“Well, even if the boy is lucky enough to play against Old Song, he will definitely lose.” The chunky middle-aged man saw Su Jing and Song Xueru sitting opposite to each other and thought in disdain, in fact, he and the other two elders were only joking when they said they wanted to obtain the Lyrebird. Playing Go was also a helpless move on their part as they don’t have a great chance of winning. If Song Xueru had not said anything about Lyrebird, they would not have done so. The Chunky middle-aged is very clear that Song Xueru’s Go ability is very high, so Su Jing, who had only reached this point by relying on his luck will definitely lose. It is simply a waste of their chance to get Lyrebird.
“Mr. Su, you go first.” Song Xueru said, instead of guessing first, he let Su Jing go first.
“Then I’ll be impolite.” Su Jing nodded and grabbed a black piece and placed it on the board at the 16, 4 [star], Song Xueru played his white piece at 4, 16 [star], Su Jing places the second piece on board at 16 17 [komoku (small eye)], and Song Xueru places the white chess piece on board at 4 4 [stars].
Song Xueru has played countless games and he has seen countless such layouts, so he didn’t care about it. Su Jing was stunned. Why is the start of this game feel so familiar, right … he entered the QQ Go last night and played Go with his first QQ opponent named “The Way of Scholar”. Isn’t this the layout he used? Su Jing shook his head, thinking that there was no such coincidence, such a layout is not rare, and not only “The Way of Scholar” will do so.
Su Jing did not continue to pay any attention to this extra details and the later steps changed quickly and the situation with the “The Way of Scholar” last night was different. However, as he played, Su Jing felt more and more that Song Xueru was the “The Way of Scholar”. They are both very similar. Maybe because Song Xueru has studied Go for so many years that his Go path can be said to be mature or relatively old-fashioned, so it is very easy to see.
In contrast, Su Jing is a novice and has a wide range of ideas. His Go path is not obvious. In addition, Su Jing also intentionally abandoned the ancient formula of Stellar Transformation Universe Chinese Chess Cultivation in favor of the modern formula. He found that modern stereotype patterns are actually easier and the pattern in the Chinese Chess Cultivation are clever and they are not that simple. So Song Xueru had a hard time detecting them.
“Is this Song Xueru really ‘The Way of Scholar’?” Su Jing thought while he was playing the same Go moves on purpose. Song Xueru was more and more likely to be “The Way of Scholar ” unless there are two people with similar moves.
“6 12, sharp.” Song Xueru dropped a white piece. It is almost like a sharp knife inserted into Su Jing barracks. The “Tip” refers to playing piece on the diagonally up or down of the original Go piece. Because the tip has a smaller pace, it is also customarily called a “Small tip”. But sometimes the pace is small and the lethality is great.
“No, I’ve relaxed my defense after trying to find the Go path of Song Xueru.” Su Jing quickly put his mind to the enemy. In order to turn the situation around, he had to think more than now and improve his Go Level. Unconsciously, he used a bit of meticulous and comprehensive thinking from the Chinese Chess Cultivation, even if it was just a little, it was almost a symbolic Go path and it showed a trace.
“Huh?” Song Xueru’s face changed a little. He noticed that his hard-won forehand had been lost unconsciously, and he was getting suppressed. Su Jing’s hands were very good.
“I can’t let Song Xueru fight back, or I will have to expose more of my abilities in order to win. Now that I have beaten his lead, I remember several modern professional Go player moves that would come in handy at this moment.” Su Jing thought and strengthened his counterattack.
“7 13, seal.”
“11 7, point.”
“11 8, long.”
In just six or seven moves, Su Jing nearly sealed Song Xueru’s five white pieces. However, at the critical moment, he Left Song Xueru a way out, because he has tested Song Xueru’s one big shortcoming, which is his lack of overall vision and indecisiveness to lose his pieces.
If it was a professional Go player. I’m afraid that they would have already recognized that these five white pieces were dead. The only reason that there is a way out is because the opponent wants you to take it. They would have discarded it immediately, but Song Xueru is playing as Su Jinghad expected. He is trying to save those five pieces.
Su Jing hit the iron while it was hot, pretending to seal the five pieces desperately, in fact, the game has been laid secretly. After a while, Song Xueru finally saved the five white pieces and broke Su Jing’s blockade.
However, Su Jing also laid out the real offensive, and this offensive officially started at this moment as he took the lead and oppressed the past in an overwhelming manner. Song Xueru realized that something was wrong, but it was too late. The five saved pieces had a white piece nearby. Song Xueru didn’t have time to play any role, and there was no time to create any layout to save the situation. He only had the strength to resist.
“This guy named Su Jing, how good is he!” The two 50-and 60-year-old man were surprised.
“Although Old Song seems to be a bit off but this guy is really good.” The chunky middle-aged man was also amazed.
They did not see Su Jing’s amazing method. The only thing that was amazing to them was Su Jing reversing the situation. The other moves were normal. The moves were clear but they were very stable and there was no panic and when the other party makes a mistake, Su Jing will never miss the opportunity and launch a crazy counterattack.
Song Xueru got slower and slower, he grabbed a piece and couldn’t drop it for a long time, and finally sighed before putting the piece back into the pot and said, “I lost.”
“Old Song, I agree.” Su Jing smiled.
“Mr. Su is very good at Go.” Song Xueru smiled, but in reality, he was still unwilling, looking back, he seems to have made the same mistake as Wang Yan, he should not have gone to save the five pieces, ah.
“If Old Song hadn’t gone to save the five pieces, I would have lost. Old Song just made a mistake and without that mistake, I would have lost.” Su Jing said modestly.
“It doesn’t matter. A win is a win and a loss is a loss.” Song Xueru smiled calmly, “I still have something to do for the time being so I have to stay at Xueyang City. We will go to my place some other time to get the Lyrebird?”
“Old Song, how could you give the Lyrebird to this kid.” The chunky middle-aged man and the two elders were very reluctant. They tried a lot to get the Lyrebird, and they eventually went to a Go game. But their plan profited some other person, how can they be willing?
“You must do what you say you are going to do. How can you go back on your word? Are you going to make me lie in front of the juniors?” Song Xueru laughed. The Chunky middle-aged man and the two old men couldn’t argue with that.
“Old Song, let’s leave our phone number with each other and make an appointment some other time. I’m going to play with my classmates right now.” Su Jing said and exchanged contact information with Song Xueru before saying goodbye and left with the students.
After Su Jing left, Song Xueru was still staring at the game, his face annoyed, but looking at it, he suddenly murmured in his heart and muttered to himself: “Mr. Su reversed the situation and countered the steps. Why do I feel like I have seen this situation before?”
(To be continued ~ ^ ~)
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