The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 317 Only My Sword Will
What is chess?
There are many types of chess, including Gobang, chess, etc.

The Go played by Li Hao is also called Zuoyin, Shoutan, and Yi, etc.

The vertical and horizontal lines on the chessboard intersect to form grids, and pieces are placed on the grids. The pieces are connected to form a game, and this is the pattern on the chessboard.

Those who are new to chess are familiar with the rules, while those who are advanced in chess make moves skillfully and accurately, attack fiercely, and are good at making choices.

A true chess master focuses more on situation than on pieces. He no longer obsesses over swallowing pieces or attacking them, but instead plans his chess situation based on his own situation.

Whether it is chess, Gobang, Go, etc., it all emphasizes accumulation and momentum!

When the trend is unstoppable, the winner will come naturally.

Li Hao's original six-level chess skills had already given him a glimpse of the way to play chess. At this moment, Li Hao realized that if he only relied on himself as a chess player to gather momentum, his movements would be too obvious in the eyes of masters. The real way of playing chess is like nature, and the momentum will come naturally without any concentration!
When the first piece is placed, it already has momentum.

Every chess piece has its own mission. They all seem to be white pieces, but in fact, some are strong and some are weak. Some white pieces are soldiers, while some are generals. Their momentum is fierce!

pat!

Li Hao's white piece fell, and one of it penetrated deep into the black pieces like a lone soldier. However, its force was like thunder, and it revived the white piece that was originally blocked and on the verge of despair, and broke the opponent's force like a sharp knife.

This move is extremely spiritual and wonderful, like planning a strategy and watching the clouds rise and fall.

Shi Huajin was stunned. She wanted to drop the black piece in her hand, but paused. She stared at the chessboard for a moment, then sighed and said:

"I lost."

Originally, she wanted to engulf the white pieces to expand her offensive, but this path was cut off. She had already calculated Li Hao's next move, and she would be at a disadvantage after seven more moves. Her chess position was broken, so she decisively chose to admit defeat.

The masters competed against each other, and the result was clear.

When weaklings fight each other, their lives and deaths are hard to predict.

Until the last moment, you never know what stupid or surprising moves the other party will make.

Seeing his opponent admit defeat, Li Hao also came to his senses. He took back the white piece and asked, "Another game?"

"No, I haven't refined today's medicine yet. You have to refine it for me."

Shi Huajin said unhappily.

"Small things."

Li Hao smiled and immediately stood up to accompany the other party to the alchemy room.

On the way, he glanced at the panel and saw the latest prompt, which made him smile slightly.

Soon, using cooking techniques, Li Hao and his teacher Hua Jin extracted all the medicinal materials that were to be refined.

Afterwards, he sat outside and waited instead of watching from the side, which made Shi Huajin feel helpless. She was a senior alchemist, and many alchemists dreamed of being able to watch beside her. To see a senior alchemist making pills personally was treatment equivalent to that of a direct disciple.

But even though she offered this opportunity to Li Hao for free, Li Hao was not interested in it.

She could only call on her disciples to help.

Li Hao found a secluded branch outside the alchemy room, lay down on it to rest, and called up the control panel.

Go, seventh dan.

State of mind: Entering the spiritual realm of chess (usable).

Li Hao smiled slightly, and without hesitation, he chose to use this state of mind in kendo.

Soon, the sword art that had reached the sixth level bottleneck for a long time finally broke through again.

Kendo, seventh level!
A large amount of kendo information suddenly flooded into his mind, and Li Hao closed his eyes quietly to absorb it.

This sword art has reached the seventh level, and it is similar to the art of chess. Originally it was a sword art that was exquisite to the extreme, but now it is sword momentum!

No longer bound by moves, the sword moves as the heart moves, and the heart moves as the will moves!
You can use your unique skills at will and unleash the strongest sword moves at will!
The many sword techniques in his panel were also constantly being deduced and undergoing new changes, from complex to simple.

After a long time, Li Hao slowly opened his eyes. He digested and absorbed all the insights into the way of swordsmanship. Suddenly, the previous battle with Jiang Lichen emerged in his mind. Although he won, the opponent's swordsmanship in that battle had surpassed his. It was the top level of the seventh stage of the way of swordsmanship. The sword was like his heart, with a crazy sword force.

"With the cultivation of the Absolute Learning Realm, I can split the Dao Realm. If I can go one step further and reach the eighth level of swordsmanship, I can split even the tenth level of Dao Realm..."

There was a gleam in Li Hao's eyes. The seventh level of swordsmanship was already at the level of a human sword saint. He could cut down thousands of troops with a single flower and his sword was as powerful as a rainbow. However, for his current level of cultivation, this swordsmanship was not enough.

Looking back at the swordsmanship performed by Lin Qingying in the previous training in the courtyard, Li Hao now discovered that the opponent's seemingly simple practice was deeper than what he had seen before, even surpassing the sword momentum, and had its own artistic conception and style. The opponent's swordsmanship was more than seven levels!

Li Hao muttered to himself and added some points.

Soon, the seventh level of kendo suddenly climbed to the eighth level!

A large amount of information flooded into his mind again, and Li Hao seemed to have fallen into the ocean of kendo, where he was traveling and practicing.

for a long time.

Li Hao just woke up from his enlightenment, and a hint of enlightenment appeared in his eyes.

The seventh level of kendo is about momentum, while the eighth level of kendo is about intention!
Meaning is more condensed than momentum. Momentum is the appearance, and meaning is the core.

Perhaps due to the influence of his own Tao heart, Li Hao's sword intent is relatively simple, and he only needs to cut off whatever he wants.

Everything in the world can be cut off, whatever the heart thinks, the sword will go!

Li Hao called this sword intent "Only Me".

After comprehending the sword intent, Li Hao reviewed the sword skills that Jiang Lichen had used when he fought against him before, and immediately felt that the opponent was still at the surface of sword momentum. If they fought again, he only needed to strike the sword casually to break his momentum, break his sword, and defeat him easily.

Li Hao reviewed Lin Qingying's swordsmanship again, and suddenly some understanding emerged in his eyes. The opponent was indeed an eighth-level swordsman. The slowly practiced swordsmanship was about momentum and intention, using intention to drive momentum, and the opponent's sword intention was extremely soft.

"The softest is the hardest, and the softest is indestructible..."

Li Hao's eyes flickered, wondering if his own sword intent could cut off the opponent's soft sword intent.

Without a fight, it is impossible to judge who is stronger and who is weaker.

Li Hao's eyes fell on the panel and he tried to add points again.

[Adding points failed, please choose the heart of entering the Tao]

As expected... Li Hao sighed inwardly. Just like with his physical body, it seemed that he had to upgrade a certain skill to the ninth level.

At present, the only art he has mastered is cooking.

Now that chess has crossed the threshold of entering the spirit realm, it can continue to accumulate experience. However, the accumulation of experience in chess is too slow and requires external conditions. One has to find someone to play chess against.

In comparison, Huadao can be done by oneself and experience can be accumulated quickly.

"Nine-stage sword art... This is probably the level that a saint has mastered."

Li Hao's eyes flickered. The ninth stage of the physical body path corresponds to the realm of hearing the Tao, and the tenth stage is to become a saint.

The same is true for the way of the sword. If one reaches the tenth level of the way of the sword, one can take the path of sacrifice to become a saint. Use the way of the sword to directly break through the obstacles on the way to sainthood and become a saint with the sword!
This path is the most difficult. Even the Sword Saint of the Sword Ancestor Holy Land may take the path of becoming a saint through incense and worship. In this case, his sword realm is still the ninth stage, not the tenth stage.

It sounds like he is not worthy of the title of Sword Saint, but in fact, to reach the ninth level of swordsmanship is one in a billion and extremely difficult.

The ninth stage means entering the Dao of the sword. Except for some fools, most warriors' minds are on the realm of cultivation. Those who can step into the realm of hearing the Dao are already a minority among the geniuses, not to mention comprehending the Dao of the sword. This requires too much energy.

Even if there are, they are rare and most of them are at the level of semi-saint.

After figuring this out, Li Hao withdrew his thoughts. Due to the previous battles, the levels of his many arts and skills fell far behind. If he could reach the ninth level in three of his arts and skills at this moment, his strength would be increased to an incredible level.

At this time, Li Hao noticed that Shi Huajin's elixir had been prepared.

He jumped down from the tree branch, came to the outside of the alchemy room, said hello to Master Huajin, and strolled back to Lin Shanhai's alchemy courtyard.

They are only a thousand miles apart, and within a radius of several hundred miles, there are basically no other idle people except his own medicine disciples and servants, and the environment is quite quiet and comfortable.

Alchemists often have to study prescriptions on their own, and they do need a quiet environment.

"I'm back. I see you're in a good mood today."

Lin Shanhai said with a smile when he saw Li Hao coming back.

Li Hao glanced around the yard and saw Lin Qingying practicing sword as usual.

The other party did not react to his arrival and was still concentrating on practicing sword.

Li Hao did not interrupt, but walked around the corridor next to him, walked to the side of Elder Lin who was tasting the herbs, sat down, and said:

"I won a few games against her."

"You..."

Lin Shanhai was helpless. During this period, he had heard about Li Hao's deeds from those old friends. He went to help them purify medicinal materials, but he was just helping them and didn't ask for anything in return. He didn't take the pills given by the other party and didn't even look at the recipe.

He didn't know what Li Hao was worried about or whether he was really not interested.

But after getting to know Li Hao, he felt that this young man's thoughts were indeed a little different, and he was quite different from the people he had met before.

"Oh, by the way, I brought you some Wuyin tea from her."

Li Hao seemed to have thought of something, and took out a bag of tea from the space of heaven and earth and handed it to Lin Shanhai.

Lin Shanhai was stunned and quickly took it. Apart from refining medicine, he had no other hobbies except drinking tea.

"Good fellow, I've already given you the Five-tone Tea. It seems that the old lady really likes you. I've begged her many times but she still didn't give me any. Even after hundreds of years of friendship, I'm still not as good as you!"

Lin Shanhai opened it and confirmed that it was Wuyin Tea. His eyes lit up and he couldn't help but sigh.

Li Hao couldn't help but glance at him and said, "Is there a possibility that she didn't give it to you for reasons other than friendship?"

"what is that?"

"You can try a different name next time."

"Master? I've been calling you that for hundreds of years. How else can I call you that?"

"..."

Li Hao couldn't help but look at him. He hadn't been beaten to death for hundreds of years, which really meant that the friendship was deep enough.

Lin Shanhai also came to his senses at this moment. It is said that women don’t like others to say they are old. He looked at Li Hao suspiciously:

"So what did you call her?"

"Senior sister."

Li Hao said calmly without blushing or beating his heart.

"..."

Lin Shanhai couldn't help but stare: "You are so bold, she is old enough to be your great-grandmother, you are addressing her so frivolously!"

"She asked me to call her that." Li Hao said.

""

Lin Shanhai was stunned.

Li Hao shrugged slightly and said nothing more. His eyes casually fell on the yard, looking at the cold figure dancing gracefully.

Now, when watching the other party practicing sword, Li Hao found that he could completely understand it.

"This sword is a bit too soft."

When he saw the opponent's sword move gently, Li Hao couldn't help but shake his head and said.

He had never competed in other places, so he didn't know if he could cut it off, but the sword just now was too soft and he believed that he could definitely cut it off.

The other party is pursuing the utmost gentleness, but if he pursues it too much, it will easily disperse.

"Ok?"

Although Li Hao's voice was soft, the woman in the yard had already stopped her sword.

(End of this chapter)