Chapter 69: What a Point Three-Three, the Longevity Pill is in Hand!

The opening stage of Go, every move was of utmost importance!

Opening with Point Three-Three.

This was without a doubt a shortsighted, foolish move, a truly terrible play!

Precisely because of this.

When Yan Wuchen heard the words of Qingzhou’s talented youths, he could not help but laugh softly and said, “Brother Xu, perhaps you accidentally misspoke just now?

Why not place another stone instead?”

As soon as Yan Wuchen finished speaking, the gazes of the nearby female cultivators grew stickier upon him, as they all said:

“Yan Gongzi’s heart is as vast as the sea, truly admirable.”

“No wonder he is Yan Gongzi!”

……

Xu Zhengyang saw that the atmosphere was growing stranger by the moment, and he immediately urged Yan Wuchen, “Brother Yan, why don’t we add a rule?

If one fails to respond within ten breaths after a move, then one loses a stone.

How about it?”

“Hahahaha, Brother Xu, you are indeed a witty man, I accept this rule!”

Yan Wuchen laughed heartily as he agreed, then immediately placed a stone, saying, “In that case, third row, fourth column, block!”

“Fourth row, third column, crawl,” Xu Zhengyang replied.

……

After adding the rule of losing a stone for not responding within ten breaths, the two, Xu and Yan, played stones like flying.

In just a short while.

More than a dozen moves had already been placed in succession.

As the game gradually unfolded, the spectators began to notice certain patterns, and someone could not resist commenting:

“This Xu Zhengyang… his skill in Go is not weak, so why did he start with that Point Three-Three move?”

“It can’t be that because Yan Gongzi let him play Black first, he simply gave Yan Gongzi a stone, right?”

“How could that be, if he wanted to give a stone, why not just play at Tengen?”

“That really goes against Go principles.”

……

When Xu Zhengyang heard these discussions, his heart was full of pity.

Point Three-Three against the principles of Go?

In his past life.

Point Three-Three as an opening move was the most outrageous trick in modern Go!

Because it not only slapped Go principles developed over thousands of years flat onto the ground, but also stomped on them ruthlessly a few more times!

The most despairing part was.

After being hit.

Even if you wanted to talk back, you could not open your mouth!

“When in doubt, Point Three-Three!”

In his past life.

After AlphaGo swept across the world of Go, this phrase became the universally acknowledged truth of the Go world!

……

Just as Qingzhou’s youths were discussing the meaning behind Xu Zhengyang’s Point Three-Three, Xu Zhengyang and Yan Wuchen had already played past the sixtieth move.

Although they were playing blindfold Go.

Xu Zhengyang, however, had a Go board displayed on his retina, a software from his previous life that he had installed in his brain for AI matches.

With this software.

Every time Yan Wuchen placed a stone, Xu Zhengyang would take White and also place a stone on that spot in his own board.

In a moment.

Once the AI responded to Yan Wuchen’s move, Xu Zhengyang would report the AI’s chosen placement to Su Mo, letting her record it.

By the eighty-fourth move.

As soon as Xu Zhengyang input Yan Wuchen’s move onto the board, the White’s win-rate calculation at the bottom of the board suddenly dropped from 41% to 18.2%!

Seeing this result.

Xu Zhengyang let out a soft laugh and said to Yan Wuchen, “Brother Yan, have you prepared the Longevity Pill?”

At this moment, Yan Wuchen believed himself to be in control of the game.

So he thought Xu Zhengyang was just talking trash to distract him, and as he was about to retort.

Xu Zhengyang’s next move instantly made Yan Wuchen break out in a cold sweat!

“！”

Yan Wuchen’s heart jolted in shock.

Xu Zhengyang’s earlier moves were not bad, but they were not great either—loosely scattered, appearing like he was barely coping.

But now.

With Xu Zhengyang’s new placement, this divine move suddenly connected all the previous stones together.

As if all the earlier moves…

Had been laying down foreshadowing for this very moment!

【Impossible, could this man truly have such strength in Go?】 Yan Wuchen thought in disbelief.

He originally wanted to stop and carefully consider.

But because of the rule he had just agreed to—ten breaths without a move means a penalty stone—Yan Wuchen had no choice but to grit his teeth and place a stone first.

【White win-rate: 1.2%】

As soon as Xu Zhengyang input Yan Wuchen’s placement into the AI, the White’s win-rate dropped directly from 18.2% to rock-bottom!

Seeing this.

Xu Zhengyang nearly burst out laughing, and at once pressed Yan Wuchen relentlessly!

Only seven moves later!

Although Yan Wuchen had not yet completely lost, his overall situation was already hopeless, his White stones slaughtered into scattered remnants, with no chance of recovery!

Yan Wuchen fell silent.

As the ten breaths were nearly up.

Yan Wuchen finally admitted defeat with no choice, saying, “Brother Xu, such fine skill, what a Point Three-Three!”

As he spoke.

Yan Wuchen flipped his hand, taking out a jade bottle engraved with a sealing formation from his storage pouch, and tossed it to Xu Zhengyang, saying, “It seems I underestimated Qingzhou’s heroes after all.

Inside is the Longevity Pill, please keep it well, Brother Xu.”

The thirty-year Longevity Pill had just been obtained.

Before Xu Zhengyang could even say anything, Yan Wuchen used a technique and vanished without a trace.

“？”

Xu Zhengyang was stunned.

He had originally planned to fleece a bit more wool from Yan Wuchen.

But he never expected that after losing just one round, Yan Wuchen would disappear on the spot, leaving all his plans empty.

At this moment.

The young talents who had just been following Yan Wuchen immediately switched sides, turning to flatter Xu Zhengyang instead:

“I always knew that Yan Wuchen was just a fame-seeker, but when it comes to wisdom, it is still Senior Brother Xu of the True Essence Sect who is superior!”

“I’ve heard that Divine Mechanism Peak of the True Essence Sect specializes in studying the Dao of Formations.

No wonder this Dao of Go and the Dao of Formations must share similarities, which is why Senior Brother Xu was able to utterly crush Yan Wuchen!”

“Xu Gongzi’s bearing truly makes this little girl’s heart tremble, may I ask if Gongzi is married, or if you have a Dao Companion?”

……

Xu Zhengyang felt no fondness at all for this group of fickle flatterers.

So he gave Su Mo a glance, and Su Mo immediately understood, swiftly leading Xu Zhengyang away from the place.

A moment later.

Inside a quiet cabin with a window view.

Su Mo, while serving Xu Zhengyang spiritual tea, smiled sweetly and said, “I never thought that Gongzi would have such attainment even in the Dao of Go.

This girl is truly impressed.”

“Chess is just a pastime, nothing worth mentioning.”

Xu Zhengyang replied, then voiced his doubt to Su Mo, asking, “That Yan Wuchen only lost in a game of chess, why would he run off directly?

I still wanted to compete with him in a few more things…”

By the end, Xu Zhengyang’s face was full of regret, for after all, just winning one match already earned him a Longevity Pill that could extend life by thirty years!

Hearing this, Su Mo did not conceal anything, and directly said, “The cultivation methods that suppress fate and borrow it for cultivation are extremely harsh to practice!

Yan Wuchen’s original plan was to gather fate under the title of ‘Qingzhou’s Number One of His Realm.’

That is why Master Tai Su held such a grand disciple-recruiting ceremony for him.

As for setting up challenges on the Celestial Treasure Pavilion…

It was merely that Yan Wuchen wanted to showcase his skill in minor arts like qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting, to see if he could gain a bit more fate.

That is precisely why.

Once he was defeated in the Dao of Go, it became meaningless for him to stay here, so he left in dejection.”

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