C98 (1/2)

As the ground rose, we once again returned to the palace on the surface, and Ning Tieyun was still very happy as he said: ”Everyone, this old man thanks you once again. It is already late, so I'll have to inconvenience everyone to stay for the night.

Indeed, it was almost ten o'clock, and it was time to go to bed.

Ning Xian brought us to the garden that we went to just now, and went to the room on the left, and we all stayed in one room.

Ning Xian also left, but I was unusually insomniac. Normally speaking, my sleep was very regular, and now that I'm half a night deep, I should be able to fall asleep, probably because what I saw and heard today violated my common sense, so I couldn't help but think about these things.

I got up from the bed and looked at the living items around me. There wasn't much difference between our world and ours, and it seemed even more advanced. It seemed that it was different from what I had imagined.

The room's light barrier was extremely effective. The starlight outside was very bright, but once the doors and windows were closed, it would be pitch-black inside the room. Only a single bead embedded in the roof would give off a weak glow so that I could clearly see the road without having to touch the dark.

I opened the door, and the starlight outside started to lessen. The later it was, the more Floating starfish would return to the sea.

Walking in the garden, he saw the game again. Curious, he walked over to the left side and sat down. Looking at the game of chess, he realized there was some moss on it. It seemed like no one had used it in a long time.

Although I don't understand chess very well, but I can see the dominant style on the board. Blackie, the Red Team only has one Huang and one Cannon, three small soldiers, and two horses.

No matter who won, they should be able to win such a game. It was very strange why no one moved. I reached out to move Blackie, but a sharp cry stopped me.

My hand stopped in midair and looked in the direction of the voice. In between them, Ning Xian stood there, let out a scream, and immediately ran over. She looked at the chess board carefully, and sighed a breath of relief.

”Ning Xian, why are you so nervous about this game?” I asked curiously.

Ning Xian looked at me with a little anger and said: ”You can't touch this chess game.

”Why is that?” I asked

Ning Xian spread out her hands and said: ”I'm not too sure about this either. When I was young, I wanted to go and touch it too, but dad would always scold me and never let me touch it.”

Ning Xian seemed to be in a good mood as she continued, ”I also felt that it was strange. After asking around and hearing a few versions, the guards said that there were ghosts on top of the board. Once they moved, the ghosts would take over their bodies. Furthermore, there is another way of putting it that the citizens of Haixin City know about this game of chess. The citizens say that when this game existed, Haixin City's first master and a major power played this game of chess. Ning Xian became excited talking about these things, as though she was an expert at solving cases. She kept on deducing things, looking at her mature appearance, but her heart was very innocent. She would be infatuated with these things, as though children would always ask about some kind of strange things.

After saying that, she suddenly looked at me. There was a trace of craftiness in her eyes as she slowly approached me. I hastily crossed my hands over my chest as I asked, ”What are you trying to do? I'm not a casual person that's like a demon or god.”

In a flash, she said, ”What are you thinking about? Who's interested in you? I'm not interested in men under 1.7 meters.”

Kacha! The sound of porcelain breaking could be heard.

Ning Xian asked: ”Did you hear the sound of something shattering?”

It was my fragile young boy's pride that was broken.

Ning Xian continued to ask me: ”Ling, looking at you, are you a man who doesn't follow the rules, has a sense of justice, and has courage and decisiveness?”

He immediately ignited the Light of Hope once again and stuck out his chest that did not have any pectoral muscles, saying, ”This is so embarrassing. You found out about this.”

Ning Xian's head was filled with black lines as she said, ”Then how about the two of us sneakily play this game?”

My heart went cold. This black-skinned girl is waiting for me here. If I knew earlier, I wouldn't have cared about her face. After all, coming to someone's house and messing with their taboo was very rude.

Ning Xian looked at my hesitant expression and said: ”Alright, forget it. I knew that I had to find a real man in order to be brave enough.”

He directly sat down without a second word, but the moment he sat down and saw Ning Xian's satisfied expression, he regretted it. How could I be so easy to control?

When Ning Xian saw that she had sat down after winning her plot and that she was about to reach out her hand to touch the chess piece, I couldn't help but find it funny. It was just like how a little friend didn't dare to go to those rural, legendary haunted houses by himself and brought along groups of people to go, but once they arrived at the gates of the ghost house, they became scared. Ning Xian was really childish.

Ning Xian's hands were clearly trembling with excitement as they made contact with the chess piece. Just as they were about to make contact, two heavy coughs sounded out, and Ning Xian accidentally fell backwards, letting out a miserable cry.

Ning Tieyun walked out with a darkened face. He did not say anything to me, he only walked over to help Ning Xian up, who had fallen down. Then, he sighed and said: ”String'er, why are you so mischievous.

Ning Xian immediately hugged onto Ning Tieyun's arm, and started to act coquettishly. As expected, the technique worked, and Ning Tieyun was rendered speechless by his daughter.

Ning Xian then said to Ning Tieyun, ”Father, I am already 18 years old. You said before to tell me the story of this chess game.”

Ning Tieyun said: ”I also plan to tell you then, this is not a secret, in fact many people know, it is not a big deal, tomorrow I will also decide to hold your coming of age ceremony.”