The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"Xiaoyu, what did you order? It smells so good!" Ji Yingting shook her long, light green hair and sniffed the air with curiosity.

"Cat meat rice, oh, Sakuraba-nee, your pork rib rice smells delicious too!"

"The cat is so cute, how could you eat her?!" Ji Yingting suddenly stood up in horror, tossing her long, greenish-blue hair. Before she could finish speaking, she picked up a piece of green cat meat with her chopsticks.

"So delicious!" Ji Yingting smacked her lips as if to mourn the tragic death of her cat.

"I knew it! Okay, okay, let's go see it quickly."

"Sigh, but I can't see it," Ji Yingting said, eating her pork rib rice with a sigh.

Of course, she knew that today was the challenge match for the Throne title, a title she was most interested in, and Ji Yingting had known about it for a long time.

“Hmm, that’s true. It’s a shame you can’t watch the opening ceremony. But I can set up a Go board with you tonight, Sister Sakuraba,” Luo Zhuyu nodded a few times with some difficulty.

"Yes, that's true."

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"Welcome everyone to the first round of the Throne Title Tournament. Our current title holder has arrived! Welcome Throne Liu, chess player Liu Tianmen. This is the top floor of the Full Moon Province Professional Venue."

On the top floor of the Full Moon Provincial Go Professional Venue, a man in a suit held a microphone and spoke loudly.

Of course, media filming was limited to before the start of the match; the subsequent broadcasts were all provided by professional high-ranking players backstage.

"My challenger hasn't arrived yet? How presumptuous..." Just then, a slightly aged voice rang out, immediately drawing everyone's attention.

A black-haired woman dressed in a snow-white Taoist robe had somehow taken her seat at one corner of the chessboard. Although she was nearly fifty years old, her fair complexion was as well-maintained as that of a noblewoman in her thirties.

Her white Taoist robe fluttered wildly like a whirlwind, her long black hair drifted upwards, and a terrifying rage burned in her black pupils.

Faced with the somewhat angry black-haired woman, the host in the suit almost held his breath because of her terrifying aura... Please, King Liu, no matter how angry you are, please don't take it out on the audience.

A sudden "snap" sounded as a door opened, and in the blink of an eye, the black-haired woman and the host in a suit both looked in that direction.

"Hehe, welcome to the challenger of this Throne Title Battle... Professional 8th Dan Ji..." However, before the host could wipe away his cold sweat, a golden figure quickly knocked him down and wildly took his seat.

A long, black and yellow curly hairstyle floated freely in the air. A young woman wearing a black and gold tiger-skin coat suddenly widened her golden pupils, revealing a fierce look like that of a wild beast.

And... she actually had a fried chicken wing in her mouth, munching on it noisily.

"Hmph, the Ji family's reach has already extended this far, actually coveting the old woman's throne. Today I will teach you, junior, how to respect your elders properly," Liu Tianmen said calmly, her long black hair billowing in the sky like a whirlwind, as she held the white chess box in her hand.

In a title challenge, the challenger plays black in the first game and white in the second, which is also a rule of the Go Association.

"Old nun, after all these years... it's time for you to give way to us young people. I'm here today to kill you completely." A young woman who looked to be in her twenties, with long, curly black and yellow hair, glared fiercely at her, revealing her slightly cute canine teeth as she spoke.

Reaching out, the girl lifted her black and gold tiger-skin coat, spat out the fried chicken bone from her mouth, and quickly snatched the black chess box from the chessboard.

"Gentlemen, could you please tone it down a bit in front of the live camera? Chess players should have their own sportsmanship," the host said awkwardly. He knew, of course, that the chess fans watching the opening ceremony were already in an uproar.

Completely ignoring the host beside her, the middle-aged woman with black hair spoke louder and louder, her long black hair rising into the air.

"How dare you call me an old nun! I hope your chess skills are even more arrogant than the farts you spout!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying gust of wind swept across the top of the entire Full Moon Province professional arena.

"Crown Prince, you can't do this in front of the audience!! Take it back, please, this is the only thing you absolutely cannot do!"

The host shouted loudly, but... it was too late. His voice was completely drowned out by the storm, and his body was almost blown away by the wind.

Even the staff at the TV station broadcasting the program were stunned and momentarily forgot to turn it off.

Isn't this just an ordinary Go match? How could such a strange and fantastical thing happen?

Because they were watching a match that no one outside the Go world had ever heard of before, and everyone was completely stunned. A child who accidentally stumbled upon this program thought they were watching an animated tokusatsu drama.

"The Celestial Palace has appeared! The Heavenly Gate has opened!" the middle-aged woman shouted.

Seated on her throne, Liu Tianmen's long black hair exploded, and a mirage appeared in the sky, with a gate filled with white clouds opening its only passage to her.

Golden liquid kept flowing out of the immortal gate, and the middle-aged woman with black hair actually began to look younger little by little!

Under everyone's gaze, her long black hair began to grow again, reaching straight to the ground.

Even her aged skin gradually became fair and tender, just like that of a newborn baby.

Soon after, a beautiful girl in her teens appeared before everyone. Her long black hair had become like a waterfall, several meters long, cascading to the ground.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting... Ji Shihu, the leader of the three generals under the Ji family's chess master," the black-haired girl said calmly, opening her black eyes again. She opened the white chess box with her slender jade hands.

The black and gold tiger-skin coat was also taken off by the girl with tiger teeth and long, curly black and yellow hair.

"Hahahaha, let's have a good fight!!! Nun!"

She picked up a black chess piece and laughed arrogantly.

"You're all insane! You're all crazy!" Only the host, dressed in a suit, cowered in a corner, too afraid to show his face. This was a global live broadcast! What on earth are you two trying to do?!

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Chapter 234: Spirit!

"I am very strong."

Her long, curly black and yellow hair cascaded down her back like tiger stripes as Ji Shihu spoke slowly.

Her golden tiger eyes slowly contracted, and a two-meter-long golden tiger tail slowly emerged from behind her.

"Roar!" A hoarse tiger's roar burst from the woman's mouth, and her golden hair shot into the sky like a mad tiger.

Of course, the audience will not see her grow a golden tiger tail. Apart from the fact that Liu Tianmen transforms from an old woman into a young and beautiful girl in an instant, the audience can only feel the invisible pressure emanating from Ji Shihu.

*Thud!* Leaning slightly forward, she slammed the black chess piece into the board at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

The girl with long, curly black and yellow hair bent over like a tiger pouncing on its prey. Although her right hand was somewhat slender, her movements while playing chess were extremely rough.

The instant Ji Shihu placed her piece, a golden light suddenly shot out from her fingertips, boom!

Black placed its piece at the small point.

In an instant, the immense and dazzling power overwhelmed the chess players watching the game, causing them to instinctively shield their eyes.

Bottom left corner!! She actually placed her piece in her own bottom left corner!!!

Black's first move, placing it in its own lower left corner, is undoubtedly disrespectful to its opponent, especially in such a large setting.

"I think I'll go to the commentary booth and be a spectator. I really can't stand it here anymore..." The host wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, only showing the chessboard once before sneaking off backstage.

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"What's this……?"

A round chess piece slipped from the hand of an old man, surrounded by many other stunned old men who now stood at the pinnacle of the lunar chess world.

This group of people originally watched the Throne Tournament just to join in the fun and see how the pinnacle tournament of Go, which is also a board game, is organized.

But when did Go competitions become like this?

A strand of black hair fell before her eyes, and an invisible storm emanated from the stunningly beautiful girl.

"No one can take my throne... You young people are far too arrogant... You have a long way to go."

Liu Tianmen said calmly, although it was a little inappropriate for her to say this when she looked much younger than Ji Shihu.

With a crisp, clear sound, her right hand, as if plucking a stringed instrument, placed the white piece on the star point in her lower left corner.

"Huh, where did the characters' shots go? Speaking of which, it seems that Queen Liu wasn't angry about Ji Shihu's first move; she placed a star point move first."

"Yes, because her move wasn't just disrespectful, it was a declaration of war. Of course... her previous actions were disrespectful enough."

Standing in the backstage commentary booth, behind the two commentators was a huge suspended chessboard for their explanations.

The host, who had just arrived backstage, hadn't even settled in before starting his explanation to the audience: "Oh, the two commentators the Go Association has invited today are a very famous husband-and-wife team in the Go world!"

A young girl with long purple hair and purple pupils beneath her purple bangs radiating a strange gaze, wore a purple floor-length robe.

The other girl had long, dark blue hair with wispy bangs, and her expression was somewhat blank. Both girls looked to be around twenty-five years old.

"They are Ji Zitong, a professional 8-dan Go player from the Ji family, and Chu Pohai, a professional 7-dan Go player who married into the Ji family."

"Go, big sister! Defeat that old nun!" Suddenly, before the commentary could even finish, the purple-haired girl standing in the commentary booth stood on tiptoe and shouted loudly at the camera.

"No! No matter what, your nepotism commentary is too much and too obvious! It's over, this match is finished," the host muttered to himself with a worried look on his face.

Why would the Go Association hire players from the Ji family to commentate on matches involving players from the Ji family? Is it simply because they think pretty girls in Go player uniforms are more pleasing to the eye for the audience?

However... the pretty girl is indeed very pleasing to the eye.

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"..."

The lunch break was over, and many chess players silently hurried back to the competition venue.

A strand of light green hair cascaded down her back. Luo Zhuyu's light green pupils were slightly vacant. Ji Yingting's game had ended in the morning, so she could return to her dormitory to continue listening to the commentary on the King's Throne Battle.

"The Throne Battle... the Title Battle, is this what Mom will face in ten days?"

Her eyes were filled with confusion. Luo Zhuyu clenched her pink fists tightly, and her light green Taoist robe fluttered in the breeze.

What kind of powerful spirit does a person need to be able to stand in such an occasion without being overwhelmed by the other party's aura?

That's right... it's about spirit.

After watching the opening ceremony, these two words left many chess players who were taking professional exams speechless.

Their spirit... is far from that of true professional chess players, after all, title matches are simply too far removed from their reality.

Wang Zuo Liu Tianmen and professional 8-dan Ji Shihu were figures they had only seen in newspapers and news, and occasionally played their game records.

Can I become a professional Go player? Can I really become a professional Go player?

At this moment, the chess players who are taking the professional exam are facing this question in their minds.

"I can do it!" A girl with long orange hair shouted in her heart while many chess players hesitated.

A flowing orange Taoist robe billowed like a whirlwind as she turned off her phone, her languid orange eyes filled with a look of certainty.

"Interesting... We were born to play against professional Go players! I will crush them, I will defeat anyone."

At the same time, two jade-green fox tails grew out from behind her, stirring up the fallen leaves like a whirlwind.

No... I will defeat you, you will lose to me.