Gatekeeper of all realms

Chapter 409: Chess Game (Part )

"then!"

A voice echoed from the cellar.

Followed by.

A giant turtle flew out of the cellar.

The man standing outside saw it and said happily:

"This guy has a big head, so he must have a lot of meat!"

He put down the knife and grabbed the turtle with both hands.

puff.

Sharp bone spurs emerged from the turtle's body and pierced the man's head in an instant.

thump.

The body fell.

The little skeleton hurriedly pulled Shen Ye out from under the stove.

The two of them pushed the body into the cellar together, covered it with wooden boards, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for your hard work." Shen Ye said.

"The main reason is that we are only three years old and our attributes are too low. We can't even cast a spell. Otherwise, why would we need to spend so much effort?" The little skeleton sighed.

"They just said to gather at noon. Once noon comes and these people find that two people are missing, they will immediately search the entire village." Shen Ye said.

"There are still two or three hours until noon, there is no rush." ​​said the little skeleton.

"There's no need to rush. We need to escape immediately." Shen Ye said.

"Why? I'm so tired and want to rest for a while." The little skeleton couldn't help but say.

"You also said that the enemy made me forget my memories and turned me into a three-year-old after just a few moves—"

"If the enemy takes advantage of the fact that there are bandits everywhere and makes another move here, how are we going to respond?"

"What if the enemy can turn the bandits into extremely powerful practitioners?"

"Isn't that dead?"

Shen Ye finished speaking in one breath.

The little skeleton was stunned, and spread his hands and said, "But we are only three years old now, and we have already used up all our strength just now."

"I remember I can summon you." Shen Ye said.

"Yes." said the little skeleton.

"I have a plan." Shen Ye said.

"…Is it difficult?" asked the little skeleton.

"Very simple - by the way, you said you could be resurrected, is that true?"

"real."

"That's OK, huh? Why did I say OK? What does OK mean?"

A few minutes later.

A scream suddenly rang out in the burning village.

"There's a ghost!"

The noise grew.

On the bare dirt road, a skeletal cat struggled to bite off the robber's hand, nimbly dodged several attacks, and climbed up the wall.

"Hand! My hand!" The robbers screamed miserably, one after another, which alarmed the leader of the robbers.

"what's the situation!"

He rode over on his horse and shuddered when he saw the skeleton cat on the wall.

The cat was holding a human hand in its mouth and staring at the robbers from a distance.

"on!"

"It's just a ghost cat. There are so many of us, why should we be afraid?"

The bandit leader shouted.

"Yes!" the bandits answered in unison.

The skeleton cat listened to their conversation, trying to sense the breath of the living.

suddenly.

It turned around and climbed towards the courtyard diagonally opposite.

"Quick! Chase it and kill it!"

The robbers rushed into the compound.

I saw several bandits hiding in the yard, eavesdropping at the wall.

——They didn't obey the order!

The bandit leader was furious. He took out his bow and arrow and shot his men who were unable to hide to death one by one.

"——Everyone come and kill that ghost cat! I will kill anyone who dares not to listen!"

The leader roared.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the ghost cat dodged attacks again and again and ran towards another courtyard.

The robbers all followed.

The other side of the village.

In the exact opposite direction from the ghost cat.

A three-year-old boy hid in the shadow of the wall and walked slowly towards the outside of the village.

He left all the shouting, flames and black smoke behind him.

There is a stone bridge ahead.

Behind the bridge is the jungle.

Once we cross the bridge and enter the forest, it will not be easy for the robbers to find us.

The little boy was a little tired, so he simply leaned against the wall and took a short rest.

For a three-year-old boy...

It is very tiring to walk through the entire village without stopping.

But you can't rest for too long.

Feeling some strength restored in his body, the little boy took another step and walked out of the village.

A gust of wind blew.

A faint sound reached my ears.

It's crying.

The little boy's eyes slowly moved and looked towards a house diagonally opposite.

Who is crying there?
No.

The crying stopped.

The little boy waited for a few breaths.

Dead silence.

There was no more sound.

The little boy stepped forward and took a quick look inside the door.

In fact, you can completely imagine it without even watching it.

The body of a man with his hands, feet and head chopped off, the body of a naked woman, and a child who had just died and was nailed to the ground.

And the murderer.

Maybe this place is too far from the center of the village, maybe he doesn't want to obey the leader's order, maybe -

He enjoyed the killing and torture here.

The wind blew again, bringing with it the fishy and salty sea breeze.

This is a small village by the sea.

The sunlight poured down from the azure sky, illuminating the killing and ugliness on the ground.

The man holding the knife raised his head and looked outside with a grim smile.

Shen Ye sighed, and then——

Turn around and run.

Under the stone bridge.

The water flows silently.

On the stone bridge, a three-year-old child looked back and saw the burning village.

Anxious, confused and sad emotions surged up.

The murderous bandit, with a dark, muscular body and a look of crazy pleasure and brutality on his face, chased after the stone bridge.

——Can’t run away.

You will definitely be caught up.

The wind blew, and a voice whispered in my ear:

"You humans always treat your own kind like this, don't you? If humans are capable of great use, why haven't I found a successor in all these years?"

The little boy pursed his lips, suddenly smiled, and said:

"It's really not."

"—these are beasts you see."

He didn't care who was talking, after all, he had forgotten too many things.

There is only one thing on my mind right now.

roll.

The female voice told herself to roll.

“To do better than others.”

——Win the roll once and get the Summon Skeleton.

that--

Roll it again?

The little boy remembered something, walked quickly to the bridge, and looked down along the railing.

The river under the stone bridge is not deep and the water flow is not fast.

It leads to the sea in the distance and is the estuary of a river.

every summer.

The children in the village would soak in this shallow river.

Everyone would dive into the water and see how far the current could carry them.

Can I swim? I think I can...

do not care.

He rushed forward a few steps, jumped out from the gap under the railing, and fell into the water with a "splash".

The river water is cold.

The little boy held his breath and swam forward with all his might.

The bandit landed on the stone bridge and looked down at the river, a look of hesitation on his face.

——Do you want to chase after him?
Going down to the river is a hassle. It is uncomfortable to wear wet clothes.

What is a life in comparison?

But I didn't see it clearly just now.

Maybe a little girl?
Then it's worth pursuing.

thump!
The bandit hesitated for a while, but finally took off his shirt, put away his shoes, placed the knife on the stone bridge, and then jumped into the river.

A child.

You can't swim far.

However, in front of the current, Shen Ye was still swimming with all his strength.

All the previous disturbing emotions disappeared.

He swam as hard as he could underwater, occasionally turning sideways to avoid rocks.

Keep swimming.

Swim until all your energy is exhausted.

No way.

I am too young and cannot compare with those seven or eight-year-old kids.

If you want to win -

You must keep swimming and never get up.

Time passes slowly.

Until even consciousness began to gradually blur——

The water flow around suddenly became faster.

Already entered the sea!
Shen Ye had no intention of stopping.

till the end--

As a little boy, he exhaled all his air, his body lost all strength, and his thoughts gradually stagnated.

A line of small, dim words appeared before my eyes:

"You won the roll!"

"Of all the kids, you swam the farthest in one breath!"

"You are only three years old, and you only have all the attributes of a three-year-old, but you have recovered your memory."

memory……

What’s the point of restoring memory?

I'm almost dying.

The little boy thought in vain.

Behind him appeared the figure of an adult man.

The robbers caught up with them.

He reached out and grabbed the little boy.

The little boy suddenly shuddered all over.

Remembered.

I am--

Imperial species.

The faint light appeared as two lines of small words:
"You are a royal child. At the age of three, your overall attributes far exceed those of ordinary human children."

"You have activated the latent blood in your body, all attributes +200."

boom--

The water breaks.

Two afterimages walked on the waves, crossed the long river in an instant, and returned to the stone bridge.

"Is killing fun?"

asked the little boy.

The bandit looked at him in shock, not knowing what was happening.

The little boy put his hand on his chest and exerted force.

The bandit let out a high-pitched scream.

——He was pressed directly into the ground!

The little boy picked him up again and threw him towards the village.

The robber was thrown out of sight in an instant.

In the village.

The bandit leader was riding on a horse, shouting loudly, directing everyone to surround and kill the ghost cat.

A black shadow attacked from the sky, and instantly swept seven or eight bandits, knocking them all away.

A series of banging sounds were heard.

The walls were covered with blood, broken bodies, severed limbs and heads.

The power of that blow was too strong!
The bandit leader was very perceptive and quickly shouted:

"Who is this master? We are just begging for food here. We dare not offend anyone. Please show some mercy!"

The three-year-old boy flew and landed on the wall.

"Are you really just passing by?" he asked.

"Yes, sir," the bandit leader said respectfully, "We have absolutely no intention of being your enemy, and we have nothing to do with what's happening here."

The little boy squatted down, took a brick from the wall and threw it out with force.

Bang.

A dull sound rang in everyone's ears. Turning their heads, they saw a bandit's head smashed by a brick, leaving only a headless body lying on the ground, twitching a few times, and then motionless.

——I didn’t see the flight path of the brick at all!

And he smashed his head with just a brick——

What a powerful force this is!
"Now it matters," said the little boy.

"Sir, we really respect you. There must be something wrong. Please be magnanimous and don't take us ordinary people seriously." The bandit leader bowed repeatedly.

He even had cold sweat on his forehead.

The other bandits all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Although it was a bit ridiculous to address a three-year-old child as "Your Excellency", after what happened just now, everyone showed respect.

"Tell me, why did you kill everyone in this village?"

asked the three-year-old.

The bandit leader opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Isn't this obvious?

We are robbers!

"Sir, actually some of our brothers were killed by the people of this village, and we are here to seek revenge."

The bandit leader lied.

The child nodded and said, "I am from this village."

"You're joking."

"I really am."

"——Every wrong has its perpetrator. We have been looking for the murderer. This matter actually has nothing to do with you." The bandit leader said hurriedly.

"But, the one who killed your brother was me - I admit it." said the child.

There was a dead silence.

"As the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one. We don't want to pursue the past anymore. This time we come here just to greet you. I hope you won't worry about the past in the future." The bandit leader said cautiously.

"Have you really decided to turn the page?" Shen Ye asked.

"Really." The bandit leader nodded.

"Never pursue the matter?"

"No further investigation."

"Okay, then let's forget about this matter."

"——You are truly wise and powerful, sir!"

The bandit leader just breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard the kid say:
"Let's forget about what happened between you and me, but how are you going to settle the score for killing everyone in this village?"

"This village..." The bandit leader hesitated, and was afraid to ask further.

"I'm the one protecting you." The child nodded.

He is only three years old.

But at this moment, who dares to think he is three years old?
No one said anything.

The bandit leader's face turned pale.

"Actually, this problem is easy to solve. Let me tell you a way." said the child.

"Please speak."

"Those who kill will always be killed."

The child stamped his feet and the whole wall collapsed.

His body fell downward, and while still in mid-air, his feet kicked out bricks one by one like an afterimage.

Wait until he falls to the ground.

The robbers were pierced by bricks and died on the spot.

The child fell to the ground, absorbed all the blood and strength in his body, and turned into a normal three-year-old child again.

"Feilun." He shouted.

The ghost cat jumped out.

"You have recovered your memory?" It was delighted at first, then shook its head and said, "I won't eat these corpses. I only eat high-level monsters."

"Who told you to eat them? Go and collect the money from them. We will need it when we travel around in the world." said the child.

"That's true." Ghost Cat said happily.

A quarter of an hour later.

The child received the ghost cat and the purse, and was thinking about what to do next, when he saw lines of dim words appearing before his eyes:
"In this game of chess where the Supreme Saint King changes form and moves spirit, the chess piece that the Master of Penglai Mountain placed for you has taken effect."

The corner of the child's mouth twitched.

The fight was over, and the police only came after that?
Forget it.

See what she did to benefit herself.

The faint small words continued to appear:

"The current move is a fate-pulling gem:"

"A disciple of Haoyang Palace is about to pass by here. Haoyang Palace is the number one righteous sect in the world. Its disciples will definitely take you away because of your miserable life experience."

"PS: Children with clean backgrounds who join Haoyang Heavenly Palace at a young age will be valued by the sect and should be trained well. You must seize this opportunity."

Shen Ye finished reading it quickly and nodded slightly.

The mountain master's strategy is correct.

Since you can't keep up with your opponent's speed, then don't follow.

The pieces she dropped were responsible for pointing directly to the core of the incident.

Let yourself enter the Haoyang Heavenly Palace!
A streak of light flew across the sky.

The stream of light circled above the village for a few times and slowly landed in front of Shen Ye.

But he is a young man with a resolute face.

"You're the only one left? How pitiful."

The boy looked at it and sighed.

Shen Ye's eyes flashed.

Since he is a righteous person, this is easy to deal with. I just need to deal with him well. Why should I worry that he will not take me to Haoyang Heavenly Palace?

Shen Ye's eyes turned red and he was about to speak immediately.

Unexpectedly, everything around them suddenly stopped moving, and then a line of small words appeared in the dim light:
"Your enemies noticed this and started making moves again."

"Currently there are three gems of time, destiny, and character:"

"Destiny Gem: You are too young to go up the mountain, so you are entrusted to the charity hall under the sect to be raised;"

"The Time Stone: Ten Years Pass."

"Character Gem: Bad karma increases, and bad people often gather around you."

Shen Ye didn't even bother to pretend to be aggrieved, he was completely stunned.

what.

Is it so powerful?
Ten years have passed, how can I achieve the achievement of "joining the sect since childhood"?

Continuously make moves in three aspects: time, fate, and characters.

How did you win?
Shen Ye sighed, and in an instant, he regained his fighting spirit.

There are actually some good points...

At least I know one very important thing.

——In the past, the opponent seemed unable to kill him directly.

These three consecutive gem chess pieces could only barely hold off the chess piece of the Lord of Penglai Mountain.

——I failed to enter the Haoyang Heavenly Palace.

The light and shadows around whizzed away.

The three-year-old child's body continues to grow.

The ordinary memories of the past ten years came flooding into my mind.

During these ten years, I have been like an inconspicuous weed, living quietly in the charity hall of Haoyang Palace.

Until this day.

The thirteen-year-old boy opened his eyes and found himself lying on a wooden bed covered with bruises.

This is the big bunk bed in the charity hall.

On weekdays, he slept with seven or eight teenagers of the same age.

But right now everyone has gone to the martial arts hall to study.

I am lying here because of some boring things.

A line of small, dim characters appeared:
"This time, the opponent has placed a triple-level powerful chess piece. He will not be able to place any more pieces in the short term."

This is good news.

Hurry up.

Right now, I have to find a way to quickly join Haoyang Heavenly Palace and become a formal disciple.

——Only in this way can you have the opportunity to come into contact with the Heaven-Shaking Art.

Shen Ye thought.

A young skeleton jumped out of the void, squatted in front of the bed, and asked:
"Your injury—"

Before he could finish his words, a sharp spell suddenly appeared in the room and hit the skeleton directly.

The skull shattered.

Shen Ye quickly activated the "Meet Under the Moon at Yaotai" strategy and put the skeleton away.

In the Dharma.

The tombstone suddenly exuded a strong aura of the dead and began to brew resurrection.

Seeing that it could be resurrected, Shen Ye no longer paid attention to it. Instead, he forced himself to sit up from the bed and looked at the walls around him.

After all, he is the descendant of Penglai Mountain and has been practicing in the sect for quite some time.

At first glance, you can tell what's going on.

"Even such a simple residence can be decorated with such advanced evil-repelling runes..."

"Perhaps this era is indeed, as the Penglai Mountain Master said, the highest civilization left over from the Fourth Era?"

Shen Ye touched the space ring from his Dharma image, took out a tranquilizing pill and swallowed it.

The injuries gradually healed.

He sat up from the bed, put on his shoes, and walked on the ground.

The class was over by then.

Children of the same age came in and didn't even look at him, but just played and fought on their own.

Shen Ye walked out of the door alone and looked around.

A voice suddenly called out to him.

"Brother Qingfeng."

Yes, my name is Xu Qingfeng now.

Shen Ye turned around and looked.

I saw a girl of about the same age running over with tears on her face.

"I'm so sorry for giving you a beating."

"It's okay." Shen Ye said.

"Then - will you help me next time?" There was expectation in the girl's eyes.

"You mean the body-shaping pills distributed by the charity? I've given you all my body-shaping pills over the years, and not only did I get nothing in return, I was also beaten up by a jealous person. I think I'd better forget it."

Shen Ye said lightly.

The girl was stunned, and the surprise on her face could hardly be hidden.

——Why is this different from the past?
"Wan'er knows she is wrong... Brother, please don't mind it."

she cried.

Shen Ye also sighed and said softly, "You are indeed wrong. You ate so many of my pills, but when they beat me up, you just stood by and watched. Even if you were feeding a dog, you would know to come up and bark a few times."

The girl was stunned again.

But this time, she was a little too embarrassed to hold back.

"I'm sorry, I'm just a little scared..."

"Don't come to me again." Shen Ye said and left.

Just now he noticed waves of magical fluctuations coming from the lobby not far away.

Several magical runes flashed in the distance.

That was a magical rune aura that he had never seen before!

This world can survive the catastrophe of destruction, which naturally means it has achievements that surpass all civilizations.

Even if it's not for the Heaven-shaking Art, it's still worth learning from!
Go through the corridor.

There were several tall young men standing in front.

The leader saw Shen Ye and suddenly laughed:
"Your injury is healed? What? Will you dare to think about the toad eating the swan meat next time?"

"Are you talking about Zhao Wan'er?" Shen Ye asked.

"Of course." said the young man.

"I have nothing to do with her. She was the one who blackmailed me for the elixir. After you found out, not only did you not help me, you also beat me up."

"——Do you want me to give her the pill? Or not?"

The boys were also stunned.

"Did she eat all your pills?" asked the leading young man.

"Didn't you take action just because you said I was being too attentive?" Shen Ye asked back.

"You are not allowed to look for her anymore."

"Okay, it's a deal - what about the pills?"

"It's just a body-shaping pill. She doesn't need it."

"I understand." Shen Ye walked through the crowd and continued moving forward.

But Zhao Wan'er came up from the corridor and winked at the leading young man.

The young man understood and shouted:
"stop!"

Shen Ye stopped and looked back.

"The pills...should be given to Wan'er." said the young man.

Shen Ye spread his hands and said, "You beat me because I gave her the elixir. Now I don't want to give it to her anymore, but you want me to give it to her again. Didn't I get beaten for nothing?"

Several teenagers were also speechless.

"Stop talking nonsense, just give it to me if I ask you to, otherwise I will beat you up again." The young man said angrily.

Shen Ye thought about it.

Next, I have to seize the time to learn things, so how can I have the time to get entangled with these "bad karmas"?
He flexed his wrist.

——Since he didn’t know how many defensive measures this charity had, he didn’t become an emperor.

But his own fighting skills alone were enough.

Shen Ye moved and pounced forward.

Several young men shouted, raised their fists and kicked, but were knocked to the ground one by one by him.

The battle seemed to be over before Shen Ye could even move.

He continued to walk towards Zhao Wan'er.

"Don't touch her, come and hit me if you dare!"

The young man lying on the ground shouted angrily.

"coming."

Shen Ye walked forward and kicked him, sending him flying against the wall.

The boy fainted immediately.

Shen Ye walked up to Zhao Wan'er again.

Waited for a while.

"No one is stepping forward?" he asked.

No one said a word.

"Okay, Zhao Wan'er, let's get this straight. It was you who started this incident. Maybe you just thought it was fun, but I got beaten up for real."

Shen Ye said.

"Brother Qingfeng, you did this voluntarily. Besides, you can't learn those skills and methods." The girl said timidly.

Snapped.

A slap hit the girl's delicate face.

"Thirty years in Henan, thirty years in Hebei, don't despise the young and poor."

Shen Ye said angrily.

(End of this chapter)