Chapter 21: Chess Appointment
The girl in white led Liang Yan to the other corner of the bamboo forest, then magically took out a white jade chessboard from the storage bag and placed it on a big stone. At the same time, he took out two boxes of chess pieces, one black and one white.
After the two guessed, the girl in white held the black first hand, and Liang Yan held the white second hand.
The girl in white stretched out her fingers and caught a sunspot, snap! The sound landed in the middle of the chessboard.
“Tian Yuan!” Liang Yan narrowed his eyes, a hint of anger emerging.
Playing chess pays attention to a gold-cornered silver-edged grass belly. Generally, the corner is occupied first, then the edge is removed, and then it is developed towards the mid-belly.
To choose Tianyuan in the first move is disrespectful to the opponent. It implies that his chess skills are far superior to his opponent's, which means he despises Liang Yan.
Liang Yan suppressed the anger in his heart and said secretly: "I'll let you be arrogant for a while now, and I'll make you look good later!" With this thought in mind, he quickly took out a white piece from the box and dropped it on the chessboard. , the girl in white followed closely. The two of them went back and forth, talking hand in hand in the bamboo forest.
Time flies and it’s dusk in a blink of an eye. At this time, Liang Yan's lips were tightly closed and sweat was pouring from his forehead. He originally prided himself on his chess skills, but he became increasingly frightened as the game progressed. At this point, he felt quite desperate.
On the other hand, the girl in white always had a leisurely and content expression, and she even hummed a few songs from time to time.
After a long time, Liang Yan finally made another move. The girl in white glanced briefly and immediately followed up by placing a move on the chessboard. After the boy fell, Liang Yan looked up and saw that Heizi's situation was complete and Bai Zi's army was defeated. The mountains and fields were filled with remnant soldiers and defeated generals. He could only sigh helplessly and admit defeat.
The girl in white smiled and said with an old-fashioned look: "My junior brother's chess skills are acceptable. I can barely use 30% of my chess strength. I still need to study more."
Then. Then he said: "But I am willing to admit defeat. Now you should respectfully call me 'senior sister' three times!" He also emphasized the word "respectfully" in his words.
Liang Yan looked helpless, but he had something to say first, so he could only accept defeat at this time. He cupped his fists towards the girl in white, bent down and bowed, and respectfully called "Senior Sister" three times.
The girl in white squinted her eyes, with a look of great enjoyment, patted Liang Yan on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Junior brother's qualifications are not bad, he is just one of the chess players, and he must study hard and practice hard. If he perseveres, he will be better in the future. You may not be able to stand out.”
Liang Yan saw that she was only about the same age as him, that is, thirteen or fourteen years old, but she pretended to be a junior uncle and gave him instructions, which made her look ridiculous.
After all, he has a young mind, so he couldn't hold it back for a moment, poof! Suddenly, he burst out laughing.
The girl had her left hand behind her back and her right hand on Liang Yan's shoulder, looking like a master from this world. But Liang Yan's smile somewhat ruined the atmosphere, making the girl in white's face darken.
But she rolled her eyes and said: "Don't blame senior sister for not giving you a chance. If you are not convinced, you can challenge me at the top of Cangmu Peak tomorrow night. As long as you can win a game from me, then I will offer the barrier-breaking pill with both hands."
"Is this true?" Liang Yan's eyes lit up.
"It's a joke. It's just a barrier-breaking pill. How can I lie to you?" The girl in white said and threw him a token.
"Don't say I won't give you a chance. This is the token of a chess disciple. With this card, you can go to the chess library to borrow chess records and chess books. With your current strength, it is impossible for you to be My opponent's."
Liang Yan reached out and took the token, only to see a stone chessboard painted on it. But there is no indication of the inner or outer door. There is only a word "butterfly" engraved under the chessboard. After collecting the token, Liang Yan nodded and said: "Okay, I will definitely go to the appointment tomorrow night."
The girl in white looked satisfied, suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, I almost forgot, Forget it about Cangmu Peak, I’ll give this to you too!” He took out a piece of parchment and handed it to Liang Yan.
Liang Yan looked down and found that it was a map with a crooked route, and the destination was Cangmu Peak. Liang Yan suddenly remembered that there was no place like Cangmu Peak in the sect map Uncle Zhou gave him.
When he raised his head and wanted to ask, he found that the girl in white had already walked away. Her voice humming a tune could be heard in the bamboo forest, and she seemed to be in a good mood. Liang Yan shook his head with a wry smile, put away the map, and turned around to go down the mountain.
That night, Liang Yan went straight to the Qi Dao Library, borrowed a chess book that he thought was pretty good, and then returned to his dormitory to watch it all night. He has a young mind and is very competitive. This time he lost at the hands of a girl, which made him lose face and inspired his fighting spirit.
Anyway, I can't make any progress in my cultivation now, so I simply have to beat this little girl in chess, not to mention the barrier-breaking pill as a bet.
Liang Yan spent the whole night studying chess books and felt that the Xian Family chess records were indeed extraordinary and very different from his previous knowledge. After staying up all night, I felt like I had an enlightenment and discovered a new world.
The next night, Liang Yan found the way according to the map and came to the top of Cangmu Peak. The entire peak of Cangmu Peak is bare and the vegetation is withered. However, there is a big tree on the top of the mountain, which is lush and green. At this time, there was a girl in white sitting under the tree. There was a chessboard in front of her, and on the chessboard was the end game of the game. The girl held the white piece in her hand, but she seemed to be hesitating.
Liang Yan silently walked to her side, lowered his head to look at the mess, and saw that Heizi was as powerful as a tiger, baring his teeth and claws, and was about to devour Bai Zi with his bloody mouth in the next moment. Although Bai Zi tried his best, he was like a dragon trapped in the shallows, with no way to ascend to heaven.
Liang Yan looked at it for a long time. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that Bai Zi had no choice but to die, so he sighed and said, "Bai Zi's energy has been exhausted. I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a comeback."
The girl in white came back to her senses. , glanced at him and said: "You That said, this endgame is too difficult to solve." He paused and said, "But did you know that someone had cracked this endgame before?" Liang Yan was surprised after hearing this and looked at the chessboard again. The endgame just feels like a fantasy and unbelievable.
However, the woman in white put away the chess pieces on the chessboard one by one, smiled at him and said: "You are quite punctual, you came quite early."
Liang Yan thought to himself: "You are not better than me. Earlier? "
The two sat down in front of the chessboard. After guessing the pieces, the girl in white still took the lead. However, this time the girl did not start with Tian Yuan, but with her small eyes. Liang Yan also changed his previous attitude of underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly. Once he got started, he started to attack step by step and steadily.
Liang Yan's talent in chess is actually not bad, but all he has learned before are mortal chess skills. How can he compete with the immortal chess skills. After yesterday's disastrous defeat, I learned from my experience and spent one night studying Yixing Pavilion's chess books. Although my chess skills cannot improve by leaps and bounds, my horizons and knowledge have increased a lot.
Yesterday, there were many murderous back moves that were incomprehensible. Today, Liang Yan could vaguely distinguish some of them. He even saw some changes in the girl's moves in several key places, which saved the day.
In a game of chess, the girl in white is like a general attacking a city; Liang Yan is playing defense, like a commander guarding a dangerous city.
The two of them went back and forth, and at first they were evenly matched.
It’s just that the girl’s chess moves are continuous and she continues to attack and kill. Although Liang Yan managed to defend for a few rounds, he was unable to follow up, and in the end, he fell behind by one stone and lost the whole game.
Liang Yan felt bitter in his heart. This girl was so good at chess. It would be extremely difficult for him to surpass her and get the barrier-breaking pill!
However, for the first time this time, the girl did not laugh at him, but stared at the chessboard with a thoughtful look on her face.
After a long while, I just heard her say leisurely: "What did you do last night? Did you really go to the library to learn chess?"
Liang Yan smiled bitterly: "Not bad!"
The girl in white raised her head, stared at him and said, "Did you learn what you did today from books?"
Liang Yan was stunned. , subconsciously said: "Yes!" But then he reacted, shook his head and said: "Not entirely, the chess records in the book are all dead. I am playing chess with you, not against the chess records, so it is naturally different. For example, this second Thirteen moves, I based them on you."
Liang Yan followed his thoughts when playing chess and told the girl in white one by one.
".Another example is the one hundred and thirty-seventh move." At this point, the girl in white suddenly interrupted him with a wave of her hand.
"Okay, I'm tired today, you can go back."
Liang Yan didn't know why and glanced at her blankly, but seeing that she didn't want to say anything more, he just Able to stand up and say goodbye. Just when he turned around, a girl's clear voice suddenly came from behind: "From now on at this time in the evening, you can come to me to play chess. As long as you can win a game against me, I will count all the bets agreed before. ”
Liang Yan was slightly happy in his heart, but said without looking back: "Then I will thank the girl in advance for the elixir!"
The girl in white couldn't help but spit when she heard his lazy words. : "Bah! Just blow it!".
However, as she watched Liang Yan's back gradually disappearing on the mountain road, she couldn't help but murmur to herself: "It's not an exaggeration to describe this person's chess skills as a thousand miles forward. Is there really such a genius in the world?"
(End of this chapter) )