"From what the Taoist said, could it be that he wants me to worship at Qingshui Temple?"
The old Taoist smiled and waved his hands: "Hahahaha... I am joking. Let's see what the Qingshui Temple looks like today? How can it accommodate a wealthy person like this little friend? Moreover, the Qingshui Temple has long existed in name only, with only one empty space.
It's just a shell. Those old rules have long been forgotten. I tell you this, not to make you stay, but to let you see what the so-called "Xianren Yin" chess game is like.
How? It is said that when Qingshui Temple was prosperous, hundreds of people came to crack the chess game every year, but there were only a handful of people who could actually play the third move. Besides, no one has cracked this game so far.
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Xia Shang frowned slightly, wondering if the old man was trying to be mysterious? Or was he deliberately diverting his attention like this?
Xia Shang is definitely the leader of this era in chess. With his knowledge of Go in his previous life, he can completely beat everyone in this era.
He simply looked at the chess game and didn't see anything special about it.
On the surface, it seems that the black and white sides are inextricably fighting each other. White's "big dragon" is very dangerous. It seems that black has a great advantage.
But the entire chessboard is full of dangers, and black's own chess piece is also in danger. The whole situation is such that both sides will lose the entire chess game if they are even slightly negligent.
Therefore, it is not difficult to make ten moves without losing, and Xia Shang has considerable confidence in turning defeat into victory.
Although the chess game is chaotic, it is obviously not a very magical game.
Before the veteran introduced the chess game just now, Xia Shang had already made a clever move, and the situation was reversed. As long as Black did not respond well, Black's good situation would fall apart.
The old Taoist asked Xia Shang to be very confident. He didn't want to talk to the old Taoist anymore and wanted to break his chess game first before telling him what happened before. Let's see what else he has to say at that time.
Xia Shang had already sat down: "Since the Taoist Master is so interested, let me try a few moves and see if this so-called 'immortal guide' is as mysterious as the Taoist Master said."
"Okay, okay." The old Taoist was very satisfied and nodded in agreement, but he didn't make any move.
Xia Shang looked at the chessboard and asked, "Taoist Master, why don't you move the piece?"
"No, no, no." The old Taoist shook his head.
Shaking his head, "It's not me, the old man, who's doing it, but you, my little friend, who's doing it."
Xia Shang frowned and pointed at the chess piece he had dropped when he interrupted the old man: "This is my first move."
"Of course the veteran knows this. Now I'm waiting for my little friend to make his first move with black stones."
Xia Shang was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "What do you mean?"
The old Taoist smiled and said: "Looking at the little friend's first move, the old Taoist knew that the little friend's chess ability is rare in the world. If you play against the little friend with the old Taoist's chess ability, no matter how big the advantage is, the little friend will be able to find it little by little.
Reply. There is absolutely no chance of winning when an old Taoist plays chess with his friends. The so-called undefeated outcome of ten moves means that one is playing against oneself with oneself as the opponent, each holding black and white. The most difficult part of this game of chess is not that
To win, it’s about how to protect the undefeated. No matter black or white, they can’t show obvious defeat in ten moves. I wonder if this is an explanation, do you understand?”
"Play against yourself?" Xia Shang was stunned for a moment, but suddenly he understood a lot more, and then he felt the difference in this game.
Xia Shang had played a lot of chess, and he had played a lot of chess against himself, but this was the first time he had to play against himself without allowing either side to lose.
This seems to be just a small change in the rules of Go, but it actually makes a major change in the idea of moving the pieces.
It's like pulling a rubber band with your left and right hands. It's easy to break the rubber band, but you can stretch the rubber band as much as possible without letting it break...
In the ten moves of chess, each move adds force to the rubber band. With each step, the pressure on both sides increases by one point, and the possibility of the rubber band breaking increases by one point.
Xia Shang understood the rules, and when he looked at the chessboard again, his expression was not as confident as before.
His opponent is none other than himself.
The first move just now is very beneficial for white, but it is very tricky for black.
It's like the pressure he put on Black just now has been put on himself again.
Xia Shang picked up the sunspot and started thinking.
The higher your chess skills, the more you think about, and the more chess paths you can think of. The already complicated situation became extremely complicated after Xia Shang's calculations.
After thinking for a quarter of an hour, Xia Shang put down the sunspot, but
It didn't fall on the chessboard, but put it in the chess box. Then he picked up the white piece he dropped and started thinking again.
Because after his calculations, although his first move of white chess was a coup, it would make the chess game more intense. The black and white sides could not know the outcome at the first time, but they would definitely not survive ten moves, so Xia Shang began to doubt
Did your first move go poorly?
Xia Shang had never thought that playing chess was such a difficult thing, especially in this era, facing a group of ancients who didn't understand what Go was, Xia Shang's chess ability was definitely from God's perspective.
But today, when he was playing against himself and faced with an endgame halfway through the game, Xia Shang fell into a long test.
Seeing Xia Shang gradually become quieter, the old Taoist smiled, stroking his beard, and moved out of the house cutely.
When they arrived in the back garden, the three of them chatted happily while eating roasted wild boar, and the old Taoist happily joined them.
…
…
"summer……"
"summer……"
"summer!"
The gradually increasing shouts suddenly interrupted Xia Shang's thoughts.
Xia Shang was shocked and all the white pieces in his hand fell to the ground. When he turned around and saw Ji Zi with a concerned look on his face, he felt an inexplicable sense of trance welling up in his heart.
In an instant, Xia Shang's back was wet with sweat.
The window was filled with dazzling sunlight, and the gentle breeze blew the candles on the altar of the Taoist temple. With a pop, one candle was extinguished.
"I..." Xia Shang suddenly realized, "I am... how long has it been since?"
Ji Zi stretched out his hand and pressed Xia Shang's forehead: "Xia, what's wrong with you? You stayed here all night yesterday, and you're still here after a whole night? The Taoist priest said not to disturb you, but I really can't bear it.
I live here, so I came over to take a look.”
"I've been thinking here all night?" Xia Shang couldn't believe it himself, but seeing the sunshine outside, one night was already the shortest possible time.
"Just the whole night!" Yoshiko said seriously.
"I actually thought about it all night? Why did I feel it only for a moment?"
Looking at the chess game in front of him, Xia Shang felt that the soles of his feet were getting cold. This seemingly ordinary game of chess seemed to have some kind of magic power that could absorb people's thoughts.