Chapter 38: The Willing One Takes the Bait

  The gentle affection in Rong Jing's eyes could melt an iceberg. How much more so a person?

  Yun Qianyue felt like she was going to melt into him! And she was willing to be melted away! The sky was her blanket, the withered rattan was her bed, and the clouds were her oven. She felt like she was being roasted whole. The only thread of consciousness left in her mind was wondering if it would hurt...

  It's said to be very painful!

  "Although today is good, I don't want to wrong you." Rong Jing suddenly sighed softly, his body slightly away from Yun Shang Yue, a pair of eyes deeply smiling at her emotional little face, like a fairy in the clouds and mist. He smiled softly again, and leaned down to gently kiss her lips, saying: "I know your heart is willing, that's enough!"

  Yun Qian Yue felt her heart was like a roller coaster, and when he broke through her willingness, her face turned bright red! She was about to say something, but Rong Jing suddenly hugged her and flew up, leaving the withered vines, soaring into the clouds, and flying towards the mountain cliff.

  Yun Shallow Moon was taken aback, turned her head to look at Rong Jing, and asked in surprise: "Your martial arts skills have recovered?"

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded with a sound, and in an instant, he brought Yun Shangyue floating down to the cliff.

  Light as a feather, landing without a sound, even the clothes of the two people didn't make a rustling noise.

  Yun Qianyue felt that this lightness kung fu was much higher than hers, she pushed him away with one hand and said angrily: "Your martial arts have long been restored, right? You actually let me carry you over the lake in front of the Hundred Flowers Garden, actually let me carry you flying over the palace walls, actually let me carry you flying over the mountain stream from the opposite side almost falling down, you... you this... hum..."

  Yun Shallow Moon's words were not yet finished, but Rong Jing had already wrapped her in his arms again, lowering his head to kiss her, blocking the words that had not yet left her mouth. Her body was originally soft all over due to being emotional on the withered vines at the cliff earlier, and now she was even more powerless to push him away. This one kiss made her swallow back all her anger, and then Rong Jing's gentle offensive melted away her anger.

  Until all the anger in Yun Shangyue's heart had melted away, Rong Jing finally reluctantly let go of her and smiled at her.

  Yun Shallow Moon was panting and leaning in his arms, without even the strength to be angry anymore. She remembered a popular saying that a man's mouth is the best weapon to shut a woman up, and indeed it was! She glared at Rong Jing, weakly saying: "You... scoundrel!"

  No wonder the strings of her "Ambush from Ten Sides" were so powerful that they couldn't withstand it. No wonder Bao Ma was galloping wildly and he was unscathed. This bastard's emotions had recovered his martial arts! His martial arts were originally higher than hers, and they came from the same origin, she was afraid of really hurting him without the protection of his body, so she used her internal energy to control the notes and spread them outward, and he naturally remained safe and sound.

  Rong Jing smiled lightly.

  "You scoundrel!" Yun Qianyue's voice was filled with indignation, thinking that today she had publicly pulled his waistband and he had swept her across the lake surface to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, making her face red. If she had known earlier that he had already recovered his martial arts skills, she would rather die than fall for it again, and still maintain his crappy reputation.

  "Alright, don't be angry, my martial arts skills have only recovered for a day. I just wanted to give you a surprise." Rong Jing hugged Yun Qian Yue's soft and boneless body, gently patting her as he spoke in a gentle voice: "Later, seeing you take action for me was truly delightful, I couldn't help but let you do more. I didn't intentionally deceive you."

  "Hmph!" Yun Shangyue didn't buy it. Wasn't that intentional? Who would believe it!

  "To make up for my mistake, I cooked fish for you today, how is it?" asked Rong Jing in a low voice.

  "Good!" Yun Qiu Yue immediately agreed. His recovery of martial arts was a good thing. In the future, such tiring work of flying with people would be done by him, and he could also make up for his mistakes, why not?

  Rong Jing smiled and said, "You're in charge of catching fish!"

  "Good!" Yun Shallow Moon nodded. Catching fish is what she's good at! She won't learn from that day on, and catching fish became easy for her!

  "You're in charge of killing the fish!" Rong Jing said again.

  "Good!" Yun Shallow Moon thought of killing fish, she was also in line.

  "You're in charge of starting the fire!" Rong Jing said again.

  Making fire? She doesn't seem to be good at it. Looking up at Rong Jing, "What are you doing?"

  "Here's your roasted fish!" Rong Jing said.

  "You're just going to roast?" Yun Shangyue raised an eyebrow. Did she do all the chores? Is this what they call giving her roasted fish? Making up for past mistakes?

  "Hmm! I can only roast." Rong Jing met Yun Shangyue's gaze, his face somewhat unnatural.

  The clouds were shallow and the moon was speechless, after a day of tossing and turning until midnight, she had only eaten a box of pastries. Her stomach had long been flat, nodding her head, somewhat helplessly saying: "Okay! It's okay if you can't bake, as long as you can eat."

  "Good!" Rong Jing smiled and nodded, embracing Yun Shangyue as they flew downwards.

  Her sleeves were as light as if they had no sound, and at such a close distance, Yun Shang Yue couldn't even feel half a breath of air from Rong Jing. She thought to herself that some people just had it better than others when it came to martial arts.

  Her toes tapped lightly on the ground as Rong Jing brought Cloud Shallow Moon to the middle of the mountain.

  The fragrance of the lotus flowers wafts through the air, the waterfall cascades down, the sound of the spring water is gentle and soft, the deep and muffled bell tolls of the Lingtai Temple in the evening echo through the mountains. This place combines movement and stillness, making one's mind clear and serene.

  Rong Jing let out a shallow cloud and a soft moon, softly saying: "Go catch fish! I'll go pick up firewood!"

  Yun Qian Yue lightly sniffed the fresh and clean air in the mountains, swept a glance around, and found that this was exactly where she and Ye Qing had roasted fish two months ago. Now, there was no trace of it left. She nodded, bent down to pick up a tree branch, and plucked a lotus leaf. Under the starlight and the faint glow of the Lingtai Temple's lanterns illuminating the entire Xiangquan Mountain, she walked towards the riverbank. She threw the lotus leaf onto the water surface, leaped into the air, and landed lightly on the lotus leaf. Lowering her head to gaze at the ripples in the water, as soon as she landed, a fish that had been sleeping in the flowing water was startled awake. With a swift movement of the tree branch, within an instant, she caught a two-jin fish. She looked up at Rong Jing with pride and handed it over to him, "How's this?"

  "Not bad!" Rong Jingzheng picked up two dry firewoods, raised his head upon hearing this, and nodded with a smile.

  "Get it!" Yun Shallow Moon tossed the fish over.

  Rong Jing used two dry firewood to gently clamp the fish. He bent down and picked a lotus leaf, placing the fish on it.

  Yun Qianyue thought this person was truly a noble gentleman, with hands that didn't get dirty. She lowered her head and looked at the river again, asking: "How many will you eat? Let's not waste them, I really can't bear to kill those sleepy fish!" "One!" Rong Jing replied with a light smile.

  "I'll take two more. That makes three!" Yun Shangyue said after a moment's thought.

  "Old monk will have two as well!" A hoarse voice suddenly rang out.

  Yun Qian Yue suddenly lifted her head, didn't see anyone, waited for half a moment, still no sound of clothes or footsteps came, she looked at Rong Jing.

  "It's Master Pu Shang. He should still be in the scripture hall right now. You can't see him." Rong Jing said with a smile.

  It turns out that the person was still in the scripture hall, no wonder I couldn't see him! This is probably the secret of transmitting sound over a thousand miles. Obviously, this person's martial arts skills are profound. The voice was very familiar to her, and it was the same as the old monk who came to Lingtai Temple with Ye Tianyi this afternoon to retrieve two envelopes, although she didn't see his face. It turned out that he was called Master Pusan. He seemed to be two generations older than the number one high monk in the world, Master Lingyin, and must have been over a hundred years old! She looked at Rong Jing with suspicion, "Monks also eat fish?"

  "Master Poshan's favorite is the roasted fish of Xiangquan Mountain. Because he repeatedly broke his vows, he was demoted to guard the Scripture Library. However, the hundreds of thousands of scriptures in the library couldn't change his habits. As soon as he heard us roasting fish, he naturally couldn't resist his cravings!" Rong Jing explained with a smile.

  Yun Qian Yue nodded vaguely, "Then five it is!"

  "No, Master Pu Shang said two, you should at least give him four." Rong Jing smiled and shook his head.

  "Is your appetite so big?" Yun Shallow Moon was originally going to go fishing on a branch for a meal.

  "Yes!" Rong Jing nodded.

  "Haha, it's still Jing Shizi who understands old monk! Old monk knows himself too!" The voice of Pu Shan came again, obviously in a very good mood, and Rong Jing's words had struck a chord with him.

  "Fortunate to have Master Ouyang's one sentence of understanding." Rong Jing smiled slightly.

  "You hurry up with the roasting, I'll go down the mountain to fetch a couple of jars of good wine." Master Pu Shang's voice trailed off as if he had already gone far away.

  Yun Shallow Moon stared blankly, thinking that this old monk not only ate meat but also drank wine! She looked at Rong Jing.

  "Isn't there a saying that goes, 'Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha's heart remains'? As long as Master Pu Shanzhen has a heart that is devoted to Buddhism and doing good, that's all that matters!" Rong Jing laughed.

  Yun Shallow Moon pouted, this is a nice-sounding phrase, but it's just an excuse for the monk to indulge in his cravings and break his vows. She lowered her head to continue searching for fish, muttering: "Monks who don't behave like monks might as well go home and roast sweet potatoes!"

  Rong Jing smiled lightly and stopped talking, bending down to pick up dry firewood.

  In the blink of an eye, Yun Shang had caught seven fish and jumped ashore. Looking at the lotus leaf with a pile of fat fish flipped over on their backs, he clasped his hands together and chanted "Amitabha, forgive my sins." After finishing, he put down his hands and asked Rong Jing, "Is there a dagger?"

  "Since you have a compassionate heart, I thought you wouldn't kill these fish anymore." Rong Jing also picked up the dry firewood and came back, put down the firewood, took out an extremely small and exquisite dagger and handed it to Yun Shangyue, smiling.

  Yun Qian Yue rolled her eyes and began to kill the fish with swift movements, asking at the same time: "Do you know what a food chain is?"

  Rong Jing crouched down in front of Yun Shang Yue, watching her kill the fish with swift movements. Upon hearing this, she smiled and asked, "What is a food chain?"

  "Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, and shrimp eat plankton." Yun Qian's words fell, and he said magnificently: "Look at these seven big fish, how many small fish have they eaten? How many shrimps have the small fish eaten? And how much plankton have the shrimps eaten? So, it is only natural that we eat them too. This is called a food chain, a cycle of cause and effect."

  "You're absolutely right!" Rong Jingchen thought so too.

  Yun Shang Yue thought about the essence of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, it is reasonable!

  "What a cause-and-effect cycle! The little girl has quite a Buddhist foundation!" An aged voice rang out, and as the words fell, the person arrived.

  Yun Shallow Moon looked up and saw that it was an old man with a crane's hair and a childlike face, wearing a Buddhist robe, holding two jars of wine in his hand. As soon as he arrived, the air around him flowed with a strong aroma of wine. She took a closer look at the old man, and the four words "return to simplicity" automatically popped into her mind. The old man's realm was obviously much deeper than Master Lingyin's Buddhist martial arts. Master Lingyin had a worldly aura, while this old man, although holding two jars of wine in his hand, did not have even a hint of worldly aura. At this moment, she actually believed what Rong Jing had just said, "Wine and meat pass through the intestines." This phrase might be empty talk when applied to others, but when applied to this old man, it was evident that he had attained a high level of spiritual cultivation!

  "Good wine!" Rong Jing smelled the aroma of wine and looked at Pu Shang Dashi's two jars of wine, praising them.

  "Nature is a good wine! The scattered wine of the wine girl is generally not enough for the winemaker. My old monk has been drinking from her grandmother to her mother and then to her brewed wine, all the way for over a hundred years. I just like this one, other wines can't cure my alcoholism." Master Pu Shan laughed and put two jars of wine in front of Yun Shang Yue, saying: "Little girl, you roast fish, I'll play a game with Jing Shi Zi. Except for Rong Wang from a hundred years ago, the old monk has never played with anyone else. Today, I'll play a game with his descendant."

  "Good!" Yun Shangyue responded with relish, she had never expected to let Rong Jing, this noble young master, take action and roast. Looking at his precious moon-white jade robe and those jade fingers, she felt that having him roast fish was really a waste, so she might as well do it herself!

  "How is it? Jing Shizi? But you brought chess with you? You didn't bring Lao Heshang back to get it." Pu Shan looked at Rong Jing.

  "It's natural!" Rong Jing took out a chessboard from his bosom.

  "Ah, Ink White Jade Chess, great!" Pu Shan's eyes lit up, and without regard for the weeds and dirt on the ground, he sat down cross-legged first.

  Rong Jing lifted her skirt and sat down cross-legged, without regard for the weeds and mud on the ground.

  Yun Qian Yue killed the fish while glancing at Rong Jing's chess box and the old monk opposite him. She always felt that this guy had come to roast fish today with ulterior motives, roughly for the purpose of the old monk in front of her, believing that he never did anything useless.

  "Master, will you play with black or white?" Rong Jing arranged the chessboard and asked Pu Shan.

  "Black piece! In the past, Rong Wang was delighted with black clothes, and I held white pieces. Now you are delighted with white clothes, so naturally I will hold black pieces." Pu Shan said.

  "Teacher is kind!" Rong Jing placed Hei Zi's chess box in front of Pu Shang.

  "What's good or bad about it? You little brat are more cunning than your great-grandfather! Speak up. What's the outcome?" Pu Shan asked.

  "It's settled in one game." Rong Jing smiled and added, "One game is just right for drinking wine and eating fish."

  "Haha, alright! One game it is." Pu Shan nodded, looking at Rong Jing, "What about the loser?"

  "The loser can make one request of the winner," said Rong Jingdao.

  "My old fellow monk knew you came with a request today. And yet he still lured me into it." Pu Shan had an expression that indeed confirmed this.

  "The master is willing to take the bait!" Rong Jing smiled shallowly, "I may not necessarily win, and the master may not necessarily lose. The outcome of this game is unknown. If I lose, the master can also make a request to me. I think the master won't have no requests, right?"

  "Haha, well said! The old monk is indeed like that. It's truly 'a willing participant gets hooked.' " Pu Shan laughed loudly.

  "Shall we begin?" asked Rong Jing with a smile.

  "Begin!" Pu Shan's expression turned solemn and serious.

  "Please go first, Master!" Rong Jingbing said with a respectful tone.

  Pu Shang also didn't decline, and first played with black pieces.

  Rong Jing holds the white silk and lets it fall.

  The two men said nothing more, and all that could be heard was the continuous sound of pieces being placed on the board.

  Yun Qian Yue killed the fish while glancing sideways, wondering what Yong Jing wanted from Pu Shan and why he had brought her along. It seemed that this matter was related to her. She felt puzzled but didn't speak up. In a short moment, she efficiently slaughtered all seven fish, wrapped them in lotus leaves, washed them clean by the water's edge, and then started building a fire.

  She arranged the dry firewood rack and found that she had no fire on her body. After hesitating for a moment, she walked in front of Rong Jing, reached into his arms, and took it out. Rong Jing looked at her with a smile on his thin lips. Master Pu Shang also looked at her and said, "Little girl, put some wine in the fish's belly, and then stuff some lotus leaves inside."

  "Good!" Yun Shallow Moon nodded. Only then did she discover that Master Pu Shan had put down not only two jars of wine, but also a large package of spices. She thought that Rong Jing's body didn't have these things like Ye Qing Ran, and indeed knew how to bring out Master Pu Shan. She picked up the wine jar, poured some wine into each fish, added some lotus leaves, and then used a dagger to cut open several paths on the surface of the fish meat, sprinkled spices, wrapped the fish in lotus leaves, and placed them on the dry firewood. Then she ignited the dry firewood with a flint.

  Before long, the dry firewood crackled and burst into flames. The aroma of wine, fish, lotus leaves, and spices blended together.

  She sat down too, using a branch to flip over the roasted fish while watching the two play chess.

  This game of chess is different from the one Rong Jing played with her that day at Lingtai Temple, South Mountain. It's the one she and Nan Lingrui arrived at East Mountain this morning after racing horses, although she only glanced at it dazedly, knowing it was the real dragon chess game he played with Ye Tianyi.

  The True Dragon Chessboard, also known as the Ancient Chessboard. Ninety-nine eighty-one opens, Heavenly Eye, Phoenix Tribulation, containing all things. It is a large chessboard of ups and downs, with great rises and falls. Ordinary people can't even understand the true meaning, let alone set up a game, which is extremely difficult.

  Yun Qian Yue guessed what Rong Jing was after?

  According to Master Puxian, a hundred years ago he and Rong Wang played such a game of chess. What did Rong Wang ask for a hundred years ago?

  The two of them started playing chess very quickly, but gradually slowed down. Rong Jing's expression was as calm and serene as ever, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking. Master Pu Shang, on the other hand, was completely opposite, his face constantly changing with various emotions, truly a kaleidoscope of feelings, yet because there were too many and they changed too quickly, it was equally impossible to tell what he was thinking.

  The shallow clouds and the crescent moon cast a gentle glow on the small dry fire, slowly cooking the fish. She shifted her gaze to look ahead. Ahead of them, there was a monk who seemed to have caught wind of the roasted fish's aroma and came over. When he saw the three people here clearly, he quietly turned back without making a sound, and no one came to disturb them.

  Half a time later, the fish was cooked, and the two people's chess game had only played half.

  Yun Qian Yue glanced at the two of them and directly picked up a fish, planning to eat it herself first. As soon as she got her hands on it, Pu Shan snatched it away from her and scolded, "Little girl, you must respect your elders and care for the young!" After speaking, he didn't even mind that it was hot and began to chew loudly.

  Yun Qian smiled and thought that this was a good saying, respecting the elderly and loving the young. He himself had both age and youth, wasn't he occupying everything? He picked up a roasted fish and looked at Rong Jing, seeing Rong Jing smiling back at him, so he handed the fish to him. This person elegantly started eating.

  "Hmm, little girl will make a good wife and mother in the future! This fish is roasted well." Pu Shan praised.

  Rong Jing smiled and nodded, gently looking at Yun Shang Yue, "The master is absolutely right!"

  "But whether she's a good wife and mother is another matter." Master Pu Shanzhen said, eating his fish and dropping a scale.

  "It's definitely mine!" Rong Jing said with an unquestionable tone.

  Yun Qian Yue had just taken a bite of the fish when she heard this and almost got choked by the fish bone. Thinking about how shameless he was!

  Pu Shang raised his eyes and took a look at Rong Jing, shaking his head, "Not like him!"

  "What is an image?" Rong Jing raised his eyebrows and looked at Pu Shan.

  "It is as heaven has determined." Pu Shandao said.

  "Like is born from the heart. I say like, it's just like." Rong Jing spoke as another child fell down.

  "A hundred years ago, Rong Wang gave up his throne for a woman. Alas, fate plays tricks on people." said Master Pu Shang.

  "I am not an ancestor. What is mine is mine, and only I can give it up, no one can take it away, not even the heavens." said Rong Jingdao.

  Pu Shan fell down again and looked up at the sky, "Jing Shizi, can you see the star map in the middle of the sky?"

  "What if I see? What if I don't?" Rong Jing didn't raise his head, also dropping a piece, raising an eyebrow.

  Yun Shallow Moon heard the words and looked up at the sky, with dense stars all over the sky, the Milky Way was dotted with dense stars, and from a distance it looked extremely beautiful. The Big Dipper hung in the sky. The Venus was extremely dazzling. Each star, even if it was a very small one, was extremely bright.

  "Zhong Xing is in chaos, half of the rivers and mountains will be empty. Killing the wolf, the great evil will shine." Pu Shan said.

  Yun Shallow Moon blinked her eyes, how didn't she see it? What she saw was a clear blue sky, with stars shining brightly. Each in its own orbit. Even the position is correct. Looking at such a night sky, made her heart clear and transparent.

  "Master, you saw this, but do you know what I saw?" asked Rong Jing, still without raising his head.

  "Oh? Then let Jing Shizi speak!" Pu Shan withdrew his gaze.

  "The world is inclined, the rivers and mountains are prosperous, the brocade and embroidered chapters of a thousand years of glorious age. A sign of great auspiciousness." said Rong Jingdao.

  Pu Shang "ah" a sound, fell down a son, suddenly burst out laughing.

  Rong Jing also smiled slightly.

  Yun Qianyue thought that a real monk and a fake monk, going back and forth to solve riddles was really tiring! She withdrew her gaze from the sky and silently ate fish.

  "What a magnificent and resplendent era! From this point on, your great-grandfather is not as good as you. Indeed, the blue comes from the indigo plant but surpasses it." Pu Shan laughed and praised: "The Star Cloud Chart comes from the heart, not from the sky. Jing Shi Zi has enlightened to the Tao! In those years, your great-grandfather did not enlighten to the Tao, which is why the Rong Wang Fu struggled for a hundred years."

  Rong Jing smiled silently, but his smile suddenly turned a bit cold.

  "Little girl, come and have another fish." Pu Shan threw away the fish bones in his hand and beckoned to Yun Qian Yue.

  Yun Qiu Moon immediately handed him a fish.

  Pu Shang took over and ordered, "Wine!"

  Yun Qian Yue directly threw a jar of wine at him.

  Pu Shan handed it over again and said to him: "That jar of wine is for Jing Shizi."

  Yun Shallow Moon frowned, this big pot of wine drank down she estimated to carry him back. She shook her head, "No! He doesn't drink!"

  "Little girl, hasn't even married him yet and already acting like the mistress of the house?" Pu Shan raised an eyebrow.

  Yun Shallow Moon's face turned red, and she was angry in her heart. She hummed: "If you want to drink, it's okay. If he gets drunk, you're responsible for carrying him back. I won't carry him."

  "It was actually because he's afraid of getting drunk! You wouldn't know about this. The men of the Rong Wang Fu, apart from their exceptional talent, have another skill that is not inferior to their talent - their capacity for liquor. A thousand cups and they won't get drunk, it's nothing out of the ordinary. This is just a small jar of wine, little girl, you still don't understand him." Pu Shan said with a smile.

  Yun Shallow Moon frowned, looking at Rong Jing with suspicion. She had seen him get drunk before. Could it be fake?

  "I'm only drunk on the Holy Spirit Spring!" Rong Jing said to Shang Yun's suspicious gaze, his eyes flashing with a hint of explanation.

  Shengling Spring? The wine that Yitian brought back from the northern border at night? Could it be related to her in some way? Yunshang Yue nodded slightly, as if she understood something, and handed the wine jar to Rongjing, "Then you drink!"

  Rong Jing stretched out his hand and took it over, his movements elegant.

  "I, the old monk, have lived for over a hundred years and rarely met someone who is to my liking in the past century. Today, I'll make you, this little kid, my sworn friend!" Master Pu Shan said with a smile, holding a wine jug in one hand and a fish in the other, looking at Rong Jing.

  "What a blessing for Rong Jing!" Rong Jing smiled and nodded in agreement.

  The two men clinked their jugs together and took a swig, the ceramic containers making a loud "clunk" sound as they withdrew and each took a drink.

  Pu Shanzhen Master drank the cow's milk, his demeanor was as usual, warm and elegant.

  Yun Qianyue looked at the two of them, although she usually loved wine, but today she didn't have a single drop. After finishing one fish, she picked up another and glanced at the chessboard between the two of them, thinking that half of the country was about to fall, this was going to be the final act!

  Lingyin Master gulped down a whole jar of wine with others, then threw the jar away and started eating fish without saying a word.

  Yun Qian Yue this time did not wait for him to speak, and put all the remaining fish in front of him.

  Rong Jing put down the empty wine jug and stopped moving, quietly watching Yun Qian Yue eating fish.

  Yun Qian Yue noticed that Rong Jing's eyes were especially bright today, comparable to the stars in the blue sky. She playfully pouted at him and silently said: "Wine ghost!"

  Yong Jing smiled slightly.

  Before long, several fish were swept away by Pu Shan. He touched his belly, seemingly very satisfied. Wiping his hands with a lotus leaf, he said to Rong Jing: "Little doll, don't regret it later! There's one last step, think carefully before you do it. If you lose, I'll take this little girl and roast her as fish food!"

  "It's a move I won't regret! Master is probably unbeatable." Rong Jing smiled faintly.

  "That's not necessarily true. My final move is the ultimate move of Qian Kun Da Ding. You have no power to turn back time, but you can't win." Master Pu Shan said, placing his last black chess piece on the board.

  Yun Shallow Moon turned her head and saw that the true dragon of the True Dragon Chessboard had already been formed, and there was no place for the white pieces to fall. She looked at Rong Jing.

  Only to see Yunping's eyebrows slightly raised, the white sleeves of his clothes lightly swept across the chessboard, and the white piece in his hand had already fallen. He lifted his sleeve, and Master Pushan stared at the chessboard with his eyes wide open. Cloud shallow moon blinked her eyes, suddenly laughed!

  There is probably only one person in the world who can achieve such a high level of skill in deceiving others, and that is Rong Jing. The white pieces were arranged in a dragon shape, while the black pieces were scattered all over the board. It was truly a case of "the winds and clouds changing overnight", where one moment it was sunny and the next it was raining.

  "Old monk has won!" Pusan suddenly burst out laughing.

  Rong Jing smiled shallowly, "Since Master has lost, and we've eaten the fish and drunk the wine, shouldn't you grant me a request?"

  "Losing a game without regret is what makes a true gentleman. I naturally accept your challenge, go ahead!" Master Pu Shang nodded.

  Rong Jing suddenly stood up, lightly brushed his clothes, looked at Yun Shangyue, and bowed to Pu Shan. In a warm voice, he said, "My request is for the master to lend a hand and restore her memory!"

  Clouds shallow moon one stunned.

  Master Pu Shang's old eyes flashed with a ray of light, "So what you're asking for is this!"

  "Yes! In this world, apart from Master Pu Shang, no one can unravel the Phoenix Tribulation set by Queen Yun Wang." Rong Jing said in a warm voice.

  Yun Shangyue's mind stirred as she looked at Rong Jing. "Cloud Wangfei?" he said, "Could it be that her loss of memory is related to her mother? The Phoenix Tribulation? Is it referring to the blockage in her mind?" Pu Shan Master turned to Yun Shangyue and beckoned to her, "Little girl, come over here."

  Yun's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

  "Master told you to sit back, be good!" Rong Jing cooed softly seeing Yun Qian Yue sitting still.

  Yun Qian glanced at Rong Jing and sat down as she was told.

  Master Pu Shang took Cloud Light Moon's pulse. He let go of her hand after a moment, nodded and said, "Indeed it is the Phoenix Tribulation!"

  "What is the Phoenix Tribulation?" Yun Shangyue asked with a tilted head.

  "The Phoenix Calamity is a kung fu of the True Scripture of the Phoenix's Subjugation. The calamities refer to the heavenly calamity, earthly calamity, human calamity, ghostly calamity, soul calamity, and spirit calamity. Sever the seven emotions, abandon the six desires. This is called the Phoenix Calamity." Thus spoke Master Pu Shang.

  Yun Shallow Moon looked at him with some confusion.

  "It is to eliminate all things in the world and return to the origin. Just like now, you should cut off all memories in your mind and start from zero." Master Pu Shang explained.

  Yun Shallow Moon nodded slightly. She didn't understand why her mother would give her the Phoenix Tribulation, and she looked at Rong Jing, "How can you be sure that my mother gave me the Phoenix Tribulation? Could it be someone else?"

  "Only the late Cloud Queen would know this besides you!" Rong Jing said: "Moreover, there were two strands of true energy within your body. One was from yourself, and the other was opposite to the internal energy in your body, which is the power of Phoenix Tribulation. So I deduce that it came from Cloud Queen. And the time it has been with you is almost as long as your life, roughly around the time when Cloud Queen passed away and transmitted it into your body. The two strands of true energy restrained each other. Once you cultivated to the last level of Phoenix True Classic, the other strand of true energy would lock up your power, preventing you from completing the final level. It's likely that you tried to forcefully break through the seal, but when the two collided, it triggered the Tribulation and sealed off your memories."

  Yun Qian furrowed her brow, "My mother wouldn't harm me, would she? Why did she give me the Phoenix Tribulation!"

  "There's no mother in the world who would harm her own daughter. Queen Yun naturally wouldn't harm you, but as for what reason, only she herself knows!" Rong Jing shook his head, and a hint of brilliance flashed at the bottom of his eyes.

  Yun Shallow Moon nodded slightly. Her mother had left her Hong Ge, so she wouldn't harm her!

  "Perhaps I understand what Princess Yun means!" Master Pu Shang said thoughtfully after a moment of silence.

  Yun Qian looked at Master Pu Shang.

  "The phoenix calamity, after the calamity is reborn for a long time. Death is birth, and birth is death. Life and death are only a line apart." Master Pu Shan looked at Yun Qian Yue and slowly spoke, "The true phoenix scripture, the true scripture transforms into a true body, and the true body shines brightly in the world. The universe, the sun, moon, earth, and all things, everything is astonished. But the phoenix has always descended upon the imperial family. Where can you find a phoenix flying into an ordinary commoner's home?"

  Yun paled and closed her eyes, somewhat understanding!

  "How many people can't understand. I didn't expect that Yun Wangfei actually understood!" Master Pusan said, praising her with a sentence, "This old monk has seen Yun Wangfei once before. She was indeed an extraordinary woman. Unfortunately, her beauty was short-lived, and she had a brief life. Amitabha!"

  The clouds are shallow and the moon is silent.

  "Little girl, I can now lift the Phoenix Tribulation for you! Let you recover your memory." Pusang stretched out his hand and took out a bright red pill from his sleeve, handing it to Yun Shallow Moon. "You take this first, an hour later, I'll help you cultivate and remove the tribulation seal!"

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Pu Shan's hand holding the pill and raised an eyebrow, "As long as I take this, I can recover my memory?"

  "Not bad! I have two generations of cultivation, and also have Jing Shizong's one generation of cultivation to assist. You have a great calamity, and I and Jing Shizong can work together to help you resolve it!" said Master Pushan.

  Yun Shallow Moon suddenly stood up and walked down the mountain. Master Pu Shan was taken aback, looking at Rong Jing, who looked at Yun Shallow Moon, only to see her walk a few steps before turning back to face Rong Jing, saying: "I think this is good enough, no need to explain!"

  Digression

  Rong Jing's martial arts have recovered! Is it handsome? o(n_n)o~

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