"Have you ever read the Xingluo chess book I gave you?" The old man continued.

"Yesterday night, I watched it for a long time." Ling Yun replied.

"Well, what the old man's Xingluo chess book contains is the great wisdom of Xingqi through the ancient and modern, since you have already seen it, you must have benefited a lot, right?" The old man asked in a deep voice.

"That's right, although it's only one night, the junior level of star chess seems to be improving by leaps and bounds." Ling Yun replied.

"Oh, so I can't bully you." The old man put his hand on the purple space ring again, and the black and white hourglasses with different colors were taken out of the space ring, and the two black and white hourglasses were connected by two wires and placed on the table in front of the old man.

"Master, this is?" Lingyun Xingqi didn't play much, and he had never used this thing.

"This is the hourglass, my old man is very old, if it takes a day and a night to play every game of star chess, my body is a little unbearable. Each move must be made before the sand in the hourglass has completely flowed into the base, otherwise it will be considered a defeat. The old man said slowly.

Ling Yun had a bit of a headache, in the last game, he was able to fight with the old man to the end, relying on his calculations beyond his ability to think. And now the existence of the hourglass has wiped out his only advantage.

"How long does it take for this hourglass to flow fully into the base?" Ling Yun asked.

"Ten minutes." The old man replied.

It seems that there is still plenty of time, and if you can think about every chess hand, you will not be able to finish playing it in a day and a night. However, not every move in Xingqi needs to be considered, the overall planning in the early stage, the inevitable moves in the battle, and the game can be walked out in a short time.

Xingqi pays attention to watching and then moving, and thinking about various complex follow-up moves in important situations. It's the part of Xingqi's thinking that really takes time. And thinking in such an important situation, with Lingyun's computing power, ten minutes is obviously far from enough.

A feeling of powerlessness filled his body, but soon, the feeling of powerlessness was suppressed by him.

Although the situation is much worse than last time, it is not without optimism compared to the last game. At least he read "Xingluo Chess Book" last night. But on paper, I finally felt shallow, and I never knew that I had to do it. I want to see how much I have mastered through yesterday's study. I'm afraid that only after the real game can we see the difference.

"The juniors have never used the timekeeping hourglass, can the seniors give a little pointer?"

The black and white hourglasses are lined up together, and the sand inside the black hourglass is flowing from the glass ball above to the base below. The old man pressed his hand on the black hourglass, and on top of a protruding button, the sand that had fallen into the base was sucked back into the glass ball above by a huge suction, and the downward passage was also closed, and the sand no longer flowed out. On the other side, the white hourglass on the right hand side of the old man began to drip sand, and when the old man pressed the button, the white hourglass also stopped working, and the black hourglass worked.

"This is the timer of Star Chess, can you learn how to use it?" The old man asked

"Got it." Ling Yun replied respectfully.

The huge and exquisite chessboard that day was placed in the center of the courtyard in the West Market. Ling Yun and the old man came slowly and sat opposite each other. The nine sunspots have landed on the nine stars on the chessboard, and the timers are placed in the right-hand direction of the two, and they can be pressed every time they make a move. Without too much nonsense, the game begins.

Big Fly! It was still the same move used in the last game, and Ling Yun still responded calmly with Dafei Guard.

Touch! The old man's move did not change in the slightest, as if Ling Yun would change this game of chess from a game to a review and rearrange it again. Not to mention that in the mid-game stage, the old man suddenly changed his moves, and with ten minutes of thinking time, Ling Yun couldn't deal with the complex mid-game killing. If this continues to develop, the last official Lingyun will still be slightly inferior.

Ling Yun thought quietly, and the "Star Luo Chess Book" he learned yesterday was recalled from the depths of his mind little by little.

Leverage your strength! The old man's touch uses the skill of borrowing strength in star chess. The more you fight it at the moment, the deeper black will fall. As... Retreat.

Stand up! Although you have the advantage of your own strength in the place where you fight, the more fierce the attack, the more you will give others an opportunity to take advantage of. On the contrary, it simply stands, which not only makes the chess pieces it encounters weaker, but also strengthens its own chess pieces. Inspired by "Xingluo Chess Book", his thinking of chess has been greatly improved.

The old man nodded slightly, and jumped in front of the piece that the black piece had set up.

After the first few dozen moves, the situation has changed a lot compared to the last time, although the black and white pieces in the middle still involuntarily fell into a state of melee. But the lower and left black pieces have gained a lot of ground. If he can achieve the same result as the last game in the mid-game battle this time, Ling Yun will easily win the game. But... If you think like last time, you will spend 40 minutes or even more on each hand.

What to do? I don't have enough time to calculate the correct move.

Thinking, I... In the end... How to think? The chess game entered the middle game, and Ling Yun kept asking himself in the depths of his heart.

Exclude! First of all, rule out the high probability of wrong moves. According to the knowledge he learned yesterday, Ling Yun first ruled out five moves with relatively high errors. But even then ten minutes is too short.

"Focus, think! Don't doubt yourself! He said to himself in his heart.

Silence, calculation. One-step... Three Steps... Ten steps! In his mind, he began to recall the "Xingluo Chess Book" he studied yesterday, and the way of thinking on the chess game was gradually mastered by him in the game.

In an instant, the idea was much clearer. The previous icy blue light once again shrouded his sea of knowledge. Unlike the passive defense last time, this time the ice blue light was actively evoked by him. The endless spiritual power in the air surged in and gradually entered Lingyun's sea of consciousness. When the spiritual power enters the sea of knowledge, the spiritual energy of various attributes has been assimilated and turned into an almost transparent color energy.

In an instant, the idea was so much clearer!

He turned his head to look at the hourglass, which had already leaked a third of the black-shelled hourglass.

But unlike the previous difficulties, the current Lingyun is already full of confidence in himself.

A way to go... Two... Three kinds of ....

Before putting it on average, thinking about a way to move, it takes eight minutes to Lingyun. With the help of the transparent energy of the sea and the blue light of ice, the average time has been shortened by eight times.

The sand in the hourglass continued to leak down, and time passed little by little.

Seven minutes...

Eight minutes....

Nine minutes....

Fall! Just as the hourglass was about to flow all over the base, Lingyun's sunspot fell lightly and was placed in a twisted position. When I was born, I was very confident.

The old man nodded lightly, today's trial, in a short time, he has mastered the key points. There is no suspense about the outcome of the game.