A female-oriented system, but the worldview is a little off?

Coupled with the old voice that has experienced the vicissitudes of life and seen thousands of things, it seems to make people feel the heaviness of time.

It was like a stone tablet with the writing erased...

It was once a symbol of prosperity.

“…”

Chu Yan was silent for a moment. He knew that this old man had many stories, but it was not appropriate to ask too many questions.

So he raised his wine saucer.

The faint scent of peach blossoms carries an indescribable sense of tranquility.

Drink it all in one gulp.

As the wine flows down your throat.

A kind of vague and ethereal feeling, like the spring rain that moistens everything silently, made his thoughts clear again.

But Chu Yan didn't notice it.

——Because this feeling is very close to the quality enhancement given to him by the system after he clicked the attribute point [Mental Resistance].

Even if they noticed it, they would probably think it was the remnants of the attribute points added when they were looking for the way.

"Mr. Liu, that must be a very good friend of yours."

After wiping the wine from the corner of his mouth, Chu Yan looked behind the chessboard again.

He smiled and said, "So this game of chess - subconsciously neither of you wants it to end."

"It will eventually become like this."

Since it was the old man's regret, Chu Yan finally decided to tell the old man about his discovery.

What's wrong with this chessboard is simple.

Because it should have ended a long time ago.

The two sides seemed to be entangled in a fierce battle on the plate, but in fact there was a clear position where the final decision could be made.

Leave it to Mr. Liu to hold the cane.

But it remains idle.

It's like a big dragon that has already been drawn, but the only thing missing is the eye.

——As long as Mr. Liu fills in that gap, this stagnant game will come to an end.

Chu Yan didn’t think that even a half-baked person like him could see such a flaw.

The old man who can even remember the order of moves in an endgame will always ignore and skip it.

unless.....

He himself didn't want to finish the game and was actively delaying the end time.

"..."

After being silent for a moment, Mr. Liu smiled with relief and said, "That's right, I didn't expect that you would discover this, my friend!"

He also took a large dish of peach blossom wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Then he picked up a black piece from the side.

The color is pitch black, like the pole of yin and yang, and it can freeze the flow of time for the viewer.

Delivered to Chu Yan.

"But...after all, I have been looking at this chessboard for so many years..."

The relaxed tone became a little more serious, as if he was asking for something, and the old man spoke calmly.

"If you don't mind, please come and help me, an old man..."

"Come and place this last move."

Chu Yan was slightly stunned.

Then, he took the black piece from the old man with a serious expression.

"Ah."

nodded.

Chu Yan had never learned any professional chess techniques, and he couldn't make the legendary crisp sounds of chess moves.

He just focused on his movements, holding the round black chess piece between two fingers.

With a clicking sound.

Placed on the only missing corner of the chessboard.

——It was as if the empty and lifeless blue dragon was embellished with majestic eyes.

And it overlaps with the crisp tapping of the falling pieces.

It was a crack that was shattered from a corner of the ancient and dilapidated stone tablet that seemed to represent eternity like bedrock.

There seemed to be a very faint dragon roar.

A low roar came from the crack.

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"My dear, if you have the chance next time, please come and drink with me again."

Mr. Liu, who was wearing a pure cotton white vest, bent over and said goodbye with a smile.

There was a pause.

He also reminded me, "Remember to wear the jade pendant I gave you. Just tie it anywhere you like."

"That jade pendant has the effect of warding off evil and attracting wealth."

"As long as you keep carrying it, good luck will happen sooner or later."

Chu Yan also waved.

He smiled and said, "Of course, but old man, you should not drink too much. It is not good for your health."

"Next time I'll bring you a drink from home that can simulate the taste of alcohol 100%."

“It’s guaranteed to be healthy and strong.”

My head was dizzy and I couldn't utter a few words.

In order to drink to his heart's content, he did not activate the [Passive·Drink a Thousand Cups Without Getting Drunk] effect given by the system this time.

But for this teenage body, no matter how good the soul's alcohol tolerance is.

I couldn't hold on any longer even after drinking almost a whole jar.

Feeling a little dizzy, Chu Yan could only hold up his phone.

He gestured that he had tied the lustrous jade stone with a small sword carved into it to a mobile phone as a jewelry.

The quality of this jade is extremely high, and when you touch it with your fingers you can feel it is slightly warm, as if it were alive.

Even without asking.

Chu Yan knew that this must be an extremely expensive item.

Well...actually he doesn't need to ask, because he has more convenient and effective means of identification.

【Ding! 】

[Item name: "Penglai Jade Sword"]

[Introduction: This jewelry component has the effect of attracting good fortune and avoiding misfortune, drawing in the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth, and gradually improving physical fitness. ]

[Just by wearing it for a long time, it can adjust the wearer's physical fitness, making him immune to all diseases, and expel all accumulated hidden diseases and impurities from the body. ]

【...】

The font on the light screen paused briefly before continuing to display the text.

[——It is the guide to "eternal life".]

This was the first time that Chu Yan saw something that was not a special item rewarded by the system but had its own passive effects.

And this passive effect is longevity!

Now there is a more "systematic" explanation for why the old man has been able to live healthily from the beginning of the school to the present.

It is said that being immune to all diseases is certainly the passport to immortality.

There is nothing wrong with this introduction.

The value of this jade pendant and jade sword is self-evident.

When the identification technique was just used.

Chu Yan was stunned for a moment, then immediately refused seriously and wanted to return the jade pendant to the old man.

“This thing is no longer useful to me.”

However, the old man just smiled calmly as always.

She waved her hand to refuse his return.

"I think it's more suitable for you...my friend."

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When the young black-haired boy, supporting the still dizzy and sleeping girl, left the beautiful garden.

The garden here has once again regained its quietness and tranquility.

The old man stretched out his hand into the air and pulled out the ancient Taoist robe from mid-air.

Put on the Taoist robe with stitches again.

Then he sat back in front of the old and withered peach tree and the stone tablet in the center.

Bow your head quietly.

He looked silently at the chessboard where there was no more chess pieces to be placed, as if he was lost in some kind of contemplation.

At this moment.....

A distorted and hoarse voice, as if it had been roughened by sandpaper.

It seemed to echo from beneath the stone tablet, right in the center of the garden.

As if filled with deep confusion.

"I didn't expect you to keep those two outsiders here, and even let that young man touch the chessboard..."

"That's strange, that's not your usual style."

That rough and hoarse voice slowly revealed a horrifying fact.

"You clearly know..."

"Given the nature of that evil object, especially in this situation where the final battle is approaching - even if it only stayed in this garden for less than an hour."

"——But in the outside world, it has probably been almost ten years."

ten years.

For both of them, this may be a time that is not even worth mentioning.

But for young people.

But it is enough for their peers to grow up, for everything around them to become unfamiliar, and for their first love classmates to grow up and become wives.

Time always gives everything to everyone equally.

Plunder from everyone equally.

However, this paradise - and the chessboard called [Lan Ke].

But it can brutally delay and prolong the years in the river of time.

One child represents one year, and one fall represents one year.

And the longer the endgame, the longer it will last.