In the somewhat deserted living room, Jiang Wan and Xilin sat opposite each other at the two ends of the table.

Click.

A clear voice sounded, but no one spoke.

Finally, when the clicking sound sounded again, Jiang Wan was the first to speak:

"He still hasn't come home."

Nodding, Shirin said softly:

"Um."

Both of them had serious expressions, looking at the table with their heads lowered.

Click.

"Will there be any danger?"

"Probably not. Didn't he always promise you that? I promised you."

Click.

Click!

Jiang Wan: “…………”

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and it took him a long time to raise his hand, and then he counted:

"However, I'm still a little worried... It's been a long time, and something will really happen if he doesn't come back."

"I know his tone. Although he says it's okay, there must be something suppressed in his heart."

Being familiar with Ning Feng, Jiang Wan didn't believe what he said was okay, and she understood that the other person's mood was wrong as soon as he opened his mouth.

Click.

"But, weren't you the one who stopped me and didn't let me bring him back directly? Why are you the one worried now?"

Looking up at Jiang Wan with a solemn expression, Xilin raised her hand and picked up the chess piece, completely approaching the white chess king into a blind spot where she could not move.

"Besides, this game of chess is already checkmate."

"It's time to stop struggling."

After saying that, Shirin's expression that had been tense before finally showed a smile that she had suppressed for a long time, and she leaned back on the chair.

Gently picking up the tea cup on the table and taking a sip, she took out a thick book from somewhere.

Opposite her, Jiang Wan, who had been silent for a long time, no longer maintained her seriousness and leaned towards the table.

She pressed her face on the seat, raised her hand and picked up the white king, which was about to be eaten, and stood it up on her fingertips.

The irregular chess pieces swayed left and right on her white fingertips, but they never moved much, and finally stopped steadily.

Melee-type awakeners' ability to control their bodies and weapons is evident.

Puffing up her cheeks, Jiang Wan looked at the elf who was sipping tea and reading a book with a leisurely expression, and asked alertly:

"Tsk, why do you always win in places like this!"

After a pause, she asked directly:

"Have you opened it?"

Gua!

Are you cheating?

As for the loser's incompetent rage, the elf, who had won fifteen consecutive victories, didn't care at all.

She smiled slightly and said gracefully:

"Haha, maybe...it's just because of some small differences between us."

As for what the gap was, Shirin smiled and said nothing.

joke.

What is in front of you is a legendary level awakener of knowledge lineage.

You little angel, you are actually trying to compete with me in terms of intelligence...

"But, this is fifteen consecutive victories! Did you secretly turn on the cheat device?"

In response, Shirin smiled:

"hehe."

It's so cute.

You are really brave!

Not to mention how much transformation a legendary level breakthrough can bring, just the competition of intelligence between spiritual genealogy and knowledge genealogy is already very overestimating one's abilities.

"I've given you a lot of respect and didn't play chess with you while reading. How about I give in to you next time?"

"Um...let me give you a hand?"

puff!

In response to Xilin's humiliation, Jiang Wan made a face and stuck out her tongue.

Do you need your other hand to play chess?

Hate!

"Give up, you little angel can't compete with me."

easy.

It’s so relaxing!

Ever since she deepened her relationship with Ning Feng and the others, Shilin hasn't felt this happy for a long time.

She gradually understood why there were so many books on the market about max-level bosses returning to Novice Village and beating up children.

She used to be dismissive, but now she realizes that she was wrong, and very wrong.

This is simply impossible to refuse!

You don’t understand this happiness.

"Would it be better to say that you made a big mistake by choosing me as your opponent from the beginning? Awakened people of the knowledge lineage are very good at this kind of game."

Hearing this, Jiang Wan thought for a moment, but still resisted:

"That can't be said like that, right?"

Jiang Wan expressed dissatisfaction with Xilin's somewhat unflattering smile.

"This kind of thing can't be explained with just a sentence of intellectual genealogy and spiritual genealogy, right? Even if you are not an awakened person of intellectual genealogy, there should be someone with a very high IQ, right?"

This is not a generalization.

Seeing that Jiang Wan was indeed a little serious, Xilin tilted her head and gently put the tea cup down.

After careful consideration of her words, she explained without hurting Jiang Wan's self-esteem:

"What you said is true, but that's really only a very small number of cases."

"The most basic condition for the awakening of the knowledge lineage is an extremely high IQ and the ability to understand a large number of spell structures and various material properties."

This is necessary. Of the three paths, knowledge pedigree can be said to require the least talent, but it also requires the most talent.

It's like learning in the world of ordinary people.

In the vast majority of cases, as long as you work hard, you will get results.

If you study hard and don't be lazy, you will definitely get the corresponding results.

But, most people just meet people who seem to be able to achieve better results than you without working very hard.

It's easy and seems effortless.

Some of these people are working hard behind the scenes to achieve what appears to be easy on the surface.

However, no one can admit that there is indeed a kind of person among that group of people.

Excellent understanding ability, super sense of space, and memory ability that is similar to being too forgetful...

People with various talents do exist, and people call them "geniuses."

The promotion of knowledge in the entire world is, to a large extent, supported by this group of people.

Is this fair?

For people without talent, this is indeed unfair and can even make people feel jealous.

But this is the truth.

An unacceptable bleak fact.

This is also true for those who are awakened to the knowledge lineage.
To be continued...