"Rover? Master? Why are you here?"
Zane looked at this combination with surprise, unable to figure out what the two of them were doing here…
Wait…
A flash of realization struck Zane, as if he had discovered some secret. He pointed at Rover and Changli, saying in shock,
"I treat you like a bro, and you want to become my grandmaster!?"
Hearing Zane say this, Rover's fair, pretty face stiffened. She turned to look at the phoenix-like charming woman beside her, and suddenly felt that becoming his grandmaster didn't seem so bad.
But compared to being his grandmaster, she still wanted to be his…
At that thought, Rover's gaze toward Jue carried a hint of killing intent.
'This Sentinel has turned into a human. Why don't we just…'
Jue, with an extremely strong survival instinct, shivered all over. She immediately stopped caring about teaching Zane how to use his abilities, quickly shook off his arm from her shoulder, and ran to Rover's side.
"Arbiter, I was tricked by Zane into teaching him time sequence power, you have to believe me…"
Before she could finish speaking, Rover waved her hand to interrupt her.
"I know."
Hearing Rover say this only made Jue more confused. Even the prepared explanation she had ready could be saved for next time.
Sensing Jue's confusion, Rover simply smiled and didn't bother explaining.
Because this guy is a blockhead.
Watching Rover and Jue exchange silent signals, Zane scratched the back of his head in confusion and turned to look at Changli.
"Master, what are you doing here?"
Facing Zane's question, Changli first gave a respectful salute to Jue standing beside Rover.
Jue waved her hand, indicating there was no need for such courtesy. Though she was a Sentinel, she had already laid down her burdens and only wished to wander the mortal world at leisure.
Then she glanced at Rover. Seeing her nod, she finally began to explain to Zane, "The Rover and I came into the mountains this time to find a chess record left behind by my master before his death."
"A chess record?" Zane frowned, his suspicious gaze moving back and forth between Changli and Rover.
"Don't tell me that the chess record left by Master's master has something to do with Rover again."
As expected, Changli nodded.
Zane took another deep breath of "82-year-old cold air."
Good grief, there are legends of Rover everywhere in Jinzhou. So she didn't come to Jinzhou to wander, she came home.
And the kind where she was forced onto the throne.
"A hundred years ago, a cultivator went to Mt. Firmament and encountered a strange person. They traveled together and became friends despite their age difference, often playing chess in the mountains."
"Even a woodcutter who got lost there was drawn to the game, so much so that he didn't notice the rope binding his bamboo basket had snapped, accidentally knocking over the chessboard."
"Yet that strange person did not get angry at the disturbance. Instead, he poured the woodcutter a cup of tea, escorted him down the mountain, and protected him from being trapped by the flow of time."
"After that, the strange person disappeared."
Hearing this, Zane looked at Rover with suspicion.
'Is she really that gentle? If I knocked over the chessboard, wouldn't she tear me apart?'
'Or could it be…'
Thinking back on all the time he had spent with Rover, Zane finally realized something. Her attitude toward him was completely different from how she treated others.
'Could it be that she…'
Another flash of inspiration struck Zane, and a bold idea formed in his mind again.
"Rover."
"Mm?" Rover turned her head and immediately saw the certainty on Zane's face.
"You couldn't be…"
"What?" A gentle smile appeared on Rover's face as she waited for his guess.
"…you couldn't be a hidden sadist, right? The kind that specifically picks on someone like me, a soft target!"
"I'll sadist your ******!"
If Changli and Jue hadn't desperately held Rover back, she would have definitely thrown this idiot Zane off Mt. Firmament.
After a lot of effort, Changli and Jue finally managed to calm Rover down…
Zane: 'And you call the bump on my head the result of calming her down!?'
Changli helplessly looked at Zane, who was squatting on the ground holding his head with a pitiful expression, then glanced at Rover, who was still puffed up with anger, and let out a long sigh.
It seemed her disciple's path to winning a wife would be a very long one.
Changli cleared her throat and continued telling the rest of the story to Zane and Rover.
"As time passed, the cultivator became a highly respected recluse. In his later years, when he returned to Mt. Firmament, he finally encountered that strange person again."
"They once again played chess in the mountains. It is said that the strange person hid a secret technique within the final game."
As she spoke, Changli took light steps and walked toward a small pavilion not far from them. At that moment, the mountain stream, falling snow, birdsong, and black silk heels formed a beautiful scene.
"I have an idea…"
Zane looked at Rover, another flash of inspiration, only to be interrupted midway by Jue, who quickly covered his mouth.
"Ancestor, haven't you been beaten enough? Talk less."
He shook his head frantically, trying to break free from Jue's hand covering his mouth.
"Who are you calling ancestor? Don't make me sound old, call me brother!"
"Isn't being a Sentinel's brother still pretty old…" Jue muttered inwardly, but didn't dare let go of him.
Fortunately, Rover was focused on the chessboard in the pavilion and didn't notice the strange interaction between Zane and Jue.
"In the remaining chess record left by my master, there is a vague line, this game may resolve the chaos of time flow."
Hearing this, Zane and Jue immediately stopped their antics and moved closer to Changli together.
Resolving the chaos of time flow sounded simple, but in reality, it required relying on the Sentinel, meaning Jue's complete power of time sequence.
But Jue happened to know nothing about this power that originally belonged to her.
As for Zane, he simply wanted to use this chess game to learn how to control time flow.
Although they didn't know whether this record was true or false, if this chess game really hid the secret to controlling time flow, then it meant there was another complete source of time sequence power within Mt. Firmament.
And this power seemed to be related to Rover.
That made both Jue and Zane unable to ignore its existence.
After all, it might have been left behind by Rover in the past.
"Wait…" At that moment, Abby's voice suddenly came from the Tacet Mark on the back of Rover's hand, interrupting their thoughts.
"There's the scent of Tacet Discords in that cave over there."
Hearing this, Zane's eyes immediately lit up. Ever since entering Mt. Firmament, he hadn't encountered any Tacet Discords yet.
"That's called Tacet Discords? That's called walking one hundred million!" Although their yield wasn't as high as an Exile, Tacet Discords were endless, a renewable resource.
Exiles were also renewable, but their growth cycle was too long.
Therefore, he must adhere to Rover's leadership, uphold the Doctor's governance, insist on the people's democratic dictatorship, and follow the path of sustainable development…
Sensing Zane's excitement, Abby couldn't help but pour cold water on him.
"No… there's something even stranger. There are Tacet Discords, humans, and also…"
"Isn't that even better, we rush in to save them, but sadly arrive too late. Those humans have already died tragically at the hands of the Tacet Discords, so we can only avenge them with grief…"
Before he could finish, he got hit on the head again with a scabbard.
Although she knew he was joking, seeing how punchable he looked, Rover was certain the scabbard moved on its own. It had nothing to do with her at all.