In the suburbs.
At a conference venue.
During the break in the middle of the meeting, Wu Zeqing suddenly heard someone beside her whispering into their cell phones. Something about Weibo, something about Zhang Ye, something about a poem and a request for leave?
She went online to have a look.
The poem < Rainy Alley > appeared before his eyes.
The color of lilacs.
It was as fragrant as lilacs.
A girl like … lilac?
She read the poem five times and suddenly laughed. Many people around her were dumbfounded by what she saw.
His phone rang.
There was a call from home.
"Zeqing."
"Dad."
"What time will you be home in the afternoon?"
"Four or five o 'clock."
"Got it. Drive carefully."
…
Noon.
At home.
His parents called to inform him that they were at a relative's house and would not be coming back. In the end, Zhang Ye could only eat the leftovers from yesterday and sighed bitterly. He looked at his watch and saw that it was still early for Old Wu to have a meeting. Furthermore, she had to go back to her house tonight. If he wanted to see Old Wu, he would have to wait until after 8 PM.
What should I do in the afternoon?
Speaking of which, this guy actually didn't have any hobbies. Since graduation, he had been working all day. He didn't even know what to do when he applied for leave.
Let's have a lucky draw.
Zhang Ye's current total Reputation Points was so high that even he was afraid of it.
He activated the Lucky Halo (Upgraded) and chose Lottery Draw (One). He decided to add 1,000 Additional Stakes to see if he could get anything new!
100 million Reputation Points were spent just like that!
The lucky draw began!
The compass spun!
Not long after, the needle stopped — it was the Skills Category area!
[Go Skill Experience Book] * 1001.
Go?
Why would I want this?
Zhang Ye was speechless. Had the lousy Lucky Halo lost its effect? However, there had been similar situations in the past. The luck of the halo stacking was not 100%. Occasionally, it would be inaccurate once in a few hundred times. He did not think much of it and flipped through the Go skill books one by one. When he "ate" the last skill book, as expected, the familiar notification appeared again. He had encountered this before!
His Go skills were maxed out!
He couldn't learn anymore!
Zhang Ye decided not to play the Lottery Draw (One) anymore. It had been a long time since he tried the Lottery Draw (Two), so he decided to spend another 100 million Reputation Points to give it a try.
The lottery draw for the second category began.
The familiar slot machine appeared.
This was a lottery draw with a limit of 10 million Reputation Points. If he added nine additional stakes, he would have to spend 100 million Reputation Points. Zhang Ye did not feel the pinch since he had a lot of Reputation Points anyway.
Begin!
The slot machine moved!
One by one, the icons scrolled past!
Slower and slower!
Zhang Ye still had the Lucky Halo (Upgraded) activated, so it did not matter to him what he got as long as it was not a blank. Otherwise, the 100 million would really be wasted.
The machine stopped, and the results were out!
It's a Skill Chest (Medium)!
The middle-sized Treasure Chest was larger than the smaller Treasure Chests of the first category. When Shi Feng opened the Treasure Chest, he discovered that the Skill Book inside was also much larger than the Skill Book in the small Treasure Chest. This seemed to be the first time Zhang Ye had gotten a Skill Category Experience Book from the Lottery Draw. But when he saw the name of the experience book, Zhang Ye was dumbfounded!
[Go Skill Experience Book] x 10.
F * ck you!
Or Go?
He immediately tried it out and flipped open a skill book. The book immediately turned into light dots and flew into Zhang Ye's brain. He could clearly feel the skill's improvement, but there was no system notification that it could not be used. It looked like his previous guess was right. In the Lottery Draw Type 1, a portion of the skills and attributes could be maxed out with 100 books, while a portion of them could be maxed out with 1000 books and could no longer be used. However, in the Lottery Draw Type 2, these medium sized Treasure Chests had enlarged skill books that could still increase the experience of the skill, but the effect was not as great. The more it was eaten, the smaller the effect. Previously, he had learned a thousand of the small Go Skill Experience Books, which cost the same amount of reputation points as the 10 large Go Skill Experience Books, which cost 100 million reputation points. But for the 10 large Go Skill Experience Books that cost 100 million reputation points, the increase was not that great.
This was very normal. For example, a beginner weightlifter could only lift 25kg to 100kg, and that was still achievable. But to go from 100kg to 150kg, that would be very difficult. From 200kg to 250kg, it would get more and more difficult. Even when it reached the human limit, it would become impossible. But the most amazing thing about the Lottery Draw Type 2 was that it could still increase one's reputation points above the limit. It might seem like the increase was negligible, but the actual meaning was very different. This was too important!
Stamina?
Strength?
In that case, Zhang Ye could still go to the next level!
Having gained a deeper understanding of the game ring, Zhang Ye was quite happy. It was just that the Go skill was a bit of a scam. Oh right, he forgot to turn off the Lucky Halo.
Just as he was about to turn off this thing that was burning up reputation points every second, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the door. Then with a swoosh, an advertising flyer was stuffed under the door.
Turning off the Lucky Halo, he walked over and bent down to pick it up to have a look.
Xuanwumen Go Club?
Recruiting members?
Free experience for two hours with this flyer?
At this moment, Zhang Ye realized that something was wrong. Logically speaking, the Lucky Halo rarely failed. Besides, this was an upgraded version of the Lucky Halo, so it was very effective. Even if it failed once, it shouldn't have failed twice in a row, right? And during this period, someone even stuffed a Go club's flyer under the door?
Could there be some deeper meaning behind it?
Since he had nothing better to do, he immediately decided to go and have a look.
…
Later that afternoon.
Xuanwumen.
It wasn't a long walk, so Zhang Ye jogged over to get some exercise. He was recognized three times on the way there, so he quickly ducked into the alleys to avoid being recognized. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at his destination.
It was a Go club on the second floor. It had an antique feel to it.
When he pushed the door open, it wasn't very big and looked more like a coffee shop.
The receptionist was an old man.
"Young lad, how are you?"
"Hello."
"First time here?"
"Yes, the flyer says that it's free for two hours?"
"Let me have a look? Yes, you can experience it for free. It's on the second floor. "
Clack, clack. The crisp sound of Go stones falling could be heard from above.
Zhang Ye went upstairs to have a look. There weren't many people in the Go club, and most of them were elderly. Only then did he take off his sunglasses. His fan base wasn't comprised of the elderly, so he just needed to wear a face mask. There shouldn't be any fear of being recognized. Otherwise, it would look too strange if he were to wander around in sunglasses.
He found an empty seat and sat down. Then he set up a Go record.
Thinking back, Zhang Ye had also learned Go before. Of course, he didn't learn it professionally, but in primary school or middle school, the school required everyone to sign up for an after-school interest class. There were chess classes, badminton classes, and soccer classes. He didn't know why, but he chose to learn Go at that time. He knew how to play a little, but that was all he could do. He had flipped through countless Go records, but he couldn't understand any of them, so he wasn't too interested in Go.
Five minutes.
Ten minutes.
He just sat there by himself. No one approached him to play Go, nor did he want to find anyone to play. He just wanted to know what was going on with the Lucky Halo today.
Suddenly, someone came up from downstairs.
He turned his head and saw an old man in his fifties or sixties. He was dressed very nicely in a Chinese tunic suit. His eyebrows were quite thick, and he didn't look like he had a good temper.
When he arrived, everyone in the Go club stopped playing.
"Yo."
"Teacher Changhe."
"A rare guest?"
"Why are you here today?"
"Did you quarrel with your daughter again? Haha! "
"Or did you get chased out by your wife?"
It was obvious that these old men were old acquaintances of his and had been chatting with him for a long time.
The old man who addressed himself as Teacher Changhe curled his lips and rolled his eyes. "Don't even think about it. Do you think I won't kill you all? Who's next? Bring it on, I'll give you a three-stone handicap! "
A middle-aged man laughed and said, "Even if you give us a five-stone handicap, we wouldn't dare to play against you. Who doesn't know about you, Changhe 9-dan?"
Teacher Changhe didn't like hearing that. He harrumphed, "You're talking like no one knows about me!"
An old man said in amusement, "You have students all over the world. How many national players are your disciples? The entire world knows about you, alright? People say that a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements. You've already retired for so many years, yet you're still so competitive. "
Teacher Changhe laughed and said, "But I'm still better than you, old fogey. Back then, you tried your best but still couldn't become a professional Go player. You're only the king of the amateur Go players!"
9-dan?
9-dan Go?
Zhang Ye was taken aback. There was even a master in this small Go club?
A 9-dan Go player was one of the highest honors in the Go world. Even if they were old and retired, they would still be at the level of a professional Go player. They were the titans of the Go world, so why would such a big shot appear in a small amateur Go club?
Then he heard Changhe 9-dan say, "I'm not going to argue with you guys anymore. I still have something to attend to. Where's Old Lu? We agreed to meet at this time, so where did he go? "
"Old Lu just left."
"Ah?"
"His wife seems to have fallen ill."
"Heh, that old fogey. I told him that I had some serious business to attend to! Isn't he just holding me up! "
"What's the matter, Teacher Changhe?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing."
Changhe 9-dan only cared about himself.
It was already so late, so where was he going to find someone?
Suddenly, he looked in Zhang Ye's direction from the corner of his eyes. "Eh? Who's this kid? "
An old man looked over. "I don't know him. He just came in not too long ago, but I think he's here to play Go? But he hasn't gotten anyone to play against him. He's been playing by himself. "
In this Go club that was basically made up of elderly people, the arrival of a young man naturally attracted their attention. However, no one went to speak to Zhang Ye.
Changhe 9-dan walked over and looked at the Go board. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. After taking a closer look, his eyes lit up. "Why haven't I seen this Go playbook before?"
Only then did Zhang Ye look up at him and say with a smile, "I made it up. I forgot where I saw it from."
Of course he hadn't seen it before, because this was a game played by two masters from Zhang Ye's previous world. Zhang Ye was doing a simple replay of the game.
Changhe 9-dan sat down across from him and looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze. "Beginner?"
Zhang Ye smiled. "More or less."
Changhe 9-dan asked, "How good are you?"
"So-so," Zhang Ye said conservatively.
Several of the old men in the Go club were amused. So-so? You sure talk big!
Changhe 9-dan narrowed his eyes. "Alright, let's play a game."
Zhang Ye thought for a moment. "Alright."
"I'll give you a handicap of two stones. Come!" Changhe 9-dan took the white stone from him.
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