And the three observing the chess game were no ordinary individuals; they were Sect Master Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the sect's protector Elder Chenxin, and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang.
"Old Dugu, I concede!" Mengshu placed a piece, securing his victory over Dugu Bo, then stroked his beard with a smile.
"Ah, old Meng, your skill in chess has grown considerably!" Dugu Bo said as he stood up, "Sect Master Ning, it's all up to you now!"
"Old Meng's chess prowess is unmatched; how could I possibly win against him? However, I might as well give it a shot!" Ning Fengzhi said as he sat down.
"Speaking of which, Chu Qin, where have you taken Yanyan, Yinran, and Rongrong?" Ning Fengzhi asked while playing chess.
"Sect Master Ning, they're all grown-ups, they are free to go wherever they want! Besides, with Chu Qin, there's absolutely no danger!" Mengshu replied.
"That's true, who in the entire Soul Land could possibly be Chu Qin's opponent!" Ning Fengzhi nodded in agreement.
"Indeed! Not even twenty, and he's already so powerful. He will surely have a boundless future!" Dugu Bo added.
"Hmm... Fengzhi, we have a situation!" Sword Douluo Chenxin said with a slight frown.
"What's wrong, Grandpa Jian?" Ning Fengzhi put down his chess piece and asked in confusion.
The next moment, everyone was slightly startled as they saw the clear sky suddenly turn overcast with dark clouds!
At the same time, a black vortex appeared above their heads!
At the same time, Dugu Bo and Chenxin each took out a Jade Bead and the Seven Kill Sword, readying themselves for whatever was to come!
"Boom!"
In the next second, a black beam of light fell heavily from the vortex onto the ground, shaking the entire area!
What followed was an unbelievable scene for Ning Fengzhi and the others; as the black light dissipated, a strange object was left in its place!
The base was round with a gateway on top.
Clearly, this was the other side of Chu Qin's Kong Ming, having just crossed through time and space to arrive at the Qinglong King's Mansion!
The next moment, Chu Qin's figure flew out from the vortex!
"Chu Qin!" Seeing Chu Qin, the five people were overjoyed and hurried over.
"Master Dugu, Master Mengshu, Master Snake Granny, Sword Douluo, Uncle Ning, what are you all doing here!" Chu Qin said with a smile to the assembled elders.
"I was bored by myself, so I called them over for a game of chess!" Dugu Bo replied, "Hold on, Chu Qin, what's that behind you? Where did you come from?"
"It's a long story! This is an ultra-long-distance teleportation soul tool!" Chu Qin explained briefly, "I've come back from the distant Sun Moon Land!"
"Sun Moon Land?" Hearing this unfamiliar name, all five were somewhat baffled.
"Chu Qin, why are you alone? Where are Yanyan and the others?" Dugu Bo asked.
"Chu Qin, catch us!" Before Chu Qin could reply, the voices of Ning Rongrong and Xiaowu came from the vortex; the next second, they flew right out of it.
Seeing this, Chu Qin quickly leaped up and caught Xiaowu and Ning Rongrong in his arms!
"Phew! That was close, but all's well that ends well!" As she entered Chu Qin's embrace, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"Eh, where are we? This place seems so familiar," Xiaowu said, looking around at the somewhat familiar environment with confusion.
"We're at the Qinglong King's Mansion; we're back in Soul Land!" Xiaowu exclaimed in sudden realization upon seeing some familiar objects.
"Eh, Dad, Grandpa Jian!" At this moment, Ning Rongrong spotted Ning Fengzhi and Chenxin, and she couldn't help walking over to them with excitement.
"Rongrong!" Ning Fengzhi and Chenxin called out happily.
"Rongrong, what's happening here?" Ning Fengzhi asked, puzzled. "You were also transferred over from the Sun Moon Land!"
"Mm-hmm!" Ning Rongrong nodded, "Chu Qin's soul tool, the ... Kong Ming, is just too amazing. It directly transferred us back from a place that was especially, especially far away!"
"Grandpa!" At this time, Chu Qin's other women were also one by one transmitted over, among them Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran respectively looked at Dugu Bo and Mengshu and called out.
"My beloved granddaughter!" Dugu Bo and Mengshu immediately greeted them and hugged them.
"Eh, we're back at the Azure Dragon Duke's Mansion!" Zi Ji also said in amazement. "It seems, Chu Qin, your soul tool experiment was a success!"
"It's so magical!" Lan Jing'er said in disbelief, "This is, too magical!"
"Chu Qin, I'm a bit confused. When did you create this soul tool!" Longhuang was quite perplexed.
Long-distance transference, something even some lower divine powers can't accomplish.
Chu Qin made it happen? And with a soul tool at that!
"This thing, he didn't make it!" Just as Chu Qin was about to speak, Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes shifted, suddenly she remembered something.
"Then tell me, Xue'er, if it wasn't made by me, where did it come from?" Chu Qin asked with interest.
"Do you really want me to spell it out?" Qian Renxue said with a smug smile!
"Let's hear it!" Chu Qin seemed to know what Qian Renxue was thinking.
"If I'm not wrong, it should be your father..."
"What... Soul Sage!" Before Qian Renxue could finish her sentence, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo's voices of surprise resounded across the entire plaza!
Just now, both Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo felt as though they had misheard; they actually heard Ning Rongrong say her soul power had reached level seventy-four, the Soul Sage level!
"Rongrong, are you sure?" Ning Fengzhi asked somewhat incredulously.
He was in his sixties this year, having only reached level seventy-nine! Yet Ning Rongrong was only seventeen, almost eighteen, and she had already reached level seventy-four!
"What's there to make such a big fuss about!" Ning Rongrong spoke in a Versailles tone, "Being a Soul Sage is quite normal! Basically, every sister present here is at least Soul Sage level!"
"Ah!" Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo exclaimed in utter disbelief as they looked towards Xiao Wu Zhu Zhuqing Zhu Zhuyun and the others!
"Yiran, you're not a Soul Sage as well, are you!" Mengshu hurriedly asked his precious granddaughter.
"Of course! Am I not a good sister to Rongrong?" Meng Yiran said with a proud smile.
"Then Yan Yan... you?" Dugu Bo also looked towards Dugu Yan.
"Yes!" Dugu Yan smiled slightly and said to the other girls, "Sisters, it seems our grandpas don't quite believe us. Let's show our soul rings, shall we?"
"Good!" Except for Xu Yichen, Xu Shi Yun, and Long Qianqian, all the girls revealed their Martial Soul Soul Rings!
Every one of Chu Qin's women, in addition to being as beautiful as jade, was also graceful and fiery to the extreme.
At this moment, after their elegant, breathtaking, and stunning summoning gestures, dazzling soul rings appeared one after another below their beautiful and moving figures, also appearing before Ning Fengzhi and the other four!
The five, including Ning Fengzhi, were completely taken aback, their gaze frozen, mouths agape, and even their consciousness seemed to pause!
Without exception, each person had at least seven soul rings and the sixth and seventh soul rings were mostly red, the hundred-thousand-year soul rings!
In Soul Land, hundred-thousand-year soul rings were almost impossible to find!
Not to mention, these hundred-thousand-year soul rings were on these youthful, beautiful, young women!
Anyone would be baffled by this!