Walking on the road leading to Lanxintang in the middle of the night, Jiang Beiran looked up at the sky full of stars and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

'Sure enough, people are all cheap.'

When he first came to this world, Jiang Beiran loved admiring the beautiful starry sky because it was something he had never seen before.

But after such a long time, Jiang Beiran suddenly began to miss the neon night scene of the modern city where the long streets were as busy as daylight and there were no stars but clouds.

I walked into Lan Xinxuan with emotion all the way. It was already midnight, and only a few tables in the Qi Xuan were still lit by candlelight.

After all, even in Lanxintang, playing chess is a side course, so most of the disciples chose to go to bed early so as not to delay tomorrow's morning practice.

In the corner, Mo Xia held an ancient chess book in his left hand, and his right hand dropped a piece on the chessboard from time to time.

"clatter."

The clear sound of a move sounded on the chessboard. Mo Xia, who realized that he had not made a move, suddenly raised his head and said in surprise: "Senior brother!"

"Come out with me."

"Yes!" After Mo Xia said this, he immediately blew out the candles and followed Jiang Beiran with the chessboard in his arms.

Taking Mo Xia back to his hut, Jiang Beiran lit two candles and said, "Sit down, what do you want to drink."

"Senior brother, let me make tea." Mo Xia put down the chessboard and said.

"Everyone who comes is a guest. There is no reason to let guests make tea. Are you used to drinking Cuiluo tea?"

"I like it very much, thank you, senior brother."

After making a pot of hot tea, Jiang Beiran sat at the table and took out the jade chessboard from the Qiankun Ring. This was the prize for winning the first prize in the chess game at the Yingjie Association. Unfortunately, he was very busy afterwards, so

Haven't used it much yet.

"Use this chessboard."

When Mo Xia heard this, he immediately put away his chessboard and nodded.

Needless to say, Jiang Beiran, Mo Xia consciously went ahead with Bai.

"Da da da……"

As the sound of falling pieces continued to sound, the situation on the chessboard began to become anxious.

"Huh..." After blowing on the hot air from the tea cup, Jiang Beiran looked at Mo Xia who was thinking seriously in surprise.

‘It’s really a rapid progress.’

Compared with the last time he was in Yanyue Sect, Mo Xia's chess skills have improved not a little bit.

"clatter."

Placing a sunspot on the [Forbidden] position, Jiang Beiran said, "Have you won the Process Auditorium?"

Mo Xia, who was being restrained by his senior brother's hand, was stunned for a while before replying: "Win... I won."

Jiang Beiran smiled slightly, "Haha, have you won?"

"Shouldn't I win?" Mo Xia raised his head and asked.

"There is nothing that should or should not be done. Just do whatever you want. Go on."

"yes."

After lowering his head again and thinking for a long time, Mo Xia picked up a white stone and landed it on the [Simple] position on the chessboard.

'Oh?' Jiang Beiran raised his eyebrows in surprise, 'You didn't even jump into such a tempting trap?'

Nodding affirmatively, Jiang Beiran took out another sunspot and dropped it.

With a sound of "Da!", this word seemed to fall on Mo Xia's heart. He had just been grateful that he had escaped the attack trap set by the trap, but found that he was only thinking about how to avoid it, but he was disrupted.

previous situation.

'No...it's not just me, my senior brother's own layout has also been messed up. I still have a chance!' Mo Xia said and suddenly grabbed a white stone and landed on thirteen to seventeen, [Climb]!

"Interesting...really interesting."

Seeing that Mo Xia not only failed to defend carefully, but also wanted to take advantage of the situation to counterattack, Jiang Beiran suddenly felt very happy.

Although Jiang Beiran is not a chess fanatic, Go once still brought him a lot of happiness. When he racked his brains to solve the game, it was like drinking a bottle of ice cream in the summer, not to mention how refreshing it was.

But as his chess skills became higher and higher, the loneliness of being too invincible made Jiang Beiran gradually no longer be so enthusiastic about Go. After all, there must be two masters to be interesting. Otherwise, there is really no joy in bullying a level 1 trumpet by a level 100 player.

It can be said.

And at the moment when Mo Xia made a move, the long-lost sense of fun returned to Jiang Beiran's mind.

'Don't you play chess according to the rules... I like it.'

In the end, the game of chess continued until the third quarter of the hour when Mo Xia gave up.

While Mo Xia was cleaning up the chessboard, Jiang Beiran took a sip of tea and said, "From now on, you will come here to play chess with me every three days at midnight. Of course, you don't have to wait if I'm not here."

Mo Xia, who was sorting out the chess pieces, paused, raised his head with ecstasy and said, "Thank you, senior brother! Thank you, senior brother! I will definitely arrive on time!"

Looking at Mo Xia's hands, which were so excited that they had nowhere to put their hands, Jiang Beiran changed the subject and said, "By the way, you play chess every day, can you learn the skills with your heart?"

"Yes." Mo Xia nodded, "Li Zhihua said that if your cultivation level is not improved enough, you will be expelled from the hall, so I only start playing chess every day after practicing."

"Then you really don't practice any more."

Jiang Beiran saw that Mo Xia's current cultivation level was the first level of Xuanzhe, and the rule of Lanxintang was that within two years of entry, as long as he did not stay in Qi training, he would not be expelled.

Lowering his head in embarrassment, Mo Xia replied: "Because I still think playing chess is more interesting than practicing martial arts."

After listening to Mo Xia's answer, Jiang Beiran suddenly had a thought and said: "Playing chess is important, but your cultivation level must not fall behind. How about this? Our hall will have a competition with Shuijing Hall once a month. You

Every time you improve your ranking, I will play two more games of chess with you, how about that?"

Mo Xia blinked twice, and after confirming that he heard correctly, Mo Xia nodded sharply and said: "Okay! I will definitely work hard!"

"You are very confident." Jiang Beiran smiled.

Mo Xia scratched his head and whispered: "Confidence...I don't have much confidence, but I will work hard!"

"Okay, let's play another game." Jiang Beiran said, looking at the cleared chessboard.

"yes!"

The reason why Jiang Beiran suddenly came up with this idea was, firstly, because Mo Xia looked like a very useful tool person, and secondly, if he could play Go so well, he would definitely not be stupid, unless it was Qing Huan again.

It's such a weird thing, otherwise it shouldn't be too difficult to practice the technique.

In addition, there are more and more problems that he has to deal with now, and the little brother is really running out of money. It is rare to find a good one, so it doesn't hurt to try it out.

The two of them played like this until dawn. Thinking that they would go to see the clan leaders later, Jiang Beiran covered the chess set and said, "Let's go down here today."

Although Mo Xia was still unfinished, he still bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, senior brother, for your advice."

Picking up his chessboard, Mo Xia was just about to leave when he heard his senior brother shouting.

"Wait a minute."

"Senior brother, do you have any other instructions?" Mo Xia turned around and asked.

"This Yinglong chessboard is given to you." Jiang Beiran picked up the chessboard and said.

"Ah!?" Mo Xia was stunned for a moment and quickly waved his hand: "No reward for no merit, this is too precious."

"You haven't slept all night, do you feel tired now?" Jiang Beiran asked.

"This..." Mo Xia was a little startled after hearing this and replied: "Not only is it not, but it is very energetic."

"Well, this is the purpose of this Yinglong chessboard. In the future, you will have to take care of both playing chess and practicing martial arts. This chessboard should be able to help you a lot."

"But……"

"Don't be shy. You have a good saddle and a BMW. Take it. You played very well in the past few games. Keep up the good work and let me enjoy more interesting games like this."

Listening to his senior brother's tone of refusal, Mo Xia clenched his fist, nodded vigorously and said, "I will definitely not let my senior brother down!"

After speaking, he took the chessboard with both hands and saluted Jiang Beiran: "Thank you, senior brother."

"Well, go ahead."

"Yes, senior brother, you should also rest early."

After speaking, Mo Xia opened the door and left the hut.

The moment he closed the door, Mo Xia turned around several times with the Yinglong chessboard in his arms. He was so excited when he thought that he would be able to play chess with his senior brother every three days and have the opportunity to play more.

"hiss!"

In the midst of excitement, Mo Xia suddenly felt a chill all over his body, as if he was being stared at by something extremely terrifying.

In a panic, Mo Xia quickly looked around for a while, but when he saw no one there, he quickly hid the chessboard in his arms and ran towards his house.

Si time.

Jiang Beiran took a carriage and arrived at Cangtao City. As the largest city in Lulin County, the prosperity of Cangtao City can be ranked high even in the entire Fengzhou.

However, prosperity is limited to this world. For Jiang Beiran, who has lived in a metropolis in the 21st century, this Cangtao City can be said to be dirty and messy.

The muddy roads, people, dogs, and pigs urinating and urinating everywhere, Jiang Beiran almost vomited from the smell when he first came to this world, but after getting used to it, his nose seemed to automatically block these smells, at least it was not as pungent as before.
To be continued...