Self-Created Board-Game Gu

"How did playing chess with you benefit this junior?" Long Xuan asked tentatively.

Since there was no way to avoid it no matter what, he decided to play this game.

But if this old man wanted to shear his wool, how could he possibly not demand some benefits?

"Hehe, benefits? A top-grade Chess Insect should count as repaying you for saving Jiǔge's life."

As Qi Luoyou spoke, he slapped an insect that looked remarkably like a chess piece onto the table before Long Xuan.

At the sight of this strange-looking insect, Long Xuan's eyes lit up. Afraid that Qi Luoyou might change his mind, he hurriedly put the Chess Insect away.

He had not expected that a casual remark from him would prompt Qi Luoyou to be so generous.

Chess Insects could be used to refine many chess-path Gu Insects. Top-grade Chess Insects were even the primary material for refining Board-Game Gu, exceedingly rare. Yet Qi Luoyou had given him one so freely.

With the top-grade Chess Insect in hand, he was already considering whether his next Gu Insect should be a Board-Game Gu.

He was genuinely quite interested in this kind of Gu Insect that shared the destinies of geniuses from every side through a game of chess.

The chess rules in this world differed from those of his previous life. The greatest differences were the size of the board and the number of pieces.

The chess rules here were more akin to those of ancient times in his previous life. The board had only seventeen lines, and even when filled, it contained merely 289 pieces. That was also the number of Qi Luoyou's Child Chess Gu.

In comparison, the chess rules of his previous life were not only more complete and fair, but the board was also larger,