Chapter 404: Nine Palaces

No matter who it is, even if you play a holy hand in chess, you will feel that this game of chess is disorganized and elusive, first of all, the trap beast and the trap man are chess pieces, but there are no rules to follow between each other, just like a naughty boy who randomly threw a chess piece on the chessboard.

This chessboard is even more strange, the ordinary chessboard is square, horizontal and vertical joint, even if it is a game of jumping grid played by children in the mountains on the ground, it is also a square grid, and the chessboard in front of Cai Yan is integrated with the iron box below, it is circular, and the outer circle is also engraved with a hexagram, in order: Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, Dui.

But if we really use gossip to correspond one by one, how can we explain the nine generals standing in different positions on the chessboard? Each of them stood majestically, and the momentum of slaughter almost broke through the chessboard and went straight to the nine heavens.

"I ...... Maybe you know a little bit. Cai Yan suddenly laughed, "It turns out that it's not gossip!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her slender hand, gently grasped a chess piece, and confidently pushed it in a certain direction.

A series of loud clatters followed, and one of the Organ Guards stepped forward with his head held high, striding forward in triumph.

Qin Ke, who was on the side, was slightly stunned, only to feel that this mechanical man ran like a wild horse that had lost its reins, interspersed all the way between various chess pieces and those boulders, and crossed a distance of nearly dozens of steps.

In the dim light of the fire, a spear burst out of the guard's hand, stabbing at a huge toad-like trap beast in front of him.

Even though the body of the Trap Beast was based on gold and iron, and there was a stone shell on the outside, it could not stop such a powerful spear, and the sharp edge of the spear had already penetrated through the side of the Trap Beast, piercing its entire body.

In the next few rounds, Cai Yan's style of chess changed, from a conservative resistance at the beginning to a sharp attack.

It was like a dull sword, which finally wore off the colorful rust at this moment and began to show its edge.

Gao Yishui saw it clearly, and he was slightly surprised, but of course it was not a fright, but a surprise, these few moves, obviously the style changed sharply, even if it was him, he didn't expect that the chess pieces could move such a long distance in one step.

And in Cai Yan's hands, the arrangement of these organs has gradually become a real army, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, showing its edge, whether it is moving forward or retreating, there are some kind of rules and laws, which makes people feel a different kind of beauty.

Or, this is what these agency people really are.

In the midst of heavy footsteps, a certain general more than a foot tall moved, holding in his hand a heavy sword, almost the same length as his height, and the sound of the wind stirring the blade of the sword, and a ghostly cry sounded.

But in an instant, that long howl turned into the roar of a hundred ghosts!

Although in Qin Ke's opinion, the figure of this sword-wielding general was inevitably a little bloated compared to a real person, at this moment, he waved the heavy sword with both hands, but he was like a majestic martial god, with no expression on his face but with a coldness.

The three-headed trap beast roared and charged, its strong limbs tense as a bowstring, before leaping to its feet and heading straight for its chest.

The battle between the two sides shook up the smoke and dust that had not yet settled, and in the billowing smoke, the broad blade seemed to break through the clouds, and it was already cut into pieces almost in a flash.

The sword-wielding general held the last swing of his sword for two breaths before finally making another move, the huge heavy sword falling steadily in his arms, and then slamming to the ground.

"What do you know?" Gao Yishui shouted at Cai Yan.

Cai Yan saw that his guess was good, and he also giggled, like a child who had found a wonderful toy: "I know, although this chessboard is engraved with gossip, it is just an appearance, or ...... The ancestor who created this chess game deliberately set a trap. ”

"Trap?" Gao Yishui is also an extremely smart person, he raised his head slightly, and saw that the stone formation was full of chess pieces, and the nine generals were solemn and solemn, and when his heart moved, his mouth was already exhaling, "What do you mean...... Nine Palaces?"

Cai Yan nodded: "Gong Yi is not a feng shui physiognomy master, besides, he has been the chief teacher of the organ technique in the Jishang Palace for so many years, and his mind is naturally open-minded, and it is impossible to play any tricks of gods and ghosts." The gossip is mysterious, and it is also the foundation of the calendar and mathematics, and it is not surprising that the nine-palace mathematics can be derived from it. ”

If you talk about Qimen Dunjia with ordinary people instead, I am afraid that it will arouse all kinds of blank and awe-inspiring eyes, because the people will feel that gossip is a kind of mysterious and mysterious thing.

If a natural disaster or man-made disaster comes, not only may they be poorly clothed and hungry, but they are more likely to lose their lives and die with a whimper.

Naturally, it is not surprising that they believe in gods and ghosts and numerology.

However, Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, studied in Confucianism since he was a child, and gained a lot of great wisdom.

Cai Yan, who is in such a family education and has read through the classics since he was a child, has not been in awe of the art of Qimen Dunjia, and he is not so stubborn, otherwise he really got into the tip of the horns of the innate gossip, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to come out again.

"Nine generals, located in nine directions, just echo each other with the Nine Palaces Diagram, and I just moved General Lian, and the side of the Trap Beast took three moves in a row, so think about it, the Nine Palaces Diagram is not based on three or three, whether it is a horizontal number or a vertical number, even if it is oblique, it is three numbers. Cai Yan said excitedly, naturally his qi and blood surged, and his cheeks were a little ruddy, as if he had smeared a layer of rouge.

However, Qin Ke was confused, and said helplessly: "Forget it, you better explain in detail later." It's good that you can finish this game of chess first, so that I can see some hope. ”

"Hmph. Boring. Cai Yan snorted softly in a nasal voice, but didn't say anything more, concentrating on studying the next step.

It has been a long time since they entered here, although the long night is long, but no matter how long the night is, there will be an end, and when the day dawns, the guards at the gate wake up, and they naturally can't swagger out of the gate of this underground palace.

The gears rattled, and the whole stone henge was noisy again.

Under Cai Yan's successive wise chess moves, the whole chess game went very fast, and in less than half an hour, it had become an endgame.

The stone henge, which used to be solemn and magnificent, is now in ruins, scattered with the "stumps" of machine men and machine beasts, and the blades and minions are intertwined, and it is no longer clear that you and me can no longer be distinguished.

Qin Ke and the others stepped on the ruins all over the place, although they knew that these were only made of gold, iron, and stone, and there was no emotion at all, they couldn't help but feel a little desolate.

After all, the chess game was only modeled after the Holy King Qiu Hunt, and it was limited by the size of the underground palace and even more limited by manpower, so it was difficult to completely reproduce the situation of the "Battle of the Prosperous Age" back then.

If you can get a glimpse of the past, it will only be more tragic than the current scene.

Six of the "generals" in the nine different positions on the chessboard had fallen, and before that, Qin Ke had never thought that such a powerful machine man would also be destroyed, but there were also very powerful existences in the machine beasts, and some could even fight against the nine generals.

There are already more machine beasts than machine people, they don't have pain, they don't know fear, even if they will be trampled to pieces by the nine generals in the next moment, they will still try their best to leave some scars on their bodies.

"Ah Ke, go diagonally to the left, go to six!" Cai Yan's voice was inexplicably sharp at this moment.

Qin Ke took a breath and didn't answer, he had already taken a step and ran in the direction designated by Cai Yan.

Advancing into six is the distance on the board, not just a simple six moves. And after this distance of six steps, a trap beast twice the size of an ordinary trap beast had suddenly raised its claws and slapped it down on him.

Sharp gold and iron made up its nails, each piece was as sharp as a knife, if it was really slapped with such a claw, Qin Ke had no doubt that half of his body would be torn apart.

After this chess game, he has fought twenty games in a row, and each game is going all out, even if it is an iron man, he is a little unbearable.

But from Cai Yan's tone, Qin Ke could also hear that this moment was the key, so he didn't back down, but went up towards his claws, like a fearless dead man.

And just as the claw was about to fall on his shoulder, he suddenly shrank up, and the whole person writhed, just passing by the claw diagonally!

"Ho ......" from his mouth, spewing out a hot breath, qi and blood flowed in his veins, the muscles of his limbs tightened inch by inch at this moment, like a dragon-like power poured out, with the dagger in the palm of his hand as the fulcrum, fiercely inserted into the body of this dog-like but winged beast.

He had already figured out the weaknesses of the trap beasts, and naturally knew how to save effort and effectively complete a destruction.

Of course...... It's not always going to go so well.

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