After some thought, he simply waved his palm. A chessboard and a Gloomy Lamp appeared, and he began to explain honestly:
"These are my gains from that place. The remains gifted me the chessboard, and the Buddha gifted me this lamp..."
"Oh?" Old Nong's eyes widened, and he clicked his tongue in amazement. "That little fellow, Lamp, was so generous? He gave you the Human Lamp? How strange, how very strange..."
His interest piqued, he examined the Heaven and Earth Chessboard for another moment before remarking with a sigh:
"For you, however, this chessboard is the real treasure... If you use it well, you might be able to break free from your shackles ahead of schedule."
Lu Xuan asked curiously:
"Shackles... When the one on the cliff gave me the chessboard, he also said it might allow me to go from being a piece on the board to a Chess Player... By the way, Teacher, why exactly did you say that the Lady is not the Lady?"
