Chapter 52: In Name

Zhu Chenhuan eventually gave up on playing chess against Su Chen.

Actually, the primary reason he had even suggested playing chess was to further evaluate Su Chen’s character. After all, the way a person played chess spoke volumes about their personality. If this Su Chen tried to cheat in just a chess game, that meant that there was an issue with his sincerity.

Unexpectedly, Su Chen had stomped him straightforwardly. He didn’t cheat at all, though the old Ancestor had a number of times.

Thankfully, Su Chen didn’t believe that a person’s way of playing chess spoke volumes about their character. In any case, he had taken control of the momentum in his dealings with the Zhu Clan, so he wasn’t worried that they might try to pull something over him.

Zhu Chenhuan gave up on playing chess when he realized that he couldn’t beat Su Chen, and they resumed discussing their plan.

Since their cooperation was now set in stone, all that remained was to settle on a concrete plan.

This plan was not like when Su Chen took a risk and entered Ravager territory alone. Now that a clan that had invested an ocean of resources into this venture was involved, they would be much less tolerant of such risky behavior. Zhu Chenhuan wouldn’t accept Su Chen’s gambling tendencies. A practical,...