The carriage moved forward with the tinkling of bells.
Inside the carriage, Garon and Witch Lola sat opposite each other. A short square table was placed between them. The black and red surface of the table was covered with Go boards. Garon was playing white, while Lola was playing black.
The black pieces were usually placed first by the younger generation, while the white pieces were held by the older generation.
Garon did not expect that this world would be the same as Earth. There was something like Go, and the rules were exactly the same as Earth's.
Currently, the white pieces on the board had taken up most of the space. Lola was still trying her best to find a breakthrough. She held a black piece in her hand, but could not find an empty spot to place it.
She raised her head and looked at Garen, the corner of her mouth twitching.
"I'm not playing anymore!"
"Don't you have the advantage in the overall situation?" Garon smiled and asked softly, "Why aren't you playing anymore?"
"What overall situation!? What's the use of having the advantage in the overall situation!? " Lola was displeased. "You didn't care about the overall situation at all. You just rushed over and messed up the set-up that I worked so hard to set up!"
Garon's chess style did not care about the overall situation at all. His ability to annihilate his opponents was extraordinarily strong. Almost all of his opponents died upon contact. No matter how good the set-up was, it was useless if he could not win the local battle …
After much difficulty, Lola finally thought of a way to delay the opponent while quickly occupying the territory. Unfortunately, the so-called delay was simply too short. Garen's precise calculations were too powerful, so it could not delay the opponent at all. In fact, because her mind was not focused, it caused her to die even faster …
"This is a classic case of using strength to break through skill, right?" Lola seemed to have understood something. "When the difference in strength is too great, this will happen."
"As long as you understand." Garon nodded. "Theoretically, strength can be compensated with skill, but there's a limit to this. When it's to the point where you can't make up for it no matter how hard you try, such a difference is already using strength to break through skill. "
Lola naturally understood this principle. Her master had once told her this as well.
"Intelligence also needs to be able to move and influence the opponent's chess pieces in order to be effective, right?"
"Wisdom is actually a kind of power." Garon smiled and began to gently sweep the chess pieces into the basket. "If your intelligence can reach the point where you can use the world as a chessboard and all living things as chess pieces, then it will also be an extremely powerful force."
"However, there are far too many variables in the world. To reach that level, one must at least reach the level of self-awareness. That kind of terrifying control over information requires an extremely large amount of power, right?" Laura asked in return.
"Therefore, the path of the heart and the path of strength have their own disadvantages and advantages. One was to strengthen oneself, and the other was to move everything. It was up to the people to make their own choices. Today's scientific firearms and cannons are the result of the second path. "
Heart and strength, these were the ultimate answers sought by all the martial artists of the past.
Thousands of years of strategists, tyrannical generals, top-notch strategists who lacked the strength to truss a chicken, yet could command an army of tens of millions. Before they were born, they did not have a starting point that could be used. They were just ordinary people.
Even the peerless generals who were powerful enough to sweep the battlefield, the peak experts, still had their physical limits. They could not surpass the combined strength of countless people.
Only the combination of the heart and strength, mutual promotion and mutual evolution, like the interaction of Yin and Yang, produced the most harmonious state, which was the true strongest state. In Garon's opinion, the strongest state was to have sufficient strength and a decent amount of wisdom.
With single-digit strength as the base, the amount of strength that could be leveraged with wisdom was not much.
However, with tens of thousands of strength as the base and leveraged with wisdom, that would be truly terrifying.
Garon understood this point. That was why his path had always been to strengthen himself and supplement it with wisdom. This was the path he had chosen. Because of the existence of his innate ability, the limits he could reach were far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
"Human strength is ultimately limited …" Laura pondered for a moment, and finally said with some regret.
"Yes … The heart can leverage the strength of countless people. When gathered together, it is a force that far surpasses the strength of an individual." Garon nodded. "That's why wisdom is almost limitless, and human strength is ultimately limited."
For a time, the two of them did not speak. The carriage fell into a faint silence.
Garon sighed slightly. For others, there was no road ahead of strength. However, for him, there was almost no end in sight.
"Dang … Dang …"
Time passed by slowly, and a white western clock hung inside the carriage suddenly rang.
The two of them glanced at the clock. It was 16: 00.
Laura knelt beside the short table. Her expression changed slightly.
"Gate Master Garon, if you're really the King of the Century who fought the first Immortal Master, then perhaps that little fellow in the provincial capital is your sister's granddaughter …"
"Oh?" Garon was stunned.
"I've met her a few times," Laura said in a low voice. "That little fellow is the current Southern Sky Gate Master. After you disappeared in the battle on Black Smoke Island, the Southern Sky Gate split internally. The Heavenly General established his own gate and left the sect. The Southern Sky Gate was originally the product of the Southern Twelve Gates. Without a spiritual symbol and a unified leader, the split was inevitable. Some of them joined the Immortal Palace, while the others joined our Devil Gate. The remaining ones stuck to the original and combined with the White Cloud Gate to form the current Southern Sky Gate. "
"Continue …" This was the first time Garon heard about the formation and development of the Southern Sky Gate. He did not expect it to be the product of the combination with the White Cloud Gate.
Laura organized her thoughts slightly.
"Without the Holy Fist, the Southern Sky Holy Fist Gate could only be called the Southern Sky Gate. Its leader, Ying Er, was under the care of the Celestial Circle Gate and the King of Nightmares. However, Ying Er later passed away due to illness, leaving behind two adopted children. The Southern Sky Gate split again because of a power struggle. This time, without the old relationship, the Celestial Circle Gate and the King of Nightmares no longer took care of it. The Immortal Palace took the opportunity to strike. Although the Devil Gate tried to take care of it, but still … still … "
She pretended to be extremely regretful. Her words were full of emotions. No matter who heard it, they would think that she was genuinely concerned about the development of the Southern Sky Gate.
Only when Garon heard that Ying Er passed away due to illness did his eyes waver.
"So the Martial Prohibition Order appeared?"
"Yes." Laura nodded. "No one would have thought that Senior Ying Er would place her real hope on a young girl of the grandchild generation. By the time we found out, the Immortal Palace was already in power. The Devil Gate wanted to help, but now we can't even protect ourselves … "Laura looked like she was about to cry.
"Then what's up with the White Cloud Gate now?" Garon was surprisingly calm.
"Are you talking about the small sect in the Azure Continent?" Laura quickly adjusted her posture. "That was indeed established by the disciples of the White Cloud Gate. However, they have long lost their inheritance, and they only practice low-grade Secret Techniques." She knew everything. No wonder she was the leader of the Devil Gate. After the death of the Devil Gate's Soldier Master, she was the first person in the sect.
She stole a glance at Garon.
"You want to rebuild the sect?"
Garon smiled and did not reply.
"How are Andrela and the King of Nightmares?"
"Senior Andrela is the current strongest Sword King of the Celestial Circle Gate. He oversees the entire sect and has not fought for many years. Senior King of Nightmares … His whereabouts are unknown. You know that as well … This senior is temperamental and unpredictable. No one can catch his whereabouts … The only thing we know is that he is still alive. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Laura was very familiar with the Eastern Continent's language. Her words were precise and appropriate.
Although Garon learned the Eastern Continent's language from the ruffian Zhao, he was still not as fluent as her.
Andrela and the King of Nightmares were a pair of good friends. They were never separated. Garon knew that if he found one of them, the other would not be far away.
"Please inform the Celestial Circle Gate and ask Andrela to bring the King of Nightmares here!" Garon said calmly.
"The original words?" Laura's heart raced. The Sword King and the King of Nightmares were both top fighters. They had not fought for many years and their strength was unpredictable. Even the Divine Master had been tolerating the Celestial Circle Gate's protection of the Southern Sky Gate. Rumor had it that the two of them could even compete with the Divine Master.
"Of course." Garen turned his head sideways and looked out of the car. The wind blew past the black wilderness grass, causing layers of dark green ripples to form.
Suddenly, a black pigeon flapped its wings and flew into the carriage. It landed lightly in Laura's hand.
Laura glanced at Garon. She picked up one of the pigeon's legs and took off the black paper tied to it.
She removed the black thread and unfolded it.
She glanced at it and her expression changed.
"Gate Master, I am afraid we have to speed up. The situation in the provincial capital has changed. The Southern Sky Gate Master is in danger. "
"Tell me." Garon's expression turned serious.
"The Southern Sky Gate Master, Ying Ying 'er, is under house arrest. I am afraid the Young Divine Master has found out her identity."
Before she finished speaking, Laura felt her waist tighten and her whole body lighten. Her vision blurred for a moment and she was already in Garon's arms. They left the carriage and were running at high speed in the black wilderness.
The wind whistled in her ears and there was a faint whistling sound in the air. Her surroundings became blurry. Even with her dynamic vision, she could not see clearly.
"Show me the way." Garon's voice came into her ears.
Overwhelmed with shock, Laura forced herself to look forward. She saw the wilderness, rocks, and winding greyish-white roads, all of which flashed past her in an instant. From time to time, a small stream of grassland would flash past. The speed was more than twice as fast as when she was rushing on her own.
"I … I can't see clearly …" Laura said shamefully. As the top fighter of the Devil Gate, she could not even see clearly … She was now completely convinced that Garon was the King of the Century. Although she did not know why it was different from the records, it was not the key. It was rumored that the Immortal Palace's Eye of Ten Thousand Thoughts recorded a secret method to store the soul with telekinesis. If one could find a suitable body to possess, they could be reborn in disguise.
Garon had to slow down from time to time so that Laura could identify the direction.
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