The wooden door naturally opened.
Irin didn't even bother to use such a pretentious trick. He didn't expect the other party to use it.
Irin sighed softly.
Jian Nanchun stood outside the door and didn't enter. He cupped his hands and left.
Before leaving, Jian Nanchun gave Irin a look, as if to say, "Junior Apprentice-Brother Lin, you're on your own."
In front of Jian Nanchun, Irin took out Jian Nanchun No.2 expressionlessly and slashed again to express his longing for Senior Apprentice-Brother Jian Nanchun.
Inside the door were two old men with white hair and youthful faces.
The courtyard was full of purple flowers. The petals fell and covered the ground.
As the breeze blew, the petals on the ground rolled and unfolded.
In the corner of the courtyard, there was a bare old tree. It formed a sharp contrast with the flowers in the courtyard.
The two old men were playing chess.
On the side of the chessboard, there was a soft futon in advance, as if waiting for Irin to sit.
As expected.
The two old men didn't even look at Irin. They just stared at the empty chessboard and pointed at the futon beside them.
"Sit."
Irin sat down obediently.
What could he do if he didn't sit?
Turn around and run?
He wouldn't be so rebellious.
After Irin sat down, he began to look around.
The layout of the courtyard was clear at a glance. The courtyard was elegant, and the decoration was simple. There was nothing special about it.
However, the appearance of the two old men made Yi Lin pay attention to them.
At first, he thought that he was face-blind.
But after looking carefully, Irin realized that it wasn't his problem. It was that the two old men really looked the same.
This "look" wasn't an exaggeration.
Not only did the two old men look the same, even the thickness of their eyebrows, the direction of their hair, their bangs, and their hairstyles were all the same. It was as if they were printed from a template. This was a bit interesting.
Even if they were twins, these two mirror images were a bit exaggerated.
Irin sat cross-legged and didn't say anything. He quietly waited for the next event.
The two old men were very satisfied with Irin's performance.
In the past, they had also received other disciples whom they had taken a fancy to.
However, after these disciples arrived, they looked left and right as if they were country bumpkins who had never seen the world. This made the two of them want to slap them. How embarrassing!
However, Lin Yi was extremely calm, which made people sigh in admiration.
However, the two of them didn't show it on their faces.
At this moment.
The old man sitting on the right side of Irin smiled at Irin and asked softly, "Lin Yi, do you know how to play chess?"
Irin wasn't sure before.
But when the old man asked, Irin understood.
Sure enough, you guys are that shameless!
They immediately mentioned Irin's name. Jian Nanchun did not mention it, and neither did Irin. It seemed like the twins were the cultivators who used their spiritual senses to spy on Irin every day.
"Ahem, ahem, I know a little."
Irin coughed lightly to hide the awkwardness in his heart. Although he felt that the two of them were shameless, it was better not to show such emotions.
In fact, Irin wasn't being modest.
To be honest, he really did know a little.
In other words … he barely knew the rules and the level of playing one or two pieces.
However, just because he knew a little did not mean that Irin was weak when he really played.
Go was a game of chess. It tested the game's thinking and the overall situation.
The more sinister a person was, the higher his attainment in Go, and the more he could trick his opponent.
White pieces and black pieces. Wasn't the game of chess just about trapping and killing the opponent?
After the two of them asked this question and got the answer they wanted, they stopped asking and began to play.
"Pah."
The old man on the right put down his white piece.
The old man on the left began to counterattack.
Irin didn't judge whether the two old men's Go skills were good or not, but at least they played fast and there was almost no room for thinking.
An hour later, the black and white pieces on the chessboard were clear, and the winner was decided.
The white piece lost.
It was one step behind.
"Hualala."
All the black and white pieces floated up from the chessboard and fell into the jade bowls beside the two old men.
The two old men didn't ask Irin how they played, nor did they ask Irin if he understood. What was ridiculous was that they didn't even look at Irin. After putting away the black and white pieces, the second round was seamless and continued.
Another round of close combat.
This time, it was the old man on the left, the black piece, who went first.
Another hour passed.
The black piece lost.
It was one step behind.
The third round.
The white piece was put down first.
The white piece lost.
It was still one step behind.
The fourth round …
The fifth round …
Irin watched five rounds in a row.
He had already seen the clues.
So that was it.
After five rounds, Irin sat from morning to noon and didn't move a step. His lumbar disc began to hurt faintly.
When the sixth round began, Yi Lin no longer watched the game. In front of the two old men, he held a secret manual and read it.
What made them angry was that Irin wasn't reading a secret manual passed down in his family or the Heavenly Rapier Sect, but the Lucid Mantra given by Zen Master Withered Leaf.
As expected.
The attention of the two old men who were focused on playing chess was diverted and they began to play blindly.
Their gazes drifted to Irin from time to time.
They seemed to be puzzled. This kid actually dared to read Buddhist scriptures openly in the territory of the Daoist Sect's Paragon?
Who gave you the guts?
Although they peeked from time to time and learned that Irin had several scriptures on him.
But reading Buddhist scriptures in front of the two of them was a little too much.
Isn't the scripture of our Heavenly Rapier Sect good enough?
"Hmph."
Among the twins, the old man on the right snorted coldly. With a shake of his wrist, he threw out a book.
"Heavenly Heart Sword Formation".
It was a well-preserved book with no missing words or pages.
Irin didn't even raise his head. He was unmoved.
"Hmph."
Among the twins, the elder on the left casually dropped a word. He went to a corner and threw another blue-covered ancient book onto Yi Lin's thigh with a smack.
"Fire Cloud Tyrant Sword".
However, what they didn't expect was that Irin was still unmoved.
They couldn't help but turn their heads and look at this ignorant kid.
They asked in unison, "What are you looking at?"
Irin said, "Looking at chess."
Hearing this.
The twins immediately blew their beards.
Even a blind person could tell that this kid was talking nonsense.
Thus, they each said:
"Nonsense!"
"Nonsense!"
Irin's gaze finally reluctantly moved away from the "Clarity Incantation". He picked up the two "Heavenly Heart Sword Formation" and "Fire Cloud Tyrant Sword" on the ground, put them together, and hid them in his arms. The two old men looked at Irin's shameless and natural actions. Before they could say anything, Irin explained, "I said I was looking at chess, but I didn't read it completely. A chess game that can be seen at a glance has no value in watching. I might as well save some time and read more books."
"Oh?" The eyes of the old man on the right lit up.
"Tell me in detail." The old man on the left chuckled. He placed another word and took the initiative to give away his territory.
Yi Lin's face revealed a smile that still carried a bit of innocence and interest as he explained his actions.
In fact, Irin had sensed that something was wrong since the third game.
Even though he didn't know much about chess, after watching two games, he could already imagine the thrill of the game between the two of them on the chessboard from the placement of the pieces.
However, at the beginning of the third game, Irin realized that no matter who played first, the latter seemed to be able to read the former's mind and set up a trap in advance. He placed a piece, intercepted a piece, set up a game, and solved a game. The two of them fought back and forth on the chessboard, and in the end, they all had the same ending: whoever played first would lose.
At the beginning of the fourth game, it was still the same. Irin was thinking, why did this happen?
Did the two of them know each other too well?
It couldn't be. No matter how well they knew each other, they were still two people. It couldn't be to the point where their minds were connected.
In the fifth game, Irin understood.
If this chessboard was seen as the left and right hands of the same person playing chess, there would be no sense of disharmony.
In other words, these two twins had the same mind.
They could completely understand each other's inner thoughts. It was as if they were the same person, heart to heart, hand to hand, together.
That was why Irin said that he didn't want to watch.
Whoever placed a piece first would lose.
In this kind of chess game where the outcome could be seen at a glance, the process was no longer important. There was no suspense.
When Yi Lin expressed her thoughts, Ye Zichen was shocked.
The two old men looked at each other.
A moment later,
They each said something and began to discuss in front of Irin:
"As expected,"
"Excellent comprehension,"
"Good temperament,"
"Poor aptitude,"
"Can be considered a moldable talent,"
"But compared to the outstanding people in the sect,"
"It's a little worse,"
"It's a little worse,"
"It's really a little worse,"
"It's barely passable,"
"It's a pity, a pity,"
"So-so,"
"Forget it, forget it,"
"It's okay to have aptitude,"
"Diligence makes up for stupidity,"
"You, Lin Yi,"
"We're going."
"Although the others are not bad,"
"But your temper is to my liking,"
"It's also to my liking,"
"You're calm enough,"
"You're young and mature."
"And the courtyard lacks a flower trimmer and sweeper,"
"So,"
"It's you."
This kind of dialogue, which was like an idiom connecting dragon after dragon, was an eye-opener for Irin.
Irin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
But in this funny dialogue, Irin also understood one thing:
The life of a handyman was over.
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