"We Tianji people believe in fate the most."
"If I am destined to be imprisoned in the Mysterious Immortal Realm, even if I go to the third heaven, I may not be able to escape."
"But if fate dictates that I will not be trapped in the Mysterious Immortal Realm, then I will definitely be able to complete the mission before my life span is exhausted. Naturally, the Golden Immortal Realm will not be too far away."
He Yongnian was in an open-minded mood at this time. He firmly believed that it was fate that allowed him to complete his mission, and his future cultivation path would definitely be smooth, at least he would not be imprisoned by a mere fairy.
Lu Li didn't really agree with He Yongnian's remarks. In his opinion, it was better to carve out a future for himself than to believe in the illusory fate.
Of course, he would not refute He Yongnian.
Because this is He Yongnian's way, which may seem ridiculous to outsiders like him, but for people like He Yongnian, it is a guiding light.
After chatting for a while, He Yongnian and Wen Ting said goodbye and left.
Chan Bao had already disappeared.
When Lu Li walked out of the yard, he found Chan Bao fishing by the stream, so he called him over. After giving him serious instructions, he returned to the east room and began to practice in seclusion.
Come to the Temple of Time.
Lu Li was not in a hurry to understand. Instead, he sat down cross-legged and ran the 'Bingxin Concentration Technique' to completely calm down his mind. Then he took out the Kongming Xuanjing and placed it in front of him, closing his eyes and comprehending it carefully.
Although Space Rules is the lowest among the ten ancestral ways, its cultivation difficulty is not low at all. Unless you are extremely lucky and suddenly have an epiphany, it is very difficult to achieve a breakthrough through normal cultivation. sky.
Fortunately, Lu Li was lucky. Not only did he have the Time Palace, but he also had Taoist treasures such as the Kongming Xuanjing to assist him. As a result, the progress was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
But on the seventh day of Lu Li's retreat, he was interrupted. Chan Bao told him that Yuwen Wen was here.
Lu Li had no choice but to stop temporarily and come out to meet Yuwen Wen. Yuwen Wenshu came to tell him about the sect's situation and future plans. After hearing this, Lu Li didn't have any opinions. He simply said that he would just let Yuwen Wenshen make the full decision. At the same time, he told Yuwen Wenshu that after the sect stabilized, he would find a reliable person to help investigate. Here’s the news about Moon God Palace and Weiyue.
Only then did Yu Wenshu know that Lu Li was practicing in seclusion, and he couldn't help but feel apologetic, and asked Lu Li if he wanted to arrange two more attendants for him, so that he could communicate with other people in the sect more easily.
Lu Li refused this time, saying that Chan Bao was here and there was no need for attendants for the time being. If Chan Bao went into seclusion, he would consider it later. In this regard, Yuwen Wensheng did not insist. After the two talked for a while, Yuwen Wenshen left.
Lu Li returned to his room and continued practicing.
However, what makes Lu Li depressed is that after only three years of serious training, someone comes to see him again.
The person who came was the middle-aged Taoist named Chang Tai'an, but because guards had been posted at the entrance to the forbidden area of Tiangong, Chang Tai'an could only go through first.
Lu Li thought for a while and decided to meet the other party.
After Chang Tai'an was released, he entered the forbidden area of the Tiangong. He quickly followed the path by the stream to the outside of the small courtyard and said loudly: "Disciple Chang Tai'an, please see our ancestor."
Lu Li sat under the peach tree. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "No need to be so polite. Come in and talk."
Chang Tai'an walked into the courtyard and quickly came to stand next to Lu Li: "Uncle Patriarch, I would like to ask you something. Is it convenient for you?"
"It's convenient, but...are you sure you want to ask me for advice?" Lu Li said with a strange expression.
"Disciple is sure."
"Ha! You should sit down first and then talk, but my cultivation is here. If you want to ask for some cultivation knowledge, I'm afraid I can't help you." Lu Li stretched out his hand to signal Chang Taian to sit down.
What a joke, let him, a late-stage True Immortal, teach the powerful mid-stage Mysterious Immortal, but he still thinks he doesn’t have that ability.
"I don't care about cultivation, but I would like to ask my ancestor to help this disciple resolve his knot." Chang Tai'an said with expectant eyes.
"Heart knot? Tell me." Lu Li said in surprise.
Hearing this, Chang Tai'an did not directly express his feelings. Instead, he waved his hand and took out a yellowed chess cloth, and then took out two chess sets containing black and white pieces and placed them on the table.
Then he said: "I would like to ask my ancestor to watch a game of chess for me."
Lu Li frowned: "I can't play chess."
Chang Taian was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment: "You don't need to step down, just watch."
Lu Li nodded: "That's fine."
Chang Tai'an smiled slightly, unfolded the chess piece to himself, placed the two chess pieces on the left and right, then picked up a black piece, considered it for a moment, and finally settled on it. Then he picked up a white piece, thought for a moment, and slowly dropped it.
Lu Li really didn't understand chess, he just felt that there were more and more chess pieces on the board, but then he saw Chang Taian drop a piece, and then took out a few of the black stones from the chessboard.
I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "What did you pick it out for?"
"This is called a lift. At this time, the white chess blocks the black chess's air. The black chess inside is dead and needs to be lifted away..." Chang Tai'an looked thoughtful, and another piece fell while speaking. Go down.
Lu Li was confused, but since he had no intention of playing chess, he didn't ask any questions and just watched quietly from the side.
What made Lu Li a little depressed was that Chang Taian's descent was getting slower and slower, and sometimes he couldn't even make a move for a quarter of an hour. He couldn't help but urge: "You, can't you go faster?"
"Uncle Grandmaster, you don't know something. When playing chess, you can't just focus on the present. You have to consider the long term. Nowadays, every piece you make is the key to victory, so you can't be careless. As the saying goes, one wrong piece fills the whole game. Everyone loses, that's the truth..." Chang Tai'an said slowly with a frown on his face.
Lu Li was stunned when he heard the words. He felt that Chang Tai'an's words seemed to have a profound meaning. He thought to himself, could this guy be giving him pointers in a roundabout way? So, I couldn't help but stare at the chessboard attentively.
But the more he looked at it, the more upset Lu Li felt, because this guy always looked forward and backward, sometimes putting it down, picking it up, and then putting it down again. He went back and forth countless times, but it was difficult to make up his mind.
Lu Li rubbed his forehead: "It's dark, how long do you want to stay down?"
Chang Taian said: "It may be one day, it may be a year, it may not be ten years."
Lu Li was dumbfounded and said quietly: "Um... I want to go to the toilet. It shouldn't affect your chess game, right?"
Chang Tai'an said: "Uncle, please do as you please."
"Hehe, take your time then. I'll come see you in a few years... uh, not in a few days." Lu Li chuckled, rubbed oil on the soles of his feet, and quickly returned to the east room.
Then he lay down on the bed and started practicing.
Just kidding, this guy doesn’t know how long it will take to finish this game, and he doesn’t understand chess at all, so sitting there isn’t a waste of time.
In the following days, Lu Li became relatively peaceful.
Chan Bao rebuilt a small wooden house across the creek and didn't bother him at all. Chang Tai'an also devoted himself to his own world. With concentration, Lu Li made very smooth progress in the space.
Spring passes and autumn comes, cold comes and summer comes.
In the autumn of Lu Li's fifteenth year of seclusion, Chang Tai'an finally finished the long game. He glanced left and right, then walked to the door of Lu Li's room and gently pressed the communication mechanism.
