Chapter 171: The Chessboard in the Garbage Dump_1

Chapter 171: The Chessboard in the Garbage Dump_1

“Qian Ning has come to pay respects to Senior Li!”

The voice of Mu Qianning came through.

In the small courtyard, Li Fan also revealed a slight smile, saying,

“Come in.”

Outside, Mu Qianning, Fire Spirit, and others immediately pushed the door open and entered.

The moment they stepped into the courtyard,

Jiang Li’s whole body jolted violently, as if he had seen something inconceivable.

“This aura, this supreme path of chess... intermingles with the Myriad Dao, harmonizing with heaven and earth...”

He was shaking, through and through.

If the perfect and flawless path of chess was what he had felt in the small mountain village,

then the aura here, that ultimate essence and laws of chess... clearly made him feel that everything here surpassed “perfection”!

It was so vast that it couldn’t be gazed upon.

It was so ethereal that it couldn’t be touched.

It was so profound that it couldn’t be peered into!

He felt as if he were a drop of water in the presence of a vast ocean.

The only thing he could do... was to worship!

“Paying respects to Senior Li.”

Fire Spirit and Mu Qianning then stepped forward, bowing deeply to Li Fan.

Li Fan said with a smile,

“No need for such formalities, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you all. By

the way, who might they be?”

His gaze then fell upon Jiang Li and Wu Dade.

Feeling Li Fan’s gaze, Wu Dade immediately felt a bit nervous and looked towards Jiang Li.

However, at this moment, Jiang Li only glanced once at Li Fan.

Then suddenly, he “thump” knelt down on the ground and said,

“Junior Jiang Li, pays respects to the master!”

“Having seen the master’s supreme path of chess today... Jiang Li is satisfied with this life!”

He prostrated himself, his words brimming with respect!

Upon seeing Li Fan, he understood.

All the nuances of chess, all the laws...

They all originated from the “Senior Li” before him!

He deeply realized that the other party’s path of chess had reached an ethereal realm; he might appear young, but he must be a Chess Grandmaster overlooking the rise and fall of the Myriad Realms, an observer of the birth and death of the universe!

Before such a predecessor, one must show the utmost courtesy!

Seeing this, Zi Ling was also taken aback.

What was going on?

Was he here to seek apprenticeship?

He looked at Fire Spirit and Mu Qianning.

“Reporting to Senior, these two... come from the Diming Realm!”

Hearing these words, Jiang Li, kneeling on the ground, was momentarily stunned.

He looked at Li Fan incredulously and was at a loss for words.

He himself...had the chance to “discuss” chess with such an extraordinary being?

What kind of incredible opportunity was this?

He simply couldn’t imagine it!

“Young Master Jiang, why don’t you stand up quickly?”

Fire Spirit also spoke with delight.

Senior Li was clearly planning to provide guidance to Jiang Li, so that Jiang Li could take his place in battling!

After all, although Chen Xuanbei was a reborn individual, compared to Senior Li, he was not much more than an ant. How could they possibly ask Senior Li to take action personally?

It was then that Jiang Li hurriedly stood up, bowed deeply to Li Fan, and said,

“How dare I perform poorly in front of the master...”

“Don’t be polite, come now,”

Li Fan said, “Zi Ling, go find my chessboard and bring Go pieces...

Because he had no opponents normally, even if Li Fan occasionally felt like playing, he could only play against himself.

And when playing against himself, he didn’t need a chessboard, as the intersections of the board were in his hands and in his mind.

So, the chessboard had been gathering dust, and Li Fan wasn’t even exactly sure where he had put it.

Zi Ling got up to look for it and, after searching for a long while, came back holding a dusty chessboard.

“Master, I found it... It was in the firewood pile!”

Her voice was tinged with complexity as she continued,

“However, Brother Lu Rang has chopped it with a kindling ax a few times, leaving two cracks in it...”

Upon hearing this, Li Fan immediately smiled, having forgotten about this incident.

Previously finding too many items cluttering up his space, he had thrown the chessboard into the firewood pile, intending to use it as firewood.

Lucky that Lu Rang hadn’t broken it to pieces, or they would have trouble finding a single chessboard now.

“No matter, as long as the lines are clear, that’s enough,

he said.

Zi Ling then placed the chessboard on the stone table and set up two boxes of chess pieces on either side.

It was a dusty chessboard, whose intersections were distinctly drawn with black and white lines!

Who knows how many years it had endured, and even after a long time in the firewood pile, it showed no signs of fading whatsoever.

This chessboard was rather peculiar; its lines had no designed boundaries at the edges!

At that moment, the dusty edges of the chessboard were clearly nicked with two knife cuts, slightly split open!

“Please, sit down—”

Li Fan spoke indifferently.

Jiang Li took a deep breath, deeply bowed to Li Fan, and then sat down opposite him.

As he settled down, his gaze fell upon the dusty chessboard.

And once again, Jiang Li froze!

He stared at the chessboard before him, his eyes filled with disbelief.

As if he had seen a ghost!