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The strength of the human race lies in their innate understanding, while the power of the demon race is rooted in the inheritance of their bloodlines.
The offspring of top demon clans possess abilities comparable to a century of hard training for humans right from birth. However, it is quite difficult for an ordinary demon to cultivate themselves to the level of Divine Communication.
This means that from the moment they are born, demons are almost destined to reach a certain limit. To change this limit, many elder demons have devised various methods, some of which later became known as Evil Techniques.
Changing one's own bloodline is undoubtedly the best method.
Blood Cultivation, or blood transfusion, has led demons to go to great lengths, but how easily can one obtain a powerful bloodline? As a result, many weaker demons began to band together against the stronger ones.
Because of this, the strength of the demon race has been significantly weakened. Thus, during the Deification stage, they were at a disadvantage against humans, and the Ancient Court was replaced by the current Court Representative.
Under human leadership, the demon race began to struggle. Many powerful demons could not even give birth to their offspring, leading to the permanent disappearance of many bloodlines.
While demons lost their allies, humans never stopped advancing. The humans of the past practiced Taoist Arts and Spells, while today's humans have acquired firearms.
Demons could only find ways to integrate into human society or hide deep in the mountains and forests for cultivation.
However, there are still some powerful bloodline bearers among demons. If these strong individuals are willing to change the current state of demon bloodlines, a resurgence of the demon race is not impossible.
Unfortunately, humans will not allow them to succeed.
Shaoming's situation is like this; she has obtained a bloodline far more powerful than her original one—strong enough to transform her entirely and even grow a new tail!
For a Fox Spirit, their tail is of utmost importance.
The stronger a Fox Spirit becomes, the more tails they possess. For example, there is the legendary Nine-Tailed Fox. The Landlady should also be a Fox Spirit; she only has three tails. The Fox Fairy Grandmother, who is currently the leader of the Fox Demon Clan, has merely four tails!
The bloodline power of the Fox Spirit was once among the top during the Ancient Court Era, but unfortunately, it was lost in the battle of Deification. Due to Su Daji's existence, the Fox Spirit bloodline not only failed to pass down through the Tushan branch but was instead divided into Qingqiu.
However, Shaoming is no longer the same as the previous Fox Spirit; her current bloodline is not the one left behind by the Fox Spirit clan, but rather a new and powerful bloodline. If I am not mistaken, it should be the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Peng Bird, also known as Golden Peng!
The Golden-Winged Peng Bird! This is a peak bloodline among countless others! Unfortunately, despite its power, this bloodline cannot be fully inherited by the descendants of Golden Peng, which is why there has only been one Golden-Winged Peng Bird in existence for countless years.
With Shaoming accepting the bloodline of Golden Peng and merging it with her own Fox Spirit bloodline, she will create a unique bloodline exclusive to Shaoming! This means that Shaoming's originally limited potential has now become unpredictable.
When all the fur on Shaoming's tail turns golden, it will signify that she has grown a second tail. If Shaoming can cultivate to Nine Golden Tails, she will no longer be a Fox Spirit but a fox!!!
However, Shaoming cannot fully accept the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Peng Bird within her body right now, just like me; she cannot suppress the Three Drops of Essence Blood in her Dantian.
Therefore, we need the help of Blood Cultivation, which is likely why the Golden-Winged Peng Bird brought Shaoming to me.
"Yao," Xia Liyi said as she looked at Shaoming, who exhibited characteristics of a demon race, unable to believe it. "Are there really demons in this world?"
"Are we supposed to lie to you? Or do you actually think she's an S?" I patted Shaoming on the shoulder, signaling her to conceal her anomaly.
"Do you remember that Ritual Platform we dug together?"
"Was that also part of the Demon Tomb?" Xia Liyi asked nervously.
"No, there was a Zombie buried underneath."
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"Boss, what should we do now?" Zhang Fan asked me. "What about the others? Where did they all go?"
"We have all become separated," I said.
Now there is a bit of trouble; we have no way to continue forward. This room has no exits apart from the two paths we entered through. Are we supposed to go back? No, we can't go back. However, it was purely by chance that Shaoming and I ended up here, so we can't direct the others on how to get out.
At that moment, I caught sight of the high platform in the center of the room.
"What is that?" I asked Zhang Fan, who had arrived early with Xia Liyi and should have explored it by now.
"I don't know. There are only horizontal and vertical lines on it, but nothing else."
"Lines?" I pondered for a moment. "Shaoming, let's go take a look."
"Okay."
As we approached the platform, it was about the size of a mahjong table, with little difference in height. The surface was marked with lines that resembled a chessboard.
It shouldn't be something like Chinese chess since there are no boundaries like the Chu River and Han Border, and the demon race probably wouldn't play chess either; after all, chess originated in the Qin Dynasty and was perfected in the Tang Dynasty.
But it also wasn't Go because the pattern didn't match that either.
"Shaoming, do you recognize what this is?" Shaoming is a demon, so he should have some knowledge about these things.
"Wudao Chess," Shaoming replied. "Also known as Life and Death Chess. Each move leads to enlightenment; each game determines life or death. In the past, our demon race had low comprehension, which led to the creation of Wudao Chess. Typically, it is played by two or four players, and the losing side will die."
Die? It seems they use death to force demons to unleash their potential? What a bloody method.
"So what should we do now?"
"If I'm not mistaken, we are about to play this game," Shaoming said, resting his chin on his hand.
"How do we play?" I asked. "There are no pieces, and isn't it a matter of life and death? Whoever loses dies?"
"I don't know either," Shaoming replied. "I've only heard of this kind of game; I've never played it."
Great, the only person who knows what this is turns out to be a novice.
Just as we were at a loss, Zhang Fan suddenly summoned a surge of Taoist Arts energy in his hand, which then flowed along the lines on the Chessboard, forming a piece that landed in the center of the board.
"What is this?" I looked at the piece and then suddenly raised my head, realizing that both Zhang Fan and Xia Liyi had vanished from the room.
"What the heck, where did they go?"
"They placed their pieces and were probably transported away. Wudao Chess is certainly not that simple."
"What do we do now?"
"We place our pieces." As Shaoming's demonic energy surged, he dropped another piece next to Zhang Fan's.
Sure enough, as soon as Shaoming placed his piece, we were suddenly transported away.
A flash of white light passed, and we found ourselves in a grassy plain.
"Where are we? How did we get here?" I looked at myself; everything I was wearing remained unchanged—my Azure Flower Robe and Seed Bag were still with me.
"Wudao, Wudao. So the meaning of Life and Death Chess isn't about winning or losing but about understanding life and death?" Shaoming suddenly seemed to have an epiphany and replied, "To understand life and death within enlightenment? Those predecessors really had good intentions."
"What does that mean?" I completely didn't understand Shaoming's words.
"To put it simply, it means to fight for your life," Shaoming said, already manifesting a fox tail. "Master, the heart is here, it's coming."
"Yes," I replied. "I can feel it."
Not far away in the grass, I had already heard the rustling sound, and it wasn't just one creature; it seemed to be a group! What could it be? A monster?
Just as I was pondering this, a large insect burst out.
A tiger! It's actually a wild beast!
Is it just one tiger? Then I can handle it. Looking at Shaoming, she was facing a lion.
It seems that even in Life and Death Chess, it's a gradual process; at the beginning, it's still relatively easy.
Three Flying Swords flew out from the Seed Bag, and at this moment, the large insect had already launched an attack.
"Three Talents Sword Formation!!!"
The three Flying Swords alternated in the air and directly sliced the large insect in half!
More rustling sounds emerged from the grass as a tiger and a male lion appeared.
This time, the beasts were much smarter; they even started to dodge the trajectory of my Flying Swords.
Are they learning from previous lessons? But that's fine; I'm not just someone who can wield Flying Swords.
"Three Purities Edict, Daoist Law of Correct Origin! Fire Talisman! Out!"
A Fire Talisman was thrown out, and in an instant, fierce flames engulfed the two beasts, burning them to ashes.
"Heh heh." I wiped my nose. Using beasts to test me? Too easy!
"Master, don't be careless. The number of beasts increases exponentially." Shaoming kicked the first beast away. "Take your time, don't rush. Our task is to hold out for a certain amount of time, not to kill as many as possible."
What the hell? There are still only two now, but soon there will be four, then eight.
"It's fine, I can handle it." How frustrating to have to pretend that the master is all-powerful.
Sure enough, four beasts appeared from the grass, one of which was a Saber-Toothed Tiger.
Hey, hey, hey, isn't that against the rules? A Saber-Toothed Tiger has shown up; are there going to be mammoths and Dinosaurs later? Can we not bring back extinct animals just for show?
However, my complaints had no effect. The eyes of the four beasts gleamed with ferocity as they lunged toward me.
I could use a Flying Sword and Fire Talisman to deal with them, but so could Shaoming. We just needed to buy time, so I simply used the Wind Walking Technique to start moving around in a corner. Might as well practice the Wind Walking Technique!
No wonder this is called Wudao Chess. Combat is indeed the best way to gain insight; this saying is absolutely true!
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