Chapter 038: Awakened by the Black Go Stone
In a magnificent hall in the Innate Puzzle World:
This hall was known as Guan Qi Hall. Although Guan Qi Hall was extremely dark, the figures of eighteen people sitting cross-legged inside were visible. However, their faces were obscured.
A coffin lay at the north of the hall. The only source of light in the hall was a Go board floating above the coffin.
This Go board was not large, and with only nineteen vertical and horizontal lines, it was ordinary. However, Go stones covered this Go board, filling all three hundred sixty-one positions.
Of the three hundred sixty-one Go stones, two hundred were white, while black had one hundred sixty-one. As they hovered in the air, they gave off a faint light.
The eighteen people quietly sat in the hall, not saying a word.
Buzz!
Suddenly, one of the black Go stones gave off a faint light, which drew everyone’s attention.
The black Go stone continued giving off light for a while. As that happened, it slowly changed color, turning into a white Go stone.
“There are two hundred one white Go stones now!” one of the eighteen people said excitedly.
“Yes, First Elder! There are one hundred sixty black Go stones left. When all the black Go stones turn white…” another person said excitedly.
“Speak cautiously!” The first elder’s voice rang out once again.
“Yes. This subordinate let my tongue slip!” that person said respectfully.
“Now that the Innate Puzzle World is open again and the outsiders entered, there will be plenty of variables. This place is the pavilion master’s burial place. Nothing is permitted to go wrong. From today on, the eighteen of us will take turns guarding this place. We will leave nine people here at all times in case anyone disturbs this place,” the first elder said sullenly.
“Yes!” the others answered.
“Has someone warned Little Nine?” the first elder asked indifferently.
“First Elder, perhaps we do not need to warn him. Little Nine suffered greatly this time,” someone said bitterly.
“Oh?”
“Little Nine used a cloud beast, but he ran into Bodhisattva Lian Sheng, so he could only retreat.”
“Bodhisattva Lian Sheng? He came?” the first elder asked gravely.
“I heard that Bodhisattva Lian Sheng is coming to seek out First Elder, to take what the pavilion master promised him. First Elder, what did the pavilion master promise him?”
The first elder remained silent for a while before saying, “He came in the end! Bodhisattva Lian Sheng? Back then, he played a game of Go against the pavilion master. The pavilion master was touched by his benevolence and promised to help him once.”
“Benevolence?”
“The pavilion master could tell from the Go game that Bodhisattva Lian Sheng took pity on the living. The pavilion master felt full of praise for this person’s breadth of heart. If you see him again, you are not to make things difficult for him. Directly bring him to see me. Little Nine is quite wise in retreating. He is not Bodhisattva Lian Sheng’s match. This is someone who can face the pavilion master in Go; it would not be difficult for him to solve the Heavenly Saber Death Match,” the first elder said gravely.
“Oh! The one who solved the Heavenly Saber Death Match was not Bodhisattva Lian Sheng but someone else.”
“Oh?”
“It is someone called Gu Hai. I heard that he is a division master of Elite Hall.”
“Elite Hall? Gu Hai?” the first elder repeated, feeling a faint misgiving.
“I heard that he came into this world only to search for the Unborn Man.”
“Search for the Unborn Man? Do you know why?” the first elder asked with some worry in his voice.
“He said that the Elite Hall Master is searching for him. First Elder, should we inform the Unborn Man?”