The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 10: Universal Attributes

Li Hao was wondering what the result would be if he measured his bones again.

But there is only one chance, and no one thinks that the Taoist master from Qingqiu Mountain will make a mistake.

Since the bone measurement ended that day, he could clearly feel that the Shanhe Courtyard had become less lively. In the past, the ladies of the various courtyards would often bring their children over to play, or take him over to eat some small cakes and local fruits tributed from the border or vassal states, and then let their children play with Li Hao, trying to get close to him from an early age.

But now two months have passed, and only the First Lady, the Fifth Lady, and the young Ninth Lady have come to visit him.

But seeing that he was fine, I didn't come over again.

However, we would occasionally receive pears and cakes from Changchunyuan.

Now that winter has arrived, I also received two sets of short cotton trousers made of beast velvet, a cotton jacket, and a scarf.

Li Hao hung the scarf around the little girl's neck.

……

The next day.

As the sky brightened, Lin Haixia was already practicing sword skills with Bian Ruxue in the yard.

Earlier on the weapons rack, Lin Haixia asked the child to choose various weapons and practice them one by one to test her talent for weapons. Bian Ruxue finally chose the sword.

After practicing, Lin Haixia discovered that she did have a talent for kendo, so she taught her carefully, and was occasionally strict.

Li Hao woke up slowly at noon. He was not yet six years old, so he did not have to follow the household rules of going to Changchun Courtyard to pay his respects to his aunt every morning. Therefore, he could sleep in comfortably.

Seeing the little figure practicing hard in the courtyard, Li Hao shook his head slightly, thinking that it was pitiful. Then, with the help of his personal maid, he took the water for washing and had breakfast. Then, he routinely called the two servants who knew how to play chess and asked them to set up the chess pieces in the pavilion.

Not long after, the game ended, but Li Hao was stunned to find that he did not receive any notification about the increase in experience points.

Then I saw the font appear in front of me:

{You need to have a heart to continue improving after reaching the third level of chess.}
Chess heart?

Li Hao was puzzled.

As if sensing his thoughts, the characters gradually disappeared, and then another line appeared:
[To cultivate the heart of chess, one must only think about chess and be passionate about it.]
Very good, straightforward explanation.

Li Hao was a little surprised that he could actually interact with this font.

hello?

The font disappears.

Li Hao tried calling out a few more times, but there was no response. He didn't think about it any more and instead started to wonder, is he only interested in chess?

Do you have to cultivate your chess mind first before you can gain experience?

In the God General's Mansion, Li Hao had heard of sword heart, gun heart, and sharp tongue but a soft heart.

But I have never heard of the heart of chess.

That’s right, playing chess and other small tricks are just sideshows that are not worthy of attention in the God General’s Mansion.

However, Chess Heart should be something similar to Kenshin, right?
Listen to the ladies in the courtyard chatting about themselves, such as a certain young man who has been practicing sword every day since he was a child. He holds the sword while eating and sleeps with the sword in his arms. After he has condensed his sword heart, his sword practice has improved by leaps and bounds.

So, if you want to concentrate on chess, you also need to do this?

But does Li Hao like chess?

Although he knew a little bit in his previous life, it was really just a little bit.

Playing chess... Who would like to play chess?
Playing poker is more fun than playing chess.

Work is tiring enough, who has time to do such brain-burning things?

Unless you want something new and change your entertainment experience occasionally.

Even though there is a panel that can improve chess experience, Li Hao only uses it as a tool to gain skill points. He wants to truly fall in love with it and become obsessed with it.

It's hard.

Li Hao was a little bit skeptical, so he asked his servant to play another game with him.

Then he believed it.

This made Li Hao a little distressed, and his face wrinkled. I had just tasted the sweetness of cultivation, and now you tell me that I can't play chess to gain experience. How can this be possible?
Do I really have to hold the chess pieces in my arms every day?
But I have no experience, what am I doing holding it?
Or, how about switching to practicing another art first?

But I don’t know what the use of this chess spirit is. I’ll think about it first.

In the next few days, Li Hao moved the chessboard to his bed, put a blanket on it, and used it as a pillow.

When eating, the chessboard is placed next to the table like a Buddha statue.

But this formalism seems to have no effect.

Li Hao did not ask the servants to continue playing chess. When he had nothing to do, he would watch the little girl practice sword skills, or go to Tingyu Tower to read various books.

One day, when Li Hao was flipping through books in Tingyu Tower, he saw several pages of chess manuals in one of the books and couldn't help but be surprised.

The book records an interesting story about a person who became famous hundreds of years ago. The famous person was humiliated when he was young, and when he later sought revenge, his enemy gave up martial arts and learned chess.

The big shot once said that when he takes revenge the next day, he will completely crush the opponent and make him completely desperate before killing him.

As it turned out, the other party had already learned chess for many years.

They took out their chess skills to compete on the spot.

The big shot suffered a crushing defeat, but this man was too stubborn and did not kill his enemy on the spot.

However, he killed the entire family of his enemy, including women, children and infants, and only spared his enemy, saying that he would come again in the future.

But later, he was unable to solve the chess game until his death.

After reading it, Li Hao couldn't help but laugh.

It seemed that the enemy was very familiar with the big shot. Although his martial arts talent was not as good as that of the big shot, he was smart enough to learn this trick to avoid being killed.

He suddenly felt that playing chess seemed interesting.

It’s not the Li family’s fault. Even he, in this world of martial arts, feels deep down that playing chess is just entertainment and has no meaning.

But now, this idea has changed a little.

{The chess record 'Wanxiang' is detected. Do you want to include it?}
Suddenly, a font appeared in front of him. Li Hao was surprised, and suddenly remembered that there was a chess record illustration on the panel.

It also shows that he is indeed not interested in chess and only regards it as a tool to gain experience. In the past five years, he has never collected any chess records.

I feel a little ashamed at this moment.

Li Hao immediately chose yes.

Soon, a chess record called "Wanxiang" was added to the chess record collection on the panel.

At the same time, there is a prompt at the back that can be embedded.

Li Hao was puzzled and tried to choose embed.

At this time, a line of text pops up:
{Please select the embedding target: Physical Dao, Sword Dao.}
Li Hao was surprised. What did it mean?
He thought about it and chose the physical body path.

When I first started practicing, I experienced the feeling of a sudden increase in strength, and I also had more expectations for the path of the physical body.

[Embed successfully.]
At this moment, Li Hao suddenly felt a huge amount of complex information coming at him.

He was very familiar with this feeling. After a moment, he digested it. Li Hao looked behind his panel:

[The Path of the Flesh: Section 1 (All Things)]

And the mottled messages in his mind told him what exactly happened.

Myriad Things: The target is placed in the myriad things of heaven and earth, unable to be seen through, and can conceal all energy.

Li Hao made a slight move, and his aura suddenly became restrained. The surging power and energy in his body seemed to have shrunk into countless pores and cells, making them unobservable.

"Special attributes?"

Li Hao was shocked. He didn't expect the chess record to have such an effect. It was simply incredible.

With his second-level chess skills, he could more or less understand the chess game. There were big mazes within small mazes, and traps at every step. No wonder that great man was never able to decipher it in his entire life.

However, after this chess manual was embedded into the physical body, it actually brought about similar properties.

If I had just chosen to embed myself in Kendo, would there be some more confusing effects in my swordsmanship, making it impossible for people to discern my real killer moves?
If combined with the extremely gorgeous sword moves of Tidal Swordsmanship, it would probably be even more dazzling.

Li Hao glanced at the panel and found that the embeddable option behind the Universal Chess Book had disappeared, which meant that only one option could be selected.

However, this did open up a new world for him. It seems that chess records are the best way to go!

If you can collect other kinds of chess records, wouldn't you be able to add various special BUFFs to your attacks?

Thinking of this, Li Hao became interested and started searching around the building.

However, Tingyu Tower is a holy place for martial artists all over the world, but not for chess players. For several days in a row, Li Hao stayed in Tingyu Tower, but only found three chess manuals in total, one of which was used to pad the bookshelf.

"Flying", "Hidden Bow", "Tiger Pressure".

Starting with three chess records, Li Hao studied them in depth, and based on the characteristics of these chess records, he figured out their properties and embedded "Flying Duan" and "Cang Gong" into kendo.

"Tiger Pressure" is embedded in the physical body.

Hidan: The attack distance is doubled, with super-distance attack effect.

Hidden Bow: The killing move is hidden, and the kill can be carried out in one step.

Tiger Pressure: Slightly increases strength, intimidating.

The three chess records brought great improvement to Li Hao.

Unfortunately, although the General's Mansion has everything, as a martial arts family, they do not have the habit of collecting chess manuals.

When Li Hao returned to the courtyard, he could only ask the servants around him to go outside to find chess manuals for him, but these servants kept making excuses, and no one dared to help the young master go further and further on the path of "not doing his job properly".

There was no other way, Li Hao could only offer a huge reward to lure him.

In the following days, in addition to waiting for the chess records, Li Hao also began to slowly study chess.

He lifted the blanket off the chessboard at the head of the bed and put it back, and also removed the chessboard from the dining table. Occasionally, besides strolling in the yard, he would watch the little girl practice sword.

Perhaps because she lost both her parents when she was young and had lived a life of displacement, the little girl was extremely hardworking. Under Lin Haixia's guidance, her swordsmanship improved day by day.

"No, this move is not practiced correctly."

On this day, when teaching swordsmanship, Lin Haixia showed the strict side of an officer. Even though she was very satisfied with Bian Ruxue's talent in swordsmanship, she would still criticize her harshly if she made any mistakes during practice.

The little girl held back her tears and practiced stubbornly over and over again.

Li Hao looked at it helplessly and shook his head. Although Uncle Lin was a nice person, he might not be able to teach students according to their aptitude.

After a few harsh words, the little girl's sword moves were almost deformed.

At night, Li Hao looked at the little girl who was still practicing repeatedly in the courtyard and called her over.

"This posture is wrong. The arms should be bent a little bit. Yes, like this, the waist should not be too stiff..."

There was no one around, so Li Hao gave the little girl special lessons and guided her step by step.

Bian Ruxue is not stupid and does have a talent for swordsmanship. Under Li Hao's guidance, she quickly mastered precise postures and had a lot of sword skills.

"Brother Hao, do you also know swordsmanship?" After the little girl finished practicing, she looked at Li Hao with great interest: "How about we practice together tomorrow?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I don't want to get up early."

Li Hao was startled and said quickly.

"Uncle Lin would definitely be very happy if he knew that you also know swordsmanship." Bian Ruxue said expectantly. Although she still didn't understand many things, she could see that the elders around her seemed a little disappointed with Li Hao.

The little girl was so diligent and hardworking, but she was actually feeling resentful in her heart. Everyone said that Brother Hao was not good enough, but she felt that Brother Hao was actually very smart.

"I don't know swordsmanship, so don't talk nonsense." Li Hao said quickly, "Little girl, don't repay kindness with evil and ruin your chance to sleep in. I'm really going to cry to death."

Bian Ruxue was puzzled: "But you clearly..."

"Go away, go to sleep, go to sleep." Li Hao rolled his eyes, drove the little girl away, and told her not to talk nonsense.

The next day.

In the courtyard, Lin Haixia looked at Bian Ruxue wielding the sword and her eyes gradually widened.

(End of this chapter)