Walking through the woods, I saw a thatched house in the center of the mountain. There were stone tables and several stone benches in front of the house.
There was a teacup on the stone table, still steaming.
At this moment, Ye Yu's whole body was filled with excitement. There was someone here, but he didn't realize it. If the other person had malicious intentions, he wouldn't know how many times he would die.
This made Ye Yu, who had been a little swollen recently, feel like he had been poured with cold water and put away his pride.
In fact, we can't blame him for being inflated. The last few battles were all over the top, which made him feel contemptuous. In addition, Huangfukong, who was also a sword cultivator, also suffered a loss in his hands, and he was still injured. Can you not feel proud?
When Ye Yu saw the tea cup, the door of the thatched house was pushed open, and an old man in his fifties or sixties walked out with a hunched body, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.
As if he hadn't seen Ye Yu, the old man walked to the stone bench and sat down, picked up the teacup and drank.
Realizing that he was being ignored, he immediately looked at the other person. His clothes were simple and neat, giving him a very natural feeling. Although his eyes were a little cloudy, they seemed to have the wisdom to see through the vicissitudes of life.
His angular face gave him a trace of majesty. Even if the years left some traces on his face, it could not stop his handsomeness. His rickety body was not very short, and he was taller than Ye Yudu. If he straightened up, , at least nearly 1.9 meters tall, with long black and white hair, casually draped, exuding a lazy aura.
Although the old man ignored him, Ye Yu still said hello out of curiosity. After the other party didn't respond, he spoke again: "Old man, have you always lived here? Aren't your family worried? The weather is getting cooler now. You’re wearing so little, so don’t stay outside too long and go back inside quickly.”
Although he was talking, Ye Yu didn't dare to get close. Anyone who saw an old man living alone in the mountains would be suspicious, even if there was no energy fluctuation in the other person's body, he was just like an ordinary person and looked very out of place.
Even if you have a butt, you know that even if there are no wild beasts in the mountains, there will always be wild beasts. How can an ordinary person survive here? Ye Yu guessed that the other party was very strong and beyond his range of perception, so he could not detect it. energy fluctuations.
The old man still didn't respond, and Ye Yu unconsciously took a step forward. At this time, the old man reacted, turned to look at Ye Yu and said, "Stop, don't go any further."
Ye Yu, who was stared at by the old man, felt the aura of death for a moment, as if he would die at any time.
When he didn't know what to do, the old man took out a chess set from under the stone table and slowly started playing. It turned out that the stone table was a chessboard.
As the old man's pieces fell, Ye Yu was attracted by the chess piece in the old man's hand, and fantasy appeared in front of his eyes.
The sight of thousands of troops and horses appeared. The two armies were constantly fighting, the shouts of killing were loud, and rivers of blood flowed.
Just when he saw the fighting intentions of the two warring parties, he was awakened by the old man's scolding. "Don't stand here, disturbing my chess game, and leave quickly!"
The embarrassed Ye Yu was about to leave when the old man's voice came again: "Do you know how to play chess? If so, sit down and play a game with me."
Ye Yu turned around and sat opposite the old man and said, "I don't know how to play chess, but I think it shouldn't be difficult and you can learn it."
When Ye Yu said he couldn't play chess, the old man was not angry, but there was a trace of surprise in his eyes. When Ye Yu watched him play chess, he noticed his state. He clearly had high chess skills or understood the art of war. Only people can enter the artistic conception. The young man said that he couldn't, which only meant that he had a high talent, not a talent for playing chess, but a talent for war command. This was why he stopped Ye Yu.
When Ye Yu was practicing the sword-drawing technique, the old man had already known about his existence. He was so harsh at a young age and even went to the mountains to practice alone. He was already strong enough, but he didn't have the arrogance of a young man. This was especially rare. He was a swordsman better than him. Even rarer.
"Play the chess piece," the old man said, and then he made the move directly.
He didn't explain the rules, but just used actions to let Ye Yu feel it. He just wanted to see if the young man was really talented, or if he was lucky enough to enter the artistic conception because of his strong mental power as a swordsman.
In fact, Ye Yu's previous state was very dangerous. If it continued, his mental power would be exhausted. That kind of mood was simply not something Ye Yu could bear now.
There were more than a dozen games at once, and Ye Yu was killed in every game, leaving no trace of his armor, but the previous artistic conception did not appear. This is related to the old man's lowering of chess skills. Now the old man is playing guidance chess. Even so, it is still very strong. .
Seeing that Ye Yu was collecting the chess pieces and wanted to continue, the old man said: "Let's stop here today, I want to rest."
After speaking, Ye Yu stood up and walked towards the thatched house without waiting for a reply.
Ye Yu stared at the chessboard on the stone table blankly. It was not until the old man entered the thatched house that he slowly stood up and headed down the mountain with a confused expression on his face.
Returning to the small building in the dormitory area, I saw my three brothers and sisters, said hello, and then returned to my room to study the chess learned today.
Huangfu Xuan, Luo Lan, and Bai Zimo were frightened by Ye Yu's state. They rushed into Ye Yu's room to see what he was going to do. They wouldn't be irritated because they didn't have a mentor, right?
Seeing Ye Yu playing chess, everyone was petrified, with ten thousand grass and mud horses rushing past in their hearts.
After carefully asking if Ye Yu was okay, the three of them left. As they left, they said, "It's still a little early. I'll call you for dinner later."
Ye Yu responded and continued to think about how to play chess.
This set of chess and the chess board were bought by Ye Yu in Emperor Wu City. He was a little confused after being abused by the old man. On the way back, he was still thinking about whether he should practice in a different place tomorrow, but the confrontation between the two worlds always appeared in his mind. The scene lingered, and he unknowingly walked to a chess shop. Only then did he realize that today's artistic conception and feelings left traces in his heart. After buying the chess and chess board, he made up his mind not to change places, at least There will be no change until the old man is defeated in the chess game.
The stubborn Ye Yu was very frightening. He concentrated on studying how to play chess. When he bought the chess, he was given the chess records as a gift. After just two glances, he put it aside and started studying on his own.
Playing chess according to the ideas of the chess records always made him feel constrained, as if his thinking was restricted, so he had no choice but to do his own research.
While eating, Ye Yu's mind was filled with thoughts on how to crack the old man's chess game. The old man really caught his eye. He was really talented. In just a few hours, his chess skills continued to rise. Among ordinary people, he can be considered an expert.
During the meal, several people talked to Ye Yu and found that he was just perfunctory and muttered something related to playing chess. Others were not disturbing Ye Yu, and Bai Zimo just muttered: "Is the second brother crazy? Is it because of this?" No mentor chose him, so he was inspired to give up martial arts and become a chess master?"
After hearing Bai Zimo's words, Huangfuxuan said: "Third brother, please stop talking nonsense. Playing chess is like practicing war on a sand table. The second boy may have encountered something, and it may be his chance."
Bai Zimo, who had an out-of-touch personality, was completely speechless.
The meal didn't last long, and when it ended, the three of them didn't speak. Only Ye Yu kept talking about whether they should go here or there.
