Ye Futian looked at the chessboard in his Life Palace. The World Tree swayed and rustled. That was another Life Spirit.
It had been a long time since he had been able to visualize a Life Spirit through Freedom Meditation. Ye Futian had his guesses as to why. The Life Spirits he had now contained all elements, and he even had a Spirit Elemental Life Spirit, the Guqin Spirit.
Emperor Ye Qing had then forcefully bestowed a Life Spirit upon him, allowing him to have two Spirit Elemental Life Spirits.
As such, Ye Futian thought that he would not be able to visualize another Life Spirit after having all elements.
Unless his Life Spirit was shattered and destroyed. Of course, he had never tried it before. The destruction of his Life Spirit and the damage to his foundation could have put him on the brink of death. Even if he had such guesses, he would not have dared to do something so crazy.
And now, he had visualized another Life Spirit. It did not absorb the power of heaven and earth, but appeared directly in his Life Palace. He thought that it might have been because the Chess Spirit he visualized had no element.
He did not know if the Chess Spirits of others had elements, but the Chess Spirit before him did not have any.
However, that was not important. The appearance of the Chess Spirit saved him from having to expend too much spiritual energy to visualize the game. Instead, he was able to make more precise deductions.
His body flashed and his consciousness floated above the chessboard. The game began to evolve. This time, he did not stand in his own position, but in Liu Zong's position to observe the game. Observing the game from a different angle would have been a different experience.
Liu Zong was indeed a genius at chess, and he had done his best.
After that, Ye Futian continued to switch positions. He stood in the positions of Yang Lan, Li Kaishan, and the other nine students of the Chess Saint, observing their moves and the process of the game's evolution. It was a new experience.
"Chain Matrix."
Ye Futian walked on the chessboard, and after a long while, he got a clearer view.
In the world of martial arts, the way of chess was naturally not pure. The way of chess and the way of matrixes were interconnected. Using chess to deduce matrixes, and playing chess was like setting up matrixes.
Every single one of the nine students of the Chess Saint was carving matrixes, which meant that there were nine matrixes. The nine matrixes were not independent existences, but interconnected. They melded into the matrixes of their opponents, combining offense and defense into one, making them invulnerable. That was the true meaning of the Celestial Dragon Chess Game.
Liu Zong was a genius, and he seemed to have noticed this. As such, he borrowed their power to restrain the nine matrixes with nine different chess styles. At the same time, with himself as the core, he blended the matrixes together. However, the nine of them were unable to communicate their minds, unlike the nine students of the Chess Saint. Although there were nine of them playing nine different chess styles, they seemed to be one and indistinguishable.
From the height, they would definitely lose.
In order to solve the chess game, one had to solve the Chain Array Dao.
However, the Celestial Dragon Chess Game had almost no weaknesses. How was one supposed to break it?
Ye Futian thought of the piece that Liu Zong had asked him to place during the day. With a single thought, the pieces on the chessboard began to move rapidly. In an instant, the situation had changed. He placed the piece in the position that Liu Zong had said.
From a certain point of view, it was indeed a stroke of genius for the piece to be placed at that position, as it was able to tear a crack in the opponent's matrix. It was no wonder that Zhou Ziyi and the others looked at him angrily. It was apparent that they knew the intricacies of the placement.
He switched to Yang Xiao's position, wanting to see how he would place the next piece if he were in Yang Xiao's shoes.
He waved his hand and the game began to evolve at high speed according to his will. Many changes were seen on the chessboard.
Finally, Ye Futian stopped. He suddenly looked in a certain direction, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
So, that's how it is.
He finally knew where the sense of danger came from. He did not expect the Celestial Dragon Chess Game to contain such a killing move. That piece was simply too terrifying.
Is there really a way to break out of such a game?
Ye Futian observed the changes of the game closely and found that the Matrix of Nine Chains was indeed somewhat similar to the nine games laid out by the nine elders. It was as if they had evolved from the nine, yet they were all interconnected, making the power of the two completely incomparable.
He continued to comprehend and simulate in a frenzy. The pieces on the chessboard changed at high speed, changing at every moment. All of those changes were imprinted in Ye Futian's mind, allowing his chess skills to improve at an incredible rate. It was as if he had read through all the books on the art of chess in a single night.
A ray of light appeared in the sky in the blink of an eye. Ye Futian opened his eyes. There were traces of mist and dew in the mountains, drenching his clothes.
Ye Futian looked at Hua Jieyu, who was sitting beside him, and smiled gently. Yuan Hong and Yu Sheng sat behind him, meditating and training as well. Aside from them, there were still quite a few people on Chess Peak who had not left.
Ye Futian extended his hand and gently brushed the hair on Hua Jieyu's forehead. She opened her eyes and looked at Ye Futian, wearing a gentle smile.
"You're awake," Ye Futian said softly.
"Not yet. I've been sensing and meditating," Hua Jieyu said softly.
"What about you? How are you feeling?" Hua Jieyu then asked.
"I'm alright. I understand some of the Celestial Dragon Chess Game, but it's still difficult to break it. I don't know if I'll be able to do it," Ye Futian said. The appearance of the Chess Spirit did not mean that his chess skills had changed without training. That would have been rather ridiculous. It just meant that he was able to better comprehend the art of chess.
What he learned in a single night was better than what he had learned over many days.
"Is there anything you can't do?" Hua Jieyu's eyes were smiling, as if she had blind confidence in Ye Futian.
"That's true. You could even win over a fox, so there's nothing you can't do," Ye Futian teased. Hua Jieyu glared at him.
The red sun hung high in the sky, signaling the beginning of a new day. People continued to come up the mountain, and Chess Peak became lively again.
Many were discussing whether or not there was a chance of breaking the Celestial Dragon Chess Game.
Perhaps the Celestial Dragon Chess Game would still be unbreakable within three months. It was something left behind by the Chess Saint, after all. It would not have been surprising even if there was no way to break it.
Zhou Zichao, Zhou Ziyi, Han Jing, and the others arrived one after another. Looking at the chessboard, they also saw Ye Futian, who had come to this side. They glanced at him indifferently. Perhaps they still had a grudge about what happened yesterday. After all, they felt that they were very close to winning that game of chess. Now that they were doing it again, they were afraid that Yang Xiao and the others would not give them another chance.
Yang Xiao and the others arrived as well, walking before the crowd. Yang Xiao smiled and said, "You can all try to break the game anytime on the second day."
The group of them walked to the dazzling chessboard as soon as they finished, waiting for the crowd to try to break it.
However, no one was in a hurry to go. Everyone knew that, at the moment, Liu Zong was the only one who could threaten the Celestial Dragon Chess Game. The others who went would only be giving it a try and nothing more.
Liu Zong, Mo Jun, and the others from Xihua Sacred Mountain arrived together. Everyone's eyes were on Liu Zong.
He was still standing where he was the day before. Mo Jun stood below, and the others from Xihua Sacred Mountain stood quietly behind him.
"The nine of you formed a matrix yesterday and threatened the Celestial Dragon Chess Game. Would you like to try again today, Liu Zong?" Zhou Ziyi looked at Liu Zong and said.
"The nine students of the Chess Saint are of one mind, and the nine different ways of playing are as one. Even if we were to try again, it would still be difficult to break the Celestial Dragon Chess Game." Liu Zong said, "I will not try to break the game today."
He came that day only to watch.
"If it had not been for some accidents yesterday, we would have had a chance. Someone else could have replaced him today, and we might still have a chance," Zhou Ziyi said. The accident she was referring to was naturally Ye Futian.
Many turned their eyes in Ye Futian's direction at once.
Liu Zong took a look at Ye Futian. He went back to the game the day before and had his doubts. He had to consider whether or not his move was correct. He also felt a sense of danger, but he had yet to figure out where the danger came from. He had considered all the possible positions that Yang Xiao might play, but he had no way of knowing which one Yang Xiao would play after that one move.
Ye Futian raised his head and looked at Zhou Ziyi. Beside him, Hua Jieyu, Yu Sheng, and the others all looked displeased. Zhou Ziyi had criticized Ye Futian the day before, and now she was bringing it up again. The person she was talking about was obviously Ye Futian.
"Out of the nine people yesterday, your play was the worst. You had a lot of openings," Ye Futian said to Zhou Ziyi. Ye Futian looked at Zhou Ziyi. His voice was very calm, without any hint of anger. It was as if he was simply stating a fact.
Looking back at everyone's positions the night before, it was indeed Zhou Ziyi who played the worst. If it had not been for Liu Zong repeatedly making up for her, she would have lost long ago.
Zhou Ziyi looked at Ye Futian with a strange expression and said, "Are you trying to put the blame for your failure on me?"
"Of course not." Ye Futian shook his head. "Since it was a battle between nine people, the failure was a matter for all nine of them. Every single one of them was responsible, and it was naturally impossible for only one of them to be at fault. However, your playing style was indeed the worst among the nine."
The Celestial Dragon Chess Game was powerful because the nine of them played as one, complementing each other and forming a chain. However, there was no trust between them at all, and they were destined to lose from the very beginning.
Many looked at Ye Futian in surprise. His voice was nonchalant, yet it was extremely certain. It was as if what he said was the truth.
Zhou Ziyi looked at Ye Futian coldly. How dare he bite back at her?
He accused her of having the worst playing style among all of them.
Furthermore, that nonchalant attitude of his made it seem as if he had made a conclusion, as if what he said was the truth.
"What evidence do you have for that statement?" Mo Jun looked at Ye Futian and asked.
Ye Futian looked up at Mo Jun and said calmly, "We'll know once we try."
He did not refute Zhou Ziyi the day before, nor did he argue with Mo Jun about anything. He did not play that piece as Liu Zong said, and from the looks of it, it did indeed lead to the subsequent loss, even though it was destined to be a loss.
However, it was only normal for them to be displeased. However, Zhou Ziyi brought it up again today, slapping him in the face time and again. If he, as the Palace Lord of a sacred ground of the Barren State, were to continue letting her do as she pleased, others would not have admired his magnanimity and would only have mocked the Palace Lord of a sacred ground of the Barren State for his incompetence!
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