The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Chapter 454: The Four Challengers Below the Chess Saint

"Xiaotong, come over here!!"

On the first floor of the Full Moon Provincial Professional Chess Academy, a cute little girl wearing a dark robe and with light green hair waved.

Luo Zhuyu, a professional first-dan, and An Ruotong, a professional first-dan.

The little girl with black hair and red eyeshadow wore a red robe, and An Ruotong's crimson eyes revealed a hint of happiness.

As the captain of a team that has qualified for the top four in the second division, An Ruotong is already guaranteed to reach the professional second dan level, and she has only been a professional Go player for a short time.

If you can reach the finals, you can become a professional 3-dan. If you can win the championship, you can lead your teammates to become professional 3-dan as well.

Today, Luo Zhuyu took her to register for the rank modification procedure.

It doesn't matter which official chess academy you go to to complete the procedures, so you might as well do it in advance on the spot.

"Xiaotong, don't underestimate me when we play chess."

"Um"

An Ruotong responded softly, hiding her excitement deep inside.

Even though she has grown to this level, she still cannot see through Luo Zhuyu's chess skills... Xiaoyu, as expected of a professional chess player from the Luo family.

In the past, before becoming a professional Go player, An Ruotong could only watch Hua Shenxi and Luo Zhuyu play against each other, since her Go skills were always slightly inferior.

Trying to catch up with the players ahead is really difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Her outstretched fingers could only reach pitch blackness; above An Ruotong's head, dark clouds always lingered, and towering mountains stood tall.

The 12-year-old girl had a stronger sense of self-esteem than anyone else... She could no longer bear being abandoned in such loneliness.

"However, I've worked very hard to get to where I am today..."

After An Ruotong crossed the mountain range, the dark clouds dispersed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, she was filled with nothing but boundless fighting spirit.

Whoever it is...

She would be excited and tremble with excitement if any professional Go player could give her the chance to unleash their full potential.

however……

Just as An Ruotong and Luo Zhuyu arrived at the front desk of the hall, her fighting spirit came to an abrupt halt.

Not only An Ruotong, but Luo Zhuyu also felt a strong chill in her heart...

Standing in front of the counter where the paperwork is being processed, with his back to the two people.

What kind of girl was she?

Her waist-length, crimson hair resembled a waterfall of blood, a red thousands of times more vibrant than the color in An Ruotong's own eyes.

The black Taoist robe trailed on the ground, with much more fabric than intended...

The black sleeves were so long and wide that they completely covered the girl's hands.

"Um……?"

As if sensing the person behind her, the girl with long, blood-red hair turned around slightly.

Her blood-red bangs were somewhat thick, and beneath her blood-red eyebrows were dark eyes. Her sickly pale yet unusually cute face was filled with curiosity.

"You are An Ruotong, right? Then you must be Luo Zhuyu..."

The girl's black Taoist robe had a somewhat familiar character embroidered on its abdomen: [Yin]...

Her voice was slightly hoarse, but not unpleasant; it had a warm quality to it.

"You two are very good, especially you, An Ruotong... Our family has been lacking a chess player like you."

An Ruotong and Luo Zhuyu lowered their heads slightly.

At the same time, Luo Zhuyu glanced at An Ruotong out of the corner of her eye, who, despite being somewhat nervous, still managed to keep her face calm.

"Xiaotong, she's really grown up... it's not just talk."

An Ruotong has always been a chess player who fears playing against those stronger than herself.

From Hua Shenxi to Luo Zhuyu, from Ji Yingting to Shang Gongying, and from Yin Hongzhuang to Xiao Qiyu, she actually felt a strong resistance in her heart.

It seems she overcame this point in her game against Xiao Qiyu...

"You two are really great~~~"

The girl with long red hair covered her mouth with her wide sleeves, and turned away with a slightly admiring look in her eyes.

Although it was meant as praise, it only made her glance at it a few more times.

After all, no matter how strong An Ruotong and Luo Zhuyu are, whose players are they?

No matter how talented they are, it's unknown how long it will take them to stand before her...

After the girl left, An Ruotong and Luo Zhuyu took a deep breath and looked up.

"Who is that guy?"

An Ruotong was somewhat shocked. This girl didn't exude a particularly strong aura, yet the two of them didn't dare to utter a sound in her presence...

Luo Zhuyu shook her head, tossing her long, light green hair.

"I don't know either"

They have only recently become professional chess players, and there are many professional chess players in the world who do not like to show their faces in the public eye.

People outside the entertainment industry may have heard their names, but they may not know what they look like.

"Hey, don't Xiaotong and Xiaoyu recognize her?"

Hearing An Ruotong and Luo Zhuyu's conversation, the receptionist in charge of processing the paperwork revealed a strange expression.

That makes sense; although they are only at the beginner level in their respective fields, they have already gained considerable fame.

However, if it is not a family member or a teacher from their own chess academy.

No matter how talented a new first dan player is, it's difficult for them to come into contact with players who stand at the pinnacle of the professional Go world.

"Chess Saint Ji Xuehuang has four challengers ahead of her in the semifinals of the Chess Saint title challenger tournament two months from now. You should know that, right? Those are four super-heavyweight players from the professional chess world."

Professional 9th ​​Dan Phoenix Feather, vs:

Professional 9th ​​Dan - Luohuang Dance

And the opponent of professional 9th ​​dan, Ji Fei-ryu:

Professional 9th ​​Dan... Yin Huo Fan

"By the way, An Ruotong, didn't you beat the Yin family's team? Shouldn't you at least know a little about her?"

The receptionist joked that she was particularly impressed with these young professional chess players who possessed strong chess skills.

In fact, her family also runs a chess club, and she often expresses deep emotion about the huge gap between the amateur and professional chess worlds.

Every time the receptionist sees children who come to her chess club and win, beaming with pride, or elderly people who like to boast…

Perhaps influenced by professional Go players, she always felt that amateur Go players were immature, even though it's not bad for players to treat Go as a hobby, and they rightfully find their own happiness in it.

However, these young professional chess players have already shone brightly on their own stage. Their future path may not be smooth, but it will certainly be incredibly exciting.

Don't they know?

Perhaps they themselves truly cannot see it.

Whether in their spirit or their bodies, they radiated an exceptionally dazzling light in the eyes of the receptionist.

"The Yin Fire Fan..."

Watching the figure that had already walked away, An Ruotong murmured to herself with a slight concern.

Chapter 455: Memories of the Red-Tasseled Army

"What? What kind of chess player is Ji Hongying?"

"Well, I'm not quite sure either, I don't know how to put it, but... if I had to describe her as a player, she'd say a very quiet player who doesn't talk much."

"You and Ji Feiliu were in the same examination hall back then, right? You were even Ji Hongying's lecturer. So, who is stronger, Ji Hongying or Ji Feiliu?"

When asked this question by a reporter, Fei Qiluo suddenly froze.

She seemed to have heard a similar question before: which is stronger, Ji Hongying or Ji Feiliu?

Sitting on the sofa, she couldn't help but drift into memories.

Fiery red eyes, fiery red long hair, and fiery red lion eyebrows.

To be honest, when Fei Qiluo first saw that girl whose whole body seemed to be burning with flames, she never thought that there would be such a player in the amateur Go world.

A neutral-looking girl with pink, fluffy curly hair and brown eyes nodded gently.

Hikari, 18 years old, professional novice...

Newly professional Go players who join the Go Association as first-dan players often choose to take on roles such as instructors, which pay much more than participating in first-dan hand matches. Even newly minted first-dan players who are not short of money will choose to pursue new insights into Go in different fields.

Having strong chess skills does not mean you know how to teach.

The ten-year-old girl held the teacup in both hands and asked softly.

Ji Hongying, amateur 3-dan.

Are you my teacher?

"pat"

Her fiery red sleeves fluttered gently as a black chess piece fell onto the board, causing Fei Qiluo's eyes to widen slightly.

When I first met this girl, her expression was somewhat strange.

She is different from ordinary chess players, not in a literal sense, but in a way that even Fei Qiluo herself cannot understand.

Although I don't know how to explain it, in short... she is a unique chess player.