Ji Mo Fan approached as instructed, but his gaze did not linger on the chessboard for long. "This junior only knows how to observe the game without speaking."
That's true. The most he ever played when he was a child was Gomoku (Five in a Row), which Qi Yuan taught him before he went into seclusion. It was just because Qi Yuan saw that he didn't care about anything except cultivation, so he deliberately made an excuse to amuse the child.
But ever since the old man went into seclusion and stopped concerning himself with the sect, Ji Mofan's little extracurricular games were also removed from his life. From then on, every day he would think about how to cultivate and how to do more for the Yun Cang Sword Sect with the least amount of money.
He knew the rules of Go, but as for how to solve endgame problems... he couldn't say he didn't know how, but he had never even considered trying.
Qu Jin looked at him, seemingly wanting to laugh, but not wanting to mock the junior so directly, so he simply touched the corner of his lips with his knuckles.
"It wasn't that I wanted to be a true gentleman, but rather that I didn't understand, so I remained silent," he said.
Ji Mofan didn't take it as a joke; he was just hearing the facts. His expression didn't change much. "This junior is dull-witted."
"Alright, then I'll teach you." Qu Jin waved his hand, and a white piece landed on the chessboard. "The black pieces are advancing like a whirlwind, and the white pieces are retreating step by step. Even if they fight to the death, they will find it difficult to survive."
Even though Ji Mo Fan didn't understand chess, he could roughly understand the situation on the field after Qu Jin's brief explanation.
The white pieces were almost cornered and had nowhere left to retreat. The black pieces, like a little raccoon that had caught a mouse, were not in a hurry to eat it. Instead, they kept releasing their chances to find the mouse, only to close the net they had already woven at the last moment of hope.
“Your Excellency, I have come up with a way to break this deadlock,” Ji Mo Fan suddenly said.
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