Primordial Cultivator

"Game of chess?" Meng Yan was dumbfounded by Yang Wei's suggestion.

Normally, he was serious and focused on a task.

"Un, a game of chess- do you dare to play?" Yang Wei nodded his head as he showed a solemn expression.

"Hmph, you think I'm scared?" Meng Yan scoffed as she lifted her sleeve up.

Sometime later, a chessboard was laid on top of the table. It was a chess game called Xiangqi- a strategy board game.

"Do you want to be the red one or the black one?" Yang Wei asked kindly.

"Tch, you seem to be confident in winning already and are offering me to choose the color." Meng Yan sneered as she would definitely make him regret this.

"So what are we betting on?" She then added.

Yang Wei pondered for a moment before smiling at her. "Winner gets to make the loser do whatever the winner wants. Of course, that does not mean you can ask for something outrageous like spreading your legs open."

Meng Yan was ticked off as his explanation seemed more to be for him than for her.

'This Yang Wei- just wait till I destroy you in chess.' Meng Yan laughed inwardly as she nodded her head.

"Since that's the case then I shall pick the red side and go first." Meng Yan picked up a chess piece and made her first move.

Yang Wei smiled calmly at her first move. "I won't go easy on you, Meng Yan."

Afterward, Yang Wei picked up his black piece and moved it up by 2 spaces.

The game continued for a while before Meng Yan started laughing heartily.

"My goodness Yang Wei. You made it sound like you are a pro or something but look at my red pieces. They are gobbling up your black pieces like it's nothing." Meng Yan teased as she took out another black piece.

The chessboard only had 5 black pieces left whereas Meng Yan had 10 red pieces.

Meng Yan's gloating expression was a sight to see but Yang Wei held a calm expression.

"Meng Yan, has no one ever taught you something in the imperial family?" Yang Wei suddenly asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Meng Yan raised an eyebrow. "Are you trying to make me call this a draw considering how I destroy you?"

Yang Wei shook his head.

"No- What I'm trying to say is that your brain is still too naive to be roaming outside of the imperial family." He then added.

Meng Yang was angered as she wanted to strangle Yang Wei for underestimating her.

However, her movement stopped when she saw Yang Wei moving one of his chariot pieces and her face ashen.

"Checkmate!" Yang Wei smiled at Meng Yan who held a gawking expression.

"H-How is this possible?" Meng Yan stood up in disbelief as she pointed at the chessboard.

She had the advantage the entire time yet one move from Yang Wei was enough to destroy her king's piece.

There were no other possible moves left- meaning she had lost the entire game without knowing why.

Yang Wei shrugged his shoulders as he stood up. "It doesn't matter how many black pieces you took away from me- it's about who gets to the king first."

"Your mind and focus were colluded by the baits I sent to you hence, your king became vulnerable. As for the bet, I will tell you when the time is right."

After that, Yang Wei turned around and left Meng Yan's courtyard as he returned to Elder Jing's courtyard.

"Where did you go?" Elder Jing asked him as she read over some documents. "We're going to head out to the Misty Forest tomorrow so you'll need to prepare yourself."

Yang Wei nodded his head.

"I had already prepared them ahead of time when you mentioned it yesterday. Also, I think there are going to be a lot of people targeting me tomorrow."

Yang Wei then walked over to Elder Jing as he hugged her from behind. He was a bit exhausted today dealing with a bunch of hot-blooded youths that were jealous of him.

Elder Jing remained in her position and teased, "Let me guess, you attracted another beautiful female in the sect and got many enemies."

Yang Wei shuddered as he was rendered speechless by Elder Jing's foresight.

There seemed to be nothing he could hide from her.

"I didn't really attract another female since we met from the beginning when I entered the sect." Yang Wei answered honestly.

"You mean Princess Meng Yan?"

"Un, she spotted me and followed me around to the library. Afterward, we went to her courtyard-"

Yang Wei suddenly felt a chill in his shoulders as he swallowed nervously.

Elder Jing placed her documents down as she turned around and glared at Yang Wei.

"Are you really cheating on me right away?" Elder Jing then asked in an irritated tone.

"I didn't cheat on you."

"Then why are you going to a lady's courtyard?

Yang Wei turned solemn and said in a sincere tone, "I was playing a game of chess with her and managed to fool her into accepting one of my requests in the future."

"O-Of course the requests aren't indecent as I figured it would help us in the long run."

Although a bit doubtful of him, Elder Jing sighed softly in the end and nodded her head.

"Even if that's the case, I hope you know what you're doing- after all, fooling a maiden's love isn't going to end well."

Yang Wei smiled bitterly as he understood her meaning. He wasn't naive nor dense enough to not realize Meng Yan's feelings for him were more than friends.

However, he wasn't attracted to her in any way and he couldn't just force himself to accept her as that would be unfair to her.

"I understand, Jing Feng." Yang Wei then said as he held her hand. "I will let time decide what path we will take and I don't want to risk the friendship we just made today."