Time Travel: Did My Sister-in-Law Get Slapped in the Face Today?

The golden light shone brightly, forming a circle about ten meters in diameter that protected Li Lan and Zhou Xiang. The surrounding army of undead retreated one after another, not daring to approach.

"Relic!"

"Yes, it is a relic from the Cihang Holy Land. Relics are left behind by virtuous people and can subdue evil spirits!"

Everyone was surprised.

"Li Lan, come quick and save us!"

Upon seeing this, Zeng Rou quickly spoke up.

"Li Lan, use the relic to protect everyone as they depart!"

Guo Zhentian also gave the direct order.

But Li Lan deliberately feigned fear and said, "I only have one relic, it can't protect so many of you..."

He led Zhou Xiang deeper into the area, saying, "What if you try to rob us? Brother Xiang, let's hide inside!"

With that, they headed straight into the depths of the Crimson Blood Mountains!

"Li Lan, how could you do this?!"

Zeng Rou completely broke down. She no longer had the strength to resist and said, "We're classmates! How can you just stand by and watch me die!"

Liu Guiyuan's face was also ashen. He said, "That's too selfish!"

Ling Xuewei, standing beside her, also gently bit her lip; she was somewhat surprised…

She had assumed that Li Lan would come over and protect her with the relic, so she didn't say anything and waited for Li Lan to come.

But Li Lan actually ran straight into the depths...

"Let's go, let's break through!"

She felt very uncomfortable, but she didn't want to say anything. She turned around and charged!

The others were also filled with resentment, but now they were in grave danger and had no choice but to fight the undead army with all their might!

……

"Li Lan, where are we going?"

As they ventured deeper into the area, no undead dared to approach Li Lan and his companion, prompting Zhou Xiang to speak with some urgency.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place."

Li Lan smiled, then led Zhou Xiang in a certain direction and plunged in.

Soon after, the number of ghosts and vengeful spirits around them gradually decreased, and even the thick fog dissipated, revealing a valley ahead.

The valley was a deep crimson, the soil on the ground was dark red, and blood-red maple trees were everywhere, as if they had been stained with blood.

Li Lan sensed... this was it.

Zhou Xiang was worried, but he could tell that Li Lan seemed confident, so he didn't say anything and followed Li Lan inside.

"This is... a human bone?" Upon entering the valley, Zhou Xiang accidentally kicked out a skull from the bushes, and his expression changed.

"This place is full of skeletons!"

Li Lan spoke, and he had already sensed it: the soil thirty meters underground was entirely formed from corpses, a veritable mountain of bones.

Even among the grass and trees, one can still see many broken and rusty magical artifacts, which still exude an unexpected ferocity.

"There should be a demon king here..."

Li Lan pondered. If he wasn't mistaken, the terrifying malevolent energy here was the source of the army of the dead, and it was bound to give rise to extremely terrifying ghosts. However, Li Lan couldn't sense anything when he tried to detect it with his divine sense.

"Yes, the Sacred Land of Compassion!"

But then, with a surge of his soul power, he discovered some traces. On a maple leaf, there were some remaining bone fragments, which should have been caused by the magic of the Brahma Sect.

The Ghost King has already been taken away by the people of Cihang Holy Land.

It seems that the goal of Cihang Holy Land is indeed the underworld of Xingtian?

They arrived ahead of time and dealt with the local ghost king, which is why the army of the dead was disturbed and attacked. The people of the Dao Temple and Mingguang Sect were caught off guard and suffered a great loss.

"Fortunately, Chishongzi's seal is still intact!"

Deep in the valley, he found a giant pine tree. The tree was blood red and looked normal. But Li Lan walked around it three times in the forward direction, then three and a half times in the reverse direction, and finally stopped and shouted, "Open!"

Suddenly, a wisp of green smoke emerged from the blood-red pine tree and transformed into a human figure beneath it!

This was an old man with an air of otherworldly wisdom, holding a whisk and with long, flowing hair. As soon as he appeared, he said, "It seems that the successor that Luo Chuan found for this humble Taoist has arrived."

He smiled.

Zhou Xiang stared in disbelief, while Li Lan gave a slight bow and asked, "Could it be Senior Chisongzi?"

The old man nodded and said, "That's right."

Upon hearing this, Li Lan was overjoyed!

"Junior Li Lan, this is my friend Zhou Xiang. We both come from Earth. We learned from Senior Luo Chuan that Senior Chi Songzi is here, so we came to pay our respects and ask for your guidance!"

Li Lan spoke directly.

Chisongzi smiled at Li Lan and said, "You have many questions, but nowhere to find answers. Unfortunately, not everyone is qualified to know the answers."

There was a hint of desolation on his face. With a wave of his hand, a stone table and two stone stools appeared under the pine tree. He said, "Next round."

Li Lan sat down calmly and said, "Please, senior!"

Li Lan had not specifically studied chess strategies, but he was familiar with the basic rules of the game. Since Chi Songzi had done so, he must have had a deeper meaning, so he readily agreed.

Chisongzi then began to play chess with Li Lan. Both of them made their moves. Although Li Lan had never studied chess before, he had experienced countless upheavals and brutal battles in the underworld, and his temperament was far beyond that of ordinary people. The essence of chess is one's state of mind, so his chess moves were infinitely varied, and every move he made was a stroke of genius.

Chisongzi was extremely surprised. The more he looked, the more astonished he became, and the more engrossed he became in the game. At first, he only wanted to test Li Lan, but later, even his own chess skills began to feel quite strained.

"As expected of someone who dares to ask for answers, not bad."

After a long while, Chishongzi raised his eyes and smiled, saying, "I have obtained the answer you sought."

Li Lan pondered, looking at the other person with a puzzled expression.

"Let's take another look at the game."

Li Lan looked down and was startled to find that most of the white pieces he held had turned into black pieces.

He and Chisongzi had been playing chess for a long time and neither of them had won. But Li Lan's large group of stones was about to be completed and it was almost the end of the game. But now the white stones have changed color... Isn't this cheating?

How could someone as extraordinary as Chishongzi resort to such a clumsy tactic just to win a game of chess? Li Lan understood almost instantly and blurted out:

"betray!"

Chisongzi nodded, his eyes filled with emotion. With a flick of his hand, the entire chessboard vanished. He said:

"This is the answer I can give you: a game of black and white, but suddenly the white one turned into the black one..."

Li Lan said solemnly, "But who is the one who can make the chess pieces change color?"

Chisongzi's smile carried a hint of melancholy: "There are gods watching from above."

There is a god at the top of your head!

When Li Lan first asked Luo Chuan, Luo Chuan uttered those same words, and even now, Chi Songzi still harbors reservations…

What exactly are these so-called gods?!

wrong……

Li Lan pondered carefully. What Luo Chuan meant by "There are gods three feet above your head" was that there were gods three feet above your head, and he dared not say anything.

Chisongzi's saying, "There are gods three feet above your head," can be interpreted as either that he was equally wary and therefore dared not speak, or it could be... the answer to Li Lan's question.

Who made the chess pieces change color?

--The gods.

Upon hearing this, Li Lan felt a sudden sense of clarity.

The being enshrined in the top-secret hall atop the Heavenly Dao Peak, the statue in Xuanyuan Tongxuan's hand used to absorb the power of faith... could it be the reason for the Emperor Star's defeat in the ancient war?

Who is the white piece that has changed color?

……

I went fishing again yesterday and had a great catch.

So cool.

I'll write more today; I'm going out tonight.

I've already updated 10,000 words. I'll write another 10,000 words this afternoon so I can go fishing in peace.

I hope I get a lucky draw.