The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

With her eyes wide open, Shi Shishi suddenly spewed out two steam-like waves from her nostrils, and pure blue ripples washed over her silver armor, causing the ice layer to recede.

As one of the strongest Go families on the moon, Shi Shishi, as a candidate taking the professional exam, could not possibly be unaware of the Ji family.

"Oh dear... I don't seem to be very proficient at using this on its own yet."

Instead of answering her question directly, Ji Yingting reached out her slender hand and touched her green head with some difficulty. The ice-blue crown on the green hat had become faintly visible.

As her twin chess pieces, the Frost Crown is usually used by Ji Yingting to enhance the evolution of Forgiveness Cat and Forgiveness Hat: Blue Cat Devouring the Moon.

It's like the "Frosty Forgiveness Cat" and the "Ice Cat Devouring the Moon".

Unfortunately... even when Ji Yingting used the Frost Crown as a standalone chess piece, she couldn't sustain it for long, nor could she control its power.

“However… it would be strange if this level of chess position could be used for a long time…” Ji Yingting frowned somewhat strangely. Her light green willow-leaf eyebrows turned back into light purple squinting eyes.

Of course, Ji Yingting was unaware that although Ji Bingyuan's use of the Ice Crown was much weaker than hers, it lasted for a much longer time.

After all, the power of Ji Yingting's use of the Frost Crown just now was comparable to Ji Bingyuan's second-stage release - Sitting on Frost.

Perhaps there are subtle differences even within the same type of chess position.

With her left hand gently twirling a strand of light green hair, Ji Yingting blinked her pale purple starry eyes and thought to herself.

"Why don't we ask Bingyuan next time we see her? I wonder how she's doing now... whether she's successfully becoming a professional Go player, how her relationship with Qiuyao is going, and whether she's encountered any strong opponents?"

"Alright... let's resume the game now."

A few seconds later, her thoughts drifted back, and Ji Yingting smiled gently at Shi Shishi.

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"Cough cough!" Just as Ji Yingting was thinking about the question, "Have you encountered any very strong enemies?"... far away in the professional examination venue in Manyue Province, a beautiful girl with long, icy blue waterfall hair suddenly coughed a few times.

Ji Bingyuan's icy blue eyes stared at the stunningly beautiful girl with white hair, white eyebrows, and white eyes sitting opposite her, and she thought to herself, "Why do I suddenly feel like someone is cursing me..."

Chapter 232: I Want to Go Home

"Lunch break is here..." Ye Sulin, a girl with long pink hair, said, and the continuous clattering of pieces in the competition venue immediately stopped.

After all, since she came to Crescent Province as a substitute referee, the original referee, Ji Qinghe, has switched to narration and commentary.

"Phew, is it finally over?"

She opened her mouth and let out a long breath. The mature girl with long silver hair gradually slumped onto the sofa, and the single horn on her head slowly retracted.

Sweating profusely, she stared blankly at the chessboard filled with countless pieces, her blue eyes slightly dazed.

Shi Shi felt extremely weak all over, and her body slowly slid off the sofa.

"After using my full strength for over an hour, I could only manage a 46/40 split against her? This shouldn't be the result!"

Slightly weak and listless, Shi Shishi's long silver hair casually fell into the sofa cushions, her blue eyes slowly staring at the cyan-green figure who leisurely stood up from the opposite seat.

Her long, bluish-green hair swayed in front of her eyes, like a willow tree, somewhat dazzling and blurry.

In this game, White's disadvantage is already quite obvious.

Although the situation between the black and white sides is not yet beyond saving, it can even be said that there is only a slight difference of a few points.

However, during the afternoon's game, Shi Shishi no longer had the strength to utilize her chess skills; her mind and body had truly reached their limits.

"Oh no... I don't even have the strength to get up and eat. I... I can't beat her. I can't beat Ji Yingting."

That's right... I can't beat you. Although I hate to admit it, I knew I couldn't beat you from the very first move you made... Ji Yingting.

Although I have been learning Go for a long time, although I am already nineteen years old, although I am almost at the age limit for professional exams... although I have tried my best to maintain my position for so long.

However, the moment I saw you place the first piece with your right hand, I already knew I was going to lose.

Your skills are more refined than mine, and the pieces you play are stronger than mine.

Ji Yingting, your hands are so beautiful. They are more suited to playing Go than anyone else's. You are a born Go player.

With a soft thud, two chess pieces rolled gently on the chessboard. Upon hearing the sound, Ji Yingting turned her head, tossing her long, light green hair.

In the very end, Shi Shishi used the last bit of her strength to place two black chess pieces on the chessboard, which rolled continuously.

Finally... the two black stones stopped at the edge of the board, and Shi Shishi resigned in her twenty-first round.

This also means that Ji Yingting has achieved her twenty-first victory in the Crescent Province professional examination.

Whoosh! The next second, her long silver hair completely fell from the air, and her petite body, dressed in a silver Taoist robe, slid off the sofa. She could no longer support herself.

It's all over now. Let me get some sleep.

Her blue eyes gently closed, and her body floated down to the ground like a white cloud.

"Hmm," just then, a wisp of green hair gently rolled up the silver hair of the silver-haired girl to prevent her from falling to the ground.

Then, Ji Yingting gently helped her back to the sofa with her two slender hands.

"Whoo, whoo, whoo"

Facing the silver-haired girl who had fallen asleep, Ji Yingting gently blinked her pale purple starry eyes.

"You're right, you can't beat me... but you've done very well. You've given it your all. You are indeed very strong; you're strong enough to be considered a top contender in this professional exam arena."

"The reason you lost is because I was too strong... because I was stronger than anyone else here. I... am very strong, and you are no match for me."

Her light green bangs gradually drooped down, obscuring Ji Yingting's fair forehead and pale purple starry eyes. She swayed her long light green hair and murmured softly.

"Of course, the fact that you are not my opponent does not mean that you are not strong enough... but rather that my opponent... should not be you!"

My battlefield is the professional Go world; that's where I truly belong.

A slender, jade-like hand gently lifted and tucked the green hair that had fallen in front of her eyes to her ear, revealing her incomparably beautiful profile. Ji Yingting let down her green bangs with a complicated expression.

"I'm sorry... so please bear with me a little longer before I go home, before I return to my own place."

"I want to go home, I want to climb to the summit of my career, I want to... see the real scenery above that blue sky."

After placing the sleeping silver-haired girl back on the sofa, Ji Yingting gently turned and left, clutching her water lily-colored Taoist robe.

Just after Ji Yingting turned around, Shi Shishi slowly opened her light blue eyes, and covered her face with a slender arm.

"Beautiful flowers, so dazzling!"

The last scene Shi Shi saw was Ji Yingting's long, green hair, which swayed like a willow tree, with pale green moonlight reflecting in her eyes.

Soon, she closed her eyes again.

Ji Yingting, you are so dazzling... You know what, I can hardly open my eyes.

But... it wasn't the glaring sunlight, but the gentle moonlight. I love it...

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After the lunch break, a lovely girl with long, snow-white hair quietly approached the side of a game table.

Luo Qiu'er, dressed in a snow-white Taoist robe, sat cross-legged and slowly observed the game between Shang Gongying and Ma Gongling.

"A close game? No... White's position is slightly better, while Black's moves are somewhat difficult."

White hair with blue eyes, silver hair with blue eyes, and other similar features are extremely common eye and hair colors on the moon today. Most people with hair colors similar to white have blue eyes.

This is similar to the blonde hair and blue eyes of Westerners in the old days, and the black hair and black eyes of Easterners... White hair and blue eyes are also a very common attribute.

Blinking her sapphire blue pupils, Luo Qiu'er couldn't help but feel a little anxious for the black pieces. The white side... was so strong.

At this moment, Shang Gongying was far stronger than the person she had played chess with.

"Forehead……"

Ma Gongling kept shaking off the sweat clinging to her long brown hair, while the beautiful girl with long orange hair opposite her remained silent.

Hmm? Suddenly, she turned her head and glanced curiously at Luo Qiu'er, who had sat down to watch the battle, her face still showing a completely relaxed expression...

Chapter 233: The First Round of the Throne Battle, Liu Tianmen on the Throne, and the Devouring Tiger of the Heavenly Season.

"Ha ha……"

Inside the professional examination venue in Full Moon Province, when the referee announced the start of the lunch break, a woman with long, snow-white hair, white eyes, and white eyebrows gave a soft, cold laugh.

She wore a beige, leg-revealing Taoist robe, with snow-white over-the-knee stockings encasing her slender, beautiful legs. The skin exposed on her body was an incredibly sickly white, like snowflakes.

"What are you smirking about, woman? The outcome isn't decided yet!" At the same time, a girl with long blue bun hair and bangs covering her eyes stood up from opposite her.

"Really? But I feel like I already have the advantage..." Her white pupils blinked a few times, and Lü Kuangmei tilted her long, snow-white hair at a 45-degree angle to Ji Bingyuan. She smiled slightly as she tossed her long, snow-white hair.

"Hmph, you haven't forgotten what day it is today, have you? You'll be laughing soon enough," Ji Bingyuan said coldly, tossing her long, ice-blue hair. She then dragged her ice-blue Taoist robe away from the sofa where they were playing chess.

"Of course I know... By the way, do you want to go take a look together later? Don't forget to call your sister Qiuyao, hehe, see you this afternoon, Xiao Bingyuan!"

Lu Kuangmei raised his snow-white eyebrows slightly and left the competition venue, dragging his snow-white Taoist robe.

"Oh, by the way, my teacher is no less capable than that guy from the Ji family."

The snow-white cloth boots stopped at the entrance of the venue, and Lü Kuangmei turned his head and said with a smile.

"You wretched woman!! I'm going to kill you!!" Seeing the white-haired woman leave arrogantly, Ji Bingyuan's beautiful face, hidden by her blue bangs, turned incredibly dark. She grabbed the ice-blue collar with both hands and bit down hard.

"Bingyuan... what's wrong with you again?" A wisp of maple-colored hair flashed by, and a hand gently touched Ji Bingyuan's blue bun to comfort her.

"Sister, this despicable woman dares to provoke me!!" Ji Bingyuan's blue pupils were covered by her blue bangs. She bit her collar and said angrily. Ever since her true identity was exposed to Ji Yingting and Ji Qiuyao, she no longer deliberately hid it.

Sigh… Ji Qiuyao sighed, gently rubbing Ji Bingyuan's bun-shaped hair as she said, “Alright, alright, today is an important day, don't worry about such trivial matters.”

"Hmm... okay, sister," Ji Bingyuan could only reluctantly purse her lips.

Today is a very special day for the Go world, as it marks the first round of the title challenge for the "Throne" title!

The title challenge consists of five rounds. The first player to win three matches will either defend their title or be dethroned. Each match lasts eight hours and is held every two weeks, making it a super popular tournament that lasts for ten weeks.

Of course, if the score is 3-0, the title challenge can be completed in just six weeks.

Compared to the [10-dan] title match ten days later, the [Kōza] title match, which is also one of the three chūsan titles, is naturally a competition that the professional Go world has been preparing for for a long time.

The titles of Kisei, Meijin, and Honinbo are awarded to those who defend their titles every three years, while the Oza, Judan, and Tengen titles are awarded to those who defend their titles every year and a half.

"Sister Sakuraba, let's watch the entrance ceremony for the Throne Title Battle during our lunch break!" Just as Ji Sakuraba received a steaming bowl of pork rib rice, Luo Zhuyu, with her long light green hair, came skipping over.