Volume 2 Iron Tree Hall Chapter 216 Holy Chess
The Fire Silk Worm returned to the Iron Tree Hall five days after the battle between Songhuang and Crocodile, and the discussion about it was still in full swing in the Iron Tree Hall at that time.
She didn't even report the task and rushed to Songhuang's residence in a hurry, and after seeing that there was no one, she rushed to the seventy-fifth floor of the outer hall, but she still pounced in the air, so anxious that she didn't know what to do like a headless fly, but fortunately, Minglu found her in time and told her about Songhuang's situation after the war, and she was relieved.
However, she didn't see Songhuang for a day, and she still couldn't be completely relieved, so she asked about Songhuang's whereabouts, and Minglu hesitated for a while, which made Huoshu's originally stable heart suddenly rise again.
After a series of questions, Minglu had to answer: "We also want to know, there are a lot of speculations outside, but they don't feel reliable, I have a guess, do you want to listen to it?"
Fire Silk Thread didn't have the heart to listen to speculation, what she wanted was the exact situation.
After hurriedly handing over the task, Huo Silk Hong asked two girlfriends to help inquire about Song Huang's news, but there was still no news after half a month, and Song Huang seemed to have evaporated from the Iron Tree Hall along with the seventy-fifth floor of his teaching.
On this day, Fire Silk Blossom originally wanted to go to the waterfall of Iron Tree Hall to relax, but as soon as she approached, she was stopped, and a disciple of the Second Hall informed her that the area around the waterfall was temporarily listed as a forbidden area, and no one was allowed to approach, which aroused Fire Silk Tree's suspicions.
The waterfall of the Iron Tree Hall is part of the Iron Eel River, so the water quality is also very cold and biting, but because of this, the Iron Tree Hall specially introduced it for some disciples who need to exercise their physique or strengthen their holy arts.
Next to the waterfall, there is an iron tree that grows diagonally, with a very large and peculiar canopy that grows flat at one end and lush at the other, as if it is holding an umbrella under the tree to avoid being caught by the waterfall.
Under the shelter of this iron tree there are five stumps, one large and four small, one high and four low, as a table and four chairs, on which are carved four square squares stacked horizontally and vertically, ten horizontally and sixteen vertically, a total of one hundred and sixty squares, forming a chessboard, but there are no chess pieces on it.
This is a popular competition in the Holy Realm, the name of the Holy Chess, the game has twenty pieces on each side, divided into two columns, the first column has five types of chess pieces, namely: melee soldiers, large shield soldiers, spearmen, land cavalry, and grenadiers.
Melee soldiers, can move two squares at a time, cannot go backwards, and stomp on targets, large shield soldiers, can only move one square at a time, cannot go backwards, do not have the ability to attack, but can block attacks and others, and need to be eliminated from behind, spearmen, can move two squares at a time, cannot go back, attack range is adjacent units, land cavalry, can move three squares at a time, but can only move in a straight line, attack range is the enemy they trample on, so it is zero attack range, and the grenadier, can move one block at a time, can attack enemies within two blocks of the first attack, and then will become a normal melee soldierγ
The second column contains six types of pieces: Archer, Array Mage, Assassin, Air Cavalry, Guard, and Leader.
Archer, move two squares at a time, attack range two squares, but cannot attack adjacent units; Array Mage, one square at a time, attack range three squares; Assassin, move two squares at a time, attack adjacent units, can place a trap in their own half, whether it is their own or the opponent, they will be imprisoned for one turn if they step on it, stealth when entering the enemy half, the attack method is changed to stampede, and at the same time, they can only move one square at a time, there can be no other chess pieces around, otherwise they will be revealed; air cavalry, three squares at a time, unlike the land cavalry, can only move diagonally, not in a straight line, the attack method is also stampede; guards, the range of movement is around the leader, will follow the leader's movement and follow the movement, the attack method is stampede, the leader, can move two squares at a time, does not have the ability to attack.
The rules of the game are simple, kill the opponent's leader to win, and at the same time, each piece will be strengthened when it kills the enemy piece, or the attack range will be increased or the travel distance will be increased.
At this time, Xun and Mr. Fu, who came from afar, sat opposite each other, and each took out the chess pieces from the inner dan and placed them on the chessboard, twenty pieces per person, all of which were treasured by themselves.
The reason why the Holy Chess is not the most popular competition in the Holy Realm is that it is only popular among wise strategists or formation mages, and most of the chess pieces are customized, homemade, or purchased and collected, like Mr. Xun and Fu.
The pieces are made by himself, they are all earthy yellow, the melee soldier is a dragon carp (pangolin) that holds nothing, the large shield soldier is a dragon carp with a shield, the spearman is a dragon carp with a spear, the land cavalry is a dragon carp riding an earth giant, the grenadier is a dragon carp with a javelin, and the archer is a cross The dragon carp with the crossbow, the dragon carp with the inscription on his back with a stone tablet with inscriptions, the assassin with a shovel, the air cavalry with a flying bird, the guard with an armor-pierced stomach, and the leader a dragon carp sitting on the throne.
Mr. Fu's chess pieces are all homemade and all black, the melee soldier is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer, the great shield soldier is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer with horns like a disc, the spearman is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer with straight and slender horns, the land cavalry is a sturdy four-eared black deer, the grenadier is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer with a sharp branch, the archer is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer with two bundles of sharp branches on his back, the mage is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer with holy characters on his body, the assassin is a petite four-eared black deer, and the air cavalry is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer standing on a huge butterflyThe guard is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer in wooden armor, and the leader is a four-eared and three-eyed black deer standing on the top of a mountain.
When the first chess piece is taken out from both sides, they already know the race of the other party and the forces behind it.
Xun took out the dragon carp chess pieces, and he was naturally a member of the dragon carp clan, and the four-eared and three-eyed black deer that Mr. Fu took out also explained his identity and origin, the Wener clan.
Wen'er, good at watching the sky, able to listen to the wind, although this clan is not good at attacking, but because of the talent of holy arts, so most of the clan is a formation mage, and in its heyday, there was a great shaman to accompany him, which is equivalent to the personal disciple of the great shaman.
Xun raised his hand and made a 'please' gesture, signaling the other party to go first, Mr. Fu shook his head with a smile and said, "You are a senior, you go first." β
Xun is not polite, put down his hand, picked up a chess piece and took a step first, Mr. Fu followed closely and took a step, and laughed at himself: "I didn't expect the seniors to be from the dragon carp clan, and the three eyes of the juniors are really white." β
He took a step and said: "If you have a heart or not, if you give up a hand in this holy chess, you won't win." β
Mr. Fu touched his mustache, smiled and said slyly: "Losing is losing, winning is winning, there is nothing invincible, but I don't know if there is a chance to play the next game?"
After speaking, he picked up a chess piece and dropped it heavily, and said indifferently: "I am willing to accompany you." β
Behind the waterfall in the distance, Minglu and the Fire Silk Basket and the Rhinolar were hiding behind the waterfall, moving little by little.
After being stopped by the disciples of the second hall, Huo Silk found Ming Lu, as a disciple of the Discipline Hall, Ming Lu is not only good at lurking, but also knows the terrain of the interior of the Iron Tree Hall well, and with his help, he can pass through the guards without knowing it.
Minglu did it, but they hid behind the waterfall and couldn't hear the conversation between Xun and Mr. Fu at all, and Xilan, who was just injured, couldn't help but scold: "Is there any point in this?"
The fire silk star looked at Minglu and asked, "Is there a way to hear what they are saying?"
Minglu thought about it, shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "If there are only disciples in the second hall outside, then there is still a way, but there are still many disciples in our fourth hall secretly, there is no way, what do you say, do you want to go or continue to watch?"
The fire silk thorn thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Go on." β
Minglu and Xilan glanced at each other and nodded.
The game between Xun and Mr. Fu took two hours, and finally ended in victory, Mr. Fu, who had been smiling, had already lost his smile, and finally put down the chess pieces and surrendered, and couldn't help sighing, stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Farewell." β
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, and after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, and finally asked unwillingly: "How many places can the senior change for the Iron Tree Hall Guardian Array?"
Xun said, "Everywhere." β
After Mr. Fu left, Hall Master Shu Guan immediately rushed over and asked eagerly, "How?"
Xun said meaningfully: "Let him guess." β
After speaking, he beckoned in the direction of the waterfall, and the three of them, Huoshu, Minglu and Xilan, knew that they had been discovered, so they had to jump out from behind the waterfall.
When Shu Guan saw the three of them, he didn't have to think about them to know their intentions, looked at Xun with a smile, and said, "There is no problem with these three people." β
Xun nodded, he had investigated all the disciples in the Iron Tree Hall in detail, otherwise he would not have chosen Songhuang as his disciple, but he was still afraid of a case, so he would let Songhuang travel far away with injuries.
The fire silk star couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "May I ask the sixth hall master, where did Songhuang go?"
Xun said: "He's fine, it's never been better, it's just a mission." β
Huo Silk couldn't help but ask, "He was so badly injured and let him go on a mission, can't he wait?"
Minglu knew that Huo Silk Blossom was worried about Songhuang, but talking to a hall master in this tone, this was not looking for punishment, so he hurriedly said: "Fire Silk Blossom is straightforward and fast-talking, please forgive the six hall masters." β
Xi Lan also hurriedly pleaded: "Please forgive the six hall masters." β
Shu Guan looked at Xun and wanted to help say goodbye, but saw that although Xun frowned, it didn't seem to be because of the fire silk thing, his eyes signaled the three of them not to speak, and after a while, Xun suddenly disappeared from the place and came to the top of the Iron Tree Hall, where Mr. Fu was standing not far away, looking up at the sky.
A meteorite galloped down from the air with a long tail of fire, and as it got closer to the ground, the meteorite became smaller and smaller, and then after a while, only a small dot remained, and it fell heavily to the ground in the distance.