Later, I also asked Lao Liu: "What was your original plan, to capture Wei Xuesong's Earth Soul or to scheme against Wusheng?"

Lao Liu told me, "The original plan was to capture the Earth Soul. But Wusheng delivered the meat right to our mouths, we couldn't just sniff it and call it good, could we?"

However, at the time, Jia Yixiao mistook Lao Liu's plan as being targeted at Wusheng.

From Jia Yixiao's perspective, he genuinely felt like he was stepping into a trap.

Some things, once a misconception arises, you start thinking in the wrong direction, and the more you think, the more right it seems, the more you think, the more afraid you become.

Jia Yixiao was scared by Lao Liu!

Lao Liu slowly walked towards the Eight and a Half Rooms. The mist surrounding the village seemed to be welcoming a VIP, automatically parting to both sides to clear a path for Lao Liu.

Lao Liu calmly sat down in front of the chessboard, picked up a chess piece, and casually threw it onto the board. Jiang Chuanbing, whose acupoints had been sealed, immediately widened his eyes and kept whimpering, as if he wanted to speak, but couldn't make a sound.

When Lao Liu dropped the second chess piece, the Eighth Master of the Daoist Thief Sect couldn't stand it anymore and simply tapped Jiang Chuanbing's acupoints to release him.

Jiang Chuanbing immediately roared, "Do you even know how to play chess? Senior Brother, release me, if this continues, he'll kill us all. Believe me, give me another chance, I can definitely win."

Jia Yixiao frowned, "Mr. Liu, what do you think about this..."

Lao Liu smiled faintly, "I always let my opponent have three pieces when playing chess, to show respect. This applies to people, and to gods and ghosts as well. If there is an opportunity to play against the Heavenly Dao, I will let Heaven have three pieces as well."

Jia Yixiao didn't say anything for a long time, but Jiang Chuanbing cursed, "Bullshit! Who do you think you are? Let Heaven have three pieces, aren't you afraid of bragging too much?"

Lao Liu laughed, "Frog in a well! Watch carefully, how I let three pieces, and yet defeat the gods and ghosts."

After Lao Liu dropped his chess piece, a violent murderous aura soared into the sky. The small chessboard seemed to gather thousands of troops and horses, and its mighty military power shook the mountains.

"A piece becomes an army, ambush from all sides!" Jiang Chuanbing, who had just stood up, sat back down in shock and stared blankly at Lao Liu, muttering to himself, "The Way of Chess reaches the divine, the legend is actually true."

In a short period of time, the two sides had exchanged more than a dozen moves, and the sound of soldiers fighting started from the chessboard and reached deep into the Yunshan Mountains.

Jia Yixiao and the others were shocked by Lao Liu, as if he were a celestial being, while Jiang Chuanbing was already distraught.

Jia Yixiao was watching the overall situation of the battle, but Jiang Chuanbing was watching the chess game.

The overall battle situation was like fire, and the chess game was shocking the gods!

Throughout the entire scene, only Lao Liu was like a deity, holding a chess piece and playing against the gods.

While the chess game between the two sides was in full swing, Ye Yang and I had been stopped not far from Yunyin Village.

The person who stopped us was about fifty years old, and he had a bit of an arrogant air about him. The first thing he said after raising his hand to stop us was, "Which of you is in charge? Come out and speak."

I didn't even look at him and walked past him, holding my head high.

The other party's face darkened, "I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?"

I turned around and said, "Go back and learn how to speak like a human first, then come and find me."

The other party's face turned furious, "Do you know who I am?"

"I only know you deserve a beating!" My face also turned gloomy, "I'll say it one last time, speak like a human if you can. If you don't speak like a human again, I'll slap you right now."

The other party's eyes suddenly became sharp, but he seemed to think of something and suppressed his anger, "How could the Chess Master favor people like you? You simply don't know what's good for you."

As soon as the other party spoke, I had the intention to beat him up, but Chen Shuyu quietly tugged on my clothes, meaning: Let me not act rashly.

The other party continued to speak on his own, "I am the Chess Master's messenger, ordered to convey the Chess Master's message."

"The Chess Master thinks that your Liangjie Hall is not bad, and has decided to choose you as the Chess Protectors. Protect the Nine Star Chess, and wait for the person who inherits the Blood Chess Piece."

"During the protection period, the chess pieces must not be lost, and must not be given away casually. Only the person with the Mandate of Heaven can hold the piece."

"If the Chess Protectors lose the chess piece, and transfer the chess piece to others without authorization, their nine clans will be exterminated!"

The messenger said arrogantly, "Did you hear clearly? If you did, kneel down and receive the chess piece!"

I turned to look at Ye Yang, "This guy delivering the fart is pretty awesome! He holds someone else's fart in his mouth and sprays it out, and it's all fragmented. I only heard the fart sound, I don't understand what you want to do?"

The messenger roared, "How dare you insult this envoy? Do you know the consequences of disobeying the Chess Master?"

I was about to speak, but Chen Shuyu interjected, "Li Po, wait a moment, let's see the latest news."

Chen Shuyu explained it to me for a long time before I understood what the Blood Chess Piece was all about. It turned out that the Daoist Thief Sect was one of the Chess Protectors.

I whispered, "What is the Blood Chess Piece used for?"

Chen Shuyu only answered me with four words, "Laying out the world."

The messenger also said coldly at this time, "Now you know the Chess Master's meaning, right? If you fail to protect the chess, the Daoist Thief Sect is a lesson for your Liangjie Hall."

I looked at the other party with great interest and said, "Old brother, let me ask first, why should I protect the chess? Do you guys pay?"