Legend of the Dragon God
Ch. 63 – Moksha.

Liu Chang stopped in front of the river the first time he had come to this Valley. Earlier when he came here, he was attacked by the ancestors of the snakes and suffered defeat with non-light injuries. But now that he had reached the peak of the Swordsman Sakti, Liu Chang was confident that fighting back with him could definitely bring victory.

“Chang'er, you're back.” The Snake Demon suddenly emerged from behind the river water, as usual when it appeared that the life he showed was always absent or in other words the Snake Demon could hide it.

“Oh yes, Jie Kun .. today I will do the Moksa Stage to enter the Dragon Swordsman, can I ask for your help to take care of me then?”

“It's easy. Looks like you're getting stronger yeah .. first, when we fought the first time you lost. But now I'm not sure I can beat you again, Chang'er.” The Snake Demon stared in admiration.

Of course it was natural considering the abilities of the demons in the Liko Valley only reached the early Swordsman Sakti stage and a small part of it did reach the peak but had a distant strength when compared to the current Liu Chang strength these.

“You're too much, Jie Kun. All right, I'm going first.” Liu Chang waved his hand towards Jie Kun, the ancestor of the snakes. Despite having abilities surpassing those of the demons in this Valley, not the slightest bit of Liu Chang became arrogant because of it.

Liu Chang felt that the demons here were teachers who taught him various things while fighting. Of the many battles Liu Chang went through, little did Liu Chang take a lesson from him.

“It fits, the place is quiet enough.” Liu Chang stopped in the middle of the stream. Then it faces the waterfall and reveals the water to enter the cave in it. To be honest about doing this Stage was something Liu Chang could not believe considering that Moksha was something very sacred to warriors in the martial world.

Because when moksa Liu Chang had to leave worldly affairs, all the sense of will that still attached and the desires associated with lust.

But on the other hand he had a very important task related to the peace of the Dragon God, Feng San. So, in this case Liu Chang had to unite two impossible things into possible.

Liu Chang sat in the middle of the cave, although his body was facing the waterfall which was quite swift but not the slightest sound of water Liu Chang heard after being inside.

Liu Chang regulated his breathing slowly, making his body as comfortable as possible. And cut off all his senses from this world. Seconds changed to minutes and then to hours, Liu Chang could no longer feel anything.

Starting from his vision that began to blur then his hearing could not hear any sound, then his senses could not feel the cold cold air of the waterfall, then his smell that could not breathe the smell or fragrance, and then his sense of smell, and finally his tongue that can't feel anything anymore.

A few minutes later after the atmosphere became silent, Liu Chang encountered a long, seemingly endless hallway of light. Liu Chang felt a dead situation at this moment.

But something that came up next, made Liu Chang surprised because suddenly he had come out of the hall and saw an all-white room starting from the wall and all the equipment in it, he said, it was like something called the Illusory Realm.

Vaguely Liu Chang began to see a half-century-old man who suddenly appeared and sat on the white-colored chair in front of him. Liu Chang only looked at the man until Liu Chang was called to approach.

“You can play chess?” the man asked suddenly and made Liu Chang slightly surprised. But not long after that Liu Chang nodded slowly.

“Yes, I know the way the game is.” after saying that, the man started taking out the chessboard under his white table.

“Maybe he wants to test me, whether my heart is strong or not during this moxa.” Liu Chang muttered softly. Liu Chang gained the white side while the man gained the black side in his stern color.

“Start!"

the man pointed his hand at Liu Chang, gesturing for Liu Chang to start first. Liu Chang immediately complied with the man's wishes, for Liu Chang's first piece to advance his Horse first.

Looking at Liu Chang's movements for the first time, the man in red clothes smiled faintly. According to him Liu Chang's movements were not bad but merely overemphasized on strength. Seen from the movements of Liu Chang who directly advanced the Horse without a second thought.

After playing chess for a few minutes Liu Chang began to realize his mistake, he was stuck by his opponent's strategy. Originally Liu Chang thought the man's gap but it turned out that the gap he showed was only his plan to trap Liu Chang.

“How is it possible, can he read my mind?” inner Liu Chang while thinking about the movements of the man that had been quite strange all this time.

As far as Liu Chang could see, the man had always followed the direction of his strategy, every time Liu Chang intended to eat the piece, the man prevented it by aiming for the higher Liu Chang piece.

But this time Liu Chang was sure his movements could not be predicted the man. Liu Chang made a diversion move using smaller pieces of his level and attacked some of the important pieces belonging to the man with him.

Liu Chang initially thought he had succeeded but the next thing made Liu Chang open his mouth in disbelief.

“How is it possible? I'm setting him up or am I in his game?” Liu Chang said, right now it has been consumed quite a lot due to its own strategy. It was as if his plan was just a figment of a thumb while in front of him.

Liu Chang reached his defeat after playing for an hour, he was bowed in lethargy before the man started pounding the table violently.

“You know your mistake?!" the man pointed at Liu Chang right on his face. It seems he was really angry and upset.

“Obviously I don't know, senior. Come-coming already offer to play chess.” Liu Chang held back the index finger of the man who was getting closer to his face.

Looking at Liu Chang who was completely innocent made the man even more angry and turned the table where he had played chess earlier. Liu Chang reflexively jumped straight back, he did not understand the reason for being treated this way.

“Senior, please calm down. Tell my mistakes slowly without anger.” Liu Chang raised his hands to chest level, hoping that the man would temper his anger and explain his mistake.

“After so far you don't understand too? Then what to do moksa?!” maybe because of his anger that was already unbearable the man slammed the chair and made the whole room vibrate because of it.

“If I really didn't know it, would you be angry again, Senior?” Liu Chang dodged the seat throw that led to him. To be honest from the very beginning Liu Chang had already felt the strangeness of this man before him.

"Huh ... sit down!!"

Liu Chang obeyed his orders, and strangely the table and chairs and other equipment that the man slammed back to the way it was when Liu Chang first entered this room. Liu Chang felt that only one thing could make something like this was the Illusory Science.

With Illusion Science, his victims who are trapped by illusion will definitely feel various illogical events while in his influence. Moreover, just to return the item as the man did was something easy.

“You're Feng Gege's student? Or maybe in your call you call him Teacher Feng, right?”

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I had wanted to enter poker in this mysterious man's challenge to Liu Chang, but on second thought I didn't enter it because poker hasn't come up while the swordsman is still traveling ....

See you in the next chapter ...

Ibn R.