After a brief greeting, the real Stone Ghost began to arrange accommodation for Ning Fan and Bai Ling.
There are still several months before the official start of the North Pole Fruit Conference. This is the case. The outside field of the conference is already crowded with people and the grand occasion is unprecedented.
The field only provides 10,000 cave dwellings to those who are not invited. However, there are more than ten thousand monks here.
Really Stone Ghost is also an Immortal Emperor of Nine Tribulations, since it is impossible that he can’t even get it from a mere cave mansion, so he reserved a cave mansion for Ning Fan (Zhang Dao) early on.
In this way, it saves Ning Fan a lot of things.
“It’s getting late today, so don’t disturb Brother Zhang’s rest. If you have free time tomorrow, I hope Brother Zhang will come over to the house for a chat, and I have something important to tell you.” Shi Guizhen sincerely requested.
…
In the dead of night, Ning Fan crossed his knees in the guest house, thinking about something.
In this trial time and space, the person he played, named Zhang Dao, was close friends with the real stone ghost. After receiving a letter from the other party, he came from thousands of miles to make an appointment.
The specific reason why the Stone Ghost invited Zhang Dao is unknown. It was only because the Immortal Emperor’s letter that Ning Fan picked up at the time was too dilapidated, the contents of which were unclear.
[Brother Zhang Daowu, the words are like a face… The Northern Barbarian country is in an emergency… The Daoist brother is specially invited to come… The North Pole Dao Fruit Conference… Borrowing the prestige of the disciples of the Holy Sect of Hun Kun… Presiding over justice… The doom of the Ziwei Demon Lord… Nine days later… Bronze The boat greets you…Brother, gossip. ]
In this trial time and space, why is the northern barbarian country in a hurry?
What is the doom of the Ziwei Demon Lord?
And the justice that the real stone ghost wishes to preside over, what is it?
If you can figure this out, it may be helpful for the next plot development of the Trial of the Son.
“Speaking of which, my current test score is still 76 stars, and it has not been increased for a while…”
Ning Fan was thinking when he heard a knock on the door.
It’s Bai Ling, who lives next door, visiting late at night.
If it was another woman who knocked on Ning Fan’s door in the middle of the night, she would be somewhat charming.
Bai Ling’s style of painting is completely different. This woman came to visit late at night, and she wanted to play chess with Ning Fan.
【Senior brother, I haven’t played for a long time. I have nothing to do at the moment. Could you please play a few games with me? 】 Bai Ling pleaded in his heart.
“Naturally yes. Or should I let you have four sons?” Ning Fan.
【Hmm. Still four! Thank you brother for your pointers! 】 Bai Ling said happily.
After that…
Ning Fan heard the sound of test scores increasing after a long time.
[Event fifty-six: Giving four sons to guide chess to win. Get points, one star. The current score, seventy-seven stars. ]
[Event fifty-seven: Granting four sons…]
【Event fifty-eight…】
[Event fifty-nine…current score, eighty stars. ]
All night, four games of chess, every guide game, Bai Ling was irretrievably defeated.
Even though he had already lost to Ning Fan many times, after losing four games in a row, Bai Ling still couldn’t control his emotions and wanted to cry.
“Sorry, you used all your strength without realizing it. Your chess skills have grown a lot during this time. If you give four sons, I have to take it seriously.” Ning Fan said apologetically and comforted. .
He doesn’t want to cry Bai Ling down, he’s not a devil, and he doesn’t have any weird hobbies.
But it is also impossible to let him release water on Bai Ling and deliberately lose to the opponent. It wasn’t that Ning Fan cared about winning or losing. If he deliberately let go, with Bai Ling’s intelligence, he would be able to see the clues. For a real chess player, this kind of behavior is blasphemous and humiliating, and should not be done.
【Huh? I got stronger? But why can’t I feel it myself? My brother must be trying to make me happy. 】 Although Bai Ling didn’t believe it, she still held back her tears and her emotions.
【Also ask senior brother to give pointers for another round! In this game, I will definitely… definitely not lose again! 】The little girl is very competitive. She deserves to be a chess player.
“Can’t go any further.”
【Why? It’s still early, let’s go to the next game! Just one game! Really the last game! ]
“…It’s already three poles in the sun, do you misunderstand the word ‘it’s too early’? I have an appointment with the real stone ghost, and I have to visit today, so it’s hard to refuse. It’s almost time to go out now, so Just go down here… and your mental exhaustion is almost at its limit, it’s time to rest.”
【Huh? Is it so late? I didn’t pay attention to the time at all…]
Bai Ling knew that Ning Fan had something to do, so he didn’t dare to continue to make trouble. Moreover, she and Ning Fan played four games in a row, and it was indeed a great loss of energy. At this moment, when she realized the passage of time, she felt a sudden shake.
Actually passed out.
This is the reason why Ning Fan is not willing to play the fifth game with her.
So the fainted Bai Ling was sent back to the room.
Not doing any superfluous madness.
But I still heard the long-lost voice of the ant master.
“Enough! He really is a real man, iron man! Just for the sake of a little test score, he actually fainted the little girl! This palace is impressed by how mad you are!” Ant Master said yin and yang strangely.
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this. Women will only affect the speed at which my cultivator draws swords. How can the test score be important? At least this time, Ning Shangxian has left a few pieces of work for others. As for chess, it’s a thousand times more polite than before!” Duo Wen’s voice also sounded.
In that tone, at first glance, it sounds like he is helping Ning Fan to justify, but he doesn’t fully explain it.
There is also a subtle sense of yin and yang.
“…The reason why I did my best was not to test the score, but to hurt the dignity of the opponent’s chess player.” Ning Fan explained.
But unfortunately, Ant Master and Duo Wen did not believe his explanation.
Even too lazy to explain.
“Speaking of which, why did the two of you keep silent when you met that senior fried chestnut? Now you have the time to make fun of me.” Ning Fan asked.
“Senior Fried Chestnut? What Senior Fried Chestnut?” The ant master has no memory of this, nor can he snoop or share any memory of Ning Fan about this matter, so he doesn’t know why.
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about.” Duo Wen has no memory of this.
All traces have been wiped off by the old man Chao Li raised his hand. As strong as the ant master, it seems that they can’t fight against that kind of power.
Only Ning Fan still remembers the previous scenes…
“Forget it if you don’t understand.” Ning Fan didn’t say much about it.
…
This is Ning Fan’s third day in Beiman Kingdom.
Today’s Arctic Mountains, the snow has stopped for a long time, revealing a clear sky.
Ning Fan came as promised to visit the real stone ghost.
Outside the cave mansion of Real Stone Ghost, two children were shoveling the snow. When they saw a visitor, they stopped their movements and bowed respectfully to Ning Fan.
And then.
“The tutor is waiting in the snow pavilion at the moment, senior please come with me.”
Ning Fan followed Tong Er into the courtyard, and after a while, he walked outside a snow pavilion.
The real stone ghost in the snow pavilion knew that Ning Fan was here, and greeted him with a smile, but the way he looked at Ning Fan at the moment seemed a little different from yesterday. When he looked at Ning Fan, he seemed a little more curious. Explore.
“Brother Zhang really believes in people. He arrived so early. Children, quickly cook a pot of Shi’s best tea and fetch two of Shi’s newly planted Dao Fruit.”
After the Stone Ghost Master gave Tong Er some instructions, he invited Ning Fan into the snow pavilion.
Inside the pavilion, on the stone table, there was an incense burner, and there was a chessboard. The chessboard didn’t know what material it was made of.
When Ning Fan glanced across the chessboard, he faintly felt that the azure light on the chessboard was somewhat similar to the azure glow of heaven and man in his own eyes, so he couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.
Seeing that Ning Fan entered the snow pavilion and his eyes fell directly on the chessboard, Shi Guizhen smiled and said, “If Brother Zhang likes it, this chessboard will be given to Brother Zhang, but before that, Brother Zhang still needs to get along with him. How about using this board when I played the last game?”
Ning Fan was slightly surprised and looked at the real Stone Ghost. He didn’t seem to expect that this person was also a chess idiot, and he would play chess as soon as they met.
But there is no reason for rejection either.
Let’s go.
So the two of them sat on both sides.
As soon as he sat in front of the chessboard, Shi Guiren’s eyes suddenly became serious, and his whole body showed a fierce aura.
That kind of aura is different from the coercion accumulated in the cultivation realm, but a special aura that belongs to chess players.
When Ning Fan and Bai Ling are playing chess, they can also feel the serious Bai Ling, revealing such aura, but Bai Ling’s aura is not as powerful as the real stone ghost.
“This person may be a master…” Thinking of this, Ning Fan’s eyes also revealed a bit of seriousness, as if infected by the atmosphere.
Ning Fan is white, and the rock ghost is black. This is the request of the rock ghost.
The real world is vast, and there are countless immortal kingdoms. Different countries inherit different cultures and also derive many different Go rules.
Some countries are white first and some are black first. In some countries, the system of retaliating chess is popular, while others prefer to guess first. In the stone ghost’s hometown, it is the black first, and those who hold the black are mostly the first.
Obviously, the real Stone Ghost thinks that his chess skills are not as good as Ning Fan’s, so he pretends to be himself.
At this moment, Ning Fan heard the sound of Saint Child Lei Shu.
【Branch of fate appears: Branch 1, crush the stone ghost with absolute chess power, win the middle game, get dozens to fifty stars, extra rewards, ten thousand years of chess power; branch 2, fight against the stone ghost to Guanzi, And win, get 5 to 20 stars, extra rewards, the first part of “Dapin Victory and Loss”; branch 3, lose to the stone ghost, but persist to Guanzi, get 2 to 10 stars, extra rewards, One low-grade North Pole fruit; branch four, lose to the stone ghost, admit defeat in the middle game, get points from one to five stars, extra rewards, a pair of stone chess pieces; branch five, cancel the game before the winner, no reward]
Ning Fan was slightly surprised.
What is Wannianqi? Can something like chess be rewarded directly?
Taking a second thought, it is not surprising that there are secret techniques for empowering people to improve their cultivation, and there are also ways to forcibly improve their chess skills.
Thinking about it, the real stone ghost has already settled down.
Four of four, lower left constellation.
The zodiac system doesn’t seem to be popular in the hometown of the Goblin. Out of respect for the upper hand, the stone ghost was selected at the upper right, and the lower left of Ning Fan was the upper right of the stone ghost.
The other party treats each other with courtesy, and Ning Fan will not be rude.
White, sixteen of sixteen, top right constellation.
Black, with a small star below.
White, with two stars above.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten hands passed over, and the stone ghost’s brows gradually wrinkled, as if puzzled.
It’s very strange, very strange, the choice of Ning Fan (Zhang Dao) in the layout stage today is very different from the brother Zhang he knew in the past.
I haven’t seen each other for many years. Could it be that Brother Zhang has changed his chess path? Goblin secretly guessed.
Inadvertently, he raised his head and looked at Ning Fan’s face.
From the point of view of the stone ghost, what I see at the moment is still his brother Zhang’s face, which seems to be no different from the brother Zhang he knew back then.
However, at this moment, Ning Fan brought a little sense of strangeness to Real Stone Ghost.
Speaking of this incredible feeling, Shi Guizhen once again focused his mind on the chessboard, and his breaths and breaths were faintly integrated with the chessboard. This is the proof of his full concentration.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten hands passed.
The eerie feeling that haunts the mind of the Goblin man has grown more and more.
“It’s weird, it’s too weird! Brother Zhang didn’t play the Nanliang Flying Saber with me, which he is best at, and the choice of this step is also a bit strange…”
“When I played chess with Brother Zhang in the past, I could feel great pressure almost from the layout stage, but today, it seems that there is no sense of pressure in the past. Is it because I have become stronger in recent years? Or is it really as rumored , since his teacher passed away, Brother Zhang’s chess skills have plummeted, not like in the past…”
“Will win!”
“Facing Brother Zhang, for the first time, I had the idea of winning! In this game, I will try my best to win!”
As the chess game progressed, the real stone ghosts had more and more fighting spirit, and Ning Fan gradually felt a sense of oppression from the chessboard.
“It’s only in the layout stage, but I already feel my disadvantage. This is an unprecedented situation. Is the chess power of this stone ghost real person so high?”
After all, almost all of Ning Fan’s Go experience came from Luangu’s memory, and Luangu was never a chess fan. For him, Go was just one of his many hobbies, nothing more.
In terms of strength, Chaos may be far ahead of the stone ghosts, but in terms of chess skills, it is far worse. Obviously, the real Stone Ghost has paid much more effort than Luan Gu in the matter of Go.
“No, if you continue like this, you will lose!”
“The gap in experience is too huge! In my entire life, plus the life of Master Rangu, the number of games played together may not be a fraction of this person’s…”
Ning Fan’s brows were furrowed, and he focused his energy on the chess game unprecedentedly.
Must go deeper.
Must, deeper…
Ning Fan felt that the small chessboard in front of him seemed to have turned into a boundless sea, and his mind was going deeper and deeper towards the bottom of the sea.
Then, in the next move, Ning Fan did not fall into the choice given by Luan Gu’s memory, but was indecisive and did not make a move for a long time.
He is calculating, calculating the complicated and cumbersome changes in the piece of chess in front of him!
The fifteenth change…
The eighteenth…
Twenty-two…
Thirty-nine…
Various changes, inadvertently, and secretly compared with the many Go formulas that Bai Ling asked him for advice recently.
In the eyes, the green light flashes!
Read ahead, get deeper and deeper!
At a certain moment, Ning Fan suddenly made a decision, and the first move finally fell.
This is not the best move, but it is… the first time Ning Fan has made a move based on his own chess skills!
This move is not the ancient Go game, but Ning Fan’s game!
“Huh?” The Stone Ghost Master let out a light sigh, and then his expression fell on Ning Fan’s chess move, his eyes gradually becoming solemn.
Inadvertently, he raised his head and met Ning Fan’s twinkling eyes, and he was shocked.
“It’s actually the gate of heaven and man! And it’s not the first level, this, this is about to open the third gate! Unexpectedly, I haven’t seen it for many years. Although Brother Zhang’s chess strength has weakened, his understanding has increased to such a terrifying level. The level of human beings! It really was the passing away of his mentor, did it give him too much impact…”
“This is not the best move, but after this move, I can’t understand his moves. What is the real purpose of his move…”
The rock ghost tried to calculate the various changes in this piece of chess, and the more calculations, the more complicated it felt.
After a long time, the stone ghost suddenly saw something clearly, and a drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead.
“This is actually a one-step test!”
“He is testing, from a very high position, testing how I will respond next, and he has the confidence to do so, he must have already counted the local changes in this place! But how is it possible, like this In a short period of time, even I can’t do it to calculate such a huge change…”
“It’s so heavy! After reuniting with Brother Zhang this time, for the first time, I felt this level of pressure from him, even more than before! Although I used to feel pressure, but it was actually It’s the difference in experience. Brother Zhang’s talent is far better than mine, and his experience is even higher than mine, but now, my experience has caught up. However, today… the source of this pressure comes from computing power Is there a gap!”
In the blink of an eye, more than 40 hands passed by.
The sweat on the forehead of Shi Guizheng became more and more, and he could feel that the advantages he had gained at the beginning of the layout stage had been eaten up by Ning Fan little by little at this moment.
Another move of chess fell, and Real Stone Ghost’s expression suddenly changed.
I saw that Ning Fan’s next response was a far cry from the adaptation that he had made over 40 years ago. After the first move, what seemed to be just a step of adaptation, turned out to be the one that went straight into the real stone ghost. sharp sword!
“He actually buried such a move before more than forty moves!”
Losing the game is decided.
There is no need to continue.
If you have a pair of eyes, you can clearly see the real-time win rate on the chessboard. At this moment, the winning rate of the real stone ghost may not even be less than 1 in 10,000.
So he let out a long sigh, relieved, regretful and unwilling.
Then take out two pieces, put them on the chessboard, throw the pieces and admit defeat.
White wins the middle game.
Ning Fan not only defeated the real stone ghost, but also almost crushed him in terms of computing power!
“I thought Brother Zhang was really like the rumors. His chess skills have declined in recent years. I didn’t expect Brother Zhang to just change his chess path. Now he is more focused on improving his computing power… In this game, the younger brother lost convincingly. , with Brother Zhang’s computing power, he might be able to compete against those chess players of the second and third ranks!” Shi Guizhen was full of admiration.
Although he lost the game, he paid great attention to the spirit of the game. Victory is gratifying, but defeat is also gratifying, especially after losing in such a wonderful move. If this game is spread, it may be included in the famous game records.
Thinking that one day he can become one of the famous bureaus of ancient and modern times, even though it is only a background board, the real stone ghost is still very happy and honored.
“Tong’er, have you recorded the chess score?” Stone Ghost asked the Tonger beside him.
“Returning to Master, I wrote all down.” Tong Er respectfully said.
“Brother Zhang, why don’t we come back now?” Stone Ghost pleaded.
“Okay.” The end of the game is also a due etiquette, and Ning Fan will not refuse.
Although he won this round, he relied on the huge computing power that crushed the opponent by several levels. If he did not enter the deepest state of heaven and man, he would most likely lose.
Ning Fan is well aware that the opponent’s game experience is definitely far better than his own, so playing at this moment will definitely benefit his own chess skills.
Ning Fan didn’t realize at this moment that he felt the happiness brought by Go for the first time.
That is a kind of fight that is different from the sea of blood in cultivation, but the intensity is not inferior to the death fight in a desperate situation.
“No wonder Bai Ling likes playing chess so much. I seem to understand this feeling…”
In turn, he remembered that he had beaten the stone ghost, and seemed to have completed the task of the Son’s Trial.
So check out the rewards.
Reward yourself for discovering the Holy Child’s Book of Thunder and reward yourself with a white, snowflake, and snowy mountain patterned exotic fruit in the storage bag.
Because Ning Fan crushed and defeated the stone ghost, the Holy Son Trial awarded Ning Fan Wannian chess power. To a certain extent, this Dao Fruit is equivalent to Wannian chess strength.
After some replays, Stone Ghost instructed Tonger to put away the chessboard, carefully wrap the chess set, and give it to Ning Fan.
“This is a chess game made by the unique Qiu Dao stone in my hometown, just like the preamble, I gave it to Brother Zhang!”
Then ordered Tonger tea and Daoguo to serve on the table, and invited Ning Fan to taste it.
“Oh? It’s actually Enlightenment Tea again?” Ning Fan was slightly surprised.
I didn’t expect that the tea that the stone ghosts used to treat guests was actually the precious enlightenment tea leaves, which shows its grandeur.
Look at the Daoguo that the other party Mingtong’er called again, eh? The appearance of this dao fruit looks like the dao fruit that Saint Child Lei Shu rewarded him. Could it be the same kind of fruit? The only difference is probably that the quality of the fruit of the stone ghost’s hospitality is low, which is not enough for the reward of the Holy Son’s trial.
“This is the dao fruit newly planted by the younger brother. Although it is only a low-grade dao fruit, it is also a rare treasure for you and me chess cultivators.” Shi Guizhen invited Ning Fan to eat one. Daoguo, eat one yourself.
Ning Fan thanked the stone ghost and ate the fruit, only to feel that the scope of the sea of consciousness has increased, and the memory has been enhanced, and the strength of the spiritual sense has also been slightly improved, which is suddenly strange.
How to evaluate a person’s chess ability?
A person’s chess ability not only includes the person’s Go talent, but also depends on the person’s Go experience. Computational power, mental strength, memory, chess sense, proficiency in fixed poses, and even illusory chess luck… There are many factors that determine a person’s chess skills, and any improvement in one aspect can promote the progress of chess skills.
If chess strength can be quantified, then this fruit is small, and the improvement brought to ordinary people is equivalent to improving chess strength for ten years.
So… Saint Son Lei Shu is also considering this as a reward for his ten thousand years of chess power.
Then here comes the problem.
The low-grade dao fruit produced by the real stone ghost can improve the monk’s chess skills for about ten years.
My dao fruit is said to be enough to improve my chess skills for ten thousand years, but what kind of quality dao fruit is it?
I don’t know, it’s inconvenient to take Daoguo out and ask the stone ghost, otherwise, there will be suspicion of slap in the face. I kindly invite you to eat the incomparably precious low-grade dao fruit. What do you mean by taking out a dao fruit that is hundreds of thousands of times higher in quality? Are you making fun of me? This is not appropriate.
Therefore, Ning Fan temporarily put the Dao Fruit of unknown quality aside, and planned to do it later.
Today’s visit is not for the purpose of playing chess, but the stone ghost to tell you something.
At this moment, the chess has also been played, the Daoguo has also been eaten, and the tea has been drank, and the opponent should almost get to the point.
Sure enough.
After eating and drinking, Shi Guizhen ordered the children to clean up the cups and plates, while he led Ning Fan into the inner room of the cave.
“I asked Brother Zhang to come here today because I have something to ask for, and I hope Brother Zhang will take care of his past affection and help me!” Stone Ghost asked with a serious expression.
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