Chapter 378 How can you be a guest without a gift?
Jiumozhi clasped his hands together, bowed to Su Xinghe, Ding Chunqiu and Xuannan, and said, "I saw an invitation to a chess competition from Mr. Congbian on my way. I came here to meet the world's great master." He added, "Master Murong, why don't you show up now!"

But then I heard clear laughter, and two people came out from behind a pine tree.

Xin Zhen looked up and saw one of them walking slowly towards him, looking at Wang Yuyan. Her face was full of admiration and love, and she was staring at the young man beside her.

The young man was about twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, wearing a light yellow shirt, with a long sword hanging from his waist. He came gracefully, with a handsome face, and a carefree and elegant demeanor. Who else could it be but Murong Fu?
Deng Baichuan and the other three rushed forward to greet them, and Gong Yeqian whispered to Murong Fu about the origins of Su Xinghe, Ding Chunqiu and Xuan Nan.

Murong Fu hurriedly greeted each party one by one, speaking humbly and accepting the invitations with all his heart, which surprised everyone.

'Gusu Murong' was famous all over the world, but no one expected him to be such a handsome and noble young man. They expressed their admiration for each other, and even Ding Chunqiu said a few polite words.

Finally, Murong Fu greeted Xin Zhen and said a few polite words to him, asking how he was doing.

The others were surprised to see that Murong Fu only greeted the young man next to Duan Yanqing, but not Duan Yanqing.

But they saw that Duan Yanqing was standing half a step behind the young master, as if he regarded himself as a servant. They were suddenly surprised and thought to themselves that Duan Yanqing was a man of such evil deeds, but he was originally the prince of Dali Kingdom, so how could he recognize someone else as his master?

After Murong Fu and Xin Zhen exchanged greetings, he walked to the chessboard, picked up the white pieces, and started playing chess.

At this time, Jiumozhi and Murongfu started playing chess. Both of them played very quickly. However, after playing more than 20 pieces, Jiumozhi burst into laughter. Murongfu said angrily, "You are just messing around!"

But the chess game has already entered a dead end.

Jiumozhi said with a smile: "This chess game is unbreakable. It is used to tease people. Master Murong, you can't even get rid of my entanglement on the corners, and you still want to compete for the Central Plains?"

After hearing these words, Murong Fu was stunned. Others didn't understand what was going on. Murong Fu suddenly yelled, drew his sword and cut his neck.

Deng Baichuan and others went up to rescue, but they were all a step too slow. They heard a hissing sound, and the long sword in Murong Fu's hand shook, and with a clang, it fell to the ground.

It was Duan Yu who saved Murong Fu.

Xin Zhen raised his eyebrows, with a look of joy between his brows: So this is the Six Meridians Divine Sword, it is indeed interesting.

Duan Yanqing snorted coldly. Zhu Danchen and others had long been very wary of Duan Yanqing. When they heard Duan Yanqing speak, their faces suddenly changed.

However, Duan Yanqing stood behind the young man without moving, as if he was waiting for the young man's order before taking any action.

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Old Duan, would you like to give it a try?"

Duan Yanqing nodded and said, "Yes, sir."

Zhu Danchen and others looked at each other in surprise. It turned out that Duan Yanqing was indeed a slave.

Duan Yanqing stared at the chessboard, thinking intently. After a long time, he stretched out his left iron rod into the chess box and the tip of the rod seemed to have suction power, sucking a white piece and placing it on the chessboard.

Xuan Nan snorted and said, "The martial arts of the Dali Duan family are unrivaled in the south, and their reputation is well-deserved. But why would Prince Yanqing get involved with a big devil like the Sword Demon?"

Upon hearing this, Jiumozhi said, "He is the Sword Demon Xin Zhen?"

Su Xinghe was also a little surprised, but this matter had nothing to do with the Xiaoyao Sect, so he immediately immersed himself in the chess game.

Su Xinghe was well aware of every move in this game of chess, and he immediately responded with a black move.

Duan Yanqing thought about it and made a move.

Su Xinghe said: "Your Excellency's move is extremely clever. Let's see if you can break through the barrier and open a way out." He placed a black chess piece to block the way out. Duan Yanqing placed another chess piece.

Duan Yanqing made a move and thought for a while. He made one move after another, and the more he thought, the longer he thought. When he had made more than twenty moves, the sun was already setting.

Xuan Nan suddenly said, "Donor Duan, you were on the right track for the first ten moves, but from the eleventh move on, you went the wrong way, and it's hard to save yourself."

Duan Yanqing's facial muscles were stiff and expressionless. A voice in his stomach said, "Your Shaolin sect is a famous and authentic sect. According to your righteous way, how can you solve this problem?"

Xuan Nan sighed and said, "This chess game seems neither right nor wrong. It cannot be solved by the right way, but if you take the wrong approach, it won't work either!"

Duan Yanqing's left iron staff was suspended in mid-air, trembling slightly, unable to move forward. After a long while, he said, "There is no way forward, and there are pursuers behind. It is neither good nor evil. This is very difficult!"

His family's inherited martial arts were originally the authentic Duan clan of Dali, but later on they turned to evil ways. Xuan Nan's words touched his heart.

If it were before, he would have been like Master Murong, gradually falling into the devil's way, but today he had a great enlightenment, and was only troubled for a moment, then he was open-minded and put down the iron rod, turned around and smiled at Xin Zhen: "Master, I still can't do it."

His open-mindedness surprised everyone. This Zhenlong was unpredictable and gave different gifts to different people. Those who loved money made mistakes out of greed, and those who were easily angered did bad things out of anger.

Duan Yu's downfall was due to his excessive love for his son, and his reluctance to give up his son; Murong Fu's failure was due to his obsession with power, his courage to give up his son, and his reluctance to lose power no matter what.

Everyone knew that the thing Duan Yanqing hated most in his life was that after he became disabled, he had to abandon the authentic martial arts of his own sect and instead learn the evil arts of the unorthodox sect. When he was concentrating on it, the external demons invaded, and he could not help but feel distracted and unable to control himself. However, it was commendable that Duan Yanqing restrained himself so quickly.

Xuan Nan praised: "Donor Duan's open-mindedness is admirable, and his mentality is extremely deep, which is rare."

Duan Yanqing smiled carefreely, then stepped back behind Xin Zhen.

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Anyone else want to try?"

Of course, there was no one left. Su Xinghe took a look and found that Duan Yu, Murong Fu, Jiumozhi, Duan Yanqing and others had all tried it, but the others had no intention of joining the chess game anymore.

Su Xinghe looked at Xin Zhen carefully and found that this young man was not only extremely handsome, but also more confident and calm than Duan Yu, and more majestic than Murong Fu. Although he was just a teenager, standing among masters such as Ding Chunqiu, Jiumozhi, Murong Fu, Duan Yanqing, and Xuan Nan, it was hard for others to ignore him.

Su Xinghe suddenly felt hopeful and said gently, "Mr. Xin, please join the game and give it a try."

Xin Zhen nodded, reached into the box, took out a white piece, and casually placed it on the chessboard.

Su Xinghe immediately shouted angrily, "Nonsense, nonsense, you are so angry that you can't live together and kill a white chess piece yourself. How can you play chess like this? I thought you were handsome and a smart person, but I didn't expect you couldn't even play chess and came here to make trouble!"

When everyone looked, they found that Xin Zhen was placed in a white chess piece that was surrounded by black chess pieces.

The black and white pieces surround each other, and neither side has eyes, so there are two public qi left. If the black piece wants to collect qi, it can fill one qi, and the white piece can eat up all the black pieces with one move.

If the white chess piece wants to collect its energy and fill up one of its energy, the black chess piece will eat up all the white chess pieces with one move. This is called "shared survival" or "double survival" in Go. As the saying goes, "neither this one dares to go first, and neither of them dares to go first." Both sides can only stop and not make a move.

The young man placed a piece on a large chess piece that was shared by all players. He then gathered his energy and offered his large piece of live chess to the opponent. If the opponent did not capture the white chess piece, the white chess piece would have been captured instead. Therefore, the black chess piece had to be captured.

There is no such thing as suicide in the art of chess. Once this white piece dies, the entire white side will be wiped out.

Jiumozhi, Murongfu, Duanyu and others couldn't help laughing when they saw this. Xuannan shook his head and smiled.

Although Fan Bailing was exhausted, he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this a joke?"

Duan Yanqing shouted, "My young master always does things for a reason. Mr. Su, please continue!"

Su Xinghe frowned and said, "My master left a will that anyone can join the game. Although Mr. Xin's move is a bit whimsical, it is still a move to join the game."

There was no other way at this time, so he moved a black piece and removed a large area of ​​white pieces that Xin Zhen had squeezed out from the board.

Xin Zhen picked up a white piece and put it down without hesitation.

Su Xinghe looked at the place where Xin Zhen placed his pieces, which was the empty space that appeared after the white piece was removed.

He had already lost hope, but now he was stunned.

This move actually makes a lot of sense.

Over the past thirty years, Su Xinghe has mastered the thousands of variations of this chess game. No matter how his opponent plays, he cannot go beyond the scope he has already analyzed.

But this young man made a random move at the beginning, and as a result, he killed a large number of white pieces that were originally "living together". Anyone who knows a little about the principles of chess would never make such a move.

That is like committing suicide by drawing a sword or drawing a knife to kill oneself.

But after he gave a large piece of his white chess piece to the opponent, the situation suddenly became brighter. Although the black chess piece had a great advantage, the white chess piece had room to maneuver and was no longer restricted and unable to focus as before.

Su Xinghe had never dreamed of this new situation. He was stunned and thought for a long time before deciding on a black move.

Xin Zhen didn't seem to need to think and just made another move.

As soon as he fell, Jiumozhi, Murong Fu, Duan Yu and others all cried out "Eh!"

Many people had expressions of admiration and surprise on their faces, especially Su Xinghe, whose face looked both joyful and admiring, yet anxious and worried, with his two long eyebrows moving up and down constantly.

Xin Zhen's chess skills were extremely advanced, and his memory was far superior to that of ordinary people. In his previous lives, he had read many chess manuals when he had nothing to do, and later played against masters, so his chess skills were far superior to that of ordinary people.

And he knew how to break the deadlock. After eating a large piece of white chess pieces, he could move forward in a free manner. He did not have to worry about the life and death of the large piece of white chess pieces, nor was he constrained by his own white chess pieces. He could move freely and easily.

Jiumozhi, Murong Fu and others saw Xin Zhen's wonderful moves and ate two small pieces of black seeds in succession, and they could not help cheering.

Xin Zhen made another move, then stood up and said with a smile, "That's it."

Su Xinghe saw that no matter how the black chess piece responded, the white chess piece would capture a piece. But if the black chess piece left a way out, the white chess piece would be able to break out of the encirclement. At that time, the world would be different and no one would be able to do anything to him.

Su Xinghe smiled and said, "Young Master is very talented. Congratulations."

Xin Zhen smiled and nodded, saying, "It was just an accident. Thank you for your praise, senior."

Su Xinghe walked to the three wooden houses, stretched out his hand to greet the guests, and said, "Sir, please come in!"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "How can you meet the owner of this place without a gift?"

Su Xinghe didn't understand what he meant and said, "You're not a visitor, why would you bring any gifts?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I'll prepare a little bit. The host here will definitely like this gift very much."

Su Xinghe still didn't understand what he meant. He saw Xin Zhen raising his hand and chopping towards the wooden house. Suddenly a big hole appeared in the door panel. Xin Zhen raised his foot and pretended to go in.

Only Ding Chunqiu's voice was heard shouting, "This is our sect's gate, how dare you enter without permission?"

Following two loud bangs, Xin Zhen felt a strong wind blowing up, trying to pull him out, but then two strong forces hit his vest and buttocks violently, Xin Zhen remained motionless, and then turned around to look at Ding Chunqiu and Jiumozhi.

Then he smiled and said to Su Xinghe: "Didn't the gift come to our door on its own?"

The two forces just now were, one was Ding Chunqiu's sneak attack with his palm, trying to kill him, and the other was Jiumozhi's "Crane Controlling Skill" to pull him out.

After Xin Zhen finished speaking, he waved to Ding Chunqiu and said, "Ding Laoxian, you just attacked and tried to kill me. Now come here. I want to give you as a gift to my master."

Ding Chunqiu launched a sneak attack with his palm strike, but seeing that Xin Zhen was unharmed, he thought that Su Xinghe had helped him block the attack. He was angry at first, but when he saw Xin Zhen speaking rudely, he became even angrier. He sneered and waved his fan at Xin Zhen a few times.

Xin Zhen smelled a sweet scent and immediately laughed and walked towards Ding Chunqiu.

It would be fine for others, but Ding Chunqiu was a little surprised. He had just secretly poisoned Xin Zhen. If it were anyone else, they would probably have died on the spot. But this young man walked towards him as if nothing had happened!

Ding Chunqiu fanned himself vigorously and waved his sleeves. It seemed natural, but in fact, he had administered more than a dozen poisons in succession.

Xin Zhen smiled secretly in his heart and thought that the Poison Immortal King Nan Gu's research on poisons has been recorded in books. The book "Poison Classic" describes the toxicity, uses and methods of dissolving various poisons. Various living creatures such as poisonous snakes, centipedes, scorpions, poisonous spiders, as well as all kinds of strange and bizarre fish, insects, black beasts, flowers, trees and stones are all recorded.

Wang Nangu is not only a master of poison, but also a master of poison who has achieved extremely high academic achievements.

Xin Zhen knew that he would inevitably have to deal with poisons when traveling around the world, so he never relaxed his research on the Poison Sutra. Especially after he became the emperor in his previous life, he was rich and powerful. He only needed to give an order and poisons for research would come in an endless stream. Therefore, his research on poisons was even more powerful than Wang Nangu's.

In Xin Zhen's opinion, Ding Chunqiu's method of using poison was both primitive and crude, and it was too easy to deal with him.

Xin Zhen stopped and smiled at Ding Chunqiu, saying, "Come on, if you have any other poisons, use them all."

As soon as these words were spoken, the others realized that Ding Chunqiu had already poisoned the young man.

Jiumozhi, Murong Fu and others retreated to avoid being accidentally injured by the poison.

Ding Chunqiu stared at Xin Zhen and asked, "What do you have with you to ward off poison?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "No, then we have no choice but to take action."

After saying that, Xin Zhen came in front of Ding Chunqiu and struck him with a palm. Ding Chunqiu snorted and met the blow with a palm.

Duan Yanqing said anxiously: "Young Master, be careful of his Qi-dissolving technique!"

(End of this chapter)