Chapter 154: Events after the Chess Ga
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Tong Yan had left as well after Jing Jiu’s departure.
The chess tournant of the Plum eting had just begun; it couldn’t end at this point.
The winner of the chess tournant would get the blessing of the Young Zen Master along with the winners of other four tournants, though being the chess tournant winner was itself a great honor.
Understandably, high-level Go players and Go lovers had lost much of their interest in the chess tournant, as they were not in high spirits.
“I’m leaving as well.” He Zhan tied his jar of alcohol to his waist, saying to Se Se, “I’ll go to the Hanging-Bell Sect to visit you if I’ve got the chance. I’ll take you to the nearby Great Marsh to catch fish. When these fish heads are broiled tastes much better than the barbecued fish.”
Se Se didn’t even catch the last part of the sentence, asking surprisingly, “Don’t you play Go anymore?”
“No,” replied He Zhan after a mont of silence, “I’m not going to play Go anymore.”
Upon hearing this, many people looked at He Zhan with shocked and puzzled expressions.
Jing Jiu and Tong Yan had already left, so He Zhan would be the strongest contestant in the chess tournant of the Plum eting.
Even if he was shaken up by the previous ga or he didn’t want to take advantage of the situation and acted like a gentleman, why did he claim that he would not play Go anymore?
What He Zhan said next was either to answer Se Se’s question or to address the people on the Chess Board Mountain.
“I couldn’t beat those two even if I played Go for the rest of my life, and I can’t even get close to their level, why bother playing Go at all?!”
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Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue separated at the entrance to Xinjiekou, just like a few days ago. They acted as usual, as if nothing had happened that day.
The eaves of Taichang Temple appeared bright black after being washed by the rain, like the horns of an old dragon.
Jing Jiu brought back his gaze from the eaves, walking up the stone steps and pushing open the front door.
The whole family was sitting in the living room. All of them stood up when they saw Jing Jiu co in.
“How co you are back so soon?”
The old brother of the Jing family showed more respect than before, and his eyes were full of happiness.
Jing Jiu rembered one thing when he saw his “old brother”.
Jing Jiu had told his “old brother” a few days ago to bet on his winning in the chess tournant, but he ca back after rely one ga that day.
“How much have you lost? I’ll pay you back.” Jing Jiu said.
The older brother of the Jing family replied happily, “It’s okay. I bet on the single ga.”
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The rain had stopped a while ago when he was still on Chess Board Mountain.
It was quiet outside the window. The quietness was suitable for sleeping.
Yet Jing Jiu hadn’t fallen asleep, as he was mulling over sothing.
The main purpose of his participation at the Plum eting in Zhaoge City was to find out if that person would co to seek him out.
Jing Jiu participated in the chess tournant because of what Zhao Layue had said to Xiang Wanshu and what he said on the Green Mountain when avenging Shisui.
Playing Go was rely a pasti.
It was what he said to Tong Yan on the Chess Board Mountain.
But was it rely a pasti?
Jing Jiu walked to the bookshelf from which he took down a Go set. He put the Go board back on the table and re-ordered the Go pieces as he had played the ga that day.
Standing by the table, he looked at the Go board silently for a long ti.
The black and white Go pieces were so distinctive and easily distinguishable, but in the end, all the Go pieces seed to be a whole entity.
Though he had won the Go ga that day, Jing Jiu was well aware that his winning was due to so aspects Tong Yan lacked.
Though Jing Jiu didn’t win by illegitimate ans, Tong Yan didn’t lose because of his own mistakes.
Jing Jiu’s body was very special, and he had nearly unlimited ntal strength.
If he were his forr self, it would be impossible for him to achieve what he had done that day, even if he had learned playing Go from a young age.
Tong Yan’s Go playing was almost perfect that day. If Tong Yan didn’t consu too much physically and ntally in the end and his last seventh move wasn’t too aggressive, Jing Jiu would have had no way of taking advantage of that slippery opportunity, or Tong Yan slowed the speed of putting down his Go pieces and prolonged the ga, turning it into a ten-day long ga, the outco of the ga would be different.
Jing Jiu could comprehend and feel Tong Yan’s pain.
“You are still number one in the world.”
Jing Jiu said this to Tong Yan while looking at the Go board.
When he stepped into that hidden river, he thought he would stay the sa for this life. It looked like his current life would be little bit different, though only a little.
Maybe he was in a field that he had never experienced previously, so he was affected by it.
Jing Jiu wasn’t sure about this. It was too complicated to calculate the tiny changes of his Dao Heart, as he too tired right now.
Jing Jiu walked to the window; looking at the quiet courtyard covered by the darkness of the night, he sohow felt slightly bewildered.
This kind of emotion, or any kind of emotion, had seldom occurred to him previously.
Suddenly, a child’s laughter and a woman’s scream ca from the front yard, followed by nervous hushing; it was soon quiet again.
Perhaps the old brother of the Jing family told other mbers about what had happened and about the betting.
Jing Jiu could hear what they were talking about if he chose to do so, but he didn’t. He had gradually cald down emotionally.
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The chess tournant of the Plum eting continued for the next few days.
Gu Yuanyuan, whom was highly expected of by the Windy-Broadsword Sect, had lost to an unknown Cultivation practitioner after having barely managed two gas, because he was ntally too shaken up from the other day. Shang Jiulou was extrely tired ntally as well. He failed to reach the final ga and left the Chess Board Mountain on the fifth day.
The winner of the chess tournant was Queniang of the Mirror Sect.
That young woman with freckles, advised personally by Tong Yan, toughened it out till the end, though she was obviously affected by that Go ga.
It was said that she had actually learned sothing from that Go ga and her level of Go playing had improved as a result.
That Go ga was of course the ga played by Jing Jiu and Tong Yan on the first day of the chess tournant.
Few people concerned themselves with the final outco of the chess tournant of the Plum eting. People were talking about that Go ga.
The printing shop in Zhaoge City had printed thousands of the playing record of that Go ga. The printed copies were snatched imdiately and sent to various manor houses.
The Go board and the Go pieces used by Jing Jiu and Tong Yan were sent to the imperial palace the sa day. That Go ga was laid out the sa way and formatted by the magic. It was said that the Emperor enjoyed watching it the whole night.
Even those commoners who were usually not interested in Go enjoyed talking about that Go ga; but many details had changed quite a bit, and that Go ga beca more and more magical.
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Tong Yan had left Zhaoge City and stayed behind closed doors after returning to Cloud-Dream Mountain, giving up the most important Cultivation tournant. It was said that the Center Sect was rather upset about it.
Everybody knew that the Center Sect wasn’t upset about Tong Yan, but Jing Jiu.
Jing Jiu had beco the true celebrity. All those affairs related to him were revealed again, becoming the topics in the streets and alleys.
For instance, they discovered his experiences on the Green Mountain, his long-distance travel with Zhao Layue and the stories of their killing evildoers, and of course the happenings during the Sword Trial of Green Mountain.
Until now many people realized that Jing Jiu was actually an extrely talented swordsman expected highly of by the Green Mountain Sect.
As the third-ranking disciple on Liangwang Peak, Gu Han was quite famous in the Cultivation world.
As the principal disciple of the Green Mountain, Guo Nanshan had already broken through the State of Free Travel, regarded as Luo Huainan’s strongest challenger of among the disciples of the young generation.
Jing Jiu could have defeated Gu Han and broken Guo Nanshan’s sword only after being on the Green Mountain a re few years. Though it was rumored that it wasn’t a real contest between Jing Jiu and Guo Nanshan, and Jing Jiu took advantage of the opportunity when Guo Nanshan halted his flying sword, how many disciples of the initial State of Undefeated could actually take advantage of the opportunity when facing a swordsman in the State of Free Travel?
In addition to that Go ga at the Plum eting which shocked the entire land, people had a general impression of Jing Jiu: an extrely handso young man who was good at calculating and planning.
Soon afterwards, a new rumor spread, said to co out from the Green Mountain.
–Jing Jiu perhaps hailed from the Fruit Formation Temple.
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