Primordial Cultivator

"What is this setup and why do we have these black stones?" Elder Shan sat down as she bombarded Yang Wei with multiple questions.

"Relax, Elder Shan." Yang Wei raised his hand as he tried to calm her down.

He couldn't possibly answer every one of her questions in one go as he would need to spend time explaining their usage.

"Those black stones could be counted as energy which you use when it's your turn. Each turn would cost some energy aka black stones." Yang Wei explained.

"I see…" Elder Shan nodded. "So it's basically like spiritual qi where we use them to cultivate each time."

"Uhh- not quite but if that's how you interpret it then so be it." Yang Wei smiled awkwardly.

"Anyway, you see how the board is labeled with alphabets and numbers?" He asked.

Elder Shan nodded her head.

"Those are the coordinates of the position where you want to fire your shot." Yang Wei then said.

And he continued, "We would both put two of the ships on our own side of the board and we would say the exact coordinate to fire the shot at each other."

"How am I supposed to tell where your ship is located if our vision is covered by this black wood?" Elder Shan raised an eyebrow as she was confused.

Yang Wei twitched his brows as he sighed at the intelligence of Elder Shan.

"That's exactly the point, Elder Shan. We are to guess where the enemy placed their ships in and try to sink them down before the opponent." He then explained.

Sometime later, Yang Wei continued to spend the next few hours explaining the game structure to Elder Shan.

Since the battleship game was something more modernized and it was the first time that Elder Shan had heard of such a game, it took longer than expected before Elder Shan finally understood the game mechanics.

"I see now…" Elder Shan clasped her hand together as she grinned at Yang Wei. "This is basically a guessing game where we tried to shoot down the opponent's battleship first."

"That's right, Elder Shan." Yang Wei smiled as he sat down.

"Now, we would place our ships randomly and when we finished arranging it, we would begin." He added.

Elder Shan nodded as she started placing the T-Shape battleship and an L-shape battleship on the board.

'Heh, I will put them in the edges so that you would never be able to guess it.' Elder Shan sneered inwardly as she raised her hand.

"I'm ready, Yang Wei." Elder Shan then said as she couldn't wait to drown his ships down.

"Woah, that was quick then I guess we will begin." Yang Wei exclaimed in surprise as he finished arranging his battleships as well.

"Who would go first?" Elder Shan then asked him.

"I'll let you choose." Yang Wei offered the option to her.

'It doesn't matter because I will win no matter what.' Yang Wei thought.

Meanwhile, Elder Shan smirked as she chose to go first. "I will attack the coordinate A4."

Afterward, Elder Shan waited for Yang Wei's response.

"Sorry Elder Shan, but you hit nothing." Yang Wei said shortly after.

"Damn it, I thought you would put them in the middle." Elder Shan pouted as she ended her turn.

However, Yang Wei was secretly laughing and crying at the same time. That was because Elder Shan managed to land a hit from the start.

'Too bad for you, Elder Shan. I was never going to play fair when you have no idea whether you landed a hit or not.' Yang Wei grinned evilly.

The black wood split the board in half and there wasn't any digitized video for Elder Shan to see if she actually landed a hit.

Thus, the only way to know if you landed a hit is if the opponent was playing fair to begin with.

"Elder Shan, it's my turn. I'm going to say B2." Yang Wei said.

Elder Shan, who didn't know the game was rigged from the start, told Yang Wei the result in honesty.

"Ugh, how did you land the hit from the start?" Elder Shan was in disbelief as she saw her T-Shape get hit once by Yang Wei's prediction.

Time slowly passed by with Elder Shan landing zero hits on Yang Wei's battleships whereas Yang Wei was close to finishing off Elder Shan's final battleship.

"Alright, my last hit shall be in your C7." Yang Wei said wickedly.

Elder Shan was angered as she gnashed her teeth. "Damn it all, how did you shoot both of my battleships down."

Afterward, Elder Shan stood up as she walked over to Yang Wei's side.

She wanted to see how close she was to getting Yang Wei's battleships but her expression changed when she saw his board.

The coordinate that she attacked had landed on Yang Wei's battleships yet Yang Wei had been saying miss every time.

"What's the meaning of this, Yang Wei?" Elder Shan held a ferocious expression as she confronted Yang Wei.

"I clearly hit your ships but you've been giving me false intel and that I've been missing it." She added.

Yang Wei started laughing as he held Elder Shan's hand to calm her down.

"Don't get so agitated, Elder Shan." Yang Wei said soothingly.

Elder Shan flung his hand away from her as she grabbed on her hips.

Looking like a ferocious tiger, Elder Shan was determined to murder Yang Wei if he doesn't give her a proper explanation.

"Go ahead and explain." Elder Shan said. "However, don't say I didn't warn you. If the explanation doesn't satisfy me then you're going to get it."

Yang Wei nodded his head.

"Listen Elder Shan, from the start to the end, this was never a fair game." Yang Wei said slowly as he continued, "This was a game of deception and a way to help you realize that being too trustworthy would lead to your demise."

"Game of deception?" Elder Shan raised an eyebrow.