"Eh, he's actually the number one!" Xiao Lan stared at one of the three large planks on the inside of the school's gate, her eyes full of incredulity.

On this wooden board is written the top eight in the literary examination and the martial arts examination in the academic year, the first, Dugu Nirvana. Second, Xiao Lan. Third, Wang Jiayuan. Fourth, Huo Xingyun. Fifth, Zhang Hanhai. Sixth, Shen Jiaran. Seventh, Zhang Tao. Eighth, Li Xun.

And the ranking of the martial arts test is written first, Zhang Hanhai. Second, Zhu Chaotian. Third, Dugu Nirvana. The top four, the sky. Top eight, Fuyunshang, Xiao Lan, Yan Feng, Lai Chuan.

At the end of school, Dugu Ni held the ten taels of silver, overjoyed, and walked slowly outside the school with Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan looked at Dugu Nie's stupid appearance playfully, and said, "Okay, keep it secret, I really didn't expect that you could still take the first exam!"

"I didn't expect that either. However, if you don't want to say it, you can not say it. Dugu Nirvana stared at the silver over and over.

"Look at your money-obsessed look!Put it away, or I'll rob you!" Xiao Lan raised her hand, and Dugu Ni quickly put the silver on her waist and looked at Xiao Lan seriously.

"Listen, my secret is that in addition to cultivating martial arts, I am also cultivating demons!"

"Demon cultivator?" Dugu Ni tilted his head, frowning and thinking, Uncle Nine seemed to have mentioned this word.

"Well, aren't you?" Xiao Lan looked at Dugu Nirvana like that, not like pretending to be stupid.

"No, what is a demon cultivator?" Dugu Ni turned his head and looked at Xiao Lan and asked.

"That's the method of the Beastmaster Valley!" Xiao Lan jumped and kicked the clod of soil on the ground, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and glanced at Dugu Nirvana.

"What is the Valley of the Beastmaster?" Dugu Nie's studious appearance came out, turned slightly sideways, and looked at Xiao Lan as he walked.

"It's a big sect in Xishan Town, next to the Heaven Splitting City Barrier! To the west of the City Barrier, there is the Tianyan Mountain Range, which is the territory of the Demon Clan. Xiao Lan seems to be addicted to kicking clods, looking for them as she goes.

Dugu Ni followed Xiao Lan's speed and walked slowly and slowly, and asked, "What kind of cultivation method is that demon cultivation?"

Xiao Lan clasped her hands, looked to the side, and said a little old-fashioned: "Originally, the human race and the demon race have grievances that are difficult to settle, but there are also some demon clans, with spiritual wisdom, and they also have some dealings with the human race. Because it is said that the demon clan wants to cultivate demons, and like us, they have three realms: "knowledge", "feelings", and "pride". Because unlike us humans, the demon clan sometimes wants to enter our human world to cultivate. And after the death of the demon clan, the demon soul can coexist into the soul of the human through some means, which also avoids the soul from scattering, which also requires the willingness of the demon beast and the human being. In this way, the human beings who cultivate demons can get some means of demon beasts. But more often than not, it's the way of the Valley of the Beastmaster. They have a lot of spells that can drive some demon beasts, which is equivalent to becoming the master of demon beasts. After the death of such a demon beast, the demon soul will not refuse to live in symbiosis with its master. But I heard that driving demon beasts is against the principles of heaven, and it is still a little very dangerous. ”

"The names of these three realms are really simple and easy to understand!" Dugu Nie said with a smile.

"It's not literal, and it's not easy to cultivate at all!" Xiao Lan pursed her lips, she had suffered a lot in cultivating demons.

"Then are you from the Valley of the Beast King?" There are already a lot of famous families around Dugu Nirvana, and I think there is one more.

"Sort of, but my father and mother have already left the Valley of the Beastmaster. ”

"Then how did you manage to suddenly become very fast that day?"

"That's Satsuki's method. ”

"Who is Xiaoyue?" Dugu Nie hurriedly asked, listening curiously, Xiao Lan's slow words were a bit torturous.

Xiao Lan raised her hand and poked Dugu Nie's forehead, "Hmph, what are you anxious about!

"Don't worry, don't worry, I was wrong!" Dugu Ni chick nodded as if pecking rice, and apologized with a smile.

Xiao Lan nodded, and then said, "Xiao Yue is my demon soul, and it is the foundation of my demon cultivation. When my ancestor went out to explore the Tianji Mountains, he came across a seriously injured moon deer. Xiao Yue didn't have a fierce appearance, so Zuzu rescued it. They have been dependent on each other for many years, but Satsuki was already approaching the end at that time, and after his death, his demon soul was united with his ancestor. Before Zuzu died, it was passed on to his grandfather. Satsuki is naturally willing. But then my father didn't want to cultivate demons, so my grandfather entrusted Xiaoyue to me before he died. ”

"Does that do anything other than getting faster?"

"The simplest improvement of the demon soul to the demon cultivator is that when using the demon power, the strength of the body will also increase, and now I will only do this. Grandpa told me that the cultivation of demon cultivators and the relationship with demon souls, as well as the strength of demon souls themselves, together determine the amount and power of demon magic that demon cultivators can use. Xiaoyue's potential is great, but there is still a lot to learn on the road of cultivating demons. ”

After Xiao Lan finished speaking, her eyes were aimed at Dugu Nirvana, full of expectation.

"Ah, it's complicated!" Dugu Nie replied, thought about it, saw Xiao Lan looking at him, and asked, "You want to ask me about my secret, right?" Dugu Nie is not stupid.

"If you want to talk about it, I'll listen to it!" Xiao Lan saw that Dugu Ni understood, and looked ahead and pretended not to care.

Dugu Nie smiled helplessly, and said: "My method may be a bit dangerous, unless you already know, or someone will guide you in the future, you can't try it! Grandpa Qu told me a thousand times, let me not talk too much, I can't be responsible for saying something." You can guarantee that, I'll just talk about it. ”

"Guaranteed, guaranteed!" This time, Xiao Lan was anxious.

Seeing that Xiao Lan was straightforward, Dugu didn't hide it, and he didn't know if he could win before he made a bet, but when he agreed, he also thought about it and said it if he lost. told Xiao Lan the ins and outs of his self-cultivation. Xiao Lan looked surprised after hearing this, and said that she hadn't heard of someone creating their own cultivation exercises!

The more Dugu Ni talked about himself, the more worried he became, and he felt that he seemed to be a little sorry for Grandpa Qu's advice, and he quickly agreed to make a bet for a while, but he obviously won but didn't know how to refuse, and he still regretted it a little after speaking. simply didn't tell the cultivation method of forgetting feelings, which can be regarded as leaving room for it.

Xiao Lan is very happy, Dugu Ni can tell herself such a big secret, and the friendship between the two can be regarded as a step further.

But the more Dugu Ni thought about it, the more wrong it became, so he nagged for a while, begging Xiao Lan not to try indiscriminately, until Xiao Lan was impatient, and seriously promised that she would never try, and then Dugu Ni gave up.

When she was about to go home separately, Xiao Lan stopped Dugu Nirvana and said, "Fang Wutong said, you are very good!"

Dugu Nie was taken aback, she hadn't dared to peek at Fang Wutong for so long, wasn't she angry with herself? I wanted to ask again, Xiao Lan had already turned around and left, waved her hand with her back to Dugu Nie, and said in a long voice: "See you tomorrow!"

When he returned home, Dugu Ni handed over ten taels of silver to Bai Ming. Seeing the relief in Bai Ming's eyes, Dugu Nie also felt that Bai Ming's hand touching his face was particularly warm.

Dugu Ni had already mentioned this to Bai Ming two days ago, so Bai Ming specially made a few of Dugu Nira's favorite dishes today, including white cut meat, bitter gourd scrambled eggs, and broth cabbage, which can be regarded as a celebration.

Bai Ming's shop has been handed over, in addition to cleaning up the house, he is meditating there all day, talking less than before, Dugu Ni does not bother her, clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and go to Wang Xiao and Jinghu to play for a while.

When he stayed with Wang Xiaojinghu, it was the time when Dugu Nirvana was the most confident. Now Wang Xiao has no interest in learning from Dugu Nie at all. Wang Xiao said that this was due to the fact that he suggested that Dugu Nirvana use a sandbag, but he tried that thing himself, and when he took it off, it seemed that he would not be able to walk, so even if he didn't know how Dugu Nirvana persevered.

Every now and then, Dugu Ni will show off what he has learned in literature class, be reasonable, and feel the worship of Wang Xiao and Jing Hu. And Jing Hu, what he can show off the most is the Ten Thousand Beasts Chess that he has always liked.

And today, because Dugu Ni heard Xiao Lan talk about a lot of demon cultivation, and didn't know if it had anything to do with the Ten Thousand Beasts Chess, he asked Jing Hu more, Jing Hu's enthusiasm for the Ten Thousand Beasts Chess was very high, and when he talked about it, he naturally talked endlessly.

According to Jing Hu, this is a hundred schools of art that are quite prosperous in the eastern country.

There is a kind of jade, known as beast spirit jade, the size of the fingernail of the thumb, which is quite beautiful and valuable. Rich people can collect a large amount, but as for manufacturing, it is extremely difficult. A craftsman with this skill is needed to first take a drop of the essence blood of the demon beast and pour it into the spirit jade, and it must be carefully carved, so the rarer the beast chess, the more difficult it is to make. The Beast King Valley in Xishan Town is already rich in financial resources because it and the Xianpinmen of Jiahe Town jointly make this beast chess and sell it.

Generally speaking, in a game of chess, the opposing chess players should each choose ten beast chess pieces to play, but there are hundreds of commonly used beast chess. As for some rare beast chess, their chess strength is even more powerful and abnormal. However, after all, beast chess is only for fun, and if you really want to use it for battle, you need a chess master with excellent chess skills to do it.

But more chess players are still fascinated by the charm of this skill than fighting with it.

If you want to win in a single game, there are many ways to start.

On different chessboards, at the beginning of the game, choosing different beast chess, as well as different layouts, will have a great impact on the subsequent game, therefore, the chess players who are immersed in the chess of all beasts have a rich collection, and can also understand what kind of beast chess to choose on different chessboards. Different chessboards can be transformed into different chess charts, such as forests, mountains, snow, seas, etc.

In the chess diagram, although there is a void similar to the real scene on the chessboard in front of the opponent, its vastness seems to be a hundred miles square, therefore, the chess diagram is divided into 360 grids, of course, there is no such horizontal and vertical boxes in the chess diagram, everything naturally exists in the eyes of the chess player.

And every move depends on the chess master's chess strength. Chess strength can be played by one's own internal strength, so the deeper the internal strength, the more advantageous it will be. For example, a chess player who is not strong in chess can only move two squares at a time in three-eyed tiger chess, while a chess player with deep chess strength can move three to four squares. And it is not possible to move only one move at a time, as long as the chess strength is enough, all the chess pieces can move, although it is not too difficult for the chess pieces to go in the same direction, but if you want to control different chess pieces have their own moves, it is extremely difficult. One is not good, the fish and beast chess go ashore, that is called self-harm. Therefore, people who are good at chess draw squares with one hand and circles with the other, listen to the spring twilight, and sing the winter morning.

Speaking of chess, it is divided into too many categories such as moving chess, arranging, attacking and defending, such as combo, ambush, fighting, etc. In this way, the opponents are like generals who are in the same army, except that they are using beast chess that is infused with their own chess strength.

The strong can use techniques to attract the natural forces between heaven and earth to affect the chess game, and there are some legendary chess games, when the opponent is fierce, the chess game itself can attract the natural force between heaven and earth.

In the chess game, there are various laws of heaven and earth, and the wisdom, bearing, and strength of the chess players can be compared. Therefore, for thousands of years, there are countless people who have been obsessed with chess of all beasts, and some famous people in the rivers and lakes have not only cultivated to be unfathomable, but also have chess skills that are prostrate.

As a result, the ten thousand beast chess in these hundred skills attracted ancient and modern heroes, who were obsessed with it and never regretted it. These chess masters do not want to understand what kind of martial arts or what kind of power they control, but the charm of the chess path itself.

The place where chess players gather the most are the five towns in the west of the eastern country near the Split Heaven Barrier, from north to south are Qinghua Town, Xishan Town, Lixiang Town, Qingluan Town and Xiyi Town. And because the great chess masters of the ancient and modern times are mostly from the great sect of spiritual cultivators in Lixiang Town, Wanfa Sect, therefore, Lixiang Town has become the town with the most chess masters among the 33 towns in the Eastern Kingdom.

After listening to Jing Hu's introduction, Dugu Nie also felt yearning, so he asked how much the chess board generally was.

Jing Hu's answer made Dugu Nie completely lose his heart to play chess.

The most ordinary chess pieces are one or two, and powerful chess pieces may not be able to buy hundreds of thousands of taels, and the same is true for chessboards. Only then did Dugu Ni know that Jinghu's family background was also quite superior!