Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 804 - 54: Mysterious Elder

In the month following the selection of the Four Symbols Team, City Lord Changsun subjected all the team members to Spartan-style training to ensure they entered the Divine Ruins in their best condition.

Of course, the so-called entire team did not include the Four Unlikes Squad.

The small squad of only fifteen people spent half a month in an almost forgotten state; a few left Four Symbols City due to the cold ridicule from other team members, leaving in disgrace.

Upon their departure, they were subjected to the Soul Separation Skill, forgetting all that they had seen and heard in Four Symbols City over the past few days.

Failures must have their memories stripped away, even if they are simply memories.

As for Yue Jinghua and the members of the July Mercenary Team, they didn’t react much to this.

From its inception, the July Mercenary Team was regarded as an unremarkable existence in other people’s eyes, and this fact did not change even after they became a Five-star Mercenary Team.

Qian Luo frequently visited the guild office, helping city residents draw some simple arrays to earn some Merit Points.

In return for a Dark Beast Egg, Shalman found work as a Cultivator at a Xuan Beast Store in the public area, enjoying the busy work every day.

Luo Pan, Qin Dongting, Feng Buhui, and others, following Yue Jinghua’s arrangements, entered the Shura Sword Formation to start a new round of training; however, this time, the Sword Array was controlled by three Dusa Queens.

Yue Jinghua was the most leisurely among them. After issuing a warning, Qing Pu vanished without a trace, not even appearing in the Star Sea. Yue Jinghua was certain Qing Pu was hiding something, plotting unbeknownst to her, and she sensed a connection between Qing Pu and the Sky Witches who founded Four Symbols City. Unfortunately, she could not understand the ancient script on the Heavenly Witch Tablet, nor did she know what the Thirteen Sky Witches were about.

With nothing else to do, she frequently wandered around Star Sparrow Hall.

Yue Jinghua and Master Ji from Star Sparrow Hall became close friends despite their age difference, combining her rich modern weapon design and modification knowledge with Master Ji’s many years of custom high-level Spiritual Artifact experience, making for a delightful collaboration.

Unfortunately, besides the heavy crossbow from last time, there were no orders for high-level custom work at Star Sparrow Hall in the following days, and the number on Yue Jinghua’s Merit Ring remained stuck at "ten."

That day, Yue Jinghua left Star Sparrow Hall, intending to sneak over to the city gate out of boredom, hoping to bribe the on-duty city guard to sneak her out of Four Symbols City to check on Aunt Chi Xi aboard the Titan.

Four Symbols City strictly prohibited the entry of outsiders and materials. These contestants here for the Xuyang Trial had to park their empty ships outside, and city residents needed the City Lord’s hand order to leave. As a newcomer living in temporary housing in the Chen District, Yue Jinghua had no chance of obtaining the City Lord’s hand order.

Her attempt to bribe the city guard was ruthlessly crushed, and when she was chased back into the city by several fierce city guards, Yue Jinghua could only sigh three times and prepare to return to her temporary residence.

As she wandered aimlessly along the long city wall, she heard a group of people standing ahead.

The group clustered together, with some occasionally letting out regretful sighs, exclaiming, "Lost again."

The scene made Yue Jinghua think of a gambling crowd. Curious, she approached and found that the people were neither gambling nor playing chess but rather betting on chess, playing the most primitive form of Beast Fighting Chess.

The players were of various ages; some looked seventy or eighty, while the younger ones were thirty or forty.

Yue Jinghua initially intended to leave after watching for a while, but then she discovered something unusual.

Firstly, though they were supposedly playing chess, not a single person was genuinely "playing"; everyone merely watched as the animal-head chess pieces, seemingly sculpted from jade, moved one square every so often without anyone’s touch.

Moreover, the winner and loser of a game were settled using Merit Points.

In Four Symbols City, talents lay hidden.

As Luo Pan said, any random night a tornado could blow, and a falling roof tile could strike here and hit a Dan Realm Expert.

These observing Dark Practitioners all had restrained auras with gleaming eyes, clearly no novices.

No matter how bored they were, they wouldn’t gather idly around an seemingly ordinary Beast Chess board.

This thought piqued Yue Jinghua’s interest, and she stopped to watch intently.

As she observed, Yue Jinghua indeed gleaned some insights.

She discovered that these chess players were using "spiritual power" to play; each confrontation on the board was equivalent to a clash of spiritual power.

The danger involved was far from what outsiders could imagine. Those whose minds were less steady would inevitably suffer damage to their Divine Soul from a single game, while those who could defeat their opponents would see their spiritual power significantly increase.

This finding greatly delighted Yue Jinghua; after mastering the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique in the New Moon Realm, she aspired to further advance to the Wangyue Realm. However, spiritual power doesn’t escalate as easily as Dark Power; it can’t be simply boosted by consuming Green Liquid.

Qing Pu had said that as a Summoner, spiritual power cultivation was even more crucial than physical Dark Power advancement.

Yue Jinghua was now a Silver Summoner and Bronze Demon Summoner, capable of contracting high-level Dark Beasts and Demon Beasts. If she could further elevate her Summoning Level, she could contract even higher-level Dark Beasts, making even the four great Spiritual Holy Beasts avoid her at all costs.

This unique chess-playing method before her was a rare way to train spiritual power.

If she could join this peculiar game of chess, a month later her spiritual power cultivation would surely reach a new height.

As Yue Jinghua pondered this, the current chess game reached its final stage.

"Break," came the voice from the crowd, as a white-bearded elder’s eyes flashed sharp light, causing the beast chess piece marked with the mouse head to leap and strike the elephant-head beast chess in the opponent’s camp, securing a clean victory.

The defeated player looked ashen and had to concede, repeatedly saying, "Master Bai Sheng is indeed formidable, after today, no one in Four Symbols City is your match anymore."

The white-bearded elder stroked his beard and laughed, "Well said, well said. Now, who else dares challenge this old man? Bring it on."

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