The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Actually, it was just that the way the cat was hugging Ji Yingting while sleeping made her girlish heart flutter. It was so much fun! I wanted a chess position like that too. Chen Luo thought enviously.

"Whoosh..." A wisp of bluish-green smoke came out of the bluish-green cat's mouth, and the bluish-green vortex immediately covered the entire chessboard like a fog.

"Click..." A crisp sound rang out from the chessboard. The cute yet huge turquoise cat gently raised her long, slender green arms, and a black chess piece suddenly appeared on the board as her arms pointed.

Withdrawing its long, slender, bluish-green paw, Forgive Cat gently stroked Ji Yingting's fair face with its arm.

"It's your turn to play chess." After a pause of a second, the cute light green cat suddenly spoke, shaking its light green cat ears. Its tone was like that of a little girl... soft and sweet.

Upon seeing this case, Chen Luo stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Just now, Chen Luo thought that Ji Yingting's chess position might be unique... but she had never seen this type of chess position before. "What is this thing?! A talking cat??"

Hey?

Pat, pat, pat, pat.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.

Suddenly snapping out of her reverie, the familiar clatter of chess pieces hitting the ground once again reached her ears. Chen Luo glanced at Ji Yingting, who was still fast asleep with her head down, her little green head still buried in her big, soft green hair, with a hint of confusion.

"What a beauty... and a talking green cat, but was what I just saw just an illusion...?" Before she could finish speaking, Chen Luo's voice suddenly stopped... and a few drops of cold sweat slid down her forehead.

What is this...?

A strange feeling instantly filled Chen Luo's entire body. A greenish-blue vortex suddenly spread from Ji Yingting on the other side of the chessboard. The immense pressure made it difficult for her to even breathe, and her whole body felt as if it were sinking into a quagmire, filled with a sense of powerlessness.

This was an intense sense of oppression at the soul level. Chen Luo could feel a green storm impacting her body, and her short flaxen hair flew into the sky.

The turquoise vortex gradually enveloped Ji Yingting's right hand, and her slender hand emerged from beneath her turquoise ponytail... slowly picking up a black chess piece.

*Thud*... A black chess piece, accompanied by a turquoise vortex, spiraled down onto the star point in the upper right corner of Ji Yingting's chessboard. She slowly tapped the timer.

"Huff, huff, huff, huff," Ji Yingting's green head never lifted from the beginning... After placing the black piece, she withdrew her slender jade hand.

"Playing chess in... in one's sleep...? Is this something that can be done simply by relying on the moves of the game?" Chen Luo's heart trembled wildly, but her moves of the game could even make her speak... Could she really do something like this?

After swallowing a small amount of saliva, Chen Luo slowly raised her right hand.

With a soft thud, a white chess piece landed in the upper left corner of the board. Chen Luo's first move was a small eye move diagonally opposite Ji Yingting's star point.

After placing the chess piece, Chen Luo quietly watched Ji Yingting, who was fast asleep nestled in her bluish-green hair, her forehead gradually becoming covered in cold sweat.

What's going on? Just looking at her, I can feel an immense pressure. Who exactly is she?!? Chen Luo tossed his short, flaxen hair in disbelief.

The next second, Ji Yingting slowly raised her slender right hand again, her fair fingers holding a black chess piece as it slowly fell onto the chessboard.

Snap... Outside the eye, outside the star's eye, this is one of Ji Yingting's best opening moves, but today... it was a move she made while she was sleeping.

Pat...pat...pat.

The game with Ji Yingting continued on the chessboard, but Chen Luo felt as if he had fallen into a deep abyss of despair.

Her chess skills...were so strong it was despair-inducing.

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"Huff, huff, huff," Ji Yingting breathed softly, tilting her head uncomfortably over her soft, light green hair.

During her sleep, Ji Yingting's mind was blank, but she seemed to have a very long dream in which she was playing chess with someone.

"Kitty..."

Ji Yingting murmured in her sleep, because her little bottom under her lotus-colored Taoist robe was not sitting on the familiar sofa, but on the head of an adorable green cat.

"Hmm... this should be Dafei, right? I feel like Dafei is better than Xiaofei."

The opponent's figure was hazy and somewhat indistinct. Ji Yingting placed a black chess piece onto the chessboard with a thud.

*Thud... Dafei*

Chapter 184: Mother's Embrace

"Huff, huff, huff," Ji Yingting breathed softly, tilting her head uncomfortably over her soft, light green hair.

During her sleep, Ji Yingting's mind was blank, but she seemed to have a very long dream in which she was playing chess with someone.

..........................

"Lunch break is over!" With the referee's announcement, all the players simultaneously put down their pieces.

With a soft "whoosh," Ji Yingting breathed gently onto the water lily-colored sleeve with her cherry-like lips. Half-asleep, she put down the black chess piece in her right hand and continued to sleep on her long, light green low ponytail.

"monster……"

Chen Luo raised his eyebrows in disbelief. The game had already entered the endgame... and he was already more than ten points behind her. This was a fatal gap in the endgame, especially for an amateur fifth dan who was so close to becoming a professional.

Chen Luo's flaxen short hair gradually drooped down her eyebrows. "This game... I probably can't win..." This was the conclusion she had drawn from countless games she had played. Although the black and white sides had only just begun to finish the game, no matter how she calculated, it was absolutely impossible for her to turn back the advantage of more than ten points in the endgame.

Facing Ji Yingting... she couldn't find even the slightest hope of victory!

"Damn it... We're both amateur 5th dan candidates, yet the gap between us is so huge..."

"I admit defeat..." Chen Luo said in a very weak voice, his short, flaxen hair drooping slightly.

After saying this, she carefully collected all the white chess pieces and left the venue, no longer caring whether Ji Yingting was awake or asleep.

"Huff, huff," as her opponent conceded defeat, the swirling green foliage around Ji Yingting vanished in an instant, accompanied by her faint snores.

Just as Ji Yingting was sleeping on the table, a figure walked towards her from not far away.

"Huh?" The referee, with his long, light green hair, gently brushed his hair aside as Ji Qinghe slowly walked to Ji Yingting's side.

"Good girl, good girl," Ji Qinghe lifted Ji Yingting's light green head and placed it on the hem of his Taoist robe, letting her light green hair rest on his lap. Ji Yingting immediately tilted her head comfortably and slept even more soundly.

"If you're sleepy, you can sleep on Mommy... Mommy will love you very much, my little baby."

Hearts welled up in Ji Qinghe's eyes as she gently embraced Ji Yingting and stroked her long, light green hair.

Of course, she wouldn't have dared to do such an extravagant thing if Ji Yingting hadn't been sleeping so soundly.

"What's wrong with me... Do I really not have the courage to acknowledge her..." Ji Qinghe thought silently as he gently held Ji Yingting in his arms, looking at the snowflakes outside the window.

The city of Eigetsu is covered in snow again, during this professional exam... Speaking of which, autumn is almost here again. How many springs, summers, autumns, and winters has Sakuraba spent alone?

A fair, delicate hand stroked Ji Yingting's small, green head. However… there was a faint red mark on the inside of that slender palm.

Although with the moon's modern medical technology, even large wounds can be fully healed through repair, Ji Qinghe could never forget the red mark on her palm.

Of course... it was my own fault, all my own. I was so naive back then, and I deeply hurt a child's heart.

This child must have suffered all these years, right? Ruffling Ji Yingting's long, bluish-green hair, tears welled up in Ji Qinghe's eyes.

"But... this child seems to have a lot of friends now? And they're all cute little girls," Ji Qinghe murmured to himself. He glanced at Ji Yingting's sleeping face with some curiosity. Did Yingting like little girls?

Hmm... Although it had nothing to do with him, Ji Qinghe secretly memorized the appearances of the little girls who often talked to Ji Yingting.

As the lunch break was about to end... even outside the venue, the chess players who had just finished lunch were already talking amongst themselves.

Upon hearing the sound, Ji Qinghe hurriedly placed Ji Yingting's light green head back on the table, then silently sat back down at the back of the hall as the referee, his light green Taoist robe and fair legs swaying.

"Hey?"

A snapping sound echoed in my ears.

In that instant, Ji Qinghe's peripheral vision suddenly froze. At the very back of the competition venue, she hadn't noticed that there were two girls quietly playing chess. She wondered if they had noticed her hugging Ji Yingting while she slept.

Didn't they go out for lunch? Ji Qinghe looked over, tossing his light green hair.

“Oh…it looks like this game has only just entered the middle stage. Oh, I remember this child, isn’t she Sakuraba’s opponent in the first round?” Ji Qinghe watched the game with great interest.

Even during lunch break, as long as neither player wants to rest, they can continue playing without the referee's permission.

The one holding the black pieces is a cold-looking girl with an orange spiral ponytail. Her long orange hair seems to change its hairstyle every day, even more frequently than Ji Yingting's.

The girl with long orange hair had a slightly cold expression on her face, and her eyes were icy.

The one holding the white chess piece was Luo Qiu'er, with long, snow-white hair, and her expression was unusually calm.

"This is the opponent I lost to for the fourth time today? She has such great strength, how could she lose four times in a row at the beginning of the professional exam?"

Shang Gongying swayed her orange spiral ponytail, a slight disbelief in her heart. Her slender hand gently landed on the chessboard with a soft thud.

"White probably won't choose to cut across here; they'll likely opt for a more conventional cut with a push. A cut across would complicate the situation further, and White's strength isn't currently advantageous."

"Hoo," Luo Qiu'er breathed softly. She had been so engrossed in the game that she hadn't stopped playing against her opponent.

"I... I really have become stronger." With her slender jade hand, Luo Qiu'er picked up a white chess piece and blinked her icy blue pupils, looking at the chess piece from all angles.

With a soft "thud," the white chess piece in her hand slowly fell onto the chessboard.

Shang Gongying raised her eyebrows slightly. So Luo Qiu'er really chose to cut off... If a player's calculation ability is not high enough, they would definitely blindly choose to cut across the board with this shape that has a lot of lingering effects... Although cutting off is a bit simple, it is the strongest move at the moment.

Chapter 185: Beautiful Girl Ji Yingting is in the News

"Hmm? Yawn." Shaking her long, light green hair, Ji Yingting gently climbed up from the chessboard.

"What... has the opponent already conceded defeat?" Ji Yingting said in a daze. She glanced at the black pieces remaining on the Starry Sky Chessboard and quickly put them away.

"Clap, clap, clap," the sounds of chess games continued to come from all around. Ji Yingting pulled her water lily-colored Taoist robe and stood up from the sofa.

"Phew... I was so sleepy just now that I thought I'd take a nap, but in the middle of my sleep I felt like I inexplicably started playing chess. Could I be sleepwalking? By the way, I remember the game record perfectly well after I woke up..."

"Hmm," Ji Yingting gently rubbed her messy, light green twin ponytails, letting them drape behind her like light green willow branches hanging down to her hips.

Just after Ji Yingting left the competition venue, several little girls stared intently at her long, light green hair.

"That's Ji Yingting! She must be really strong to have maintained a four-game winning streak so far. I wonder if she's stronger than the eldest sister. They're going to play against each other tomorrow, right?" a little girl with a black mushroom haircut said enviously.

After she finished speaking, another girl with a black mushroom haircut softly replied, "She's probably stronger... after all, she's a monster who won every game in the provincial competition... but the top players in Group A are truly unbreakable with their four-game winning streak, it's enough to make you despair."

"Yes, yes, we both have a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, only the eldest sister has maintained a steady four-game winning streak, she truly deserves to be called the eldest sister!" The two looked like twins, secretly discussing as they stared at Ji Yingting's back.

"By the way, hasn't the eldest sister come out yet? How do you know she won?"

"She definitely won, because I saw it!! Her opponent today wasn't a pretty older sister, but a cute little sister!"

"Does being the little sister guarantee a win? That's just like the eldest sister's style," the black-haired mushroom-headed girl, whose identity as either the older or younger sister was unclear, muttered to herself in surprise.

Just as the two were discussing, a stunningly beautiful girl with long orange hair and an orange Taoist robe walked out of the house, her expression looking very strange.