I Just Won't Play By The Book
chapter-120

When Jiang Beiran set up the entire game, the cheers of the righteous sect disciples were still not over. It was because the righteous sect disciples had been too depressed for the past few days. In addition, Mu Jiuri had easily won the first place in the three competitions. It could be said that the morale had fallen to the bottom.

Now, someone had suddenly taken away his prestige. But Go playing was not his best skill, so it was still quite impressive for him to get the second place especially after he won many other competitions.

When the head judge finished watching Jiang Beiran recreated their play, the head judge could not help but show a shocked expression. “How did this happen… both of them are quite wild…”

Although he was shocked, the head judge did not forget his mission. Just as he was about to walk out of the pavilion to announce the winner, he heard Mu Jiuri suddenly shouted, “Wait!”

The head judge was stunned for a moment. He turned around and asked, “Do you still want to continue…?”

“No.” Mu Jiuri shook his head. After letting out a long breath, he extended his right hand and said to Jiang Beiran, “Other than my father, Brother Jiang is the person with the highest Go ability I have ever seen. I lost this round.”

Jiang Beiran shook hands with Mu Jiuri. He then replied, “This round was very exciting. It was enough for me to savor for a long time.”

“When I improve my Go skills, I will look for Brother Jiang again. I hope Brother Jiang can play with me again.”

“I knew it…” Jiang Beiran sighed in his heart.

Jiang Beiran had already guessed that he would definitely meet this genius player in the final. Once he beat Mu Jiuri, he knew that Mu Jiuri would definitely not give up.

“I have to train Mo Xia immediately.”

Of course, Jiang Beiran still smiled on the surface and said, “You’re welcome anytime.”

After letting go, Mu Jiuri bowed to Jiang Beiran and said, “Then I’ll take my leave first.” He turned around and left the pavilion.

At the same time, the head judge walked out of the pavilion and announced, “The winner is… Jiang Beiran of the Sect of Returning Hearts!” “Oh!!!!”

As the head judge officially announced, the cheers of the righteous sect disciples reached a climax.

“Brother… he really lost…”

In the audience seat, the disbelieving Mu Yao muttered to herself. His brother had always been invincible in her heart. No matter what, as long as Mu Jiuri put his heart into it, no one could beat him. However, his brother actually lost to someone whose name she didn’t even know.

Mu Yao did not want to hear the cheers of the righteous sect disciples anymore. She jumped down from the audience seat and chased after her brother.

Jiang Beiran didn’t go out to receive the cheers either. He was high-profile enough today, and he knew that most of the cheers were to vent their emotion, not to celebrate his victory.

He wanted to keep a low profile, but there were too many people wanted to congratulate him. Jiang Beiran wanted to sit in the pavilion for a while. But in the blink of an eye, he saw two Sect Masters, Lu Yinlong and Guan Shi’an, appeared in front of him. They pulled him out without explanation.

“Oh!!!!!”

Seeing Jiang Beiran being pulled out by the two Sect Masters, the righteous sect disciples in the audience seatsburst into even more enthusiastic cheers. “Well done!”

“Fengzhou’s number one Go player!”

“Senior brother, you’re too awesome!”

Since Jiang Beiran was pulled out, he couldn’t continue to play dead. He could only greet the disciples in the audience seat.

Dragging Jiang Beiran all the way to the high platform, Guan Shi’an was wearing a bright smile. For the whole morning, he had been handing out prizes to the disciples of the demonic cult that he had originally planned to give to the righteous sect disciples. It was needless to say how aggrieved he was. Now, that there was finally a disciple of the righteous sect who had won the first place. He finally let out a little of the anger that he had been holding back for several days.

In the next second, Yin Jianghong also appeared on the high platform. He first took a deep look at Jiang Beiran, then suddenly reached out his right hand to grab his shoulder.

“Pa!”

Yin Jianghong’s hand was grabbed by Guan Shi’an halfway.

“Cult Master Yin, what are you doing?”

“Sect Master Guan don’t be nervous. How can I attack a little disciple in front of you?”

“That’s hard to say.”

“I just want to test this kid’s cultivation.”

Lu Yinlong frowned after hearing that. “Didn’t I tell you about Beiran’s cultivation just now?” “It’s hard for me to believe that such a smart disciple has no talent in cultivation.” Yin Jianghong looked at Guan Shi’an. “Let go of me. I’m really just testing his cultivation.”

Guan Shi’an shook his head. “I won’t bother Cult Master Yin with such a small matter. I’ll test it for you. Is that okay?”

Yin Jianghong laughed. “Hahaha, you only know how to say nice things. I think you’re very curious too.”

Guan Shi’an ignored Yin Jianghong. He looked at Jiang Beiran and said, “Beiran, if I don’t test you right here, this old man will not give up. In order to prevent him from coming to find trouble with you in the future, you have to suffer a little.”

“Yes, I, the big villain, and I will not give up bothering him. All of you are good people, and I am the bad guy blah blah blah. Just do it already.”

Looking at the scene on the high platform, all the disciples were confused. Only Liu Zijin and the other three looked expectant.

They had guessed that one of the reasons was that their senior brother’s cultivation was too high, so no one could test his true cultivation. Now that a mystic master wanted to test it. No matter how powerful his senior brother was, it was impossible for him to hide it.

On the high platform, Guan Shi’an pressed his hand on Jiang Beiran’s chest. Then, he looked at Yin Jianghong and said, “He is indeed at level five of Qi cultivating stage. Are you satisfied now?”

“The world is really big, and there are all kinds of strange things…” rubbing his chin, Yin Jianghong thought for a moment. He suddenly said to Jiang Beiran with a serious face, “I think it must be a problem with the cultivation method. Do you want to come to Spirit Dragon Cult to try it? Our cultivation method…”

“Cult Master Yin, are you provoking me?” Guan Shi’an stared at Yin Jianghong and said expressionlessly.

“I just said it. Besides, I’m asking him, not forcing him. It’s not… Okay, okay, okay. I won’t say it. I won’t say it.” Seeing Guan Shi’an was getting mad, Yin Jianghong stopped talking.

At the end of this episode, Guan Shi’an and Yin Jianghong jointly awarded Jiang Beiran the first-place prize, which was a Go board made of jade. This kind of jade had the function of calming the mind. It was very suitable for a Go player who sat for an entire day to play the game.

“Thank you, Sect Master Guan, Cult Master Yin.”

Jiang Beiran took the Go board with a happy face and bowed to the two of them.

Although this reward had nothing to do with Yin Jianghong, he still shamelessly gave the reward to Jiang Beiran with Guan Shi’an, so Jiang Beiran could only thank the two of them once.

Guan Shilan nodded and said seriously, “Keep up the good work. One of the ways of Go is full of changes. There is…”

“Forget it. You’re not even an expert. How could you even teach him the principles of playing Go. Even if this kid let you five moves, you still wouldn’t be his match.”

Guan Shi’an, who was used to being mocked by Yin Jianghong, ignored him. After saying a few words of encouragement to Jiang Beiran, he shouted to the audience seat, “Let us congratulate Jiang Beiran again for the honor of being the champion!”

“Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap…”

All the disciples stood up in an instant, and the passionate applause resounded through the sky.

Unfortunately, such a glorious moment was only a flash in the pan. The righteous sect was still swept away in the competition of alchemy, forging iron, formations, and other skills. The huge square was once again filled with cheers from the demonic cult disciples.

Moreover, compared to Go and other talent which cultivated one’s sentiment, alchemy and forging were much more practical. Therefore, the joy of Jiang Beiran winning the championship in Go was quickly diluted. During lunch, the mood of the righteous sect was once again depressed. Although they had expected that they might not win against the demonic cult disciples in many competitions, they still could not accept it when it actually happened.

As the sole winner, Jiang Beiran naturally became the brightest star.

During the meal, Guan Shilan gave Jiang Beiran the five middle tier spirit stones that he had promised. The other Sect Masters also came over to congratulate him, but Go was still a pastime in the eyes of these big shots. After a few words of praise, there was nothing more to say.

After sending off another Sect Master, Lu Yinlong poured himself a cup of wine and looked at Jiang Beiran happily. “Beiran, you’ve brought honor to our Sect of Returning Hearts so much this time. I’ll definitely reward you well when we go back.”

“Thank you, Sect Master.”

After thanking Lu Yinlong, Jiang Beiran suddenly felt a little bitter in his heart. He had originally thought that winning the first place in Go would not make him become incredibly famous. However, he did not expect that righteous sect disciples still made him the center of attention.

Under such circumstances, the system still did not give him a notification. It really does not make sense.

Although being famous by playing Go would not attract any jealous gazes or evil thoughts, being famous always accompanied by trouble.

With his understanding of the system after five years, whenever he wanted to do something high-profile, the option would always jump out immediately. But this time, there was no option.

This caused Jiang Beiran to fall into deep thought.

“Could it be…”

Just as Jiang Beiran had this thought, he saw a familiar face walking towards him.

“Sect Master Lu, congratulations on accepting such an intelligent disciple. You’ve saved the reputation of the righteous sect.”

The person who came was the Sect Master of the Sect of Crimson Afterglow, Huang Yuanqing. The Sect of Crimson Afterglow had a good relationship with the Sect of Returning Hearts. When he came to congratulate Jiang Beiran, it highlighted Jiang Beiran’s achievement even more.

When he saw his old friend come, Lu Yinlong immediately stood up and said, “Brother Yuanqing, you flatter me. It’s just a small victory that’s not worth mentioning.”

“How can it be that it’s not worth mentioning? Right now, we the so-called righteous Sect Masters cannot stop talking about your disciple. Otherwise, we wouldn’t know what else to talk about.” “Brother Yuanqing, you must be joking. Beiran, hurry up and bow to Sect Master Huang.”

When he heard the Sect Master Lu called him, Jiang Beiran raised his wine cup and bowed to Huang Yuanqing, “I am Jiang Beiran, greets Sect Master Huang.”

“You did a great job. If you didn’t win against Mu Jiuri, I’m afraid that he would become the nightmare of all the disciples. They would think that it’s impossible to win against him even in the future. Speaking of which, I have to thank you on behalf of our c Sect of Crimson Afterglow’s disciples.”

“Sect Master Huang, you flatter me. I only know how to play Go.”

“Hahaha, what a modest child.”