The middle-aged man had a strange look on his face.
He did not expect that Chen Nan actually dared to gamble with his life, risking taking a sword from him, just to pass through.
Indeed, only a person with such deep feelings could move the sentient Concentrating Mind Fruit Tree and allow it to pluck the fruit to save its lover's life. The middle-aged man nodded and pointed to the left. "Walk three thousand meters this way, five hundred meters to the right, then walk straight to the left. You will enter the next test."
"Thank you!"
Chen Nan turned around and left.
He took out a pill for external injuries, crushed it, and sprinkled it on his wound.
Then, he tore off a piece of Ganoderma lucidum and threw it into his mouth. He used his inner energy to refine it and absorb its medicinal properties.
The middle-aged man's sword had stabbed him in the left side of his chest. If his heart was not on the right side and he did not have the Ancient Shield to protect him, the sword would have killed him.
The Black-haired Pheasant praised him, which was rare. "You're really ruthless. I can't believe you dared to take a sword from him."
Chen Nan shook his head. "Taking a sword from him is nothing. As long as I can get the Concentrating Mind Fruit, I don't care even if I lose my life."
The Black-haired Pheasant shook its head. "I think you're stupid. There are so many women in the world. Why do you care so much about her? Even if she dies, you still have your junior, Huo, and Gongsun. What's the rush?"
"Yiyi, I can't let her down. But if she dies because of me, I can only live in pain for the rest of my life," Chen Nan looked at the Black-haired Pheasant and sighed. "You won't understand this feeling."
Black Feather Chicken was full of arrogance and said, "Grandpa Chicken doesn't care to understand. Isn't it just picking up girls? Back then when Grandpa Chicken was picking up girls, your ancestors weren't even born yet!"
"…"
Chen Nan was speechless.
To be more precise, he did not want to waste his breath on this chicken.
It was a chicken with no morals. Would it know how to talk about feelings? Even if he said that, it would be like playing the lute to a cow and wasting his saliva.
Soon, Chen Nan arrived at a thatched hut.
That's right, it was a thatched hut.
Logically speaking, Famed Medicine Manor shouldn't be short of money, and building a better house wouldn't cost much. But what made people puzzled was that the place where the Supreme Elder of the fourth checkpoint lived was just a simple and crude thatched hut.
Outside the hut, a white-haired old man was sitting in front of a stone table. There was a Go board on the table. The old man's left hand and his right hand's right. He was playing with himself.
He was playing chess with himself, doing two things at once. This kind of mental state was truly shocking.
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The old man shook his head and said, "I knew you were coming with a divination. If you can beat me on the chessboard, then I'll consider it a pass. "
Chen Nan did not stand on ceremony. He strode over and sat down opposite the old man.
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Back when he was on the mountain, he played Go with Xuan Tianji out of boredom. Although he lost more than he won, he was better at Go than in martial arts.
After all, martial arts required continuous practice and accumulation. It required a combination of understanding and time to reach the peak.
Compared to martial arts, Go was different.
Go mainly relied on one's brain and understanding. A moment of epiphany was equivalent to decades of practice.
Chen Nan had not touched the Go board for a few months after he left the mountain. But this did not affect his Go skills. As long as he sat in front of the Go board, his mind was clear as a mirror.
After clearing the Go board, Chen Nan looked at the old man and said with a smile, "Senior, please go first."
The old man took a deep look at Chen Nan. He picked up a black piece and placed it down. Chen Nan followed closely behind and placed a white piece.
The two of them played one move after another. After half an hour, the Go board was almost half filled. Chen Nan's white pieces were beginning to take shape, while the old man's black pieces were scattered and disorderly. It was as if all of them were dead pieces.
But Chen Nan had a feeling that the old man's black pieces were filled with murderous intent.
However, based on the current situation, he could not see through the profoundness behind it for the time being. He only had a bad feeling in his heart.
But as the pieces were placed down one by one, after two-thirds of the game, Chen Nan finally realized that something was wrong. The old man began to counterattack. Every time a piece was placed down, his dead pieces would come back to life. And Chen Nan's pieces would become dead pieces.
He was indeed an expert!
Chen Nan praised the old man's Go skills in his heart.
He knew that he would lose this game.
But Chen Nan did not give up. He did not want to counterattack. Instead, he wanted to see through the old man's moves and plan for the next game.
This round of killing took an entire hour.
Chen Nan was beaten to a pulp. It was too horrible to look at, but he was also testing the old man's depth. He deliberately used fake moves to confuse the old man and plan for the next game.
The old man was an absolute Go expert. After this game, Chen Nan's understanding of Go had increased by a few points.
In fact, some of the old man's moves even gave him a sense of enlightenment.
"Young man, you have extraordinary talent!" The old man could not help but praise as he put away the pieces.
"You flatter me, senior."
Chen Nan was about to ask for another game, but the old man stood up and said, "I only play one game with others every day. Come back tomorrow."
Chen Nan had no choice but to spend the night in the forest.
The Black-haired Pheasant complained for half the night, saying that the old man was putting on airs. If it had the cultivation it had in the past, it would have beaten the old man up.
Early the next morning, Chen Nan came to the thatched hut.
The game began, and both sides fought fiercely.
This time, Chen Nan changed his style of play. He fought with silence, and the old man did the same.
In the first half of the game, both sides played gently. There was no murderous intent on the chessboard. However, in the second half of the game, as the game progressed, both sides gradually went on the offensive.
The originally ordinary game was suddenly filled with murderous intent as the pieces were placed one by one. Both sides were locked in a stalemate.
This game of Go went on for the whole morning.
By noon, the chessboard was almost full of pieces, but there was still no clear winner. It was a draw.
The old man looked at the chessboard and nodded. "Young man, I didn't expect you to be so good at Go at such a young age. I'm impressed. Today, I'll make an exception and play another game with you."
"Thank you, senior!"
Chen Nan did not beat around the bush. He put away the pieces and began the second game.
With the experience of the previous two games, Chen Nan basically understood the old man's style of play. Therefore, in this game, Chen Nan began to lay out his plan as soon as he placed a piece.
He set up a game to deal with the old man's style of play. It was a shocking killing game!
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