Xia Shi played chess very fast, and it was often my son who had just fallen and his black piece followed by him.

Xia Shi's rapid chess made me a little tired for a while, and when I was still thinking about how to move this move, his black hand was already raised high, as if he had already predicted where I would land.

Since I was playing rapid, I had already lost two games in a row in just half an hour.

"I can't win at all." I shook my head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

When the chess game started again, Xia Shi didn't give me any time to rest, and the black hand kept falling, like an invisible coercion.

"That's not right." When I saw where he fell, I suddenly realized something, "It turns out that you are not invincible." I chuckled and slowly fell.

Sure enough, Xia Shi frowned slightly.

"Talented."

As he spoke, he continued to fall, and in less than half an hour I was defeated again, but ...... The speed at which he fell had slowed down, and he could no longer hold me down as consistently as he had before.

"Go on." This time, I was the first to speak, holding the white son and waiting for his black to fall.

I don't know how long it took, maybe I forgot the time, and it was already dusk approaching.

"You won." Xia Shi slowly spoke, announcing my first victory after sixteen consecutive rounds, "Maybe...... Can you surpass him? Xia Shi stood up and tidied up his clothes, then turned to leave, "Maybe, anyway, we'll meet again soon." He said this, and then faded out of sight.

"Whew." I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, the battle with the Old Gods now seemed to be my victory, though...... It's in this way.

I stood up, thanked the owner, left a sum of money, and walked out slowly.

"Finally back?" When I returned to the car, I saw Lu Ming holding two big buns, and asked vaguely while nibbling.

"You know he's there." I asked, but there was not the slightest doubt in my tone.

"That's right." Lu Ming took another sip of soy milk, "How about it, this person is amazing, right?" ”

"Well, it's strong." I nodded without denying it, "He said we'd meet again soon." ”

"Indeed." Seeing Lu Ming nodding and admitting that I was a little unnatural, "What's wrong?" Afraid? Lu Ming seemed to see my discomfort and asked with a smile.

"Sort of, I think this person myself... Very strong. At least the aura is very strong, and you don't need any movement to feel his momentum. I said seriously.

"He's just a loser, he's not a threat to you." Lu Ming waved his hand and signaled that I don't have to worry, "Although it is true that you can't compete with him now, he will not be your opponent in a short time, and among all the people surnamed Xia, there is only one opponent of yours." Lu Ming raised his index finger.

"Who?"

"The head of the Xia family, Xia Shi Xia Yu." Lu Ming said in a deep voice.

……

"How far is it from 'paradise'?" Driving on the road, I couldn't help but ask Lu Ming.

"It's not far, why are you still far away when you see Xia Shi?" Lu Ming said with a smile.

I was silent and didn't reply.

"What's wrong? Don't want to go? Lu Ming seemed to know what was on my mind, and smiled sheepishly.

"Not really, I just don't want to face the facts." I shook my head, didn't say anything more, just drove to my destination on my own.

"This is the entrance to the 'paradise'?" Looking at the forest in front of me, I couldn't help but ask.

"yes." Lu Ming took out his bag and replied while rummaging through it: "This outer maze of 'Xanadu' is almost impossible for anyone else to break this formation, except for the locals of 'Xanadu', who can enter and exit freely."

"Don't tell me this, just tell me if you can do it." I lit a cigarette and asked in the smoke.

"And what do you think I'm doing?" Lu Ming took out Sinan and replied angrily with a jade pendant.

"Okay, come on, I'm optimistic about you." I replied with a grin and took another puff on my cigarette.

"I know you're under a lot of pressure, but you should smoke less cigarettes." Lu Ming glanced at me and said lightly.

"What else can I do if I don't smoke?" I asked rhetorically.

"Whatever you want, but you're going to hate this thing later."

I fiddled with the cigarette in my hand, and I couldn't imagine why I hated it.

"Because one of your loved ones will die for a cigarette." Lu Ming calmly seemed to state the facts.

"Tsk." I frowned and didn't reply.

"Let's go." Lu Ming adjusted Sinan, put the jade pendant on the mouth of the spoon, and then stepped into the forest.

I followed him and stepped into the outer maze of "paradise".

This outer maze is no different from the forest, but along the way, you can see a few houses, but strangely enough, although these houses have cooking smoke, there is no one in sight.

"I'm curious." Seeing that I was confused, Lu Ming asked me.

"Sort of, I don't quite understand the meaning of these cooking smokes." I replied.

"Don't blink." After Lu Ming finished speaking, he slowly picked up the jade pendant that was placed on Sinan's spoon.

Suddenly, the surrounding fog was thick, Sinan began to spin wildly and had no intention of stopping, and there were figures in the previous houses, some of them were lighting fires and some were doing laundry, as if the curling smoke was really from their hands.

"It's magical." As Lu Ming put the jade pendant back on the Sinan spoon, everything gradually returned to calm.

"What kind of magic is this?" I looked a little solemn.

"This is just a blindfold maze laid by the Yin and Yang family, although it is the highest-level one in the maze, it is really nothing compared to other formations." Lu Ming explained.

"Do those people have the ability to hurt people?" I still feel a little scared of those who appear out of nowhere.

"It's just a trick, and there's no real physical impact. But it will bewitch your mind, so that you lose your normal judgment and end up hurting yourself. Lu Ming seemed to be dismissive of this formation.

"That's right......" I murmured.

Passing through the woods, we turned to a bamboo forest, where the bamboos were green and straight, each one was as thick as a thigh, and the ground under our feet was soft but not sticky to the soil, which was really magical.

"How to say that 'Xanadu' is also a pure land, and it is normal for the land to be fertile and special."

"Well, I can see it." I replied.

"Alright." Lu Ming suddenly stopped and looked ahead and said, "We've arrived." ”

Deep and long.