The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Ji Yingting muttered to herself, "Of course, the Moon Demon Palace also made it into the Super League for the first time as a new force."

Not only is he a new first dan in the team, but Ji Yingting, as the nominal strongest player of the new generation, is launching an attack on the top of the professional Go world...

Most importantly, she's out of money!

Fortunately, the Moon Demon Palace's activities are now almost entirely funded by the members themselves. In particular, Xiao An's family is quite wealthy, and she usually pays for all three meals a day, which can be considered as paying for tuition in advance.

Registration for the Xianghua Cup lasts for seven days, and we will head to the chess academy in a week.

but……

Before the Xianghua Cup begins, Ji Yingting faces a highly anticipated and deadly battle.

In the first round of the Throne Battle preliminary rounds, Ji Yingting...

Battle against professional 9th ​​dan player Ji Shihu.

Chapter 524: Throne Battle Preliminaries, Round 1

"Ji Yingting, your match is this afternoon, right?"

"Yes, I'll be back tonight..."

Full Moon Province, Full Moon Chess Academy...

A girl with long, light green hair hung up the phone and went up to the second floor.

Looking at the familiar silver hall and front desk, there weren't many chess players she recognized. Then, Ji Yingting gently closed her eyes again.

She and Shang Gongying had arranged to have dinner together that evening, so they needed to finish their game of chess properly.

In the first round of the Throne Tournament qualifiers, she, who had already become a professional fourth dan, encountered Ji Shihu, a professional ninth dan.

Generally speaking, most players don't pay much attention to the first round of the title match qualifiers, especially since... the Super League Xianghua Cup is just around the corner.

The Super League, which was almost as important as the title match, was a five-person team competition, and almost the entire Luo family came out.

The professional Go world hasn't seen such a dramatic upheaval in a long time. Unfortunately, Ji Yingting had terrible luck in the draw…

She gently waved her feather fan and followed the young woman into the chess room.

Ji Yingting muttered to herself, "Ji Shihu... Even if it's not a life-or-death elimination round, facing a 9-dan in the first round... I haven't played seriously for months..."

This was her first formal match against a professional 9-dan player since she entered the professional Go world.

Even though Ji Shihu has only just entered the realm of 9-dan, he is already a player with title-winning skills.

As the beautiful girl with long, light green hair pushed aside the screen, a staff member whispered beside her, "Chess player Ji Yingting, your table number is 34, and you will play white."

"Yes, thank you."

Ji Yingting found her seat and waited quietly.

A moment later, a woman with black and white curly hair sat down in front of him. She was Ji Shihu, a professional 9th ​​Dan.

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The other party didn't speak, and Ji Yingting didn't want to speak either. She took the white chess box and lifted it up.

After a long silence, until the other chess players had all taken their seats, Ji Shi suddenly said, "Ji Yingting... ever since I saw your chess records, I've been thinking about what my daughter lacks compared to you."

His golden tiger eyes were slightly deep. After becoming a ninth-dan, Ji Shihu was no longer as arrogant as before. Instead, he was surprisingly calm and gentle.

Approaching thirty, Ji Shihu was as small as an ordinary young girl, and her voice echoed in Ji Yingting's ears.

"Let me understand... if you can beat me in this game."

"Whoo~"

At the same time, golden auras slowly floated out from her body and spread into the sky. The moment she grasped the black chess piece in her hand... even the entire chessboard seemed to collapse as a result.

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Ji Yingting picked up a white stone and said softly, "Then, please let me understand this properly, 9-dan... How is a professional 9-dan any different from me?"

A pair of pale green eyes slowly opened, with eerily beautiful, crescent-shaped eyebrows resting on her eyelids.

This match was her first since winning the Sansheng Cup.

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PS: I've been wanting to update for a while, but the new book is doing much better than I expected, so I haven't had time to update.

I'm now planning to switch to a stable weekly update schedule. I need to review the previous plots and get back into the swing of things, otherwise the content I write will be very weak.

And I have a question for everyone: did you mention earlier that the Xianghua Cup was held at which chess academy? I can't quite remember.

Chapter 525: The Moon Demon Incarnation

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The first round of the King's Throne Tournament preliminary rounds was, after all, a title-level preliminary battle, and the surrounding area was filled with top professional Go players that are rarely seen in normal times.

The lights in the air shone with the color of silver roses, filling the jade chessboard with a slightly holy glow.

This is... the Throne Battle!

A young girl with long, jet-black pigtails sat obediently beside the chessboard. She was a fourteen-year-old chess player, a newly promoted first dan player from the Imperial Moon Province... Zhen Qingyue.

Her eyes had dark circles, and it was hard to tell if it was from makeup or lack of sleep; she looked somewhat listless.

Having accepted the official request, Qingyue was to record the game score for this match. She glanced silently at the girl with long, light green hair sitting on her left.

Ji Yingting...

She won the championship in the Sansheng Cup with a devastating performance and is a highly anticipated new generation of Go players. Although I am a little envious, she has only been a professional for a year and is already facing Ji Shihu, a 9-dan Go player who stands at the top of the professional Go world. She must be a little overwhelmed.

Do not……

Her game has been completely suppressed, and she's at a disadvantage.

"Second route relocation..."

With a flick of her moon-white sleeves, Ji Yingting withdrew her small hand from the chessboard. After a three-month hiatus, her demeanor had changed significantly since she first became a professional.

I don't know how to say it...

She had lost some of her sharpness but gained more gentleness, her pale green eyes narrowing slightly into slits.

When she picked up the chess piece with her slender fingers, it felt like a pearl falling into a lake. Compared to the crazy and bizarre match against the Ke family in the final of the Three Lives Cup, she seemed to have become an ordinary girl.

What exactly happened to her?

Ji Yingting stared at the chessboard for a while, then placed her hands flat on her knees and fell into deep thought. At this moment, her opponent was a player who could be ranked among the top twenty in the entire professional chess world.

Compared to Ji Bingyuan, whom she faced in her debut match in the provincial competition, compared to Shang Gongying, the big boss of the professional league, compared to Luo Dule, compared to Ji Heiyu, Ji Hongying, and others, she is even better... She can be called a top-tier ninth-dan Tiger Princess.

Becoming a professional Go player is incredibly difficult.

So, what kind of glory does a professional 9th ​​dan, the pinnacle of a profession, bring?

Ji Shihu is the player who witnessed the defending of the throne last year.

As her pupils reflected the blonde woman who looked no different from a young girl, Ji Yingting took a deep breath and picked up the white chess piece from the chess box again.

She is no longer the wicked female demon who believed herself to be invincible and treated torturing her opponents as a form of amusement...

Having witnessed the chess master's match against Feng Kuangyu, a ninth-dan player, Ji Yingting was well aware of his own shortcomings.

I am still far from strong enough...

A pair of pale green eyes slowly widened, as eerie as crescent moons, with delicate willow-leaf eyebrows pressed against the eyelids.

This match was her first since winning the Sansheng Cup.

With a "thud".

A sound as light as jade being forged rang out, and Ji Yingting gently placed the white chess piece in her hand. However... this calm demeanor appeared quite different in Hu Ji's eyes.

With his long, curly black and gold hair, Ji Shihu stared at Ji Yingting for a while, then frowned in confusion.

Sister, you said that she might have stepped into that unknown territory when she was young. Maybe you're mistaken about something?

Ji Yingting's performance is completely different from her performance in the Three Lives Cup final. Could it be that that match was just an accident?

Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

As the number of pieces on the chessboard gradually increased, Ji Shihu's confusion intensified. What was the cause of this strange feeling? Before the game, she had reviewed Ji Yingting's major tournament records to date, and her playing style had always been known for its elegance.

The layout is truly dazzling, with arcs of light filling the sky.

He is on par with the most brilliantly laid-out Go player of our time, the master of the Jinghong Go Academy, [Professional 9-dan - Pillow Firefly].

however……

How did she manage to come up with such an ugly layout?

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One year ago, Minghaiji Middle School, Go Club.

"Ok?"

"Should I describe what kind of chess player Senior Ji Yingting is?"

Facing the camera, the petite girl with long black hair looked a little nervous.

Is it because Senior Ji Yingting became a professional Go player with an undefeated record? Even such a famous newspaper has come knocking on their door.

Xin Yufei pondered for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "Although it's a bit impolite for me to speculate on my senior's chess skills, I just feel that her playing style is a bit too perfect, isn't it? Because it always gives people the feeling that it's flawless. Conversely, it also seems a bit conservative."

"So, even when facing amateur players, my senior can still play peacefully to the end! She must be a very gentle woman!"

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