294 How about Playing Chess, Chatting and Having A Bowl of Noodles? (1/2)
Chapter 294: How about Playing Chess, Chatting and Having A Bowl of Noodles?
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Master Yan Se went to the table, shook his head at the old man, and sighed. Then he turned around to see Chen Pipi, who was as timid as a quail with his head lowered, shaking his head and sighing again. He asked, ”How has the abbey dean been recently?”
Hearing this, Chen Pipi looked up and wondered, ”You know I've been in the Academy all these years, how would I know if he is good or not?”
Yan Se slightly stroked his sparse beard and stared at him, impatiently saying, ”Now that you do not know, we can't chat about the old days. Since you have escaped from the Abbey, do I need to save your face?”
Chen Pipi became increasingly puzzled, touching the back of his head and answering, ”Of course not.”
Master Yan Se growled, ”Then why not offer me a seat? Why stand here like a dull goose?”
Chen Pipi hastily got up and gave the seat to him, and then humbly stood aside. It was not until now that he realized that this old Taoist would actually play chess with the Great Divine Priest of Light, so he could not help but be surprised and feel helpless, thinking to himself, ”Who knows what you damn old guys are thinking about? Who would expect that 'please' from the Great Divine Priest of Light meant that he was actually inviting you to play chess.”
But Master Yan Se didn't care at all about what he was thinking. He just slightly stroked his taoist robe and sat down. He glanced at the chessboard and found the black chess was on the upper hand, so he felt pleased and glanced praisingly at Chen Pipi.
The old man on the opposite side of the chessboard smiled and stretched out his right hand, indicating for Yan Se to play his turn.
Master Yen Se put down a chess piece and patted his mouth, saying, ”How have you been doing recently?”
Holding a white piece in his hand, the old man replied softly, ”Every year when you returned to the Peach Mountain, you would go to You Prison to see me and naturally inquire how I was doing there. As of recently, I have been really good.”
Master Yen Se stared at the criss-crossed pieces on the chessboard. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, ”Even if you are not satisfied with your life in the Peach Mountain, why must you come to Chang'an?”
The old man answered with a smile, ”That day, your Younger Brother also asked me this question.”
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Although one of them did not wear a taoist robe, they were indeed two old Taoists beside the chessboard, the most excellent Taoists of Haotian Taoism in the recent years, who were both qualified to be crowned with eternal glory.
Although Chen Pipi had been a Grand Cultivator at the Knowing Destiny State, whose status could make him unparalleled in this earthy world, facing the two old Taoists, he had no choice but to behave like a young student, who honestly delivered tea and dared not speak.
Master Yan Se drunk his cup of tea, and licked off some tea from his front teeth. He frowned, displeased with the extremely bad-tasting tea. So he raised his head and said, ”Back then, the abbey dean always thought you were the strongest one in the Peach Mountain, even stronger than the hierarch. How about now? ”
The old man recalled that Taoist in indigo, and answered with a slight smile, ”In front of the abbey dean, who dares to call himself the strongest.”
Holding a black piece, Master Yan pointed to the lane outside the Old Brush Pen Shop and said, ”Even if you are more powerful than the abbey dean, so what? Here is Chang'an City. Here is my big tactical array. You can't defeat me. ”
The old man nodded. A figure at his level would definitely know that Chang'an City was the legendary God-stunning Array. As the controller of the Array, Yan Se was undefeatable so long as he was in Chang'an.
”I still hold the view of the day.”
The old man smiled at the opposite side of the chessboard and said, ”I am just a lingering-out old Taoist, and it will be a big waste to use a big tactical array like Chang'an City on me. Presumably, you also think so.”
Master Yan Se sighed and said, ”The word 'lingering-out' is quite exact. We are both old and about to return to Haotian. Of course, it will be fine for us to enjoy ourselves in the earthly world for a bit longer. If you didn't come, I could live longer, and you too could have more time in this world.”
The old man looked at him and said calmly, ”You know my eyes can fortunately foresee the future sometimes, so I am well aware that it is hard for me to leave Chang'an this time.”
Master Yan Se shook his head and said, ”If so, why come here.”
The old man answered, ”Everyone will eventually return to the source of life, which is, the embrace of Haotian. So I'm not afraid of it. Time is only the order of different events, and as for us, we need to use time to do the things we should. If we can't finish doing those things, time will be meaningless.”
Master Yan Se sank in silence. He gently put the black piece between his fingers on the chessboard and said, ”So the reason why you came to Chang'an City is to return to the origin of time, and complete the thing you didn't finish that year?”
The old man answered without saying a word.
Master Yan Se also laughed and looked at him, saying, ”The ultimate cultivation is the cultivation of the heart. How can we aged guys change the mind of others? Well, anyway, I now have a successor and don't feel much attached to this world. Well, you were imprisoned then and probably didn't know it.”
The old man was very clear about Yan Se's attainments in Talisman Taoism, and clearer about how difficult it was for a Divine Talisman Master to find a successor who has potential. Now he learnt that he actually found a successor, so he could not help being surprised and feeling happy for him.
Seeing his reaction, Master Yan Se proudly said, ”My disciple is not an ordinary one. He understood the original meaning of Talisman Taoism after being showered in the rain, so in the future, he must be far better than me in terms of state. I don't want to compete with you in other things, but my ability can be inherited, so in this aspect, I'm much better than you.”
The old man gently smiled and looked at Sangsang, who had been silent. He then softly said, ”I also have a disciple, and she is also quite good. I think she will at least not be worse than your disciple in the future.”
Strong confidence and his rare intention to dispute was revealed in his indifferent tone. In the eyes of the old man, Sangsang was a gift given by Haotian and the biggest Lucky Chance he had in his life. Even if Yan Se had luckily found his successor, he still couldn't be compared with his favorite girl disciple.