Chapter 205: I Won't Retreat Anymore
In recent days, the Lanhai Sea has been churning with huge waves.
The fierce waves crashed onto the shore, knocking down numerous trees. They were extremely violent.
Chen Xia sat at the entrance of the Little Elixir Hall, which was also at the peak of the Inverted Hanging Mountain. He could just see the huge waves crashing in.
Regarding this, he only said one sentence.
"The dragon inside is going crazy."
It was as if it hadn't been taught a lesson by him, so it started acting up.
During these days, Qiu Yi also lived around the pavilion. While studying the Mysterious and Profound Dao Chapters, she also engaged in intense chess battles with Chen Xia.
However, Qiu Yi usually held back. Otherwise, Chen Xia would really have no gaming experience.
Now, when Qiu Yi talks to Chen Xia, she just speaks directly. Although she stutters a bit, after getting used to it, Chen Xia doesn't laugh at her.
"Y - your k - knight is gone," Qiu Yi said, stuttering as she opened the game by capturing the knight with a cannon. There was a proud smile on her face, as if saying, "Master, you've taught me so well!"
Chen Xia stared blankly at the chessboard, looking rather hopeless. Now, he couldn't win the game, and he couldn't even make the opening move of advancing a knight.
It was over.
He looked up and asked Qiu Yi in a negotiating tone, "Can I always go first from now on?"
Even if he couldn't win, he still wanted to make that opening knight move.
Qiu Yi shook her head. "N - no."
"Double negation means affirmation," Chen Xia explained.
"I - I'm stuttering," Qiu Yi said, still firmly shaking her head. Her beautiful brows were furrowed, showing that there was no room for negotiation.
Chen Xia furrowed his brows and thought for a while. "Then it should be okay for my Sea - Overturning Realm pawn to move several steps and capture your Nascent Soul Realm rook, right?"
This left Qiu Yi dumbfounded. Her pretty face froze, and she quickly waved her hand. "W - what kind of reasoning is that?"
Chen Xia smiled. "I'm just adding some real - world elements to chess. You don't have any objections to a Sea - Overturning Realm pawn, do you?"
Qiu Yi's pretty face remained frozen. She quickly gritted her teeth and pursed her lips. "No."
Surprisingly, she didn't stutter this time.
"Haha," Chen Xia laughed heartily. He should be allowed to win at least once, right?
After that, Qiu Yi rarely played chess with Chen Xia. Perhaps she was intimidated by the Sea - Overturning Realm pawn. She became even more diligent in her cultivation.
She really had good talent. With her cultivation at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, there were soon signs of a breakthrough, and she was about to reach the Great Ascension Realm.
Chen Xia didn't have much to guide her on. He thought that cultivation was more of a personal matter. Just like when he was in the Celestial Sword Sea, the Fishing Old Man didn't give him much guidance either.
He had built his reputation entirely on his own.
Thinking of the Celestial Sword Sea and the Fishing Old Man, Chen Xia let out another sigh.
Although the Fishing Old Man had wronged Chen Xia, he had done everything he could for the Celestial Sword Sea. He had dedicated himself until his death.
On his deathbed, he gave Chen Xia the tip of the celestial sword of the Celestial Sword Sea as compensation.
Chen Xia didn't know if it was enough, but he didn't hold any grudges against the Fishing Old Man. After all, he had used the "Burning Blood and Annihilating Soul Technique" to cut off the Fishing Old Man's lifespan for so many years.
They were even.
As for the Celestial Sword Sea, Chen Xia's feelings towards it were very complicated.
He used to just want to escape from the Celestial Sword Sea. But now that he had really escaped and looked back, he started to miss it.
Perhaps it was because the present was different from the past.
Chen Xia thought this way, propping his head up and looking at the sky with half of the twilight. His thoughts drifted far away, as if he had returned to the pavilion in front of his cave in the Celestial Sword Sea.
He kept stretching his thoughts, reluctant to cut them off.
"M - master," Qiu Yi's cool voice interrupted his thoughts.
"What's up?" Chen Xia asked indifferently without turning his head.
"You c - came from the Outer Domain. Have you seen a Great Emperor?" Qiu Yi asked curiously, and surprisingly, she didn't stutter much.
"Yes," Chen Xia nodded.
Qiu Yi raised her beautiful eyebrows, becoming even more curious. "Is a Great Emperor as invincible as the rumors say?"
Chen Xia thought for a while and then nodded. "Probably."
"Why probably?" Qiu Yi was a bit confused.
"Because the Great Emperor I saw is dead," Chen Xia replied indifferently. "So I don't know if he was invincible in the world."
"A Great Emperor... can they really die?" Qiu Yi was shocked.
"Of course they can. A Great Emperor is just very powerful, not immortal," Chen Xia explained.
Qiu Yi furrowed her beautiful brows and thought for a while. She felt that what Chen Xia said made sense, so she didn't dwell on this matter any longer. Moreover, Chen Xia had seen a Great Emperor, which made her admire him even more.
Even a Mountain - Moving Realm great power didn't have the qualification to meet a Great Emperor, right?
Chen Xia lay half - reclined on the chair and closed his eyes.
In fact, what he saw wasn't just a Great Emperor, but the last glory of the Celestial Sword Sea.
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In the center of the star field.
Now, there is a trend of alliance among the forces. Each force finds partners to seize their own territory and opportunities at the beginning of this great era.
Forces with candidates for the Great Emperor are particularly popular in this alliance. Many sects are willing to join hands with forces that have candidates for the Great Emperor.
This is called looking ahead.
When the candidate for the Great Emperor rises in the future, they will at least reach the Quasi - Saint realm. By then, these sects will rise with them.
Sects without candidates for the Great Emperor can still survive. For example, the seven great sects that originally attached themselves to the Celestial Sword Sea have now united.
Although they don't have candidates for the Great Emperor, they still have a place in the star field.
Besides, forces with Supreme Seeds are also not to be underestimated.
First and foremost is the Three - Thousand Blazing Feather Crows clan.
The Holy Son of their clan, Chi Yu, has started to make a name for himself in the star field with his headstrong nature. He fears no one. Even when he meets candidates for the Great Emperor, he will challenge them.
The most peculiar thing is that many candidates for the Great Emperor know him.
The most familiar ones are Didu and Qiuli. They, along with Chi Yu, were disciples of the same class, and they all had fought Chi Yu quickly.
Back then, there was a joke spread in the Celestial Sword Sea: as a candidate for the Great Emperor, you may not have fought other candidates, but you must have fought Chi Yu.
He was the recognized stepping - stone for candidates for the Great Emperor back then.
But now it's different.
Now he has really made a name for himself. He has earned the title of "Little Invincible within the Supreme Seeds". He is already challenging Mythical Seeds, which are not much different from candidates for the Great Emperor.
It is estimated that his next step will be to challenge Didu and Qiuli.
It is said that when Chi Yu fights, he uses a life - risking strategy. With three thousand flames surrounding him, it seems as if his spiritual sense has been burned away. He never retreats when fighting, just charging forward stubbornly.
In a recent battle with another Supreme Seed genius, although Chi Yu was one minor realm lower, he still managed to chase and attack that Supreme Seed.
Some cultivators who came from the Celestial Sword Sea saw this and were very puzzled. They wondered,
"Can crossing realms to fight be contagious?"
They really didn't understand.
This battle ended with Chi Yu's hard - won victory. He was covered in blood, and only a few hundred of the three thousand flames remained, their light dim.
The Supreme Seed genius, who was one minor realm higher than him, lay beside him, half - dead.
Chi Yu stood there quietly, ignoring the blood all over his body. His eyes were looking at the sky.
That was the direction of the Celestial Sword Sea.
"I won't retreat anymore," he said in a voice that only he could hear.