Without any impatience or words, Tianming slowly followed behind Zhang Liang.
He had spent more than a month learning chess and playing chess for this moment. He could only win, and he had to win.
" It seems that Ziming has already expected this." Zhang Liang turned around and looked at Tianming." Then, shouldn't we settle the score between us?"”
" Yes." Tianming nodded." What score?"”His eyes were pure. "The two of us, who's with who!" Tianming acted as if they were very familiar with each other and didn't care about those details.
"Hmm?" Zhang Liang narrowed his eyes and looked at the sky.
"Alright then, let's call it a draw.”Tianming looked at him angrily and pouted." How petty!”
Stingy? If the opponent is you, you can't just be stingy. Zhang Liang thought to himself and turned around. He had to plan carefully. They did not owe each other any favors, but that was good. He felt much more relaxed for the time being, but he had to pay more attention in the future. Dawn…
Walking into the wooden house in the bamboo forest, the house seemed empty. There was a zither, a game of chess, a book, a table, and a few seats.
"Greetings, Uncle-Master." Yan Lu said respectfully.
"Yes." Xun Zi replied.
"I brought this young disciple here.”
Hearing Yan Lu's words, Xun Zi opened his eyes and looked towards the sky.
Although he did not deliberately release his aura, a sense of confidence came from him. Although he did not deliberately show his true feelings, his eyes still carried a reassuring kindness and kindness. Although he tried his best to hide it, there was still a trace of sadness and loneliness in the depths of his eyes.
A kind youth with an extraordinary past, although his past might not be perfect and might even be painful. As for his genius? With his benevolence and kindness, perhaps he could ignore it! Xun Zi had a good impression of Tian Ming.
Even so, he still appeared calm."They said you're proficient in Go?"
"Hehe! He knew a little, but he had only learned it for a month, so he wasn't proficient.”Tianming said with a smile, but his confidence was already revealed.
Just a month? Is he showing weakness to me, or is he telling the truth? If the arrogance he had mentioned earlier was because of this brat's aura…Well, that was very possible. Xun Zi shook his head. Those guys from the Three Provincial Academies were really living in the past.
With Xun Zi's experience, he could naturally tell that Tianming's confidence was not arrogance, but a state of mind that had been tempered step by step. Although it wasn't stable, it could be said to be very sharp.
However, according to the others, it was very possible that he was arrogant. And the loneliness in his eyes…sigh! Xun Zi admired Tianming even more. Fu Nian, this kid, had found a good seedling this time.
"Master Xun, you know the rules, right?" Tianming asked softly.
" Come on," Xun Zi said as if he couldn't take it anymore. The chessboard and chess pieces had already been placed." Sit down."”
Thank you, Master Xun." Tianming walked to Xun Zi and sat down opposite him.
"Why are you still standing there?" Xun Zi shouted at Yan Lu," Hurry up and sit down!”
"Thank you, Uncle-Master." If Ziming and I had sat at the same time just now, you might have done something! Yan Lu's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare to be negligent. He took a step forward and sat to the side.
"Headmaster." Tianming looked at Xun Zi.
"Hmm?" Xun Zi shifted his gaze from Hei Zi to Tian Ming." What's wrong?”
"How about we win two out of three?”Tianming looked at Xun Zi, who was frowning, and continued," If Master Xun wins by just one and a half pieces, I won't be too happy. I hope Master Xun will agree."”
Provoke? This kid was still too young. However, this was also good. The first round was a good time to test the waters. The next two rounds were the main events. Xun Zi nodded." Yes."
" Master Xun." Tianming pushed the black piece in front of Xun Zi." Please."”His eyebrows. His eyes were filled with confidence. No matter what, he already had a chess game in his mind that he was almost certain of winning, so he did not feel too pressured. "Since I'm the one who suggested the method of the competition, then I'll leave the first move to Master Xun.”
Strike first? He couldn't accept it directly. If he accepted it, it would lose the demeanor of an elder. However, the confidence in his eyes was not fake. "Forget it, let's guess first.”Xun Zi said as he grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the chess pot and held them out in front of Tianming.
Tian Ming's ears twitched slightly. With his powerful internal strength, his other senses were also much stronger. He could also hear the sounds of the chess pieces colliding like the back of his hand.
Six? Tianming looked at Xun Zi's hands adorably." Double!”
Xun Zi opened his hand and six pieces landed on the chessboard with a crisp sound. "Thank you, Master Xun!" Tianming carried the black piece back to his right and pushed the white piece to Xun Zi's side.
Yi Zi did not hesitate to locate Tian Yuan. His lack of hesitation stunned Xun Zi. It would be fine if he had thought about it for a while at dawn, but he had made a move without hesitation. Moreover, it seemed like he was going to die. This move made Xun Zi wary. He must have been prepared for it.
In his heart, Jing Tianming had already said that there were three reasons for him to use the method from his memory in the first round.
One, the first round was originally a test round. Regardless of whether the first round was won or lost, if the following two rounds were to use Tianming's own method, then Xunzi, who thought he had mastered his method, would definitely be caught off guard.
Two, if he won the first round, the pressure in the next two rounds would definitely be less, and he would naturally be able to display better strength. This would be a great boost to the risk-taking Tianming.
3. Vigor. No matter what happens in the first round, as long as you win, your aura will increase, and vice versa. However, this game of chess was not played by Tianming, so the impact on him would naturally be reduced to the minimum. Even if he lost, it was very likely that he would win the second game because Xun Zi was caught off guard. In that case, he only needed to bet on the treasure. It would be fine in the third round.
No matter what, this was a profitable deal. There was a way to win, and there was a way to lose.
One move was faster than the other. Xun Zi, who refused to admit defeat, was unwilling to lose to anyone. His pace suddenly increased. When he reached the ninetieth move, Tian Ming narrowed his eyes. It had changed. It was a completely different move from what he remembered. But…it was fine. All the traps had been set up in the early stages. He closed his eyes and tried his best to forget everything about this game in his mind. However, how could he forget something that he had replayed countless times in his mind? Time gradually extended. Tianming opened his eyes and scanned the chessboard.
When he placed his piece, Xun Zi was stunned. Tianming's piece this time seemed to have nothing to do with the previous pieces. This piece was no different from a piece that was used to fill in the largest blank space. Xun Zi thought about Tianming's intention, but he did not follow Tianming's rhythm.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out his intentions. Xun Zi looked at Tian Ming. What was he doing? Are you deliberately letting me have one stone? She shook her head gently. Forget it, she didn't care about him. With that thought, he continued to place his pieces.
Seeing that Xun Zi didn't follow him, Tianming heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't really want to take this step, but he just wanted to disrupt the previous rhythm. This was because no matter what, he could not quickly forget the game he had memorized. Although he was only missing one piece, it had disrupted the previous layout to a certain extent. He could barely treat it as another game of chess. If Xun Zi had followed Tianming's move, then the situation would have remained the same. There would not have been any changes, and the rhythm would not have changed.
Tianming once again scanned the chessboard and placed a piece in one go. With this move, Xun Zi was somewhat stunned. His style of playing chess seemed to have suddenly changed.
This sudden change in style caught Xun Zi off guard and he had no time to adapt. On the chessboard, Xun Zi fell into a disadvantage at a slow but discernible speed.
After another 30 or so pieces, Xun Zi sighed.
"Forget it. I lost the first round.”Xun Zi placed a little emphasis on the first match, indicating that this was only the first match, so it was too early to be happy. "However, in this round, little friend Ziming's first stone is extremely clever in the later stages of the game. This old man is willing to lose this round.”
In response, Tianming cupped his hands." Master Xun is too humble. It's only because I took the initiative."”There were other reasons for Tianming to be so respectful to Xun Zi. From a certain perspective, although Jing Tianming and Xun Zi were not master and disciple in name, they were master and disciple in reality.
To be precise, in the entire battlefield of the Northern War, when Xun Zi was alive, 90% of the people below 30 treated Xun Zi as their master and disciple. Even after he passed away, 70% of the people below 30 could be considered his disciples. Even though Xun Zi's body relied heavily on his own strength, he would still give two lectures to everyone on the high platform at least every month. At that time, he could be said to be the most authoritative person in the entire north, other than Jing Tianming. He had truly done it and taught everyone without discrimination. Although this 'category' didn't include the other races. Before Xun Zi died, he wrote a book," On Huaxia ", about the war in the north, his attitude towards the foreign races, and how China should be unified. Although this name was not given by Xunzi himself, but by the novelist. Until his passing, he had not even had the time to fill in the name in his heart.
The first chapter and the last chapter would be released later.
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