After leaving Jiutong Grocery Store, Ruoshui decided to go to the auction house to withdraw the gold he earned from the previous auctions, and buy a house in Jinling City as his base. After all, it is very troublesome to travel around the world with too many things.
And because Ruoshui is very lucky, most of these miscellaneous things on his body are expensive. If he doesn't find a place to store them, if he hangs up and loses a lot of his things one day, he will be heartbroken.
A total of nearly 600 taels of various materials and blueprints obtained previously were sold, plus the more than 100 taels left on hand, Ruoshui estimated that it would be enough to buy an ordinary house in Jinling.
The houses in the game are not as expensive as players thought before, because everything is virtual. The game company can use computer technology to make a house that does not exceed five square meters on the outside put a 400-square-meter duplex mansion inside, even if
The space required for high-end housing like a super ocean view villa is not too large, so some people jokingly say that in the avenue, there are only unexpected housing, and there is no housing that cannot be lived in.
Therefore, the houses in the game are regarded by most people as places like bank warehouses and temporary return points, and the prices are quite cheap. As long as you grind your teeth and fight monsters for a few days, the money you exchange for dropped materials and equipment is enough to buy one.
Comes with a warehouse and a house at the return point
Of course, the house Ruoshui wants to buy is slightly more expensive. In addition to the functions of warehouse and return point, Ruoshui also wants the house to have its own auction function. The warehouse should preferably be oversized, and the living environment should not be too inferior. It is a pity that it has its own resurrection point.
Because the house's functions are so unbelievable, the price is as high as 5,000 taels of gold, which is really unaffordable. Otherwise, Ruoshui would like to buy a house with a resurrection point, so that he can feel more at ease when he goes out to fight monsters.
In the real estate center of Jinling Fuya, Ruoshui had a lot to choose from, and finally found a property that he was satisfied with from more than a thousand houses. He spent 600 gold to buy a house on the bank of the Qinhuai River.
Of course, the land of golden powder in the Six Dynasties and the ten-mile Qinhuai River are in the game. The Qinhuai River cannot still be the land of romance in ancient times. However, the beautiful scenery and the special settings in the game have made the area around the Qinhuai River the most popular area among Jinling players.
The reason is very simple to say. In addition to having the characteristics of a scenic spot, there are also a large number of NPC residents living near the Qinhuai River, which can trigger a large number of random tasks and obtain many weird task rewards. Someone once posted on the forum that
I got a piece of ghost jade during a mission here that can slightly increase the amount of evil effects obtained. At that time, it was taken away by a magic player for a high price of 800 gold. Some people also mentioned in the reply that they once obtained precious materials worth thousands of gold in this mission area.
However, what more people get are just some better-looking decorative equipment or funny props. Therefore, the Jinling Qinhuai River is also called the lottery area, which is used by many casual players and some people who are temporarily resting here.
A place where I often hang out
Ruoshui looked over the house inside and out with satisfaction, and found that it felt really good to have a home. He put most of his valuable things in the warehouse, and set up a return point. As long as he used the property deed in a safe state, he would be fine.
Returning to this house safely is faster than any sword light escape method
Opening the auction house that came with the house, Ruoshui found that a smiling green-faced kid was serving him instead of the system auctioneer. He secretly cursed the system designer for his prank. Ruoshui searched for Gengjin fragments and found that
There were not a few pages that he needed, so he looked for materials to upgrade the flying sword. They were all rubbish, and the prices were ridiculously high. Ruoshui's heart skipped a beat, and he hung up the refined fire copper. He only set the
a starting price without setting an upper limit
"I want to see if there is any future in this material business," Ruoshui thought to himself.
Everything that needs to be done has been done. I looked at the time and saw that there was still a while until I was offline at the same time. There was not enough time to fight monsters and level up. How about trying your luck?
Go for the prize, go for the prize!
There are many shops on both sides of the Qinhuai River, but these are all set up by the system without the participation of players. Moreover, these shops are actually mission trigger points and do not sell any rare things. Ruoshui looked at a few casually and found nothing unusual.
Turning around the corner, there was an old man sitting under the weeping willow by the water. There was a Go chess table and a pair of ink-colored chess boxes beside him.
Several people were watching, but no players were seen.
Taking a closer look, it turned out that this man was playing chess without an opponent. He was just arranging the chess game by himself, and talking to himself from time to time. Ruoshui didn't hear what he said, but just looking at the chess game, it looked familiar.
"Yeah, isn't this the Qian Jin Pu that I saw when I was flipping through the newspaper supplement a few days ago? It turns out that it's also in the game?" Ruoshui said in his heart. The newspaper that day published the game's game score, called Qian Jin Pu. According to legend,
In the Ming Dynasty, a famous man played chess with a country shepherd boy. The famous man was defeated miserably with black. As a result, the shepherd boy took the black piece and played dozens of moves, but he lost again. The famous man sighed and said that this game was worth a thousand gold pieces, and gave it to the shepherd boy with a thousand gold pieces. This game
That’s why chess got its name
Because I thought this story was quite interesting, Ruoshui paid special attention to the game records at that time. Although I didn’t know much about Go, I still memorized the basic steps. Unexpectedly, I encountered him again in the game.
"The black spots are constantly breaking, the desires are not connected, and we are in a dilemma. Why not surrender?" Ruoshui secretly laughed and said to the old man. He learned these words from the introduction in the newspaper. He didn't know if they were nonsense, but
Judging from the deep regret on the man's face, these words must be quite in line with the old man's current thoughts.
"Don't I know that the sunspot has no chance of survival, but when my teacher taught this book, he once said that if someone is successful in chess, the sunspot may not have the power to turn defeat into victory. It's a pity that I have studied this book all my life, but I have never found the magic method to bring the dead back to life.
Today, since I have seen the power of the black man, I wonder if I am willing to play a game with the old man, or it may solve the doubts in my mind. The old man has a small gift to offer." The old man did not raise his head, but instead led an army, saying
I mean, if Ruoshui didn't see Heizi's way out, he naturally has no ability, but he is yelling here. The old man is going to teach you a lesson today for this guy who doesn't know how high the sky is.
"I still don't know who is going to deal with who!" Although he is not very proficient in Go, Ruoshui has the correct answer in hand, so how can he be afraid of a computer program? Since the system has arranged this game, it naturally wants to restore the story.
Of course, it will not improve the old man's chess ability. Changing the chess path to embarrass the players did not refuse. He sat on the ground, took the black piece, and played a piece to the right of Tianyuan.
The old man has studied this chess game all his life and has never seen Ruoshui's move. He immediately laughed and said: "The power of White's big dragon is unmatched. If I make a move here, wouldn't it be a waste of money? Maybe my move
The method is so subtle that my old eyes can’t see it, so I have to look ugly.”
Ruoshui smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, just go ahead." But in his heart he sneered at the old guy's statement.
The tasks in this lottery area are ever-changing, and the old man and the chess game in front of Ruoshui are naturally one of them. However, Ruoshui is lucky and has seen the same chess record before. If it were another player who is proficient in Go but does not know this chess record,
I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass even if it takes a few days of effort.
The beauty of this thousand-gold spectrum is that the winner holds the white piece first and then the black piece. The white piece leaves an extremely difficult-to-see gap in the white dragon's strongest point. If the black piece dares to go straight to the yellow dragon, he will have a decisive battle with the white piece.
Although it is not a guaranteed win, it can still be a close match. However, Go is all about calculation and caution. There are not many people who dare to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy, let alone directly fight with the strongest point of the superior enemy.
Therefore, this game of chess is a mystery to the authorities, and few people can see through its key points.
With a "pop" sound, the old man saw that Ruoshui showed no signs of weakness, so he was naturally not polite. White had the upper hand, so his moves were naturally extremely sharp. One stone fell, and a small piece of black stone was squeezed to death, leaving Black's
The form is even more precarious
The old man was very proud, but Ruoshui didn't care. He allowed the old man to ridicule him in every possible way, but he didn't refute. He just stepped up his moves. Anyway, he didn't have to think, he just needed to perform the tricks in his memory step by step.
Originally, the old man had always had the upper hand, but as soon as dozens of stones fell, Black's chess situation suddenly became brighter. The hinterland of the Central Plains seemed to be dominated by white stones, but at this time, because of a little gap, most of it was occupied by black stones, and white stones used to be in
The advantage of the corners has been completely lost due to the echo of Black's central territory. The situation at this time is that both sides are evenly matched and Black has a slight upper hand. If Black does not make mistakes until the end of the game, then White will lose in one and a half glances.
The game of chess has actually been broken
The old man held a white piece in his hand, stretched it out in the air for a long time, but it could not fall down. He was stunned for a long time, threw the piece away, and said dejectedly: "I am so shallow, my little friend is really very human. This game of chess... you won."
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"Yeah, here's the reward!"
"The old man has nothing to offer, so I gave these two chess pieces to my little friend." The old man put two chess pieces, one black and one white, on Ruoshui. Then he flicked the chessboard and the person disappeared, which shocked Ruoshui. "This
Couldn’t the old guy be the legendary master who likes to show off? You must be careful next time if you meet him.”
Seeing that the old man was gone, the onlookers gradually dispersed, leaving Ruoshui looking thoughtfully at the two chess pieces in his hand.
Black Jade Chess Piece: A rare item, which can be equipped in the accessories column and increases attack power by 10%.
White Jade Chess Piece: A rare item, which can be equipped in the accessories column and increases the attack knockback effect by 10%.
It's actually two things like this. Although they have some insignificant effects and the increase is not big, if they are combined with each other, maybe there will be miraculous effects...
