The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

While scrolling through her phone, Fei Qiluo suddenly exclaimed in surprise. The official website of the game showed that An Haimi's opponent for tomorrow's match was actually... Ji Hongying?!

How is this possible?! How could Hongying have reached professional fourth dan so quickly?! Last season, her record in hand-to-hand combat was... perfect?!

手合升段赛中，1-3段为职业初段，4-7段是中段，8-9和头衔保持者为高段。

The match between Hongying and Haimi... I'll ask them to go watch it together tomorrow, but we don't need to invite Yingba...

Fei Qiluo wondered to herself, she was very curious about how strong Ji Hongying, who had lost to her in the Neptune Cup a few months ago, really was now.

"As for Sakura-ting... I've never seen her mention her sister... and she doesn't seem to live at the Ji family's main residence either." Fei Qiluo frowned in confusion. Although she had talked to Ji Sakura-ting about Ji Hongying before, Ji Sakura-ting's behavior that time was really too strange.

Early in the morning, An Haimi had just entered his private blue sedan when he suddenly froze.

"Oh, what brings you all here?"

An Haimi sat in the car, tossing her long, sea-blue hair, and asked with some confusion. There were three figures standing outside her car door: Fei Qiluo, Niu Xiaochai, and Xin Yufei.

"Hai Mi, Xiao Cha is playing a game today. Could you please give us a ride to the Go academy?"

Fei Qiluo said politely, but in fact she had no interest in Niu Xiaochai's game at all. She was just too embarrassed to say that she wanted to watch An Haimi's game.

However, Xin Yufei asked in a low voice with some doubt, "Senior Sister Fei Qiluo, is it really okay for us to sneak out without telling Sister Ying Ting?"

"It's okay, it's okay... There's a special reason for this, I'll tell you later," Fei Qiluo said softly. Because she liked Ji Hongying, she had been paying close attention to Ji Hongying's hand gestures.

Although she wouldn't go to see it in person... the match between An Haimi and Ji Hongying did indeed arouse her desire to watch it.

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Snap... Snap.

Early in the morning, Ji Yingting ate bread while lost in thought.

On the chessboard in front of her was a life-and-death problem. It was a strange chess pattern that Ye Xiaomi had encountered some time ago, and she had set it out for her to help study.

After placing her black piece, Ye Xiaomi suddenly took out her phone and glanced at the time. "Ah... the time for our hand match is almost up. Looks like I need to get ready to go to the chess academy..."

"Xiaomi, are you going to join forces today?" Ji Yingting asked, raising her long, bluish-green hair and frowning her green eyebrows.

"Hmm, do you want to come along and take a look?"

Ye Xiaomi put on a thick white cotton-padded coat while rolling up her purple scorpion braids.

"Is that alright?" Ji Yingting had never seen someone else's game before, but certain special materials on the moon allowed her to see other people's games.

"Uh-huh"

After receiving permission, Ji Yingting also put on a snow-white cotton-padded coat. The rules for the StarCraft Go Tournament are twice a week, and the playing time for each professional player is different each week.

This week it might be Monday and Tuesday, but next week it will be Wednesday and Saturday.

Wearing a large, snow-white cotton hat, Ji Yingting stepped out of the room, gently tilting her long, light green hair, and asked, "Are we going to take a car?"

"Mmm, it'll be there in just a few stops. There's a bus stop right outside the dojo." Ye Xiaomi tugged at Ji Yingting's snow-white cotton sleeve as they walked slowly. The start time for the hand-clasping ceremony was 9:30 a.m., so there was still half an hour left.

After a 20-minute drive, the two finally arrived at the entrance of the professional chess academy. A huge building appeared before Ye Xiaomi's eyes, and she slowly walked inside, holding Ji Yingting's small hand.

"Xiaomi, do you have any games today?" the middle-aged woman sitting at the front desk asked in a calm tone.

"Sakuraba, you can watch from the spectator room..." Ye Xiaomi nodded and walked forward, swaying her purple scorpion braid.

Actually... the opponents in the hand-match promotion tournament are not necessarily local opponents. There is a certain chance of encountering any professional Go player who lives on the moon. But how should you play in this situation?

In the old days of Earth, especially in the Sakura Empire.

Professional Go players participating in the hand-match tournament need to travel all over the country. Perhaps the last tournament was in Tokyo, and the next one will require taking a high-speed train to Hokkaido...

On the moon, people have used black hole space technology to create a space chessboard made of a special material.

From now on, as long as two opponents participating in a hand-to-hand game sit in the corner of the same numbered chessboard, they can play against each other, somewhat like playing online chess.

This is common knowledge that even amateur Go players know, but Ji Yingting has never witnessed it firsthand.

"The spectator room is this way. May I ask whose match you would like to watch? How many are there? One match costs 70 Star Coins."

Seeing Ji Yingting rubbing her long, light green hair while waiting, a waitress came up and asked.

"Ye Xiaomi's... 1st place"

Ji Yingting said softly. She was soon led by the waitress to a private viewing room with only a table, chairs and a chessboard. There were ordinary drinks and fruit on the table.

On the Starry Sky Chessboard, Ji Yingting gently opened her pair of pale purple starry eyes. She knelt quietly to the side, staring at the Starry Sky Chessboard. This was her first time watching a hand-to-hand match. She had previously watched the game between Xin Yufei and Teacher Lin Hong on the Star Jade Tree Chessboard.

Two people sat on either side of the starry chessboard, looking up at each other.

One of them was Ye Xiaomi, whom Ji Yingting knew very well. She was sitting to Ji Yingting's left on the starry sky chessboard, wearing a light purple Taoist robe and showing off her fair thighs. She was playing black: Ye Xiaomi, first dan.

The person playing white on the right is a black-haired girl whom Ji Yingting has never seen before; she looks to be around 20 years old.

The player playing white: Wang Shuangshuang, 2-dan.

Chapter 147: The Chess Notation Recorder

Shortly after Ji Yingting and Ye Xiaomi left the front desk, four girls wearing thick coats entered from outside the chess academy's gate.

Walking at the front, the aloof and beautiful girl with long, dark blue hair had a calm expression, but her hands, which hung at her sides, trembled slightly, and a few drops of sweat spilled out, indicating that she was not at peace.

Niu Xiaochai, walking behind her, was much calmer; this hand-to-hand combat match was just another routine ranking-up tournament for her.

"Hai Mi, do you have a match today? Xiaomi just came by too," the woman at the front desk asked after glancing at the newcomers. As a waitress at the chess academy, the woman was quite familiar with the local professional chess players.

"Okay, could you please help me register?"

The girl with long, sea-blue hair nodded gently and said politely.

The woman said while operating the computer, "Alright, Haimi, you can go in now."

"Okay, thank you... I'll be going now."

An Haimi's deep blue pupils narrowed slightly as she turned around and said politely and calmly. Fei Qiluo waved to her in return. Today's match must be a very important one for her.

Facing the current rising star of the moon... An Haimi was under considerable pressure as she swayed her long, dark blue hair and walked step by step toward the game room.

Of course, if we consider the skill level of the newcomer champion Niu Xiaochai, An Haimi thinks she has already won this game.

Watching her walk away, her long, sea-blue hair swaying, not long after An Haimi left, Niu Xiaochai also walked up, her long, flaxen-colored curly hair swaying, and revealed a smiling expression.

"Hello, are you here to watch a game?"

“No… I’m a chess player from out of town, and I also have a hand-matching game today,” Niu Xiaochai said, gently shaking her long, flaxen curly hair.

"So you're a professional Go player from out of town. What's your name?" The woman's hands were busy typing on the keyboard.

"Niu Xiaochai"

After Niu Xiaochai finished speaking, a look of surprise appeared on the woman's face. "So you're Niu Xiaochai... Alright."

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Two people sat on either side of the starry chessboard, looking up at each other.

One of them was Ye Xiaomi, whom Ji Yingting knew very well. She was sitting on the left side of the starry sky chessboard, wearing a light purple Taoist robe and showing off her fair thighs. She was playing black: Ye Xiaomi, first dan.

The person playing white on the right is a black-haired girl whom Ji Yingting has never seen before; she looks to be around 20 years old.

Playing white: Wang Shuangshuang, 2-dan.

A light green Taoist robe trailed gently on the ground as Ji Yingting sat quietly in the starry sky... She was sucking on a thin straw.

Her pale purple starry eyes blinked slightly. She sat down beside the two of them to watch the game, but they didn't notice her at all... Sure enough, the players playing the game couldn't see what was happening in the observation room.

With a whoosh, just as Ji Yingting was enjoying her drink, a dazzling light suddenly appeared beside her. A young girl with black hair, who looked to be about 13 years old, suddenly appeared in the starry sky.

The black-haired girl sat next to Ji Yingting. She glanced curiously at the beautiful woman with a light green Hime-style hairstyle on her right, and her face immediately showed a shocked expression. What a beautiful woman.

"Hello, little sister," Ji Yingting greeted politely, rubbing her long, light green hair and having a straw in her mouth.

"Hello, I am a student from the Celebrity Dojo. I am here to serve as the recorder of Senior Sister Ye Xiaomi's game records," the plain-looking black-haired girl nodded and said.

Upon hearing her words, Ji Yingting tilted her long, light green hair, raised her light green eyebrows, and asked with a slightly puzzled expression, "A student of the Meijin Dojo? You're an amateur, right? Why are you recording game records?"

"...Yes...I'm an amateur 4-dan, but the person recording the games of professional players at our dojo changes every week, so it's kind of an assignment from the teacher...This is my first time recording game records at a professional go academy."

The black-haired girl shook her head and said that this kind of mandatory task of recording chess scores, which was done one by one, was also a kind of torture for them.

However, the black-haired girl was considered a relatively diligent player in the dojo, and she thought it was great to have the opportunity to learn the moves of professional players in person.

"My name is Wang Yu, and you are..., big sister?"

"Ah, I'm Xiaomi's friend, just call me Ji Yingting," Ji Yingting said casually, rubbing her two long, bluish-green hairs that were hanging down her cheeks.

After glancing at Ji Yingting's magnificent Taoist robe, Wang Yu asked with slight certainty, "Big Sister Ji Yingting, are you also a Go player? What's your level?"

"Yes, I'm an amateur 5th dan."

Amateur 5-dan... He looks a bit older than me, so I guess I'm the better one.

Wang Yu thought to herself, she was already an amateur fourth dan at the age of 13, and it shouldn't be a problem for her to be promoted to amateur fifth dan within two years.

And to be honest, Senior Sister Ye Xiaomi is only a professional first dan... Wang Yu doesn't think she's much better than herself. She's considered a relatively talented amateur player among the chess academy and her peers, so she's naturally a bit arrogant.

"Ah... the match is about to begin," Ji Yingting said softly while sucking on a straw with her cherry-like lips. Ye Xiaomi gently raised her right hand, which was locked by a light purple Taoist robe.

Snap... With a black chess piece between her fingers, Ye Xiaomi made her first move at the small corner in the upper right corner.

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"Hey, who do you think will win this game?" Ji Yingting asked, curling up her legs. Since they couldn't hear what was happening outside anyway, the two of them simply continued chatting.

"It should be the other one... After all, Senior Sister Ye Xiaomi is only a first dan, and she has only recently become a professional," Wang Yu said hesitantly. After all, she was a senior sister from his own chess academy, so he felt a little guilty saying that.

"Is that so..." Ji Yingting shook her long, light green hair and nodded in response. It seemed she wasn't very familiar with the professional scene...

If you asked most professional Go players, they would definitely think Ye Xiaomi has the advantage, because... most professional Go players who have just been promoted to 1-dan are at their most energetic, so it wouldn't be surprising if they beat professional high-dan players.

In contrast, Wang Shuangshuang, who looks quite old, is only a professional 2-dan player, and her Go skills have already reached their limit.

Chapter 148: The Chess Game - Immovable King

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