Chapter 658

Duan Yu also felt confident at first, but after the two sides exchanged dozens of moves and more than a hundred pieces were placed on the board, sweat began to appear on his forehead and he felt a little overwhelmed.

At this time, the martial artists nearby also noticed this, and their faces showed expressions of regret and relief.

The reason why I sigh and lament is an instinct. I put myself in the role of Duan Yu. It is rare that he can make dozens of moves in a row, but in the end he is powerless and cannot solve this difficult situation.

As for being thankful, it was because Duan Yu's previous moves seemed to be assisted by God, which inevitably made everyone a little nervous. They worried that the chess game was really cracked by him, and that their trip would be in vain.
It's all due to human nature.

Seeing this, the old freak Ding Chunqiu relaxed his serious expression immediately, and said with a bit of contempt, "You are just a brat. Your chess skills are just so-so."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Danchen and the other four became furious again. If they were not afraid of disturbing their own master, they would have probably already opened their mouths to scold him.

Duan Yu tried his best to place more than ten pieces, but it was still a difficult puzzle. Fortunately, he had a pure heart and was not confused by the chess game. Finally, he sighed dejectedly and admitted defeat.

"The game that the senior set up is truly amazing. I have tried my best but still cannot figure it out. I am ashamed! I lost."

After saying that, he stood up and bowed to Su Xinghe.

However, Su Xinghe looked even more regretful than him. He shook his head slowly and said, "Young Master is so young, and his appearance and character are both first-class. It is extremely rare for him to have such chess skills. It's just a pity... What a pity..."

As he spoke, he stood up and clasped his fists slightly as a return gesture, then turned around and looked at everyone.

"If any master can crack this Zhenlong chess game, my sect will treat him generously. Is there anyone willing to give it another try?"

After he finished speaking, there was silence and no one responded for a long time.

Everyone had seen Duan Yu's chess skills just now. Although they were glad that he failed, they also knew their own limitations and did not think they could be stronger than him.

Now that Duan Yu has been defeated, these people naturally have no confidence to step forward and play against him.

Su Xinghe looked at the silent crowd, his face becoming more and more disappointed, but he didn't say anything else. He just shook his head and sat back down.

"Old man, no matter how you set up the enchantment array here, it won't change the fate of the Xiaoyao Sect. Just look at who I brought to see you this time!"

Ding Chunqiu smiled coldly and then waved his hand.

Immediately, several disciples behind him took the order and trotted out of the valley.

Soon, a group of Ding Chunqiu's disciples came briskly from outside the valley, carrying several rope nets.

"Your Excellency, the person has been brought here."

One person knelt down respectfully and reported.

Ding Chunqiu didn't even look at him, but just nodded slightly, then glanced at Su Xinghe with an even stronger sneer on his face.

Su Xinghe frowned, then turned to look at the eight people who were carried over by the disciples of the Xingxiu Sect, and his expression changed slightly.

Those eight people were none other than Kang Guangling, Fan Bailing and the other Eight Friends of Hangu.

These eight people were once Su Xinghe's disciples, but Su Xinghe deliberately expelled them in order to protect them from Ding Chunqiu's murderous hands.

Unexpectedly, despite this, they still couldn't escape Ding Chunqiu's clutches.

Suddenly, Kang Guangling, Fan Bailing and the other Eight Friends of Hangu struggled out of the rope net, walked to the bluestone chessboard, and knelt down in front of Su Xinghe.

Others didn't understand what was going on and were all surprised.

Kang Guangling said, "Seeing that you are healthier than ever, the eight of us are extremely happy."

The Eight Friends of Hangu were expelled from their sect by the eloquent Mr. Su Xinghe, so naturally they dared not call each other master and disciple anymore.

Duan Yu retreated to the side, but he did not notice the situation of the Eight Friends of Hangu. Instead, he was still staring at the chessboard in a daze: "This Zhenlong is what I saw in the stone cave of Wuliang Mountain that day. This smart and eloquent man must have some connection with the fairy sister in the cave. I must ask him quietly later, but I must not let others hear it. Otherwise, if everyone rushes to see the fairy sister, wouldn't it be a blasphemy to her?"

Fan Bailing, the second disciple among the Eight Friends of Hangu, was a chess fanatic. Looking at the chess game from afar, he knew that it was not the "master" who was playing against the young man, but the "master" who had set up a "Zhenlong".

The young man tried to crack it, but failed. He knelt on the ground and couldn't see clearly, so he raised his knees and stretched his neck to see clearly.

Seeing this, Su Xinghe simply said, "Everyone, get up! Bailing, this 'Zhenlong' is extremely important. Come over and take a good look at it. If you can crack it, it will be a great thing."

Fan Bailing was overjoyed when he heard this and replied, "Yes!"

He stood up, walked to the chessboard, and looked at it intently. Deng Baichuan asked in a low voice: "Second brother, what is 'Zhenlong'?"

Gong Yeqian also whispered: "'Zhenlong' is a difficult problem in Go. It is a situation that one person deliberately sets up to make it difficult for others. It is not a situation that two people play against each other. Therefore, it is often very difficult to predict whether it will lead to a good outcome or a disaster."

An ordinary "Zhenlong" chessboard has at least a dozen pieces, and at most no more than forty or fifty pieces, but this one has more than two hundred pieces, and the game is almost finished.

Gong Yeqian had limited knowledge of this art, so he stopped reading after a while because he did not understand it. Fan Bailing had studied Go for decades and was indeed a master of this art. He saw that this game of Go had its own calamities, with both co-existence and immortality, and all kinds of changes, which were extremely complex.

He was immediately refreshed, and when he watched the movie again, he suddenly felt dizzy and his head pounded. He only calculated the life and death of a small white chess piece in the lower right corner, and he felt the blood surging in his chest.

He calmed himself down and calculated again, and found that the white chess piece he thought was dead actually had a way to keep it alive. However, to kill the black chess piece next to it, many things were involved. After calculating a few more times, he suddenly saw a dark spot in front of his eyes, felt a sweetness in his throat, and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Su Xinghe looked at him coldly and said, "This game of chess is extremely difficult. You have limited talent. Although your chess skills are not weak, you will probably not be able to solve it. Moreover, there is the evil villain Ding Chunqiu who is performing evil magic beside you and bewitching your mind. It is really dangerous. Do you want to continue or not?"

Fan Bailing said: "Life and death are determined by fate. Brother... I... I... am determined to do my best."

Su Xinghe nodded and said, "Then you can think about it slowly."

Fan Bailing stared at the chessboard, his body swaying, and he spat out another large mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, Ding Chunqiu sneered and said, "Why bother to die in vain? The trap set by the old thief was originally used to torture and kill people. Fan Bailing, you are walking into a trap."

Su Xinghe glanced at him and said, "Why do you call me Master?"

Ding Chunqiu said, "He is an old thief, so I will call him an old thief!" Su Xinghe's eyes became colder and colder, and he said solemnly, "The deaf-mute old man is not deaf-mute today, you must know the reason."

Ding Chunqiu said disdainfully: "Excellent! You broke your own oath and wanted to die. You can't blame me."

Su Xinghe ignored him and continued to say to everyone: "This Zhenlong chess game was created by my master. My master spent three years of hard work to create it. I sincerely hope that the chess experts of today can decipher it. I have studied it diligently for thirty years, but have not been able to fully understand it."

At this point, he glanced at Duan Yu, Fan Bailing and the others, and said, "But the way of chess is not something that can be mastered by one's own efforts. Years of hard work may not be as good as the instant enlightenment of a person with a natural wisdom."

"Although I have not studied it thoroughly, there are many talented people in the world, and it is not impossible that they cannot decipher it. My master left this wish in the past. If someone can decipher it and fulfill my wish, even though my master is no longer in this world, he will definitely be very pleased if he knows about it in the afterlife."

Everyone couldn't help but think to themselves when they heard this: "This Master Congbian's master and apprentice are all from the same lineage. They are obsessed with playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and have devoted their lifelong intelligence and wisdom to these irrelevant things, which has allowed Ding Chunqiu to run rampant in our sect without any restraint, which is really lamentable."

"My junior fellow disciple betrayed our master and caused our master to die in grief. He beat me so hard that I couldn't fight back."

Su Xinghe just pointed at Ding Chunqiu and said.

"I should have died to honor my master, but I remembered that my master had a wish that had not been fulfilled. If I did not find someone to solve it, I would not be able to see my master even after I died. So I endured the humiliation and lived on until now.

“Over the years, I have kept the agreement between master and disciple and remained silent. Not only have I become a deaf-mute old man, but I have also forced my new disciples to become deaf-mute.

"Alas, it's a pity that nothing has been achieved in the past thirty years. No one can crack this chess game. Although Mr. Duan is handsome and elegant..."

Someone nearby couldn't help but interject, "What does a handsome and elegant person have to do with playing chess?"

Su Xinghe just said: "This is very relevant, very relevant."

He did not elaborate, and continued, "Mr. Duan's more than ten moves were extremely ingenious. I had placed great hopes on him, but I didn't know that he missed a move by one step, and in the end, he still lost a few moves."

Duan Yu felt ashamed when he heard this, and said, "I am ignorant and have failed your kindness, old man. I am deeply ashamed..."

Before he could finish his words, Fan Bailing suddenly screamed, blood spurted out of his mouth, and he fell backwards.

Su Xinghe raised his left hand slightly, and with three "chi chi" sounds, three chess pieces popped out and hit the acupoints in his chest, stopping his bleeding.

As everyone was stunned, they suddenly heard a "pop" sound, and a white object flew down from the air and hit the chessboard.

Su Xinghe took a look and saw a small piece of pine tree flesh that had just been dug out from the tree. It happened to fall on the 79th road of the "go" position. That was the key to cracking this "Zhenlong".

When he looked up, he saw a corner of a light yellow robe peeking out from behind a pine tree five meters away on the left, indicating that there was someone hiding.

Su Xinghe was surprised and delighted, and said, "Another master has arrived. I am overjoyed."

Just as he was about to respond with the black piece, he heard a slight sound suddenly beside his ear, and a small black object flew from behind and landed on the 88th road in the "go" position, which was exactly where Su Xinghe wanted to place the piece.

Everyone exclaimed "Huh!" and turned around, but there was no one there. The pine trees on the right were not very tall, so if there was someone hiding in the tree, they would be visible at a glance, but they really didn't know where the person was hiding.

Su Xinghe saw that the black object was actually a small piece of pine bark, and the direction it landed was very accurate, and he was secretly surprised. As soon as the black object landed, a white piece of tree flesh shot out from behind the pine tree on the left and landed on the fifth or sixth road of the "going" position.

There was a hissing sound, and a black object circled up into the sky, then fell straight down, landing squarely on the "go" road.

The black spot rose in a spiral shape, and it was difficult to find out where it came from. The black spot rose up into the air in a winding manner and fell down with such accuracy. The skill of the hidden weapon was truly amazing.

The audience was full of admiration and cheered in unison. Before the cheering stopped, a clear voice came from the pine branches: "Master Chai, you are the one who will crack the magic. I will do two moves for you. Please don't blame me for being so presumptuous."

The branches and leaves swayed slightly, the breeze blew, and a monk appeared next to the chessboard.

The monk was wearing a grey robe, had a bright aura, a solemn appearance and a slight smile on his face.

Duan Yu was startled and thought, "That devil Jiumozhi is here again!"

Then, when she heard him call her "Hero Chai", she couldn't help but feel happy again: "Could it be that the white piece just now was thrown by Big Brother? Apart from Big Brother, there may be no other heroes with the last name Chai in the Jianghu, right?"

Jiumozhi put his hands together, bowed to Su Xinghe and Ding Chunqiu, and said, "I saw an invitation from Mr. Congbian to a chess meeting on the way. I came here to meet the world's great master."

He then said, "Master Chai, we met in Gusu and I didn't expect to meet here again. Would you please grant me an audience?"

His power had been completely absorbed by Chai Xin, but instead he gained great enlightenment and obtained the essentials of Buddhism.

In addition, when Chai Xin saw that he had truly attained enlightenment that day, he gave him a ray of power of creation.

Guided by the power of destiny and profound understanding of Buddhist scriptures, Jiumozhi suddenly discovered that a lot of inner strength that was more refined and magnificent than before naturally emerged from his limbs and bones.

It is no exaggeration to say that his skills improve by leaps and bounds. In just less than a month, his skills have reached a level even better than before!
There is a subtle tendency for him to become one of the top masters in the world.

However, even though his power was restored, Jiumozhi's state of mind was very different from before.

The anger in his heart was gone, and he was no longer as obsessed with martial arts as before, almost like a demon.

Instead, he devoted himself to the study of Buddhism, traveled across the Middle-earth, doing good deeds along the way, and making up for his past mistakes.

At this moment, Jiumozhi no longer had any trace of bravery, ferocity or greed on his face. Instead, his face was compassionate, and his eyes revealed peace and tranquility.

Anyone who sees him will definitely think that he is an enlightened monk.

Even someone like Duan Yu, who feared him like a tiger, felt relieved when he met him again. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Could it be that Jiumozhi is really like what my elder brother said, and he has lost all his power and finally achieved enlightenment?"

Thinking of this, he realized something was wrong. He glared and said inwardly, "That's right! Didn't his martial arts skills get destroyed by my elder brother? But the moves he just displayed didn't look like a person who had lost all his skills. I'm afraid his skills are more profound than before!"

Just as Duan Yu was wondering, he suddenly heard a clear laugh and a person appeared from behind a pine tree.

Duan Yu immediately showed joy, because he saw that the man looked to be in his early twenties, wearing a black brocade robe, with a long sword on his waist compared to before. He came floating in, with a handsome face and extremely unrestrained.

"Brother, I didn't expect you to come!"

(End of this chapter)