The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

The golden sun shone on the earth, and a ring of golden fire mist was gently exhaled from Ji Hongying's small mouth. The three golden suns slowly rotated.

“I’ve never seen… such a terrifying chess position,” my grandson, Gian, muttered to himself.

Under the scorching sun, his body became riddled with holes and completely melted into dust.

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Hmph, although I'm a bit tired from a full-scale game this morning, his skill level is just too poor. I could win even without using any moves.

An Ruotong glanced at the black-haired boy who was deep in thought with a cold smile. With a 13-point advantage, he could create such a big gap even in the planning stage. She really didn't know what he was doing wasting his time.

Wait a minute... let's see how those two are doing, and just how strong this green-haired woman really is.

Thinking of this, An Ruotong couldn't help but turn her head to glance at Ji Yingting's chessboard...

Only seven moves in so long... The Sakura Empire's commander seems to be deep in thought. Wait a minute!! Another big diagonal move??

An Ruotong's lips twitched slightly. Because of her crushing defeat against Ji Yingting in the game that morning, she had developed a psychological aversion to Ji Yingting's diagonal moves.

Speaking of which... modern Go openings are mostly simple, or even non-existent. Why are you wasting your time researching such complex diagonal variations...?

An Ruotong turned her head back speechlessly, but oh well, her victory would also help her curb the arrogance of these Sakura Empire people.

Then... that fat pig who called me "Grandson Fat Tiger" annoyed me the most, both in terms of his appearance and his name. But since he's a professional sixth dan, he should have some skill, right?

With a hint of disdain, An Ruotong turned her head to look at the red-haired woman's chessboard on her right.

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What? What do you mean?

What is this? What happened? What's going on in this game of chess?!

An Ruotong froze for a moment, her blood-red eyes slowly widened, and her pink mouth opened slightly, trembling and unable to close.

White's stones... there's almost no group of living stones... is that even possible?

"…………" The stunningly beautiful girl with fiery red hair gently waved a white feather fan in her left hand, while her right hand gracefully picked up a black chess piece and placed it on the chessboard with a soft thud.

How could she possibly have killed the white pieces so badly...? Is that fat pig really a professional sixth dan? An Ruotong's lips trembled slightly. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that a high-ranking professional Go player could be killed so badly by someone else.

*Thud...* The black-haired boy opposite An Ruotong placed a black stone. He looked up at An Ruotong and paused for a moment.

Huh? Why is she distracted by the game over there? Even her expression is strange, even though she had been giving me a cold smile the whole time.

Raising his hand to wipe the sweat dripping onto his cheek, the black-haired boy turned to look at Ji Hongying's chessboard with a hint of curiosity.

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"How could this be... It can't be real, right? My grandson, Senior Fat Tiger?" the black-haired boy muttered to himself, his whole body suddenly paralyzed as he slumped back into the chair.

My grandson, Fat Tiger, stared silently at the chessboard with his head down. His black hair was scattered all over the floor, his pupils were unfocused, and even his thoughts had stopped working.

The gap... is just too big... An Ruotong slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"She's a monster...her chess skills are terrifying!! How can there be such a strong player?"

The black-haired boy thought in horror that just glancing at their game had already made him break out in a cold sweat. He deeply understood the strength of his grandson, Gian, a professional sixth dan player who was far superior to him, a newcomer who had just reached the first dan level...

By the way, that little girl just said she was only an amateur fourth dan... Are amateur fourth dan players in Donghuang really that strong? He began to feel a little panicked and uneasy. The blow that game by my grandson Pang Hu had dealt him was just too great.

An Ruotong had long lost interest in the game; she was simply staring intently at the chessboard in front of Ji Hongying.

What exactly happened in this game of chess?

She was deeply puzzled: was her grandson, Pang Hu, too weak, or was Ji Hongying too strong?

Splash...

Ji Hongying suddenly opened the white feather fan with the three characters "Ji Hongying" engraved on it in her left hand, her golden pupils slightly closed.

"Chess power, mood, chess position"

"The gap between you and me... is like a flame compared to the blazing sun. This game is over." Ji Hongying put away her white feather fan and gently shook her fiery red hair. She stood up from her seat, dragging her crimson bathrobe, without giving her opponent another glance.

However, his heart... was on the verge of collapse.

As Ji Hongying finished speaking, my grandson Pang Hu's pupils lost focus, and his eyes slowly closed.

Clang.

With a loud crash, my grandson Fat Tiger's large body suddenly fell off the chair, foaming at the mouth as he collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious.

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"Huh? What happened? What's wrong? Why did he faint?"

"What happened to Gian-senpai?! Are you alright?"

Many people gathered around and managed to lift my grandson, Gian, who was bloated, up, but he had already lost consciousness.

"It seems he just fainted... Let him lie there for a while, he should be fine."

A passerby remarked that, compared to the anxiety of the Sakura Go players, they seemed to be gloating.

The other tourists were speechless with astonishment, as it was the first time they had ever seen someone faint from playing chess. They all took out their phones and started taking pictures of the beautiful girl with fiery red hair.

"Is she a professional Go player on our moon? She's so cool... I want to learn Go too!!" a little girl said, holding her mother's arm.

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Chapter 99: The Great Divergence and a Thousand Transformations [Second Update]

The gray-haired, eagle-eyed man frowned deeply. He had been pondering for more than ten minutes, and even the passersby were starting to get impatient during this long wait.

"How much time has passed... Professional Go players are amazing... How can they sit in front of the Go board for so long? Aren't they afraid of getting hemorrhoids?"

Thud, and I, with a white piece between my fingers, fell onto the board... and then, he backed down?

Ji Yingting blinked her purple starry eyes gently. Instead of pushing or leaning out, or using the pointed top to obtain the solid ground that the Sakura Empire people preferred, she chose a more conservative approach.

Although the Great Diagonal Thousand Variations is the most complex joseki in Go, there is always a simple way to deal with any joseki, no matter how difficult it is.

And this is the simplest way to resolve the myriad changes of the large oblique.

"……Oh"

However, after seeing clearly the opponent's and my moves, Ji Yingting's lips curled into a slight smile.

The game between Ji Hongying and An Ruotong has ended. Regardless of the outcome, they have won the team competition, and the surrounding tourists can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They have brought glory to Donghuang's Moon.

Although they didn't understand Go, the two of them seemed to win very easily.

"Hmph, our game is over, but this woman's game is only on the eighth move. Can't we finish this already?" An Ruotong was in a good mood after winning the game, and she stood up to look at Ji Yingting's chessboard.

"You won too, congratulations!" Just then, Ji Hongying's voice came from behind An Ruotong. She finished putting away the chess pieces and tossed her long, fiery red hair as she spoke.

“Uh…” An Ruotong was stunned for a moment. Her body stiffened slightly. After watching that chess game, she had begun to be afraid of Ji Hongying.

"She won't kill me, will she?" An Ruotong shrank back in fear.

Thud... Ji Yingting places her piece.

Huh? What's going on... This woman actually blocked it; that was a bad move. An Ruotong frowned sharply.

Does she really understand the variations of the Big Diagonal? Even I, a player who has never studied the Big Diagonal, know that it's not good for Black to block when White joins.

"Hoo," Biwohe let out a soft breath, and even the brows that had been furrowed since the start of the game relaxed considerably.

Black's move was a mistake. At first, I was really intimidated by her serious demeanor. I looked up and glanced at Ji Yingting, who was squinting her pale purple starry eyes and thinking.

Although her eyes are strange... it always feels like she's not looking at the chessboard anymore, so... what is she using to look at the chessboard?

Biwohe had some doubts in his heart. At this time, he did not know that the stronger a professional chess player was, the more he would hold his breath and concentrate because of Ji Yingting's aura when playing chess.

Her pupils were lifeless and unfocused.

Because what she possessed in her pupils was nothing more than a heart devoted to Go to the extreme.

With a long sigh of relief, I placed the white stone on my right hand, using it as a "press."

White successfully pushed the stones out from under Black's head.

By playing this way, I can not only avoid fighting, but also ensure the territory and safety of the corner. Although the shape of the black pieces is not bad, the significance of her large diagonal move is erased.

Ji Yingting narrowed her pale purple star-like eyes, deep in thought.

Because of the rules regarding numbers, the Sakura Empire players place more emphasis on territory when playing Go, which is why their Go skills are getting weaker and weaker in the Interstellar Alliance.

In modern Go, a fast pace is key. One's conservative approach to territory and avoiding fighting will only make one's judgment and sense of the game during close combat worse.

With a crisp click, a sound came from the chessboard, and Ji Yingting withdrew her slender right hand.

"Move" is a move that White must make after pressing down on Black. However, once Black blocks that move, the situation becomes much more difficult to handle.

"If you lose the game, it's only because your fighting spirit is too strong..."

He muttered to himself that after White's "Parallel" move, Black's correct move was to use a small, roundabout approach.

Thud... White continues to move, forming a relatively stable double shape.

"Double" is a Go term referring to two single passes placed side by side, hence the name "double pass." It can also be described as two passes placed side by side.

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Um? ?

The sleeves of the light green bathrobe fluttered, and long, bluish-green bangs fell down, obscuring Ji Yingting's bluish-green crescent-shaped eyebrows. An Ruotong and Ji Hongying both narrowed their pupils.

Ji Yingting's right hand gently landed, aiming for the top left corner of the chessboard!

She's going to take her clothes off first? Ji Hongying raised her crimson sleeve to cover her mouth. Is her sister choosing to take her clothes off first at a time like this?

Ji Hongying's fiery red eyes were fixed intently on Ji Yingting's pale purple starry eyes. Sister… what she was seeing wasn't just the fixed opening move, but the entire chessboard!

A soft thud echoed across the chessboard as a piece was placed, and Ji Yingting withdrew her right hand.

She took off her clothes... she took off her clothes, and it was actually a very rare double-hanging style?

An Ruotong raised her dark eyebrows. To be honest, she couldn't understand the significance of Ji Yingting's moves.