In Tianzhao Temple, there are still evening drums and morning bells.

Nalan Rongye's departure will not change the work and schedule of Tianzhao Temple at all - or there has never been anyone who has changed the rules of Tianzhao Temple. However, for Xingluo, Nalan Rongye's departure has become a sad god every now and then. In addition, many enthusiasts have discovered that the retreat of the third-level fighting chess player Nalan Rongye's retreat was because of Xingluo's relationship. Therefore, those unknown chess players who saw Xingluo were like avoiding the plague god and retreated far away.

Although Liu Hanfeng did not explicitly prohibit Xingluo from entering and leaving the Hezhan Pavilion, with the mentality of accepting defeat, Xingluo had to watch the chess players enter and exit the Hezhan Pavilion several times, but remembered that he could not step beyond the line. In fact, he also knew that when Nalan Rongye had left, even if he entered the Hezhan Pavilion, no one would come to play chess with him. For Xingluo, not being able to play chess was the greatest pain. So later, he had to use his left and right hands to be the two of them, and began to play chess with himself to spend time.

In the next three months, Xingluo had never played chess with anyone else. It was not that he didn't want it, but there was really no such opportunity. But gradually, Xingluo actually found that he had another artistic conception of playing chess with himself. During the game with himself, he discovered many loopholes and fixed trends in his thinking from another perspective. After these three months of almost boring single-player training, Xingluo repaired and improved many of his thinking flaws.

Without anyone paying attention, the little Xingluo grew up quietly in Tianzhao Temple.

In fact, it cannot be said that no one is paying attention to Xingluo, because Duan Liuming, the highest-ranking person in Tianzhao Temple, extends his mental power to Xingluo almost every day. Seeing every day, Xingluo is tirelessly improving his chess and layout. Duan Liuming was relieved, but also felt more and more excited - the excitement of longing for a battle!

Three months later, something happened in Tianzhao Temple after the New Year of the following year - the assessment of the chess boy being promoted to the first-level Dingchen chess player.

In the Tang Ling Empire, most of the chess players below the third-level fighting chess players were studied in the local chess academies where they were from. Only when they became chess players like Nalan Rongye, would they be qualified to enter Tianzhao Temple in Huayan City, the capital. Therefore, the Tianzhao Temple was mainly designed for those chess players to advance and chess players to study the chess. However, because there are many descendants of wealthy families in the important areas of the capital, they like to play five-color chess with art and elegant style, so there are also many first- and second-level chess players and chess kids like Xingluo who do not even have the name of chess.

For chess boys: the first-level chess player assessment held at the end of spring every year is undoubtedly the most important thing of the year.

Xingluo has had to participate in this kind of assessment more than once. With Xingluo's strength, he was qualified to become a Dingchen chess player three years ago when he was seven years ago. If that were the case, he would become the youngest Dingchen chess player in the thousand years since the Tianzhao Temple was built. However, Xingluo did not pass the final assessment because when the name of the chess was finally determined, what Xingluo got from the Holy Spirit Water Mirror was blank.

The name of the chess is the most authentic symbol of a chess player. Just like Liu Hanfeng's name is Binglan, it means that he is good at fast attack and counterattack. Every chess player must also have his own name, otherwise he will not be worthy of being a chess player. Therefore, the appearance of the chess name has become the most important part of the Dingchen chess player assessment. Although Xingluo participated in the first three Dingchen chess player assessments and all scored first, in the last chess name, the Holy Spirit Water Mirror in front of Xingluo was always clear and nothing was shown.

If he has no chess name, no matter how profound Xingluo's chess ability is, he can only be a chess boy. Fortunately, Xingluo is still young and he doesn't care about any chess name or chess name. Even if his defeated generals use his identity to ridicule him, Xingluo only regards it as a gambler and does not pursue it.

This day was the registration date for the Dingchen Chess Master's assessment, and Xingluo's petite figure appeared at the registration site again. Dong Ling, the first-level Dingchen Chess Master who was responsible for the registration record, mocked him almost without thinking: "Xingluo, isn't here again? Nong's chess name has not appeared in the Holy Spirit Water Mirror for three years. Do you think there will be a miracle this year? I think Nong should not sign up, find a place as soon as possible, use his left and right hands to play chess, it's easy to beat?"

Dong Ling was ranked fourth when participating in the Dingchen Chess Master's assessment with Xingluo three years ago. Because only three chess boys are allowed to advance in the Dingchen Chess Master every year, Dong Ling's performance was originally not qualified to be the Dingchen Chess Master. However, because Xingluo was disqualified, he was able to become the Dingchen Chess Master. But this guy was not very successful. Three years later, some potential Dingchen Chess Master with the same class have already advanced one after another, but he is still a first-level Dingchen Chess Master. Before the New Year, he knew that he had no prospects in the chess field, so he simply helped make some miscellaneous items in Tianzhao Temple and became a famous Dingchen Chess Master.

Xingluo naturally forgot that Dong Ling, who was lucky enough to advance due to his defeat, blinked his bright eyes and looked at the chessman with confusion, asking: "It is because I failed the first three times, that I will stand here and register again today. Also: How did you know that I played chess with my left and right hands?"

"That's not a secret!" Dong Ling gave Xingluo a fierce look. Finally, Dong Ling wrote Xingluo's name on the registration post. Then he threw Xingluo a small bamboo slip with a number written on it. He suddenly smiled at the other chess boys who came to register: "Everyone must work hard this year! But it doesn't have to have to be the top three to advance to Dingchen Chess Masters, because with Xingluo, you are destined not to get the first place; but because of his existence, even if you get the fourth place, you can still become Dingchen Chess Masters. Because our Xingluo is destined to be a small chess boy who can't get the name of chess!"

Some of the chess kids present lived in Tianzhao Temple, while others came to Tianzhao Temple to take the assessment temporarily. The chess kids who didn't know Xingluo couldn't help but whispered one after another. In a short while, they all knew that Xingluo had the first place in the exam three times, but they did not get the glorious record of the name of the chess three times. However, the parties involved themselves ignored the fingers and gossip around them. Xingluo took the small bamboo slip with the word "Qi" written on it and left the registration site as if satisfied.

For Xingluo: Whether he can become a chess player in Dingchen is actually not a big deal. What he wants is just a wisdom test during the Dingchen assessment. At that time, he can play chess with other chess kids independently.

After exploring all this with his mental power from afar, Duan Liuming, who was sitting in the Lunar Palace, was silent for a moment. Then he saw the monk who had not left the house, picking up the wolf-haired brush on the pen holder and writing a stroke on the white rice paper: "When a chess player's request is not status and honor, not interests and gains and losses, but just for playing chess, he is worthy of being a real chess player!"

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Chapter completed!