Martial Arts: My Proficiency Panel

Guiyuan gate.

Among the plum groves, on the open space, there is a stone table. On the stone table, there is a chessboard. On both sides of the chessboard, there are two black and white chess jars, which are filled with chess pieces.

Beside the stone table, there are two stone benches.

A teenager was already sitting on one of the stools.

I saw this boy, dressed in a white robe, with a gentle face, although he was young, he had the air of a hero.

This person is his little junior brother, after staying in Guiyuanmen for more than a month, he returned to Guiyuanmen, but Master and Yaoyao are still in the East China Sea.

Yunyou said that while the senior brother was here, why not choose a day to play chess, the two discussed it and decided on today.

"Brother, please sit here."

"Okay." Ning Xiu sat down.

"Since you and I are here, let's start playing chess." Ning Xiu was invited, and he got straight to the point.

"Eldest brother, junior brother has a request, and I hope to agree to it." Yun You did not move a chess piece, but said first.

"Please tell me." Ning Xiu said with a smile on his face, waving his hands.

"Senior brother once broke the Zhenlong chess game. The strength of the chess is astonishing as the ancients and the present. Ordinary chess is a child's play. Why can't you play Shifan chess?"

When Ning Xiu first heard the front, there was no change, he still smiled gently, but when he heard the word "juban chess", his eyes lit up, and then disappeared.

Ning Xiu's changes naturally couldn't escape Yun You's eyes, but he didn't point this out, he just looked at him calmly.

"Okay, since the younger brother has such an elegant mood, the older brother agrees." Ning Xiu heard the words, thought for a while, then nodded and smiled, and agreed.

In the Go game played by the two, black goes first, takes the initiative, and has an advantage. Therefore, for the sake of fairness, when the final calculation of the outcome is made, the number of stickers for white is slightly different. The rule here is to stick five and a half eyes. .

Therefore, the way of choosing chess at the beginning of playing Go has the saying of dividing first and letting first. Score first is also called guess first. In this case, the probability of two people getting black is equal, and the one who gets black has an advantage. When black finally calculates the outcome, he has to give it to White, and this advantage will be evened out. up.

And let the first, is to let the opponent hold the black first every time, not close to the eye. In this way, the opponent's advantage will be greater, and it can become a five-and-a-half advantage for no reason.

It was based on this basis that the two decided to decide on juban chess to determine the level of chess strength. The rule here is that if there is a difference of four rounds between the winner and the loser, the loser will be determined to go first, that is, in the next three rounds, two rounds will be handed over, and one round will be divided first. If you lose two more games out of three, you will be given a handicap, and the remaining three games will all be handed over. In other words, your chess strength is one step worse than that of your opponent.

The juban chess decisive battle begins.

In the first game, score first.

Ning Xiu got the black chess piece and wanted to keep his eyes on it.

Chess proficiency doesn't depend on age, this young junior is indeed very talented in chess, and it's even shocking to say the least.

But compared with himself, his martial arts realm is much higher than his, and his mental strength is stronger, so he is not afraid.

Without much hesitation, his first move was at the top right star on the board.

Yunyou also played on the upper right star position of the chessboard.

The first game of chess was not played fast, both sides were highly skilled in chess, and in the layout stage, the situation was still two points, that is, they were evenly matched.

But after all, Yunyou's strength is much inferior to his own, and at this moment his forehead has begun to sweat.

But at this moment, Ning Xiu, who was facing him, nodded slightly, feeling relieved that he had met his opponent.

Chess to the middle game.

The two big dragons have already been entangled together, very fiercely, if there is a slight calculation error, it will end up being slaughtered in the middle game.

Although Ning Xiu's face remained unchanged, he could still see a lot of solemnity in his eyes, and his speed of playing chess also dropped, unlike the beginning, where he didn't think twice.

And even though Yunyou's expression remained calm, his body was motionless, and the temperature around him was not high, he was sweating profusely at this moment, showing that he had taken a lot of effort.

He raised his head to face Ning Xiu, whose expression had not changed, and asked himself that he, who had always had a rock-solid heart when playing chess, couldn't help but lose his mind for a while.

What kind of opponent is this? I have never seen it in my life. If you lose in the previous game, you will naturally lose, but there are various reasons. Chess games, he can say with confidence, have never been missed.

But this time, I have put all my energy into it, all kinds of formulas, discarded children, desperately calculating, setting traps, and even using some throwing knives that I usually disdain, but still can only maintain a stalemate with the opponent. The advantage is Not at all.

But the opponent still has the strength to spare, he has broken all the traps, so he can only guarantee that he will not suffer losses, and the exchange of moves will definitely not be cheap.

If this continues, he can only enter the official stage in the end. After thinking about it again and again, Yunyou gave up his plan to win in the middle game and changed to be invincible first.

He felt that his energy was low, and if he continued to fight like this, the possibility of calculation errors would increase greatly. Therefore, the situation began to be simplified, and the chess game was gradually introduced into the official stage.

What made him feel ashamed was that the other party seemed to come up with his own ideas, but he didn't just continue to provoke the fight, but pushed the boat along.

The two of them had a tacit understanding, the following chess had already been calculated clearly, and they quickly put away the officials.

When the last piece fell, Yunyou shook his head and sighed, he held the white chess, but counting the rules, he still lost one and a half eyes, but if it was changed to other black chess with more rules, he won instead.

But with his heart, how could he say such words? He didn't bother to do so, because it was the first point, and the opponent hadn't continued to entangle in the middle game. Otherwise, if the rules change, the opponent will definitely not play like this.

"I lost. The senior brother is very skilled in chess, and I can't match it." Yunyou cupped his hands and said.

"No," Ning Xiu looked at the chessboard and smiled, "You didn't lose in chess, it's just that your cultivation is far inferior to mine, and your mental strength is not enough to handle such complicated calculations."

The two of them rested for a while and continued to play chess again. They didn't know the time for a while, and when they reached the tenth game, it was already sunset.

In the end, Ningxiu defeated Yunyou 7:3.

subsequently.

Yunyou has already packed up the chess set, drinking tea and chatting with Ning Xiu.

The two of them chatted mainly about chess, calligraphy and painting. They haven't seen each other for just over a month. As a junior, their internal strength has grown horribly, and they have already had forty or fifty years of internal strength.

...

The rudder of the East China Sea.

Li Jin'er took Hong Yun back on horseback, but Hong Yun was injured in order to protect her, so she could only sit on the back of the horse and hug Li Jin'er's waist.

"Tsk, my young master's waist...it's so comfortable to hug."

Li Jin'er gritted her teeth: "Why are you uneasy when you are injured? Don't touch your hands!"

"I feel at ease when I touch you, you are always so fierce..." Hong Yun smiled and said softly, her tone suddenly lowered, "I actually know what that person from Wushuangmen said to you."

Li Jiner's heart skipped a beat, and she pretended to be calm and said, "What did you hear?"

"He said you were going to die."

"I don't believe it, do you believe it?" Li Jin'er lowered her voice.

"Do not believe."

"Then you are not allowed to talk nonsense, what I usually do is what I will do in the future."

"……good."

After they went back, they basically didn't rest much, and then began the next deployment arrangement.

She arranged for a thousand people to wait at the same spot, in case the bandit camp over there was unable to attack, they could cover and retreat; three thousand people went to surround the canyon over there, and focused on adding more people to the four commanding heights. All of them are long-range weapons, all of which are muskets and crossbows. The rest of the people were elected leaders to lead, each perform their own duties.

However, because of the large number of people dispatched by the Guiyuanmen this time, after laying down a few islands, the main force of the bandits was alarmed, and they took precautions first.

The manpower that was originally deployed to encircle the canyon was blocked by a trap set by them and a group of bandit disciples on the way to the mountain.

Hong Yun basically lost the ability to move, which made Li Jin'er feel a little headache. Although there are many people on his side, the opponent's defense is dangerous and there are many masters, so it is really difficult to attack. This group of thieves has been able to stand in the East China Sea for so many years. Although they have lost some troops now, if they really want to completely occupy it, it will definitely not be completed in ten days and a half months.

Li Jin'er led a group of men to station on the mountainside, intending to fight them to the death.

Unexpectedly, this gang of thieves had no way out, and they were brave enough to stand there. The two sides were in a stalemate on the mountainside.

In the middle of the night, Li Jin'er couldn't sleep and planned to go out for a walk.

As soon as he went out, he saw a small table set up in the open space in front, and Hong Yun sat beside him and poured himself a drink.

Li Jin'er approached her, sat down at the table as well, and said, "The injury is not healed, why drink?"

"Floating life is awkward, and we are destined to get together. When Fu is white." Hong Yun's face was still covered with white silk, she licked the wine stains on her lips, and poured a glass of wine for Li Jiner gropingly, "Would you like a drink?"

"...If your injury is healed, come and help me find a way to break their ninjutsu mechanism."

"Heh, you don't want to break yourself, so what's the use of me thinking about it?" Hong Yun took a sip of wine and sighed, "Young master, if you don't concentrate, you can't do anything well."

Li Jin'er laughed at himself, picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp. The alcohol was very strong, and the corners of her eyes turned red after just one drink: "Hongyun, I don't know what I'm doing all day long, watching them die and us dying all day long, it's meaningless to lose my life for nothing."

"What is meaningless? As long as you take this place, the sect master will look at you with admiration. It's not difficult to conquer here. It's just a test for you by the sect master. If you want, there are actually many ways."

"I just don't want too many casualties among my disciples. They also have flesh and blood, relatives and friends. Do they have to die here?" Li Jin'er poured another glass and drank half of it, "Ahem..."

Hong Yun smiled, touched Li Jin'er's hand, and took down the wine glass in her hand to prevent her from drinking any more: "Why do you care about these things? Many of them grew up here since they were young, and the sect master supported them. They The meaning of living is to be loyal to the sect master. On the other hand, young sect master, life is short, and sometimes you have to drink like drinking. If you want to drink, you can go to the wine shop to buy it with money. Even if the wine is in front of you, you will lose your appetite. This is the saddest thing."

"I don't believe that man's nonsense." Li Jin'er shook her head with a distressed expression, "I have to go back to see Brother Ning."

"Inferiority, world-weariness, this is you now. A person's life is only a few decades, and it is the same whether it is long or short, and there is an end. Taoists often say: 'Tao produces one, one life two, two Three births, three births all things, and all things are one and the same. The so-called life is the transformation of the Dao; He only lived for six or seven years. Some people only live for twenty or thirty years, but every year is meaningful. Reincarnation, we will not know each other in the next life, but maybe we will meet again by fate, that's all."

"You look very open." Li Jin'er drank another big sip of wine, and was coughed a few times, "I admit that I am young after all, I am not reconciled... I don't seek the way of heaven, I don't seek the extraordinary, I just yearn for one person, But when it arrives, it’s still a waste of effort. Why blame the sky?”

"Heaven has permanence. It doesn't exist for Yao, and it doesn't die for Jie. Look at the world, among all living beings, which one is immortal? The only thing that lives forever is the human heart."

"..." Li Jin'er fell silent, staring at the wine.

Hong Yun continued: "A person has to die three times before he is truly dead. The first time, when he took his last breath, his life no longer exists in this world; the second time, everyone who knew him knew him The news of the passing away, his status disappears from then on; the third time, when the last person in the world who remembers him forgets her, then he is the real one, dead forever. Little master, you should let a Deserving people will remember you."

"..."

Li Jin'er got dizzy from drinking, and her eyes became blurred. She doesn't drink well.

"Come here, take the young master back to his tent to rest." Hong Yun called Guiyuan's disciple beside him.

Two female disciples helped Li Jin'er into the tent, and then retreated respectfully.

Li Jin'er was still a little conscious, she turned over on the bed, and the bag she carried with her in the skirt fell out.

She has never dared to open the kit Ning Xiu gave him.

I don't know if it was because of drinking, but she became more straight-tempered, and when she saw the kit, she picked it up and opened it. This is the only thing related to Ning Xiu that she can hold in her hand now, and it still carries a little bit of his warmth.

After taking out the original yellowed and wrinkled piece of paper, unexpectedly, another piece of paper was brought out and fell to the side.

Li Jin'er rubbed her eyes vigorously so that she could see clearly. She didn't remember ever putting such a piece of paper, it looked new.

Was it... he let it go? Is it a letter?

Li Jin'er couldn't wait to pick up the piece of paper, and unfolded it tremblingly. Her hands trembled violently because of the nervousness in her heart.

The fonts on the paper are very familiar, and the strokes are pure and powerful, just like flowing clouds and flowing water, swimming dragons and painting the sky. Every stroke is full of his strict and gentle atmosphere.

There is no long speech she imagined a moment ago, only ten thin words:

Although the guest is happy, it is better to return early.