Selecting five chess pieces, Chen threw them simultaneously at the foot of the opposite wall and extinguished five incense sticks
"Excellent kung fu," Great Idiocy praised himHe took a string of prayer beads from around his neck, snapped the chord and let five of the beads fall into his palmWith one movement, he slung them away, snuffing out five incense sticks on Chen's sideChen quickly extinguished another five sticks of incenseGreat Idiocy replied by knocking out all nine candles on Chen's side, and in the darkness, the burning tips of the incense sticks became much easier targets for the monk
"Of course, why didn't I think of that?" Chen thoughtHe chose nine chess pieces and threw them three at a time at the candles on the monk's side of the hallBut the flames were untouchedHe had heard a series of clicks coming from the centre of the hall and he
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Great Idiocy, already nine candles and two incense sticks ahead, concentrated on protecting his own candles, while extinguishing more of Chen's incense sticks whenever the opportunity aroseIn a short while, he had snuffed out another fourteen, while Chen, putting his all into the task, only managed to extinguish two of the candlesSuddenly, he remembered one of 'Buddha' Zhao's tricks and threw
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Chen continued in this way, bouncing chess pieces off the wallGreat Idiocy had no way of protecting the candles, but he was already several dozen incense sticks ahead, and without taking any further notice of his opponent, he redoubled his efforts to knock out the restAs the last of the monk's candles went out, the hall was plunged into darknessChen counted seven incense sticks left on the monks side while his own was still a mass of red dots, perhaps thirty or fortyJust as he was coming to the conclusion that he had lost, he heard Great Idiocy shout: "Master Chen, I've used up all my projectilesLet us stop for a moment and get more from the
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Chen felt in his bag and found he only had five or six chess pieces left
"You go first," the monk addedChen walked over to the altar table and with a flash of inspiration, stretched out his arm and swept all of the projectiles into his bagHe jumped back to his place and Great Idiocy ran over to find the table top was emptyChen threw a shower of projectiles at the remaining fiery spots, and in a moment had extinguished them all
Great Idiocy let out a hearty laugh"I have to hand it to you, Master Chen," he said"That was more of a battle of wits than a trial of strength
"I apologise," Chen replied"I had already lost, and only used such a trick because of the importance of the matter
"The masters guarding the next two halls are my martial unclesTheir kung fu is very good
Chen thanked him and went on to the next hallThis hall was also
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"Please sit down," he said, gesturing to the other other matChen wondered how he wanted to compete, but took his seat in silence
Heavenly Mirror was an extremely tall man and very formidable to look atEven seated on the mat, he was not much shorter than an ordinary personHis cheeks were two deep hollows, and there appeared to be no flesh on his body at all
"You have passed through three halls, which is greatly to your credit," he said"But you are still junior to me, so I cannot compete with you on equal termsLet us do it this way: if you can go ten moves with me without losing, I will let you go through
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