Bei Xiaoman's second win was naturally due to Ning Fan's handiwork.

Ordinary chess players are limited to their cultivation and cannot break free from the restrictions of the four-cornered chess world. However, for Ning Fan, such restrictions are in vain.

He is not a pawn to be manipulated.

He can ignore the rules of the chess game at any time, attack independently, and move freely.

His cultivation level was too high, which also led to a result: the chess players in the four-corner chess world were fighting each other, unable to arouse his interest.

No matter how many enemies there are, no matter how neatly the chess world talisman is used, it will still be unable to withstand his one-finger catastrophe.

At first, Ning Fan could sit still, waiting for the enemy soldiers to attack, and then kill them one by one.

Later, he completely lost interest in this game and simply ignored the restrictions of the chess world and took the initiative. He easily found all the opponent's chess soldiers and generals and destroyed them one by one with a snap of his fingers.

"The only thing in this world that I care about is the king's hostage..." Ning Fan's expression became a little solemn when he thought of the old woodcutter from before.

Not only because of the old woodcutter's ancient cultivation, but also because of the power of gold in this man, which exerted great restraint on him.

Among the five elements, metal defeats wood.

There is no doubt that the old woodcutter is a gold-walking monk, and his gold-walking skills are extremely good, and he can actually give Ning Fan a sense of suppression by the wooden walk.

You must know that Ning Fan's Mu Xing is the power of the godhead level. Even if the opponent has the Golden Element master position and title, he should not bring such a degree of threat to Ning Fan.

Then there is only one explanation. The other party's gold element is higher than the palm position, and the power of the title may be the origin of Taoism, or even a higher level...

Ning Fan was pondering to himself when the long-lost words of the ant master suddenly came from the sea of ​​consciousness.

"The cause and effect of that Wang Zhi is very deep, you'd better not provoke him!" It was actually the ant owner's reminder!

Ning Fan looked slightly surprised, "Are you giving a warning? This is not something you would do."

"Hmph! I am connected to your life, so I am reminding you too much. You can't afford to offend that king's hostage, the further away from him the better..." Speaking of the king's hostage, the Ant Master, who has a dignified status as a saint, actually shuddered.

It is not Wang Zhi himself who is afraid, but the cause and effect.

Ning Fan was even more surprised. He calmed down and said solemnly, "You are a saint, why are you so afraid of an ancient cultivator?"

"The legend of bad chess games is widely circulated in the world of cultivation. I guess you have heard of it too," said the Ant Lord.

Ning Fan nodded.

Of course he has heard of the story of Guanqi Lanke. It is said that in ancient times, there was a woodcutter named Wang Zhi near Shishi Mountain in Xin'an County. When this man was cutting firewood, he went to the mountain and saw several immortals coming down.

So Wang Zhi came to watch the game. When he finished watching the game, he was surprised to find that the wooden ax handle on his ax had completely rotted. When he returned to the world, a hundred years had passed, and he

None of his contemporaries are gone.

There is a legend that Wang Zhi didn't realize that he had met an immortal until this moment, so he was overjoyed, returned to Shishi Mountain, and became a disciple of the ancient immortal. He gave up the worldly world and devoted himself to cultivating Taoism.

There is also a legend that Wang Zhi was disheartened after seeing his relatives pass away, so he escaped into Taoism. However, he did not practice in Shishi Mountain, but went to other places and became disciples of other people.

There are often thousands of versions of such anecdotes about cultivation, so they are naturally not credible. Some later generations even went so far as to echo the story and wrote a poem in the tone of Wang Zhi.

Watching chess players playing, felling trees, walking slowly at the mouth of the valley beside the clouds. Selling firewood and selling wine, laughing wildly to express my love. The green path is high in autumn, and I sleep with pine roots against the moon. I recognize the old forest, climb the cliffs and cross the ridges, and cut the withered trees with an axe.

Vine. Harvested into a load, the price of rice is three liters in the market. There is no competition among the seeds, and the current price is average. There is no scheming, no honor or disgrace, and life is indifferent. When we meet, it is either an immortal or a Tao. I sit quietly and talk about "Huang"

court".

This poem has a very high artistic conception, describing the woodcutter as indifferent and carefree, as if he were an expert outside the world.

In the eyes of the world, fishermen and woodcutters are the most comfortable people in the world, but they don't know that there is no so-called freedom in this world. This word is better than the artistic conception, but it is far away from life.

Fishermen fish in Hanjiang River not to enjoy the snow scenery, but just to survive the severe cold and pain.

Woodcutter cuts firewood and sells fuel, not to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests. If not for survival, who would have nothing to do, cutting down trees everywhere and destroying the vitality of the trees.

White-haired fishermen and woodcutters happily meet each other on the riverbank with a jug of turbid wine. These are the imaginations of those who have no worries about food and clothing.

It's freezing, but the hand holding the pole hasn't softened yet, and the painter doesn't realize the hardships of the fishermen. This is a portrayal of the life of poor fishermen and woodcutters.

Ning Fan's mind gradually drifted away, but he was called back by the Ant Lord's sneer.

"I kindly remind you, but you are so distracted. Is it really okay?"

“…”

"Let's talk about Wang Zhi! The master of this palace once mentioned this person emphatically. The master once said that what Wang Zhi saw in Shishi Mountain was not just a game of chess, but the origin of the entire world of cultivation. Playing chess in the mountain

The identities of the ancient immortals are even more terrifying, but the master did not tell them in detail..."

The owner of the ant lord is Patriarch Hongjun, who is in the fourth step of cultivation. Even Patriarch Hongjun finds this person's identity terrifying. You can imagine how aloof he is.

"Haha, the origin of cultivation... So, those ancient immortals have higher status than your master?" Ning Fan asked casually, but in fact he was not interested in such secrets.

"Nonsense! My Lord Hongjun is the number one Immortal of Xuanmen, how can anyone be more noble than him!" The ant owner retorted unhappily, but her confidence in speaking was obviously not very strong.

The rebuttal was just out of loyalty, but the ant owner clearly remembered the awe and admiration his owner had when he mentioned those ancient immortals.

"In short, just don't provoke that king hostage! The karma on his body is too terrible. Once you get involved in his karma, it will be harmful rather than beneficial. Ordinary people don't know this, but most of the fourth-step immortal emperors in the real world know it.

, and because of this, there has never been any trouble for the Immortal Emperor to go to Wang Zhi, and even saints often avoid Wang Zhi; on the contrary, those juniors who don’t know the importance always want to get some benefits from Wang Zhi, and they really don’t know.

Life or death..."

"Oh." Ning Fan was no longer interested in the royal hostage, and he thought about how to make good use of the next time.

"Hey! I have said so much, are you listening carefully?" Ning Fan's indifferent tone really made the ant owner unhappy.

"Um."

"That's nonsense! There is no fear, worry, surprise, or concentration in your emotions... You didn't listen to me at all!"

“…”

“…”

The conversation can't go on any further.

The ant owner snorted coldly and stopped reminding Ning Fan! She finally understood that Ning Fan didn't pay attention to her reminder at all, and she was wasting her breath!

Naturally, she felt a little depressed in her heart, but this time, the ant owner didn't dare to attack Ning Fan and just swallowed her anger. This was not like her at all.

Yes, I just don’t dare!

She is a saint, and logically speaking, there is no way she would be afraid of a second-step junior.

But ever since Ning Fan cultivated a trace of demon spirit bloodline, when she faced Ning Fan, she actually lost the confidence of a saint.

Before, Ning Fan only had the blood of gods, so when she faced Ning Fan, she did not feel too depressed. Who said that gods were defeated by the descendants of fairy spirits? No matter how noble the gods were, they were not worth mentioning.

But by chance, Ning Fan cultivated a trace of demon spirit bloodline.

The ant owner has never heard of what a demon spirit is. Not even many nirvana saints are qualified to know such great secrets of heaven and earth, let alone her.

She only knew one thing, and that was that facing Ning Fan at this moment, she actually felt trembling and humble from the depths of her soul!

It is a kind of... innate feeling of powerlessness facing the Creator of all things!

Just like mortals are afraid of flames, thunder, and the deep sea... It is a terrifying aura that only monks of the third step or above can feel!

So...

After being ignored by Ning Fan, the Ant Lord, who was a dignified saint, only dared to sulk alone instead of quarreling with Ning Fan as usual.

This matter fell into Ning Fan's eyes, and he felt it was extremely abnormal, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

He doesn't like the ant owner from the bottom of his heart, and even if the other party reminds him kindly, he doesn't want to have more conversations with the ant owner.

One breath of time in the outside world is equivalent to several hours in the four-cornered chess world.

Bei Xiaoman has just finished playing the second game of chess, and it will take some time before he can play the third game.

Before the start of the third game of chess, Ning Fan had at least a few hundred days to practice in seclusion.

"The Five Elements Hunyuan Body has been cultivated. Since we have plenty of time anyway, we might as well practice the Two Instruments and Four Symbols..."

After cultivating the Hunyuan of the Five Elements, one can practice the Two Ritual and Four Symbols; after cultivating the Two Ritual and Four Symbols, one can practice Tai Chi's birth and death.

The Two Instruments and Four Symbols are an extension of the Five Elements Hunyuan Body. They are a kind of great Taoist supernatural power. They require practitioners to take the self as the basis and cultivate the guardian spirits of the four directions.

The ego is in the center, and the four guardians are in the southeast, northwest and northwest.

There have long been many descriptions of the term "Four Elephants" in the world of cultivation: some say that the Four Elephants represent spring, summer, autumn, and winter; others say that the Four Elephants are the four major Xuanmen beasts: Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu; others say,

The four images represent Lao Yang, Shao Yin, Lao Yin and Shao Yang in Yili; some people say that the four images represent the stars in the four directions.

Of course, in academic matters, everyone can hold their own opinions and opinions, and there is nothing wrong with this.

Ning Fan took out the jade slip given by the omniscient old man and carefully studied the parts about two rituals and four images.

Suddenly, he read between the lines and saw such a sentence, describing the two rituals and four phenomena that the omniscient old man cultivated himself.

[The wood sage Wood Ghost A in the east, the fire sage fire demon B in the south, the earth infant demon Crane Ni in the center, the gold sage gold god B in the west, the water sage narcissus Ding in the north.]

Ning Fan recalled for a moment, he remembered that the omniscient old man had summoned the Four Elephants twice in front of him before, namely Fire Demon B and Narcissus Ding.

In other words, in addition to Fire Demon B and Narcissus Ding, the omniscient old man also cultivated two other four images: Wood Ghost A and Golden God C.

As for the demon crane, he probably refers to the omniscient old man himself...

"Golden God B, Fire Demon B, Demon Crane Ni, Narcissus Ding, and Wood Ghost A, the five together seem to correspond to the gods, demons, fairies and ghosts. Could it be that the two rites and four images of the omniscient senior are based on this?
To be continued...