May 5, 12: p.m., Caiqiao Railway Station, Dongjiang City.

Lei Jingming, Yu Qingguang, and Li Wangyuan came here together today to see Rui Zhao off together with Rui Guoquan and his wife and Ai Jianan.

The day after tomorrow, the Women's Go League will officially open in Zhujin City, Luhuai Province, and the first three rounds of competition will be held at the same time.

Rui Zhao planned to first go to Hongdu, the capital of Poyang Province, to meet up with the team and settle down. He would stay in Hongdu for a long time and then go to Zhujin City with the team, so he would set off today.

Before going through security check at the station entrance, the three elders just gave the students some instructions.

Although there have been fewer opportunities to teach students face-to-face since then, the development of technology has long been able to make up for these shortcomings to a large extent, and video calls can be an alternative method.

Yu Qingguang and Li Wangyuan were already used to this, and they also planned to continue to keep a close eye on Rui Zhao's reinforcement of official pieces and study of flying knives in this way.

As the train ticket inspection time approached, Rui Zhao began to say his final goodbyes to his parents. At this time, Lei Jingming, who was standing aside, whispered to his two friends:
"Hey, I really don't understand! Why didn't Shan Gang want Rui Zhao?

"My student has to leave her hometown at such a young age. It will be inconvenient for me to practice with her in the future...

"I've already told Shan Gang: When my student starts practicing, I'll beat him up in the face!"

Yu Qingguang frowned when he heard this and said:
"Hey, hey, hey, stop it! Stop giving random advice!"

Hearing his old friend's statement, Lei Jingming was immediately dissatisfied:

"What? Are you still worried that you can't slap Shan Gang's face?
"Don't the Dongjiang team only have two ninth-dan and two strong eighth-dan now?

"My student's development trajectory is to become the number one female chess player in history! It may be an exaggeration to say that she can become the main general, but she can definitely become the third or fourth person to help win the championship in the future!"

But when these words came out, Yu Qingguang frowned even deeper:

"Who told you that you can't fight? I think Shan Gang is blind and I am also waiting to teach him a lesson!
"If you underestimate my students, I will make them pay for it!"

Lao Lei Jiudan suddenly became strange:
"Hey! Why did you just contradict me?"

Yu Qingguang rolled his eyes at him:

"That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about your sparring with Rui Zhao!

"What's your current level? Are you still pestering a student to practice with her?"

"Tell me about yourself! In your recent sparring with Rui Zhao, is your winning rate still 20%?"

"Ah this..."

Now Lei Jingming was speechless, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

In the nearly three months since Rui Zhao won the Rookie Queen title, Lei Jingming clearly felt that the level of his only student was still continuing to rise!

When the two of them just resumed their teacher-student relationship, although he could no longer withstand his student's attacks in the chaotic mid-game, he was still able to suppress Rui Zhao a little bit by relying on his better layout and endgame finishing.

But since May, it has been completely unbearable.

Firstly, under the continuous tutoring of Yu Qingguang and Li Wangyuan, Rui Zhao's layout and endgame have been improved. Secondly, his mid-game attack has become more and more sharp.
In the past week, Lei Jingming had one win and six losses in sparring with his students. The winning set was very difficult, and the losses were crushing in every game. He was basically pinned to the ground and rubbed.

Seeing his old friend in such a dilemma, Yu Qingguang didn't hesitate and gave him the final blow:
"So, you are such a bad chess player, don't hold the students back!

"Recently, when I saw Rui Zhao playing against you, he often looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated. You yourself are not decent, so are you expecting your students to help you be decent?
"In the future, be a guest assistant for Rui Zhao's live broadcast like Xiao Hua, and stop wasting students!"

For a moment, Lao Lei was speechless, and at the same time realized that sometimes it is not always a good thing for students to progress too quickly.

It's just that he can't improve his chess skills at his age. If he had been ridiculed like this when he was young, he would have had to fight back to get back at them!
Of course, Lao Lei Jiudan didn't know...

In fact, some people are already being forced to take this path in order to make a living.

...

...

"Zhao Zhao, do we have to go now?
"As for the Women's Weiqi League, there's no need to rush to stay in Poyang Lake for a long time, right? Can't we go after the Weiqi League starts?"

At the same time, when Lao Lei, the ninth dan, was being scolded by his bad friends, Li Xinyin looked at his daughter who was about to enter the station and tried to persuade her again.

Although all the plans have been made, as a mother, as long as her daughter says that she wants to stay in Dongjiang for a while longer, she will definitely coordinate to let Rui Zhao stay with her for a while longer!
However, Rui Zhao's answer was as firm as ever:
"Mom, actually, there is only a little over a month left until the official opening of the Weiqi League.

“Last year, the sponsorship was finalized quite late, so the Weiqi League was delayed until the end of July… But this year, I heard that the sponsorship was finalized quite smoothly, and it was finalized last month, so the competition will officially start in early July!

“So, I also hope to adapt to the environment of Pohu as soon as possible so that I can perform well in the league!
"After all, this is a hard-won opportunity to become a main player in the Lower Division, so we must cherish it!"

Hearing this, Li Xinyin couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, to be honest, she really couldn't understand some of her daughter's decisions.

In her opinion, her daughter is already the world runner-up in women's Go before she is 20 years old, and is recognized as the future number one female player in the world Go circle. She has already won many honors. She is also very beautiful and graceful, and she is very popular in the entertainment industry.

Given these conditions, it would be easy to find a reliable man and live a worry-free life for the rest of your life. Even if you want to marry into a wealthy family and become rich, it wouldn't be difficult!

Now I am just playing in the women's league with the Dongjiang team, improving my chess skills step by step, and slowly planning my future life. Isn't that good? Why do I have to go to a foreign country to play Go? And Pohu is the poorest place in the southeast of China!

However, Li Xinyin also knew that her daughter had become very stubborn since she started playing Go. Once she made up her mind, she would not be persuaded. So she and her husband could only give her a few more instructions and watched her daughter and her assistant Hua Ran enter the station together.

"Guoquan, Zhaozhao will be fine if she stays in Pohu Lake alone for a long time, right?"

Seeing her daughter leaving her, Li Xinyin felt a little worried and couldn't help but seek comfort from her husband.

"It's okay, Hua Ran is with you!
"Also, I have asked the Pohu team through Chairman Shang before. They promised to give Zhao Zhao the best conditions. Don't worry!"

Rui Guoquan naturally comforted his wife with a few words.

But as he watched his daughter gradually disappear in the crowd, he felt a mixture of emotions.

...

...

"Uh...Sister Rui Zhao.

"Are you...watching the King of Kings finals?"

Fifteen minutes later, Dongjiang was on the train bound for Hongdu City.

Hua Ran saw Rui Zhao, who was sitting next to him, opened Yiguo and started watching the live broadcast as soon as he got in the car, and couldn't help but frowned and asked.

Rui Zhao simply glanced back and continued to stare at the phone screen:
"Well, of course I have to study hard for such an important competition!

"Especially recently, Chess Master Lin has been in very good form - when he is in good form, he plays very beautifully indeed!"

"study?"

Hearing Rui Zhao's answer without any grudge, Hua Ran was stunned:

"Sister Rui Zhao, you really don't care at all?"

"Hmm? What's the matter?"

"Just... don't you have a bad relationship with Chess Master Lin?

"Also, Lin Ruixin recently made it all the way to the King of Kings finals. When some of his fans saw his results, they got really excited and came to our live studio to mock him!"

Rui Zhao blinked, thought for a moment and said:
"Ah... I guess he and I don't really like each other.

“But this has nothing to do with chess!

"Even if our relationship is bad on weekdays, he plays chess really well when he is in good shape. We should still learn from him!"

Hua Ran didn't know what expression to put on for a moment, and asked again:
"Then if he wins the title of King of Kings this time, you won't care at all?"

"Hmm? Anything to worry about?"

Empress Zhaotian didn't think anything was wrong:

"And I think if we look at the current level of performance...

"This time, it is definitely more likely that Chess Master Lin will win the championship..."

...

...

"Wow! Grandmaster Lin played this game beautifully!

"At the beginning of the game, he lured Shangguan Jiudan to make two heavy moves at the same time, and then used entanglement attacks to continuously expand his advantage, and the situation soon tilted in favor of the black pieces.

"During this period, although Shangguan Jiudan saw that he would die if he continued like this, he forced himself to escape and grab the first spot, but was hit by Lin Ruixin's continuous strong attacks. Now the big dragon has no way to survive. I don't know if Shangguan will give up...

"Ah! Just now we saw that Shangguan Shengjiu Dan stopped the clock!

"Then let us congratulate the chess master Lin Ruixin, 9th dan, for winning this game and also winning the final championship of this King of Kings Tournament!

“This is also the first time he has won the championship of this event again after four years since he won the first King of Kings Tournament in 2020!”

The live broadcast on the screen suddenly stopped here.

At 4 p.m. on the same day, South Korea’s capital city.

Liu Shixian, who was watching the live broadcast of the Chinese King of Kings finals in his apartment just now, turned off the live broadcast screen when he saw the game was over, and began to talk to himself with a playful expression:
"Well... four years...

“It’s already been four years since 2020… As expected, he still cares about the Yingyi Cup!

"But... I'd really like that!" (End of this chapter)

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