Chapter 20 Gambling
Although Liang Yan was very eager for this barrier-breaking pill, he couldn't help but hesitate at this time. You must know that the value of a barrier-breaking pill is between eighty and ninety spiritual stones. Two hundred and sixty is already a very outrageous price. If you are the one being taken advantage of, it is easy for other people to spy on you.
Liang Yan knew very well that wealth should not be revealed. He was just an ordinary handyman disciple, and being able to produce more than a hundred spiritual stones was already his limit. If you bid any higher, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of interested people.
And the most important thing is that the woman in white has looked indifferent from just now, as if she is saying: "You bid whatever you want, I will lose if I don't increase the price." How could this not make Liang Yan gnash his teeth in hatred.
After much hesitation, Liang Yan finally made no bid. The black-faced man obviously didn't expect that a barrier-breaking pill would fetch such a price, and he looked beaming. After three countdowns, it was announced that the barrier-breaking pill belonged to the woman in white.
The bidding for this Barrier-Breaking Pill was like an episode, causing everyone in the audience to talk about it, and at the same time it also pushed the atmosphere of the auction to a small climax.
Unfortunately, Liang Yan no longer had any interest at this time. He glanced at the woman, and although he was a little reluctant, he had nothing to do. I can only give up in frustration and leave alone.
Liang Yan returned to the sect with Lin Fei the next day. Lin Fei was in a good mood. He praised Liang Yan profusely along the way, saying that his formation was really extraordinary and that there were no mistakes in this auction meeting. He wanted to remember it A great achievement and so on.
Although Liang Yan managed to cope with it on the surface, he was extremely disappointed in his heart. The biggest goal of coming out this time was not achieved, and the next opportunity may have to wait until three years later.
After returning to the sect, Liang Yan entered the selfless cultivation mode again, working and reading during the day and practicing all night at night.
Another two months passed like this. During these two months, Liang Yan tried various methods to break through the bottleneck, even using some hearsay and heresy. But his own qualifications are like an invisible shackles that he cannot break through no matter what.
That afternoon, after Liang Yan completed his mission as a formation disciple, he did not go to the library to read for the first time. Instead, he wandered alone in the valley without any purpose.
He has failed to rush through the realm countless times, and a demonic barrier has unknowingly arisen in his heart. I just feel that the great road of heaven and earth is really ruthless. No matter how hard you try, it will be difficult to fight against this destiny.
Liang Yan was full of thoughts and unknowingly walked into a bamboo forest. He wandered around without knowing where he was.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of stones colliding deep in the bamboo forest. Driven by curiosity, Liang Yan followed the sound and walked deeper into the forest. When he found the source of the sound, he found two people standing there. One was in green clothes and had white hair, with a rosy complexion like a teenager; the other was a tall and thin middle-aged man with a sallow face.
On the ground between the two of them, there were straight scratches like knives, nineteen vertically and horizontally, which turned out to be a Go board.
The young man in green stretched out his hand, cut off a small section from the surrounding bamboo poles and rubbed it in his hands. After a little fire lit up, he threw it towards the chessboard on the ground. The small piece of bamboo pole was burnt into charcoal black and fell on the chessboard as a black piece.
The tall and thin middle-aged man raised his hand and took a stone from the ground into his hand. He rubbed it again and threw it on the chessboard. It was already crystal clear and extremely white. It was a white stone.
At this moment, the chessboard is covered with black and white. It is obvious that this game of fighting has reached a fierce stage. Both of them pondered for a long time, and it took them a long time to make a decision.
Liang Yan had nothing to do, so he also watched the battle. He was smart when he was young. He once learned to play chess from the gentleman in the chess academy in the town. Within two years, he defeated the gentleman who taught chess. lose. But after all, he is young and loves to play. He can't learn anything for a long time and often gives up halfway. Later, I found other fun things to do and forgot about chess.
He watched in front of the chessboard for a long time, and felt that every move made by the two men was incredible, completely subverting his previous understanding.
In the end, the more he made, the more he could not understand.
Liang Yan has always been proud of himself and did not even think about the possibility that these two people's chess skills were much better than his own. Instead, he thought that these two people were probably just two bad chess players who learned the skills halfway and played randomly.
He frowned, and after looking at it for a while, he finally couldn't help but said to the side: "This is a mistake for Bai Zi, Heizi is going to kill everyone!"
He said this As soon as he said it, he felt it was inappropriate. It is said that "a true gentleman watches chess but does not speak." Although he thought he was not a gentleman, he shouldn't do such a thing that ruined the game.
Liang Yan looked up at the two people anxiously, but saw that the two of them were still looking at the chessboard in front of them with furrowed brows, as if they had not heard Liang Yan speak at all.
"Could it be that these two people are deaf?" Liang Yan slandered: "But it's okay, since they didn't hear it, just pretend I didn't say it."
Who knows what's in his heart? When I was loose, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Hee hee, you are laughing to death. Where did you come from, a mountain boy who doesn't know how to pretend to understand here."
The voice was clear and sweet, but it was A female voice. Liang Yan looked back and saw a girl in white standing not far behind him, with a slim figure and skin as white as snow. Especially the face and facial features, carved from pink and jade, are like a peerless treasure.
The girl looked at him with a smile on her face, but Liang Yan could see an obvious look of ridicule on her smiling face.
"Why does this voice sound so familiar?"
Liang Yan was confused and suddenly thought of something. "That's right! It's her!"
It turns out that this girl is none other than the masked woman who stepped in and stole Liang Yan's Barrier-Breaking Pill at the auction that day.
The girl seemed to recognize him and said with a smile: "So it's you, the poor boy who overestimated his ability and competed with me for the Barrier-Breaking Pill that night."
From the moment he met this girl, she looked like a wild boy on the left and a poor boy on the right. Even though Liang Yan was embarrassed, he became very angry and couldn't help but retaliate: "Who did I think she was? She turned out to be a village woman, but now A country woman knows how to be arty and watch chess?"
"You!" the girl scolded, a blush forming on her face. However, she rolled her eyes, and the gloomy look on her face disappeared in an instant, and she returned to her previous smiling look, and she said, "What? You're still not convinced after I told you a few words? Do you know who those two people are? It's you." The three-legged cat’s chess skills are also shown off here.”
“ Oh? Could you please tell me who these two people are?”
“Listen, these two are the top-ranked senior brother Lei Hao and the third-ranked disciple of our chess sect. Senior Brother Xu Xianxu!”
“Inner disciple!”
Liang Yan was startled and couldn't help but look at the two people. He saw that the two of them were still staring at the chessboard in the middle, as if they didn't notice the two people here at all.
"No need to look, Senior Brother Lei and Senior Brother Xu have already entered the mental stage of chess and will not notice you."
Liang Yan's thoughts were revealed by her, He couldn't help but blush, but he made up his mind to hold on till the end: "Even if you are a senior fellow from the inner sect of chess, even if you are You will make mistakes, too. When it comes to playing chess, isn’t it just a matter of being a fan of the authorities and being clear to all bystanders?”
After hearing this, the woman in white couldn’t help laughing, stroking her belly and laughing,
"By bystander, do you mean you, the bad chess player?"
Liang Yan's face turned livid when she laughed, and he said angrily: "You don't understand anything, why do you say that I am a bad chess player!"
The woman in white finally stopped laughing, and then said : "Okay, since you said I don't understand anything, how about you and I play a game of Go?"
Liang Yan was stunned. He didn't expect that she would actually challenge him, but it was a matter of respect. Yan, of course, couldn't back down, and immediately raised his chest and said: "Let's compete, but let's talk about it first, what is the stake?"
"If you win, I will give you the barrier-breaking pill, But if you lose, you have to kowtow to me three times and call me aunt three more times!"
"No!" Liang Yan refused without thinking. It was a matter of family dignity. It is impossible for Yan to agree.
"You!" The woman in white didn't expect him to refuse so simply, and she choked for a moment. However, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "It's not impossible to change the bet. Let's do this. I heard Master Lin say that you know the basics of point formation. As long as you teach me a few formations, I will change the bet to ' Respectfully call me Sanshengshi That's fine, sister."
"Deal!"
Liang Yan didn't hesitate at all. He had already gritted his teeth. The so-called old and new grudges must be settled on the chessboard this time. Give this girl some serious treatment.
(End of this chapter)