Sword of Coming

At dawn, Chen Pingan had just finished practicing the heaven and earth pile. Pei Qian, who was sleepy, knocked on the door outside. He went to open the door. Chen Pingan saw a charcoal girl with a sluggish look. It seemed that Cui Dongshan's kind reminder last night had brought Pei Qian to a halt. Qian was so frightened that Chen Pingan asked her to catch up on her sleep in his room. If Pei Qian was granted amnesty, he fell asleep and covered Pei Qian with the quilt. Chen Pingan sat at the table and looked through the gifts given by Lu Yong, the Earth Immortal of Qinghu Palace. Although the alchemy book by Chen Pingan explains the method of alchemy, it is the unique secret book of Yuanying monk after all. It has many exquisite insights into the great road. Every time Chen Pingan calms down to study, he will gain something. It deserves to be "reading the book is beneficial". Character.

The inn is simple and simple. Travelers have to go out to take care of two or three meals a day. From the shopkeeper to the waiters, they are all very angry. When Chen Pingan and his party checked in, they saw the inn and a group of traveling merchants cursing. They disliked each other, but Chen Ping'an had Cui Dongshan, Lu Baixiang and Sui Youyou in charge of the place. The inn looked at the dishes and ordered them, and they were relatively more cordial and took the initiative to recommend several local delicacies.

Chen Ping'an took Pei Qian, who had returned to bed after catching up on his sleep, out together, had breakfast, and brought a portion with him. He did not return to the house. At the door of the inn, he told Pei Qian to bring food to Cui Dongshan and the others, and also asked her to inform them. They were going to stay in the county town for two days, and he wanted to walk around alone. Pei Qian was naturally happy to take a rest for two days. He didn't have to rush, which meant he didn't have to do the boring six-step walk, which was very beautiful.

While Chen Ping'an was wandering around the county town alone, Cui Dongshan and the other four people in Huajuan received the breakfast brought back by Pei Qian and met for dinner. Cui Dongshan looked grateful and said that this was the gentleman helping the students to check for omissions and fill in the gaps with good intentions. Where can I find a gentleman who cares about students? Pei Qian didn't dare to talk back, he only dared to slander him. He was just checking for leaks and filling in the gaps. It was obvious that he was worried about your work, okay?

After breakfast, Cui Dongshan was in a good mood. He smiled at Pei Qian and said, "Do you know how to play backgammon? Let's have some fun with a small gamble. If we win or lose, it's just a copper coin. How about that?"

Pei Qian had played backgammon. It was a trick Lu Baixiang taught her. The rules were simple. Pei Qian often pulled Wei Xian along and borrowed Lu Baixiang's chess pieces to fight fiercely on the chessboard. The two came and went. Back then, compared to the dull and boring game between Lu Baixiang and Sui Youyou, Pei Qian and Wei Xian were playing lively. Each move made a crackling sound, and they were full of momentum. They wanted to smash a hole in the chessboard. Seeing Lu Baixiang regretted it endlessly.

Playing against Wei Xian, a bad chess player, Pei Qian wins more than he loses. He likes to get carried away when he has the upper hand, and regrets his moves when he loses. Fortunately, Wei Xian doesn't care about the outcome or the quality of his chess.

When Cui Dongshan said that he wanted to play chess, Pei Qian shook his head vigorously. She was not stupid. Even if Cui Dongshan said that he wanted to learn to play chess from Lu Baixiang, Pei Qian really wanted to play chess, a sideline with no threshold. I have no confidence that I can win money. After all, there are very few fools like Lao Wei in the world.

Cui Dongshan said with a smile: "Let's play chess. As Mr.'s disciples, of course you and I can't lose any friendship. Whoever loses wins money!"

Pei Qian's eyes lit up. He could still win a penny after losing a game of chess. Is there such a beautiful thing in the world?

So in Pei Qian's house, Lu Baixiang brought chess equipment, and Cui Dongshan and Pei Qian, who were not yet clear about their seniority, played a game of five-piece chess that was suspected of damaging the chessboard.

The four people in the picture scroll watched the chess game in unison.

Pei Qian made random moves, and there were thousands of miles between the two chess pieces. Cui Dongshan played similarly unorganized. Sometimes he followed Pei Qian's chess pieces, and sometimes he played one piece each in the southeast, northwest, and played some basic introductory moves of Go. It seemed that Pei Qian had a greater chance of losing, but at the time When the space on the chessboard became narrower and narrower, Pei Qian was distressed and surprised to find that it was getting easier and easier for him to connect five pieces in a row. When the chessboard was filled with intertwined black and white chess pieces, Pei Qian actually won. No matter how she placed the pieces, she would win. The heroic scene of the Five Sons in a row.

Just like this, Pei Qian regretted losing a penny and wished he could eat the chessboard into his stomach. He regretted playing and regretting playing. She just glanced at Cui Dongshan, who was sitting across from him with his legs crossed and eating melon seeds. She didn't dare to cheat.

Cui Dongshan looked sideways at the chess game and said regretfully: "I lose every chess, and I lose every chess. It seems that my gambling luck is slightly better than yours. Otherwise, how about we play again? If you dislike a chessboard, you, Pei Qian, cannot show off your chess skills." , we can add one, two or three more chessboards, but for each additional chessboard, the bet must be increased by one copper coin. As for me, as long as I win the chessboard, I will immediately pay you out of my pocket, but you can add more chessboards at will with your money. Until you lose and win, it’s fair, right?”

Pei Qian hesitated and said, "But there is no room for two chessboards on the table."

Cui Dongshan pointed to the ground, "Let's play chess on the ground. What are we afraid of? If there are too many chess boards, we can go down to the corridor outside the house, right? Anyway, the more chess boards there are, the more money you will win. I know you have a good memory, I It's okay, let's ask Lu Baixiang or Sui Youyou to borrow two pieces of charcoal from the inn, and then I will use charcoal to draw the chessboard, so we won't use the chess pieces. If anyone remembers it wrong, it will be considered a loss."

Pei Qian turned his head and glanced at Old Wei. Wei Xian probably thought that this way of asking for defeat was too stupid, so he left directly. Zhu Lian rolled his eyes and left the room.

However, there were two chess masters who had been national players in Ouhua Blessed Land. Lu Baixiang went to borrow charcoal and returned. Sui Zuoyi stood aside with an expression of indifference. Instead, the two of them stayed in the room patiently and accompanied the squatting master out. The big one and the small one from the same school are making trouble.

Pei Qian's memory is very good. Chen Pingan and the four people in Huajuan have long known that he is outstanding. This innate talent is something that both Chen Pingan and Lu Baixiang, who has excellent chess skills and is familiar with replays, are proud of. Not as good as.

So after using up two boxes of chess pieces, Pei Qian and Cui Dongshan not only competed to see who was more shameless, but also competed for memory.

There were already two other chessboards drawn with charcoal on the ground. Pei Qian would still win if he didn't add another chessboard, so he had no choice but to let Cui Dongshan draw another one.

Lu Baixiang left the house silently, followed closely by Sui Xiang.

In the corridor, Sui asked from the right: "Can you see the depth?"

Lu Baixiang shook his head and said: "Renju is too simple. If I draw ten more chessboards, Pei Qian still can't test this person's chess strength."

Sui Youyou asked: "If you stop hiding and choose to go all out, how big is the gap between us?"

Lu Baixiang smiled and said: "To be honest, you shouldn't be able to make me play Tesuji chess."

The so-called tetsuji refers to the wonderful moves on the chessboard, which often come from the chessboard situations where evenly matched opponents and fierce fightings occur. Such magical moves are prone to occur when treating an orphan or slaying a dragon.

Lu Baixiang's implication is that he only needs to follow the steps step by step, "laying out the chess" all the way like a bricklayer, and he can win the Sui Dynasty on an even footing.

Sui Youyou didn't feel humiliated and angry. The level of his chess skills on the chessboard was clearly displayed there. Along the way, he often played against Lu Baixiang. Sui Youyou either pushed the wooden board or threw pieces. He was the best Go player in the world. , almost never say the three words "I lose", but pushing the Peng and betting on the zi are two silent ways of admitting defeat. Although Sui Youyou is very obsessed with winning, she can still talk about it as a leisurely pursuit. Winning or losing will not affect the way of swordsmanship, which is far greater than chess skills, so Sui Youyou can still afford to lose.

Moreover, according to what Zhu Lian accidentally mentioned in the "chess world of later generations", the chess players from various countries in the Lotus Flower Blessed Land are waiting for Zhao and top national players. They highly admire the chess skills of Lu Bai, the founder of the Demon Sect in the early years, and may choose the strongest player. There will still be some differences among the chess masters of various schools in this era, but if the top three in the history of Ouhua Blessed Land are selected, Lu Baixiang will definitely have a place. This shows that Lu Baixiang has a high reputation on the chessboard.

The remaining two people, one is Wang Jiyuan, who is known as the eternal chess sage, and the other is "Huang Hao" who was later confirmed to be a banished immortal. He is also the ancestor of the Zhongxing of the Hushan sect in Songlai Kingdom, and the master of Yu Zhenyi. It was this man who, relying on the huge reputation of his sect and his unrivaled chess ability, abolished the seating system, which caused a watershed in the chess world of Ouhua Blessed Land. From then on, it was divided into the ancient chess school and the new chess school. Wang Jiyuan was younger than Huang Hao. At the age of sixty, Huang Hao had disappeared since ancient times, so the two never had the opportunity to talk about a game. Regarding which of the three chess players in different eras was better or worse, the yilin masters in later generations quarreled fiercely. Lu Bai Xiang is undoubtedly the pinnacle of the ancient chess school, and Wang Jiyuan is the pinnacle of the new chess school. He is also the master of various fixed styles and flying knives. Therefore, some people firmly believe that if Wang Jiyuan has the opportunity to face Lu Baixiang, he will definitely be able to defeat the second son and Lu Baixiang. Bai Xiang is simply not qualified to be on an equal footing with the eternal chess sage Wang Jiyuan, but the chess experts who study ancient chess records have threatened to let Lu Baixiang become familiar with the new chess style for three or two months before he can play with Wang Jiyuan. They were just disciples of the chess saint who worshiped him at first glance. In short, there are different opinions. Since no national player has appeared with roughly the same chess skills as the three of them, and no one has given a fair evaluation that is enough to convince the public, so the level of the three people's chess skills is destined to become a mystery. An unsolved case.

Sui Youyou suddenly said: "Don't lose to that person."

Lu Baixiang smiled slightly and said, "Let's wait and see."

In Pei Qian's house, Cui Dongshan was squatting on the ground, eating melon seeds, while Pei Qian wrinkled his face and was about to cry.

She was about to lose six copper coins.

Cui Dongshan comforted him: "The charcoal is still enough. The outcome is still uncertain. Just draw another one. I'll bet big and win big."

Pei Qian raised her arm and wiped her eyes, took out the sachet that Aunt Gui had given her as a money bag from her sleeve, and took out seven copper coins. These were all her hard-earned money. She clutched the coins tightly, as if He stood up hesitantly and put it gently on the table. He looked at the guy named Cui pitifully, hoping that he would show off his fairy demeanor and walk away. Unexpectedly, Cui Dongshan walked to the table with a smile, stretched out his hand and the copper coins disappeared. Cui Dongshan then walked towards the door of the house, turned around and reminded with a smile: "Remember to return the chess set to Lu Baixiang, and wipe off the traces on the ground, otherwise Chen Pingan will find out about our gambling." Call me bloody, and let you copy books until you break your arm. As for the money, I am willing to admit defeat, Chen Pingan will not help you get it back."

Cui Dongshan held the back of his head with both hands and walked away swaggeringly, "Today is such a good day. I earned money and went out to buy candied haws."

Pei Qian stood at the table and cried miserably.

Cui Dongshan suddenly walked backwards, leaned back, stuck out his head, and said with a smile: "Pei Qian, don't I want to learn chess from Lu Baixiang? I just want to ask for a good omen. Every time you call me "chess fairy" , I’ll give you a penny.”

Pei Qian's eyes lit up and he ran out of the threshold in a hurry. He followed Cui Dongshan and called Qixian enthusiastically.

In less than an hour, besides handing the chess equipment back to Lu Baixiang and calling out "Chess Fairy" over and over again, Pei Qian had become hoarse. When they returned to her room, Pei Qian was babbling and she couldn't say a word. She stretched out her hand to ask for it with a bright smile. When Cui Dongshan didn't respond, she quickly wrote a number on the table.

Cui Dongshan smiled and said: "I'm just kidding you. Do you really believe it?"

Pei Qian collapsed and was speechless, so he could only show his teeth and claws.

Cui Dongshan narrowed his eyes and reached out to poke Pei Qian's eyes, "If you keep nagging, you will not only become a little mute temporarily, but you will also become blind. No matter how angry Chen Pingan is, he can't kill me as a student, but you can It’s so miserable, I’ve become a little blind man, what hope do I have in this life? Isn’t this the truth?”

Cui Dongshan stood up and pretended to be blind and stretched out his hand to touch around.

Pei Qian had a dark face and pursed her lips, but she didn't dare to pick up the hiking pole and beat the bastard to death. The more she thought about it, the more desperate she became, her expression dull, and she sat down on the edge of the bed, her heart was filled with despair, and she was crying like rain.

Cui Dongshan suddenly took out something that looked like a silver ingot from his sleeve and gently threw it to Pei Qian, "Seeing that you are interested, I will lend it to you to play for a few days. If I learn chess well and am in a good mood, I might give it to you. But when I play chess with Lu Baixiang, remember to pay me back first."

Pei Qian held the heavy silver ingots in his hands and suddenly burst into laughter.

Cui Dongshan left again.

Pei Qian put the big silver ingot on the table and looked at it sideways, vertically, left, right, and never got tired of it. Just as she was thinking about how to keep the silver ingot in her hand, her eyes suddenly widened and she saw " "Silver Ingot" actually started to squirm, and then turned into a snow-white grasshopper, jumping towards the window, and suddenly disappeared. After Pei Qian came to his senses, he immediately climbed up the window and jumped down. , began to search hard for "silver ingots" in the backyard, and spent half an hour looking for weeds, wall roots, and stone gaps. Finally, they began to dig the ground with their hands. In the end, they still could not find the "worm". The exhausted Pei Qian sat in the mud, unable to even cry this time.

When Chen Ping'an returned to the inn from visiting the Confucian Temple, he saw Pei Qian's gloomy and thin back. He called her several times but didn't respond.

Chen Pingan had no choice but to jump out from the window sill. Pei Qian turned his head stiffly. After seeing Chen Pingan, he drooped his head and clutched the corners of his clothes with both hands.

Chen Ping'an sighed, returned to the house, went directly to Cui Dongshan, and soon stood at the window and shouted to Pei Qian: "Seven copper coins, if you have the ability, you can win them back by yourself. If you can't win them back, admit defeat, but Cui You can play with this silver ingot called 'Insect Silver' in Dongshan, but whenever he says to take it back, you still have to do it."

Although Pei Qian was still sad and hurt his lungs, he still stood up, climbed onto the window sill, jumped on the ground, held up his hands, and carefully took the "Insect Silver" that had returned to the shape of a silver ingot.

Chen Ping'an grabbed Pei Qian's ears and carried her to the table. "You are so promising, and you are gambling with others?"

Pei Qianzhan sat at the table tremblingly, covering Chongyin with both hands.

Chen Pingan asked: "If you like gambling so much, then I will give you the treasure box in the bamboo box. Anyway, your family is quite rich now. You and Cui Dongshan can still gamble many times. Should I help you get it, or should I help you get it?" Are you going by yourself?"

Pei Qian looked panicked and shook his head vigorously.

Chen Pingan slapped the table and said, "Go get the treasure box and carry it by yourself from now on!"

Pei Qian turned his head sharply, with a straight face, neither crying nor begging for mercy, nor looking at Chen Pingan nor listening to what he said.

Chen Pingan was so angry.

Pei Qian gritted his teeth and threw the silver ingot out of the window.

Chen Pingan stood up, went to the next room to open the bamboo box, turned out the treasure box, returned to Pei Qian's room, threw it on the table and left.

Unexpectedly, a moment later, as soon as Chen Ping'an took a sip of medicinal wine in the house, Pei Qian rushed in with a treasure box in his hands. With lightning speed, he stuffed the treasure box into a bamboo box and ran away.

Chen Pingan took out the treasure box again and walked to the next door. Unexpectedly, Pei Qian had already bolted the door.

Chen Pingan was so angry that he wanted to kick open the door and throw this guy and the treasure box outside the inn.

Chen Pingan stood outside the door for a moment.

Inside the door, Pei Qian, who had bolted the door, pressed his back against the door, raised his two slender arms, and covered his charcoal-like face with the back of his hands.

On the roof of the inn, the young man in white who was the culprit was lying on his back, his head resting on his arms, half-smiling.

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Lu Baixiang was concentrating on writing music in the house.

It is the most famous "Caiyun Game" in the world, Caiyun Ten Game, and various chess records derived from it. Some people specialize in "hand cutting" Caiyun Game, while some people only delve into the exquisite life and death of Caiyun Ten Game. It is said that this chess game , I don’t know how many wild chess masters who travel around the world have supported.

When it comes to playing chess, Lu Baixiang is invincible in Lotus Flower Blessed Land. When he first arrived in Haoran World, he had a very high self-esteem for chess. It was only when he accidentally got this "Caiyun Pu" that he realized what it meant that there is a world outside the world, and people There is someone outside. The more I delve into it, the more I realize the profound chess skills of both players. Not to mention the Lord of Baidi City who is "the first to play chess in the world", only the master who is qualified to play against this giant of magic in the colorful clouds. Although I lost a lot, but I didn't look at every "back move" of Baidi City. I singled out this master's layout. Every step was so wonderful that he was going to teach all the scorers in the future. I only felt the sound of wind and thunder, revealing the The paper rushes into my face, suffocating me.

So much so that Lu Baixiang worked hard to search and collect most of the chess games played by this expert, and finally came to the conclusion that this person's chess skills can be called "flawless shortcuts". Most of the chess masters in the world have this person's chess skills. The evaluation is very high, and there are roughly three points. First, he broke the existing conclusion that the Golden Horn and Silver Border Grass Belly are based on the perspective of harming the local situation and seeking the overall situation. Second, although this person plays chess occasionally, he has a sharp and bloody path. Number, but generally speaking, this person deserves the praise of "dilute the charm, use all the subtleties to reach the lofty". Third, this person created many wonderful ideas, including the big avalanche inner turning style and the world's best small tip. Although after a hundred years, Most of them have been cracked by chess experts one by one, or directly in the ten games of Caiyun. The Lord of Baidi City saw through it when it first appeared. However, all the people who watched chess through Caiyun Pu could not help but be shocked and amazed by this person's strangeness. The wonderful thought gives the impression that this person and all the chess players in the world are not playing the same kind of chess at all.

The reason why Lu Baixiang lost to the Lord of Baidi City could only be said to be that he happened to meet such an unprecedented monster at the wrong time in his life, because the latter had "already attained the great road."

Lu Baixiang turned over and studied the "Caiyun Pu". After thinking about it, he could only describe this notorious Confucian master as "no wrong moves, no faint moves".

Lu Baixiang once said with a smile to Chen Pingan that his greatest hope in this life is to visit Baidi City, but deep down in Lu Baixiang's heart, the person he most wants to play chess with is not the Lord of Baidi City, but this former literary saint. The first disciple of "Cui Chan", Mr. Cui Da.

Lu Baixiang put down the chess record and sighed.

It should be possible to go to Baidi City, sooner or later, but there is little hope of being able to negotiate ten games with Cui Hanshou.

Although Cui Chan is now the national advisor of the Dali Dynasty where Chen Ping'an's hometown is located, but by looking at people through chess, it can be roughly seen that this person is very ambitious. Even if he, Lu Baixiang, could see Cui Chan's face, it would be extremely difficult for him to do so. Wishful hand talks.

Because Lu Baixiang knew that his chess skills were not enough.

It's just that later generations, especially Tongyezhou and Baopingzhou, deliberately lowered the evaluation of Mr. Cui Da's chess ability a lot because of people's destruction of chess.

Lu Baixiang was fascinated by the three heroic words this man left for future generations.

"It doesn't matter how you strike first."

"The officialdom is to clean up the battlefield. Anyone who says that an official is invincible is just making people laugh."

"The black chess piece learns from the horse beating, the white chess piece learns from me, Cui Chun, and the handicapped chess piece learns from the Lord of Baidi City. Those who learn from horse beating can learn seven or eight points. Those who learn from Cui Zhuan can learn five or six points. Learn from the Lord of Baidi City. , if you learn it, it will be in vain.”

Lu Baixiang took a deep breath, glanced at the chessboard on the table, and got up to find Cui Dongshan. It was estimated that with a best-of-three game, he could test out this person's skills.

When Lu Baixiang walked out of the house, he found Wei Xian walking back to the house with a strange expression.

Lu Baixiang turned around the corridor and knocked on the door at the room a little further away. Wei Xian stood at the fork and asked, "Looking for Cui Dongshan?"

Lu Baixiang nodded.

Wei Xian waved his hand and said, "There's no need to go. This guy also made a bet with Zhu Lian and has already left the county. Sui Zuoyi followed."

Lu Baixiang asked doubtfully: "What are you betting on?"

Wei Xian said: "Cui Dongshan said that he wanted to challenge Zhu Lian. As long as Zhu Lian won, he would give Zhu Lian a close object. If Zhu Lian lost, Cui Dongshan would make him a midnight snack every day. "

Lu Baixiang smiled and said, "Zhu Lian actually agreed?"

Wei Xian hesitated for a moment and scratched his head, "Of course Zhu Lian didn't agree at first. After all, Pei Qian had cheated him so badly, and Zhu Lian was afraid of following in his footsteps, but Cui Dongshan said he could stand still. Zhu Lian still didn't nod. , and the guy said that he couldn't move his hands or feet. Zhu Lian asked him if he was an Earth Immortal sword cultivator, and Cui Dongshan said that he was definitely not a sword cultivator. So Zhu Lian agreed. Sui Lian followed on the right side to watch the fun."

Only half an hour later, Cui Dongshan returned to the inn with a playful smile, followed by Sui Youyou, who looked strange, and of course Zhu Lian, who looked gray and shameless.

Zhu Lian went straight to his room and slammed the door.

Lu Baixiang, who was sitting quietly in the room, didn't ask any questions. Sui Zuorui walked into the room, sat opposite each other, and said to Lu Baixiang: "Cui Dongshan said that he will come to learn chess from you soon."

Lu Baixiang asked with a smile: "How did Zhu Lian lose? Didn't he sneak into the eighth realm of martial arts not long ago?"

Sui Zuoyi said helplessly: "That guy is indeed motionless, but this person... has a lot of magic weapons on him. From the beginning to the end, Zhu Lian couldn't get within ten feet of him, just like walking a dog. That's what I said about this person People are no better than Zhu Lian."

Lu Baixiang poured a cup of tea for Sui Youyou, but Sui Youyou didn't drink the tea. He shook his head and said, "I won't watch you playing chess."

Lu Baixiang asked with a smile: "Why, do you think I have little chance of winning?"

Sui stood up on his right side and said, "I don't think this person's chess skills are very high. I just believe in one thing. As long as he bets with others, he seems unlikely to lose."

The most chilling thing for Zhu Lian was that this man stood on the same spot and controlled the "endless and dazzling array of magic weapons". He beat Zhu Lian to the point where he couldn't even lift his head. He also waved flags and cheers for Zhu Lian, and then said with regret on his face. If an ant like you Zhu Lian follows my husband, all he can do is cook.

The thing that almost made Sui Zuo almost draw his sword was that the guy told Zhu Lian and squinted at her out of the corner of his eye, saying, "You're a little better. After all, you're quite eye-catching. My husband might look at her every night when he sleeps." It's facing right.

Lu Baixiang fell into deep thought. After Sui Zuo left, he habitually flipped through the "Caiyun Pu".

Not long after, the young man in white came to the door casually, eating melon seeds all the way. After entering the door, before sitting down, he saw the chess score that Lu Baixiang had just put in his hand, and said blankly: "Just look at this thing. , learn life and death, chess tendons, fixed patterns and chess principles?"

Lu Baixiang asked, "What's wrong?"

Cui Dongshan lamented, sat down opposite Lu Baixiang, and said with a sad face: "Forget it, I won't learn chess from you."

Lu Baixiang frowned, picked up a chess piece on his fingertips, and asked, "Why is this?"

Cui Dongshan held the melon seeds he cheated from Pei Qian in one hand. With his free hand, he stretched out an index finger and pointed at Lu Baixiang casually, then raised his thumb and pointed at himself, "You should still follow me. Let’s learn chess.”