Chapter 533: Chapter 523: Tactics from the Long River, Contest of Wits

"A great incident might be imminent..." Lu Chen muttered, his voice trembling.

If something goes wrong with this "chess game" orchestrated by the master, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Upon hearing the tone of their big brother, the two people beside him also looked terrified because there were indeed traces of their battle here, yet they couldn’t remember coming here...

Moreover, with Fang Yuan seemingly welcoming death, combined with these bizarre circumstances, it made them feel a chill down their spines.

An unimaginable suspicion crept into their minds.

If Fang Yuan wasn’t dead, then there would be a major incident.

Because he not only learned the most crucial part of the plan but also knew what was inside the wooden box. If this message reaches the ears of the River Guardian, who knows what severe consequences it might bring, and would it render the master’s plan obsolete.

Though they did not know the full scope of the master’s plan, they only knew a certain part of it, but they knew very well that the master had poured a tremendous amount of effort into this plan. If their negligence caused it to fail entirely, they couldn’t bear the master’s wrath, and the entire All Heavens and Myriad Realms would have no place for them...

"Big brother, what should we do..."

"Could that boy really not be dead..." An Daoshan asked Lu Chen worriedly.

After speaking, Lu Chen retracted his Divine Sense, looking towards the direction where Fang Yuan’s physical body dispersed, and said decisively, "He is indeed dead, there is no doubt about it."

"What I am worried about now is whether he has any special means to transmit the message to the River of Time after his death..."

With Lu Chen’s Cultivation Realm, and under the influence of the Slave Seal, he was enough to completely kill Fang Yuan. He could confirm this with certainty.

...

"Big brother, but we don’t remember coming here, so why are our battle traces left here?"

"From these battle traces, it can be seen that the three of us fought with someone here."

"One person could be a coincidence, but three people appearing simultaneously is definitely not a coincidence..."

Yuan Yun raised the crucial question; as long as they understood why they didn’t remember coming here, they could figure out what Fang Yuan was up to.

"If these battle traces are indeed left by us, and we don’t have this memory."

"Then things might have already gotten out of our control....."

Because with Fang Yuan’s strength, he definitely couldn’t silently erase their memories without anyone knowing, someone must have intervened...

And behind Fang Yuan, only the River Guardian has the power to do this.

Thus, this matter must be promptly reported to the master.

"Let’s go, things have come to this point, we can’t control it either."

Lu Chen said to the other two.

Hearing this, An Daoshan and the other exchanged looks, their faces worried, somewhat frightened to face the master.

.......

The three of them traversed countless voids, finally arriving at a Chaos Space.

The three knelt down towards the Chaotic Human Shadow in the void on their own initiative.

"Master, we are here to confess our sins," Lu Chen, the elder, said.

...

"Explain in detail...." The next second, an ethereal voice echoed in the ears of the three,

Thus, An Daoshan and Yuan Yun recounted their plan’s failure from start to finish.

Finally, Lu Chen recounted Fang Yuan’s strange actions and everything they discovered at the altar in meticulous detail.

When the Chaotic Human Shadow heard they had lost memory, a noticeable emotional fluctuation appeared.

It was worth noting that the Chaotic Human Shadow didn’t seem too angry about the plan’s failure, but rather had a significant emotional reaction to their loss of memory.

Suddenly, an extremely powerful Divine Thought instantly invaded the Sea of Consciousness of the three.

The Chaotic Human Shadow carefully examined the memories of the three, but no matter how he examined, he couldn’t find any missing memories.

That is, their memories were complete; they hadn’t been forcibly erased by someone.

"Are you sure... those battle traces are left by you?" The Chaotic Human Shadow asked the three.

After speaking.

Lu Chen raised his head and answered decisively, "Master, I am absolutely sure."

"The ’Ancient Ten Thousand Techniques’ I cultivate is a Cultivation Technique I deduced and created myself, and I have never taught it to anyone else."

"Yet on the altar in that world, the battle traces of my ’Ancient Ten Thousand Techniques’ were found. It could only be me, it is only me."

Upon hearing this, the Chaotic Human Shadow fell into silence.

The Chaotic Human Shadow closed his eyes, releasing his Divine Sense, using the three as media to deduce.....

His Divine Sense began to spread and deduce across every corner of the Ten Thousand Realms....

Ultimately, the deduction’s origin was locked to the River of Time.

Once it was confirmed that the origin was from the River of Time, everything could be explained.

It was the River Guardian who acted.

However, even he couldn’t understand how that River Guardian did it?

Because Lu Chen and the three’s memories were not missing.

.....

"The wind has indeed leaked; he has already noticed."

Hearing the sigh from the Chaotic Human Shadow.

The three also understood, indeed, it was the River Guardian who acted.

"Master, but why did the message leak?"

"Could it be that we have a traitor?" Lu Chen cautiously asked.

...

"No."

"Perhaps he has his own means...." When the Chaotic Human Shadow realized that an important part of the plan might have been known, he didn’t appear very furious because before the plan began, he had anticipated such a result.

After all, the opposing person is the River Guardian who guards the flow of time, to expect that not even the slightest hint would leak in such a grand game of chess, was clearly impossible.

...

The Chaotic Human Shadow waved his big hand, and the wooden box in Lu Chen’s sleeve flew back to his palm.

Seeing this, Lu Chen and the others’ hearts sank to the bottom.

Is the master preparing to abandon them?

Because they were responsible for handing over the wooden box to the River Guardian, which was a very important part.

The master retracting the wooden box, does it mean....the three of them have also become discarded pawns?

The always calm and collected Lu Chen was also panicking at this moment, beads of sweat as large as beans formed on his forehead, he dared not look up at the master, only dared to bow his head and kneel where he was.

Yuan Yun and An Daoshan were also scared out of their wits, they were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of becoming discarded pawns by the master, which was hundreds or thousands of times scarier than death!

The Chaotic Human Shadow looked down at the three, saying slowly, "I am giving you a new task."

Upon hearing these words, the three were filled with joy, slowly raising their heads, looking towards the Chaotic Human Shadow.

"However, I can also give you a choice, you can choose not to accept this task..." The Chaotic Human Shadow gazed at the three, saying slowly.