I Am Loaded With Passive Skills

Chapter 3929: Chapter 1880: Fishing (Part 3)

"At this moment, He will emerge again."

Dao Peipei pinched beyond the scene, and the Cursed Yin chess piece, earlier sent flying off somewhere unknown, appeared with its big eye.

As He entered the scene, purple light shot from His eyes, simultaneously locking onto the Demon Ancestor’s body, spirit and will, Medicine Ghost Hua Bei, and several moves ahead on the chessboard.

With this line set, two chess games crisscrossed, dazzling to the eye:

"Cursed Yin enters the game, scheming for a snipe and clam battle where the fisherman profits."

"Regardless of whether the Demon Ancestor wins or Medicine Ghost Hua Bei wins, He will forcibly intervene, using all His wiles, just seeking to verify His path."

"This is a battle for robbing the path; the game at this point is all an open scenario."

Open scenario...

You call this an open scenario?

Xu Xiaoshou thought his mind was sharp, but after seeing and hearing all this, even his brain was starting to feel scorched.

"Sword Tower!"

He finally focused on the piece that he had been putting off all this time.

Clearly, Li Fuyu had implied several times for him to go to the Sword Tower to seek enlightenment, yet he had delayed again and again. Could it be that the Demon Ancestor’s spirit had a hand in this?

"What does the line between Sword Deity Hua and Bei Huai signify?"

He hadn’t given up on this question, but after pondering it repeatedly, he could only barely derive one answer...

Sword Deity Hua practiced Phantom Swords Technique.

Bei Huai researched the Life Reincarnation of ghost beasts.

Between the two, there was no apparent connection or binding relationship.

"Moreover, in this game, while Cursed Yin may sit back, how could the Demon Ancestor allow Him to act as the fisherman?"

"Dao Qiongcang hasn’t emerged either; his scheme is large, yet he shows no signs in this game."

"Dao Peipei is hiding!"

Xu Xiaoshou steadied himself, not letting his thoughts be led astray.

He didn’t focus on those who might be variables like Third Ancestor and Hua Bei, but turned to look at Dao Peipei:

"Ghost Ancestor."

Dao Peipei pursed his lips, "Yes, we’re discussing the Ghost Ancestor."

He pointed to the two chessboards and the crisscrossing lines upon them, "The game is clear. Lord Shou, if you substitute yourself into any piece, and think from its standpoint about survival and Godhood-Sealing and Ancestor success, you would know what each one is after."

Xu Xiaoshou was silent.

These two boards, with over ten lines, were enough for him to ponder for ages.

So...

The Ghost Ancestor wants to protect Sword Deity Hua.

Is it because if Sword Deity Hua survives and successfully seals Godhood, he can unite with him to stand against the combination of Medicine Ancestor and Bei Huai?

But if Sword Deity Hua succeeds, he’d need to rob the path of the Ghost Ancestor; the situation for mutual benefit wouldn’t exist at all...

Wait!

Xu Xiaoshou was suddenly startled awake.

He again focused on the line between Bei Huai and Sword Deity Hua.

"If Sword Deity Hua and the Ghost Ancestor ’merge’, coexisting in a way similar to a ghost beast host body, uniting into one, and further consuming Medicine Ancestor back to zero, this idea..." He looked at Peipei.

Peipei nodded, "It’s an idea."

Peipei then laughed, pointing at the Bei Huai chess piece, he role-played, "I, Bei Huai, hope to see you all doing so, as it’s precisely my research."

Xu Xiaoshou’s pupils enlarged.

He continued, "If Sword Deity Hua successfully robs the path of the Ghost Ancestor..."

Peipei then pointed to the Medicine Ancestor piece, and role-played, "Then we two, I and Bei Huai, unite to first consume you, and privately discuss distribution issues, and the problem of contending against Demon Ancestor."

This...

Xu Xiaoshou further questioned, "If Sword Deity Hua fails, and the Ghost Ancestor succeeds..."

Peipei shook his head this time, "If Sword Deity Hua fails, and the Ghost Ancestor stands alone, the Ghost Ancestor cannot succeed, for He already stands at the path’s pinnacle. His only hope for success lies in the ghost beast host body—an experimental body foreseen by Ancestral God Bei Huai."

A fine Bei Huai!

Xu Xiaoshou felt his scalp tingling.

He saw the drooling mad dog beyond the scene; Bei Huai was always present, Bei Huai never absent.

"Furthermore..."

Dao Peipei still pointed at the line between Sword Deity Hua and Bei Huai, the very line Xu Xiaoshou was most focused on and confused by:

"Sword Deity Hua cannot lose, nor die."

"If Sword Deity Hua loses, or dies, Bei Huai unilaterally succeeds, increasing the chance of robbing Medicine Ancestor’s path..."

Xu Xiaoshou was about to ask why.

Peipei shrugged, "I’ve said, I can’t say."

Xu Xiaoshou was furious.

Peipei firmly refused, "Enough variables are there, Lord Shou; you really cannot become a variable yourself."

Xu Xiaoshou could only single out and think for himself.

At regular times, perhaps there’d be gains, but now his brain was burning dry, perplexity mounting as he thought more.

Just by introducing a Ghost Ancestor, so many questions emerge.

These two boards, regardless of places, people, even if only important ones are substituted, how many questions can arise?

Enough indeed!

People surnamed Dao, how can their minds burn so?

Xu Xiaoshou was left in awe, noted down these two incomplete games, and finally looked at Dao Peipei:

"And you?"

"What about me?" Dao Peipei smiled.

"Brother Peipei, you’ve said so much, yet you remain outside the game, just pointing fingers. If you claim to ’not want to enter the game’, I for one do not believe."

Previously, someone was constantly mentioning Dao Ancestor, with ambition so blatant!

Dao Peipei didn’t answer, smiling as he asked back:

"Then Lord Shou, in this game, I didn’t include you either, nor did I single out Bazhun’an to closely calculate success, aftermath, or arising variables."

"Let’s not discuss Bazhun’an. Lord Shou, what about you?"

Ha!

Me?

Xu Xiaoshou gave a wry smile, pointing at the chessboard before him, pointing at his feet:

"I am right here."

He reached out with a hand, a fishing rod appeared in his palm.

Upon casting, the hook flew ahead and happened to catch Hua Ba’s Lingyu Mountain piece:

"Brother Peipei, the Shengshen Continent is already a vortex of vile water, unsuitable to enter, the game brimming with endless variables, while beyond the game sit all the Ancestors, plus there are people like you and me."

"By comparison, when forces converge, it turns out that the five great secret realms of the Holy Emperors, especially the Qianshi Emperor Realm, have become a place no one asks about, most tranquil, so I came."

"I wish to fish in Qianshi, annihilate outside of everyone’s sight, may I borrow your treasured place for a stay, Brother Peipei doesn’t mind, right?"

Dao Peipei’s lips curled, showing great welcome.

He also pointed at his feet, answering Xu Xiaoshou’s earlier question: "Then I too am here."

He clasped his hands as well, manifesting a fishing rod, and after throwing it out, it sliced through the gap between the starry chessboards, catching nothing.

"Lord Shou intends to fish in Qianshi, with Bazhun’an ahead, Jin Ren behind, able to advance and retreat."

"I too emulate, but without external power to draw from, can only wait for a willing one to take the bait, perhaps amusing Lord Shou."

Xu Xiaoshou stared at him, chuckling.

Dao Peipei also turned his head, smirking ambiguously.

The two returned their gaze to the chessboard, to the initial Lingyu scenery, to the battle of Hua Ba...

The starry chessboard thus quieted down.

"Dao Qiongcang, who do you think will win?"

"Lord Shou, I’ve said, I am not Dao Qiongcang."