Chapter 1862 - 1456: Unlocked, New Techniques!

"What did you say? What broke?" Gu Changsheng’s eyes stared blankly from his clothes, shifting a mere millimeter behind him, the entire person looking as if struck by lightning, filled with disbelief.

"The chess game! The Ancient Wilderness Remnant Chess, it’s solved!" Zhou Mu looked at his little woman, shaking his head with a laugh.

Gu Changsheng’s mouth twitched sharply, and realizing, instinctively turned his head towards the direction of the chessboard, and with one look, well, where was the chessboard?

The spot where the chessboard had been was now replaced by a spiral staircase!

That spiral staircase was like the one between the first and second layers of the Star Innate Tower, spiraling upwards, leading straight to the tower top, with Luminous Pearls still embedded in the staircase steps, glowing softly, very gentle...

"Is it really... really solved?" Gu Changsheng stared wide-eyed in shock, the Phoenix Eyes widened, his mouth almost able to fit a duck egg, "Is this possible?"

Damn it!

This is way too fantastical, isn’t it?

She was clearly throwing the chess pieces down in anger, and then, this Ancient Wilderness Remnant Chess that had baffled her own evildoer and Shi Wujue was solved just like that?

It’s simply...

Gu Changsheng trembled as she walked forward a few steps, raised her leg, and kicked at that spiral staircase...

"Bang bang!"

A soft sound echoed, Gu Changsheng felt a wooden sensation at the tip of her toe, feeling none whatsoever...

With a wooden expression, she turned around and rushed two steps, Yuan Bao just climbed up from the ground, seeing his wife approaching, before he could react, he felt a sharp pain at his waist, involuntarily yelling out, "Ow, my kidney!"

Then, Yuan Bao teared up slightly, looking at his wife...

His wife is a bully!

Why pinch him?

And only pinched a tiny piece of flesh, twisted it in circles...

Really hurt!

"Does it hurt?" Gu Changsheng looked woodenly at Yuan Bao, opening her mouth to ask.

"It hurts!" Yuan Bao looked at his wife’s hand that hadn’t retracted, nodding without hesitation, afraid that if he said it any slower, his wife might just dare to pinch him again!

This could really cost him his life!

"It hurts, huh... So this isn’t a dream?" Gu Changsheng was like returning to consciousness, blinking her eyes, long lashes fluttering as if quite frightened...

Upon hearing this, Yuan Bao immediately felt like crying without tears!

Why does injury always happen to him?

"Not a dream... Not a dream? So the damned chess game is really solved? Solved?" Gu Changsheng turned around in horror, facing her own evildoer, swallowing hard, and both her actions and expressions were as comical as could be.

"It’s solved, but without breaking the chess game, how would the staircase to the fourth layer of the Star Innate Tower appear?" Zhou Mu looked at his little woman, raising his hand, ruffling the hair at her crown.

"Solved? Really solved? Damn, are you kidding me? Is this possible? Where’s the promised challenge? Could it be that the challenge solely relies on fate? Just pure luck?" Gu Changsheng was horrified.

This is truly dumb luck!

Genuinely authentic!

More precisely, even Gu Changsheng hadn’t clearly seen exactly where the two chess pieces she had flung landed, other than one falling on the floor, but where on the board did the other piece land remains a mystery...

Though she hadn’t seen clearly, the chess game was indeed solved, the staircase appeared, undeniably real existence!

This proved that their third layer of the Star Innate Tower was bypassed in such a muddled way!

In contrast to Gu Changsheng’s incredulousness, Diluo Han and the surrounding hundred spectators were left with their jaws on the ground!

That woman...

That woman who claimed she couldn’t play chess...

Actually managed to solve that unsolvable chess game!

And using such an inexplicable method!

This...

Can someone explain why?

The Star Innate Tower has stood for fifteen years, yet no one ever passed this third challenge, only three people reached the third challenge but stopped there, unable to climb any further, but why did this woman randomly throw a chess piece and break a secret puzzle that troubled people for fifteen years?

This just isn’t fair!

Did the Formation set by the Star Innate Tower fail?

Or is this woman actually a relative of Holy Master Ta You, deliberately let off the hook?

Otherwise, how could this be possible?

Shi Wujue stood before the spiraling staircase as if lost, slightly raising his head, reaching out to the air in a meditative gesture...

The familiar aura, distant and desolate, carrying the desolation that time has settled...

Is this the aura of divine favor?

"Indeed, only you can truly solve this Ancient Wilderness Remnant Chess..." Shi Wujue’s voice, unlike his usual playboy arrogance, carried a hint of melancholy as if speaking to Gu Changsheng or merely murmuring to himself...

"Uh... Just luck! Just luck! This time, I stumbled upon another dead mouse!" Gu Changsheng, upon hearing Shi Wujue’s words, awkwardly rubbed his nose and blinked his large eyes at Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue, saying, "Hey, did you guys see clearly where that white piece jumped? Was it the spot to crack the chessboard?"

"Didn’t see clearly, as soon as the white piece settled, the chessboard became shrouded in a fog!" Zhou Mu, hearing this, immediately shook his head, his refined eyebrows subtly furrowing.

Although he agreed with Shi Wujue’s initial suggestion to let his little lady give it a try, he never expected it would result in this!

The way this chessboard was cracked seemed utterly senseless.

Could it truly be as Shi Wujue said, divine favor luck?

Zhou Mu’s gaze involuntarily shifted to Shi Wujue, observing his pensive face, as Zhou Mu’s eyes deepened like a Cold Pool, but he ultimately remained silent...

He always felt that Shi Wujue might have something hidden, but since he didn’t want to talk, Zhou Mu naturally wouldn’t ask either.

A friendship spanning over a dozen years, countless times of shared hardships, trust is the greatest respect Zhou Mu has for Shi Wujue.

"Haha... it really broke! It really broke! My heart nearly jumped right out of fright; I didn’t think it would be so easy to break the formation! Heaven truly favors me, my luck is just too good! This time and that, I’ve already passed three challenges by sheer luck!" Gu Changsheng, looking at the staircase appearing in front of her, hands on her waist, laughed with delight, "I figured it out, this Star Innate Tower is nothing but a trap; passing it all depends on your face, breaking through purely by luck; I’ve unlocked a new mode, let me handle this kind of thing next time!"

"Who was it who made breaking the game seem like it was costing her life just now?" Shi Wujue, coming back to his senses, heard Gu Changsheng’s words and couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and tease.

"Wasn’t I just afraid that my blunder would make you join me in dying? You don’t know how much psychological pressure I was under! Dying isn’t a big deal, but dragging you two gorgeous men down with me, who knows how many women in the world would curse me as a femme fatale! I don’t wish to be infamous for eternity!" Gu Changsheng hurriedly waved her hand in response.

"With your temperament, wanting everlasting fame might be a bit difficult!" Shi Wujue glanced at Gu Changsheng, shook his head, and said, matter-of-factly.

If Southern Emperor Changsheng could be recorded in history books, how hard must the Historian’s job be!

This is the most unconventional Empress in all history!

Shi Wujue’s gaze couldn’t help but dart toward those scattered burlap sacks, sighing despite himself, still an Empress who plucks the feathers from geese...

Gu Changsheng seemed to know what Shi Wujue was grumbling about and coldly snorted, shooting him a glare, "What are you thinking? The chessboards you two couldn’t handle were settled by me in a snap. It’s fine if you don’t praise me; you even mock me? Is there such logic in this world? You’re just envious, just jealous! Heavens are jealous of talents, I tell you!"

"..." Shi Wujue was momentarily speechless.

"I think I can go back and really practice chess. With my talent, no one can match!" Gu Changsheng looked up at the constellations atop the tower, eyes sparkling.

Gu Changsheng always thought that being able to peacefully play chess, fish, or play the zither were all signs of talent!

Especially women who could manage chess, zither; they must surely be gentle ladies!

She herself lacked much ladylike temperament, but that doesn’t stop her from pursuing the belief in being a pseudo-lady!

"Chess? You?" Zhou Mu, upon hearing this, frowned instantly, recalling how she once howled for him to teach her chess, Zhou Mu felt a sharp toothache.

"What? You have an opinion?" Gu Changsheng turned to warningly glare at Zhou Mu.

"Nothing!" Zhou Mu lightly coughed, speaking seriously, "But I, as a prince, prefer to accompany you in sparring!"

Accompanying her in martial training might mean enduring a few hits; bodily suffering is hardly considered torment.

However, playing chess with her, that’s true agony for both body and soul!

Zhou Mu had never seen anyone worse at chess than Gu Changsheng!

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng pouted, glaring disdainfully at Zhou Mu for a while before grumbling, "I presume you’re just jealous!"

Jealous she’s able to crack the chessboard they couldn’t!

Just like that!

However, she’s magnanimous, won’t stoop to their level!

Humph!

"My lady, my lady, you’re amazing, even the masters couldn’t handle the chessboard, and you solved it in no time!" Yuan Bao, having been scolded twice by his lady earlier, felt it was time to enhance his likability; otherwise, his lady might punish him later, so Yuan Bao flattered without hesitation...

But to praise his lady’s chess skills being that far-fetched, he dared not speak such falsehoods, fearing divine retribution!

"Exactly!" Hearing this, Gu Changsheng raised her proud chin as she turned and noticed Diluo Han and others aggressively staring in her direction, causing her brows to furrow slightly, "What’s your intention?"