"This isn't..." Miss Xiaofeng wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but was quickly interrupted by Chu Xinan's brother.

"Xiaofeng, this matter is still necessary. Otherwise, if Xinan loses like this, I would also feel very embarrassed."

Miss Xiaofeng fell silent. Since the words had reached this point, she couldn't oppose too much. Anyway, Xiaoyao had taken her ten thousand taels, what was the problem with doing it one more time?

"Fine then, you continue competing once more. You don't have anything else to do, right?" Miss Xiaofeng looked at Xiaoyao and asked.

"I don't have anything else to do, but I don't really like wasting time. However, since you've spoken up, naturally I should stay," Xiaoyao said with some difficulty, but ultimately agreed. Originally he hadn't left anyway, might as well consider this matter not yet finished.

Xiaoyao's difficulty made Chu Xinan feel even more irritated, and that phrase about not liking to waste time, that should be what I say, not you, this slow kid. Don't think that because you luckily won this time, you're something special.

What had been a good opportunity to easily show off in front of everyone was unexpectedly disrupted by this kid. Now he had no choice but to continue, otherwise he would have a permanent stain on his record.

"Good that there's nothing else. You two compete once more. However, this time I won't pose the question, to avoid people saying my questions are casual," Miss Xiaofeng said. She also took the opportunity to mock, she hadn't liked this Chu Xinan much to begin with.

"Cough cough, since Xiaofeng won't pose questions, I'll do it. Since we're testing wisdom, let's use Go," Chu Xinan's brother said. Go indeed tested wisdom greatly, simple rules containing many profound elements.

...

"Go? That's a bit underhanded of you. Everyone knows Chu Xinan is a Go master in the Demon Domain," Miss Xiaofeng spoke up, exposing that this Go choice wasn't random. Choosing something he was familiar with, was he afraid of losing?

"Go master is just nonsense. True Go masters wouldn't play Go at all, they use their wisdom with heaven and earth as the board and all things as pieces," Chu Xinan said lightly.

"Are you saying that if you lose at Go, you can claim this board is boring and only heaven and earth as a board would be interesting?" Xiaoyao asked with a smile. This smile made Chu Xinan very uncomfortable.

"Of course not. I just want to say that people with great wisdom, whether they know how to play Go or not, are all masters," Chu Xinan said.

"That's also true. Fine, let's play Go," Xiaoyao replied casually. Playing Go was also quite interesting. Since he had nothing else to do now anyway, he might as well consider someone paying ten thousand taels to invite him to play a game, what a good deal.

At this moment, Xiaoyao hadn't yet thought that playing Go could also be very troublesome, especially when evenly matched, and when opponents took a long time to consider each move, that would be even more painful.

"Good. Then let's go to the nearby Qingxin Tea House to play. You can't play Go in a place like this," Chu Xinan nodded, then walked toward Qingxin Tea House without asking Xiaoyao's opinion, because he felt it was inevitable that Xiaoyao would follow him.

Xiaoyao didn't mind Chu Xinan's attitude and followed Miss Xiaofeng to Qingxin Tea House. This tea house seemed to have backing and some dealings with Chu Xinan's group, so they easily obtained a private room.

In the private room, there was quite a bit of gaming equipment, plus musical instruments and such. This was a high-class tea house. When customers drank tea here, they always needed some entertainment. Playing games was excellent entertainment and the most common type.

"Bring me a pot of your finest morning tea here, brewed with the best water," Xiaoyao was also unceremonious. Coming here, he ordered a pot of tea. His behavior made people think he wanted to take advantage, absolutely not believing he was someone who understood tea.

"Good tea!" Xiaoyao took a sip of tea. The Go board was also set up, and he began playing casually. At first he never paid attention to details, looking somewhat haphazard.

This made Chu Xinan show a disdainful expression, thinking to himself that the opponent was indeed just lucky. Wanting to defeat me, Chu Xinan, that's something for the next lifetime.

Because of this, he also had the leisure to talk, though what he said wasn't pleasant.

"Do you know what tea this is?" Chu Xinan asked with a smile, clearly feeling Xiaoyao wouldn't know and was just pretending to understand tea ceremony.

However, this time he was right. Xiaoyao indeed didn't know what tea this was, because this was the Demon Domain. He had never encountered Demon Domain tea before. Actually, even teas from other places, he hadn't necessarily encountered them all. But this didn't mean he didn't understand tea.

However, Xiaoyao was too lazy to quibble with Chu Xinan and casually said: "I don't know. Never had it before. But it tastes good, tea that tastes good is good tea."

"Pfft..." Miss Xiaofeng and others laughed, feeling Xiaoyao's answer was wonderfully clever. Of course, this "wonderful" wasn't a compliment.

"For you, drinkable tea is good tea, right?" Chu Xinan said, his tone clearly mocking.

Xiaoyao smiled and nodded, replying: "Naturally. As long as tea is drinkable, it's good tea. Isn't that right?" While speaking, he placed a white stone.

White stones go first, this was a Go rule. Black and white stones were actually yin and yang. White could also represent day, black represented night, so white went first.

To show grace, Chu Xinan naturally let Xiaoyao go first.

"That's only for people like you. Tea has distinctions of good and bad, it's not just about being drinkable," Chu Xinan placed a black stone, speaking with slight mockery.

"Right, tea only divides into drinkable and undrinkable. You wouldn't want to drink undrinkable tea, would you?" Xiaoyao asked.

"Of course not. What I want to drink is superior good tea," Chu Xinan replied.

"Then superior good tea, is it drinkable?" Xiaoyao continued asking.

"Of course it's drinkable. Everything else is undrinkable."

"Then that settles it, drinkable tea is good tea," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"..."

Chu Xinan found he seemed to have been led in circles by Xiaoyao. He wanted to refute but had nothing to refute, because these words were all his own.

"Stop talking about tea. If you're not focused like this, this game will become very dangerous," Xiaoyao reminded him.

"What a joke. Dealing with you, even without thinking, I can capture you," Chu Xinan said disdainfully, placing a stone very casually.

"Really? Then why are you being captured by me?" Xiaoyao smiled, then placed a stone. Chu Xinan's expression immediately changed. With this stone placed, a large group of his black stones would be captured, this was already set in stone.

If he had been more careful just now, he should have noticed this. But discovering it now was too late...

Chu Xinan gritted his teeth and began attacking other areas, abandoning the struggle. Anyway, he could capture back later. Go wasn't about one area being captured meaning you couldn't play there anymore. As long as he was more serious, this situation could easily be reversed.

"It's just the beginning. It looks like you also know this and are quite skilled," Chu Xinan said. At this moment he had to acknowledge Xiaoyao's skillful Go play, though partly due to his own carelessness in being captured.

Even if he was carelessly captured, the opponent was still a master. Ordinary people absolutely couldn't capture him.

"I know a little bit," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"Continuing on, you'll know how lacking your Go skills are..." Chu Xinan said coldly.

"So-so!" Xiaoyao said with a smile.

Hmph, we'll see!

Chu Xinan thought to himself, but he didn't know that this "we'll see" actually went on for several days and still wasn't finished. Both sides went back and forth in a fight that was inseparable, this could be called a world war on the Go board, extremely exciting.

What left Chu Xinan numb now was that Xiaoyao's Go skills seemed very powerful, because most of these past few days had been spent in his contemplation, while Xiaoyao consistently placed stones immediately with almost no thought.

Chu Xinan didn't believe Xiaoyao hadn't thought at all. He felt Xiaoyao must have already thought of countermeasures during his thinking time. This was because he let Xiaoyao go first, giving him an advantage.

It must be like this. Now he could only regain his honor by defeating him. But this seemed somewhat difficult. Where exactly had they found this slow kid? His Go skills were too strong, he could actually fight evenly with himself.

The current game between these two had already attracted everyone interested in Go. Qingxin Tea House had already set up the two players' board in the main hall, live-broadcasting the situation inside.

Heavenly Demon City itself had several top Go masters from the Demon Domain, the very best kind. They were all now observing the match, marveling at the game's subtlety.

There were also some people who rushed over after hearing the news. They were all people very obsessed with Go. Even knowing they might not make it in time, they still desperately rushed over, perhaps they could still catch a bit of the ending.

Go battles sometimes could last a very long time, even ten days to half a month could continue. The excitement would make everyone who loved this art feel incomparably thrilled.

But Xiaoyao, as one of the participants, felt very helpless. If he had known this would happen, he should have limited the opponent's thinking time. When would this end? Fortunately, they were well fed and housed here, and he could even cultivate on the side. There was also time to sleep at night.

Chu Xinan needed to keep his mind clear, so naturally he wouldn't continue without breaks, he would give himself proper rest.

Xiaoyao originally wanted to go back and rest, but was restricted by Chu Xinan and others, mainly restricted by Miss Xiaofeng, who said he couldn't leave until this game was finished.

So Xiaoyao could only helplessly stay here, writing a letter for someone to take to his lodging, giving it to Qi Yanran to let her know his whereabouts so she wouldn't worry about him.

(End of Chapter)