Three years later, Zhang Dao became the number one student in the college.

It took another ten years for Zhang Dao to become the youngest fifth-grade chess player in the history of Nanliang.

Memory fragment four:

Zhang Dao was expelled from the Nanliang Chess Academy because he participated in gambling and violated the rules of the Nanliang Chess Academy.

So Zhang Dao left Nanliang and began to travel around the world.

After decades of traveling, Zhang Dao's chess skills have improved further.

He came to Qixia Temple, the holy place for chess players, played chess to meet friends, and invited the chess monks in the temple to fight.

None of the monks in the temple were rivals of Zhang Dao, and this incident alarmed all the Buddhas of the Hunkun Holy Sect.

Then the Buddha appeared and played against Zhang Dao hundreds of times, but Zhang Dao could not win even one game.

Memory fragment five:

In order to further improve his chess skills, Zhang Dao became a disciple of the Buddha, and because of this, he became a disciple of the Hunkun Holy Sect.

However, because Zhang Dao was obsessed with chess and neglected to practice, even if he had great resources, he could only reach the realm of the Immortal King and could not make any further progress.

And because Zhang Daozhi was not involved in worldly affairs, the city was not deep and he did not know much about the ways of the world.

Memory fragment six:

Master Zhang Dao passed away.

In order to comply with his master's last wish, Zhang Dao left the Shengzong and traveled down the mountain.

Memory fragment seven:

Zhang Dao received a letter from his friend Shi Guizhen and decided to go to the Arctic Dao Fruit Conference...

…

After a long time.

Ning Fan absorbed all Zhang Dao's memory fragments.

Although most of these memory fragments were incomplete, they still gave Ning Fan a general understanding of Zhang Dao.

This Hunkun disciple Zhang Dao seems to be an out-and-out chess fanatic who doesn't care much about spiritual practice; but he doesn't seem to be a chess player with a noble character, because this person was once expelled from Nanliang for gambling.

Chess Academy.

"Is this the character I play..."

"Zhang Dao's strength is mediocre, but his chess skills are indeed quite powerful. If compared with Master Luan Gu's chess skills, he can probably beat Master Luan Gu..."

Ning Fan had received the memory inheritance from Emperor Luan Gu, which included Emperor Luan Gu's chess skills.

Luan Gu Emperor's chess skills were considered to be among the best among cultivators; but compared to Zhang Dao, a chess cultivator who was obsessed with chess skills, he was still a little weaker.

After all, Emperor Luan Gu only regarded chess as a hobby, but Zhang Dao regarded it as a lifelong pursuit. There is no comparison between the two.

While Ning Fan was receiving Zhang Dao's memory, Duowen's old demon body dispersed and turned into a wisp of demon light, flying back into the fragments of the artifact.

The reason is that he is now just a broken voice and cannot break away from the fragments of the artifact to maintain his demonic appearance for a long time.

Ning Fan didn't bother to delve into whether this reason was true or false. Because next, there were more important things than this matter that required Ning Fan to make a decision.

【Trigger event.】

[Unfinished event: Decide the route.]

The Holy Son's Thunder Book, which was collected by Ning Fan into the sea of ​​consciousness, suddenly contained new information.

Just as he was wondering how to deal with this information, he saw Shi Gandang coming to ask for instructions respectfully holding a roll of nautical charts.

"Senior, I would like to inform you that going forward, there are three routes leading to the Arctic Dao Fruit Conference. I don't know which route senior wants to take? Please give me your instructions."

Using the nautical chart, Shi Gandang marked the three routes and informed Ning Fan of their advantages and disadvantages one by one.

The first route passes through the nine fairy countries. It is less dangerous but takes a long time. It takes three years to reach the Arctic Dao Fruit Conference.

The second route passes through four fairy kingdoms and has many dangers. The biggest danger is that it needs to pass by the Sea Banshee's Nest, but it only takes two years.

The third route has no landing place and needs to cross the sea area where Canghai Dragon Palace is located. It is extremely dangerous, but it takes very short time, only six months.

When it came to the route, Ning Fan did not make a random decision and seriously considered the matter.

At the same time, a branch of fate appeared in the book of thunder.

[The branch of destiny appears: Choose route one, you can get points, ten to fifty stars, extra reward, Nine Kingdoms Immortal Power; Choose route two, you can get points five to twenty stars, extra reward, Ama Bone Sword; Choose route three

, you can get points from two to ten stars, and an additional reward is a Cang Beast Dao Fruit.】

"Oh? Is there an extra reward for making a choice this time?" Ning Fan said in surprise.

After chatting with Duo Wen, Ning Fan already knew in advance that the selection of certain special events in the trial would come with additional rewards. He just didn't expect that just the choice of route would actually trigger additional rewards.

It seems that the choice of route is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"Duowen, if it were you, how would you choose a route?" Ning Fan asked casually.

After a while, a well-informed answer came from the fragment of the artifact carried by Ning Fan, as if he had gone through some deep thinking.

"I choose the second option!" Duo Wen.

"What's the reason?" Ning Fan.

"At first glance, the first route seems the safest and has the highest score, but its disadvantage is that it takes the longest time. I remember that some Ziwei Holy Sons have also triggered similar tasks, and they chose the safest and most time-consuming route.

As a result, many of them arrived at the destination too late and missed many events, so the final score was not high... As for the Nine Kingdoms Immortal Power rewarded by the first route, it is a good thing. If you accept it, you can

The mana has skyrocketed for hundreds of calamities, but it will slightly affect the foundation..."

"I don't want anything that affects the foundation." Ning Fan replied.

"Ahem, cough, cough, when you consider the route, do you only consider whether the extra rewards are generous?" Duo Wen was speechless, and accidentally said what he was thinking. Then he was surprised that the words were too rude, and immediately changed his tone.

, apologized and said with a smile, "I made a mistake, I made a mistake. What the Immortal said makes sense. We can't want things that affect the foundation, so we won't choose the first route! Don't choose it!"

Seeing that Ning Fan didn't seem to care about his gaffe, Duo Wen breathed a sigh of relief and then analyzed, "The third route is a bit too urgent. This choice has a low score, and it is almost a dead end.

Situation. What is the existence of the Canghai Dragon Palace? That is the lair of the overlords of the Nichen Sea - the Cang beasts!"

"A drop of seawater from Nichen Sea can weigh as much as a mountain. There is a beast in the sea named Cang. Anyone who tries to take away the seawater from Nichen will be attacked by Cang. Even the trivial matter of taking seawater will offend the Cang beast. This shows how powerful these Cang beasts are.

Overbearing and tyrannical. If you choose the third route, you will definitely get a Cang Beast Dao Fruit as a reward. You pass by someone else's lair, and you also carry a Cang Beast Dao Fruit with you, tsk tsk tsk...I'm afraid you don't want to attract Cang Beast Dao Fruit.

The whole beast clan was furious. The Immortal Emperor Ziwei set up this choice, I am afraid he wanted to let those greedy people understand that some things are greedy, but there is no life to take them. Of course, putting aside everything else, the Cang Beast Dao Fruit itself

But a good thing, even if it is of the lowest quality, can increase your mana by more than two hundred calamities for you, and at the same time, it can also greatly increase your qi and blood, and it does not have any side effects like the immortal power of the Nine Kingdoms..."

"It seems like Cang Beast Daoguo is really good." Ning Fan seemed to be moving.

"This kid... really only cares about whether the additional rewards are precious, right..." Duo Wen complained endlessly. This time, he had a better memory and did not slip away what he was thinking.

"The reason why I chose the second route is that I used the elimination method to eliminate the two worst choices and came to the safest answer." Duowen gave the final conclusion.

"You haven't said what's so precious about the Haenyeo Bone Sword." Ning Fan reminded.

"The Haenyeo Bone Sword is very good. It is an extremely powerful innate high-grade magic weapon. With your cultivation level, it is easy to kill the Immortal Emperor with one strike with this sword." Duo Wen.

"Kill the Immortal Emperor with one sword? It would be better to use the Cang Beast Dao Fruit..." Ning Fan naturally has no shortage of magic weapons of this level.

As a result, he is somewhat inclined to choose the third route.

"Uh, Master, you really want to choose the third route, right? It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. Although the Holy Son's trial will not really lead to death, if you die during the trial, it will be considered the end of the trial.

"How can such an important route selection be a trivial matter..." Duo Wen was very anxious and quickly advised him.

At this moment, another voice joined the discussion.

"Brother Ning, trust your intuition! I also think that the third route is the best!" The voice of the ant master actually sounded.

"Holy, saint's words! How can there be a saint speaking in you!" Duo Wen was shocked. With his ability, he couldn't tell that this was a saint speaking.

Even though the ant master is just a remnant of the saint’s soul, he is still...a real saint!

"Huh? Can you hear her voice?" Ning Fan was surprised, then understood.

It is said that this demon is a six-eared macaque, and it is unknown whether he can hear the ant master's voice because of the six-eared macaque's innate magical power.

"Well, I can hear a little bit, and that's because this senior saint didn't hide it from my eyes and ears on purpose... Uh, no, no, no, the little monkey said it wrong. The little monkey didn't hear anything.

Don't think too much." Duo Wen was afraid that his eavesdropping would offend Ning Fan, so he quickly changed his story and denied it again and again.

But will Ning Fan believe this change of words?

Ning Fan simply didn't bother to pay attention to this old demon who was accustomed to hiding his clumsiness, and instead started talking to the ant owner.

"You haven't paid much attention to my affairs lately, why are you talking to me all of a sudden?" Ning Fan knew. The ant master has been possessing Ji Fuyao from time to time recently, and has rarely interfered with his affairs.

.

It happened that he spoke at this time.

"Because I haven't seen the sky in the real world for a long time... Even if what I see here is just false, I still want to use your mind to take a few more looks." The ant master sighed sadly.

She didn't look for excuses to give a perfunctory answer, but told the truth. After all, she had the same feelings as Ning Fan, and there was no point in telling lies.

Her tone was rarely so lonely, but it touched Ning Fan a little.

I thought that although this ant was not a good guy, he still knew how to miss his hometown.

"Hmph! If you slander me, I can hear you." The Ant Lord snorted.

"Feel sorry."

"I heard you are right, just choose the third route! Aren't you just passing by Canghai Dragon Palace? Even if you are attacked, with your skills, there is no need to worry about your own safety. The great thing about those Cang beasts is that they can withstand

Physical defense against sea pressure. Even ordinary saints have difficulty killing Cang beasts, but Cang beasts cannot kill saints. However, the weaknesses of the Cang clan are equally obvious. They have low intelligence, like wild beasts; they lack powerful attack methods, and can only

It can stir up the sea, devour and other low-damage attacks, so there is no need to be afraid of it!" The Ant Lord said proudly. In the eyes of a saint like her, the Cang Beast clan is nothing more than mediocre.

"Heroes see the same thing. After careful consideration, I also think the third route is the best." Ning Fan.
To be continued...