Ruixuan Town.

When Qian Chao and the five of them came to Ruixuan Town this time, the time was just past noon, and he had been thinking about going to Yiming House to see if the mysterious teahouse owner was at home, so as soon as he arrived in Ruixuan Town, he said hello to a few companions, agreed on a place to meet in the evening, and then hurried to Yiming Restaurant.

"Why is Brother Qian so anxious?" Yan Xuan also asked with some curiosity, not only Yan Xuan, but Li Jian could also sense the eagerness that Qian Chao was hiding in his heart.

Tang Ping knew the reason, but she had sworn in front of Tang Bonian that she couldn't say anything about it, so she looked at Qian Chao's hurried back and said:

"The teahouse owner gave him three paintings in a row, which benefited the kid a lot, I guess he has long wanted to meet the teahouse owner for a while, forget it, let him go, let's go to the town for a walk."

"Let's go!" Lu Pingchuan said happily: "Go to Song Fenglou for dinner in the evening." ”

After coming to Ruixuan Town a few times, Qian Chao was already very familiar with the roads in this town, crossed the streets, crossed the alleys, and came out of the cramped small mezzanine again.

This small restaurant that only sells tea and does not sell tea was open, and Qian Chao saw the old shopkeeper sitting in it at a glance, so he stepped in.

"Hehe, the little brother is finally here, just right, my owner is behind, these days in order to wait for the little brother, the owner has not gone out, come with me, he also wants to see you."

As soon as he saw Qian Chao walk in, the old shopkeeper immediately got up with a smile to greet him, he naturally knew what Qian Chao was here for today, so he didn't need Qian Chao to speak, and directly took Qian Chao into the backyard of this teahouse through a small door in the back.

Behind the teahouse is a positive and two-sided three houses, plus the small teahouse encloses a small patio, the ground of the yard is paved with blue-striped stones, there are several flower pots under the windows of the side houses next to each other, the flowers in it are blooming brightly, and the side room on the other side is placed a small pond with water lilies, the lotus flowers are budding to be released, and a few small fish under the lotus leaves are swinging their fins and tails leisurely.

In the middle of the courtyard is a chess table carved from a whole piece of warm and white jade, and there is a slightly chubby old man who is engrossed in holding the chess pieces in one hand, staring at the book in the other hand, and it seems that he is playing chess.

"The owner."

The old shopkeeper called respectfully.

"Hmm"

The chubby old man looked up.

"Hehe, this is the little brother Qian that the owner has been waiting for, and he came to visit today......"

"Oh...... Haha, okay, quick, look at the tea, cook a pot of tea leaves I usually use to entertain this little brother. ”

"Yes" The old shopkeeper answered, and went to make tea, leaving only Qian Chao and the old man here.

Just when the old man raised his eyes, Qian Chao looked at him with four eyes, with intuition, Qian Chao seemed to notice that there was a flash of brilliance in the old man's eyes, originally Qian Chao was to visit with the mentality of visiting the predecessors, and was ready to look up to the mountains, but just this moment of this pair of eyes, it made Qian Chao's heart have a lot of waves, the old man's eyes seemed to have a lot of brilliance suddenly made Qian Chao have a sense of induction, his means from the talisman to the formation are many and miscellaneous, But all the means were all right when they looked at the old man, but there was only one that was almost revealed on its own......

That's Qian Chao's blue eye!

At the moment of staring at the old man, Qian Chao's blue eye technique didn't know what kind of teasing it received, making his aura run on its own, and his eyes trembled, and he almost used it on his own with blue light shining in his eyes.

This has never happened before!

And Qian Chao also felt that the reason why he was able to suppress the blue eye technique that was about to move in the end was not his own reason at all, but the old man's temptation was shallow, and he did not let Qian Chao finally get out of trouble.

What kind of cultivation is this teahouse owner, Qian Chao couldn't help but snort in his heart!

"The old-timers, the juniors have a lot of money, and the seniors have been waiting for a long time, and they are suddenly visiting, so I forgive the juniors for taking the liberty of doing so."

Qian Chao respectfully saluted the old man, but in his heart he was thinking about the cultivation of this teahouse owner, in the sect, those senior brothers who built the foundation needless to say, it is common to see, even if he has seen a lot of predecessors of Jiedan, and he has also been in close contact, such as Tang Ping's sixth grandfather Tang Bonian's senior, in front of Tang Bonian, Qian Chao can naturally feel the invisible pressure from the other party, but he has never felt like this now, this old man gives Qian Chao the feeling, except for that look, it seems that his cultivation is extremely low.

But all monks, as long as they have cultivation, there will always be inadvertent aura fluctuations leaking out, which is also the basis for the monks to judge the other party's cultivation when they meet, but in front of this old man, Qian Chao doesn't know what kind of cultivation the other party is, even if Qian Chao's induction is much worse than Li Jian's, but now the two are so close to each other, if they can't sense it again, is it possible that this old man is not a monk but a mundane old man?

That's impossible!

At least the old shopkeeper who was cooking tea was a monk, and I had never heard of a monk serving a layman.

And the look in his eyes at the beginning is enough to prove that this old man should have a high level of cultivation.

From this, Qian Chao judged that this old man's cultivation should at least be a knot, and the reason why he couldn't sense the aura fluctuations coming from the other party's body was probably because the old man did it on purpose.

"Well, Qian Chao, okay, sit down, the old man, the surname is Zhuang, the word is Qi, Zhuang Qi is, well, the old man's friends all call me Lao Zhuang, if Brother Qian doesn't care, you can also call Lao Zhuang below."

"How dare you, if the seniors don't mind, then the juniors will call the seniors Mr. Zhuang, okay?"

"Hehe, the name is always a title, Brother Qian is too restrained, don't always be seniors, how awkward......"

This Mr. Zhuang is a very casual person, but Qian Chao always has a little awe in front of him.

In addition to being slightly chubby, Mr. Zhuang was born with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a face with loose skin and flesh has a lot of old age spots, forehead wrinkles are piled up, eye bags are slightly sagging, hair and beard and eyebrows are already gray, and the hair that is obviously sparse is tied into a small bun, which is pinned at will with a wooden hairpin. Dressed in an ordinary and old gray robe, the book in his hand is obviously a chess game, and I don't know how many times it has been turned over, but at a glance you can see that the pages are soft, but the chess pieces in his hand are black and shiny, I don't know what it is made of, it must be an extraordinary product.

Qian Chao looked at this Mr. Zhuang and thought about how to ask for advice, but he had a stomach full of questions to ask, but he never knew how to speak.

And this Mr. Zhuang is also looking at Qian Chao, he seems to be especially satisfied with Qian Chao's pair of dark eyes as bright as ink, staring at Qian Chao for a while, chatting a few words, nothing more than some polite words such as origin, Mr. Zhuang asked, Qian Chao answered. In the meantime, Qian Chao wanted to talk about the three paintings he got from this Yiming Pavilion several times, after all, he got a lot of benefits from those three paintings, not long ago he borrowed Qingluan to kill the blind worm, the teleportation circle and star map they found in the cave of the blind worm, and the various coping methods of Qian Chao in the tide of the Cold Spring Valley in front of him can be regarded as benefiting from this Mr. Zhuang's paintings, not to mention that Qian Chao's various experiences about runes and formations realized by virtue of those three paintings are extremely valuable. From this, it can be seen that this Mr. Zhuang in front of him is a master of runes, and now he hurriedly came to see this Mr. Zhuang, just eager to learn more from him.

But Qian Chao was in a hurry, but Mr. Zhuang was not in a hurry at all, whenever Qian Chao asked about the three paintings in front of him, he smiled and brought the topic over lightly, and seemed to be deaf to Qian Chao's questions, just talking about gossip.

This made Qian Chao secretly anxious.

Then the old shopkeeper came up to serve tea, well, Qian Chao is indeed a person who loves tea, and he is willing to spend spiritual stones on top of the spiritual tea, so the spiritual tea he drinks is all high-grade boutique, but today this tea is served up to Qian Chao was shocked, the cup of tea soup is clear, the tea fragrance bursts, the wonder of tea is the only thing he has seen in his life, only to feel that the cup of hot tea rises from the heat of the heat for a while to wash his mind, sniff it like washing the marrow of the marrow, take a sip and feel that the elixir mash has been boring since then.

"It's really good tea, it's really wonderful!" Qian Chao praised in surprise.

"Hehe, little brother likes it, I'll give you a pack when I leave."

"Mr. Zhuang uses spiritual tea for himself, and the kid deserves it."

"You little brother, why can't you let go so much, well, maybe, you can't play chess?" Mr. Zhuang frowned slightly and looked at Qian Chao, knocked his fingers on the chess table in front of him and asked.

"Oh, I know how to ......" Qian Chao is naturally proficient in the way of chess, but in front of this Mr. Zhuang, Qian Chao has always been a little unable to let go.

"Well, in order to wait for you, I pushed the invitation of my chess friends several times, and my hands are itching, since I waited for you to come, it is better to let the old man try your chess skills, there is nothing to do, let's talk about a few games, how about it?"

"Good!"

At this point, Qian Chao can be considered to have figured out, he came here today with a purpose, but after introspection, he understood that as soon as he entered this small courtyard, he seemed a little too eager, always thinking of going straight to the point, and he couldn't wait to ask this Mr. Zhuang for advice from all his doubts, and then learn this Mr. Zhuang's knowledge.

Now he has understood that he and this Mr. Zhuang are not related to each other, and there is no distinction between master and apprentice, how can people teach the skills they have learned as soon as they meet, and they will be the same for themselves, and they must always be familiar with it before they can please this Mr. Zhuang, so that they can take the opportunity to ask for advice.

Moreover, he said that he was a disciple of the Five Spirits, and this Mr. Zhuang did not seem to be a Five Spirit Monk, and Qian Chao didn't know what he learned from this Mr. Zhuang whether it was considered a teacher from the outer sect or not, whether it was against the rules of the Five Spirits Sect, so he slowly extinguished his previously hot heart.

Speaking of which is also Qian Chao's life has not experienced, when he was at home in the early years, his studies did not have to worry about his father, what to say for him to invite Mr. Xixi is even more funny, the precocious Qian Chao in the Great Qi State at that time only in terms of learning, but only a few Confucians in the world he put in his eyes. Later, when he entered the Five Spirits Sect, even in terms of cultivation, Qian Chao did not lag behind, and brought his intelligence to the extreme, and also created his own means "Blue Eye Technique" by chance, which was supplemented by this technique and had some achievements and reputation in alchemy, and then with the help of this technique, he vaguely touched the door of rune learning.

So far, the only thing Qian Chao lacks is a person who will open the heavy door of rune learning for him, and Mr. Zhuang in front of him seems to be that person, so Qian Chao is too eager at first.

Having said that, with the above experiences, even if Qian Chao has the city government and self-cultivation on weekdays, he has been restrained and does not show it, but he can't help but have a young man's pride in his heart, but today, in front of this Mr. Zhuang, he has understood that the arrogance that he has never shown before must be erased even in his heart, in front of such a transparent and unfathomable character, all camouflage and clichés are superfluous, and only with true temperament can be dealt with. After figuring out this, Qian Chao simply took out his innocence and revealed his true temperament without reservation, just like chasing his mother at home with a duster while scolding!

And since he removed the disguise of both his appearance and his heart, Mr. Zhuang looked at Qian Chao with a little more joy.

When it comes to playing chess, it seems that Qian Chao has not lost yet, even if Tang Yatou is not his opponent, since this Mr. Zhuang likes to play chess and is a chess idiot, then take out ten skills to deal with him!

In the first game of chess, they were testing each other, and both of them began to appear to be cautious, just as when a master began to make a move, he often had to find out the reality of the other party first.

Qian Chao didn't think about anything at this time, all his thoughts were on the vertical and horizontal chessboard, there were only patchwork black and white pieces in front of him, every time he fell, there would be countless chessboards in his mind, and the dotted black and white pieces were presented one by one in front of his eyes, among which there was always a chessboard with the same fall as Mr. Zhuang's fall, and then as he continued to fall, there were countless new chessboards that popped up in his mind out of thin air, all of which were chessboard situations after I don't know how many steps later, so he calculated step by step, Figured it out little by little, dripping and stable.

"Hey, you little brother, how can you play chess like an old man?" Mr. Zhuang, who couldn't take advantage of it, was a little curious, and he was even more surprised by the aging of Qian Chao's chess strength.

"In the first game, I don't know how strong Mr. Zhuang's chess is, and I don't want to lose, so I have to play more steadily." Qian Chao said with a smile.

"Huh."

Then it came to the middle game, just like the army of the two sides fighting in one place after arranging the formation, the fierce abnormal, the chess pieces of the two were mixed together, there was a dragon fighting in the wild, its blood and yellow scene, the two of you come and go, the black and white dragon is entangled and killed, very happy.

Next is the endgame, in the end, the black and white pieces almost all over the chessboard, and in the end, it was Qian Chao who won by a narrow margin.

Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard and exclaimed:

"Rejoice! Hehe, I'm not waiting for you in vain for a few days, I didn't expect that your little brother's chess strength is much stronger than those stinky chess baskets, okay, okay, eh, little brother, do you dare to play another game? ”

"Why don't you dare!"

"Okay, come again!"

In the teahouse, the old shopkeeper sitting on the chair heard the shouting of an old man and a young man in the courtyard and the sound of the chess pieces coming together, and couldn't help but smile on his face.