The Immortal Way is Fierce

Chapter 16 Return to slay the dragon
"I know I was wrong, Uncle Zhao, Mother Zhao."

Zhang Jingyuan duly responded.

Zhao Mingyang's family is not only his old neighbor, Zhao's mother is also Zhang Meifeng's colleague. She is also in the library, but she does financial work.

Judging from Zhang Meifeng's bad behavior, it can be imagined that Zhang Jingyuan has been eating at Zhao Mingyang's house since he was a child, and Zhao Mingyang's parents almost treat him as their own son.

In fact, Zhang Jingyuan, who learned all this in his previous life, simply doubted that without the care of Zhao Mingyang's parents, could he have lived peacefully until now?
"Okay, what's wrong with this? Wash your hands, sit down and wait for dinner. I cooked a lot of good dishes today. Today is a big day for you two, and it is a good day for you. After all, starting from today, we Jingbao He is the great monk.”

Mother Zhao said with a smile.

"You speculate first, Jing Bao will play chess with me." Zhao Mingyang's father suddenly said.

Hearing this, Zhang Jingyuan looked at Zhao Mingyang's father with a subtle expression and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhao, do you really want me to play chess with you?"

"Your mother, Zhao, is showing off her skills today. She's cooking you some big dishes. It won't be ready for more than two quarters of an hour. This is enough time for us and my husband to finish the next dish."

Zhao Mingyang's father waved his hand and said grandly.

"Two quarters of an hour, ten dishes are enough." Zhang Jingyuan muttered softly.

"what?"

Hearing the sound, Zhao Mingyang's father asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I said, then I'll ask you to teach me a lesson."

Zhang Jingyuan smiled and helped Zhao Mingyang's father put the chess pieces on the chessboard into the chess jar.

It was only about half a cup of tea, nine fingers, and thirty breaths of time. Zhao Mingyang's father held the black piece in his hand, sweating profusely, and looked at the chessboard in front of him with a horrified expression.

He lost!
Don't look at the current chessboard. The areas enclosed by the black and white pieces on both sides are basically the same. But in fact, once the piece is lifted, he will immediately lose hundreds of pieces, and almost all of his white pieces will become dead pieces. .

This was terrifying. The entire chessboard was criss-crossed with nineteen lines, with a total of 361 placement points. This was just the beginning, and he had already lost hundreds of pieces.

And we also need to know that he is holding black, and when it comes to the final judgment of the outcome, he still needs to post 3 and 3/4 pieces.

Big loser!

At this moment, Zhao Mingyang's father felt as if he was a child who had just learned chess and was beaten by a chess master.

But...it's obvious that he is the teacher, and he taught Zhang Jingyuan how to play chess!

And a while ago, he could easily kill a big dragon of Zhang Jingyuan, which could be said to be a complete crushing of Zhang Jingyuan.

How come Zhang Jingyuan's chess skills have soared after just a few days of not seeing each other?

Even if Zhang Jingyuan becomes the Four Spiritual Roots, his mind becomes smarter, and he becomes enlightened, will it not affect his chess ability so much?
Zhao Mingyang's father, his big head is full of question marks.

Zhao Mingyang was also stunned and looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

Zhang Jingyuan was dragged by Zhao Mingyang's father to become a chess partner. How could he be let go?

And I don’t know whether it’s because of his influence, or because of his good genes and talent, but his chess skills are a little higher than those of Zhao Mingyang’s father and Zhang Jingyuan.

Well, that's right, his chess skills are not only better than Zhang Jingyuan's, but also better than his father's.

If it weren't for this, why didn't his father take him to play chess instead of being so treasured by Zhang Jingyuan, and he was closer to Zhang Jingyuan than his own son?

Thinking of this and what his father just said, Zhao Mingyang felt like he had been stabbed in the heart.

But now, Zhang Jingyuan has not only gone from the lowest chess player among the three to the first place, but has even reached the point where he cannot understand and stands tall at the top of the mountain.

He didn't know how Zhang Jingyuan transformed into this in such a short period of time, but he was shocked and shocked.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Jingyuan felt secretly happy, and even felt like a great revenge had been avenged.

In his previous life, he had just traveled through time and had no memory of his previous life, let alone any chess skills. He even learned the rules of Go by secretly watching Zhao Mingyang's father play chess with Zhao Mingyang.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine what would happen if he played chess with Zhao Mingyang's father.

And the worst thing is that the better he is, the happier Zhao Mingyang's father will be in torturing him. For two years, every time he came to Zhao Mingyang's house, he would be brutally tortured and killed by more than three dragons.

Does anyone know how he spent those two years?
But things are different now. Although playing chess is not his hobby, as an old man who has lived for half an era, he still has to play hundreds of thousands of games, which adds up to hundreds of years.

And the people who can play chess with him are all leaders in the world of cultivation, and there are even people who are known as chess saints and chess immortals.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Mingyang's father could no longer imagine how powerful his chess skills were.

"It doesn't count just now, come again." In desperation, Zhao Mingyang's father used the supreme skill - regret chess technique, and directly disrupted the chess pieces on the chessboard.

Zhang Jingyuan didn't stop him and looked at everything in front of him with a smile.

In the next set, Zhang Jingyuan calmed down a bit and quietly enjoyed this long-lost feeling.

When he had just traveled through his previous life and was in panic, Zhao Mingyang's family gave him tremendous spiritual and material support.

Even after he tried his best to extend the age of his two elders to two hundred years old and support them until they die, he would think of this time every time he played chess with others.

Two quarters of an hour later, when Zhao Mingyang's mother brought out the food, Zhao Mingyang's father finally couldn't stand it any longer. He once again used his regretful chess technique, and then made a rare initiative to ask for food.

From now on, he will never play chess with Zhang Jingyuan again!
These two quarters of an hour were simply the most painful two quarters of an hour in his life!

"This is the crescent moon meat under the fish's eyes. Eat more to replenish your body. You will be a monk in the future and you need to eat better."

Zhao Mingyang's mother picked up a chopstick of fish essence and put it into Zhang Jingyuan's bowl.

Zhao Mingyang watched all this as usual. He had long been accustomed to the fact that his parents treated Zhang Jingyuan better than him.

"This is the jinyu monster fish I bought from a fisherman by the lake. Although it cannot be called a monster, nor is it as delicious or contains as much aura as a monster, it tastes good and is such a big fish. , about twenty pounds, the fisherman said it is very rare, he didn’t know he could catch one like this all year long.”

I don’t know whether it was because I had eaten a few mouthfuls of rice and felt relieved, or because I had done a great job by buying this fish, Zhao Mingyang’s father said proudly.

"It's okay. I ate too much last night. It was so good. The food in my stomach has not been digested yet. Mingyang, you can eat this."

With that said, Zhang Jingyuan put the crescent meat into Zhao Mingyang's bowl again.

"I...I can't eat, and Brother Jing, you are a monk now, so you need more nutrition."

Zhao Mingyang declined and burped as he spoke.

He had a little belly before, but he just ate a suncake and his belly was already full.

"What you said is wrong. Although you have five spiritual roots, you can still learn basic Qi refining techniques, and you can also develop spiritual power in your body. Although it is not of great use, it can still strengthen your body and prolong your life."

Zhang Jingyuan said seriously.

Although the five spiritual roots are useless spiritual roots, it does not mean that it is really impossible to practice.

It just means that the five spiritual roots are complete with the five elements. The five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other in the body, forming a closed loop. When practiced, it is half the result with twice the effort, and the efficiency is not even one-tenth of the four spiritual roots.

Coupled with the current Taoist alliance system, there is no resource subsidy for Wulinggen, and there are no Taoist schools and sects willing to accept him as a disciple and waste resources on him, which is why Wulinggen seems so miserable.

But in fact, the five spirit roots can be cultivated, but it requires a lot of hard work, and the upper limit is extremely low. After cultivating for a lifetime, you can only cultivate to a great talent at the third level of Qi refining. Being able to cultivate to the fifth level of Qi refining is already considered diligent. If you don’t practice hard, you have to practice hard.

Of course, there are also those who can cultivate the Five Spiritual Roots to the point of foundation building, but those basically cannot escape having a good father or a good ancestor, and they all rely on resources.

However, Zhang Jingyuan has been in the world of cultivation for half an era and has not seen many people who can cultivate the five spiritual roots to the golden elixir or above.

"Yes, Jing Bao is right. You also need to eat more and practice more. After these ten days, you will go back to school, and the school will also hold a pulse-opening ceremony to help you activate your spiritual power. After all, if you don't have spiritual power, go to Jiangxi You can’t learn anything in the Zuotang, the tools in the Craftsman’s Hall can only be driven by spiritual power.”

As he said that, Zhao Mingyang's father picked up a large piece of meat from the back of the fish with chopsticks and put it into Zhao Mingyang's bowl. Zhao Mingyang looked like he wanted to cry without tears.

After eating, Zhang Jingyuan was about to wash the dishes, but was still stopped. But this time, Zhao Mingyang's father said nothing and played two games of chess with him.

After staying for a while, it was getting late, so Zhang Jingyuan said goodbye and went home.

When he arrived at the door of his house, he saw a faint gap between the door and the door frame. Zhang Jingyuan pushed the door open and entered. Looking around, it turned out that Zhang Meifeng was not at home.

Returning to his room on the second floor, Zhang Jingyuan took a casual glance, and the furnishings and furniture in the room immediately overlapped with his previous memories.

He had stayed in this room for nearly three years in his previous life, and the things in it were almost always the same, without any of the gadgets that are slowly starting to emerge in the world of cultivation.

For example, there are small household spirit gathering arrays, tranquilizing incense burners that can soothe the mind, and even temperature control arrays that can change indoor temperature and humidity, etc.

The range of this kind of household spirit gathering array can only be used for three meters around, which is the size of a room. With such a large range, even if it can really gather spirits, how much spiritual energy can it gather?
In fact, the more important function of this kind of spirit gathering array is to purify the spiritual power in the spirit stones and simulate an environment with relatively rich spiritual energy in the array to facilitate practice.

Someone has calculated that a home spirit gathering array can increase the speed of cultivation by at most 10%.

It seems good, but the loss speed of spiritual stones is increased by more than 20%.

After all, some of the impurities have been removed, and the formation itself requires consuming the spiritual power in the spiritual stones to maintain it.

Instead of being like a normal spirit gathering array, it gathers spiritual energy in one place with a radius of hundreds of meters or even tens of kilometers.

(End of this chapter)