Chapter 1320: Chapter 1306: The Game of Chess
Baiyu watched this strange scene and walked up to the light gate.
Very soon.
He felt the light gate sweep across his body, and his expression turned a little odd.
This light gate.
Wasn’t testing talent at all.
For the Sword Monarch’s inheritance, what it could test was naturally Sword Dao aptitude!
Anyone who passed through this light gate would be very clear about this!
And just now.
The guy who said this wasn’t a "Sword Dao aptitude test" was the first person to pass through the light gate.
So.
Everyone believed his words.
But it was obvious he had lied.
As for his purpose in lying, it was clearly to keep the later groups from causing a commotion; otherwise, back on the bridge, once the crowd learned this light gate was testing Sword Dao aptitude, those who knew they couldn’t pass would definitely be unwilling to accept it.
By then.
It might even have triggered a bloody battle.
Baiyu took a deep breath, thinking that people of the Immortal Cultivation Realm really weren’t any good sort; every one of them was a deep and scheming bastard.
There was no guarding against them.
He couldn’t lower his vigilance.
Baiyu naturally passed the light gate’s test without a hitch and reached the opposite shore. He didn’t know what his Sword Dao aptitude was, but the light gate hadn’t restricted him; he passed through quite easily.
Very soon.
Among the crowd, most of those who could pass had already passed, and those who couldn’t pass had disappeared into the light gate.
At this moment.
Most people were still on this cliff, and a small portion were hesitating on the stone steps.
Their talent wasn’t top-tier.
Just breaking through to the Giant Spirit Realm had already exhausted all their talent and strength.
To keep breaking through.
Was simply impossible, unless they received help from the Outer World, and that was why they had come here.
But.
This light gate simply would not let them pass.
So right now.
They were hesitating here, not moving forward.
Because many already guessed that failure to pass would very likely mean death, and what they feared most was death.
Death.
Is often what everyone fears the most.
At this time.
The last of the stone steps also began to disappear.
But by this point, none of them dared to keep waiting; they rushed toward the light gate in quick succession.
However.
After dawdling for so long, there was no time left.
Three people failed to make it through the light gate; their bodies vanished from the cliff and dropped straight into the bottomless Abyss below.
At this moment.
The others began to move forward again.
Having passed the Sword Monarch’s Sword Cultivator aptitude test, they also knew the road ahead definitely wouldn’t be simple, and would be riddled with danger.
On the other side of this cliff was another sheer cliff face.
In it was a cave.
Clearly, this was the passage leading to the next place.
Very soon.
The crowd passed along this path and arrived at the next location within this tomb.
It was a Peach Blossom Grove.
Petal after petal of peach blossoms.
The scenery was very pleasant.
Everyone carefully avoided getting close to anything nearby, whether the peach trees or the flowers and plants around them.
Within the Peach Blossom Grove.
Stood a small thatched hut.
In front of the thatched hut sat a stone table with black and white stones laid out on it.
It was actually a go board.
What was arranged on top were black and white go stones.
It seemed to be an endgame.
The black stones on the board were already in a dead position, with no way to turn things around.
At this moment.
The petals all around were suddenly stirred by the wind, and on the side of the white stones on the go board, they formed a vaguely twisted humanoid shape.
It stood motionless.
As if waiting for someone to come play.
At this time.
Someone stepped forward of his own accord, volunteering himself, and walked up to the board to sit on the side of the black stones.
At this moment.
The rest also moved closer to the go board.
They had already inspected that thatched hut, but they couldn’t open it from the outside. The hut looked like it was just made of planks and weeds, but no matter how they attacked it or what methods they used, they couldn’t enter.
Many suspected.
That inside was the Sword Monarch’s inheritance!
But since no one could get in, the only way to enter was obviously through the go board in front of the hut.
Very soon.
That chess expert and the figure formed by the peach blossom petals began trading moves nonstop.
But after only a few moves.
The man let out a miserable scream, spat blood from his mouth, and collapsed unconscious on the ground.
The crowd instantly swarmed over.
Only then did they discover that although he was still breathing, he was gravely injured.
Obviously.
He had been badly hurt by this go board.
Everyone’s vigilance rose.
For a while.
No one dared step up to play against the board.
But just then, someone quickly noticed that the unconscious man had woken up again. He slowly said, "This isn’t just a simple game of go. Sword Techniques... it’s a Sword Array. To keep playing, you have to break this Sword Array.
However.
I’ve also comprehended quite a few Sword Techniques from this Sword Array."
Hearing this.
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
Even though playing on this board might result in injury, to receive guidance on Sword Techniques from the Sword Monarch was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Furthermore.
Once the endgame on this board was broken.
They might even obtain the Sword Monarch’s inheritance; that was a chance to soar in a single leap!
People began scrambling to take turns at the board.
But.
No one was able to break the game.
And playing on the board consumed an enormous amount of Spirit; some people even ended up spitting blood, their brains pierced with pain, and quite a few fainted on the spot.
Baiyu frowned.
It was obvious.
This crowd didn’t have the Ability to break this game, or this Sword Array, and just lingering here wasn’t a solution either.
Because he had already noticed.
The board’s rebound force was growing stronger and stronger. If they kept going like this, there was a real chance the players would be killed by the backlash.
Just then.
A long-haired man holding a Tai Chi Yin Yang Sword walked over and sat down at the black side.
The moment this person approached.
The crowd all backed away.
From the others’ conversations, Baiyu learned this man’s name: Liu Wu’ai, once a prodigy of the Taiyi Sword Sect.
Later he was expelled from the Taiyi Sword Sect.
But for some unknown reason.
The people of the Taiyi Sword Sect hadn’t crippled his Cultivation, nor did they keep hunting him down. This was what everyone found baffling and bizarre.
Clearly.
The Taiyi Sword Sect was not a sect that spoke so gently.
However.
What had happened had already happened, and no one knew the inside story; they only knew that Liu Wu’ai’s strength was extremely formidable, and that he was very well-versed in the path of the sword.
Once he sat down.
He closed his eyes, picked up a stone between his fingers, and began placing moves blindly on the board.
Pa, pa, pa...
The stones fell one after another, quickly filling the entire board. It looked like it was heading toward a draw, but at the moment the board was full, the entire game instantly reset, leaving no other stones on it!
It actually started a new game.
At this moment, in front of everyone, a go board appeared.
It seemed.
That every person present was required to participate in breaking this game.
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