"What the hell?!"

Lu Zheng was startled, his eyes narrowed, and he almost let go of his grip on the mountain wall and fell down.

He tightened his hands and grasped the cliff again. Lu Zheng blinked and felt carefully. Except for the mountain breeze with the smell of moisture and grass at the turn of spring and summer, he felt nothing. to other breaths.

But the words just now clearly echoed in my mind, he is a master! Extremely deep spiritual cultivation!

Lu Zheng’s eyes flickered. He came six or seven times, but the other party never made a sound. Only this time he spoke when the water was not full. This made Lu Zheng at least half less vigilant.

　In that case...go and have a look!

So Lu Zheng did not retreat but moved forward, climbing up again while saying loudly, "Thank you so much, senior!"

He continued to climb up the cliff, and soon I quickly climbed to a small platform. This platform was only halfway up the mountain. There were still rocky cliffs for dozens of feet up and down. However, the vegetation near the platform seemed to have been cleared away, exposing the grass and trees leaning against the mountain wall. A cave.

This is it!

Another cave!

Lu Zheng first bowed at the entrance of the cave, and then stepped in. Although his speed was not slow, he was actually mentally alert and the blood in his body was circulating to protect himself tightly.

The cave passage slopes downward, and it is not deep at all. It only took two turns and came to a wide cave space.

This cave is not large, only dozens of feet in diameter. There are dozens of gaps above the cave that connect to the outside of the mountain. Sunlight enters through the gaps and shines into the cave. The sunlight is diffused and illuminated. After lighting up the periphery of the space, Lu Zheng saw many green stalactites.

What caught Lu Zheng’s attention the most was, of course, not the environment inside the cave and the stalactite springs accumulated in the stalactite recesses, but the slanting sunlight on the inner side of the cave. The place.

An old man wearing brown robes, with a pale face and black beard and black hair, was sitting in front of a two-foot-square stone slab. He kept staring at the stone slab until Lu Zheng entered the cave and became a little stiff. He raised his head and glanced at him.

Looking at each other, Lu Zheng felt that the other person's eyes were as dark as abyss, and the light was flowing, as if there was a universe hidden inside.

　He is a master!

"Lu Zheng, a layman from the outer sect of Baiyun Temple, has met my senior!" Lu Zheng bowed and said.

"Yeah." The old man looked a little dazed, as if he was thinking about other things. After waiting for a moment, he motioned to Lu Zheng about the stalactite spring in the cave, "Go and fill it."< br />
"Yes, thank you, senior!" Lu Zheng bowed again before walking towards the center of the cave.

In the cave, there are inverted bamboo shoot-shaped stalactites above, and drops of turquoise spring water. Drop by drop, they gather from the tips of these stalactites and then drip down.

Below, in the low-lying areas on the ground, small pieces of depressions have gathered, filled with these stalactite springs. These stone springs are green in color, clear and translucent, and have a fragrance that enters the nose, better than their own. The quality of the spring water collected at the foot of the cliff is better.

Lu Zheng took out the other two empty bottles, put them in the puddle, and filled two more bottles.

During the process of filling the water, the old man seemed to have come to his senses and said with some surprise, "All the lay people from the outer sect have achieved this level. Is Baiyun Temple so powerful now?"

Lu Zheng smiled shyly, "Senior, you are laughing!"

"Yeah." Maybe Lu Zheng's cultivation level was not enough to shock the old man, so the old man nodded. , didn’t speak anymore, just watched Lu Zheng fill two bottles of water and put them back into the bamboo basket behind him, and then asked again, "Can you play chess?"

Lu Zheng turned around , and saw that the two-foot stone slab in front of the old man was a carved chessboard, filled with black and white pieces, which seemed to be the end game of Go.

“I know a little bit,” Lu Zheng said.

"Come and take a look." the old man said.

"Yes." Lu Zheng nodded, came to the old man's side, and looked down.

This is a two-foot-square stone slab with thirty-eight grooves carved horizontally and vertically. At the intersection of the grooves, there are stone chess pieces. Although they look half and half black and white, they are half and half. Zheng could see at a glance that black had a huge advantage and had almost surrounded and killed all white chess.

“Be careful.” the old man reminded.

"Be careful?" Lu Zheng blinked, and when he looked at the chessboard again, he felt his eyes blurred.

In an instant, the black chess filled the field of vision, turning into a dark universe, wrapping himself in it, making him unaware of the years and the four directions. Then the white chess was like a knife, and the knife struck at him. My soul only felt a chill, as if I was about to die.

What a guy!

The spiritual platform was guarded tightly, and the "Nine Heavens Golden Que Cave True Divine Transformation Method" was running rapidly. Lu Zheng felt that the spiritual platform was clear and bright, his eyes lit up, and he returned to the stone chessboard again.

"Huh?" The old man glanced at Lu Zheng again, "The spirit is good."

A drop of cold sweat flowed from Lu Zheng's temples, and he felt that his spirit was heavy, and again Looking at the chessboard, there is nothing strange, "What a weird chess game."

　"OneI have been thinking about the endgame set up by an old friend for thirty years. "The old man said calmly, "It contains some of my insights. You can break free so quickly, not bad, not bad. ”

After thinking about it for thirty years... I am afraid...

Lu Zheng smacked his lips, then looked at the chess game again, stood for a long time, concentrated on the deduction, and changed several moves. , after deducing dozens of steps, the outcome is still that White will lose.

“White can definitely win? "Lu Zheng asked with a frown. With his current chess skills, he still didn't see the chance of white's victory. He doubted whether white could really win.

"It will definitely win. The old man nodded and glanced at Lu Zheng in surprise, "How many steps have you deduced?" "

Lu Zheng's eyes flashed and he said honestly, "There are four trends, each with twelve or three steps. "

"Oh? The old man's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to Lu Zheng, motioning for him to sit down, "Let's give it a try." "

"It's embarrassing. "Lu Zheng bowed and sat down cross-legged opposite the old man. He picked up a white stone in his hand, pondered for a moment, and placed it on one of the positions.

" "Not bad." "The old man nodded and dealt with one child.

The two of them played one child and one child. They played seven rounds in a row at a very fast speed. Obviously, these were all in the virtual deduction of the two people before, so The response was extremely fast.

Until the eighth move, Lu Zheng obviously slowed down because the old man’s response was not part of his deduction.

Until the fourteenth move On the road, the old man also slowed down because Lu Zheng's response was somewhat beyond his expectation.

But...

Even if Lu Zheng struggled hard, Heizi's The first-mover advantage was still extremely strong. Under the premise that the old man himself was also amazing at chess, Lu Zheng surrendered on the nineteenth move.

　“Okay! The old man's eyes were bright, surprised and happy, "Do you have three other ideas?" "

Seeing Lu Zheng nod, the old man stretched out his hand and flicked the chessboard. The black and white stones returned to their respective nests, and the slate chessboard returned to its original endgame appearance, "Come again. ”

Lu Zheng took a deep breath, then picked up a white stone, pondered for a moment, silently deduced it, and finally placed it gently and placed it in another position.