After laughing for a long time, Ji Yuan gradually stopped, took a deep breath and relaxed his breath.
“Hiss~~~Hu~~~”
He didn't move his body, just looked up at the sky. The branches of the trees in his peripheral vision were still blurry, but at least he was not completely blind. When the blood spurted out of his eyes, Ji Yuan was really afraid that he would become completely blind from then on.
Fortunately, at least I can still see things now. As for how clear it is, it is secondary. I'm used to it anyway.
Although Ji Yuan looked disheveled and ragged at this moment, there was actually not much dirt on his body. Even his hair was just wet and sticking to the body, but each strand was clearly visible without any clumps.
Therefore, there is no peculiar smell on Jiyuan's body, but the dust on his clothes is inevitable.
His eyes were fixed on the sky, but his mind was thinking about the exaggerated process of chess. In the dream of chess, he calculated the changes according to the laws of nature and earth. Although he could not fully understand the key to the catastrophe of heaven and earth, he also came to many conclusions.
"Why… "
Ji Yuan sighed. The first thing was that he, Ji, might not have the chance to join any famous immortal family, otherwise Ji Yuan himself would be transformed into one of the immortal spiritual energy.
If you cannot be sure of a decisive move, doing so will be like cutting off your own chess path, which will most likely hinder the development of the chess game of Taoism in the artistic conception of mountains and rivers.
This is what is called being in the game but at the same time being aloof from it, and not getting too deeply involved.
But Ji Yuan cannot really stay out of it. After all, he also lives in this world and has his own emotions. If he wants to play chess, he needs new chess pieces.
After playing chess for several years in the cave, Ji Yuan has already gained a preliminary understanding of chess moves and strategies.
Glimpse of the moment of the great catastrophe of heaven and earth actually illustrates a saying: Heaven gives birth and heaven kills, this is the principle of Tao; Heaven and earth are the thief of all things, all things are the thief of man, and man is the thief of all things; when the three thieves are in harmony, the three talents will be at peace.
As the saying goes, Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. All things carry the yin and embrace the yang, and the collision of qi makes them harmonious.
All the meanings come together and are summarized in one simple word: harmony.
Ji Yuan had no idea of fighting against the immeasurable calamity by himself. He did not have such a great heart and strength, but he knew that he could make moves, layout the world to take advantage of the situation, and try to gather the power of all living beings to pave the way for the fight.
At least in this way, even if he failed, Ji Yuan would have a clear conscience!
As a person who aspires to become an immortal, after learning about such a terrifying calamity for the world and knowing that he does have the ability to influence or even change the outcome, no one would think, "The catastrophe thousands of years later has nothing to do with me." Moreover, if one really becomes an immortal, he will always have to face it.
If you can’t do it, you have to do it. If you can do it, you have to do it even more!
It is necessary to improve one's cultivation, otherwise Ji Yuan's lifespan will run out before the game is over.
It is also necessary to find the destined person in the world. This "person" refers to the people, gods, ghosts, monsters, immortals, Buddhas, and even demons in the world... And try to make the destined person into a chess piece to help him grow, otherwise there will be no pieces left halfway through the game!
The Big Dipper kills and the Southern Dipper creates, the black and white chess pieces each have their own uses!
Fate has no size. Even if you are just a child in this mortal world, you may be able to influence the energy of humanity in the future. But fate is fate and you cannot ask for it indiscriminately. Both the chess player and the chess pieces must not lose their original intention.
'Life is like a game of chess, never regret your moves!'
Ji Yuan, still thin, stood up slightly shakily, his fists clenched at his sides, and raised his head to watch the changing clouds in the sky with blurry vision.
'Yin and Yang combine to form the two poles, and the world becomes one... This world only has one chance, but time is still sufficient. I still have many chances. I will always be persistent. The way of chess is Yin and Yang. Let's wait and see!'
After standing in the mountain breeze for a long time, Ji Yuan finally regained his composure, and the skin on his face recovered a little, no longer as scary as before.
She stretched out her hand to smooth her wet long hair, and found that the wooden hairpin had disappeared. She then looked at her clothes, which were tattered. Fortunately, she was not naked, but she would not be able to withstand any strong tearing.
"Oh... it's turned into this mess!"
With a sigh, Ji Yuan waved his hand, and five chess pieces appeared, and spiritual energy rolled in from the mountain...
After three years, Ji Yuan's state of mind and cultivation have changed a lot. The biggest change is his state of mind, but it seems that it has not changed much. But when you look at it again, there are changes, as if it has become "true" from the heart.
The cultivation level is quite intuitive. The five elements' qi sense the qi of heaven and earth. Although there is still a long way to go before perfection, there is the appearance of Chao Yuan without the actual Chao Yuan. It's just that the magic power holds it back.
After two days and nights of practice, Ji Yuan has recovered to a state of full energy and abundant magic power. The area of his alchemy room has exceeded ten acres, so he can no longer be considered a person with shallow cultivation. The blazing real fire in the artistic conception alchemy furnace is even more spectacular, even causing a layer of flames to spread on the golden bridge connecting the alchemy furnace to the magic elixir field.
But the most amazing thing is that Ji Yuan discovered that he is now truly untainted by dust. He does not know the art of avoiding dust nor does he deliberately perform other magic, yet he is completely untainted by dust.
The wind and dust blew away from her body, and even the muddy water in the stream was raised by her long hair, but only the mud fell off quickly, while clean water remained on the ends of her hair.
This is something that even puzzled Ji himself, because there is no similar record even in "The Biography of the Outer Dao" and "The Tongming Ce".
Of course, Ji Yuan wouldn't hate this kind of thing.
He took a step forward and leaped into the mountain. With a wave of his hand, the Qingteng Sword flew over and fell into Ji Yuan's hand.
"Haha...thank you for your hard work for so long!"
Buzz~~~~
The long sword rang softly in Ji Yuan's hand, without any resentment.
In a short while, Ji Yuan returned to the cave where he had sat cross-legged for three years and found that the wooden chessboard was of good quality. It felt intact except for the rotten corners. There were quite a few broken ceramic pieces on the chessboard, and the two chess boxes were empty.
After searching the cave for a while, he couldn't find his bag and umbrella. They must have been left in the inn.
There was nothing valuable in the bundle, just a set of clothes with a hole in the armpit, a scroll of chess manual on bamboo slips, "Tong Ming Ce" and "Wai Dao Chuan" along with a purse, as well as two small jade signs of Yu Huaishan and Wei Wuwei's jade pendant.
"But this chessboard... I think it was stolen back then..."
Ji Yuan touched his head. This was probably the first time in his two lives that someone had robbed something without paying and then ran away, except for the time when he robbed candies as a child in his previous life.
With a casual wave of his hand, a dead branch on the ground flew up and fell into Ji Yuan's hand. He peeled off the bark and broke off the extra branches. A six-inch long, slightly bent, smooth branch appeared in Ji Yuan's hand.
She combed her hair and used a wooden stick to push it into a simple bun. It looked as untidy as it was three years ago, but more natural.
"Let's go to Juntianfu City again!"
Ji Yuan seemed to say something to Qingteng Sword, or to himself, and took a step forward, moving like a dragon, as if shrinking the earth...