Cohabitation with Sword Spirit

Chapter 363 - 100: The Spirit of Chess

March 4, 2018

Shen City Inner City, second-floor private room in the City Lord’s Mansion.

Li Chaolu lay languidly on the dining table, groaning weakly.

"Sister Wanqing, how long do we have to stay here..."

However, on the other side, Li Wanqing didn’t respond immediately to Li Chaolu’s groaning. Instead, she sat upright at the dining table, her eyes slightly narrowed, tapping her fingers on the table, lost in deep thought.

It took a long time, so much so that Li Chaolu had started practicing holding her breath out of boredom, creating a vacuum inside herself, before hearing the crisp sound of a chess piece falling on the board.

Li Wanqing gently lifted her right hand, her index and middle fingers still pressed together, her brow tightly furrowed in worry.

Before she could catch her breath, the sound of another piece being placed resounded on the board.

A man’s faint voice said, "Won."

Li Wanqing slammed her forehead on the table, groaning wearily, "Hahaha, 103 consecutive losses."

"If I recall correctly, 103 consecutive losses, you’re much smarter than Shen Qingming."

The Celestial Sword Spirit was deeply gratified by Li Wanqing’s counting ability.

Li Wanqing chuckled helplessly, "I really don’t feel any better with you saying that."

Wang Jiu paused in silence and said, "Hearing you say that, Qingming also said she doesn’t feel any better."

"... Don’t go messaging both sides!" Li Wanqing was convinced by Wang Jiu’s straightforwardness, and by the way, she sympathized with Shen Qingming’s situation on the other side.

Even though she was also under soft imprisonment, at least she had Li Chaolu to chat with and Li Xinyu to spar against. But Shen Qingming was facing the Celestial Divine Sword all alone, the mental pressure was unimaginable. She had probably lost a lot of hair over the past few days...

On the other hand, thanks to Wang Jiu, everyone remained hopeful for the future. Li Wanqing couldn’t imagine what despair they might have fallen into without the presence of such a powerful sword.

However, merely harboring hope was far from enough.

"Wang Jiu, when can we take action?"

"We have to wait until Zhao Jincheng leaves the City Lord’s Mansion." Hearing the question, Wang Jiu felt somewhat troubled, "For the past few days, he has stayed in the mansion, protected by the Four Instruments Thirteen Arrays, leaving us with hardly any opportunity to act. Forcibly taking action, the chance of successfully assassinating the target is less than one in a thousand, not to mention any protective Magical Treasures Zhao Jincheng might have on him."

In fact, Wang Jiu had been planning to take action against Zhao Jincheng since the first day Shen Qingming was placed under soft imprisonment. From his calculations, if they only considered Zhao Jincheng himself, the Celestial Divine Sword could launch a surprise attack with absolute confidence to eradicate him completely in both form and spirit.

But Zhao Jincheng had been fortunate. He had come alone to the City Lord’s Mansion on the first night and had not left since, giving Wang Jiu no chance at all.

"...It’s indeed strange. What did that guy go find Shen Ruoshi alone for? And after two days, he still hasn’t stepped out of the mansion. What on earth are they doing?"

For Li Wanqing’s doubts, Wang Jiu had a reasonable guess.

"According to human society’s customs, before marriage, newlyweds are privately taught marital knowledge by the elders of both parties. This mainly includes postures during copulation, duration, secretion, and intake of bodily fluids, the use of various auxiliary tools, and dealing with unexpected situations. Now that Zhao Jincheng’s family elders are still in Golden Jade City, it’s only natural for Shen Ruoshi to undertake this task on his behalf..."

Wang Jiu’s words made both sides shudder.

"You mean that big and small pervert are privately exchanging perverse techniques in the room for two days straight?"

Wang Jiu said, "What’s strange about that? Marital knowledge seems insignificant, but according to social statistics, about 40% of marital conflicts stem from such issues. To be proficient in various marital skills, in addition to extensive theoretical knowledge, long-term training and practice are also required. Two days, even with excellent teaching, is barely enough for a novice to master the basics."

"I can no longer look at the term ’teaching by example’ the same way."

"It’s just imparting theoretical knowledge while guiding hands-on practice..."

"Stop, I can’t look at ’hands-on’ the same way either." Li Wanqing sighed, about to stop Wang Jiu when suddenly she heard a knock on the door.

She immediately composed herself, exchanged glances with Li Chaolu and Li Xinyu, and the room’s atmosphere became serious.

During these two days, the three of them had been confined in the private room. Apart from Shen Jinghai’s initial visit, no one else had come. No matter how they caused a commotion inside, there was no reaction from outside. They were treated worse than Shen Qingming, who was at least visited when things were broken.

However, this peace was not necessarily a bad thing. Shen Ruoshi’s actions had become increasingly insane, and it was possible for him to do something outrageous. What if he, in a moment of irrationality, decided to kill to silence others...

Fortunately, before long, the door opened, and a familiar face appeared in front of everyone.

"Shen Yueying? What are you doing here?"

"Don’t worry, I’m not here to kill anyone to silence them." Shen Yueying smirked and walked over to the dining table, sitting down before locking her eyes on Wang Jiu.

"I’ve heard you’re quite skilled?"

Wang Jiu nodded: "Of course, would you like to try me?"

Shen Yueying was a bit surprised as she glanced at Wang Jiu: "Are you sure, with me?"

"You were the one who doubted my abilities first."

Shen Yueying pondered for a moment before nodding: "Indeed, hearing is deceiving, seeing is believing. Then, I shall experience your extraordinary skills."

Saying this, Shen Yueying’s eyes suddenly emitted a vast white moonlight.

At the same time, Wang Jiu’s Illusory Sword True Form used the Shape Manipulation Array to pick up a chess piece and placed it on the board.

"..." Shen Yueying only felt the surging moonlight in her eyes as if abruptly interrupted, and the overflowing energy had to be forcibly suppressed, making her eyeballs almost explode.

"What are you doing!?"

Wang Jiu was also bewildered: "Is there a problem with letting the younger take the lead? Or do you care more about ladies first?"

"I’m not competing with you for precedence!" Shen Yueying was almost ready to blow his head off with a punch, "Who wants to play chess with you?!"

Wang Jiu curiously asked: "Weren’t you here to challenge me because of my recent 366 consecutive wins in Gomoku?"

"366 consecutive wins?!" Shen Yueying looked at the chessboard in disbelief and quickly shook her head, clearing her mind of such irrelevant trivialities.

"I was asking about your Immortal Cultivation skills. I’ve heard you were specially hired by the Li Family as an Honored Guest Elder in QingCyan Cloud yun City, responsible for guiding a group of young cultivators, and then... that kid Qingming also won the QingCyan Grand Competition under your mentorship?"

For one who once guided the Celestial Divine Sword of the Jiu Immortal Venerables, such experience in training junior cultivators was trivial, but Li Chaolu next to him was already puffing out her chest in pride, answering quickly: "Indeed, Mr. Wang Jiu not only has amazing personal strength but also possesses the top-notch guidance abilities..."

Shen Yueying raised her hand, indicating for Li Chaolu to stop speaking, and the next moment, the girl felt she could open her mouth but couldn’t make any sound.

Shen Yueying continued to fix her gaze on Wang Jiu: "Your current strength, what level has it reached, Rain Cover Realm, Mountain-Overturning Realm? I acknowledge your skill in concealing True Essence Fluctuation is remarkable, sitting right in front of you, I can’t detect the slightest True Essence Fluctuation, but now I need you to be frank, what exactly is your strength?"

Wang Jiu looked at Shen Yueying and then said: "Your realm divisions mean nothing to me. I can only say, as I am now, killing you wouldn’t be impossible."

For the Celestial Divine Sword, the sole criterion for measuring strength is slaughter.

Swords are lethal weapons, meant for killing, and their value lies in their efficiency in slaughter, so naturally, one should not compare a Divine Sword with humans based on realms.

From Wang Jiu’s perspective, the woman in front of him was full of flaws, though her True Essence Realm was very high and her combat experience rich. At this moment, she seemed like a flickering candlelight in the wind, tottering. If the Divine Sword Body were present, and all means exhausted, it indeed wasn’t impossible to kill her.

These words reached Shen Yueying’s ears, bringing a slight smile to her lips.

"That’s good. If you can even kill me, then killing a mere Rain Cover Realm young master of Golden Jade City should be more than doable."

This statement immediately turned the atmosphere in the compartment deadly!

Wang Jiu was plotting the assassination of Zhao Jincheng, which was currently the top-level secret. How did she know?

However, before everyone could ponder more, Shen Yueying earnestly stood up, bowed, and earnestly pleaded to Wang Jiu: "Mr. Wang Jiu, this is my request... please, you must kill that depraved person and save Qingming!"

At the mention of Qingming, Shen Yueying’s voice began to tremble.

"That child, her condition has been worsening day by day. The day before yesterday, she was even playing chess against herself and lost over a hundred games, seemingly on the brink of a mental breakdown..."