Longzang

Chapter 468 Are you face-blind?
As dawn broke, a reminder appeared in Wei Yuan's mind: today he was to go to Quliu Town to meet Yuan Qingyan and Xu Jingfeng, and there were still ten minutes before departure.

This was Wei Yuan's first inspection of the territory after the imperial edict was issued, which was tantamount to announcing to all regions who was the master of this land, and was therefore quite important. Wei Yuan quickly packed his things, flew to the edge of the territory to meet up with the inspection troops, and then boarded the carriage.

The carriage shuddered slightly, then floated into the air and stabilized, the vibration completely imperceptible. Wei Yuan closed the window, took out a book box from his storage magic item, picked up a chess manual, and began to study and comment on it seriously.

Lost in his reading, Wei Yuan suddenly noticed something unusual amidst the bustling world. He used his divine sense to investigate and saw a new courtyard rising from the ground. As the mortals built their houses, they also erected a large sign: Wenping Fenghuo Chess Research Institute.

The new research institute's main building is simple yet magnificent, a grand hall large enough to hold a hundred chessboards. Since the main hall is still under construction, ordinary people have simply set up hundreds of chessboards in the courtyard and begun playing against each other. Every game is recorded in the everyday lives of ordinary people, and each game contributes to improving their chess skills.

Wei Yuan's interest in chess had greatly increased at this time. As he watched, he became itchy to play, so he used his divine sense to transform into an ordinary person and entered the Chess Research Institute.

The skill levels of ordinary players varied, but at this point, most were still at a beginner level. Wei Yuan casually walked over to a game and was immediately drawn to it, beginning to watch closely.

As he watched, Wei Yuan couldn't help but speak up, "How could you leave here? Isn't this a huge waste of your time?"

A moment later, "...connect it! If he breaks off like this here..."

After a moment, Wei Yuan simply picked up a piece and placed it on the chessboard: "Place it here! He'll crawl away from me, won't he? See, he crawled away!"

In this way, under Wei Yuan's guidance, one side went from having the upper hand to losing in the middle game in just a few moves.

The two mortals playing the game were both quite good-natured and didn't say anything, but Wei Yuan was furious. He pulled the mortals away from the chessboard and sat down himself, intending to emulate the old days when he scribbled ten games.

However, being surrounded by the mundane world, and facing ordinary people with mediocre skills, Wei Yuan felt embarrassed to analyze chess strategies using worldly methods. He was confident that he would determine the winner based on his own skill level.

Both sides made moves with lightning speed, and in the blink of an eye, Wei Yuan's situation deteriorated like an avalanche, spiraling out of control.

Wei Yuan was naturally unconvinced and set up the chessboard for another match, but was defeated again after a short while.

Then came three losses, four losses...

The mortal, pushed aside by Wei Yuan, couldn't stand it any longer and angrily said, "What kind of chess is this? Do you think just anyone can come into this chess academy? Go, go, go! Don't waste our time! Learn chess properly before you come back!"

Another person said, "Where did this lousy chess player come from! Who gave you the confidence to come to the chess academy to play chess? You're really clueless!"

Wei Yuan tried to explain, but the mortals wouldn't listen to him and simply kicked him out.

Thus, Wei Yuan, the contemporary chess master, the player who wrote ten games of graffiti, and the one who created a unique style of chess, was expelled from the chess academy in his own world of imagination.

It was noon outside. Wei Yuan stepped out of the carriage with a dark face and set foot on the land of Quliu Town once again.

Tens of thousands of ordinary people have now settled in Quliu Town. The town was originally conveniently located and had urban buildings capable of supporting 100,000 people. Since Wei Yuan abducted all the ordinary people last time, people have gradually gathered here and settled down.

This place is only a thousand miles away from the Azure Netherworld Stone in a straight line. The environment has begun to be affected by the Azure Netherworld and is gradually improving. The lives of mortals here are no longer so unbearable.

Furthermore, because this place is a necessary stop on many trade routes between Qingming and Zhao, and Quliu Town has a well-equipped commercial street, all caravans would choose to stop and rest here before arriving in Qingming.

With more people coming and going, business flourished. The town gradually prospered, and since people could earn money there, they no longer needed to go to Qingming. The biggest advantage of Qingming was that one wouldn't go hungry, not that one could make money there.

Seeing the town come alive again, Wei Yuan's mood improved slightly. At this time, Yuan Qingyan, leading his officials, was respectfully waiting on both sides of the main road. This place was still a full two li away from the prefectural governor's residence.

Upon seeing Yuan Qingyan, Wei Yuan was somewhat surprised and frowned, asking, "Why are you still here?"

Yuan Qingyan's heart skipped a beat. She glanced at Wei Yuan's ashen face and knew he was in a terrible mood. Although she didn't know why Wei Yuan was in such a bad mood, she had been in officialdom for many years and was good at reading people's expressions. So she carefully smiled and spoke to him.

Although Wei Yuan was in a terrible mood, seeing Yuan Qingyan's appearance, he couldn't take his anger out on him anymore. So, with a dark face, he flicked his sleeves, took a step, and went to the main hall of the prefectural governor's mansion. He sat in the main seat and then sulked alone.

Yuan Qingyan, also a Dharma Aspect cultivator, was only half a step slower, carefully taking a seat at the lower end, his bottom barely touching the edge of the chair. Then came the officials, high and low, rushing in, panting heavily. The distance wasn't long, nor short, but sprinting at full speed was quite taxing on their magical energy. The officials thought Wei Yuan was testing their magical strength, so they all exerted themselves to the utmost.

Wei Yuan was currently lost in thought, contemplating whether to unleash a bolt of lightning to destroy the chess academy's signboard. But doing so would be far too obvious.

However, Wei Yuan suddenly remembered something. Those mortals had just said that his chess game would also be recorded by the mundane world? Wei Yuan was shocked and immediately went to find the girl Yin Yang.

Yin and Yang remained in their original positions, but the area of ​​distortion of the surrounding rules had obviously increased, and the distortion had become more severe. Wei Yuan felt a faint stinging pain on his body as he walked through, indicating that the environment here posed a threat to him.

Wei Yuan couldn't understand why his own laws could still pose a threat to him.
As Wei Yuan passed through the distorted area between heaven and earth, he saw the girl Yin Yang standing among the clothes scattered on the ground...

The scene was so shocking that Wei Yuan's mood instantly soared from rock bottom to heaven. He quickly suppressed any inappropriate thoughts and asked, "Could you delete the games I just played?"

The girl remained motionless, indicating insufficient energy.

Wei Yuan checked his inventory and found that he still had more than ten purple-grade advanced luck energies. So he took half of them, wondering if they could replace the extraterrestrial luck energies to activate the girl's Yin and Yang.

As the purple energy entered her body, the girl's yin and yang finally showed a slight reaction, but it was only a basic reaction and had no spirituality whatsoever. It seems that although the purple energy is superior to the human-derived green energy and can be used, it does not allow her to generate spiritual activity like the celestial fortune.

Fortunately, this kind of instinctive mechanical reaction consumes very little energy, and a few strands of purple energy should be enough for her to use for a long time, so she won't have no reaction at all.

However, it's actually a good thing that the girl Yin Yang doesn't have any spirituality now. If she did, Wei Yuan would feel guilty if he looked at her a few more times, unlike now, when he can look at her freely and doesn't even bother to pick up her clothes that have fallen on the ground.

Since the girl Yin Yang had responded, Wei Yuan asked the same question again. The girl Yin Yang's reaction was somewhat slow this time, and she then gave a mental response: Answer three questions correctly to delete it; otherwise, it will be permanently retained.

One more note: You must not lie.

Wei Yuan had an inexplicable sense of unease. Did this guy have a spirit or not? It was clearly his own Dharma form, his own mental world, so why was it becoming more and more unfamiliar?

But this is the only option now. In order not to leave any negative information, Wei Yuan has no choice but to compromise and choose to answer the questions.

The first question is: Is it good-looking?

At this moment, Wei Yuan thought about it seriously and realized that simply facing his own heart was the answer to his own question. So he replied: It looks good.

That question passed smoothly. Now for the second question: Do you like watching it?
Having already answered the first question, Wei Yuan didn't hold back any longer and replied: "I like watching."

Having passed the test again, we finally arrived at the last question: Are you face-blind?
(End of this chapter)