Chapter 70: Offering the first move to the world, please take your seat

【With Zou Lin's name exposed, the two scholars finally had confidence.】

【The panic and unease in their hearts vanished in an instant; after all, the number one chess player in Daqing thirty years ago was right in front of them, and they firmly believed that with Zou Lin there, they would definitely be able to turn danger into safety.】

【A person's chess strength is best in their youth, and the older they get after reaching adulthood, the more it becomes a burden.】

【Two hundred years ago, there was a person known as the Chess Saint, who entered the ninth grade of entering the divine at nine, was invincible in the world at fourteen, and the chess world even opened a "tenth grade" for this person, above the first grade.】

【Although the green-robed Daoist had high martial arts, in the field of chess, they didn't think he could compare with Zou Lin.】

【Zou Lin just waved his hand modestly and said "I dare not accept."】

【He was confident that his chess strength was renowned throughout the country, but he was no longer at his peak; there were only a few people in Daqing who could defeat him, and he didn't like this kind of so-called "baiting" trial arrangement.】

【However, when it involved his daughter's life, he chose to acquiesce and did not oppose it.】

【Zou Lin was not a pedantic person.】

【In the chess path, the most feared thing when playing against strangers is new and strange moves.】

【Therefore, letting a few people go first to test the green-robed Daoist's chess path.】

【His own chance of winning would be greater.】

【Feng Long was gifted, and his chess skills had reached the third grade.】

【The third grade is also called concrete, with both offense and defense, watertight.】

【It's just that Feng Long had a heavier playfulness, his mind couldn't be focused, and he spent relatively little time studying chess records.】

【If he could focus more on chess skills, he would definitely be able to go further and enter the second grade.】

【The beautiful woman Zou Shuning had excellent talent, and her chess skills had reached the second-grade realm, which was rare in Daqing.】

【The second-grade chess skill is called "sitting and reflecting"; those who enter the divine let half a move, their chess skills are ethereal, good at responding to changes, and can be responded to at will without thinking.】

【Zou Lin sighed; he knew that his daughter had higher talent and potential in the chess path, but it was a pity that her endgame skills were relatively poor.】

【She was good at opening, and the first few dozen pieces could be played like a first-grade chess player, but due to her personality, she was indecisive in the endgame and failed to go further to reach the height of the first grade.】

【However, even so, the second-grade chess strength was enough to test a person's background.】

【The green-robed Daoist smiled lightly, turning a deaf ear to the conversation of the few.】

【He sat down leisurely, his sitting posture relaxed.】

【His gaze focused on the chessboard, where the vertical and horizontal nineteen lines intersected, the 361 points of placement were like stars, the eight star points were shining, and the Tianyuan sat quietly in the center.】

【On the chessboard, every move contained infinite changes, known as "no two games are the same throughout the ages."】

【The green-robed Daoist picked up the white chess canister, calm and composed.】

【He wasn't in a hurry either!】

【He tapped the chess pieces on the board lightly; the sound echoed in the ears of the few, like a devil's urging, feeling invisible pressure.】

【The thin scholar, listening to the tapping sound, felt somewhat restless in his heart, but in this occasion, he didn't dare to speak.】

【After discussing, the few decided that the fat scholar would meet the challenge first, followed by the thin scholar, Feng Long, and the beautiful woman.】

【Su Ziyin knew the rules but hadn't studied them deeply, so she didn't participate; while the woman in white knew nothing about chess.】

【After the discussion was finished, everyone was surprised to find that the beautiful woman's chess strength was so high.】

【This made the thin scholar, who had just been boasting, feel ashamed.】

【The fat scholar's chess strength was the worst, barely reaching the ninth grade, which is almost the same as not being in the class, just a glimpse of the chess path, and mistakes in chess are called "clumsy," and correcting one's own mistakes is called "guarding," ninth grade "guarding clumsiness."】

【The green-robed Daoist chose white, choosing to play a handicap game, which meant black went first.】

【Zou Lin frowned slightly, because black going first is equivalent to taking one more step, which is not a small advantage in a chess game.】

【When two people play chess, whoever goes first often takes advantage; generally, if the levels are equal, they will grab pieces to decide who goes first; if the gap is too large, the stronger one will grab pieces first.】

【The old man looked at the green-robed Daoist's posture, which clearly seemed to be playing white all along.】

【The fat scholar had a clear conscience, and with someone backing him up, he played openly and boldly, which could be called "hearty."】

【Everyone gathered around, including Su Ziyin and the woman in white.】

【The woman in white had once had the thought of "sneaking an attack," but quickly realized that facing an expert like a Grandmaster, any abnormal means would be futile.】

【The realm of a Grandmaster has already transcended the measure of common sense.】

【Su Ziyin looked at the two of you on the side, wanting to speak but stopping.】

【If the few of them lost, the green-robed Daoist would play against you.】

【Their lives were entrusted to you, and Su Ziyin felt a different kind of emotion in her heart.】

【If you were to look a few more times, you might be able to "predict in advance and find a chance to win."】

【Zou Shuning also felt strange; clearly, this Grandmaster came for the two of you.】

【The few of them were involved in this unexpected vortex.】

【Who is this Grandmaster, and what kind of sacred people are the two of you?】

【Zou Shuning felt more and more annoyed as she thought about it; people are always afraid and annoyed by things they cannot grasp.】

【Her gaze fell back on the chessboard; without accident, she lost!】

【The fat scholar didn't feel any depression, but rather had a feeling of a "victorious general."】

【Zou Shuning couldn't help but sigh; she lost too quickly, and it had no effect at all.】

【The green-robed Daoist smiled and said: "You lost a human head to me."】

【The fat scholar, upon hearing this, instantly wilted, wishing he could kneel and beg for mercy again.】

【The second thin scholar barely reached the middle game, already defeated and throwing away his armor; he wanted to play again but saw no hope, so he had to throw the piece and admit defeat.】

【The green-robed Daoist said indifferently: "Another human head."】

【Everyone's face looked bad.】

【Feng Long went on stage, and after a while, he was indecisive, lost in thought for a long time.】

【The green-robed Daoist wasn't in a hurry either; it started raining heavily outside the temple again.】

【Inside the temple, there were only two scenes: the few in the center of the temple gathered to watch the game, and the two of you sat alone on one side.】

【"Lost!"】

【The handsome youth Feng Long sighed; he couldn't help but look at the green-robed Daoist.】

【This person definitely had first-grade level, and it was almost a crushing posture for him.】

【Zou Shuning's face looked bad; the green-robed Daoist's three games were all different, with no pattern to follow.】

【Zou Lin saw deeper; this person's chess strength was probably even more terrifying than imagined.】

【When did such a person appear in the Daqing Chess Hall?】

【The first two games were risky and strange, and the last one was step by step.】

【The most terrifying thing is!】

【This person's moves became faster and faster; the first game was normal, but now it was the opponent's turn, and the green-robed Daoist had already placed the second piece.】

【In the third game, Zou Shuning went on stage, and the green-robed Daoist seemed equally crisp and neat.】

【Zou Shuning's most outstanding opening didn't work; it was only forty or fifty moves, and she already felt "surrounded on all sides" with nowhere to play.】

【If Zou Lin encountered such a chess expert in normal times, he would mostly consider it a happy event, but now it was bitter in his heart.】

【He played against his daughter, and he didn't dare to relax in the slightest.】

【The green-robed Daoist's relaxed appearance meant that this person was mostly already at the first-grade realm.】

【"I lost."】

【Zou Shuning held her beautiful hands tightly, unable to believe it; no one had ever won against her like this, playing first, but the opponent was step by step ahead.】

【Especially the endgame piece, which was in the game she set up at the opening.】

【The green-robed Daoist seemed to be reminding her that everything was within his expectations.】

【Zou Lin patted his daughter's shoulder, signaling "it's okay."】

【But Zou Shuning felt somewhat desperate in her heart; she knew well that although her father's chess skills were high, he was mostly unable to defeat this green-robed Daoist.】

【At this time, the few onlookers already had bad faces and were nervous. They originally thought Zou Shuning might have a glimmer of hope, but now it seemed that the green-robed Daoist's strength was truly unfathomable.】

【They began to worry whether the old man who would play against the green-robed Daoist next could win.】

【Zou Lin took his seat.】

【The green-robed Daoist also played white, black went first.】

【The old man frowned, but didn't speak, picking up the black pieces by himself.】

【The green-robed Daoist knew what the old man was thinking.】

【He said indifferently:】

【"Playing chess all my life, I offer the first move to the world."】

【The green-robed Daoist looked at you and said:】

【"But today, I want to use these eight human heads to invite you to take your seat."】

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