At this moment, Xu Zijing was most worried about Qi Yanran, because she didn't care about such things and might speak up. But he couldn't very well tell Qi Yanran what to do, could he ask Qi Yanran to leave?

That was obviously impossible. They could enter precisely because Xiaoyao was Qi Yanran's little brother. Without Qi Yanran, they might not have been able to enter.

Though Xiaofeng was involved, the problem was that without invitation from the two Go players, no one would enter. This was a form of respect for the two players, not that they lacked the ability to enter.

Among the people outside, there were too many important figures who could enter effortlessly if they wanted, but they didn't do so for fear of disturbing this Go match. They'd rather wait, at least that way a spectacular game could emerge.

At this moment, the only person who wouldn't worry about such things was Qi Yanran, and her personality was so unruly. Moreover, Qi Yanran was Xiaoyao's sister, no one could stop her. They could only pray that Qi Yanran wouldn't disturb Xiaoyao too much.

However, what surprised them was that after Xiaoyao entered cultivation, Qi Yanran also sat beside him and cultivated without making a sound, so quiet it felt eerie.

This left Xu Zijing and others somewhat unable to adapt. What was going on? Why was Qi Yanran so quiet?

Actually, this was quite normal. Qi Yanran had gotten used to Xiaoyao being like this. When Xiaoyao usually cultivated or read books, he completely ignored her. She would either choose to leave or choose to cultivate and read books like Xiaoyao.

...

Right now, Qi Yanran also felt somewhat tired. She had been searching for Xiaoyao for several days. Though she had rested, her mind was somewhat fatigued. This was a good time to rest.

"Fine, let's all wait then."

Xu Zijing said, finding a place to sit down. This private room had many places to sit, not on the floor, of course, but on chairs and such things they had prepared. This was a high-class private room in a high-class tea house, if it didn't have some facilities, who would come?

Now Xu Zijing and others could only wait quietly for changes in the Go match. Though they couldn't speak casually anymore and had to be much more restrained than downstairs, they preferred this restraint to personally witness the changes in this Go match.

This was what the many people outside wanted. Like the masses, they currently didn't favor Xiaoyao because the white stones had fallen into crisis and the black stones had great chances of winning.

After Chu Xinan placed another stone, it looked like the white stones were about to be completely defeated. This situation became even more obvious. Everyone marveled at how brilliantly Chu Xinan had placed this stone, while simultaneously pitying that Xiaoyao was about to lose.

Chu Xinan was indeed Chu Xinan, not someone unknown nobodies could topple!

"Hmph, it's your turn. If I were you, I would surrender," Chu Xinan looked at Xiaoyao. At this moment, Xiaoyao opened his eyes and looked at the Go board.

Xiaoyao smiled and said: "Then you surrender. I'll save you some face."

"..." Everyone was speechless. Xiaoyao was actually so shameless, in this situation, telling others to surrender while claiming to save their face.

"Can you have some shame?" Miss Xiaofeng said to Xiaoyao.

"Of course, how can I face people without shame? Can you do without it?" Xiaoyao asked back.

"Get lost! I'm different from you, I'm someone who wants face."

"I didn't say you were shameless."

"You..."

"Cough cough, since you want to be stubborn, I have nothing to say. Continue," Chu Xinan spoke to interrupt the two, then again looked at Xiaoyao with an arrogant expression because he felt victory was in sight, Xiaoyao was definitely going to lose.

"Hmph, you're the stubborn one. How dare you talk about my little brother like that, looking for death?" Before Xiaoyao could speak, Qi Yanran had already spoken up.

"Ah, Sister Yanran, he's your little brother?" Chu Xinan was stunned. He still didn't know about the relationship between Xiaoyao and Qi Yanran, though he was only a bit later than others in finding out.

How could this slow kid possibly be Qi Yanran's little brother? This was troublesome...

If Chu Xinan had known Xiaoyao was Qi Yanran's little brother, he absolutely wouldn't have spoken to Xiaoyao like this, wouldn't even have competed with him. This was clearly a lose-lose situation.

If he beat Xiaoyao, Qi Yanran would definitely be somewhat unhappy. If he didn't win, his own face would be ruined. Though between the two, his own face was more important, both had bad aspects. He wouldn't do such things.

"What's wrong? Do I need to prove anything to you?" Qi Yanran asked Chu Xinan, her tone somewhat cold.

"No need, of course not. Whatever Sister Yanran says must be true. I just didn't expect it. Your brother is also an extraordinary person, I should have realized he wasn't simple. So he's Sister Yanran's little brother," Chu Xinan said with a smile. In front of Qi Yanran, he seemed to lack that arrogant attitude because he didn't dare.

Qi Yanran was famously difficult to provoke in their circle. Not only was her status special with a strong background, her own abilities were also top-tier, and she had good relationships with many people. Not many would offend her. Chu Xinan naturally didn't dare.

Though Chu Xinan called himself Zhuge reincarnated, in this Demon Domain, everything revered martial prowess. His strength wasn't enough for Qi Yanran to even glance at, he was far inferior to her.

Right, in Qi Yanran's eyes, Zhuge reincarnated was about the same as being able to compose poetry, and the ordinary scholarly type at that.

"But regardless of whether he's Sister Yanran's little brother, he's going to lose this Go match. The most important thing in Go is fairness. I won't cheat because he's Sister Yanran's little brother," Chu Xinan continued. Things had reached this point, he wouldn't change what he was doing because of anyone.

This wasn't an arrow on the string, the arrow had already been shot.

"Who needs you to cheat? Xiaoyao will definitely beat you, he just told me so," Qi Yanran said.

"Just told you?"

"That's right, just now. He said you play Go slowly and your Go skills aren't good," Qi Yanran said.

"Cough cough, sister, I didn't say his Go skills weren't good, just that they weren't as good as Third Miss," Xiaoyao corrected.

"That's about the same meaning. Not as good as others means not good enough," Qi Yanran said indifferently.

"You can't say it like that. For example, your abilities aren't as good as your father's, does that mean you're no good?" Xiaoyao said. He didn't want to belittle others, so he explained for Chu Xinan.

"That seems right too. So his Go skills are still okay, just not as good as others?" Qi Yanran seemed convinced and nodded.

"Exactly, that's right," Xiaoyao nodded.

"You say my Go skills aren't as good as someone's, who is Third Miss?" Chu Xinan wasn't happy because Xiaoyao explained for him. He couldn't accept this explanation because he believed his Go skills were incomparable to ordinary people, almost invincible under heaven.

"You don't need to be unconvinced. My Go skills also aren't as good as Third Miss, so you're even more inferior," Xiaoyao said with a smile, seeming to comfort him, but this comfort made Chu Xinan feel even more irritated.

"What you're saying is that my Go is inferior to yours, how ridiculous!" Chu Xinan said with a cold laugh, as if hearing a very funny joke.

"Naturally. Your Go is inferior to mine," Xiaoyao nodded.

"Haha..." Chu Xinan laughed loudly. "I'm inferior to you? Don't think that just because you play faster than me means I'm inferior to you. Not to mention whether you were also thinking during breaks, Go naturally requires careful consideration. Go isn't something you can figure out just by thinking longer."

"Exactly, so I allow you to think, otherwise you'd say it's unfair. But what I'm saying isn't about this. I want to tell you that you're about to lose. Sometimes don't just look at the surface. The move you made is exactly the move I wanted..." Xiaoyao smiled, then picked up a white stone with his fingers and flicked it over, landing on a position on the Go board.

"You're just boasting... impossible, this is impossible..." Chu Xinan looked at Xiaoyao's white stone. Just this one white stone caused earth-shaking changes in the Go match. His apparent advantage seemed to turn into disadvantage, and a dead-end situation at that.

Just this one stone, one among many Go pieces, originally not prominent when placed together, but in this Go match, it made people clearly feel its brilliance, that dazzling kind of brilliance.

If they hadn't seen this change and just suddenly looked at this Go match, everyone wouldn't have this feeling, because this white stone had merged into the white pieces. Just looking at the current layout, everyone would only feel the black stones were definitely going to lose. They would never think that originally the black stones had the advantage, and just one Go piece caused this earth-shaking change in the match.

The people present could only sigh in their hearts. If they hadn't witnessed it personally, how could they believe this change in the Go match, how could they know the effect this one white stone produced?

This was truly a stroke of genius, this Go match would definitely become a timeless classic!!

"Brilliant, truly brilliant!!"

"Unexpected, unexpected, to think there could be such a move."

"This change is too incredible..."

"..."

The people outside had begun to clamor. This kind of change was something they had never imagined. Even now, they felt this change was somewhat dreamlike, still somewhat unbelievable.

But the current situation, anyone could see that the white stones were about to launch a full offensive, while the black stones would collapse like a landslide.

"No, I won't lose!" Chu Xinan gritted his teeth, looking at this Go match. He wouldn't admit defeat. Since Xiaoyao could use one stone to change the entire situation, then he could too, he definitely could!!

(End of Chapter)