What the black puppet said was simple, but it was very clear in the minds of the crowd.
Of the three light pillars, only one was the correct answer, and if they chose the wrong one, it might seem that the stone door would not open.
But the consequence was that the black puppet would also die.
And after he died, this Immortal Palace space would also collapse, and when that happened, some weak cultivators would be afraid that they would also be trapped directly to death here.
Lin Ran, Xiao Jiu and Li all possessed the life-preserving scales given by Zhen Yan, so they wouldn’t be worried at that time.
But what about the other cultivators?
Leng Qiu, Bu Er Swordsman and Fang Yan were all still in the Land of Opportunity.
So the pressure on Lin Ran’s shoulders at this moment was also very great!
“Alright! I’ve said everything that needs to be said, so it’s up to you to decide what to do next!”
The black puppet said, and then stopped talking.
Lin Ran slowly stepped forward and carefully surveyed the chess game.
After a few moments, Lin Ran asked.
“Was this chess game set up by your master?”
“Yes!”
“Then who did he play it with?”
Lin Ran continued to ask.
“Himself!”
The black puppet said.
“The master didn’t like playing chess during his lifetime, it was only after one reached his twilight years that he grew to love it.
“The master had no personal disciples in his life, so his last years were very lonely!”
“At that time, my spiritual intelligence had just been born and I was unable to communicate with my master!”
“So the master used this game of chess against himself to pass the time!”
“This game of chess was left behind by the master in his last moments, when he discovered that I had been born with spiritual intelligence!”
“He said that if in the future I or someone else could unlock the game, I would be free!”
“Unfortunately, I don’t understand the art of chess at all!”
The black puppet said indifferently.
However, Lin Ran could tell that there was a deep buried longing in his eyes.
He must have longed for freedom too, it was just a pity that fate had made it so that the original Yu Chang was likely to uncover the game of chess!
Only he didn’t make a move.
The black puppet wasn’t speaking, neither was Wolf Ba and the others, all of them looked at Lin Ran.
Whether they would leave this space of opportunity in a mess or unravel the chess game with the help of the puppet, everything would be in Lin Ran’s hands.
“Boss, is there any clue?”
Li Ba came over and asked.
Wolf Ba had a wild nature and didn’t have much research into this kind of stuff, while Li Ba was different.
This guy had a quick brain and had done a lot of business in the clan in the past, and was later able to make the Li family in Baji City prosperous.
So there were some aspects that were still more flexible than Wolf Ba!
“I haven’t thought of it yet, but this chess game could be divided into three directions if we follow the hints given by the other side!”
Lin Ran frowned and said, while pointing to one of the hinted positions.
“Look at this position, if you play white first, then black will be disadvantaged!”
“On the contrary, if this position is taken, still with the white flag first, then black will have the upper hand!”
“On the contrary, it’s this one position in the middle that I can’t see through!”
“Boss, do you think it’s possible that these three squares represent the three situations where black and white can win, as well as a draw!”
Li Ba suddenly said.
Lin Ran was stunned at his words and nodded his head busily.
“There is indeed this possibility!”
“Then, Boss, let’s assume that it’s these three scenarios, so who exactly does the owner of this Immortal Mansion want to let win?”
Li Ba asked.
“Who wins? What’s the point of differentiating who wins when you play yourself against yourself, whoever wins isn’t winning themselves!”
Lin Ran said.
“Then what exactly does he mean by this game of chess?”
Li Ba wondered.
Lin Ran pondered for a moment and said.
“No matter who wins, white or black, the master wins, but he also gave three hints!”
“Then it means that what he wants is not to win! Rather, it means he wants us to move him!”
Lin Ran said as he took a seat on the sidelines.
“Imagine if you were the owner of this place and people reached their twilight years without any family around them!”
“How would you like to spend your time daily only by playing chess?”
“Me!”
Li Ba said after a moment’s thought.
“I would definitely have to go crazy, but it depends on the time, if I was only left with a month, I might do something I wanted to do before and didn’t have time to do!”
“But if it comes down to the last two or three days, I might just be quiet!”
Lin Ran nodded as he listened, then seemed to think of something and jerked up and said.
“I have understood!”
With that, Lin Ran picked up the white chess piece on the side and prepared to fall.
“Boss you’ve really thought about it?”
Li Baba asked as he busily got up.
“Mm!”
Lin Ran nodded and said.
“The owner of this Immortal Mansion must have gone through long years in his later years before his body eventually died!”
“So, his later years were very much time!”
“It may even have been much to the point of being long!”
“And in this case, he began to study playing chess, then what he wanted was inevitably a game of chess that would never be played!”
“So that he would not spend it in boredom again!”
“And what one wants at this point is perfection, whether white wins or the black flag wins, it’s not perfect!”
“The real perfection is definitely a draw!”
“Therefore, I deduce that the result of this game must be a draw!”
With a snap, Lin Ran had already placed the white pieces in one of the cue positions!
The crowd held their breaths, their eyes fixed on the huge stone door in front of them, anticipating the moment when it would open.
However, the crowd waited for a full two minutes, but the huge stone door in front of them did not react at all, not even the slightest rattling.
“Boss!”
Li Ba looked at Lin Ran, wanting to comfort him, but the words came to his lips but he couldn’t say them!
“Boss, it’s okay, if not, we’ll leave! It’s just a chance… just don’t!”
Wolf Ba also said.
Lin Ran, however, did not say anything, his eyes burning at the game of chess, and said to himself.
“It can’t be wrong, and even if it’s wrong there wouldn’t be no movement at all!”
“Could it be that something is wrong with this chessboard?”
Lin Ran said and at the same time kicked towards the stone pillar below the chessboard.
“Rumble!”
This kick landed, and instantly a rumbling sound came from within the entire chessboard.
Following this, everyone was actually surprised to see that the huge stone door had actually opened.
“Holy Sh*t! Boss, this kick of yours is too fierce!”
Wolf Ba couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Go aside, Boss this is a correct guess!”
Li Ba was busy saying.
Lin Ran, on the other hand, felt a little speechless, luckily he had guessed correctly, the lack of movement just now had made him doubt his judgement a little!
The huge stone door opened, followed by a huge wall that appeared in front of the crowd.
The wall was carved with a lot of patterns that looked mysterious and unpredictable, not knowing what the purpose of the wall was.
And in the middle of the wall was a lattice with a brocade box inside, which looked very precious.
“That’s the one! Inside that is the small formation!”
The black puppet said, while getting up and taking the wooden box out, and then opening it!
At once, the crowd saw that a stone emitting a muddy aura was lying quietly inside.
There were clear lines on the stone, and at a glance it was inscribed with a formation!
“You hold on to it, change and we’ll leave!”
Lin Ran said, there was nothing here worth stopping for himself, the opportunity within the mansion was what he was most interested in.