At this moment, Xie Xiu felt like a thousand grass mud horses were galloping through his mind. He thought that not only had he and Zu An always been equals, but even with his sister's relationship with him, there was no reason for him to call him uncle. If he was my uncle, how could he be my brother-in-law?
However, he couldn't bring himself to betray his sister, and under the teacher's intimidating gaze, he could only reluctantly call out, "Uncle~"
Zuan laughed heartily: "Oh, we're so familiar with each other, there's no need for this."
Xie Xiu looked annoyed, thinking to herself, "You didn't come out to stop me before I shouted, and you only spoke up after I had shouted. You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
I need to tell my sister sometime that this bastard can forget about being my brother-in-law.
Hei Baizi completely ignored his inner thoughts and looked at Zu An with eagerness: "Mr. Zu, let's play a game. The person who created Gomoku must have reached the pinnacle of Go skills. It's been a long time since I've met an opponent, and I'm itching to play."
Zu An thought to himself, "What do I know about Go? The key is that they praised me so highly at the beginning, and it would be too embarrassing for me to say that I don't know Go now."
He could only look to Jiang Luofu for help.
Jiang Luofu said, "Fifth Senior Brother, I still need to take him to pay his respects to Master."
Hei Baizi said, "Don't worry, it won't take long. The difference between masters is only a hair's breadth. With Mr. Zu's skill, he might just defeat me in a few moves."
Although he spoke modestly, his eyes betrayed his disdain, not believing that anyone could defeat him in a short time with his chess skills.
Jiang Luofu said irritably, "If you want to play chess so badly, why don't you play with your junior sister?"
Upon hearing the words "Junior Sister," Hei Baizi shuddered, revealing an expression similar to Xie Xiu's, as if he had heard something terrifying.
"No, I don't want to be with that monster, she's not human," Hei Baizi said, still shaken.
Zu An looked at Jiang Luofu with a blank expression: "Junior Sister?"
Even Xie Xiu became interested. What kind of person could frighten the self-proclaimed Chess Saint, Hei Baizi, like this?
Hmm, I need to find some time to get closer to her, let her beat up Black and White a few more times, and let her experience what I've been feeling these past few days.
Jiang Luofu smiled faintly: "Junior Sister often observes the celestial phenomena and studies Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology) extensively, which allows her to predict good and bad fortune and know the future."
"Knowing the future? That's way too incredible!" Zu'an was shocked. In various novels and movies, the ability to foresee the future is considered a cheat code, but sometimes having this ability doesn't necessarily mean good; instead, it can lead to all sorts of tragedies...
Jiang Luofu replied, "Of course, not in the very distant future. Junior Sister's current power is limited, and she can only roughly predict a very short period of the future. But is it for playing chess with Fifth Senior Brother?"
Hei Baizi looked frustrated: "Every time I play chess with her, she knows in advance what I'm going to play and makes specific moves, which makes me feel very frustrated."
“These aren’t the key points. The main thing is that you never win a game of chess against her, right?” Jiang Luofu mercilessly exposed his lie.
Hei Baizi blushed and said, "That's not playing chess, that's cheating. What's the fun in playing with her? It's much more interesting to play with a master like Mr. Zu."
With a wave of his hand, various crisscrossing lights appeared in the surrounding air, with black and white chess pieces shimmering on them.
Jiang Luofu's expression changed, and she said to Zu An with a wry smile, "You should play a game with him to fulfill his wish. He has already turned the surrounding area into a cage with the game of chess. You can't leave unless you play a game with him."
Xie Xiu's eyes lit up. This was great! He had been so badly beaten lately that he was starting to doubt his life. He felt that his master was just a lazy old man who only knew how to play chess and hadn't taught him anything useful.
If I ever learn this trick, well, I'll use this chess game to trap any young lady I see, forcing them to play a game with me. Well, with my looks and charm, one game is enough time for them to fall in love with me.
But I can't play Go. Just thinking about Go makes me want to vomit. How about Ludo?
Xie Xiu was excited, but Zu An was frowning, never expecting his opponent to be such a chess fanatic.
He used his spiritual energy to sense the surroundings and found that there were indeed faint restrictions around him, making it impossible to probe out his spiritual energy.
Seemingly noticing his actions, Hei Baizi laughed and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Zu to have such profound skills at such a young age. Indeed, those who are good at chess are not bad at anything else."
Jiang Luofu: "..."
I felt offended.
Zu An's thoughts raced. He couldn't admit that he didn't know how to play Go at all, and he was worried that the other party's high spirits might offend him and cause something unpredictable to happen. After all, this was the back mountain of the academy, and it would be unwise to offend a direct disciple of the chief priest.
Of course, more importantly, he didn't have the face to admit his boast. Looking at the eager eyes of Hei Baizi and Xie Xiu, and even Jiang Luofu looking at him with admiration and respect, he would be socially dead if he admitted that he couldn't play chess at this moment.
He was always quick-witted and soon came up with a solution. He coughed lightly and said, "How about this, since Go is boring, let's play Gomoku instead."
"Gomoku?" Hei Baizi frowned slightly and said hesitantly, "Isn't this a bit too easy?"
He admired Zuan for creating a new game out of thin air, mainly because he appreciated Zuan's understanding of Go. He imagined that Zuan must have a very high level of skill in Go to be able to create such an interesting way of playing.
However, as a Go master, he immediately saw that the rules of Gomoku were actually quite simple, only suitable for beginners or ordinary people. In front of true Go masters, it was really not up to par.
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