Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 92: Inheriting the Power of Heaven and Earth (Part )
After lunch, Duan Mingyuan went to the infirmary alone.

Xu Yi was arranged to stay in the lounge on the inner side of the second floor. The teacher in the infirmary said that he was not seriously injured and that he had been staying in the ward due to psychological problems.

Upon hearing the news, Jiu Yue was given the task and carried a chicken that she had caught from somewhere into the kitchen of the academy. Before Duan Mingyuan came to visit, she packed a portion of braised chicken that she had cooked herself into a lunch box and asked Duan Mingyuan to take it to the frustrated senior brother.

When he entered the room, Xu Yi was sitting on the bed with half of his body exposed, looking down at his hands.

The noise coming from the door startled him. He turned around and saw that it was Duan Mingyuan who came in. He didn't know where to put his flustered hands. Duan Mingyuan walked to the bed, put the still warm lunch box on the bedside table, and said, "I heard that you didn't go to eat at noon. Your master's wife cooked braised chicken nuggets, and I brought some for you."

"Thank you so much, Teacher Mingyuan."

Xu Yi quickly picked up the lunch box and wolfed it down, as if trying to hide his mood.

Seeing this, Duan Mingyuan was also stunned.

He originally thought that this genius from the chess academy had not tasted defeat for too long, and after being defeated by Yang Ping, he went into an autistic state with no appetite.

But he didn't expect that while eating, he also praised, "Master's wife's cooking is really good, it tastes much better than the cafeteria."

Duan Mingyuan remained silent.

Ever since he started living together with Jiu Yue, he has given up ordering takeout, and he hasn't even been to his most frequented restaurant, Lao Sui Restaurant, for a long time.

He moved a chair and sat in front of the bed, waiting patiently for Xu Yi to empty the lunch box.

After dinner, Xu Yi wiped his mouth and put the lunch box back on the bedside table.

It seemed that September's secret braised chicken nuggets had worked. He calmed down and finally decided to tell the new teacher about his confusion. "Teacher, I know this won't work."

"What do you mean?"

"I overheard the dean's conversation. Right now, a group of people with bad intentions are trying to break through the barrier and break into the academy."

Before this, the group had killed the messenger who was out, and he knew that several of his fellow students in the chess academy had never returned to the academy after going home for the holidays.

When he asked the dean of the chess academy, the dean glared at him sternly and warned him to concentrate on his chess skills and not be distracted by other things.

But since something like this happened in the academy, how could he, as the eldest brother in the chess academy, ignore it?

Xu Yi clenched his fists.

He has been dubbed a "genius" since he was admitted to the hospital. He never wanted to disappoint anyone's expectations and has never stopped studying over the years. He even dreams of playing chess with others.

But when the bad guys appeared, Xu Yi realized that as the eldest brother of the chess academy, he had no ability to protect others.

"I have to thank Junior Brother Yang Ping. He made me more sober, but this is far from enough, right?"

That group of criminals were not street thugs, but killers who mastered strange and unorthodox techniques.

Even if they picked up the chessboard and confronted the criminals in a street fight, they would probably end up with their heads and bodies separated.

"Far from enough."

Duan Mingyuan has never been the kind of teacher who likes to give people false encouragement. If Yindie's killers are equal to the two they met halfway, even if there are more than a dozen Xu Yi together, they will only be giving away their heads in vain.

"really."

"But I saw your chess skills in class, and you've already got the hang of it."

Before coming to the infirmary, Duan Mingyuan went to the library and took a quick look at the classics of the chess academy. It mentioned that when top masters fight, they compete with each other in "momentum", which is what he saw as them entering the game with their bodies. Every chess piece becomes a pawn, and the chess players are the strategists who decide the direction of the battle.

"Teacher Mingyuan, you are joking. I only know how to play chess, and I don't know anything else."

Xu Yidi smiled bitterly and shook his head. When it came to actual combat, he might not be as good as other students in the chess academy, not to mention his junior brother Yang Ping, who had experienced dealing with evil spirits several times before coming to the academy.

"Watch carefully, I'll show you once."

After that, Duan Mingyuan shouted towards the door, "I guess you are here for this too? Then come in."

Xu Yi was stunned at first. Before he could react, the door of the ward was pushed open. The intruder was dressed in black, with a veil covering his face, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes. Xu Yi could only recognize from her figure that the person in black was a woman. She held a long sword in her hand, threw it with all her might, and stabbed it straight at Duan Mingyuan's chest. The cold light reflected by the sharp blade made Xu Yi shudder.

This sword is aimed at pursuing death.

This is not a street fight, but a life-and-death fight.

Xu Yi sat on the bed in a daze, at a loss as to what to do.

Facing the flying sword that was so close to him, Duan Mingyuan calmly reached out for the lunch box on the bedside table and blocked it with a seemingly nonchalant move, thus deflecting the flying sword away.

The flying sword that could cut through iron like mud didn't even leave a scratch on the plastic lunch box.

The intruder showed a look of joy, waved his right hand, and the flying sword that was bounced back suddenly changed direction in mid-air and chased after Duan Mingyuan again.

Xu Yi felt as if he was in a dream. He forced himself to calm down and not miss any details of the fight between the two.

The intruder attacked fiercely. While throwing out the flying sword, he also took out a short knife from his waist and rushed forward to engage in close combat with Duan Mingyuan. This violent attack was like a fight scene in a special effects movie.

Duan Mingyuan's speed formed a very sharp contrast.

He sat on the chair like an old monk in meditation, without even moving a step. From time to time, he raised the lunch box in his hand to lightly block and easily resolve the attack.

The next moment, Xu Yi was stunned.

The scene seemed familiar to him.

He recalled the scenes of himself playing chess with his fellow junior brothers and sisters. In order to gain an advantage, they were always eager to attack, just like the intruder in front of him.

The blind attack was naturally resolved easily by him who had gained the "momentum".

"It seems you noticed it."

While dealing with the intruder's attack, Duan Mingyuan even had time to turn his head to observe Xu Yi's condition.

In his opinion, the so-called "momentum" is the magic created by the heroes of the chess academy throughout the ages, but due to the discipline of the founder of the academy, they sealed this magic in the chessboard.

If this can be brought out of the chessboard, it will become a force that cannot be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Duan Mingyuan gently picked up the chopsticks in the lunch box, pointed them forward, and touched the intruder's wrist like a dragonfly skimming the water.

The intruder cried out in pain, and the dagger fell to the ground in an instant. As her mind was in chaos, the flying sword suddenly deviated from its trajectory.

Duan Mingyuan did not stop holding the chopsticks in his hand. He lifted them up and suspended them one centimeter away from the intruder's eyebrows.

The fight ended there.

The wind came from nowhere and blew away the intruder's veil, revealing her exquisite face.

The long black hair spread out like a waterfall.

"'Momentum' doesn't just exist in chess. What I just demonstrated to you is the momentum of heaven and earth."

Duan Mingyuan said.

Those who rely on the power of heaven and earth will be blessed by heaven and earth, and everything they do will be twice as effective with half the effort.

After that, he set his sights on the intruder.

"Also, Ning Ruyue, the latest school rules prohibit students from engaging in private fights in any setting other than the "Defense Against Evil Spirits" class."

"What is prohibited is private fighting between students."

The girl called Ning Ruyue smiled slightly and looked at Duan Mingyuan slyly, "But there is no prohibition on students asking teachers for advice."

(End of this chapter)