Chapter 1094 - 449: Sacrifice to Heaven and Earth_3

Chapter 1094: Chapter 449: Sacrifice to Heaven and Earth_3

He could only brace himself and follow his intuition to place the pieces, allocate Energy and Attributes.

Wu Chang shook his head slightly; although he didn’t understand chess, he could read people.

Yuan Yan’s mind was in turmoil, and once the mind is disturbed, mistakes are bound to happen.

According to the All-Knowing Crystal’s analysis, if Yuan Yan made no mistakes, he could rely on his Destiny and gamble on a mistake from the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master.

But now, the lessons he’d learned from the realm of the Heart and the Courage were shaking, causing him to lose control and make mistakes, losing even the chance to wait for the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master to fail.

One can plot, but success is determined by Destiny; what strategy addresses is human planning, and once strategy fails, even Destiny cannot find a way to help.

Sure enough, within an hour, Yuan Yan conceded due to a blunder.

He resignedly came behind Wu Chang, and found that Wu Chang’s situation had shifted from slightly advantageous to moderately advantageous; even if he took over, given enough time to think, he was eighty percent confident of winning.

Even more unacceptable was that Wu Chang still had the leisure to rise and admire the plum blossoms, while the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master sat rigidly, unable to make a move.

A sense of powerlessness filled Yuan Yan’s heart; his master, the Junior Minister of Taichang Temple, once lamented that he had walked a smooth path, and if one day he saw someone with superior Talent, understanding that there are people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens, his state of mind would advance further.

At the time, he dismissed it, thinking that he only heard such sentiments in the complaints of colleagues at Taichang Temple and never felt anything similar.

He now wished to tell his master that he finally had that feeling.

As for Wu Chang, his ease was genuine, for every placement, Attribute Allocation, and subsequent answers to questions, even posing challenges to the Immortal Mansion Master, were all handled by the All-Knowing Crystal.

He was simply the one placing the pieces.

The breakthrough strategy of the All-Knowing Crystal used the breakthrough method prepared for evaluators when the chess game was set.

It didn’t truly penetrate into the central area but instead harassed, simultaneously shrinking the central Space as much as possible, while using the previous position to create larger Space on the corners.

Using the corner Space to replace the central Space, winning without a fight.

According to the All-Knowing Crystal, Yuan Yan had already found a preliminary idea. Given two or three more games, he would completely perfect the breakthrough strategy.

But the problem was that discovering the breakthrough strategy was just the beginning. According to the game’s design, the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master would rely on a higher Realm Value to forcefully enter the corners, initiating a chaotic skirmish.

By that time, the outcome would be extremely complex. With Yuan Yan’s standard, the result would still depend on whether Destiny was sufficient, namely whether success lay in Destiny.

But Wu Chang was different; his Value surpassed that of the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master, who could not forcefully enter and could only watch the game die slowly, unable to resist.

It was equivalent to Wu Chang relying on Value, making strategy to be decided by humans, and success also decided by humans.

Without random factors, achieving a direct overwhelming victory.

Realizing defeat was inevitable, the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master could only concede.

Yuan Yan looked at all this with mixed feelings. Initially resentful, he quickly came to terms with it after recalling Wu Chang’s game, feeling a sense of relief deep in his heart.

Even having seen it himself, he couldn’t analyze how the opponent allocated resources or what Blinding Technique was used to force the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master into an indefensible position with lower Realm strength.

He could only say his skills were not yet mature; this Megrez Immortal Mansion simply wasn’t meant for him.

He cupped his hands to Wu Chang in congratulation:

"Congratulations, Lord Peace. The complexity of this Immortal Mansion and the items left by the Immortal Mansion Master are exceptional. In the entire Great Xu, no one is more deserving of this inheritance than you."

"It just so happens that while I’m at this Immortal Mansion, once you complete the reception, I’ll activate the array here, then we’ll return to Zhenyue City together to report."

Wu Chang responded, "Thank you, Junior Minister Yuan."

As they spoke, the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master had put away the stone platforms of the fifth challenge, revealing a path for Wu Chang to proceed.

Wu Chang followed the stone path

With the fifth challenge complete, the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master cleared a path, motioning for Wu Chang to proceed.

Wu Chang followed the path forward, encountering an enlarged version of the Tower of Erudition. Upon entering, he saw it filled with various books.

From beast bones to stone slabs, bamboo slips to thread-bound books, it seemed every book that had appeared in the World Dungeon Plane could be found here.

At the center of the first floor, he saw the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master holding a Wordless Book, slowly walking toward him.

Perhaps Wenquxing was more composed; the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master refrained from the whimsical probing with a sword and merely walked up to Wu Chang, handing him the Wordless Book, and softly said:

"Can strategies truly be determined by humans and success also?"

Before Wu Chang could reply, the Immortal Mansion Master’s apparition disappeared.

The unfamiliar becomes familiar.

As he received the inheritance Item, the Item Description immediately appeared before his eyes.

"Item Name: Book of Literary Fortune"

"Item Type: Special"

"Item Description: The holder of this book is regarded as the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master and can freely manipulate all arrangements within. The book records the Immortal Mansion Master’s insights left for Wenquxing."

Upon acquiring the Book of Literary Fortune, as he gained recognition from the Immortal Mansion, the previously blank pages appeared to show content.

Before he could clearly see the words, his vision blurred as he entered the memory the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master left within the inheritance.

Upon entering memory, the first thing he heard was someone beside him saying:

"That Demon Birth Pool occupies the Celestial Gate, blocking our path to seek help upwards, and the faith and Destiny accumulated from the celestial ritual are being seized by those Demons, nurturing more newborn Demons. At this rate, the world is doomed."

"Megrez, what should we do now? Must we truly..."

In the next moment, the Megrez Immortal Mansion Master said: "Demons block the Celestial Gate, rendering the celestial sacrifice impossible, so we shall change to a terrestrial sacrifice."