There was silence in the Go competition hall.
Everyone looked at the fallen Long Hang, as well as Yang Xiao sitting aside, and at Yang Xiaoyun's breezy demeanor, their hearts were shocked.
Two guards squeezed in from the crowd, walked to the fallen Long Hang, quickly helped Long Hang up, and stuffed a large blood pill into his mouth.
Long Aotian and Long Jing stood in the crowd, neither of them came over.
Long Jing wanted to see Yang Xiao, but was a little hesitant.
Long Aotian was filled with hatred and did not want to give Yang Xiao the opportunity to laugh at him in such a embarrassing situation.
Long Hang took the big blood pill, and with the help of the guards, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, woke up from his fainting state, opened his eyes, glanced at the people watching, and finally laid his eyes on Yang Xiao. .
Yang Xiao smiled faintly:
"Long Hang, are you okay?"
Long Hang looked embarrassed and smiled bitterly:
"Brother Yang is not only mentally strong, but his Go skills are far superior to mine. He will be convinced if he loses again."
"No, I'm just lucky. I beat you by chance. Go back and have a good rest."
Long Hang nodded and left with the help of the guards.
Everyone looked at Yang Xiao and let out a burst of admiration.
Wanyan He, the eldest prince of the Feibao Empire, and Wanyan Hong, the director of the Chess Academy, walked up to Yang Xiao and said excitedly:
"Brother Yang, congratulations. You can even defeat the vice president of the Dalong Empire Go Academy. That's amazing!"
Yang Xiao chuckled, and the three of them left together.
From the conversation between the two, it was learned that the eldest prince was eliminated in the first round and Wan Yanhong was promoted successfully.
The eldest prince's original chess skills and mental strength were average, so it was reasonable for him to be eliminated.
Wan Yanhong said:
"Brother Yang, I feel a little strange. Why did you meet the vice-president of Dalong Empire Chess Academy in the first round of the preliminary round? Moreover, the fight between you two was too bloody. You were the most terrifying of all the Go battles today.
Even in the finals, few people fought like you. This was not playing Go, it was clearly a competition of mental strength. "
Yang Xiao smiled and said:
"You are right, we are indeed not playing Go, but competing in mental strength."
The eldest prince was stunned and asked:
"is this necessary?"
"It's not that I wanted to do this, but Long Hang kept dragging me, trying to get me into a mental duel and take the opportunity to kill me. But he didn't expect that my mental power and chess skills were much higher than his."
"So it seems like this is specifically targeted at you?"
Yang Xiao nodded,
"I killed Long Kui and the God of War. I am the enemy of the Great Dragon Empire. Although it is not convenient for them to assassinate me publicly, they can also use the game of Go to kill me through mental warfare."
The eldest prince heard this and said with some panic:
"Brother Yang, what about the next game? Especially since there is a peerless master in the Go Academy of the Dalong Empire, the first Go Grandmaster. I heard that his spiritual power is so high that no one in the Witch Star can match it today."
"Don't be afraid. Just take it one step at a time. If they want to kill me, it won't be that easy."
According to the competition schedule, there is only one game per day, and everyone can move freely in the remaining time.
Yang Xiao and the others returned to the Royal Inn. After eating and resting, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they stayed in the Royal Inn to rest, play chess and chat.
Long Hang's mental strength was damaged, he had a splitting headache and was in a trance.
Long Aotian glanced at Long Hang and asked:
"Vice Dean, you played chess with Yang Xiao today, how could this happen?"
Long Hang sighed and said:
"Your Highness, Yang Xiao's mental strength and Go skills far exceed mine. I am no match for him."
Long Aotian naturally knew this a long time ago, but when these words came out of Long Hang's mouth, he was still surprised.
"You are the highest level in our Great Dragon Empire besides Grandmaster, and you are not even Yang Xiao's opponent? What kind of monster is this Yang Xiao?"
Long Hang thought for a while, and suddenly his consciousness moved slightly, and a chess piece flew out of a chess bowl on the table and fell to the table in an instant.
Long Hang immediately swept the chess pieces together with his hands and covered them.
Long Aotian looked at Long Hang blankly.
Long Hang said:
"Your Highness, guess how many chess pieces there are here."
Long Aotian looked confused.
"H-How do I know?"
Long Hang sighed, released his hands, and said:
"I don't know either, but Yang Xiao can guess that based on this alone, his mental power far exceeds ours. As for his chess skills, it may be the highest level I have ever seen except for the grandmaster. ”
"ah?"
After hearing Long Hang's words, Long Aotian opened his mouth wide and his mind went blank. He didn't know how to answer Long Hang's words.
Damn it, how could Yang Xiao be so powerful?
Long Aotian thought for a moment and said:
"You come with me to see the emperor. This matter can only be decided by the father. A person as powerful as Yang Xiao is our opponent. We cannot let him leave Dragon City alive, otherwise, there will be endless troubles."
Long Aotian and Long Hang came to the palace, found Emperor Dalong, and reported the situation of the game between Long Hang and Yang Xiao.
After hearing this, Emperor Dalong looked solemn, thought for a moment, and said:
"Unexpectedly, this Yang Xiao is so powerful. It seems that there are not many people who can use mental power to defeat Yang Xiao in Go. Aotian, you are the host of this competition. According to the information about the contestants you have obtained, Are there any people who are better at Go than Yang Xiao?"
Long Aotian thought for a while and said:
"If you want to talk about someone who is strong in both chess skills and mental strength, originally Vice President Long Hang was the one. In addition, there are several other candidates.
For example, Wan Yanhong, the dean of the Feibao Empire Chess Academy, Bai Zetian, the eldest prince of the White Elephant Empire, Bai Ming, the dean of the White Elephant Empire Chess Academy, and Su Xiao, the dean of the Fire Wolf Empire Chess Academy,
Especially Su Xiao, the director of the Fire Wolf Empire Chess Academy, before this competition, he promised to challenge our first grandmaster. "
Long Hang on the side said:
"Su Xiao, the director of the Fire Wolf Empire Chess Academy, I played chess with him three years ago. This man is indeed a geek. I heard that he got a rare chess book from the earth from nowhere.
For the past three years, they have been staying behind closed doors, concentrating on studying Go skills and cultivating mental strength. Before participating in this competition, Bai Ming and Su Xiao, the deans of the White Elephant Empire's chess academy, had played three games and lost all three games.
Bai Ming once lamented that the champion of this Go exchange competition must be Su Xiao, and it is even unknown whether Su Xiao has the ability to challenge our first Go master. "
The Dragon Emperor said:
"Aotian, in the next few knockout matches, can Yang Xiao and these people be faced off one by one and let them kill each other?"
"It's difficult. Today's draw is the first round. The one who originally faced off against Yang Xiao was another player who was attached to our empire. I found him privately and swapped him with Vice President Long Hang.
If they want to switch in the following games, it will probably become more and more difficult. However, if Yang Xiao's current situation is followed, they will eventually encounter him in the decisive stage.
Father, besides playing Go, can't we send people to assassinate Yang Xiao in private? "
"No, absolutely not. This is an international exchange competition held by our Great Dragon Empire. There cannot be any accidents. Otherwise, where is the face of our Great Dragon Empire?
Besides, if the assassination of Yang Xiao is successful, it would be fine. If it is not successful, it will definitely cause greater fluctuations and give the White Elephant Empire and the Feibao Empire an excuse to jointly attack us.
Don’t forget, Yang Xiao is now an ally of the Feibao Empire. Our Dalong Empire is now weak and cannot act impulsively. "
"Yes, Father."
"You organize the Go exchange competition first, and I'll go find the Grandmaster. Perhaps the only way to do this is to rely on the Grandmaster to come forward and intercept Yang Xiao on the chessboard."
In a private room of a restaurant somewhere in Dragon City, Bai Zetian and Bai Ming, the eldest princes of the White Elephant Empire, Su Xiao, the director of the Go Academy of the Fire Wolf Empire, and several other Go masters were eating and chatting together.
Bai Ming picked up the wine glass and said to Su Xiao beside him:
"Brother Su, I'd like to toast you and wish you win the championship in this Go exchange competition."
Su Xiao laughed, not modestly, and drank the wine in one gulp.
Bai Zetian said:
"Dean Su, with your chess skills, it's easy to win the championship this time. I think maybe you can also launch an open challenge to the grand master."
Su Xiao smiled slightly and said:
"That's natural. When I win the championship, I will challenge the Grand Master in public. For the past three years, I, Su, have been studying chess day and night in order to defeat the Grand Master. Hum, a woman has actually become our Witch Star The number one master in the Go world, where is the dignity of men like us?"
More than a dozen people at the wine table all clapped and said:
"Dean Su has superb chess skills and will definitely be able to defeat the great master."
"That is, when Dean Su defeats the Grand Master, next year's International Go Exchange Tournament will be held in the Fire Wolf Empire, and Dean Su will become the new number one grandmaster in our Wizarding Star Go world."
"Come, Dean Su, we respect you and wish you success!"
"Dry!"
After drinking for three rounds, everyone was talking nonsense, and someone mentioned what happened at the competition today.
"Vice Dean Long Hang's chess skills are already very high, but he was actually defeated by Yang Xiao, and it was such a disastrous defeat that his consciousness was damaged. It's really weird."
"Yeah, I don't understand. Why doesn't Long Hang give up in advance and admit defeat? Why must he fight to the end?"
"Then Yang Xiao is really not easy. Even Long Hang lost so miserably. In my opinion, Yang Xiao is most likely a dark horse in this competition."
"Dean Su, what do you think about Yang Xiao?" someone asked directly.
Su Xiao smiled lightly,
"I have been studying chess in seclusion for the past few years, and I don't know much about outside things. This Yang Xiao is said to have appeared recently. I have no contract with him, so I don't understand him.
However, I watched him and Long Hang's captain today, and to be honest, they were really not that good. Many key pieces were missed. If I were to play, I could defeat Long Hang directly in just a hundred moves. There is no need to waste so much time. "
Su Xiao is very confident, because the chess game between Yang Xiao and Long Hang does have many flaws. Only Long Hang and Yang Xiao are aware of these flaws. As observers of the game, many people have the same idea as Su Xiao.
What's more, Su Xiao now thinks that he is so good at chess that even Bai Ming, the dean of the White Elephant Empire, doesn't take him seriously. The target of the challenge is directed at Chen Rong, the first grandmaster, so how can he take Yang Xiao seriously.
After hearing what Su Xiao said, everyone also agreed:
"Dean Su is right. If Yang Xiao meets you, he will die."
That night, Su Xiao was resting at the Royal Inn. Someone knocked on the door. When he opened the door, he saw Long Aotian standing at the door with two guards.
Su Xiao was stunned,
"It turns out to be His Highness the Prince. I wonder why he came to see me so late?"
Long Aotian smiled and said:
"Dean Su, please excuse me. I wonder if I can enter your room and have a chat alone."
Su Xiao nodded,
"Please come in!"
Long Aotian walked into Su Xiao's room, ordered two guards to guard outside, and closed the door.
Su Xiao and Long Aotian sat down.
"Your Highness, please tell me if you have anything to say. I still need to rest. There is a Go match tomorrow."
Long Aotian smiled and said:
"With Dean Su's strength, how can there be any opponents in this Go exchange competition? They are all here to serve as your foil."
Su Xiao laughed after hearing this and said happily:
"His Royal Highness, you have given me the award. How can I, Su, have such strength?"
"Dean Su, I have another small request. If you are willing to help, it's just a matter of effort. I have a chess record here as a gift from the earth."
As Long Aotian spoke, he took out a somewhat broken chess record from the space ring. This chess record was one of the many chess records that Long Aotian collected when he was on Earth. It was an intermediate and advanced endgame tutorial.
This kind of endgame chess pattern is still rare for Wu Xing people.
Su Xiao is a chess fanatic and has no interest in other things, but he likes chess records very much. When he picked it up and took a look, he found that although the chess records were not particularly advanced, they were still a rare chess record.
Su Xiao put the chess record on the table, looked at Long Aotian, and said with a smile:
"Does His Highness want me to kill Yang Xiao in the Go match?"
