C227

Chapter 227 - Mr. Wengshi

Upon seeing the scholar, the crowd burst into an uproar.

"This seems to be a High Scholar who's rushing to the capital to take the examination."

"Yes, I saw him in the Imperial City. I almost became a top scholar, but unfortunately, there was only a difference of one minute, a thousand miles."

"I wonder if he has the luck and strength to do so."

Ling Xiao did not care about the scholar's background, his eyes continued to sweep across the board. In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Ling Xiao revealed a smile of understanding god, with his calculations, in less than ten steps, the entire board would be under his control.

Even though Su Xinghe was clever, and had set up many traps in the chess game, Ling Xiao had still seen through all of them. Furthermore, what Su Xinghe had not expected was that as long as he casually walked a few steps forward, he would be able to set up a trap for Su Xinghe to fall into.

Unfortunately, no one saw through it, and they couldn't help but admire Wu Ya. Because only with his chess game as a foundation, Su Xinghe could unrestrainedly defend the gavel, and at the same time, play with some clever tricks to set a trap that would confuse everyone's gaze.

Everyone thought that they were trying to crack the precious chess set up by Wu Ya, but in reality, they had not even managed to step past the trap set up by Su Xinghe.

After getting along with the solution, Ling Xiao naturally relaxed and joined the spectating party.

This scholar was much better than the sturdy man from before, he fought back and forth with Su Xinghe, evenly matched. Of course, this was only on the surface.

Ling Xiao noticed that although the scholar's speed was not very fast, it was still a great distance away from Su Xinghe's casual stroll. Furthermore, the cold sweat on the scholar's forehead showed just how nervous he was right now.

The scholar stepped over the trap Su Xinghe had set for him, but in the end, he still fell in front of Wu Ya's precious chess set.

Su Xinghe's little intelligence could only stop some incompetent people, but how could he compare to the great wisdom of the Seamless Child?

Finally, the scholar stopped hesitating. He knew that he had reached the end.

Unlike the brawny man before, no one around them cursed, because they knew very well that the scholar's strength was already very strong among them. If he couldn't defeat him, then most of the people here also didn't have the ability.

"I give up, I lose." The scholar sighed as he put down the chess piece in his hand.

Hearing this, the crowd went into an uproar. Although they could tell that the scholar was having a tough time, seeing him admit defeat with their own eyes also meant that there was no need to challenge the crowd.

Sure enough, after the scholar came down, he became extremely quiet. Su Xinghe raised his head, looked at the crowd, and asked with raised brows: "Is there no one else?"

Seeing that, Ling Xiao was about to step forward when he saw a familiar figure walking out from the crowd.

"Murong Fu?" Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows, he did not expect that he would also be here, he was really confident, furthermore, he had been humiliated by Ling Xiao so many times, yet he was not shut himself up from the beating.

That year, Qiao Feng was also a legend in the Southern Murong Northern Region, but after meeting Ling Xiao, Murong Fu had never encountered any good things, and these were basically all miserable fates. At the same time, it made him understand that his strength was ordinary.

Seeing that Murong Fu had come, Su Xinghe was also a little surprised. After all, Murong Fu had disappeared for a very long time after meeting him.

Those who didn't know would think that Murong Fu had disappeared from this world.

Of course, only Ling Xiao knew one thing, because the last time Murong Fu had disappeared was when he had met with Ling Xiao.

"Please, Gongzi Murong, you go first." Su Xinghe made a gesture of invitation, then sat up straight and said with a serious face.

After all, Murong Fu was a person with a bit of a reputation, he did not dare underestimate him, and had to deal with him seriously.

Seeing that, Ling Xiao also started to look at it with interest. He wanted to know, other than his attainments in martial arts, what other skills did Murong Fu have in chess.

Murong Fu fell very quickly. It seemed that he had also silently analyzed the layout of the chess board by the side, as well as the method of Su Xinghe falling.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can win a hundred battles. If he rushed forward like a boorish man and attacked when he didn't know his opponent's path, it would be difficult for him to move a single step.

Su Xinghe knew that Murong Fu must have come prepared, so he displayed a very serious expression. However, in the end, what Murong Fu faced was not Su Xinghe, but Cliff Zi.

Very quickly, Murong Fu easily broke through Su Xinghe's little intelligence and began to confront the Precious Chess game that was left behind by Wu Ya.

Despite facing Murong Fu's continuous breakthroughs, Su Xinghe's expression remained calm and collected, as if he was not the slightest bit worried that Murong Fu would win.

After Ling Xiao looked at it for a while, he secretly shook his head. It turned out that Murong Fu had successfully avoided Su Xinghe's trap, but had fallen into the encirclement set up by the Seamless Gate.

The most important thing was that Murong Fu was completely unaware of this, and the speed of his fall became faster and faster, as though he had immense confidence in his fall.

Seeing that, Ling Xiao frowned, he knew that Murong Fu had already fallen in, and felt that he was about to resolve the situation, but as a spectator, he felt that Murong Fu was falling deeper and deeper into the game, and would soon become completely immersed in it.

This was also the terrifying aspect of the Seamless Cliff. Not only was it incomparably powerful in martial arts, but it was also extremely terrifying in the spiritual aspect. People with weak willpower usually wouldn't be able to escape from the control of the Seamless Cliff's mind.

After another ten steps, Murong Fu's face was currently flushed red, and cold sweat was constantly flowing out of his forehead. It was as if he was somewhat unable to control his emotions.

"That should be enough." Ling Xiao took a step forward, and said indifferently.

Hearing this, Su Xinghe suddenly raised his head and looked at Ling Xiao. The person he cared most about and was worried about, had finally come out.

"Sect Master Ling, this is Gongzi Murong's own choice. I am only responsible for guarding the combat arena, I don't care about anything else." Su Xinghe said word by word after pausing for a while.

Su Xinghe's words might have also expressed Wu Ya's attitude. After all, Wu Ya's seventy years of power was the reward of the combat arena.

If he didn't have any punishments, wouldn't he have to give it a try, no matter what kind of cat or dog?

Ling Xiao heard and nodded his head. He knew that if he didn't make Murong Fu suffer a little, he would make an example out of this.

After finishing his conversation with Su Xinghe, Ling Xiao continued to watch from the sidelines. After all, it was beneficial for Ling Xiao to let him be the chicken.

At the very least, the spectators would already have a plan in mind. If even Murong Fu was unable to succeed, then they wouldn't continue to waste their time anymore.