Under the blue sky, wandering in the turquoise forest sea, at the end of the forest sea stands dozens of abrupt ancient trees, tall and terrifying, as if supporting the pillars of heaven and earth, straight into the clouds.

The tips of the giant trees are submerged in the layers of clouds, and the wind and clouds are moving, and what is faintly visible is not the luxuriant branches and leaves, but several beautiful pavilions in the sky.

Standing above the clouds and looking down, it is easy to think of the legendary heavenly palace where the gods lived, floating above the sea of clouds and shrouded in clouds, hence the name "Sky Castle".

Although the rumors continue to spread more and more outrageous, very few people have actually seen Sky City, and even few people know its location. Even the disciples of the Sina Fan Sect in Dream City rarely knew the Dao, and the legendary "Sky City" hung above their heads.

It is said to be a city, but its scale is far smaller than that of a real city, and even a small town cannot be called a small town, but it is just a dozen buildings of different heights in the sky, built on the top of a giant tree.

When a dozen tall ancient trees were first selected to form a special formation, they were far from the current height, at first they were about the same as the ancient trees that surrounded them, and after thousands of years of birth, they became the elevation of the mountains and rivers that are now comparable to the famous mountains and rivers.

In the heart of the Shilu Realm Forest, the climate is humid and cloudy, covering the shadows of more than a dozen towering giant trees, which are rarely found even now. Even if someone is lucky enough to bump into the periphery of Dream City and see the pavilion in the clouds, they will mistake it for a mirage.

And this is the eye of the Sina Maze Sect's super array, and it is also the center of Dream City.

View from afar. The pavilion standing on the top of the top is only a small bud on the branch that has not yet bloomed, and you can only experience the splendor and grandeur of the real palace when you get closer. Standing next to the palace and looking up, you can't help but praise from the bottom of your heart: "This is the real 'city in the sky'." ”

The palace-shaped pavilion was really large, three or four times larger than the main hall of the Bauhinia Imperial City, and it was hard to imagine how the tips of a tree as thick as a finger could support such a behemoth.

The main hall is completely made of various wooden materials, which greatly reduces its weight, and the surrounding sea of clouds increases its buoyancy, but it is still very heavy. The small tip of the tree is absolutely unbearable. It can only be attributed to the Qimen Bagua technique that Sina Mystery Sect is proficient in.

The wood of different materials has different colors, and most of the materials are difficult to name even for experts who are well-versed in plants and trees, and many of them are specialties of the forests of the world, and it is extremely difficult to find them outside.

The golden roof of the temple. Painted red walls. Pink and white staircase...... If you don't look closely. It's hard to tell how different it is from an ordinary palace. People with good enough eyesight can clearly see that each brick and tile has unique wooden lines, which are naturally beautiful and ancient.

A scholar who is proficient in the art of Qimen Bagua. It is easy to perceive that these special lines are intermittent and seemingly irregular, but in fact they contain the most natural force to prevent any external force from intruding.

Compared with the carved beams and paintings outside the main hall, there is no place that is not beautiful, and the hall appears simple and empty, except for a few sets of lacquered wood tables and chairs, there is nothing.

The interior of the palace is divided into six floors, and the red staircase spirals upwards like an inverted funnel, and standing in the center of the main hall, you can see the hollow roof of the hall, and you can vaguely see two black shadows sitting on it.

This is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his thirties, wearing a simple cyan robe, with long hair that fits vertically around the back and waist, and a blue hairband on his head tied into a simple bun, which is a unique attire of ancient scribes.

The man's appearance is extremely delicate, with fair skin, a resolute face, eyes like stars, and meticulous dress, which reflects his character from the side. In addition to wearing classical and old-fashioned clothes, there is also a classical bookish smell all over his body, which is more temperamental than the elegant hermits in film and television.

If Yunbai sees it, he will definitely smile and call it "super antique".

He is Zhang Wanli, the current head of Sina Mizong, whose delicate and elegant appearance is quite incommensurate with his generous name.

He sat cross-legged, with no cushion under his hips, only a layer of misty clouds, swaying up and down, like a massage chair driving his body back and forth. In front of him is a chessboard carved from stones, the chessboard is square, the chess pieces are sleek and simple, and the shape is peculiar, which is different from any kind of chess that is popular on the mainland.

The chess pieces are divided into red and white, the red chess pieces have occupied the whole field, the white chess pieces are very few, Zhang Wanli's chessboard side is empty, and the opponent's chessboard has been piled up next to the two columns of stomping chess pieces. Obviously, Zhang Wanli has fallen into a very unfavorable situation.

Opposite Zhang Wanli sat a mysterious black shadow, wearing a wide cloak to cover his whole body, even though the room was very bright, he couldn't see his appearance clearly. When I looked up, I saw a blur except for the darkness.

"General!"

His hand stretched out from inside the cloak, with a sickly pale feeling in the sunlight, and he took a chess piece into Zhang Wanli's lair and ate his general.

"It's over again, I still haven't made any progress, and I haven't even captured a single chess piece of yours. ”

There was a hint of gloom in Zhang Wanli's tone, but there was a knowing smile on his face, as if this defeat was both a matter of course and a relief for him.

"You don't have to come and play chess with me every day, to be honest, playing this kind of game with you is very boring. ”

This is a somewhat old voice, although I can't see his appearance clearly, I can probably guess his age, but the lifespan of the martial artists on the continent is thousands of years, and it is impossible to judge the specifics.

"Huh...... It's not just to have some fun for you, but also to give me more challenges, so many years, no inch, let me be ashamed, your calculus is amazing, so that the kid is amazed. ”

Zhang Wanli bowed his head slightly to show his admiration.

"If you want me to say, it's not that I'm too strong, but that you want to go wrong, if you change someone, you definitely won't lose so badly. This chess piece was unearthed at the same time as the "Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Comedy", which came from the handwriting of ancient ancestors and contains many valuable philosophies, but the simplest and most complex point should be to give up and discard. ”

"Abandon?" Zhang Wanli frowned suspiciously.

"If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid I would have understood it a long time ago, but you haven't understood it yet, and you're extremely stupid. The old man's words did not leave Zhang Wanli with any affection.

As the head of a sect, Zhang Wanli was in a high position for a long time, and he should have been extremely angry when he was taught such a lesson, but he couldn't see the slightest anger on his face, but instead bowed his head respectfully and said, "I hope you can teach me." ”

The old man was silent for a moment and sighed: "Your cultivation is much higher than that kid, but it is also too bad. ”

Zhang Wanli was surprised: "Are you talking about Mu Bai? Twenty years ago, you still remember him?"

"Huh...... Except for him, who dares to lift the table in front of me, that kid is really not afraid, and it is really difficult for people not to remember. ”

Zhang Wanli smiled heartily: "It's true, but didn't you punish him at that time, he fell down from here, lay on the bed for several days, and didn't stop swearing for a day." If I lie to him again in the future, he won't dare to come up, thinking that he was scared by you. ”

"If you want to say that he was scared by me, I don't believe it, this kid is very vindictive, he won't come when he knows that he is not my opponent, and when he has the ability, he will definitely come to take revenge, I really want to see him again. ”

"Uh-" Zhang Wanli seemed to think of something, and said with a stunned expression: "His prank at that time was not to take revenge on you, right, I became an innocent pond fish who was affected?"

"Probably not, this kid loves and hates clearly, so you are not a pond fish who has been affected, there must be something to provoke him. The old man's tone was very affirmative, and he knew Mu Bai very well.

Zhang Wanli said: "You seem to have only seen him once, how can you know him so well? I think he is a despicable and shameless villain, and I can't see a little discipline from him." If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to take him, I wouldn't have deceived you into ......"

The old man smiled and said, "Why don't you say it?"

"This thing is too small-minded to talk about him. Zhang Wanli's face was a little embarrassed, and he instantly figured out the reason why Mu Bai was evil and punished him, and felt a little unreasonable.

"After all, he is a delicate person, as can be seen from the chessboard. I can see a lot of things from every game of chess, although that kid seems to have no rules to open and close, but in fact he is cautious and cautious, and he does it every step of the way, which gives me a headache. To defeat him, I lost half of my pieces. ”

"How is this possible?" Zhang Wanli stood up with a swoop on his face, his expression very surprised.

Could it be that he is even more powerful than my arithmetic, I have devoted myself to studying for forty or fifty years, and I have not eaten a single chess piece of my ancestor, how is this possible?

Zhang Wanli's eyes were cloudy, and the old man seemed to see through his heart, so he said, "What is the situation when you play chess with other people." ”

"Don't lose a single son, decide the chess game. ”

"You should try to find someone who doesn't understand it at all. Zhang Wanli seemed to have an understanding, and the old man continued: "If you want to successfully break through the duck egg, you have to learn to give up. Anyway, I knew from the beginning that I would lose, so why don't you give it a go? ”

"I see. Zhang Wanli knelt on the ground and bowed respectfully: "Thank you, ...... teacher"

It was as if a seal had been attached to his mouth, and he couldn't open it, so in desperation, Zhang Wanli could only change his words: "Thank you for the teachings of your predecessors." ”

"Tsk...... It's been decades, and you haven't learned to be obedient, hasn't anyone said that you are very pedantic? A man's mother-in-law and mother's mother, I don't know if Lu Dao's brain is full of paste?" There was a hint of anger in the old man's calm tone.

"After studying with you for so many years, I really don't know how to repay Lu Dao except for this title. ”

"That's why you are pedantic, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, what to talk about in return. ”

'The chess game is over again, although it has been more than 20 years, I still have to say, please tell me ...... Qingqing"

Zhang Wanli knelt down again, and halfway through his words, he was slapped on his chest by a huge force and flew out.

"Get out!"

The old man's impatient scolding echoed in the empty palace. (To be continued......)