Chapter 18: Life-Taking Duel
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Shura Field
“I’m about to massacre you. You’ve lost!”
Ling Xiaoxing, facing Ye Changsheng, picked up her Rook from the chessboard, preparing to charge forward and capture his Cannon.
“Oh, are you sure?” Ye Changsheng said.
“What do you mean?” Ling Xiaoxing’s hand froze mid-air.
“After all, Senior Sister Xiaoxing and I are quite familiar with each other, so she allows me to take back my moves…”
“Don’t try to use your chatty tactics on me with your nonsense, Young Palace Mistress. I’m not taking back my move!”
“Senior Sister Xiaoxing, please, this Cannon is yours.”
“What’s going on? I’m about to be at a huge disadvantage, yet you look so unbothered… Wait, that stinky Cultivation Cauldron fears death the most. How can he be so relaxed? There must be a trick!”
Ling Xiaoxing hesitated.
Since her cultivation time was in the afternoon, she took advantage of her lunch break to find Ye Changsheng for a game of chess.
Of course, they had a bet.
For example, the loser would have to do a handstand and walk around the Wuhua Palace’s mountain gate twice, while also barking like a dog.
Ling Xiaoxing just wanted to embarrass Ye Changsheng, to make the Young Palace Mistress recognize his true nature and abandon this scoundrel.
That being said, she didn’t want to be the one embarrassed herself…
“Senior Sister Xiaoxing, it’s okay. It’s not that embarrassing, after all, it’s just a handstand. If you wear safety shorts…”
“Shut up! Don’t distract me. Fine, I’ll make my move here.”
Just as Ling Xiaoxing was about to capture Ye Changsheng’s Cannon, she caught a sinister smile flash across Ye Changsheng’s face at that exact moment.
“You jerk, you’re trying to trick me? I won’t fall for it!!”
Ling Xiaoxing quickly put her piece back, not moving her Rook, but maneuvering her Cannon to launch an attack.
“Senior Sister Xiaoxing, you can take back your move.”
Ye Changsheng’s expression immediately shifted, and he coaxed her as before.
This made Ling Xiaoxing even more certain that if she had made her move there, there would have been a trap!
“No need, I’ll play it like this!”
“Really?”
“Really! Stop blabbering, it’s your turn.”
“Then I’ll move? Senior Sister Xiaoxing, I won’t hold back.”
Ye Changsheng pushed his Horse, which he had hidden, and from a disadvantageous situation, this move revitalized the game.
“Stinky Cultivation Cauldron, you calculated me!!” Ling Xiaoxing slammed the table and stood up. “If I had made that move just now, you would have definitely lost!”
“Yes, that’s why I kept letting you make that move.”
“You, you, you! You’re making me so angry!!” Ling Xiaoxing almost fainted from rage.
Now, being cunningly tricked, her defeat was almost sealed.
It seemed she really had to do a handstand around the mountain gate, and bark like a dog.
Ye Changsheng expanded his advantage, move by move, pushing Ling Xiaoxing to a dead end.
Ling Xiaoxing’s face was covered in dark lines. As Ye Changsheng raised his piece, about to call “checkmate” and declare her defeat—
She saw a figure approaching, startling her so much that she flipped the chessboard over and tossed it into a corner.
“Senior Sister Xiaoxing, doing things like this shows poor sportsmanship.”
“Shut up, don’t talk!” Ling Xiaoxing wailed.
Ye Changsheng turned his head and saw someone he didn’t recognize very well.
It was Elder Yin Yu of Wuhua Palace.
“Disciple greets Elder Yin Yu.” Ye Changsheng and Ling Xiaoxing bowed together.
Yin Yu entered the room expressionlessly, saw the scattered chess pieces on the floor, and snorted.
Ling Xiaoxing’s forehead was beaded with sweat, and her nervousness grew.
It would definitely anger the Elders if Inner Disciples were found fooling around with a Cultivation Cauldron.
“I apologize, Elder Yin Yu, I…”
“Ling Xiaoxing, who told you to speak?”
“Extremely sorry!!”
“Go receive your punishment later.”
“Understood.” Ling Xiaoxing wailed, unable to speak.
Yin Yu stepped over Ling Xiaoxing.
“You, come with me.” Yin Yu stared intently at Ye Changsheng.
“Me?”
“Yes.”
“Disciple understands.”
Ye Changsheng didn’t ask any further questions. It seemed the Elder was not happy, and asking anything would be futile. He just needed to follow.
“Wait, Elder Yin Yu, it was me who actively sought out Wuxiao, not him… Ah!”
Yin Yu glared at Ling Xiaoxing, silencing her.
“It has nothing to do with you, Ling Xiaoxing. It’s the Palace Mist who wants to see him.”
“The Palace Mist?” Ling Xiaoxing’s face turned pale. Her intuition told her that things had escalated.
“Alright, let’s go, don’t keep the Palace Mist waiting.”
Yin Yu led Ye Changsheng away.
…
As a Cultivation Cauldron, Ye Changsheng rarely had the opportunity to enter the inner sect.
Except for major events or during scheduled study times in the Sutra Depository, he was usually confined to the Outer Sect.
However, he had put in some effort previously and obtained a map of Wuhua Palace. He remembered this should be the way to the main hall.
“You don’t seem very nervous, Wuxiao.”
“Not nervous
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is a lie. I’m just not good at expressing myself, Elder Yin Yu.” Ye Changsheng lowered his voice, sounding fearful.
“You always have that poker face. I really thought you were fearless.”
Yin Yu paused and changed the subject.
“Wuxiao, I’ll ask you this: what is your opinion of the Young Palace Mistress?”
Here it comes, the life-threatening question.
He knew that Luo Yingying and his relationship had always been controversial, and the Elders were not fond of him.
If he answered poorly, his position would naturally be precarious.
Ye Changsheng’s mind churned with several options.
For example, I see the Young Palace Mistress only as a younger sister.
I actually don’t really like being liked by the Young Palace Mistress.
Or perhaps the Young Palace Mistress is an extremely talented person, and he is not qualified to stand by her side.
After much contemplation, Ye Changsheng slowly spoke:
“The Young Palace Mistress is the Young Palace Mistress. I am merely a Cultivation Cauldron and am not qualified to comment on her. If Wuhua Palace requires anything, for the sake of the Sect, I will obey orders and do my utmost.”
“A truly wise answer. That’s why you’ve been able to stay in Wuhua Palace for three years. But sometimes, being too smart is also a poison; it will harm you sooner or later.”
Ye Changsheng couldn’t understand what Yin Yu was trying to hint at. Too philosophical!
After that, Yin Yu didn’t converse with Ye Changsheng anymore and led him to the main hall.
Before even entering, Ye Changsheng heard shouting from inside. (Monthly subscription group [Yanshi Novel Transfer Station 937929266]
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“No, no, I refuse!! Even if I die, I won’t look at any other man!”
“Don’t be so willful, Luo Yingying, calm down!”
“I am calm. I have my own freedom. Choosing who to be with is my right!”
“Wuhua Palace does not allow any disciple to marry a Cultivation Cauldron. I cannot make an exception just for you, do you understand?”
“Sister, stop making excuses. You hate me, so be it. You’ve always wished I would disappear, haven’t you?”
“You, you… Luo Yingying, dare to talk back again? My patience has its limits!”
Ye Changsheng saw two beautiful girls who looked almost identical arguing.
Luo Yingying and Luo Lihong, sisters, the Palace Mistress of Wuhua Palace and the Young Palace Mistress of Wuhua Palace.
The tension between them was palpable, ready to ignite at any moment.
Ye Changsheng was stunned.
Holy crap, a life-taking Shura field caused by him?!
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