Every game would be broadcasted live on the wooden board, with professionals explaining. Therefore, Sun Mo had witnessed Li Xuan's few mistakes.
It was still acceptable if it happened once or twice, but he would make mistakes at the crucial point. This couldn't help but make others suspicious. Therefore, Sun Mo paid attention to Li Xuan's condition.
"Teacher, what did Xia Taikang do?"
Qin Yaoguang's voice rang out from outside the door.
"Why aren't you guys coming in?"
Sun Mo frowned.
"We're guarding the door to prevent others from eavesdropping!"
Lu Zhiruo wanted to do what she could for her eldest martial sister.
"You guys can't defend against other people's tricks by standing outside the door!"
Sun Mo laughed and replied, "If I'm not wrong, Xia Taikang used some kind of spiritual control technique to make Li Xuan make mistakes."
"Ah?"
Hearing this term, Lu Zhiruo felt a headache. This technique was very mysterious, and it was too difficult to find its flaws.
"Will my brother's life be in danger?"
Li Ziqi was worried.
"He shouldn't die!"
Sun Mo wasn't sure either. "Speaking of which, other people are so 'amply' prepared. Haven't you guys thought of something similar?"
"My father trusts Great Teacher Han a lot and feels that he can settle everything!"
Li Ziqi smiled bitterly. "Besides, who would have thought that Xia Taikang would have no bottom line in order to win!"
"Why don't we make more preparations?"
Sun Mo felt that Li Xuan might fail in the next few games.
...
In the afternoon, the game resumed!
Li Xuan vs Xiang Zhao, Li Ziqi vs a prince of the Qi Country.
These two games lasted until the incense was burnt out. Then, the ten seconds of rapid chess started.
Li Xuan and the Chu Crown Prince were still in a stalemate after 15 minutes. In the end, Xiang Zhao won by one and a half points.
In Li Ziqi's game, the Qi Country's Crown Prince admitted defeat after 30 moves.
Li Xuan lost two games in a row and his mental state broke down. Han Cangshui ignored him and left directly.
Li Xiu didn't know what to say. Li Xuan had lost consecutively in the chess match that they thought was in the bag.
"That Chu Crown Prince is very powerful."
Lu Zhiruo's heart softened. When she saw that Li Xuan's eyes were red and that he was so angry that he bit his lips, she consoled him. "Since the two of you have fought to this extent, the rest will depend on luck. Today, you are a little unlucky."
"Shut up!"
Li Xuan roared.
The papaya girl shrank her neck and hid behind Ying Baiwu.
"Brother Emperor!"
Li Ziqi wanted to say a few words, but Li Xuan didn't want to listen and quickly walked away.
"From the looks of it, the third battle is also over!"
Qin Yaoguang taunted.
"In this round, Li Xuan lost due to his mental state. As he lost a round in the morning, he was eager to win it back. Therefore, his mental state was unstable, allowing Xiang Zhao to take advantage of it."
Sun Mo said something fair. After that, he glanced at Li Ziqi.
The little sunny egg lowered her head. She knew that her little trick had been seen through.
"Ziqi, why did you come to participate in the Five Countries Mock Battle?"
Sun Mo glanced at the spectator stands of Xia Country. Xia Taikang had won again and was escorted away.
"To win, to display the might of the Great Tang!"
These were heartfelt words. Li Ziqi wasn't fighting for herself.
"Then have you ever thought about how others would look at you guys if Li Xuan continued to lose like this and you won with such difficulty?"
Sun Mo counter-asked.
Li Ziqi fell silent.
"Ziqi, sweeping through your enemies to your heart's content, achieving a crushing victory. This is much more interesting and memorable compared to an ordinary victory!"
Sun Mo thought of those e-sports competitions he had watched in the past. Those battles that ended in a stalemate would be considered to be a fight between noobs. No one would remember it. Only by crushing the opponent or turning the tables around would one be considered a king.
"Think about it carefully!"
Sun Mo patted the little sunny egg's shoulder and walked away.
"Eldest Martial Sister, what's going on?"
Lu Zhiruo didn't understand.
"Ziqi, you held back your strength?"
Li Xiu guessed the reason from Sun Mo's words.
"Mn!"
Li Ziqi nodded. In order to numb her opponents and make them unable to figure out her strength, she intentionally set up a stalemate.
In truth, the progression of the chess game was all within the little sunny egg's control.
"Ah? You can do this too? "
Xianyu Wei was shocked. "Aren't you afraid of overreaching yourself and losing?"
"I won't!"
Li Ziqi was very confident.
"Ziqi, how high are your chess skills?"
Li Xiu was shocked as well. Being able to play such a performance meant that Li Ziqi was much stronger than her opponent.
"I don't know!"
Li Ziqi sighed. "In any case, I won't be able to win even if Teacher gives me a handicap of six stones!"
"..."
Li Xiu was dumbfounded. Giving six stones to her opponent was already a very big advantage.
Could it be that Sun Mo was a national player?
It shouldn't be, right?
Let alone a national player, even a grandmaster who was one grade lower would be famous in the Go world.
In the Nine Provinces, a chess saint was much more valuable than a music saint.
On the second day, the chess battle continued.
This time around, it was Li Xuan against Jiang Yuzhen. Li Ziqi against a prince of Chu Country.
After Sun Mo's guidance, the little sunny egg's mentality changed. She no longer held back and went all out. She only used the time for an incense stick to burn and crushed her opponent.
Li Xuan also cleansed his humiliation in this battle and won.
However, Li Xuan was still in a bad mood because Jiang Yuzhen was the same as him. Jiang Yuzhen had lost two rounds in a row yesterday and was a noob. There was no convincing reason for him to win against such an opponent.
The people of Qi didn't mind either. After all, Jiang Yuzhen's fame was due to her powerful individual combat strength and military commanding ability. She was the only one among the younger generation of the various countries.
After a short lunch break, the fourth battle began.
Li Xuan against Wei Wuan, while Li Ziqi against a princess of Great Xia named Xia Qiyun.
"Even if you are a great teacher, I have no fear!"
Li Xuan rubbed his palms together, preparing to fight. However, after exchanging blows, he discovered that his opponent had some capabilities and was a formidable opponent.
The two of them exchanged blows, attacking ferociously and defending stably. They were locked in a stalemate.
On the other side, Li Ziqi also encountered trouble.
At the start, the little sunny egg had the advantage. But after over ten rounds, she sensed that her opponent's chess skills had increased tremendously and his style had changed. After a hundred rounds, she was at a disadvantage.
"This can't do. If this continues, I will lose!"
Li Ziqi racked her brains, thinking of a way to break out of this situation.
"Oh no, eldest martial sister is going to lose!"
Lu Zhiruo grew anxious when she saw Li Ziqi holding a chess piece, not moving for a long time. The incense stick wouldn't wait for anyone.
It hadn't been long since the start, but her eldest martial sister was already thinking about it. Clearly, she was going to lose.
"Teacher, what do you think?"
Qin Yaoguang asked.
Li Xiu pricked up her ears.
"In terms of chess skills, Ziqi will lose for sure. But if she finds her opponent's flaws, she will win for sure!"
Sun Mo drank his tea.
"Ah?"
Lu Zhiruo had a dumbfounded look on her face. It was just a game of chess, how could there be flaws? This wasn't a cultivation art!
"You are saying that her opponent is cheating?"
Qin Yaoguang was very intelligent and immediately understood Sun Mo's meaning.
"Mn!"
Sun Mo's impression of these princes and princesses of Xia was very bad.
In order to win, they would even use despicable methods.
Li Xiu's nervous expression relaxed. In this case, even if Li Xuan lost, their side would be able to win six rounds. At the very least, they wouldn't be at the bottom.
But very soon, Li Xiu discovered that something was wrong. Sun Mo sat on the fishing platform and basically had no intention of exposing Xia Qiyun.
"Great Teacher Sun, it's better to expose Xia Qiyun as soon as possible. Once the result is revealed, her opponent might say that she can't afford to lose."
Li Xiu suggested.
Moreover, she was also worried that once the game ended, her opponent would immediately stop cheating. If that was the case, it wouldn't be easy to catch her.
"Why must I expose her?"
Sun Mo counter-asked.
"Eh?"
Many people were stunned. (What do you mean by this?)
"Great Teacher Sun, this joke isn't funny!"
Li Xiu frowned.
"I'm not joking!"
Sun Mo looked at the little sunny egg who was deep in thought. "This battle is a form of tempering for Ziqi. I hope that she can see through her opponent. If she can't, she should swallow this defeat and endure the regret caused by her lack of judgment and experience! Only when a person falls hard enough in a pit would they remember this lesson for life! "
"..."
Li Xiu's red lips, which were smeared with red rouge, almost burst out with vulgarities.
(By doing this, you basically don't have the glory of our Great Tang in your eyes.)
"Eldest Princess, please be patient and watch slowly. Ziqi is even more outstanding than what you have imagined!"
Sun Mo believed in his eldest disciple.
On the stage. Pa, Li Ziqi threw the chess piece in her hand back onto the chessboard.
"Conceding defeat means placing the two chess pieces here!"
Xia Qiyun stretched out her index finger and knocked on the bottom right corner of the chessboard.
At this moment, she was looking at Li Ziqi with a look of disdain. Pride was written all over her face.
"So what if she's the youngest great teacher in the Nine Provinces? Wouldn't she still lose?"
Xia Qiyun's lips twitched. In this world, there was nothing more joyous than defeating a genius who was the center of attention.
Although the crown princes were the main characters in this Five Countries Mock Battle, the most famous person was Li Ziqi. Putting aside the fact that she was a great teacher who broke the record, just her identity as Sun Mo's personal disciple was enough to gain a lot of attention.
Because right now, Sun Mo's fame was unparalleled in the circle of nobles!
Who didn't want to enjoy his God Hands?
Who didn't want his Imperial Sky Spirit Rune?
Look at the Qi King. He didn't even entertain the crown princes and grand tutors of the other countries and went to look for Sun Mo first. Wasn't it because he coveted Sun Mo's God Hands?
"Li Ziqi, you're just lucky to have acknowledged a good great teacher!"
Xia Qiyun was filled with disdain. She wanted to make use of the chess battle to perform well and move Sun Mo's heart. At that time, she would be the number one princess in the Nine Provinces.
"Who said that I've conceded defeat?"
Li Ziqi smiled.
"Hehe, I disdain to argue with you!"
Xia Qiyun mocked, "Continue playing then!"
"Do you think that others won't be able to tell that you're cheating?"
Li Ziqi coldly laughed.
Bang!
Xia Qiyun slammed her palm on the table and had a look of anger on her face. "Li Ziqi, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Do you have proof?"
"Aiya, there seems to be some conflict between Her Highness Ziqi and Her Highness Qiyun!"
The etiquette officer immediately walked over and prepared to report the situation.
The gazes of the audience also turned over.
Such a conflict was a selling point. It could heat up the atmosphere and increase the popularity of the topic.
"What's wrong? Say something. You have the capabilities to say that others are cheating, but you don't have the capabilities to point it out? "
When Xia Qiyun saw that Li Ziqi didn't say anything, her words became even more intense. She was like a shrew who had caught her husband's mistress.
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