Chapter 17 (1/2)
Chapter 17 - Weiqi Celestial Hall
The Weiqi Celestial Hall was a four story tall building The first floor had at least an area of tens of thousands of square meter The first floor was dedicated for ordinary Weiqi players, but not every ordinary Weiqi player was allowed to enter
Standing before the entrance of the Weiqi Celestial Hall, Gu Hai carefully looked at the building in front After he put the luggage inside the Great Sea Inn, he rented a horse carriage to the Weiqi Celestial Hall!
After all, like everyone else, he too held an interest in the Holy Land of Weiqi which was yearned very much by all Weiqi players!
However, the Weiqi Celestial Hall was not so easy to enter Otherwise, the Weiqi Celestial Hall would have long been overcrowded Even if one wanted to enter the Weiqi Celestial Hall, you need to have qualifications!
Gu Hai looked at the Weiqi table that was fully carved out of stone which was placed at the entrance of the Weiqi Celestial Hall The Weiqi table had black and white placed upon it, and opposite the Weiqi table calray robe old man on a stone chair, with a clearcould faze hiray robed oldGu Hai to sit on the opposite stone chair!
Gu Hai without further ado directly sat down on the stone chair and swept a glance at the game on the Weiqi table Suddenly, he cleared his throat as he noticed that this was an unfinished game…
”Place ten pieces on the board to pass the assessray-robed old man's indifferent voice slowly ca ten pieces, how can it be as si just ten pieces, it will be over? Youngster, you are too pure…'
'This is an endgaame And if not resolved it in ten moves, you are simply unable to pass!' The old man said to himself
However, Gu Hai simply didn't think too aame was too simple, it simply didn't pose any difficulty to him!
Gu Hai picked up a black piece froray robed old ray-robed old ster in front with a little surprise This move was truly contrary to his expectations He had iame puzzle with just one move, it was truly marvelous!
However, it was no e Gu Hai's Weiqi skills froray-robed old man similarly took out a white Weiqi piece, pondered for ait on the Weiqi board!
”Pa!”
Before the gray robed old man showed any reaction, Gu Hai had already dropped another black Weiqi piece In an instant, a large number of white pieces were captured and thereby taken out of the Weiqi board; leaving a few pieces on the Weiqi board!
The gray-robed old ame on the Weiqi board Suddenly, he forcefully s old In just two h atman, you have the qualifications to enter the third floor! But you still need to follow the rules However, If I aray robed old fully said, ”Furthermore, even for those old men from the third floor it is impossible to defeat oing to get lively!”
The gray robe oldGu Hai to enter the Weiqi Celestial Hall His line of sight once again fell on the Weiqi board in front of hia someone defeat him so easily, he naturally wanted to clearly understand how he lost!
Gu Hai did not seem to care, and directly walked inside the Weiqi Celestial Hall!
In the lobby of the first floor there were hundreds of Weiqi boards placed inside, and al on the either side There were even soroup of people, they atching the gaentle here Inside the first floor lobby, besides the sound of pieces being placed on the board, al Everyone were either quietly playing or watching the game!
Like everyone else, Gu Hai too didn't make any noise He just casually walked closer to a Weiqi board and quietly watched the two people as they played Weiqi