There is an old man who sets up a chess stall in the Bajingnan County community where Guo Dalu lives, every afternoon, the old man appears in the community park on time, and at the same time puts out three sets of endgames, let everyone challenge, you can go at the same time in three games, you can also go one game at a time, win or lose are a game of one dollar of the lottery, and the tie does not charge money.

Guo Dalu noticed the old man very early, but he never challenged it, first of all, he personally didn't like the endgame, it seemed to be step-by-step, very ingenious, but in fact, there was a fixed pattern, there was no real change, and the concept of the game between the two was completely different;

Secondly, even if he didn't use divine calculations, there was no challenge to him in the endgame, just like the black-clothed clone who was showing his skills in the holy ruins at this time said - there was no opponent in the human world, and all kinds of invincible.

After dinner that day, Guo's father went out for a walk as usual, and when he came back, he frowned and muttered something, Guo Dalu asked casually to know that he had just broken the old man's endgame on a whim and lost three yuan.

Guo Dalu laughed and did not comment.

The next evening, Guo's father lost three more pieces and came back unhappy.

Day 3......

Day 4......

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Until the seventh day, when Guo's father lost 21 yuan, Guo Dalu finally tasted a little wrong, he is now a mortal state without any cultivation, and his Taoist magic power is completely hidden, so he no longer has the ability to predict the future, even so, in the face of this abnormal situation, he still reacted quickly.

On the eighth day, he went to the park with his father, only watching from the sidelines, not participating or pointing.

As expected, Guo's father lost three more yuan.

The money is okay, it's nothing to the furniture tycoon, but the aggressive atmosphere formed by the chess game itself and the soldiers coming to the city makes people feel suffocated, and when Guo's father was walking, beads of sweat were obviously oozing from his forehead.

"Can I have another plate?"

After losing three games in a row, Dad Guo asked.

The old man took a sip of tea and shook his head, "One person can only play three games a day, unless you change someone." ”

Guo Dalu smiled meaningfully and continued, "Then I'll come." ”

The old man put the teacup aside, looked at Guo Dalu, and asked slowly, "How to get down?"

"Let's just play three games together to save time. Guo Dalu said.

Guo's father reminded on the side: "Dalu, there are more traps in this chess game, and you ...... game by game."

"It's okay, it's just three dollars. ”

The old man had already started to play chess, and the three-game endgame was quickly arranged, and he stretched out his hand and said, "Choose." ”

Guo Dalu said: "Then I'll go down to your side, and you go down to my side." ”

The old man was stunned, and said, "Okay." You watch the situation first......"

Guo Dalu said with a smile: "Let's watch while walking." "In other words, each of the three games of chess will have a piece.

The old man raised his eyebrows, took a step forward, and took a step to explain: "This plate is called 'You and I are mortals', this plate is called 'Return to the Void and God', and this plate is called 'Transcendent Sanctification'......"

Guo Dalu said: "The concept of empty heads and brains is often the most bluffing, and I only talk about going with the flow when I play chess." ”

Talking on the lips, non-stop in the hands, and walking out in three steps.

The old man was not in a hurry, and each of the three rounds took a step back.

Guo Dalu stopped talking, but he walked faster and faster, and he did not hesitate to abandon his son and redeem his son.

The endgame can't be empty, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, you must also be biased towards the tiger mountains.

The three games of chess soon came to an end, and the situation was already clear, Guo Dad said: "Two games of draw, one game...... Big Road Win?"

The old man handed Guo Dalu a piece of money and asked, "Do you want to come back for three more rounds?"

Guo Dalu said: "Wouldn't that break your rules, in this way, I will set up three games for you to break, how about it?"

The old man hesitated, then nodded in agreement.

Guo Dalu put on three identical endgames, "In the first game, you play red, in the second game, you play black, and in the third game, take one round and change sides...... Did I make the rules clear?"

"It's clear. ”

"Then you can watch the situation. ”

The old man didn't learn Guo Dalu, so he carefully watched all three games of chess, made full deductions in his heart, and then started to play chess.

After only the first round, the old man realized the dangers and traps in the chess game, and the three endgames looked exactly the same, but due to the different holds, the positioning of the enemy and the enemy, and the angle of attack and defense kept changing, adding infinite difficulty and variables to the chess game.

In addition to the three games themselves, the connection between the three games is also a game of chess!

After Guo Dalu fell, the old man groaned for a long time, and then silently handed three yuan to Guo Dalu.

Guo Dalu took the money, got up with a smile, didn't speak, and pulled his father to leave together.

"Dalu, what kind of game did you just put up?"

"I'm messing around. ”

"Messing around?"

"yes, and I don't know if I can win, it's just that I pretend that I can win, and I deliberately act like I'm confident, haha......"

Guo's father was surprised, and said incredulously: "That old man was scared to lose!"

"Probably. Guo Dalu smiled, "Otherwise, if you play three games of chess at the same time, who will be able to react?"

After saying that, both father and son laughed.

After that day, the old man was never seen in the park again.

Guo Dalu didn't know who the old man was, but he knew that he wasn't from here.

......

In the fall, the uncle who had partnered with his family in business died.

In the midst of crying and tears, once again facing life and death.

Before the arrival of the New Year, my uncle's grandson, that is, his cousin, posted a circle of friends, he said: "When my grandfather died, I was not as sad as I cried, but more at a loss, but now that the New Year is about to close, I think of returning to my hometown and never seeing my grandfather again, and an indescribable sadness smashes me into confusion." ”

Guo Dalu looked at the circle of friends and sighed.

However, this is just the beginning.

As time goes by, more and more people we know leave like leaves falling, like an oil lamp going out.

......

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Guo Chaotian began to fall in love when he was a sophomore, the girl was his classmate, a native of Yanjing, very lively, polite, and an authentic Beijing dialect that sounded very pleasant to the ear.

When he went home for the New Year during the winter vacation, Guo Chaotian kept talking about the sweet daily life between him and his girlfriend, and Guo Dalu and his wife looked at each other from time to time.

On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the family set up melon seeds, almonds, peanuts, raisins and other snacks on the living room table as in previous years, and then nestled on the sofa to watch the gala.

At around 7:40, Guo Chaotian received a call from his girlfriend, he thought that his girlfriend had specially called to greet the family, but after connecting, he heard his girlfriend's cry on the phone.

"My brother is missing......"

Guo Chaotian only learned after asking that his girlfriend's fifteen-year-old brother went out to play at night and has not returned until now, and when he called his mobile phone, he said "not in the service area", and her family had called the police.

After Guo Chaotian hung up the phone, he was so worried that he didn't have the heart to watch the party anymore.

"Chen Xu's child is missing. ”

Guo Dalu's wife suddenly answered, "He posted a missing person notice in the circle of friends." ”

Guo Dalu vaguely felt that something was wrong, and also logged on WeChat, and found that there were other people in the circle of friends who had sent missing person notices.

"There are also many people reporting missing people on the Internet!"

Guo Chaotian posted on Weibo and saw many netizens talking about the disappearance.

"Explosions occurred in several cities such as Amagi and Sioux City at ......the same time," Guo Chaotian swiped several heavy news in a row.

The family looked at each other, and they all realized that things were not simple.

"Don't you want people to have a good New Year?" Guo Ma frowned.

Guo Dalu turned his head to look outside, exhaled, and still turned his head to look at his family quietly.

He is now a mortal, he can't do anything, he can't do anything.

"I went out for a cigarette. Guo Dalu got up and went to the balcony, walked over to the black chair, reached out and patted him.

Shout!

The black chair jumped to its feet and quickly swept out of the balcony, turning into a black line and blending into the night.

Guo Dalu didn't light a cigarette, he stood on the balcony, looking at the night outside, I don't know what he was thinking, as he told the doppelganger, he came to the world this time, not to make a mortal, but a predetermined plan, he originally decided to accompany his parents to finish this journey, without any regrets.

It's just that because of Pan Tao and Jin Dan, the plan was slightly advanced, and because it was the divine soul that came back, he "went with the flow" to cultivate the Divine Chapter, digesting the remaining energy of Pan Tao and the Nine Turns Jin Dan in a pure mortal form, and at the same time, he refined the divine soul to the realm of the Yang God by the way.

The soul and the black-clothed clone have been combined for three years, and the substantial form has been successfully condensed, and then after more than 40 years of edification and precipitation, the shape and quality have gradually stabilized.

But now it's not time to break out of the cocoon, he can only be a mortal.

By the next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, news of disappearances and explosions began to dominate the Internet.

Ah Fei also failed to return as scheduled.

Guo Chaotian wanted to go back to Beijing to help his girlfriend find his younger brother, but his grandmother and mother were fiercely opposed.

Guo Chaotian asked his grandfather and father for help, and they unanimously said: "Listen to grandma and mother." ”

"It's such a big trouble, the relevant departments will personally intervene, and you can't help if you go. Guo Dalu persuaded.

"I want to ...... Stay with her. Guo Chaotian's tone was a little guilty, "At this time, she needs me." ”

Every boy goes through this stage – the awakening of manhood.

Guo Dalu was silent.

The wife suddenly said, "Then mom will go with you!"

"Grandma is going too!"

Guo's father, who was brushing the Internet news, said at this time: "The official has issued an announcement that it is suspected of being a transnational criminal group, and all parties have been dispatched to investigate." ”

Guo Dalu didn't say a word when he heard the news.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, there was no new development, and in order to prevent netizens from panicking, the Internet began to control speech as appropriate, and some exaggerated speculations were curbed and deleted.

Ah Fei finally came back, but he broke an arm and was extremely damaged.

Guo Dalu didn't ask any questions, and found wood to do temporary repairs for Ah Fei, and his techniques and skills naturally couldn't be compared with Guo Dalu in a state of cultivation.

"The calamity of the promotion. From beginning to end, he only said these five words.

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The winter vacation ended in this panic and chaos, and finally Guo Dalu's family went out to send Guo Chaotian back to school.

The sky of Yanjing reverberated with a familiar atmosphere.

A chaotic voice began to appear in Guo Dalu's heart, and every time he forcibly suppressed it.

After dropping Guo Chaotian off at school, the family stayed in Beijing for another three days, and when they returned to the high-speed rail station, Guo Dalu saw two familiar figures walking side by side on the sidewalk in a taxi.

One has hip-length hair in a fiery red, and the other wears a white dress.

It turned out to be Yu Lingling and Xiao Tian.

When Guo Dalu saw them, the two of them seemed to have some sense, stopped at the same time, and glanced back, there was an endless stream of vehicles on the road, and they naturally didn't see that in the green and yellow taxis, there was their middle-aged version of the little uncle.

Seeing them, Guo Dalu basically guessed who the "criminals" were.

Guo Dalu retracted his gaze and secretly made a decision in his heart: when he went back this time, he would completely remove "it" from the Xuan Realm.

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After three months of chaos, the incident gradually subsided, and the news of the official coffin was closed, the superfluous arguments were meaningless, people's lives returned to peace, and Guo Chaotian's future brother-in-law continued to disappear.

After another two years, Guo Chaotian got the notice of MIT as he wished, and after graduating from graduate school, he refused to be retained by his supervisor and returned to Huaqing University as a teaching assistant, and at the same time began to study for a doctorate, and successfully signed a contract with the Aerospace Science and Technology Group.

Three years later, Guo Chaotian did not officially marry his girlfriend who had been dating for 12 years until he was 30 years old, and gave birth to a daughter the following year.

Guo Dalu, who became a grandfather, according to the Guo family tradition, wanted to name his eldest granddaughter, sixty years in Hedong, sixty years in Hexi, this time it was finally his turn, also according to the Guo family's hasty naming tradition, he named his granddaughter "Guo Guoguo".

This year, Guo Dalu was 55 years old and knew the destiny of heaven.

Guo's father and Guo's mother, who are great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers, are over 70 years old, and they do what they want and do not exceed the rules.

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The coordinates on the timeline moved from Guo Chaotian to Guo Guoguo, watching her smile, watching her learn to speak, watching her learn to walk, watching her enter the academy, watching her take the university entrance examination, watching her wear wedding clothes......

In the year Guo Guoguo got married, Guo's father and Guo's mother ushered in their 100th birthday.

This year, Guo Dalu is already eighty years old, and as a mortal, everything can be regarded as complete.

On the day of Guo's mother's 100th birthday, the whole city was full of flowers, colorful clouds and auspicious clouds appeared over the city, and there were all kinds of butterflies and birds gathering, hovering for a long time.

When those cultivators who had been hiding in the shadows for many years saw this vision, they were amazed in their hearts, smelling incense and meditating, and looking at the clouds and realizing the Tao.

The decisive battle with the minions left by "it" in the human world is about to begin, and if you can gain a point, you will have a better chance of winning.

A young man and woman living in seclusion in the mountains also saw this scene from afar, and they felt that the scene was inexplicably familiar.

And those night demon apostles who have been dormant in the human world for decades are even more eager to sneak into Qucheng.

"If you seize this opportunity, you will be able to completely occupy the world for your master!"

A voice came from the darkness.

"Wait for the night to fall!"

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"Xiaotian, do you remember that dream you used to have when you were a child?"

Guo Dalu patted his son on the shoulder and asked.

"Remember, I dreamed that my father turned into a fairy and flew away......," the son laughed.

"Did you have this dream again?"

"Yes, but less and less, and after the fruit, I never did it again. ”

"Hmm. Guo Dalu nodded, his tone was flat, "Dad told you the truth today, it's not actually a dream." ”