Chapter 305: Chess Gu

305. Chapter 305: Chess Gu

The God of Gamblers naturally noticed the gazes of this group, snorted coldly in his heart, and thought, "Do they really take me for a fool?"

Knowing clearly that this method of gambling would cause him to lose, how could he possibly gamble again?

The Night Mantises and Boundary-Breaking Gu that could threaten this kind of Gu Worm had mostly died from consuming Forbidden Medicine.

If this kid did not change the game rules and kept using this gambling method to fleece him, then the treasures above him would inevitably be lost completely.

Therefore, this gambling method must be banned, and he had no choice but to ban it.

"Alright, this type of Gu Worm capable of carrying Array Formations is banned; from now on, no one may use such Gu Worms to gamble with me!"

"Including you!" The God of Gamblers looked at Long Xuan again and said in a condensed voice, "Good kid, looking across countless tens of thousands of years, you are the second person to defeat me; you will have plenty to boast about after you leave."

"However, I do not possess Insect Armor, so this gambling method is unfair to me; therefore, I must ban this method, and if you wish to continue gambling with me, you must switch to a different set of game rules!"

Hearing this, Long Xuan was stunned; it was banned just like that? Was he unable to handle losing?

He had originally intended to keep using this game rule to gamble with the God of Gamblers and fleece a few more waves of wool, but he never expected the other party would not give him any chance at all.

At this moment, the others also revealed looks of disappointment, secretly cursing that this God of Gamblers could not afford to lose.

"You won this round; here is the Repair Gu. Do you still wish to gamble with me next?"

Long Xuan walked to the table, placed a set of chess pieces upon it, and smiled, "This time, I will compete with you in playing chess."

This was a type of chess he had never seen before; the gameplay was truly novel, arousing considerable interest in him.

"You definitely cannot use that previous gambling method anymore; you had better come up with another game rule that can defeat me."

The Repair Gu might be optional or not for the God of Gamblers, but for an ordinary Gu Cultivator, how could a Repair Gu with a unique attribute in the world possibly be optional?

The God of Gamblers waved his hand, and the Repair Gu wrapped in a bubble floated over to Long Xuan.

"Naturally, I will gamble; this time I want to bet on your Mandrake, with Living Wood still as the stake; do you accept?"

To be honest, playing Chinese Chess against a novice who does not even understand the rules of Chinese Chess is truly a bit like bullying someone.

Long Xuan naturally noticed the greedy gazes of this group as well, and his heart sank involuntarily.

As long as he dared to gamble with him again, he would definitely lose; he would certainly make him spit out everything he had won.

But what made him solemn was that the rules of Chinese Chess were truly too perfect, testing the wisdom of the player greatly; he had seen the Dao within Chinese Chess.

The God of Gamblers nodded and said, "Very well, then I wonder how you intend to gamble with me this time?"

"I have already written the rules on the chess box; at the same time, I must add restrictions: no abilities may be used, no interference of any form may be directed at me, and each move must not exceed ten breaths."

His level of play in Chinese Chess in his past life was that of a grandmaster; he did not believe that the God of Gamblers, a novice, could defeat him.

The God of Gamblers sneered in his heart; coming up with a game rule that could defeat him was already a miracle, so how could he possibly have any more ideas?

After opening the Fifth Gate, the Star Gate, within his Life and Death Gate, he would lose a massive amount of Life Energy, which was very difficult to recover.

This herb belongs to Heaven Grade Spirit Medicine; among the three hundred treasures above, it is far from the most precious, but for him, it is the most useful.

As for things unknown to the people of this world, he truly possessed far too many of them in his hands.

After quickly reading through the game rules of Chinese Chess, the God of Gamblers revealed a solemn expression.

He did not want the most expensive item, only what he needed most.

It was still the same old trick; the God of Gamblers had lived for countless tens of thousands of years and was proficient in any known gameplay; no one could defeat him in known gameplay.

He was bound to win this round.

"I have already thought it out; rest assured, this game is absolutely fair." Long Xuan once again revealed a sinister smile.

Could such a heaven-defying effect be called optional? Even if the Repair Gu only repaired King-Breaking Pills, it would be sufficient to turn any faction into a first-rate faction within a short period.

Given the lesson learned from the previous incident, how could he not add a time limit?

Long Xuan sneered in his heart; the item he had taken out was Chinese Chess from his past life, and Chinese Chess did not exist in this world.

At this moment, everyone revealed greedy gazes toward this Repair Gu, wishing they could reach out and snatch it immediately.

Even if you had an IQ of eight hundred, if you had just learned how to play chess, you would absolutely not be able to defeat an experienced veteran.

This Medicine might be able to resolve the side effects he suffered after opening the Fifth Gate, so the Mandrake was urgently needed by him.

Do not look at the fact that the God of Gamblers Gu can gamble on intelligence, granting the God of Gamblers extraordinarily high intellect.

Long Xuan ignored these gazes, took the floating Repair Gu as if it were a treasure, and without time to admire it, quickly sent the Repair Gu into his Insect Breeding Bag.

Otherwise, how could this Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu deserve the two words 'Heaven-Defying'?

The emergence of Go was precisely why the Chess Gu appeared; it was because Go contained the Dao, and the Chess Gu was born from the Dao.

The Dao is something mysterious and profound, but not all types of chess contain the Dao.

But thinking that everyone would lose their memories of the Inner City after leaving here, he no longer paid attention to these gazes.

At this moment, he directed his gaze toward a strange-looking herb floating in the air.

But in matters of playing chess, experience is far more important than intelligence.

To defeat him, one must avoid known gameplay; only the unknown can defeat him.

It could be said that any one of the Ten Great Heaven-Defying Spirit Gu of heaven and earth could trigger a scramble by powerful individuals across the entire world.

The Mandrake is rich in a large amount of Life Energy; Spirit Pills refined with this Spirit Medicine as the Main Material would likely have medicinal effects related to increasing or restoring Life Energy.

It is no exaggeration to say that this treasure is sufficient to arouse the greed of any Gu King and suffer frantic snatching by countless Gu Kings.

Long Xuan still chose to speak using Soul Transmission.

The ability of the Repair Gu is truly too heaven-defying; as long as a King-Breaking Pill is cut into one hundred portions, the Repair Gu can repair them into one hundred King-Breaking Pills.

Furthermore, within Chinese Chess, he had also vaguely seen the shadow of the Dao; in other words, the emergence of Chinese Chess would very likely be followed by the emergence of a new type of Chess Gu.

This inevitably shocked him.

If Chinese Chess could truly bring forth a new Chess Gu, then this type of chess would inevitably become wildly popular throughout the world, becoming a category of chess second only to Go.

And the person who created Chinese Chess would become the Founding Ancestor of this Chess Gu sect, be recorded forever in history, and be worshipped by future generations.

How could he not be moved?

"Did you create this?" the God of Gamblers asked Long Xuan in shock.

"That's right, I created it!" Long Xuan said shamelessly.

At this moment, he still did not realize how much impact the emergence of Chinese Chess would cause in this world; otherwise, he would definitely have kept a low profile and denied it.

How could he know that a mere game would, in the future, be capable of poking a hole in the heavens?

At this moment, the God of Gamblers could not help but inhale sharply, looking at him differently.

This kid would become the founder of a Gu Worm school in the future, a truly famous figure; how could he not look a few more times?

"Interesting! Interesting! Every time the Sky Island Ruins open, I let those who enter the island devise a game Rule to gamble with me."

"But no one has ever created a type of chess for this purpose."

"You are the first person to create a type of chess on your own to gamble with me."

"The type of chess you devised is very interesting; I believe there will come a day when it sweeps the entire world and is passed down permanently in later generations."

"I have played Go for countless tens of thousands of years and grew tired of it long ago; today, I will play this Chinese Chess with you!"

The God of Gamblers was thoroughly intrigued and sat excitedly on the chair.

However, Long Xuan displayed no Martial Virtue and had already launched a Cannon attack straight at his head.

As the saying goes, in the eyes of chess masters, moving first grants too much advantage; he had to seize this advantage.

Upon hearing that Long Xuan had actually created a new type of chess just to win against the God of Gamblers, everyone became quite interested and gathered around.

They prepared to see what kind of gameplay this new chess involved that could make the God of Gamblers so excited.

One look, and indeed, many people showed expressions of interest.

This game Rule, where victory is achieved by killing the opponent's General, was truly interesting; in this world, it absolutely counted as a very meaningful innovation.

Many people at this moment felt an impulse to play a round themselves.

Laymen watch the spectacle, while experts watch the method.

In the eyes of experts, Chinese Chess was something extraordinary.

At this moment, after the group of Go masters from the Qi Clan finished reading the game Rules of Chinese Chess, they looked at each other in dismay, all revealing solemn expressions.

They shared the same view as the God of Gamblers; they immediately sensed the extraordinary nature of this gameplay, which seemed to harbor immense wisdom and the shadow of the Dao.

And a type of chess that harbors the Dao can be used to refine Chess Gu.

This made all the Chess Clan Gu Cultivators' eyes light up, revealing very excited expressions.

If a new type of chess truly appeared in this world, and this chess could also be used to refine Chess Gu...

Then those who would benefit the most would definitely be the group with the highest chess skills, which was their Qi Clan.

Once a new type of Chess Gu appeared in this world, it would undoubtedly be a huge boost for their Qi Clan; perhaps they could soar to the skies relying on this.

The group of Chess Clan Gu Cultivators could no longer hold back; they one after another withdrew from the crowd, quickly crafted a set of Chinese Chess, and began playing excitedly to study the tactics of this chess.

Chinese Chess differs from Go; a single round of Chinese Chess concludes very quickly.

Moreover, fearing that this God of Gamblers would resort to trickery again, Long Xuan had imposed a time limit; the two were playing fast chess.

This God of Gamblers, a novice who had just learned the Rules, how could he adapt to such a fast pace of play?

Not long after, all his pieces were slaughtered by Long Xuan until none remained, leaving only a lone commander moving back and forth.

Long Xuan was immensely pleased and shouted, "Check!"

The Chariot moved out, directly checkmating the God of Gamblers' General.

The God of Gamblers' face instantly turned dark.

"My apologies, I stand corrected! I stand corrected!"

Long Xuan clasped his hands in salute and let out a loud laugh.

The onlookers all looked at him in surprise; the God of Gamblers had actually lost again, losing two consecutive matches to him.

Good heavens, the God of Gamblers had only lost three times in countless tens of thousands of years, and two of those losses were to him; after leaving here, he would truly have something to brag about.

The God of Gamblers narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at him, secretly cursing in his heart that he had been careless.

He had originally thought that Chinese Chess was something this kid had just devised in order to win against him.

Considering his intelligence to be at max level, he believed that with both starting from the same point, he could crush him with his intellect.

But now it seemed that this kid had clearly been immersed in the game of Chinese Chess for many years; he was an old hand who had played countless rounds of Chinese Chess, possessing extremely rich experience.

With himself not even familiar with the Rules, thinking he could beat him would be a Ghost.

In the face of such rich experience, the intelligence he was so proud of was utterly useless.

With a dark face, the God of Gamblers waved his hand toward the sky, and the Mandrake wrapped in bubbles in the air swiftly flew toward Long Xuan.

Long Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly reached out with both hands to catch this Mandrake plant.

Having no time to admire it properly, he merely glanced at it before tossing the Mandrake into his Storage Ring.

"Set up another round! Set up another round!"

Speaking thus, while Long Xuan excitedly arranged the chess pieces on the table, his cunning eyes darted wildly toward the Three Hundred Treasures in the sky.

He pondered which treasure he should take next.

However, at this moment, the God of Gamblers flew into a rage, slammed the table heavily, and roared, "Who said anything about setting up another round with you!"

"Did I agree to play another round with you?"

"I am banning this gameplay; I will absolutely never play Chinese Chess with you again; you must switch to a different gameplay to gamble with me."

The God of Gamblers had completely broken down; this kid actually thought he could keep fleecing him with this game, did he really think he was stupid? From the current situation, he was losing every single round he played with him.

If he continued playing Chinese Chess with him, the treasures in the sky would definitely be lost completely.

Therefore, this gameplay must be banned; it simply had to be banned.

Even if he, as a novice, played another hundred rounds, there was no way he could beat an old hand who had been immersed in this Dao for many years.

Long Xuan was stunned; it was banned again? Could this guy not afford to lose? (End of Chapter)