Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 805 - 55: Challenging the Duel

As soon as the white-bearded elder finished speaking, the Dark Practitioners beside him all shook their heads, none willing to fall into the elder’s trap again.

This elder, named Bai Sheng, had only been playing chess in this area for a few days, but he had already defeated all the Dark Practitioners skilled in chess in the nearby Star and Chen regions.

The chess player who had just been defeated was the most skilled in chess among the group, and even he had lost ten consecutive games to the elder, let alone anyone else.

Gambling was strictly forbidden within Four Symbols City, but this white-bearded elder was a heavy gambler, and he loved playing chess. So, when he was bored, he set up this special chess betting game in a secluded part of the city wall.

Using Merit Points as bets, initially, the win or loss of a game was just ten Merit Points, which was within the tolerance range of the permanent residents of Four Symbols City present.

But the white-bearded elder found that not thrilling enough and later invented a method called the "two out of three games system," meaning winning or losing is decided by three games. If a person lost one game, they could owe the Merit Points first. If they won the second game, they could erase the previous win or loss, but if it continued to the third game, as long as you won the third game, you would get three times the Merit Points, and if you lost, you would only pay double the Merit Points.

This gambling method sounded tempting at first, but the white-bearded elder was meticulous. His chess style was ruthless, with tactics like "destroying the source" and "direct assault on Huanglong." In the two out of three games situation, he often won three games in a row, and in the case of winning three in a row, the losing side had to pay five times the Merit Points. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Already, dozens of people had fallen into the trap of the white-bearded elder, wiped out, losing countless Merit Points to him.

This time, even the most skilled chess player had lost, and everyone was even more unwilling to fight, clamoring to disperse.

The white-bearded elder’s chess addiction was not yet satisfied. Seeing everyone turn and leave, he also became anxious, shouting, "Hey, don’t leave, at worst I’ll return the Merit Points to you all."

Just when the white-bearded elder was feeling frustrated, he suddenly saw someone sitting cross-legged in front of him, smiling and saying, "Old man, how about I play a game with you?"

The elder blinked his old eyes, clearly seeing the young person in front of him. He took a few glances at Yue Jinghua, vaguely feeling that she looked familiar, but being old with a poor memory, he couldn’t immediately recall where he had seen her.

Although the elder had a strong chess addiction, he was also picky, refusing to play bad games with novices. Seeing Yue Jinghua’s attire, he knew she was a novice, so he dismissively said, "Go, go, where did this ignorant little kid come from? Still green behind the ears and trying to take advantage of me, the old man? At a glance, you’re a newbie. I’m afraid you don’t even have the Merit Points to play a game with me, do you?"

"Old man, I do have Merit Points," the one sitting was Yue Jinghua, and she didn’t say much, just flashed the Merit Ring on her finger, which indeed had a "ten" on it.

The white-bearded elder muttered to himself, puzzled, wasn’t it said that those little brats from some team hadn’t entered the Divine Ruins yet, how did they have Merit Points?

"So what if you have Merit Points, do you know what this chess is? This is Divine Soul Chess, and you little brat, just watching for a while could scatter your Divine Soul, leaving you foolish for days. Go, go, don’t hinder the old man from finding someone to play chess with," the elder impatiently shooed Yue Jinghua away, like swatting away a pesky fly.

But just as the elder was getting impatient, the Beast Chess on the board suddenly made a crisp sound as a piece leaped up, colliding with a piece in the elder’s Chess Formation.

When the two chess pieces collided, instead of a typical crisp sound, there was a wave of spiritual power.

It was the spiritual power stored within the elder’s chess pieces and the spiritual power Yue Jinghua had temporarily placed in her piece. With just this collision, the elder’s expression slightly changed, then the impatience in his eyes was replaced by a glimmer of excitement.

It was as if he had discovered an Artifact Craftsman crafting a peerless Divine Artifact, his excitement making him jump up, rubbing his hands continually, "Little kid, your... your spiritual power..."

Those Dark Practitioners who had been about to leave also felt the unusual spiritual power fluctuation emanating from Yue Jinghua.

These Dark Practitioners gathered here to play chess, though residing within Four Symbols City, differed from typical city residents. Apart from possessing Dark Power, they also cultivated spiritual power.

Spiritual power had always been undervalued or even discriminated against in Canglong Continent History. These Dark Practitioners, including the white-bearded elder, gathered in Four Symbols City to find like-minded individuals proficient in spiritual power.

What surprised them was that the young person before them, merely sixteen or seventeen years old, was actually a master of spiritual power.

Seeing the crowd’s expressions as if they had found a treasure, Yue Jinghua was also clear in her heart.

She thought for a moment and then casually fabricated, "I once had the fortune to acquire a fragment of a book left by a Summoner, which taught a method to cultivate spiritual power called... Nine... Moon, something like that."

Upon hearing this, the elder’s face turned ruddy as if he had drunk old wine, "Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique."

"Yes! That’s the name," Yue Jinghua immediately echoed, not expecting the elder to know of this Divine Skill for cultivating spiritual power, Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique.

In his delight, the white-bearded elder’s shrewd eyes also revealed a touch of doubt.

He had never seen Yue Jinghua in Four Symbols City, and her age was too young, making it hard for him to believe she truly possessed the supreme Cultivation Technique Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique of the Moon Plane.

Yet if he were to say she was lying, how could a mere member of the Human Race have knowledge of Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique, a supreme Cultivation Technique only circulating on the Moon Plane?

The white-bearded elder was perplexed, hesitating for a long time before saying, "Little kid, is what you said all true?"

"The truth cannot be faked. Although I haven’t fully learned the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique, I studied it regardless. If you don’t believe me, old man, you can certainly play a game with me," Yue Jinghua actively challenged, "With the same rules as with the others, two out of three games. If I win, you owe me a hundred Merit Points, old man. If I lose, I’ll tell you the first layer of the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique. How about it, old man, are you willing to play three games with me?"

Yue Jinghua’s wager was extremely tempting.

But the white-bearded elder felt that behind the seemingly harmless smile of the youngster, there was a hint of conspiracy.

The white-bearded elder hesitated for a moment, while the chess players beside him jeered, urging him to agree.

In the end, the elder couldn’t resist the allure of the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique and nodded in agreement.

The two set up the chessboard and began to play.