The group boarded the plane, and before taking off, Li Xiangping saw that Lao Jia was still staring at his laptop, so he came up curiously: "What is Lao Jia looking at so energetically?" ”

"Ha, it's Xiangping, I'm reading an article written by a Korean Go reporter, it's about yours, come, or you can read it yourself."

"Oh." Li Xiangping took Lao Jia's hand, first look at the author's name: Park Ji-moon, this is a senior Go reporter in South Korea, and his article has been translated into Chinese, and then downloaded by Lao Jia to the computer, so Li Xiangping began to browse:

“…… Just some time ago, a friend of mine suddenly asked me who made it to the "LG Cup" final, but as soon as I finished saying Lee Sedol's name, my friend said, "Oh, I know." I asked him very strangely, shouldn't there be two people in the final, why do you only ask one name. Unexpectedly, in the face of my question, my friend looked at me with even stranger eyes: Isn't the Chinese monster Li Xiangping on the other side, what's wrong? Isn't it ....... this time?"

“…… I'm not afraid to tell you, when I hear my friend's rhetorical question, my heart is really a taste, by the way, I forgot to tell you one thing, my friend can't play chess, not even an entry-level chess fan, the reason why he suddenly asked me about the LG Cup that day is completely because of my profession, he just asked casually as a friend, but he is a person like him, and now he also knows the Chinese monster Li Xiangping, and knows that the final must be Li Xiangping------ because in today's chess world, if it weren't for Li Xiangping to break into the finals, It had already become a big news that even my non-chess fan friend didn't even have to ask me ......."

“…… Yes, this is the Chinese monster Li Xiangping! The one-of-a-kind Li Xiangping! He has officially entered the professional chess world for less than 7 years, I believe that his achievements, I don't need to repeat it, the world has given him a good reputation, I don't want to describe it again, but his outstanding record, his amazing talent, his unique style of chess and play, is profoundly affecting the entire Go world, no, it should be said that it has changed the entire Go world! Sometimes when I look at Li Xiangping's chess, I often have an inexplicable thought: maybe in a few years, people will divide Go into two kinds, one is the Go before Li Xiangping, and the other is the Go after Li Xiangping appeared------- to be honest, as a Korean, I hate myself very much for having such an idea, but when I close my eyes, I am very reluctant to admit that what I said is likely to be true......"

“…… I know that my words will cause a lot of controversy, maybe someone will argue with me, will refute, judging from the content displayed on the chess game, Li Xiangping has not been invulnerable at all, he obviously has a lot of weaknesses, whether it is the early Canghao and his grappling, or the recent challenge to him by Lee Sedol, Gu Dali, and even Japan's Zhang Xu, his weaknesses have been exposed......"

“…… Yes, of course I have to admit this, but I want to say that this is another terrible thing about Li Xiangping, don't forget, this Chinese monster who has overwhelmed the entire professional chess world, he is still not yet 20 years old, everyone can find that his chess has been changing, improving, when people use a magnifying glass to find a weakness in him, excited to think that he has found his life, but in the next game, his original weakness has already disappeared without a trace......"

“…… Speaking of this question, I think of Li Xiangping's comments on Mr. Wu Qingyuan not long ago, he said that the entire professional Go world may finally catch up with Mr. Wu's pace after such a long time, but what about himself? Facing Li Xiangping, who is still so young, when will the professional chess world be able to catch up with him......"

"....... to tell you the truth, I can't come up with a clear answer at all, because in my decades of journalistic career, I have never seen a professional chess player like Li Xiangping, so I also specifically asked Cao Guoju, of course, when I asked Cao Guoju, I did not use the phrase "catch up with his pace", but directly asked who in today's chess world do you think is most likely to pose a threat to Li Xiangping? …….”

"Cao Guoshou reported a name that I didn't expect, and he said that in addition to those younger players, it remains to be seen, and if you want to beat Li Xiangping at this stage, it may have to be up to Lee Sedol."

“…… Or must tell the truth, when I heard this name, or let me be deeply surprised, I am not questioning the strength of Shishi, but in today's first-class chess masters, Shishi is the worst record against Li Xiangping, according to my statistics, the two have played more than 20 times, Li Shishi has only won a mere 3 games, and even two games are still included in the chess series, so what he really won, in fact, is only a game of chess in China a few years ago, objectively speaking, such a one-sided record, it is indeed difficult for people to have confidence in Shishi……”

"However, when I asked Cao Guoshou with this question, Cao Guoshou said two words to me, the first sentence said that when Canghao dominated the world, he had already predicted that the person who replaced Canghao in the future must be a chess player who is very different from him."

"Sure enough, Li Xiangping's chess style is indeed very different from Canghao!"

"Then I went on to ask, is it because Cao Guoshou is most optimistic about Shishi because of the different chess styles of the two?"

"....... Cao Guoshou smiled slightly, he said the second sentence to me, he said that in his eyes, the Chinese monster's chess can no longer be described as a simple chess style, it is a new system, a system built entirely by him, that system may not be perfect, let alone very mature, but it is already ahead of the whole era, that is the future of Go......"

“…… Cao Guoshou went on to say that in today's chess world, this system has been accepted by most people, and even many masters, including Canghao, have been actively embracing that system, only the stubborn Lee Sedol, the arrogant bird island boy, he is still insisting on his own path and fighting against the system created by Li Xiangping in his own way....."

Cao Guoshou finally said: Those who learn from me live, like me die, with Li Xiangping's way, it is impossible to defeat Li Xiangping, especially the Chinese monster is still so young, his chess seems to be improving, then in this case, expect Canghao, who has been over thirty years old, to kill a horse pistol again, in fact, it is not realistic, but it is still still insisting on his own stone is more hopeful, Cao Guoshou even said, don't look at China's Gu Dali since last year, he has also won many games against Li Xiangping, but compared with Gu Dali and Li Shishi, He still thinks that Shishi is more threatening......"

The article was too long, so when the plane began to taxi, Li Xiangping didn't read it anymore, and he returned the laptop to Lao Jia.

After taking over the computer, Lao Jia smiled: "Xiangping, how do you feel after watching it?" ”

"Hehe, two feelings."

"Oh, let's hear it."

Li Xiangping said with a smile: "My first feeling, it seems that this bragging still depends on the Koreans, Lao Jia, look at it, this article is written, and even I am embarrassed to blow the cowhide, you say that you are also a Go reporter, why haven't I seen you praise me like this." ”

Old Jia laughed: "Haha our fault, we will definitely strengthen our bragging skills in the future, what is your second feeling?" ”

Li Xiangping froze, and then sighed lightly: "Alas~~ Lao Cao is Lao Cao, although between Gu Ge and Xiao Li, he said that he was more optimistic about Xiao Li I don't agree, but I still have to admit that his words do have some truth, Li Shishi, this person, tsk......"

When he said this, Li Xiangping shut up and began to think about the next game.

Because from a certain point of view, Lao Cao's words can be regarded as a wake-up call for him, don't look at his one-sided record against Xiao Li, it is simply a crushing trend, but for an opponent like Xiao Li, it really can't be relaxed for a moment.

If Chen Xiaoqiang is a trait, then Xiao Li is another trait, he is the kind of temperament that never admits defeat and always opposes you.

As a natural winner, if you let your guard down against this kind of person, he may bite you at any time.

This is a person who can even bite a fat dog! So against an opponent like that, you can't really predict what's going to happen in the game.

Without saying a word, at around 5 p.m., the group arrived in South Korea.

That night, the organizers held a reception before the finals as usual, probably because even Koreans were not optimistic about Lee Sedol, so the reception was very low-key, and it ended hastily in less than 2 hours.

After returning to the hotel where he stayed, Li Xiangping, who was idle and bored, turned on the computer, browsed the opponent's recent chess games, and accidentally found a very interesting game.

It was a domestic game in South Korea, and this game was very similar to Xiao Li's "Demon Knife Set Live Zhengzi" game in real history.

"Haha Ding'an, come and see this game of chess, I remember that in my previous life, someone said that the connotation of this game is higher and deeper than your game of strong twisting live sheep's head chess, which is really a big joke in the world."

"Oh, Xiangping Xiaoyou is only concerned about this?"

"Huh? What the hell does Brother Ding'an want to say? ”

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, I remember that this demon knife formula, because we have dismantled it in detail, few people have adopted it in recent years."

"Yes..... yes."

"But you see, this move, which we thought was not feasible, still appeared in this person's game, which shows that the Korean chess player is right, this person is indeed a maverick, never takes the usual path, and always needs to be vigilant when encountering such opponents."

Li Xiangping was thoughtful.

But he said with a smile: "Brother Haha Ding'an, you really have you, your ability to draw inferences is so strong, I will never be able to catch up." ”

At 9:50 a.m. the next day, Li Xiangping walked into the arena and officially hit his second Golden Slam.