the enlightener says

"What does this mean?" Qin Ke took a breath, "I thought this move was 'capture'."

"Obviously not. If you had eaten the child, you would have died under the sharp teeth of the mechanism beast just now, and you would have no chance to talk to me here." Gao Yishui turned his head to look at Cai Yan, and their eyes met in the air.

Cai Yan nodded, and the light in his eyes flickered slightly: "Could it be that it's because I moved General Lian, so the side of the mechanism beast can play three times in a row?"

"That's the only way to explain it." Gao Yishui looked at the mechanism beasts in the stone formation, "In terms of numbers, there are indeed more mechanism beasts than mechanism people, and this is probably part of the rules."

"But even if it can walk three steps in a row, it still wins, loses and draws. It doesn't seem to be harmful to us?" Qin Ke was slightly stunned, "What's the point?"

"Stupid!" Gao Yishui gave him a blank look, "Of course it makes sense. This is a test of people, not a test of chess pieces. If you still follow the move just now and let the mechanism beast move three times in a row, if this Why are they coming at you every time three times? No matter how strong you are, no matter how high your cultivation is, how many times can you survive? If you are really that powerful, you can directly destroy all the organs here, so why do you need outsmarting? "

Qin Ke was dumbfounded, he hadn't thought of this matter.

That's right, if you let the enemy take three steps every time, even if there are not several mechanism beasts facing him every time, but in this way, the chances of him encountering mechanism beasts will be much higher, even if he is angry The blood is abundant, but it still can't stand such a round of tossing.

No matter how strong the cultivation base is, they are still afraid of wheel wars. What's more, these mechanism people are not random fish on the side of the road, who can be easily dealt with, but rare opponents that Qin Ke has to work hard to take seriously.

Cai Yan looked at the chess pieces on the iron box quietly, and thought for a moment: "The outcome between chess pieces may not be as simple as you think. The reason why you win is because you are better than ordinary chess pieces. And if it is a battle between chess pieces, how many times can you die together? If you don’t solve the mystery in the chess game, even if you are strong enough to destroy all the traps and beasts, the gate of the underground palace will definitely not Open it, and we can only stop here..."

She pursed her small lips, and her beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows were twisted together.

Although she thinks that she is well-read and knows as much about miscellaneous things as Gao Yishui, this chess game is far from the chess game in the world from the board to the pieces, and there are no rules to refer to. How should she go on?

"How should I go..." Cai Yan looked at the three people in the chess game, and he also understood that the beasts in the chess game were one after another. If he walked around like before, even Qin Ke and others It is difficult for a small master to parry.

Only chess pieces can fight against chess pieces!

Then the key to victory or defeat, after all, still falls on the holder.

But if you don't do anything... things are always unresolved.

Fortunately, Cai Yan has always been a decisive person. This is due to the family background. When Miss Bie's family was still babbling, she had already seen her brother gallop around the school grounds on a tall army horse, piercing Yang with a hundred steps.

Although her father, Cai Yong, took office as the Zuo servant who assisted the king in governing the country and the people, he was also No. 1 in the Tang army at that time.

Although she is a woman, there are also tigers and tigers who are angry, and women do not give up to men.

The white hand moved slightly on the chessboard, and the machine man and machine beast in the stone formation began to fight in the dim light of the fire. After the shadows of the two sides elongated, they were like two long snakes tightly surrounding each other. In dozens of breaths, Cai Yan tried a total of more than ten ways to play chess, but he still couldn't get the point.

During this process, Qin Ke, A Bu, and Gao Yishui also suffered a lot.

Accompanied by the sound of "Bang Dang Dang Dang", a deformed head of a mechanical beast finally stopped rolling, but turned around on the ground in a dejected manner.

Qin Ke, who had just dealt with a mechanism beast, was panting. After calculation, he had defeated a total of four mechanism beasts, each of which was at least as strong as a practitioner of the first or second level of energy and blood.

But Abu and Gao Yishui looked better, but they also looked a bit embarrassed, which was enough to see that their victory did not come so easily and comfortably.

However, few people had no complaints. In their opinion, Cai Yan could not be blamed for this.

Gao Yishui's chess skills may be evenly matched with Cai Yan's, but Qin Ke and Abu think that if they were to hold the chess pieces, they might not be half as good as her.

During her series of explorations, nearly a dozen of the organ beasts were destroyed, and the two sides barely formed a "balance of power", but the "organ man" was still at a disadvantage.

Qin Ke, who was a little worried, couldn't help asking: "Cai Yan, have you figured it out? Do you know how to get it off?"

"Hurry up!" Cai Yan pouted impatiently, "What are you in a hurry for? I have to figure it out. If I make a mistake, the problem will be serious."

Cai Yan raised his head slightly, squinted his eyes slightly, and his eyes fell on the tall giant, but his heart moved slightly: "Nine generals... Nine..."

Her eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had thought of something, she immediately retracted her gaze and placed it on the "chessboard" in front of her.

Chapter 4 and Four Nine Palaces

No matter who it is, even if it is a master player in chess, it will feel that the game is chaotic and unpredictable. First of all, the mechanism beast and the mechanism man are used as chess pieces, and there are no rules to follow when they are arranged with each other, just like a chess game. The naughty boy randomly dropped a handful of chess pieces on the chessboard.

This chessboard is even more weird. Ordinary chessboards are square, with horizontal and vertical combinations. Even if it is the hopscotch game that children in the mountains play on the ground, they often draw square grids. The box is integrated and round, and the outer circle is engraved with hexagrams, which are: Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, and Dui.

But if one-to-one correspondence with gossip is used, how can it explain the nine generals standing in different positions on the chessboard?Each of them stood majestically, and the chilling aura almost broke through the chessboard and went straight up to nine days.

"I...maybe know something." Cai Yan suddenly laughed, "So it's not gossip!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her slender hand, gently grasped a chess piece, and confidently pushed it in a certain direction.

Then there was a series of loud noises of machine friction, and an organization guard raised his head and took a step forward, striding like meteors, marching triumphantly all the way.

Qin Ke on the side stared blankly for a moment, only felt that this mechanism man ran like a wild horse that had lost its rein, interspersed all the way between the chess pieces and those boulders, and crossed a distance of nearly dozens of steps.

In the dim light of the flames, a spear protruded from the guard's hand, stabbing a huge toad-like mechanism beast in front of him.

Even though the mechanism beast's body is based on gold and iron, and has a stone shell outside, it cannot stop such a powerful spear. The sharp edge of the spear has already penetrated from the mechanism beast's side, making it The whole body is pierced.

In the next few rounds, Cai Yan's chess playing style changed, from a conservative defense at the beginning to a fierce attack.

It's like a blunt sword, at this moment it finally wears off its colorful rust and begins to show its sharpness.

Gao Yishui saw it clearly, and was slightly startled, but of course it was not a shock, but a pleasant surprise. The style of these few moves obviously changed drastically. Even he did not expect that the chess piece could move such a long distance in one move.

Moreover, in the hands of Cai Yan, the arrangement of these organs has gradually become a real army, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, showing their sharpness. Whether they are moving forward or retreating, they all coincide with certain rules and laws, making people feel a Share a different kind of beauty.

Or, this is the true face of these organ people.

Amid the sound of heavy footsteps, a certain general who was more than ten feet tall moved. What it held in its hand was an epee, almost as long as his height. The wind stirred the blade, and there was a ghostly cry sound.

But in an instant, that long howl turned into the roar of a hundred ghosts!

Although in Qin Ke's view, the figure of this sword-wielding general is unavoidably bloated compared to a real person, but at this moment, he is waving the epee with both hands, but he looks like a majestic Valkyrie, and his expressionless face is full of coldness. .

The three organ beasts roared and launched a charge, their strong limbs tensed like bowstrings, and then jumped up, heading straight for its chest.

The confrontation between the two sides stirred up smoke and dust that had not yet settled. In the billowing smoke and dust, the broad sword blade seemed to break through the clouds and fog, and it was chopped into pieces almost in a single encounter.

The sword-wielding general held his last sword-swinging posture for two breaths before finally making another move. The huge epee fell steadily from his arms, and then crashed onto the ground.

"What do you know?" Gao Yishui shouted at Cai Yan.

Seeing that his guess was good, Cai Yan also giggled, like a child who has discovered a perfect toy: "I see, although there are gossip engraved on this chessboard, it is just an appearance, or... The ancestor of this chess game deliberately set a trap."

"Trap?" Gao Yishui is also an extremely smart person, raised his head slightly, and saw the stone array of chess pieces everywhere, and the nine generals were solemn and solemn. With a thought, he shouted, "You mean... Jiugong?"

Cai Yan nodded: "Gongshu Ban is not a feng shui master, besides, he has been the chief instructor of organ arts in Jishang Academy for so many years, so he is naturally open-minded, and it is impossible to play any tricks of gods, gods and ghosts. Gossip is mysterious, It is also the foundation of calendar and numerology, and it is not surprising that Jiugong numerology can be derived from it."

If you talk about Qimen Dunjia with ordinary people, I am afraid that it will attract all kinds of blank and awed eyes, because most people will think that gossip is a kind of mysterious and mysterious thing.

The so-called misfortune and blessing come, the people depend on the sky and the earth all their lives. If natural disasters and man-made disasters happen, not only may they be naked and hungry, but they may even lose their lives and die.

Naturally, it is not surprising that they believe in gods, ghosts and numerology.

However, Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, studied Confucianism since he was a child, and gained a lot of great wisdom. Even though there are many mysterious and mysterious things in this world, they belong to the way of humanity rather than the way of heaven.

Influenced by such a family, Cai Yan, who has read the classics since childhood, has never been in awe of Qimen Dunjia. Fortunately, he is not so stubborn. It's hard to come out again.

"Nine generals, located in nine positions, just echoed the Jiugong Diagram, and I just moved General Lian, and the side of the organ beast made three moves in a row. Thinking about it this way, the Jiugong Diagram is based on three and three. , Whether you count horizontally or vertically, even if you count diagonally, it’s always three.” Cai Yan spoke excitedly, and his blood naturally surged, and his cheeks appeared a little rosy, as if he had applied a layer of rouge.

However, Qin Ke was confused and said helplessly: "Forget it, you should explain in detail later. You should find a way to finish this game first, and let me see some hope."

"Hmph. It's boring." Cai Yan snorted softly in a nasal voice, but didn't say anything more, and concentrated on studying the next step.

A lot of time has passed since they entered here. Although the night is long, no matter how long the night is, there will be an end. When the day dawns and the guards at the gate wake up, they will naturally be unable to walk out of the gate of the underground palace.

The gears rattled, and the whole stone formation became noisy again.

Under Cai Yan's successive and wise moves, the whole chess game progressed very quickly, and within half an hour, it became an endgame.

The majestic and majestic stone formation before was now in ruins, with the "remnants" of machine-man and machine-beast scattered everywhere. Weapons and minions were intertwined with each other.

Qin Ke and others stepped on the ruins all over the place. Although they knew that these were only made of gold, iron and stone, and had no emotion at all, they couldn't help but feel a little desolate.

After all, the chess game is just an imitation of the holy king Qiushou back then, and is limited by the size of the underground palace, and even more limited by manpower, it is difficult to completely reproduce the situation of the "Golden Age War" back then.

If we could get a glimpse of that year, it would only be more tragic than the current scene.

Six of the "generals" in nine different positions on the chessboard have fallen. Before that, Qin Ke never thought that such a powerful mechanism man would be destroyed, but there is also a very powerful existence in the mechanism beast. , and some can even fight against nine generals.

The number of Mechanized Beasts is more than that of Mechanized People. They have no pain and no fear. Even if they will be trampled to pieces by the nine generals in the next moment, they will still try their best to leave some scars on their bodies.

"Ake! Go left and go diagonally, enter six!" Cai Yan's voice was inexplicably sharp at this moment.

Qin Ke took a breath, but without answering, he had already started to run towards the direction Cai Yan designated.

Entering six is ​​the distance on the chessboard, not just a simple six steps.And after the distance of six steps, a mechanism beast twice the size of an ordinary mechanism beast suddenly raised its claws and slapped him down.

Its nails are made up of sharp gold and iron, and each piece is as sharp as a knife. If it is really hit by such a claw, Qin Ke has no doubt that half of his body will be torn apart.

After this chess game, he has fought twenty games in a row, and he has gone all out in each game. Even the iron man is a bit too much.

But from Cai Yan's tone, Qin Ke could also tell that the moment was the key, so he didn't back down, but went up to the paw, like a fearless dead soldier.

But just when the paw was about to land on his shoulder, he suddenly shrank his body, twisted his whole body, and passed the paw at a slant!

"Hey..." From his mouth, hot breath gushed out, and the blood flowed through his blood vessels. At this moment, the muscles of the limbs tensed up, and the power like a mad dragon poured out. As a fulcrum, it was firmly inserted into the body of this animal with a dog's head but two wings.

He has already figured out the weakness of the mechanism beast, so he naturally knows how to save effort and effectively complete a destruction.

Of course... not every time it goes so smoothly.

Chapter 4 The Bronze Gate

The dagger left to him by his master Zhuge Wolong is indeed sharp enough, even if it is a little longer, it is almost a magic weapon comparable to the Bodhisattva sword, so when his dagger falls on the chest of this mechanism beast, he can clearly Feeling that the sharp point of the dagger is constantly breaking through the outer carapace, heading towards the inside.

The strong wind blew his hair, and the hair that was a little messy during the fight was also scattered in all directions at this moment. Combined with his firm eyes and the move that kept pushing forward with the dagger in his hand, it looked so different. Unrestrained taste.

However, Qin Ke didn't have that kind of time to think about whether his actions were chic, or in other words, he didn't think that he could have the personable demeanor that the storyteller said, "killing a person in ten steps, never leaving a thousand miles away".

He just felt bad, and didn't care about the ugly posture, his whole body shrank suddenly, like a weasel who just ate a chicken and was chased and beaten by a farmer with a pole, and slipped under the body of the mechanism beast.

On a piece of ruins, there was a violent noise, Qin Ke raised his head slightly, and saw the thick forelimbs of the organ beast sinking deeply into the ruins of the former stones, gold and iron, and the smoke and dust splashed everywhere.

After withdrawing his gaze, Qin Ke saw a crack above the lower abdomen of the organ beast, and from his position, he could just see a gear inside that was constantly turning.

He didn't think much, the dagger in his hand protruded out again, straight up, and the dagger was deeply stuck in the crack.

It's just that his dagger was too short after all, and the crack was only as thick as a finger, so he couldn't touch the gear after all, and couldn't destroy the internal mechanism of the mechanism beast.

With his eyesight, he could probably predict that the distance between the tip of his blade and the gear was less than an inch. There was not much time, and he didn't hold back any more. Sword intent, suddenly pulled out the dagger from the crack, and went up again!

Qijinjian, morning dew.

Under the agitation of his qi and blood, this force, which seemed to be piercing through water, pierced violently and firmly upwards. Even though the gold and iron material inside the body of the organ beast had been tempered, it was still unstoppable.

The dagger was pushed upwards little by little, until all the sharp edges were submerged into the body of the mechanism beast.

Qin Ke narrowed his eyes slightly, and at the end of his breath, he finally felt his dagger touched a hard object, followed by a "cracking" sound, as if something was stuck by a foreign object, and the friction sound became more and more gradual. Harsh.

But before Qin Ke breathed a sigh of relief, he raised his brows, feeling a burst of fatal danger coming straight to him.

While the blood was surging, he suddenly slapped his right hand, hitting the ground directly, and with this force, he rolled on the ground for a distance of dozens of steps.

It's just that the mechanism beast above him moves much faster than he imagined!

"Is that sword useless?" Qin Ke's complexion was a little pale. He was sure that his dagger had penetrated deeply into the body of the mechanism beast, and was just stuck between the running gears.

It's just that the mechanism beast in front of him seemed to be fine. Its long tail was like a steel whip, and with the rotation, it slapped Qin Ke's crossed arms on his chest suddenly!

With a muffled groan, Qin Ke flew upside down like a kite with a broken string.

"Ake!" From Abu's position, he could clearly see a trace of blood spilling from the corner of Qin Ke's mouth with his eyes closed. In a hurry, he raised his leg and wanted to run in Qin Ke's direction.

However, Gao Yishui's voice was like thunder: "Don't go there!"

Abu stopped abruptly.

"If you move around, it's equivalent to breaking the rules of the chess game. Don't talk about Ah Ke at that time, I'm afraid we will all be buried with him." Gao Yishui's voice was heavy, and following his gaze, Qin Ke was falling. At that moment, he got up quickly, and he smiled and said loudly: "Don't think that he will die so easily, he is far stronger than you think."

"I really should thank you for your rare compliment!" Qin Ke, who just got up from the ground, had a vague voice. After coughing slightly, a fearless smile appeared on his face. Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he shouted: "I just didn't realize it all at once, and accidentally bit my lip."

Gao Yishui crossed his hips: "Since it's fine, why are you exaggerating so much?"

Qin Ke wanted to retort, but he couldn't be distracted at the moment. The strength of the mechanism beast in front of him was already very close to the third level. Judging from the strength of the tail flick just now, it was by no means an opponent that could be easily dealt with.

It's just that the dagger in my hand is still inside its body, how can I fight against it now that I'm unarmed?

Afterwards, Qin Ke dodged the organ beast's violent pounce again, rolled into another iron stone ruin, and pulled out half of a long sword from the wreckage of an organ man.

Although there is only half of the long sword, it is only relative to the height of the organ man. If Qin Ke were to hold it, the remaining half of the long sword would not look short.

Visually, this broken sword is at least two feet long. The only downside is that it is heavy and the moves will not be agile enough.

But with Qin Ke's current Qi and blood cultivation base, it's not that he can't use this sword, it's just that it's difficult to exert the best sword power.

He gritted his teeth tightly and didn't think about it any more. As he held the hilt of the sword with both hands, he took a high step with his legs and jumped high. While avoiding the tail of the mechanism beast, he crashed down like a meteorite. Fall away!

The perception of this mechanism beast also seems to be more acute than Qin Ke expected. In a blink of an eye, it has realized Qin Ke's intentions, raised its huge head suddenly, and opened its mouth wide, as if to Waiting for Qin Ke to fall directly into its mouth.

Qin Ke was slightly startled, but couldn't change his body shape for a while, so he could only grit his teeth and hold the epee in his hand backwards, chopping down on the head of the organ beast.