The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"Ji Yingting... Although everyone said she seemed very strong, if I hadn't experienced it firsthand... I couldn't possibly understand the terrifying pressure she exuded over other players."

Tick, tick.

After watching Ji Yingting leave with her long, bluish-green hair flowing by, the flaxen-haired girl clenched her fists again, a few drops of sweat glistening on her palms.

I need to tell Ji Yingting about the chess game as soon as possible.

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"When I played chess with her... she seemed to emanate a dark, bluish-green vortex that seemed to want to devour me..."

"Terrifying...it's absolutely terrifying! That's not the feeling of a chess game at all. It's a green storm emanating from her, threatening to engulf the entire examination hall!"

"From the start of her professional exams, her aura seemed to grow stronger with each victory... It was an aura that no amateur player could possess... No other player with a perfect record could give me such a powerful feeling."

Finally… a female voice, different from hers, rang out. A stunningly beautiful woman with long orange ponytail leaned gently against the wall and asked in confusion, “So, what exactly is that feeling she has? Do you know?”

The woman with long, flaxen hair continued her recollection, "I think... she might have naturally possessed the skill of a professional Go player. The feeling she had when she took the professional exam was less like achieving instant success and more like... the return of an emperor."

"Shang Gongying, her aura might become stronger with each victory... You need to be careful, your match is in round 24, right..."

"Don't worry... my goal is to win everything..." the girl with long orange hair in a single ponytail said calmly, a strange look in her gray eyes.

"However... judging from your assessment, her chess skills might pose an even greater threat than Choi Jin-yeol's."

"..." After Shang Gongying finished speaking, the girl with long flaxen hair paused slightly, and asked softly, "Cui Jinlie? What about Ma Gongling and Luo Zhuyu, and that girl named Quan Shihui? I don't think I've ever heard of her before."

A slender arm gently lifted her long orange ponytail, and the golden orange hair cascaded down her fair neck.

"call……"

The girl narrowed her gray eyes slightly and said coldly, "They're just a few pieces of trash, not worth my time..."

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Ah... As soon as Ji Yingting returned to her dormitory, she collapsed onto her soft, white bed, her soft, light green hair cascading down her pillow like a waterfall.

The ice-blue cloth boots fell off after a few light kicks, and two slender, white-stockinged legs climbed onto the bed.

The girls hadn't finished their game of chess yet, and Ji Yingting had finally earned the right to have her own room all to herself... She could finally get some rest.

"Mmm mmm mmm"

Beneath her bluish-green hair, her fair face rubbed vigorously against the large, snow-white pillow, a soft, squishy sensation washing over her.

"I just want to fall asleep right now, without their noise."

Boom!!!

Just then, a huge clap of thunder struck from outside the window, and dark clouds immediately covered the sky, making it extremely gloomy.

Even though she couldn't see, Ji Yingting could feel the sudden oppressive atmosphere in the air, which was slightly depressing.

Boom! Another loud clap of thunder made Ji Yingting shake her little green head uncomfortably. Then, the sound of a downpour came from outside the window.

So noisy... Ji Yingting gently buried her light green head under the covers, then turned over and quickly closed the window above the bed.

But... this rainy day seems a bit unusual, the sound of the raindrops falling is a bit too loud.

Perhaps... this downpour will last for several days before it stops.

"Tomorrow... my opponent will be Xiaoyu. I wonder how much stronger she has become since the last time we played against each other."

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Chapter 215: Forfeit and Loss

"Forehead……"

Lying on the soft bed, Ji Yingting blinked her pale purple pupils in a daze.

What time is it now?

Facing the complete darkness, Ji Yingting felt slightly lost.

Normally, she could clearly hear the chirping of birds outside the window when she first woke up, but today the sound of thunder and torrential rain filled the air.

"Ah, I don't know if it's because of the cloudy weather, but my body feels like it's going to fall apart from sleeping so much," Ji Yingting sighed helplessly as she struggled to get up from the bed in her light blue nightgown.

I tapped the phone lightly with my little hand, and a mechanical voice immediately came from inside, reporting the time.

"Hmm...looks like I got up pretty early today. I have two hours to prepare." Hearing the soft purring coming from the sofa, Ji Yingting slipped on her light green cat slippers and went to the bathroom.

Alright... So, what kind of hairstyle should we get today?

Ji Yingting washed her fair face with cold water to try and wake herself up a little, then tilted her head slightly.

Her soft, bluish-green hair seemed to be getting longer and longer, a continuous waterfall of blue cascading down her face to her hips.

I've got an idea!!

"Awoo"

She picked up a comb, gently opened her cherry-like mouth, and took a strand of greenish-blue hair into her mouth.

With a few quick swishes, a large curl of soft, bluish-green hair was styled by Ji Yingting's hands.

Ji Yingting moved the hair that was originally fixed on both sides of her face behind her ears, and the light green bangs gradually fell down to cover her two curved crescent eyebrows, beneath which starlight shone in her purple eyes.

The thick, bluish-green hair on both sides curled slightly inwards, giving Ji Yingting a bluish-green pear blossom hairstyle that she rarely wore from the front.

Behind the turquoise waterfall, an incredibly long, turquoise braided willow branch, almost three or four meters long, hangs down to her waist, wraps around Ji Yingting's slender arm, and then comes back up to wrap around her neck.

Ji Yingting styled her hair into a scorpion braid that was somewhat similar to Ye Xiaomi's hairstyle. However, her green braid was several times longer than Ye Xiaomi's purple braid. In the end, Ji Yingting could only wrap the end of the scorpion braid around her fair neck before she stopped.

"Alright! The happiest thing every day is playing with my own hairstyle," Ji Yingting said happily to herself, gently squeezing her eyebrows in front of the mirror.

Generally speaking, this hairstyle gives off a neutral and heroic feel, but because Ji Yingting's light green crescent-shaped eyebrows are so droopy, she always looks like a soft and classical beauty no matter what hairstyle she wears.

However... the only reason Ji Yingting can play with her hairstyle for so long every morning is because she is just too bored.

"Ah, big sister is up so early..."

As soon as Ji Yingting came out of the bathroom, Hua Shenxi, who had just woken up, shook her pink head and quickly buried herself back into the sofa.

"Ah, I'm going out for a morning milk tea now. Xiaoxi, don't forget to call them later. They have a schedule, right?" Sitting on the sofa, Ji Yingting put on pure white stockings over her fair and slender legs and gently reminded them.

If you get up too early, you're likely to get hungry. To avoid a repeat of the situation the day before yesterday, Ji Yingting decided to have breakfast.

"Okay, big sister, I'll sleep a little longer."

Hua Shenxi covered her head with the blanket, tossed and turned uncomfortably, and really didn't want to get out of bed in such heavy rain...

"Well then... let's go." Wearing a water lily-colored Taoist robe, the light blue skirt covering the top of her snow-white stockings, Ji Yingting gently slipped her small feet, encased in snow-white stockings, into her ice-blue cloth boots.

Click...

Hmm? Just as she pushed open the door, Ji Yingting suddenly frowned, her arched eyebrows beneath her light green bangs. In the common room's lobby, a teacup clinked against the sofa near her.

Who is it...? Is it Liu Qingyun who lives in the next room? Or is it one of the other test takers...?

Slightly puzzled, Ji Yingting didn't stop walking. If it were Liu Qingyun, she would have greeted her, so this must be someone she didn't know...

"Hmm, I've finally gotten up this early, time to enjoy breakfast!"

Two hours later.

"Ah! Get up!!!" With her long pink hair cascading down her back, Hua Shenxi suddenly sat up abruptly from the sofa.

"You two, get up quickly... huh??"

Hua Shenxi exclaimed as she took off her white pajamas, but she froze as soon as she stood up.

The two people in front of me, Luo Zhuyu and An Ruotong, seemed to have gotten up long ago. They were sitting on the bed leisurely playing on their phones.

"Ah, I forgot to wake you because you were sleeping so soundly... I turned off the alarm for you," An Ruotong said softly, blinking her crimson eyes. Today she was wearing a black and red Taoist robe that covered her legs, and under the hem of the robe were a pair of black over-the-knee stockings.

"Um... thank you."

The Flower Goddess Xi'an shook her pink hair with a sense of peace, then reached out to wipe the drool that had fallen from the corner of her mouth.

"Well...we'll be going now. You'd better get ready quickly."

"Um"

Wearing a light green Taoist robe, Luo Zhuyu simply styled her hair into a princess hairstyle and followed An Ruotong out of the room.

"Xiaoyu..."

"Hmm?" The black-haired girl walking in front of her suddenly stopped in the corridor, and Luo Zhuyu was slightly taken aback.

An Ruotong turned around, her black Taoist robe billowing, her crimson eyes slightly serious. "Your opponent today is Sister Sakuraba, right... Xiaoyu, are you nervous?"

...As she finished speaking, the atmosphere between the two became slightly silent. Luo Zhuyu slowly nodded, her light green princess hairstyle swaying.

"Hmm... Your opponent today is Xiaoxi, right? This is the first time I've seen you dressed so formally. Good luck to both of you!"

"Um...see you this afternoon."

An Ruotong reached out and brushed her black hair aside in response.

After a brief farewell, the two went their separate ways.

Tap tap tap, light green cloth boots treaded softly in the corridor. Luo Zhuyu felt slightly excited, and her pink fists clenched gently.

"I'm nervous... because I don't think I can beat Sakuraba-nee, but I'll try my best."

------------------1 hour later.

Splash splash splash splash splash splash.

Pat, pat, pat, pat.

The deafening roar of the torrential rain almost drowned out the sparse sounds of chess pieces being placed inside the competition venue. A stunningly beautiful girl with an extra-long, turquoise scorpion braid sat quietly to one side of the chessboard.

Her light green bangs hung down slightly, obscuring her face and making it impossible to see her expression.

Opposite the starry chessboard... there was no one there. Ji Yingting had been sitting alone by the chessboard for half an hour... and there was nothing else to do except listen to the sound of the torrential rain outside the window.

She was the first candidate to achieve seven wins in this professional exam.

Luo Zhuyu forfeited due to exceeding the time limit.