Ancestral Treasures of Chen Family
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Kong Yifu carefully observed their behaviors. Great, excellent. Even a re illegitimate daughter of Murong family did not get to marry into Kong family. I'll properly test the capabilities of this boy you found, he thought.
"Huai, you're on the black side, right? Since I'm older than you, I'll let you go first," Kong Yifu said, smiling.
"You don't have to let go with black just because I'm younger. Let's flip a coin, I'm usually really lucky," Guo Huai said. However, luck was not on his side this ti. Kong Yifu played as black while he played as white. This would not affect the end result though—a banished immortal who had been playing Go for tens of thousands of years would naturally not lose to a regular human being.
Kid, do you really think that you can win just because you won an unfinished ga earlier? I'll let you witness how a true professional plays, Kong Yifu thought. Actually, his strategy was indeed excellent—he could easily defeat any regular player. However, his opponent today was Guo Huai.
"Kong Yifu, you mustn't get distracted when you play. Look, I easily took your huge dragon down," Guo Huai said and placed a stone on the board, encircling a huge area of Kong Yifu.
"Did you just call by my full na?!" Kong Xuan said. Looking at his huge dragon that got eaten, he could not help but beco nervous.
Another ten minutes had passed, Ceasewind Grandmaster walked over and looked at the board before shaking his head lightly.
"Yifu, let's stop playing for this round. You've already lost," Ceasewind Grandmaster said softly.
"Again!" Kong Yifu shouted. He imdiately picked the black side and started another round. However, it was faster this ti as he lost within ten minutes.
"Hahah, let's not play anymore. Including the unfinished ga with the old man earlier, I've played three rounds today. It's aningless to continue playing like this," Guo Huai said. He imdiately rejected Kong Yifu's request.
"Hahah, it's great that you're this humble," Ceasewind Grandmaster said and smiled. "If I had t you earlier, I would've been able to match up your skills in certain aspects. I'm afraid that's no longer possible now. May I ask who your master is?" After looking at how Guo Huai played throughout the second match with Kong Xuan, he concluded that if Guo Huai were to play with him in the future, it was very unlikely for him to win a match.
"My master? I have a lot of masters, but I can't reveal their identities. I hope you can forgive for doing so," Guo Huai said with a smile. How am I supposed to explain to you? I was learning from the Monkey King in the beginning. After returning from the Journey to the West, I learned from so random immortals. After reaching ascension and entering heaven, my opponents included Taibai Jinxing (the servant of Jade Emperor), Taiyi Zhenren (mythological figure) and Tudigong (God of the Ground). Would you believe if I told you the truth?
"Hahah, alright, I won't force you to answer," Ceasewind Grandmaster said. "Yifu, there are always things that happen unpredictably. I know that the tragedy of Kong Xuan has massively affected Kong family, however, Weiwei is my disciple now, aning she's your junior sister. You should know what you're supposed to do." He noticed what Kong Yifu had been thinking today.
"I understand. It's at fault today, please forgive ," Kong Yifu said. What had to be said had been said. Naturally, he understood what his master was trying to say. "Master, I'm needed at the association now. I'll have to take my leave and visit you in the near future," he said before leaving.
Looking at Kong Yifu's back, Ceasewind Grandmaster said softly, "Sigh, I used to think Yifu was the best out of my four disciples. His character and behavior were really alike to mine when I was young. However, it seems like I have been looking at him wrongly."
"Please don't bla yourself, old man," Guo Huai said with a smile. "Oh, do you know anything about the gourd provided to the charity auction by General Li Doutian? Do you have any treasure as well? I'd like to take a look."
Guo Huai suddenly rembered that he had left quite so good stuff at Chen Household before ascending to heaven. He wanted to check if they were passed down to his descendants or not. So of the items could be used by him now.
"Doutian's gourd? I don't know much about it, but he had shown it to when he first got it," Ceasewind Grandmaster said. "I don't have any gourds here, however, I have so other treasures passed down by my ancestors. I'll take them for you to have a look," he said before walking into the house.
I don't care about anything else, I just want the flying sword that I crafted with my own hands back then. I especially inford you all to pass it down to each generation. If it's not here anymore, I'll find you guys in hell to punish you, Guo Huai thought.
"According to my elders, there were quite a number of items back then. However, after leaving Qinghai Province to Wucheng County, so were lost in the wars within the country, and between wars with other countries. There are only three treasures left," Ceasewind Grandmaster said as he pushed a small trolley to the living room.
"Old man, why did you take the items out again?" Grandma Wu asked. She just finished cleaning the dining table and saw the old man pushing a trolley out.
"This little friend wants to take a look at them. I'm afraid that my words an nothing to him, perhaps I can impress him with these treasures passed down from the ancestors," Ceasewind Grandmaster said and smiled.
These are the Sevenstar Compass and Heavenflip Seal. Although they're both knockoffs, I had been relying on these toys to earn my als back then, Guo Huai thought to himself after opening two boxes. However, it would be useless for him to get these items now. Based on the limited amount of divine power he currently had, activating these items would be the sa as asking for death. Hanging himself on a rope would be faster and more efficient.
As he reached out to open the third open, he shouted in this mind, Flying sword! Please be the flying sword!
"Grandpa, these are quite impressive. I haven't seen these many treasures after having spun around in the ancient market for so long. Can you explain to what these are made of?" Guo Huai said with a smile. He tried his best to cover his excitent, because the mont he opened the third box, a very familiar sword appeared in sight. It was indeed the flying sword he crafted back then.
"This is a compass. There should be soone who excelled in feng shui back then who could use this tool. However, this compass is a lot smaller than the ones produced nowadays," Ceasewind Grandmaster said.
[TL note: The feng shui practice discusses architecture in taphoric terms of 'invisible forces' that bind the universe, earth, and humanity together, known as qi.]
"This should be an ancient seal. I can't tell what words are carved on it, even after finding countless experts to verify. For this last item, I think it's a toy that my ancestor made for his children. However, it has a really delicate craftwork. I bet they noticed this thing was overly sharp and decided to pass it onto the younger generations, and now it ended up in my hands," Ceasewind Grandmaster said.
After listening to what Ceasewind Grandmaster said, Guo Huai had almost gone crazy. Using the knockoff Sevenstar Compass, inauthentic Heavenflip Seal, and Divine Flying Sword, Chen Qingyuan managed to massacre the devils and save the world, earning countless karma which allowed him to singlehandedly resist the divine lightning during ascension. He did not expect these to be described this way after so many generations.
Go (围棋) literally ans 'encircling ga'. Being invented thousands of years ago, it's actually a really common ga in China — almost everyone knows how to play the ga there.
Karma (功德) - cosmic rit or derit accumulated throughout one's life based on one's deeds. Determines which type of reincarnation (out of the Six Paths) they will experience in their next life.
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