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Those familiar with Elder Song Qianqiu know that the old master doesn't have the best temper, and can even be said to be quite eccentric, the kind of eccentricity that keeps people at bay.

Not only the younger generations, even his contemporaries, few can get along harmoniously with Elder Song.

Indeed, although Elder Song Qianqiu comes from the prestigious Qimen Dunjia Sect and holds a high position there, his greater passion lies in the Way of Chess.

This is also why he combined the Dao of Formation with the Way of Chess, integrating both his learning and his passion into one, which, in his view at least, made his life more vibrant and colorful.

There's nothing wrong with loving chess, but being obsessed with it is somewhat problematic, as some old men would say— a sore loser at chess!

Song Qianqiu loves to play chess, but purely in terms of skill level, he's really not that strong. He can barely manage against average players, but against masters—defeat is certain, and to call him a sore loser is not wrong at all.

Those who love chess naturally dislike losing all the time. Losing once or twice is fine, but losing continuously is very unpleasant.

When Elder Song feels unhappy, he starts to deceive... He incorporates the Dao of Formation into the chessboard, and his opponents suffer from a single careless move.

With Elder Song resorting to deception, the game is longer a genuine game of chess. It loses its flavor and becomes uninteresting. Consequently, no one wants to play chess with him anymore.

This is why, when Qin Fang first encountered Elder Song Qianqiu, the elder was playing chess alone with a board, without an opponent.

Luckily, he met Qin Fang, a chess companion. In terms of chess skills, Qin Fang is a notch above Elder Song Qianqiu, so if the Elder doesn't want to lose, he must resort to cheating and trickery.

Once the Illusion Array is deployed on the chessboard, Elder Song usually easily defeats his opponents, but facing Qin Fang, the situation went awry. While Qin Fang's level in Cheating Skills may not catch up with that of Song Qianqiu, blending the two skills somehow brought him on par with Elder Song.

Over a few days, Qin Fang's ability to counteract the Illusion Formation improved, yet Elder Song's Cheating Skills were far superior. He kept enhancing the power of the formations on the chessboard, starting from simple low-level Illusion Arrays to gradually incorporating advanced ones, including Maze Formations and Killing Formations…

In essence, the process of them playing chess was also a competition of Cheating Skills. There was some risk involved, but both parties had good control, stopping before going too far.

Qin Fang opened his eyes to new possibilities. His own level of Cheating Skills was still quite low, and in terms of formations, he was only just beginning to grasp low-level Illusion Arrays.

For instance, Qin Fang had used techniques like Move Flowers and Join the Trees, and The Substitution of Plum for Peach Decoy, which are relatively simple low-level Illusion Arrays... Techniques like Secret Passage Chen Cang and Exchange Sky with the Sun count as more advanced arrays.

Once, during a bet with Ye Huan, Qin Fang cheated using the Props Box, and the old referee thought Qin Fang had used Exchange Sky with the Sun, which was quite shocking then!

In reality, Qin Fang's level of Cheating Skills wasn't close to that level… It wasn't enough then, and it still isn't! Qin expects to wait until his Cheating Skills reach Intermediate level, and with the advantage of the Thousand Mechanisms Ring+1 Cheating Skills, it would equate to stepping into Advanced Cheating Skills, then perhaps he might be able to execute Exchange Sky with the Sun.

Qin Fang couldn't manage it, but Elder Song played it with ease, often using this move on Qin Fang, who was quite vexed by it.

Fortunately, Qin Fang was always able to figure out a way to crack it, thus maintaining a stalemate between the two.

So, as Qin Fang's skills improved, Elder Song's formations also improved, and with both rising simultaneously, Qin remained in a balanced match-up with Elder Song.

Both of them enjoyed this leisurely and amicable relationship, with no one wanting to break it... But some things were not as easy-going as they imagined.

That day, Qin Fang and Elder Song were still scheduled to meet at Chen's Roast Goose Shop for chess.

The elder was a regular customer here, said to have grown up in the nearby area, growing up eating Chen's Roast Goose.

After being away for many decades, now in his later years, he returned here, partly to return to his roots and also to reminisce about his bygone days; perhaps only this roast goose, which hadn't changed much over the decades, could evoke such feelings.

Thus, Elder Song Qianqiu often returned here every so often to eat roast goose and delved into his chess studies alone... until he met Qin Fang, a very good chess companion.

Today was supposed to be like any other day; the two sat down, ordered a roast goose, and began to play chess, deeply engrossed in the game.

Elder Song was enjoying the process of playing chess, while Qin Fang cared about improving his level in Cheating Skills, as well as some tricks that training alone couldn't provide.

Elder Song, as a senior of the Thousand Gate, had pondered over Cheating Skills for decades, and his experience was far beyond what Qin could compare to; even a little skill inadvertently revealed by the elder was enough for Qin to ponder for a long time.

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