeing so many powerful cultivators here, those Core Formation Cultivator or Foundation Establishment cultivators who couldn't resist their greed also wanted to step forward and try their luck.
If one obtains the fortuitous opportunity within, will their path to immortality become smooth sailing from then on?
The sky was already darkening, and seeing the crowd still being crushed, Su Mu finally made up his mind and stepped forward to prepare for a game. He could see at this moment that the two sides' chess skills were not on the same level at all.
After Su Mu sat down, he felt an invisible pressure coming at him.
Su Mu took a deep breath and then began to play chess.
However, Su Mu's chess-playing style was quite strange, and the time he paused after his opponent made a move was quite regular.
After about ten minutes of this, looking at the chaotic state of the game, Su Mu sighed deeply.
It seems that ordinary AI can't handle this big shot!
That's right, Su Mu had been repeatedly logging off and playing against the AI on Earth, but seeing how easily he was being crushed and unable to fight back, Su Mu knew he had to get serious.
Su Mu knew that there were definitely treasures inside the palace, and the sooner he went in, the sooner he could retrieve them.
Su Mu resigned, but did not continue the game.
On Earth, Su Mu sighed as he looked at the Security Bureau in front of him. He had originally planned to make contact with the director again in the future, but things had changed unexpectedly.
Su Mu concealed himself and sneaked inside, quickly finding the target's office.
After quietly opening the office door, Su Mu slipped inside. The person in the office was a middle-aged man with a receding hairline, but his hair was neatly combed and shiny, giving him a rather upright appearance.
The other person was still working on documents, so engrossed that they didn't even notice the office door had been opened once.
Seeing this, Su Mu coughed lightly.
The person opposite instinctively looked up, wanting to see who had walked in without knocking, but upon looking up, they found nothing in front of them.
Did you mishear the sound?
Zhou Jianhua frowned, about to lower his head to continue processing the documents, when a voice rang out.
"Do you know about the revival of the Dragon Vein?"
Su Mu struggled to find the right words, unsure of what to say. She couldn't very well just blurt out "you," could she?
After hesitating for a moment, Su Mu decided to get straight to the point.
Who is it?!
Hearing the sound suddenly and seeing that there was nothing around him, Zhou Jianhua shouted out, "Could it be that someone set up a Bluetooth speaker to prank me?"
"Calm down. Do you know about the Dragon Vein revival? What happened in the Qinling Mountains a few days ago?"
Upon seeing this, Su Mu frowned and grabbed the doorknob. If the other party didn't know, Su Mu would probably just leave and wait for them to come and talk after the Dragon Vein revived.
Hearing the voice so close, Zhou Jianhua immediately sensed something was amiss. Having weathered many storms, he quickly calmed down.
After careful consideration, Zhou Jianhua's expression immediately turned serious. "You're the one who revived the Dragon Vein before?"
Given his position, he could certainly find out about this, especially after the typhoon incident. Everyone in the Security Bureau was keeping an eye on Su Mu, trying to find him. They never expected him to actually show up!
"Yes, it's me! I'm in a bit of trouble right now, and I hope you can help me out."
Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that the other party knew about this.
Knowing about this, the goodwill I showed earlier must have had some effect. Asking for a reasonable amount of help shouldn't be difficult, right?
"What is it? If it's a small matter, I can grant your request directly with my authority."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jianhua immediately responded, "During that typhoon, Su Mu directly reduced the country's losses by tens of billions of yuan. Just for that reason alone, fulfilling their request is no problem at all."
"I need to play against AlphaGo."