I Fabricated the Techniques, but my disciple really mastered them?

Teaching a jade puppet to play chess was an extremely patience-testing task, especially since this puppet would crash when encountering a difficult problem and would take quite a while to recover.

Xu Yan, however, was full of enthusiasm and not the least bit impatient; he taught with great attention to detail.

A game of chess had yet to start, and Xiao Jie still hadn't fully learned the rules and methods of playing chess when Ming Yu returned.

Through teaching Xiao Jie to play, Xu Yan found that jade puppets encountered significantly more difficulty and more frequent cognitive stalling when learning entirely new and unfamiliar knowledge.

However, when it came to knowledge about battle, the puppets were quick to respond and less likely to experience such stalling.

"Playing chess?"

Ming Yu was delighted and directly took Xiao Jie's place, asking Xu Yan to teach her to play chess.

Xu Yan was more than willing and took this as an opportunity to test whether Ming Yu's thoughts were more adaptable to unfamiliar knowledge than Xiao Jie's.

Sure enough, although occasionally experiencing moments of cognitive stalling, Ming Yu rarely did so, and she recovered quickly, absorbing the rules and methods of chess rapidly.

"Ming Yu belongs to a higher class of jade puppets, with strong growth potential, which is why she is valued by the Three Masters of the Jade Court and holds a higher status than other jade puppets,"

Xu Yan also pondered with some doubt what the intent was behind the Three Masters of the Jade Court sending Ming Yu to explore the Domain. Could it be they intended for Ming Yu to transform into a creature of the Domain?

Ming Yu joyfully played chess with Xu Yan. Although she had learned how to play chess, one couldn't expect much of her chess skills.

"Xu Yan, I found the bamboo."

Ming Yu excitedly announced during the game.

"I am quite curious about this bamboo, if possible, take me to see it."

Xu Yan perked up; Qing Yu indeed existed within the Jade Court.

After the battle that led to Taicang's fall, Xu Yan was very curious about how Qing Yu had come to the Jade Court, especially since Qing Yu was a Master of Domain with the power to create his own realm.

Gaining Qing Yu's Domain Dao Rule would greatly assist one's cultivation in the Establishing Dao Realm.

After all, the Establishing Dao Realm is about establishing one's Dao and perfecting the Way of Domain, elevating one's own Dao.

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Ming Yu readily agreed, her eyes not blinking an instant as she stared at the chessboard, pondering her next move.

It was evident that Ming Yu had a great passion for playing chess.

Or rather, Ming Yu had a deep interest in any new or mysterious knowledge.

"This aids in the enhancement of Ming Yu's consciousness, contributes to the agility of her mind, and is an intrinsic part of Ming Yu's subconscious," Xu Yan thought to himself.

Half a month into his stay at the Jade Court, Xu Yan played chess daily with Ming Yu, who treated him with great hospitality. To Ming Yu, sharing her favorite delicacies was the best way to entertain.

Xu Yan "ate" various "culinary delights" every day and, as a result, the principles of the Prime Tortoise Carapace became increasingly complete and strengthened.

Xu Yan also gained some understanding of this special type of "food," which served to amend puppet principles, meant to compensate and continuously perfect them.

And for this reason, it also had the property of supplementing other Principles.

One day, Ming Yu finally remembered she had yet to take Xu Yan to see the bamboo.

"Xu Yan, let me take you to see the bamboo," Ming Yu said, reluctantly having just finished a game.

"Then, thank you!"

Xu Yan hadn't pressed the issue, allowing Ming Yu to bring it up on her own, and to foster Ming Yu's interest in chess.

Led by Ming Yu, they passed through a long path in the Jade Court, by several courtyards, where every Jade Person living there existed at the Master of Heaven and Earth level.

Even more so, Xu Yan spotted a Jade Person whose strength was no less than a Master of Heaven and Earth level from the Netherworld.

"The creator of the Jade Court, the creator of these jade puppets, possesses a strength second only to my master among those I know. I wonder how he compares to the Unchanging Divine Master? From what information I have, the Unchanging Divine Master is likely no match for the creator of the Jade Court."

Xu Yan couldn't help but inwardly marvel.

Of course, it was hard to judge the Unchanging Divine Master's strength, and if the creators of the Jade Court were indeed the three owners, then their estimated power would have to be lowered a notch.

If those three owners of the Jade Court were also jade puppets, then the creator's strength would be on yet another level.

It could be that of a Wanderer!

Of course, without seeing the Three Masters of the Jade Court, all of this was speculation. Regardless, the strength of the Jade Court was formidable, beyond anything in the Great Wilderness.

"Other than my master, no one in the Great Wilderness can rival the Jade Court," Xu Yan sighed. Even the Great Wilderness Heavenly Path could not match the Jade Court.

"Having merged with the Hong Ze Domain, the Great Wilderness will inevitably be stronger, but still no match for the Jade Court, unless Taihe, Taikun, and Old Man Xiao, all break through the Master of Heaven and Earth Realm and reach the level where the power of the Heavenly Dao surpasses the Master of Heaven and Earth level."

The Great Wilderness has tremendous potential, for the Heavenly Dao can ascend to the level of Wanderer, continuously growing stronger like a Wanderer, becoming the strongest road beneath the Grand Dao.

But in the end, it has had too little time to grow. After tens of thousands of years, even Primordial Ages, it's inevitable that the Heavenly Dao will surpass both the Imperishable Temple and the Jade Court.

Ming Yu, with her mind full of chess, asked about chess-related matters and inquired about the art of the game all along the way.

Patiently explaining, Xu Yan finally arrived at a high-walled courtyard, where the immaculate white jade walls rose up to a hundred zhang high, and the flawless surface was wrapped in a faint halo, seemingly brimming with vitality.