The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

A chilling aura permeated his entire body, and a terrifying aura emanated from him. This was a prelude to the outbreak of a chess game, but Xia Tianran remained unmoved and picked up a white piece.

"Jinjinglan, another ancient chess pattern! Who allowed Ale to waste time studying this kind of thing? Useless!! This is why she hasn't reached the eighth dan yet!"

In the Luo family mansion, a petite young girl with long, light green hair roared, and with a snap, the chess piece in her hand shattered in two.

Sitting beside her, the woman with long silver hair chuckled, "Third Sister, there's no need to get so angry... Don't worry, Ah Le will definitely win the Three Lives Cup this time, no... as long as he makes it to the top four, he can be promoted to professional eighth dan."

"What's the use of being a professional 8-dan? Winning another championship for the Luo family is the most important thing. Xiao Chan, you're still the most promising one."

The little girl's words made Su Chan's eyes twitch a few times. In the past, before she became a tenth-dan, she was also forced to undergo military training by her third sister every day.

Sure enough... Only with achievements can one breathe freely, and as a member of the Luo family, Su Chan knew this well.

Professional 9th ​​Dan - Luo Youjun.

She only recently became a professional 9-dan at the same time as Ji Shihu. After losing to Shui Tingyue in the Seven Star Cup last year [PS: mentioned in a chapter of the magazine], Third Sister stayed in her room and cried for several days. She must have been very unwilling...

After all, the Luo family's ambitions go far beyond this. After their celebrity status was taken away decades ago, they would never allow the Luo family's reputation to be damaged again.

Celebrities are far from enough.

Even ten dan (a unit of measurement) is far from enough to satisfy them...

Only by seizing half of the title and completely crushing the once-powerful Ji family can the Luo family be satisfied.

After Ji Shihu lost to Wang Zuo Liu Tianmen, a loophole was finally pried open in the Ji family's dominance!

Chess Saint Ji Xuehuang... Feng Kuangyu alone is enough to suppress and hold her back.

No matter how strong the other players in the Ji family are, they cannot withstand the massive purge that Luo Jiangxing, Luo Huangwu, and Luo Youjun are about to launch on the professional chess world.

At that time, all undeserved title battles will be eliminated! There will be no more underdog champions in the Super League 2, Super League 1, and Super League 1!!

The Luo family wants to cover the entire moon... so that the Ji family's chess players can no longer see their moon.

"boom!!!"

As if a sharp sound was being cut, Luo Dule placed a black piece on the board.

*Thud!*

Cold, bluish-green mist trickled through the gaps between his fingers, and a sharp, blue spear pierced the starry sky, nearly splitting the entire chessboard in two.

【Chess Strategy - Spear Dance Cycle】

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P.S.: I will resume updates starting today, and will try my best to update every day. I will definitely... try my best.

There will definitely be unexpected events, so I will let you know if I have to stop updating.

It hasn't been easy to write this book from the first chapter to now, I'm really sorry.

Every author has their low points, and I hope you can understand.

Chapter 463: The Collapse of the Chess Heart

Cold, bluish-green mist trickled through the gaps between his fingers, and a sharp, blue spear pierced the starry sky, nearly splitting the entire chessboard in two.

【Chess Strategy - Spear Dance Cycle】

The cyan spear spun in his hand. Unlike Luo Zhuyu, Luo Dule's chess moves were long enough to pierce through the entire starry sky.

Black has placed a stone directly above White's two-space extension. Should Black block it? As a professional player, surely Black wouldn't respond to even this move?

Summer... Such a calm and composed player is rare even in the Jinghong Go Club, and even in the entire professional Go world.

Speaking of chess style, Luo Dule had been silently watching his elder sister's back since some time ago.

She copied her older sister's hairstyle, styling her hair short and loose, learning her chess style and approach. Her domineering nature, her stillness like a volcano, her dynamism like an explosion of the solar system.

"Her chess skills are like those of Luo Jiangxing..."

When she was a child, the phrase she liked to hear most when she participated in amateur competitions was that one.

All she had to do was imitate her older sister. Even though her older sister wouldn't care, she was happy to become more and more like her older sister.

But... on the day her eldest sister married that man, her beautiful dreams shattered.

No matter how much she resembles her older sister, Luo Dule is still just an ordinary girl at heart.

Compared to herself, her older sister was more like a real man. So why would such an excellent chess player fall for an ordinary man?

"pat"

The falling white piece snapped Luo Dule out of her reverie. Wait, she actually blocked it...

Luo Dule was slightly taken aback. Was she only so arrogant because she was playing white? Was a payout of seven and a half points enough to make her so conceited?

"Whoo~~~"

Wrapped in a cold cotton-padded coat, Xia Tianran silently exhaled a breath of cold air. Her long beige hair slid down the silk to her waist, and her pale golden eyes held a calm expression.

Block any attack, and seize any piece.

Although it's a sarcastic remark mocking the dull thinking of Go beginners, it's actually a perfectly correct way to play Go.

Luo Dule is a very strong player, and Xia Tianran certainly wouldn't dare to be distracted like her when playing against such an opponent.

Unlike Xiao Qiyu and An Ruotong's rough and violent style of play, Luo Dule's domineering style is full of refinement, a skill honed over many years in the professional Go world.

Snap, snap, snap, snap...

Despite being a highly anticipated match, both sides made their moves faster than anyone expected...

The black chess pieces in her hand transformed into streaks of cyan spear light, and the riddled chessboard radiated an exceptionally beautiful cyan glow.

In the viewing hall, Ke Jiurui watched the game on the screen with extreme tension. Xia Tianran, who was playing white, had his initial advantage in points quickly wiped out as soon as the game entered the middle game.

Summer Ran placed a white piece on the board, *thud!*

4-3, dragging... This move made Luo Dule frown slightly.

3-3 is a three-three point, while 4-3 places the piece directly below the star point, also known as a corner drag, a much rarer move than the three-three point.

Luo Dule pondered for a while, then gradually released the black pieces in his hand and began to think deeply.

We mustn't act impulsively; it's too early to determine the outcome...

So, she doesn't plan to use the chess position yet?

Even though it was summer, she was still wrapped in that big cotton-padded coat. Her icy little hands could even make people feel frozen. Luo Dule would never believe that there was nothing special about her. She must have some kind of ability related to temperature.

Not only Luo Dule, but most chess players viewed Xia Tianran in this way... They would often be wary of her moves, but she never used them until the end of the game.

"Whoo~~~"

The frail girl seemed to feel cold again, so she blew warm breath on her small hands and wrapped the scarf around her neck even tighter.

After a long deliberation, Luo Dule picked up a black stone and placed it at the 3-3 position.

Even the professional chess players from the Luo family were surprised to find that it was a move that allowed them to breathe a sigh of relief.

When facing a corner, there are only two ways: moving inwards to three corners or moving outwards. Compared to moving outwards, moving inwards tends to protect the corner.

..........

Xia Tianran is a chess player who doesn't like to use strategic moves, not because it has side effects or because she is overconfident in her skills, but rather because... she is unable to use strategic moves.

From the moment she began learning chess, her body was constantly being baptized by cold. But... even colder was her solitary heart devoted to chess.

He once said those heartless words to Ke Jiurui during a professional exam. The game is the soul of a chess player, but how can a flawed soul bloom with a beautiful game?

Xia Tianran's guilt over hurting her was far heavier than she had imagined, but more than that, she was unable to awaken her sadness. Why... why was she so weak? Why couldn't she grow up faster?

Back then, whenever her peers at the academy mocked Ke Jiurui, Xia Tianran could only grit her teeth in silence. But she never imagined that in a fit of anger, she would call Ke Jiurui a piece of trash during the professional exam, even though she only wanted to make her more competitive.

Even the collapse of her chess mind couldn't make her any stronger... Even so, Xia Tianran still felt mostly guilty.

Even if she's gone, even if we can't use the game strategy anymore, so what?

With this mindset, Xia Tianran's performance in the professional Go world has actually become stronger...

"That's what I always thought."

Xia Tianran gently picked up a white chess piece, a nostalgic expression on her face.

The frost that had been silent for millennia melted away... Not only was Luo Dule stunned, but when the broadcast camera switched to Xia Tianran's face, everyone watching was dumbfounded.

Is there any other expression on this woman's face besides silence?

Drip, drip, a few tears slid down from the corners of her eyes, and Xia Tianran silently placed her arm on her heart.

I love her because only she can bring a moment of warmth to my cold heart, but I destroyed that warmth because of my own greed and desire for more...

Under everyone's gaze, Xia Tianran suddenly took off her cotton-padded coat!

Layer upon layer, until the distinctive white-gray Taoist robes of the Jinghong Dojo reached their feet before stopping.

What's the point of a cotton-padded coat if your body can stay warm but your heart can't?

"Hey!!! I won't ask for anything more. I don't need her to become stronger, or to become a great chess player. I just want her to talk to me more!! Such a trivial request, would a vicious woman like me even ask for that?"

In an instant, an extremely dazzling light emanated from Xia Tianran's heart, and the long-lost chess moves... were finally about to be unleashed.

Chapter 464: The Chess Game - Midsummer

In summer, we take off our cotton-padded coats. But what's the point if our bodies can stay warm while our hearts can't?

She wouldn't ask for anything more, as long as she could enjoy that moment of warmth... So what if she couldn't become a better professional Go player? The emotional investment had nothing to do with Go skills, not to mention, her desperate desire to become stronger was what she truly loved.

Perhaps in her eyes, she was just a cold, ruthless, and aloof childhood playmate?

"Chess Strategy in Midsummer"

"Whoosh!!!" In an instant, a dazzling light burst forth from the white chess piece in her hand.

A golden sun appeared behind her; compared to the real sun, her sun seemed more like something painted on in an oil painting.

The scorching heat in the painting transforms into golden ribbons, binding Xia Tianran's head.