When Cao Hongyi opened his mouth to speak, Li Chen's eyes looked at the Great Elder that Cao Hongyi kept mentioning in his mouth.

Judging from his appearance, although the Great Elder had gray hair, the skin of his whole body was loose and withered like tree bark, and his body had become rickety, looking like an ordinary centenarian with half a foot in a coffin, Li Chen did not see any twilight from the other party.

If a person is about to die when the end is approaching, there will be that lifeless twilight in his body.

Like the Dongmen Baichuan that Li Chen encountered before, his body was full of this kind of twilight.

But Li Chen didn't see it in the Great Elder, and judging from the other party's plain eyes, he didn't have any worries about the longevity, either he was already downplaying life and death, or he was still very long, so he wasn't worried.

In addition, Li Chen also found that this Great Elder was unpretentious, and the whole person was integrated with the surrounding scenery, and Li Chen, who had the vision of the Martial Emperor, understood that this was not a return to the basics, but that the Martial Emperor's realm had unfolded, and all the simple things and scenery around him were one with the Great Elder.

"Sure enough, it's a strong man at the level of the Martial Emperor!"

Seeing this scene, Li Chen immediately understood that this Great Elder was a powerhouse at the Martial Emperor level.

But it didn't come as a surprise to him.

If it weren't for a strong man at the level of the Martial Emperor, it would definitely be impossible to survive for thousands of years!

When Li Chen looked at the Great Elder, the Great Elder heard Cao Hongyi's words, slowly raised his head, and said with a kind smile to the two people in the outer courtyard: "Come on, come in." ”

After saying this, he didn't look at Li Chen much, but lowered his head again and pondered the chess game in front of him.

"This ......"

Seeing this, Cao Hongyi couldn't help but glance back at Li Chen, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

The Great Elder is the Taizu of the Heavenly Mandate Clan, and he is extremely noble, but Li Chen is also a legendary person recorded in the clan, and his identity is also extremely noble, the Great Elder just said hello and asked them to come in, but he didn't look at it afterwards, which was a bit rude.

Moreover, this is the first time he has encountered such a situation.

In the thousands of years that the Mandate of Heaven has been waiting, three people have successively obtained the origin of the world by chance and come here, and the Great Elder has treated those three people with courtesy, but how come they lost their manners after arriving at the real legendary Mandate of Heaven?

Cao Hongyi couldn't figure it out.

This is also the reason why he glanced back at Li Chen.

Li Chen's profound knowledge in the ancient battlefield, his perception of the Great Dao and his attention to him all made him respect him very much!

But if it is compared with the highly respected Great Elder of the Heavenly Mandate Clan, the weight is naturally a little worse, so Cao Hongyi glanced back at Li Chen, with apologies and wanted Li Chen to take care of him more.

However, Cao Hongyi didn't understand why the Great Elder was rude, but Li Chen was thoughtful.

Li Chen didn't care about Cao Hongyi's return, he just raised his hand to slightly comfort the other party, reassuring the other party, and then walked into the inner courtyard where the Great Elder was.

As soon as he stepped into the inner courtyard, Li Chen felt a very imperceptible fluctuation, if it weren't for the fact that he had the experience of the Martial Emperor in his previous life and the Coiling Dragon Vine at the peak of his back, carrying the power of the realm, I am afraid that even he would not be able to detect this fluctuation.

And this fluctuation is not unfamiliar to Li Chen, it is the fluctuation of the Martial Emperor realm!

At the moment when Li Chen stepped into the inner courtyard, the Great Elder, who was looking ahead and pondering the chess game in front of him, slowly spoke: "In the past thousand years, there have been three people in the Mandate of Heaven World besides you, because when these three people came, I still didn't understand the prophecy left by the emperor, so I treated them as the people of the Mandate of Heaven in the prophecy record. Unfortunately, none of them have passed my test, and they are not the legendary people of destiny. ”

Speaking of this, the Great Elder paused slightly, and then continued: "My test of them is also very simple, do not obey the rules of heaven and earth, come to me and sit down, and play chess with me. Originally, this would also be a test for you, but in recent years, I have gradually gained some understanding of what the Emperor once said, and I have also made some progress on the way to the Dao, and from the moment you stepped into my realm, I knew that the person the Emperor said was you. ”

Speaking of this, the Great Elder landed a chess piece in his hand on the chessboard in front of him, straightened his body at the back end, slowly raised his head, and looked at Li Chen with a smile.

Li Chen listened to the words of the Great Elder, while looking at the chess game in front of the Great Elder, after the Great Elder finished speaking, he did not stop, walked straight to the opposite of the Great Elder and sat down, picked up a child, while examining the chess game, and said: "Since this is the test of the Great Elder, then whether I am the so-called person of destiny or not, I should first follow the rules." ”

After that, the child in Li Chen's hand fell, and there was a "click" sound!

The Great Elder's eyes lit up and he laughed heartily: "Good!"

After shouting hello, he also picked up the chess pieces and began to play chess.

Li Chen's movements in his hands did not stop, and while playing chess with the Great Elder, he said, "Great Elder, for the Mandate of Heaven Clan, ......"

Before he could finish his words, the Great Elder interrupted him and said with a smile, "Your name is Li Chen, right? I heard Mingyu mention you." I have a question for you, do you think that this world is the same?"

"Huh?"

Li Chen, who was interrupted, didn't feel angry, but the Great Elder's question surprised him very much.

After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head and dropped a son in his hand: "It's different." ”

"Oh?"

The Great Elder chuckled lightly and asked again without hearing his tone, "What's the difference? Everything in heaven and earth has its own cycle, flowers bloom and fall, the weak eat the strong, birth, old age, sickness and death, all for survival. Essentially, everyone is the same. ”

"Uh......"

Hearing the Great Elder's words, Li Chen was a little unsure of how to answer.

He hadn't thought or studied it deeply, and what the Great Elder said seemed to have some truth in it, so he couldn't argue with it.

But somehow, his mind was reminded of all the things that had happened to him along the way since he woke up from rebirth.

From the various oppressions after the decline of the family, to the fact that the Sword Gate was forced to leave because of Yun Haotian's words, and then to being chased and killed by Yun Haotian, falling off the cliff of the wind, joining the endless long career, returning to Cloud City, the invasion of the demon clan, the battle for hegemony in the Dragon Domain, and the Tianjiao Camp...... waited, and then finally fought with Yun Hao Heavenly Sword Mountain, and was stopped and oppressed by the Black Sword Martial Emperor.

Li Chen's heart gradually had an angry aura.

Looking back on the past, he has never taken the initiative to provoke others, and it has always been others who have been making trouble for him, and he passively drifted with the flow and was pushed away by various things.

And the people around me have long been accustomed to this law.

"The ant is not guilty, but its weakness is a crime!"

Li Chen couldn't help but think of what Yun Haotian said again.

Weak...... Is it really the greatest original sin?

No.

Weakness is not a sin.

Evil is sin!