We shouldn’t do things that lack martial virtue.

Just like that, Wang Wu lay on the ground for a full three days. This wave of Evil Wind Bone Plague was truly potent, one wave after another, evolving in endless cycles!

Wang Wu’s Shou, his Life Value, Physical Strength, and Basic Attributes were plummeting wildly.

However, as time went on, his status began to improve instead.

At this point, Wang Wu slightly relaxed the support of the Second Sequence.

That’s right, from start to finish, the Evil Wind Bone Plague rampaged madly in the First and Third Sequences but never managed to break through the defense of the Second Sequence.

Now, it’s time for recovery, time to reap the rewards.

With the strong support of the Second Sequence, the First and Third Sequences quickly returned to normal. Just half a day later, Wang Wu got back up from the ground.

A trial came to an end.

In total, he consumed 6,000 years of Shou, a million points of Life Value, Physical Strength, 1,000 points of Basic Agility, Basic Defense, Basic Power, and successfully pushed his Evil Wind Resistance to 9,990 points.

Then, he could do no more.

At this time, the total amount of Evil Wind within the Celestial Defect Chessboard had already decreased by half.

The shopkeeper on the opposite side is really a nice person!

Wang Wu felt like bowing to her. He thought, oh well, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, she has a beautiful soul after all. Love it!

Boundless love, that’s what they say about the shopkeeper, isn’t it?

"You can make your move now."

Wang Wu smiled slightly. Based on the changes in the Evil Wind, he could roughly deduce the illumination of the Yin and Yang Qi in this area. It might not be precise, but it was good enough.

Once again transforming into a Demon Wind, he soared unscrupulously into the sky, dashed in a certain direction, and easily spotted a Heaven and Earth Needle.

But this wasn’t the normal, expensive type of Heaven and Earth Needle, nor was it the Miniature Heaven and Earth Needle Wang Wu made on the Spirit-Catching Ship using a Cold-Crying Bird and Fire Spirit Guard. This was a special chess piece used to simulate the sensing of Yin and Yang Qi.

That’s right, this so-called Celestial Defect Chessboard was fundamentally still developed around the illumination of Yin and Yang Qi. Whoever obtains a more precise Yin and Yang Qi illumination can seal the opponent’s pieces.

Without the illumination of Yin and Yang Qi, the opponent’s Heaven and Earth Needle would collapse and die.

In short, it’s not like Go, but it has some similarities.

Wang Wu didn’t rush to adjust this Heaven and Earth Needle piece but continued to transform into a Demon Wind, sweeping across the sky, memorizing the positions of all the Heaven and Earth Needles on the board.

Only then did he land in front of a Heaven and Earth Needle that belonged to him and effortlessly disassembled it, transported it to another location, and easily set it up again.

This step wasn’t difficult. The Array Stones used in the Heaven and Earth Needle were the simplest, any Earth Immortal could disassemble them effortlessly even with their eyes closed.

With Wang Wu completing this step, it was equivalent to him making his move successfully.

Now it was the turn of the nice shopkeeper to act.

She was evidently quite skilled, taking less than a minute to complete her move, confident as a veteran warrior.

Awe-inspiring!

Wang Wu didn’t dare to overshadow her yet, so it only took him three minutes to relocate another Heaven and Earth Needle.

Meanwhile, the nice shopkeeper remained fiercely competitive, quickly making her move.

Wang Wu was not to be outdone, constantly adjusting his Heaven and Earth Needle. The two sides moved back and forth, relocating over 300 Heaven and Earth Needles, each forming their own variations.

There’s no denying, this nice shopkeeper was quite formidable. Wang Wu was initially at ease, but gradually, he couldn’t take it anymore because the Evil Wind within the Celestial Defect Chessboard was gradually weakening, until it eventually disappeared completely.

Without the Evil Wind, there was no reference point. Without the Celestial and Earthly Compass, deducing further changes in the Yin and Yang Qi required even more computing power.

He could only rely on the previously known variables of the Evil Wind.

Relying on these variables to adjust the positions of the Heaven and Earth Needles, then forming new positions based on the adjustments of the opponent’s Needles, and finally blocking the opponent—it wasn’t easy.

The Four Clowns and Mother-in-law had to join forces just to get by.

"The first stage is over, you lost a piece."

Qingxue suddenly spoke, and in the next second, endless Pale Fire emerged, covering the entire Celestial Defect Chessboard.

This time, Wang Wu was instantly invigorated.

Whether Evil Wind or Yin Fire, they all implied the illumination parameters of Yin and Yang Qi. Finding the changing variables would give him an advantage in the following duel.

He didn’t care if he could drink the Drunken Immortal Wine; he only cared about increasing his Yin Fire Resistance a bit more.

The shopkeeper is a good person!

However, Wang Wu still underestimated the value of his current 9,991 points of Yin Fire Resistance.

He tried various methods to show weakness, and even deduced the specific variables of Yin and Yang Qi changes, yet none of this Pale Fire could penetrate his Yin Fire Resistance.

The fact is, raising Yin Fire Resistance to 9,999 points was extremely difficult.

Fortunately, this time, he gained a clearer and deeper insight into the variables of Yin and Yang Qi, making him more confident in adjusting the Heaven and Earth Needles.

Sounds of chess pieces falling echoed as he engaged the shopkeeper in a battle of equal standing until both sides had each made six hundred moves.

Second-stage end.

"You lost another piece."

Qingxue spoke softly, but Wang Wu had no complaints. Yes, the shopkeeper on the other side was truly amazing.

He was convinced, utterly.

He thought he performed exceptionally, surpassing himself, but still lost a piece.

Although he couldn’t increase his Yin Fire Resistance, his understanding of Yin and Yang Qi undoubtedly improved.

"Now it’s my turn."

As the third stage began, Qingxue returned to her original form and it was Wang Wu’s turn to transform into a thumb-sized figure hiding inside the collar. He dared not face such terrifying Yang Thunder because it wasn’t a practice, but suicide.

But with Qingxue’s 9,999 points of Yang Thunder Resistance, she was truly at ease, even completing the deduction of Yang Thunder’s variables in just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. Then, she directly made her move in thirty seconds!

Her speed was astonishing.

This time, the nice shopkeeper on the opposite side took ten minutes to make her move.

Then Qingxue became even faster, making her move in ten seconds.

And this time, the nice shopkeeper took a full five hours to make her move.

Wang Wu was secretly delighted.

So that’s it, with each infusion of Evil Wind, Yin Fire, or Yang Thunder, it was random. The shopkeeper also needed to conduct analysis and deductions.

But Qingxue’s level was too high. By making her move first, she seized the initiative before the opponent could finish deducing.

From then on, Qingxue kept the pace of making a move every ten seconds.

On the other side, the nice shopkeeper began to gradually fall behind, from taking two to three days to make a move at first, to finally taking half a month to make one move.

And so, all the time was wasted on her.

It took her two years to make just thirty-two moves.

Seeing that martial law was about to be imposed, and the Sect Leader of the Profound Celestial Sect began to break through realms, the nice shopkeeper directly conceded.

"Little sister willingly admits defeat; elder sister is truly formidable. I am not as skilled; how shameful. There are three hundred jars of Drunken Immortal Wine in my shop. Please, feel free to take them all, elder sister."

"Then I won’t stand on ceremony, thank you, shopkeeper. Good people will be rewarded!"

Wang Wu thought Qingxue would be humble, but she wasn’t modest at all, directly taking everything and leaving. Hahaha!