Chapter 4775: Chess Skills

Although the strong men on Kunxuan Continent focus their main energy on martial arts practice, it does not mean that they have no other entertainment besides practice.

After all, only a part of people regard practice as the whole meaning of life. Moreover, among these people, some people will eventually choose to give up after years of practice but still cannot break through.

In addition, each sect must have people who deal with many external affairs. After giving up the idea of ​​stepping into the peak, most of these people like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or poetry, singing and dancing.

And it is said that some people let go of their obsession and turned to be obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Later, when they occasionally have insights, they break through the shackles that they could not break through before.

The so-called piano, chess, calligraphy and painting can only be regarded as a minor path in the eyes of most people. At best, it can relieve the mood or be a diversion from boring practice.

Before knowing Huankong, Zuo Feng also had such an idea, so even if there was an intersection in life, he would take the initiative to avoid it. In his opinion, since it has nothing to do with cultivation, it is just a waste of time and he should stay away from it.

But after meeting Huankong, Zuo Feng finally had a new understanding of the art of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. The art of music is about music, and a few special martial arts use music as a weapon to disturb people's minds or hurt their internal organs. The strong can even comprehend the rules of music.

As for calligraphy and painting, Zuo Feng could understand it when Master Huankong mentioned painters. At that time, the super family of the Xuanwu Empire used calligraphy and painting to practice, and was able to derive martial arts from it.

When Zuo Feng faced the seventh son of the Xuanwu Painting family, he really suffered some losses, so when Master Huankong mentioned it, Zuo Feng quickly understood that calligraphy and painting were not simple.

In Huankong's introduction, he valued chess the most. Originally, Zuo Feng didn't care too much, but just thought that playing chess would help people think to a certain extent, and there was nothing else.

However, Huankong told Zuo Feng a truth, that there is a connection between chess and rune formations.

Originally, Zuo Feng did not see what the connection between the two was. He did not know whether Huankong was testing Zuo Feng or making him understand more deeply, so he did not tell him the answer directly. He just set aside some time every day for the two to sit and talk.

Huankong did not explain. Zuo Feng knew his master's character and did not deliberately ask questions. Instead, he tried to immerse himself in the daily game.

There were not many games every day. They would end after just one game. The time was also very casual. There would be no review after the game. After the game, Huankong got up and left, leaving Zuo Feng to clean up the chessboard and recall the game between the two sides.

At first, Zuo Feng cared about the rules of chess. He would think about it every time he made a move. Until he thoroughly mastered the rules of chess, he was immersed in the many ways of his master Huankong.

After a period of time, Zuo Feng found that he could not find any rules from the ways. Often, when he seemed to have mastered some rules, Huankong's ways would immediately change.

After a period of time, Zuo Feng suddenly found out one day that he had been bound from the beginning to now. It was just that he was bound by the rules of chess at first, and then he was bound by the way Huankong showed. To put it bluntly, he was always in a state of self-restraint.

It was also after that realization that Zuo Feng really had a new understanding of chess. And the chessboard in front of him seemed to be constantly expanding and extending, as if to include everything in the world.

From that time on, chess and chess changed from a minor path in Zuo Feng's mind to the most profound and mysterious of the four arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

The change in mentality also began to gradually affect Zuo Feng's research on chess, especially when he played chess with Huankong again, the whole person was in a state of complete immersion and relaxation, and the various "constraints" before had long been freed from him.

Although the two had played countless games before, Zuo Feng thought that his chess skills had improved a lot, but when he asked his master, Huankong always smiled faintly and told him that he had not yet entered the door.

If it were someone else, Zuo Feng might feel that this was a naked humiliation, but facing his serious master, it was a direct blow to him.

In fact, at that time, Zuo Feng was still a little unconvinced in his heart. He felt that if his master didn't want to deliberately hit him and make him less arrogant, then his master couldn't see through his true level at all.

No matter what Zuo Feng thought in his mind, he would never go against the arrangement of his master Huankong, nor would he have any idea of ​​resistance. The relationship between them was more than that of ordinary master and apprentice. Without the influence of the sect or family, the relationship between the two was not only simple, but also accumulated very deeply.

Even if Zuo Feng felt a little unconvinced in his heart, he would still play chess with his master seriously. He would think carefully about each move and even experience it carefully.

When Huankong really let go of the rules and the constraints of chess, in his eyes, playing chess was no longer just a game, but more like a great man creating a world.

At first, Zuo Feng did not have such an understanding. He cared more about winning or losing. Until he let go of the rules, chess strategies, and so on, he also let go of winning or losing. It was at that moment that he understood why his master had said before that he had not yet started.

Most of the time, the truth does not exist in isolation. As the saying goes, "If you understand one truth, you will understand all truths." There are always inextricable connections between everything in the world.

Zuo Feng knew from a young age that it is actually very simple to do things simply, but if you want to do them well, or even to the extreme, the difficulty is unimaginable.

Even if it is a small thing, it is very difficult to do it well. On the other hand, if you go through many difficulties to complete a thing, even if you can't do it to the extreme, you can at least do it a little better.

Then there are two key points here, one is "doing things" and the other is "difficulties". They are two conditions that cannot be avoided if you want to achieve a better goal.

These two conditions can be said to be opposite to each other, but on the other hand, they have a common goal and seem to be a whole.

The truth is here. Zuo Feng, who has experienced many things, can actually understand it roughly, but he has never thought about it carefully. It's just that there are some things he must do, and in order to do them well, he must not only have the determination to face difficulties, but also be able to face difficulties with the calmest mentality.

It was not until Zuo Feng actually crossed the threshold that Master Huankong mentioned in the way of playing chess that he finally had a clearer understanding of this truth.

Before, when playing chess with Master, he always regarded Master as an opponent, and all his thoughts were to target Master and defeat the opponent.

After crossing that threshold, Huankong saw the vast "chessboard" and the fallen chess pieces. He wanted to use chess pieces to create a world on the chessboard, and the other chess pieces were the obstacles he encountered when creating the world.

He could not give up because of difficulties, and he could not turn to deal with difficulties and ignore his ultimate goal.

It was also after this understanding that Zuo Feng discovered that playing chess actually had a huge improvement effect on his rune formation.

The rune formation is actually creating. If the space where people live, such as the space of Kunxuan Continent, is regarded as a chessboard, then the process of constructing the formation is actually like creating a small piece of heaven and earth belonging to oneself on the chessboard.

Zuo Feng, who played chess with his master, was like facing a world with extremely strict rules. It was extremely difficult to create even a small piece of heaven and earth.

After Zuo Feng no longer regarded his master Huankong as his opponent, he focused more on creating his own world on the chessboard when he constructed the formation. Even if it was just a small piece, as long as it could be preserved in the end, he would be satisfied.

The unsure warriors of Fengcheng felt that their city lord Zuo Feng's chess skills had declined too seriously when they watched the game between the two. When the level was the best before, the two sides were only seven or eight pieces apart, but now they saw that Zuo Feng's pieces were almost cleared on the chessboard.

What everyone didn't understand was that Huankong was in a good mood after that game, and he even kept slapping his knees with excitement.

After that game, although Zuo Feng still lost miserably, his cheeks were flushed with excitement, and he knelt on the ground respectfully to kowtow to his master.

The master and the apprentice continued to play chess, but in the eyes of everyone, Zuo Feng became more and more confident when playing chess from that time on, and people often couldn't figure out his chess moves, but his chess skills were improving by leaps and bounds.

Later, after Blizzard and Zhentian watched the game between Zuo Feng and Huankong, they looked extremely shocked. Even soon after watching, they both had some new insights in cultivation.

You have to know how difficult it is for strong people like Blizzard and Zhentian to improve their realm, especially they need to have a new understanding of the rules to improve. After watching the game, the realm has improved, and it is obvious that they have a new understanding of the rules from the game.

The habit of playing chess was not temporarily put down until entering the Arctic Ice Field. After all, in such a dangerous environment, they have to deal with various dangers anytime and anywhere, and they can't find a chance to sit down and play a game quietly.

At this time, seeing the criss-crossing array lines in the air, Huankong not only has to analyze the changes in various arrays, but also has to sense any subtle fluctuations in the arrays at all times.

The more he was in a state of high concentration, the more Huankong's mind was trapped in it. Unlike Zuo Feng, as a bystander, he not only had a broad vision, but also an open way of thinking.

While Huankong was obsessed with the rune formation itself, Zuo Feng had a faint sense of familiarity until the fine line of the formation changed and the two-color light dots flashed in his vision.

At this moment, in Zuo Feng's mind, the black and white chess pieces unconsciously emerged.