“Xiao Ping An, come over and help out!”
Chen Sui Nian was chopping vegetables in the kitchen, speaking to Chen Ping An.
Chen Ping An came into the kitchen. At this moment, Lu Chen was also in the kitchen. Chen Sui Nian glanced at Lu Chen, who stood fearless.
Chen Sui Nian sighed, “It’s alright, it doesn’t matter anyway. It’s not a big deal. Xiao Ping An, do you know why I did that? Do you think I did the right thing?”
Chen Ping An shook his head, “I don’t quite understand, but I think you are very capable, Brother. I can’t think of a better outcome!”
Chen Sui Nian said, “En is en. For kindness and favors, I have always believed that they should be repaid. Wrong is wrong. I believe that crimes and wrongdoings should be punished and punished.”
“However, the reason why I let Gu Can and his mother go is that, on the one hand, you don’t care, you are willing to give Gu Can’s mother a chance. On the other hand, you only have the most basic understanding of good and evil now. You are still young, and you don’t understand many karmic principles. So I want to give you some time. When you embark on your cultivation, when you grow up, when you have read countless books and traveled ten thousand miles, then look back at Shu Jian Lake and see Gu Can, his mother, and Liu Zhi Mao!”
“So, what will you think then? What will you do then?”
Chen Ping An didn’t fully understand, but he still nodded.
Lu Chen was speechless, “Nian Ge! Stop spouting your bullsh*t! I’m hungry! My stomach is actually growling!”
Chen Sui Nian kicked Lu Chen out, saying, “You—go and call Qi Jing Chun over and ask him if he’s coming over for dinner?”
Lu Chen rubbed his behind, not understanding, “Why call him over?”
Chen Sui Nian said, “Go!”
Lu Chen’s face was pained. Isn’t this just making things difficult for me, Lu Chen?
How do I say this, how do I open my mouth?
Should I say, Qi Jing Chun, are you coming for dinner or not? If you don’t come, you might not even get a last meal before your execution?
But there was no way, Chen Sui Nian had spoken! Lu Chen could only hang his head and reluctantly, slowly walked towards the private school.
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Lu Chen came to the private school and lightly knocked on the door.
Qi Jing Chun opened the door and saw that it was Lu Chen.
He was a little surprised, why would Lu Chen come looking for him?
Lu Chen said helplessly, “That ancestor asked me to come and ask you, are you going to Chen Ping An’s house for dinner? He’s cooking, personally invited you.”
Qi Jing Chun was stunned, for all these years, this was the first time someone had invited him to dinner at their house!
Qi Jing Chun smiled and nodded, saying, “Alright, then please go back first. Tell Chen Sui Nian that I will prepare myself and come over later.”
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Chen Sui Nian saw that Lu Chen came back soon and asked, “Where’s Qi Xian Sheng?”
Lu Chen said weakly, “He told me to come back first, he needs to prepare, he’ll be here later!”
Chen Sui Nian was speechless, “He told you to go first, so you went first?”
“What else should I do?”
“He’s the guest! You went to invite him, and you came back first? Didn’t your master teach you any manners?” Lu Chen said, “Yes, yes, your master taught you a lot! My master taught me less!”
Chen Sui Nian smiled kindly, his right index finger gathered magical energy and formed a talisman that flew towards Lu Chen!
The talisman flew to Lu Chen’s head, transforming into streaks of lightning that frantically struck Lu Chen!
Lu Chen was struck until his face was black!
After a while, there were knocks at the door of the courtyard.
Chen Ping An looked towards the courtyard gate and saw Qi Xian Sheng!
He got up and hurried to open the door!
Qi Jing Chun was carrying a bag and smiled at Chen Ping An, “I’ve been in this town for so many years, but I’ve never been to anyone else’s house for a meal. I don’t know what kind of gift to bring when visiting, so I just brought a bag of fruit and candy. I don’t know if you like to eat it!”
Chen Ping An nodded, “I like to eat candy!”
Qi Jing Chun smiled faintly, “Then that’s good.”
Qi Jing Chun came into the house, casually found a place to put down his things and sat down.
Chen Sui Nian saw that everyone was gathered in the kitchen, so he drew a number of talismans!
The talismans flew out of the kitchen one after another, soaring towards the sky outside!
The talismans were connected to each other, forming a large formation!
Qi Jing Chun looked up at the talismans and couldn’t help but be somewhat amazed, “Talismans can actually be connected to formations!”
“Using talismans to replace the eye of the formation, drawing a formation out of thin air, a combination of talisman and formation! A genius’s genius idea! A new path!”
Then, a massive sky-covering formation was completed out of thin air!
Then Chen Sui Nian directly used his divine power—altering heaven and replacing the sun!
The dilapidated house inside was instantly transformed into a completely different scene.
When everyone looked out the window again, they were in a magnificent small courtyard.
The courtyard was surrounded by towering pines, the green shadows casting mottled light and shadow, quiet and mysterious.
Inside the courtyard, green bamboo formed hedges, blue water surrounded the court, a stream paved with bluestone stones meandered through, the water was clear and you could occasionally see fish playing in the water.
Within the courtyard, pavilions and towers were arranged in an orderly manner, with flying eaves and upturned corners, carved beams and painted pillars, exuding an ancient and elegant aura.
A peach tree stood in the center of the courtyard, under the shade of the tree were stone tables and benches, several peach blossoms were blooming, emitting a faint floral fragrance.
The courtyard also had a delicate rockery, with jagged stones and moss covering it.
Beside the rockery was a delicate small pavilion, inside the pavilion was an elegant bamboo couch.
The flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard were diverse, with flying swallows, walking rhinoceros, and twinkling fireflies, outlining a vibrant scene.
There was even a gentle breeze blowing, the leaves cheerfully swaying, fallen petals dancing in the wind.
The entire courtyard exuded a quiet and elegant aura. Chen Ping An, Ning Yao and others were stunned by the sight.
A courtyard like a fairyland!
Qi Jing Chun “tsk-tsked”, “Good skill!”
“First, you use the formation to block the rules of the Li Zhu Cave Heaven, and then you unfold your own small cave heaven!”
Lu Chen had a look of disbelief, saying, “No. When did you get this thing, Chen Sui Nian?”
From inside the kitchen in the courtyard, Chen Sui Nian’s voice came, “I had it a long time ago, my senior brother gave it to me!”
Lu Chen said, “Damn, so you had this thing, then when you played disappearing with me in the wild the other time, were you hiding in here?”
Chen Sui Nian didn’t reply to Lu Chen, Lu Chen gritted his teeth, “You were in here last time? Leaving the Daoist alone to sleep in the cave?”
Chen Sui Nian simply replied, “Yeah, I was afraid you would dirty up my courtyard!”
Qi Jing Chun came to the courtyard, in the center of the pavilion was a chessboard. Qi Jing Chun glanced at Chen Ping An and Ning Yao, and smilingly suggested, why don’t we each play a game?
Ning Yao didn’t mind, but Chen Ping An was stunned!
Ah? Play chess? What is that? I don’t know how to play!
Lu Chen also agreed!
He had heard a long time ago that Qi Jing Chun’s layouts were very strong! His chess skills were very strong in the entire Hao Ran Heaven, it was just that he was very low-key and not famous!
It is said that he even slightly won against the City Lord of Bai Di City!
He also wanted to see how good Qi Jing Chun’s chess skills actually were!
Qi Jing Chun smiled and nodded, indicating his agreement!
Ning Yao took the lead! She was not very good at chess, but she believed that playing chess with people was like engaging in swordplay with them!
So Ning Yao’s every chess move was like wielding a sharp sword, sharp and fierce, majestic and imposing.
Her chess moves were incredibly sharp, each chess move was like a flying sword, swift and decisive!
Ning Yao didn’t stick to conventional layouts, but her moves were surprisingly effective!
In the end, she still lost! Qi Jing Chun “barely” won by one point!
During the game, Ning Yao’s sword energy, sword intent, and sword momentum were almost impossible to suppress!
Even Qi Jing Chun and Lu Chen felt that it was amazing, stunning, and superb!
She played chess like using a sword, the chessboard seemed like sword energy was crisscrossing!
Even Chen Ping An, who didn’t know how to play chess, felt like countless swords were flying across the air when Ning Gu Nian was playing chess.
The lowest, the lowest thirteen realms of the Great Sword Immortal!
Next, it was Chen Ping An’s turn.
Chen Ping An scratched his head, indicating that he didn’t know how to play this thing. He had no knowledge of chess.
So Ning Yao quickly introduced the rules to him.
A trace of bewilderment flashed in Chen Ping An’s eyes, but soon, he mastered the basic rules of chess at an almost astonishing speed.
Qi Jing Chun looked at Chen Ping An with some astonishment. He didn’t expect Chen Ping An to master the rules of chess so quickly.
But even though he had mastered the rules, Chen Ping An still didn’t know how to play chess!
Seeing this, Qi Jing Chun took the initiative to suggest to Chen Ping An that he would guide him in the game.
He naturally knew that Chen Ping An’s natal porcelain was shattered! He couldn’t comprehend the chess game!
So he wanted to see if he could help Chen Ping An!
It’s worth a shot!
Under Qi Jing Chun’s guidance, although Chen Ping An was still somewhat dazed and confused, and he couldn’t react to many things and made many blundering moves!
But at the final stage of the game, he showed absolute strength!
Especially in terms of understanding and decision-making about the situation.
Qi Jing Chun smiled and nodded, indicating that Chen Ping An was quite good. He might not be very good at chess, but he understands the situation very well!
Lu Chen, who was standing by the side, also slightly raised his head, good, good, very good!
He couldn’t contain the joy in his eyes!
Being in this game, but being able to see the situation is more important than any talent.
What good is having good talent if you can’t see the situation? You won’t even know how you were schemed to death in the end!
As the old saying goes, living is the most important thing!
In the end, Qi Jing Chun only won by one point in this chess game!
Finally, it was Lu Chen’s turn against Qi Jing Chun.
Lu Chen’s style of placing pieces was incredibly casual! He didn’t seek offense, didn’t seek defense, just went with the flow, but he could make the best of the situation.
He seemed casual, but he could always surprise people.
In the chess game, Lu Chen’s seemingly random chess pieces could suddenly launch an offensive, in a losing position, he could suddenly and magically reverse the situation using the pieces that seemed irrelevant earlier.
But Qi Jing Chun was completely opposite to Lu Chen. His chess style was full of rules and patterns, gentle and elegant like a spring breeze, each move was carefully designed.
Qi Jing Chun’s way of placing pieces seemed ordinary, but it contained a subtle calculation.
Every move was carefully considered, focusing on both the overall layout and meticulously considering every detail.
His chess moves were like a spring breeze, not deliberately ostentatious but always present, delicate and thoughtful.
Lu Chen and Qi Jing Chun played against each other, seemingly unrelated, but in the end, it was a clash of the Dao. The entire courtyard was filled with the atmosphere of the Dao.
Every move was an exchange of the Dao between Lu Chen and Qi Jing Chun, every move was their understanding of the Dao.
However, until the very end, Lu Chen was unable to settle on his final piece.
Chen Ping An and Ning Yao couldn’t see it yet.
But Chen Sui Nian just sensed it in the kitchen and knew that the two were seemingly playing chess, but actually discussing the Dao!
Qi Jing Chun’s layout was gentle like a spring breeze! Lu Chen’s Dao was natural!
After a while, Chen Ping An came out and said that dinner was ready, so everyone stopped playing.
PS: Family, this chapter may be a little watery, but you know, I’m trying to transition a bit, we can’t just have plot climaxes all the time!
I still need to lay down some foreshadowing, or just some daily life plots!
And this chess part, it made me feel dizzy when I was writing it! Purely based on imagination! Also, new book, please subscribe and give flowers!