The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"No, it's nothing," Luo Qiu'er shook her head.

Qin Hanyue is only twelve years old this year, and her chess moves, which are both offensive and defensive and demonstrate experience, are completely unlike those of an amateur player.

Generally speaking, people who become professional chess players at the age of twelve or thirteen will not have a very long chess career.

For example, An Ruotong, who served as a referee for Group B, made it to the professional chess world with her savage chess skills and calculation ability. Most of the other little girls are the same, like Hua Shenxi and Luo Zhuyu. Their chess skills are very strong and pure, which is beyond doubt.

However, Qin Hanyue's chess playing style was completely different from theirs.

Leaving the chess room, Luo Qiu'er's sapphire blue eyes sparkled with curiosity. She had originally focused on Qin Hanyue only to defeat her and try her best to help Sister Shi gain the opportunity to become a professional chess player.

But now, she was actually looking forward to playing against Qin Hanyue. After all, the person whose playing style was most similar to Qin Hanyue's was herself...

Because Shi Shishi's game of chess had not ended for a long time, Luo Qiu'er waited outside the door for a while until lunch break.

The snow-white Taoist robe was as thin as snow. Suddenly, a small hand grabbed Luo Qiu'er's sleeve. "Huh?"

"Luo Qiu'er, come here for a moment."

Luo Qiu'er turned around and exclaimed softly, surprised and puzzled, "Ma Gongling... and Ji Yingting?"

The girl with long, light green hair stood there expressionless, and there was Ma Gongling, whom she knew well. Why would these two come to find her together? What was going on?

Under the strange gazes of the other examinees, Luo Qiu'er followed them to a milk tea shop.

With her thighs, encased in snow-white stockings, crossed, Luo Qiu'er leaned over the table and whispered, "What is it? Tell me."

Ji Yingting thought for a moment, "Qiu'er should be able to become a professional Go player this time, right? If possible, I hope you can join my Go academy."

"Huh? Is this Sakuraba's own Go academy? But... I've already decided to join Seichain."

"........."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yingting's face darkened.

One after another, they're all Qingchayuan!

"What's so good about Qingcha Courtyard? It's not good at all! Tell me, what's so good about Qingcha Courtyard?!"

"Huh? You're asking me what's good about Qingchayuan... Who can answer that? Besides, even if you're angry, you don't have to roll your tongue, you're the referee."

Luo Qiu'er said helplessly, "If I had to say, it would be that the environment is better, right? And the senior sisters are very gentle."

"Where is the gentleness? Qingcha Courtyard is just a bunch of sluts!" Ji Yingting sneered softly. She hadn't forgotten what Xue Beihan from Qingcha Courtyard had done to her recently, and being banned from the competition was an injustice.

Of course, only Ji Yingting could utter such blatant insults against Qingchayuan in a public setting. The nearby chess players all changed their expressions, pretending not to have heard.

"Look how obedient Sister Ma is!"

Ji Yingting stroked Ma Gongling's little head for a while, then tugged at one of her ponytails and played with it.

Ma Gongling just sat blankly on the sofa, sipping her milk tea. Joining any chess academy didn't matter to her at all.

Luo Qiu'er was speechless. She hadn't expected Ma Gongling to be able to refute anything based on her personality, but the way she addressed her as "Sister Ma" sounded a bit strange.

"Hmm~ I can consider it, but if you're going to open a Go academy, you don't really need to consider someone like me, an amateur first dan, right?"

"Huh? But where are other good players so easy to find? Even high-ranking players who are already on the decline aren't of interest to me."

The lunch break was almost over, and Ma Gongling and Ji Yingting had to return to the chess hall. Luo Qiu'er's chess game for the day had ended early, and she thought carefully about what Ji Yingting had said.

"It feels a bit troublesome... Never mind, I won't think about it too much for now." Luo Qiu'er tossed her snow-white hair. Without becoming a professional chess player, joining any chess academy is just empty talk.

To be honest, she was quite happy that Ji Yingting had invited someone like her who wasn't even a professional Go player. In fact, it was inevitable that Luo Qiu'er would become a professional Go player. The average level of Group B was strong, but the top players were slightly weaker than those in Group A.

Most of the semi-professional dojo's fighting force is concentrated in Group A, including Xin Yufei, Lü Binghu, Bai Yongye, Lin Qianyu, and Ma Meimei...

There were also many other chess players whose names she couldn't recall, but whose presence she sensed was extraordinary.

In contrast, in Group B, only Quan Shihui wants to compete with them for the top spot. Whether Qin Hanyue's chess skills can surpass those of Lü Binghu and others is another matter. Everything depends on the outcome of tomorrow's match.

Her small hands braided her snow-white hair into adorable long curls, but at this moment, Luo Qiu'er had no idea what kind of chess player she was about to face...

Qin Family, Qin Hanyue.

The ancient horn has sounded, and the lost clan is about to reappear.

Chapter 513: The Grandmaster Shakes the Moon Fox

Early in the morning, the professional exam room was dimly lit, and it was a bit dark, probably because it was winter.

Ji Yingting, wearing a fluffy beige padded jacket, stood in the open-air garden catching the falling snow. The white expanse felt cool and refreshing in her hands…

Seeing such a sight for the first time, Ji Yingting shook off the snow that clung to her long, bluish-green hair.

The game was about to begin, and she took off her padded jacket as she walked indoors. Actually... even outdoors, it wasn't cold inside the Crescent Moon Chess Academy.

After the meal, many chess players entered the chess room one after another.

It is often said that the tenth game is the dividing line for professional chess exams, but for some chess players, the dividing line is when they face a player who poses a threat to them.

Luo Qiu'er, 6 wins

Looking through the match schedule, Qin Hanyue also saw the name of her opponent in the seventh round.

"Sit down quickly, the game is starting, kids, sit down quickly!" An Ruotong sat in the referee's chair, yawning listlessly.

From the perspective of a referee, she should be glad that she wasn't reported by the test takers.

A pure-looking young girl with snow-white hair, dressed in a pure white Taoist robe, has already sat down at the chess table.

Luo Qiu'er held a cup of warm tea and calmly gazed at Qin Hanyue, who had just sat down.

My first direct observation of her revealed that she was very young; judging from her appearance, she must be under thirteen years old.

Luo Qiu'er opened the white chess box beside her, and Qin Hanyue also opened the black chess box, steadily picking up a chess piece, her placement posture...

It wasn't elegant at all; instead, it felt clumsy, falling squarely onto the chessboard with a thud.

The chess academy now uses automatic sensing timers, which are much more convenient as they don't require manual pressing.

"pat"

Randomly, Luo Qiu'er also placed a white piece on the chessboard with a streamlined arc. As a lovely sixteen-year-old girl, her fair and slender hand was perfect.

Qin Hanyue stared at Luo Qiu'er's hand for a long time, and Luo Qiu'er felt a chill in her heart.

The opening was a star point with a wrong point, and the white player made a wrong point. However... as the black player was about to collide head-on, Luo Qiu'er's sky-blue eyebrows furrowed slightly.

This is... a massive avalanche.

An avalanche during a professional exam? Is she serious?

Along with the Demon Blade and the Great Slant Thousand Changes, it is known as one of the three most difficult fixed patterns to solve. Of course... the Great Avalanche is not as complicated as it used to be.

The evolution of the avalanche pattern has taken nearly a hundred years, and the trajectory of change is relatively clear.

The main theme of its transformation is firstly the komi (kick points). As the komi increases, the black player will often become dissatisfied with the past patterns and instead pursue higher efficiency.

Therefore, the situation will no longer occur as before... where a quarter of the chessboard disappears immediately after playing a large avalanche opening.

Pat, pat, pat, pat.

The two players kept placing their pieces. The avalanche joseki is a basic opening move that most professional players can execute, but what can truly influence the game is the changes that occur after the initial joseki moves have ended.

Luo Qiu'er took a deep breath. To gain the upper hand during the avalanche, she needed to disengage from the battle more quickly and steadily.

but……

Now it's Black's turn to play.

Qin Hanyue's golden pupils gradually narrowed. She raised the chess piece above her head and said softly, "We have been watching for thousands of years, and... we don't want to wait any longer."

"Ok?"

Buzzing~~~ Luo Qiu'er's body suddenly shook, and she sat up straight, her long white hair flying. What was going on...? This amazing vibration made it difficult for her to sit still.

In an instant, images appeared in Luo Qiu'er's vision: "A chessboard?"

No… Rather than a chessboard, what Luo Qiu’er saw was more like a series of mountains and seas, with the chessboard-shaped landscape reflected in the sky.

Countless forests, mountains, skies, and oceans formed a chessboard, from ancient times to the present, from the day Go appeared to the present day, all the chessboard records were displayed simultaneously before Luo Qiu'er's eyes.

A game that made him blush, a game that made him vomit blood, the ten games at Danghu...

Honinbo Xiuce, Fan Xiping...

People only remember the classic games, and the ancient chess masters who shocked the world and promoted Go. But how were their game records recorded?

No one knows who the chess notation recorder was or what their name was.

A mountain range larger than the sky rose from the ground, and Luo Qiu'er's sapphire blue eyes were filled with shock. Since she started learning chess, this was the first time she had ever seen such a vast and enormous chess formation. Soon, the entire starry sky began to tremble violently.

at last……

She saw it, the moment the mountain range expanded to its maximum. Luo Qiu'er saw a golden tail, completely enveloping all the chess scores... a fox tail. The tail coiled around the mountain range, and black and white characters formed the character "泰" (Tai).

boom!!!!!!!!

The chess manual vanished completely in the sandstorm. Qin Hanyue whispered, "Chess Strategy - Grandmaster Hanyue Fox."

As soon as the words were spoken, the colossal creature revealed its true form: a giant golden fox carrying a mountain range on its back, quietly gazing down at the starry sky.

"Within my body lies the very essence of all chess manuals in the world, inscribed and etched by generations of the Qin family."

The black piece in her hand fell heavily onto the chessboard. Rather than playing chess, Qin Hanyue seemed to be replicating, making the strongest move by referring to and understanding all the chess records from ancient times to the present.

"Even professional Go players are no match for me when I liberate my board position."

"…………"

With a "pfft," Luo Qiu'er covered her cherry and laughed, her petite body trembling slightly.

"What's so funny?" Qin Hanyue asked, puzzled.

"You... you actually said something funny so seriously, hahaha." With a strand of snow-white hair twirled in her little hand, Luo Qiu'er brought her head close to Qin Hanyue's eyes.

"Since you're already invincible, why do you still want to become a professional Go player?"

"........."

His sapphire blue eyes gradually narrowed to pinholes. "Let me tell you, it's like going from an amateur to a professional chess player. Every player seeks a breakthrough, but you... are you a copy?"

"........."