The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

The first white stone is placed, and the black stone quickly follows.

As each piece was placed on the board, the white pieces were trapped and surrounded, vanishing into thin air in an instant.

Lin Du seemed to be deep in thought.

Were the masters just teaching how to play chess? Of course not.

Black stones represent Yin, white stones represent Yang. When Yin is dominant, Yang declines. The constant flow and change of Yin and Yang is the source of life for all things. This is a rule of the human body and, more importantly, a rule of the universe.

The chess games recorded in chess manuals are even more a means of maintaining balance.

"If you want to contract something, you must first expand it; if you want to weaken something, you must first strengthen it; if you want to abolish something, you must first promote it..."

These principles found in scriptures, when reenacted on the chessboard, resonate far more deeply with people than a few words alone.

Lin Du watched quietly, sensing the Daoist essence within.

Those who were able to enter the ancient mansion and leave behind their legacy must have been powerful figures from the past. Such powerful figures naturally had already comprehended the rules of the Heavenly Dao. Rather than saying they were playing chess together to teach the younger generation, it would be more accurate to say they were passing on the Dao.

If it were someone with little education and poor comprehension, they naturally wouldn't be able to grasp much, but if Lin Du were an ordinary person, this game wouldn't have even started.

This contains the rules of formations, the inheritance of medical knowledge related to the body's energy points, the wondrous uses of talismans and magic, the true nature of the origin of all things, and countless Daoist principles passed down through generations.

Those voices, some were old and frail, some were in their prime, some were lively, some were calm and composed. These voices rang out in turn, and different chess moves appeared and disappeared.

Once a game is over, the game resets, and the cycle repeats.

Lin Du watched the waxing and waning of Yin and Yang within the chaotic space, observing the game in silence, his axe handle rotting away.

The cultivators who received the inheritance left the ancient cave one after another, at different times.

Ni Jinxuan was the first of the five from the Supreme Sect to emerge. A few days later, Xia Tianwu and Yan Qing also came out. The group looked at each other, looking tired, but their eyes held a mixture of sadness and excitement.

Once a lingering resentment has completely transmitted the entire cultivation technique, the resentment dissipates, and the Soul Pearl shatters.

Yan Qing had already broken through to the mid-stage of the Cloud Soaring Realm. Although Ni Jinxuan had just advanced, she exchanged a glance with Yan Qing and started fighting at the same time.

You should always put what you've learned into practice first.

Summer waited quietly to the side, ruminating on the wonders of medicine and alchemy she had learned.

A few days later, Yuan Ye came out looking exhausted. At first, his own people waiting at the door didn't recognize him. They only saw a person with a dirty face, tattered clothes covered in unidentified black oil stains, and a strange smell emanating from him.

Yan Qing blurted out, "Where did this beggar come from..."

Yuan Ye lazily looked up, pulled out a bowl and chopsticks from somewhere, and began to sing a folk song while tapping the bowl, "Big brother, big sister, please have mercy..."

As soon as Yuan Ye spoke, the three members of the Supreme Sect all looked up at the sky.

"Who is this?" they didn't recognize. Yuan Ye moved closer to Yan Qing and continued singing, "May you be blessed with boundless good fortune..."

"Here you go." Yan Qing tossed him a few spirit stones, which jingled loudly, and the people next to him couldn't help but laugh.

The Wushang Sect members turned their heads to look and saw that it was the Tongtian Sect members who were waiting outside for their senior sister.

"Hurry up and find a room to clean up. Other people's inheritances are all in good condition, but yours looks like you've been rolled in black oil."

Yan Qing looked helplessly at Yuan Ye, who was enjoying himself.

Ni Jinxuan knew the address of the villa representing the Supreme Sect and decided to take him there first.

As Yuan Ye walked, he complained, "What can I do? I almost lost my life after going into that Black City of Mechanisms and almost got the inheritance. Senior Mo Ci insisted that I learn it before he would leave. This black oil is hard to clean with ordinary cleaning techniques, that's why it's like this."

He wanted to live a carefree life in the mortal world like his master, but unfortunately, the inheritance he received was not the inheritance of music cultivation, but the inheritance of mechanical arts, which was incredibly difficult.

Yuan Ye wished he could bring Yan Qing along.

If they join forces, they can definitely build the most powerful mechanical castle in the world. It would be even better if they added a junior uncle.

"By the way, where's Junior Uncle?"

Ni Jinxuan shook her head. "Junior Uncle hasn't come out yet."

Yuan Ye gasped. "Really?"

Yan Qing nodded, "I heard that this time the Lost Palace was a little different from usual. First, most of the Soul Beads lit up for a moment, and then they all went out. During the time we were receiving the inheritance, there were 27 Soul Beads that kept lit up."

Nine people went in, and the remaining eighteen... According to his observation, each person who came out now only destroyed one soul bead, which means that those who received multiple inheritances are still inside.

Only two people haven't come out yet.

Lin Du and that grand feast with Jiang family bloodline.

If Junior Uncle alone inherited the legacy of nineteen lingering resentments, that would be too heaven-defying.

Putting everything else aside, can Junior Uncle withstand it?

The inheritance of a powerful being requires a certain level of spiritual and physical strength to withstand. Ordinary people need to spend many days and months studying in order to obtain a complete inheritance.

Nineteen powerful beings? Wouldn't Junior Uncle's spiritual sense, at only twenty-five years old, be bursting at the seams?

Lin Du herself certainly didn't explode; the divine sense cultivation technique she practiced, "Heavenly Pool Refining Divine Technique," played a significant role.

Her divine consciousness was like a celestial pool, and the celestial pool was like the sea, which embraced all rivers. This did not prevent her from absorbing and comprehending these Daoist rules.

Even if we don't fully grasp it right now, we should include it all for now and resolve it slowly later.

When Yuan Ye returned after changing his clothes, he found that Lin Du and Sheng Yan had not yet come out.

They received the inheritance, and were very excited but physically exhausted. They had been inside for ten to fifteen days. Although there were special laws inside that didn't consume too much energy, they were extremely hungry when they came out.

The Supreme Sect and the Tongtian Sect stared at each other for a while. The Tongtian Sect members felt nervous. These major sects had always looked down on their nouveau riche sect with little foundation. Although they usually didn't say it out loud, it would always be revealed in various subtle ways, such as with pity or disgust in their eyes.

But the eyes of the people from the Supreme Sect seemed a little different.

The leader of the Tongtian Sect suddenly remembered a sentence from his eldest disciple: "Hungry, hungry, food."

The others were even more nervous. None of them were high-level cultivators; most were at the Phoenix Beginning Realm or the Heart of the Qin Realm. Would they be held responsible and killed for their treasures?

That's what the storybooks say: the cultivation world is a dog-eat-dog world. They've made it into the top twenty and are now considered a major sect, so they've certainly attracted attention.

What's that saying again? If your skills don't match your position, you'll inevitably attract unwanted attention!

They had just been mocked by a group of people from the Flying Star Sect.

The group was flustered, but to avoid showing their fear, they bravely avoided looking away.

The next moment, the seemingly most harmless girl spoke first, "Excuse me, can you cook now?"

"We can pay for it," the other person added.

A disciple of the Tongtian Sect shouted, "Don't think I'm afraid of you! Just wait until our senior sister comes out... Huh? What did you say?"

The portly old man immediately pulled out a stove. "We'll cook! We take orders anytime, anywhere!"

Another quick-witted person stood up, put down their backpack, and asked, "Do you have any dietary restrictions, sir?"

"We..." Xia Tianwu thought for a moment, then said succinctly, "We should avoid small portions."

Tongtian Sect disciple: ?