An uproar rose among the cultivators who were looking at the chess board with bewilderment.
They had figured out the White's strategy and thought it would definitely lose the game. The old monk in yellow robes had decided to end the game and let the black horse-drawn carriage go up the mountain. But Sangsang seemed to decline his kindness as if she, the Lady of Light, knew how to solve the conundrum.
The monk was shocked. He looked at the carriage and frowned. Although he appreciated the girl's courage and wit, he did not expect that she could win this match. He thought even if she was the dignified Lady of Light at West-Hill Divine Palace, it was very rude of her to decline his offer.
As a reclusive Elder at Lanke Temple, he felt offended at Sangsang's declination. He then coldly sat at the stone table, took a black chess piece from the urn, and placed it on the chessboard.