Luo Xiaoyuan quickly made the first set of Five Beasts chess pieces. He happily handed it to Spirit Snake and said,"Grandpa Spirit Snake, this first set of chess pieces is specially made for you. Because your hair and beard are white, I used lighter colored wooden cards to make your chess pieces. Next to them are these darker colored wooden cards. I will use them to make my chess pieces. In the future, we will know whose chess pieces they are when we see the color of the wooden cards. What do you think?"”
Spirit Snake gently patted Luo Xiaoyuan's head and said,"Very good, very good. This way, I also have my own exclusive Five Beast Chess Piece. Thank you, little brother."”
Touching Luo Xiaoyuan's head, Spirit Snake thought to himself that as long as he exerted a little strength, this source that threatened the life and death of the crescent moon would immediately disappear. However, looking at such an innocent, pure, and kind child, no matter how much trouble he would bring to himself or the crescent moon mountain in the future, he could not do it now. He finally understood Wu Chijin's dilemma.
Luo Xiaoyuan quickly finished the second set of chess pieces, so she said excitedly to Spirit Snake,"Grandpa Spirit Snake, it's done. We can fight against Yi now."”
The two of them sat at the table in the teahouse and prepared to face each other. At first, Luo Xiaoyuan was prepared to teach the spirit snake the Five Beasts Chess that she was already familiar with. However, the spirit snake thought that since Luo Xiaoyuan also wanted to learn the Five Beasts Chess from the Ten Thousand Books, they might as well learn the new Five Beasts Chess together. Luo Xiaoyuan felt that it made sense, so she readily agreed.
The Five Beasts Chess of the Ten Thousand Books was far more difficult than the Five Beasts Chess that Luo Xiaoyuan was familiar with. It turned out that the Five Beasts Chess of the Ten Thousand Books had been circulated in the Five Beasts Kingdom hundreds of years ago. Due to the extremely high difficulty of the game, the Five Beasts Kingdom gradually did not like it. In order to continue the legacy of this national essence, the King of the Five Beasts Kingdom, who loved the Five Beasts Chess, ordered people to simplify and popularized the Five Beasts Chess. After hundreds of years of improvement and refinement, it became the Five Beasts Chess that Luo Xiaoyuan was familiar with and proficient in.
Although it had been continuously simplified, and the threshold for learning and playing had been continuously lowered, the essence of Five Beasts Chess had been retained to a certain extent. It was still very helpful for the development of the player's intelligence and skill strategy.
Especially for Luo Xiaoyuan, he had been enlightened by the Five Beasts Chess since he was four or five years old. Coupled with his talent and comprehension, he had a certain understanding and confidence in the Five Beasts Chess. Therefore, he was able to defeat a group of adults and obtain the honor of the Five Beasts Chess King.
It was also because Luo Xiaoyuan was too familiar with the simplified Five Beasts Chess that he was a little out of place with the Five Beasts Chess in the Ten Thousand Books. In the process of exploring the game with the spirit snake, Luo Xiaoyuan had been tied up because of the existing framework of the Five Beasts Chess.
Although Nimble Snake was not a good player, the ancient Five Beasts Chess was derived from various practical experiences. Nimble Snake had more experience than Luo Xiaoyuan. At the same time, Nimble Snake also realized that Luo Xiaoyuan's bottlenecks were caused by her lack of understanding of real-life experience. Therefore, he thought of a way to make Luo Xiaoyuan change her learning method.
"Little brother, have you ever seen a tiger?”Spirit Snake suddenly asked Luo Xiaoyuan this question.
"I've never seen a live tiger, but I've seen a tiger killed by a hunter in the clan. There were tiger tracks in the forest not far from my hometown. Many hunters in the tribe were bitten to death by the tiger. Later, the hunters gathered and set many traps in the forest before finally killing the tiger.”
"So, do you know how they hunt tigers?”Nimble Snake continued to ask.
Luo Xiaoyuan shook her head, indicating that she did not know.
"Let me tell you the story of me encountering a tiger when I was young.”Spirit Snake said to Luo Xiaoyuan, pretending to be arrogant.
"Grandpa Spirit Snake met a tiger? It's too amazing. Quick, tell me.”Luo Xiaoyuan said excitedly.
"First of all, let me tell you what kind of ferocious beast a tiger is." First of all, tigers are the fastest and most powerful beasts I have ever seen. His explosive speed was far faster than that of a horse, and his pouncing power was far greater than that of a bear. Therefore, he was a perfect beast with both speed and strength.”
"So terrifying…He runs fast and has great strength. Wouldn't that make him invincible?”
"That's not the case. There's no such thing as invincibility in the world. Everything in the world has its own way of promoting and countering each other. The tiger in your hometown was still killed by the hunter in the end. Therefore, as long as they understood the habits and weaknesses of tigers, hunters who were much slower and weaker than tigers could also rely on their own methods to defeat tigers.”Rather than saying that the spirit snake was teaching the Five Beasts Chess, it was more like enlightening Luo Xiaoyuan on the Dao of All Creation.
"So, Grandpa Spirit Snake, did you also kill that tiger?”
"No, I played with the tiger for several hours and exhausted it. In the end, I made friends with it and brought it home.”Nimble Snake said this in an indifferent manner, as if he was talking about the daily routine of washing up and dressing up.
"You made friends with the tiger? You lied to me! How could a tiger make friends with humans? Tigers eat humans!!”Luo Xiaoyuan said disapprovingly.
"You're right to say that I'm lying to you. Actually, I didn't make friends with the tiger. I beat the tiger until it was dazed. It couldn't run away, and it couldn't beat me. It could only follow me back like a cat and help me look after the house.”Nimble Snake's words made Luo Xiaoyuan treat him as a liar.
Luo Xiaoyuan looked at the spirit snake with the most contemptuous gaze. She had listened to his story so seriously, but in the end, she heard such absurd bragging. So Luo Xiaoyuan also said to the spirit snake in return,"Since you said so, I'll tell you a secret." Do you know that the tiger I told you about in my hometown was not killed by the hunters, but by me.
Wait, I can't say that I killed the tiger. It was just that the tiger couldn't beat me and couldn't run away. After being tormented by me for an entire day, it finally committed suicide out of shame.”
When the spirit snake heard Luo Xiaoyuan's words, he laughed out loud. Not only was he not unhappy, but he was also very happy to be able to have such a pleasant chat with Luo Xiaoyuan. One had to know that Nimble Snake had lived on Yuaya Mountain all her life. The people on the mountain were all clansmen or masters who practiced cultivation. Usually, they were either polite or quoted scriptures. She had never heard Luo Xiaoyuan say such interesting words.
Nimble Snake thought about it carefully. There was a reason why this child didn't believe him. He didn't know who Nimble Snake was. If Nimble Snake were to be in a different place today, he would probably have the same reaction as Nimble Snake.
Therefore, Nimble Snake took the stool that had just lost one leg and said to Luo Xiaoyuan,"Do you know how I cut the leg of the stool into these pieces of wood?"”
Nimble Snake suddenly changed the topic to the leg of the stool. Luo Xiaoyuan couldn't understand it for a moment. She could only shake her head and say,"I don't know. Didn't you just say that you found a chopper?"”
The spirit snake stood up and turned in a circle on the spot, indicating that Luo Xiaoyuan did not have a chopper on her. Then, she said,"Now, I'll show you how I cut these wood pieces."”
As he spoke, Nimble Snake used two of his fingers to easily break the leg of a stool. Then, he used his palm to circulate the knife energy and cut the leg of the stool into pieces of wood. As expected, it looked like the pieces of wood on the table that had been made into chess pieces.
Luo Xiaoyuan was dumbfounded. He picked up the wood piece that the spirit snake had cut off and looked at it carefully. It had been cut in front of him, so it could not be fake. He raised the spirit snake's palm and looked left and right. It was indeed made of meat. There was not even a thick cocoon on the palm. He looked at the spirit snake's face in a daze and wondered how he had done it.
The spirit snake saw Luo Xiaoyuan's expression and found it interesting, so it patted Luo Xiaoyuan's head and walked to the pillar at the side. It stretched out its left index finger and poked it at the pillar at a very slow speed. It slowly sank into the pillar and then slowly pulled it out.
This time, Luo Xiaoyuan was even more incredulous. She once again pulled the index finger of the spirit snake's left hand and carefully looked at this finger that was as thin as paper. She thought to herself, so Grandpa Spirit Snake is a martial arts master.
For a moment, he did not know what to say. He could only hear his mouth mutter repeatedly,"This finger…This finger…"
Nimble Snake then asked,"Do you think the tiger's head is harder or the wooden pillar is harder?"”
Luo Xiaoyuan replied uncertainly,"It should be a wooden pillar."”
Nimble Snake nodded and smiled." That's right. So do you think it's difficult for me to deal with a tiger now?"”
Luo Xiaoyuan now believed in this old man's ability. With his skills, not to mention one tiger, even if there were ten tigers, they would still be subdued. At this moment, Luo Xiaoyuan nodded and said,"It's not difficult, it's not difficult. Grandpa Spirit Snake, you're really amazing."”
"Just these two moves are definitely not enough. Tigers are alive. They can jump up and down, and they can judge the situation. They won't just stand there obediently and let me poke them with my fingers, especially since their two front paws are fast and very strong. The force of a slap is at least a few hundred pounds. If they are slapped or scratched by them, I'm afraid they will immediately faint.”Nimble Snake said to Luo Xiaoyuan seriously.
"Then how did you…how did you deal with that tiger?”
"First of all, you have to know the tiger's weakness. If I had a weapon in my hand, I would point it at its weakness, which was its throat, not its head or its feet. Those places would hurt, and you wouldn't be able to stop it.
Next, you have to observe his movements. The tiger had a habit of pouncing on you unexpectedly, knocking you out with its powerful front claws, and then biting your throat until you bled or suffocated to death.
Therefore, in the face of a tiger, you have to wait quietly for him to fly towards you. Remember, don't close your eyes at this time, stare at it firmly, then hold the weapon in your hand tightly and continue to face the tiger's throat. The tiger's momentum is very fast. As long as it starts, it can't turn in the air, and there is no place to hide. If your weapon can pierce its throat first, the tiger will be seriously injured even if it doesn't die immediately.”
"So, you stuck your finger into the tiger's throat?”Hearing the description of the spirit snake, Luo Xiaoyuan felt as if she had experienced the scene of the spirit snake subduing the tiger. At this moment, she seemed to be able to hear the sound of the spirit snake stabbing its finger into the tiger's throat.
"No, I didn't want to kill it at all. I just wanted to subdue it and bring it back to be a big cat guarding the door.”Nimble Snake seemed to be joking, but he spoke in a serious tone.
"Catch a tiger to be a big cat guarding the door?? Did Grandpa Spirit Snake have a lot of rats to catch??”Luo Xiaoyuan continued to ask.
"Back then, I was only in my twenties and was very agile. Not long after I looked at the tiger, it couldn't wait to pounce on me. At that moment, my finger was aimed at his head, but I didn't use enough strength. It just felt like it was poked by an iron pillar.
That big cat. I called him Big Cat. After he was poked for the first time, he stared at me fiercely. I knew that I had angered him now. He would definitely fight with his life in the next round, so he would pounce harder and faster than before.”As Nimble Snake spoke, his body also demonstrated the movements and postures he had made at that time.
Nimble Snake continued," He circled around me a few times, waiting for the right time to attack. I knew he was staring at my finger because my finger was also pointing at his forehead. He had just suffered a loss and learned his lesson this time. Seeing that my finger was pointing at his forehead, he endured it and continued to wait.”
Luo Xiaoyuan asked curiously,"Aren't you afraid of being bitten by the tiger when you point your finger at it?"”
"Of course I will be afraid, but I know that the tiger is more afraid of my finger at this moment, so I have to make good use of this advantage. As long as I can poke the same place on its forehead with my finger again, my finger will become its Golden Hoop Curse, and it will never be able to get rid of it.”
"And then?" Luo Xiaoyuan asked excitedly and curiously.
" But as long as this finger continues to be raised high, Big Cat will definitely not dare to act rashly for a while. Therefore, I naturally placed my left hand down, but at this time, my right index finger was also prepared.
After the big cat saw that I had put down my left hand, it launched an attack on me without hesitation. As expected, this time it pounced even more fiercely and was even more determined to win. Then, my right index finger accurately poked the same place on the big cat. This time, it was even more painful and ruthless than the last time.
The big cat rolled a few times on the ground in pain. When it stood up again, it only dared to stare at me from a dozen steps away. At this moment, it was reluctant to give up on me, its prey, but it was afraid that I would poke its forehead again, so it could only circle around me from a distance.”
"So he was afraid of your right index finger?”Luo Xiaoyuan asked.
"Now it's not afraid of my fingers, it's afraid of me, because it's not staring at my fingers, but at my eyes. At that time, I was no longer afraid that it would attack me again. What I was afraid of was that it would turn around and run away because it knew that it could not afford to offend me.
But I didn't give him a chance to escape. This time, it was my turn to take the initiative. I broke off a branch as thick as my wrist and threw it at it. When the big cat's attention was distracted by the branch, I followed it and poked it heavily on its forehead.
I believe that this finger has already dealt a heavy blow to its self-confidence. This time, the big cat didn't even roll on the ground in pain. It immediately turned around and ran away.”
"Sigh, what a pity. It ran away.”Luo Xiaoyuan said regretfully.
" How could I let it escape? I immediately used my lightness skill to chase after it and stopped about thirty steps in front of it. When the big cat saw how I suddenly appeared in front of him, he could no longer stop his footsteps, so his forehead bumped into my finger again.”
" Haha, why are you so stupid?!" Luo Xiaoyuan could not help but laugh when she heard this.
"Just like that, I chased it five or six times, and I poked its forehead five or six times. It knew that it couldn't beat me in a fight, and it couldn't run away from me, so it could only admit defeat.”Nimble Snake casually recounted this extremely thrilling past.
"Admit defeat? How did the tiger admit defeat? Grandpa Spirit Snake, you're amazing!”Luo Xiaoyuan said with admiration.
"Big Cat never dared to look me in the eye again. He lowered his head and walked to my feet. He lay on the ground with his snow-white belly exposed. This is the look of a tiger admitting defeat. Then, I touched its belly and motioned for it to follow me. It obediently followed behind me and followed me back to be a guard cat.”Nimble Snake was still as calm as ever, as if he was talking about what he had for breakfast today.
"Really? That was amazing. Did it stop biting? Can I go and see him?" The excited Luo Xiaoyuan asked a few questions in a row. For a moment, she forgot that the guy was a tiger that everyone was afraid of.
"I can't help it, the big cat has been dead for decades.”Nimble Snake shook his head.
"What a pity. Grandpa Spirit Snake, can you teach me how to kill a tiger?”Luo Xiaoyuan only hesitated for a moment before she immediately continued to ask excitedly.
Hearing Luo Xiaoyuan say that she wanted to learn this martial arts, Nimble Snake thought that his plan had already succeeded halfway. It turned out that from the moment she came into contact with Luo Xiaoyuan, Spirit Snake had a good impression of Luo Xiaoyuan. Facing such a cute and innocent child, how could she give him unreasonable treatment, whether it was imprisonment or death, for something that might not happen in the future?
However, he could not let his guard down. The best way was to keep this child by his side. Firstly, he could observe his actions closely to prevent others from using him. Secondly, he could train him to be one of his own. From then on, he would be loyal to Crescent Mountain and would never have any future troubles.
The best way was to make the child stay on the Crescent Mountain and learn from a master. This way, not only would the threat of the Three Extremes be resolved, but the child would also not be mistreated.
"Do you want to learn kung fu? It's too late. I'm too old to teach disciples anymore. However, if you are determined and sincere enough, I can introduce you to an expert whose martial arts are better than mine. However, you have to pass a few tests first. Only after you pass the tests will I consider introducing you.
And you have to know that if you want to be my friend's disciple, you have to live on the Crescent Moon Mountain all year round. You can't leave the mountain without learning martial arts.”
Luo Xiaoyuan stuck out her tongue. She thought to herself that there were still so many troubles. However, after listening to Grandpa Spirit Snake's vivid description of the process of subduing the tiger, how could she give up so easily? Just thinking about how Grandpa Spirit Snake had just used his palm to cut wood and his finger to poke into the pillar, Luo Xiaoyuan dared to say that even the number one warrior of the Five Beast Kingdom could not do it.
"I'm not afraid of the test. If I fail the first time, I'll try a second time. If I fail the second time, I'll try a third time. However, he couldn't go down the mountain without mastering his martial arts. How long would he have to practice it? If I have to practice for a long time, I have to ask my father. I have to get his permission.”
Ask your father! The moment these words came out, Spirit Snake was immediately surprised. How could this child have a father? Wasn't he the Three Unique Solitary? Nine generations of relatives were cut off, and his father was the most important. Could Wu Chijin have sensed wrongly? Or could it be that the father this child was talking about was not his biological father? This matter had to be thoroughly clarified. There could not be any mistakes.
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