Chapter 42: Placing Pieces at Tianyuan

Click!

A black chess piece fell on the center of the chessboard.

Tianyuan!

Almost instantly, Hongjun's waveless expression changed slightly.

In Go, placing pieces at Tianyuan is an extremely arrogant performance.

Go is like a battlefield, with nine points on it called star positions.

The four points on the periphery rely on the edges and corners of the chessboard, have dangers to rely on, and are the best points for circling land in the early stage.

Chess players mostly place pieces here, trying their best to occupy a corner of the chessboard to pave the way for competing for the general situation in the future.

The other four points in the middle, although not as good as the edges and corners. But they are also important places for military strategists, and they must not be lost.

Only this last one of the nine star positions is very special.

It is Tianyuan.

Sitting in the center of the chessboard, placing pieces here is equivalent to naturally losing the initiative, and it is extremely difficult to gain an advantage in the early stage.

The so-called golden corners, silver edges, and grass bellies are just like this.

Unless the strength is crushing the opponent, basically no one will place pieces here.

If you dare to place pieces here, you are either planning to take a strange move or you are an arrogant fanatic.

Li Xiang's first move fell at Tianyuan, extremely arrogant!

Even someone with a state of mind like Hongjun was quite unhappy.

"Teacher, don't blame me."

"The disciple knows that the chess skills are shallow and far inferior to the teacher; placing pieces at Tianyuan is just to take a shortcut."

"Please don't blame me, Teacher."

Li Xiang looked at Hongjun with a smile, his eyes clear.

It didn't look like a lie.

But Hongjun was still unhappy and said coldly.

"Tianyuan."

"Good."

"Very good."

He didn't say much, just picked up a piece and placed it on the edge.

At this moment, Hongjun seemed to be getting serious.

This Hongjun didn't seem to be the real Dao Ancestor, not as cold and ruthless as in the legend, treating all things as one.

The system marked a human body after his name, so there must be some hidden story in this.

Just not known to himself.

Seeing Hongjun place a piece.

Li Xiang also pinched a piece, without thinking, directly on the symmetrical corner of the chessboard.

Placed it according to Hongjun's position!

Imitation chess!

Li Xiang showed a smile.

Placing pieces at Tianyuan, occupying the only asymmetrical point on the chessboard.

In this way, the entire chessboard was completely symmetrical.

Then wherever Hongjun places pieces, he will symmetrically place pieces there.

He looked at Hongjun with awe in his eyes.

Since he knew that his opponent was Hongjun, he didn't intend to win from the beginning.

He is the Dao Ancestor, almost omniscient and omnipotent.

In the face of this human-shaped self-walking AlphaGo, oh no, it is a human-shaped self-walking Laplace demon,

winning is almost an impossible thing.

Compete with him in calculation to win?

Ridiculous.

Didn't you see the previous Yang Jian and Kongming?

In front of him, they couldn't even walk past fifty moves!

In front of Hongjun's terrifying calculation ability, their Dao hearts collapsed, and they threw the pieces to admit defeat.

Since that's the case.

It is better to turn passive into active, not to forcefully compete in calculation.

Wherever Hongjun places pieces, he will symmetrically place pieces there.

In this way, the form of the scene becomes Hongjun laying out, thinking about how to surround and kill himself in a symmetrical situation.

He needs to find his loopholes from Hongjun's layout, change the formation at a critical moment, stop imitating, and seek to settle the world with one move.

Or use the imitation chess method to drag the rhythm and persist until after the middle stage.

Black pieces move first, and need to stick to 3.75 pieces later.

It is difficult for him to win.

However, being able to play until the middle stage is considered a victory for Li Xiang.

It is hard to ask about Heaven's will since ancient times.

Not to mention winning against Heaven?

"Interesting."

Yang Mei saw Li Xiang place a piece, his expression subtle.

"Wanting to win by strangeness."

In front of the chessboard.

Li Xiang pinched the chess piece and looked into it.

He was trying to enter a special state.

Black pieces are chaotic, like a chicken egg.

This is a vast great world, but now it is being pinched in his hand.

Looking down, the crisscrossing chessboard has now turned into vast heavens, waiting for a murderous and chaotic battle.

Sitting here, Li Xiang quietly felt the chessboard, feeling his perspective infinitely raised.

His spirit platform became clearer and clearer.

An invisible burden was slowly fading away.

That familiar feeling was slowly returning.

Born divine, understanding all things.

Seeing mountains as mountains, and seeing mountains not as mountains.

Seeing water as water, and seeing water not as water.

A Heaven and Earth chessboard had already unlocked 30,000 points of attribute boost for him.

Then this one, using worlds as pieces, using the heavens as a battlefield,

what level could it reach for himself?

On the panel, the comprehension column was soaring rapidly.

40,000...

50,000...

70,000...

Not long after, it reached the 90,000 mark.

【Name: Li Xiang】

【Age: 3】

【Comprehension: 90000/99971 (God and Dao are the same)】

【Root Bone: 535+45+45+100 (Blood and Qi like a dragon)】

【Family Background: 8 (Poor)】

【Luck: 50+100 (Very Auspicious)】

With the blessing of the chessboard, the comprehension value directly broke through to the 90,000 mark.

In an instant, a mysterious feeling emerged in his mind.

Looking at the opposite side.

He seemed to be able to see shadows shaking, Hongjun's figure changing constantly.

He held a white piece and placed it in every corner of the chessboard.

A chess piece derived thousands of playing methods.

On the chessboard, black and white pieces crossed and fell, and in just a moment, the two had played dozens of games.

But opening his eyes again, Hongjun did not place a piece.

Just smiling at himself.

What he just saw...

Is it the future?

Seeing countless possible futures of Hongjun?

While thinking.

A voice came from the opposite side.

"Borrowing external objects."

"Not the right fruit."

"Even if you occasionally jump out of the river and see the scenery on the shore, you will still fall back into the water in the end."

Hongjun saw the changes in Li Xiang and commented lightly.

It seemed he understood Li Xiang's origin.

"Then may I ask Teacher, where can the disciple find the right fruit?"

"Please point out the maze for the disciple."

Hongjun smiled without saying a word, just looked at the chessboard.

Pinched a piece and placed it, signaling Li Xiang to play chess.

It was clearly, if you can win, I will point it out.

He is the Dao Ancestor, his cultivation cannot be guessed.

If he could get the Dao Ancestor's guidance, he might really be able to obtain the cultivation of Yang Mei and Hongjun in the future, jump out of the long river, and prove the Great Dao.

"Good!"

Li Xiang picked up the black piece, still following Hongjun's path, and placed it in the symmetrical place.

It was just that brilliance had begun to flash in his eyes.

Looking at the chessboard, it seemed that he had already understood everything.

Heaven's Dao is forty-nine, leaving one line.

Hongjun is the Dao Ancestor, the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World.

Since it is the Heavenly Dao, there is still a chance to win.

He definitely had no chance to win before.

But now, there might be a ray of life!

With this chessboard, he directly unlocked a full 90,000 points of comprehension.

Even he himself didn't know what state he was in now.

Those runes he couldn't understand just now, those Dao patterns he couldn't understand, now he saw them at a glance and felt that he already understood.

It seemed that he already knew everything and was rapidly approaching the direction of omniscience.

Even when observing all things around him, his perspective began to appear a kind of flow, change, and multi-level change.

Observing one piece falling, seeing ten thousand worlds born.

His eyes saw the direction of time!

The future was constantly being deduced in his eyes.

He suddenly understood why Yang Jian and Kongming lost so tragically.

Facing an opponent who is almost omniscient and omnipotent, and whose past and future have been calculated clearly, how could there be any chance of winning.

Hongjun promised him that if he could win, he would point out the maze and explain the direction of the Dao.

This made Li Xiang, who originally intended to drag time with imitation chess, regain his spirit.

Started to observe the future as much as possible, looking for a ray of life.

"Not enough..."

"Not enough!"

In front of the chessboard, Li Xiang suddenly frowned.

From the scale of time, the two had only placed seven or eight pieces.

But at a higher level, Li Xiang had already played against Hongjun in the future for thousands, tens of thousands, and immeasurable times.

He could see the future.

But Hongjun saw further than him!

Li Xiang in this state is omniscient and can see the direction of time.

But Hongjun in front of him is omniscient and omnipotent, and even goes a step further at such a level!

He couldn't see the future of winning!

Yes.

In all the futures he could see, in the immeasurable times of playing he saw.

Hongjun found a way to crack the imitation chess, surrounded and killed him.

The opponent is Heaven!

The gap in strength between the two seemed too vast.

Li Xiang couldn't see the chance to win.

Just when he was worried, Yang Mei not far away suddenly laughed.

"Bullying the small with the big, what kind of skill is that."

"Go!"

A point of green light fell from his hand and covered Li Xiang.

Strong space-time power changed around him.

Li Xiang knew that Yang Mei was trying to raise his state to the strongest moment in the future.

Kongming was like this just now, directly soaring from a mortal to the realm of Sub-Sage.

He was looking forward to it.

His upper limit...

How high would it be?

Could he be on par with Hongjun in front of him?

Li Xiang with 90,000 points of comprehension could see the future, but could not walk into the future.

As Hongjun said, he was like a fish in the river, just jumping up lightly and seeing some different scenery.

But he couldn't really walk onto the riverbank and witness his own legend.

And Yang Mei's space-time power might be able to temporarily make up for this flaw for him.

Green light flashed, Li Xiang closed his eyes, feeling the changes in his body.

"Huh?!"

"Why, why is there no change?"

Opening his eyes and looking around, his aura was still the same, and there was no change.

What is the situation?

Just when Li Xiang was thinking.

Two familiar yet strange voices suddenly came from behind him.

Looking up, only in the green light, there was space-time power wrapping.

Vaguely, it seemed to see the long river of time appearing again.

On the river, two majestic existences with the same face as him were stepping on the green light, walking from the past toward the present.

"Fellow Daoist, I am here to help you!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 43 =====

"Dao Brother, I have come to lend you a helping hand!"

(End of this chapter)