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On the tall stage in the middle of the lake, the old immortal demonstrated his incredible abilities again, using four yellow paper talismans to summon four beautiful women. They were all shapely and beautiful in different ways, and they were no inferior to the beautiful woman in colorful robes just then.
He then asked the well-prepared attendants and servants in the residence to carry a guqin and guqin table, a Go table and Go set, and a large desk and the four treasures of the study onto the stage. There was a dazzling array of items.
Mortal humans cared about firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, while scholars and refined people naturally cared about guqin, Go, calligraphy, and painting. The latter group of people did no housework or hard labor, and their sleeves were filled with elegant and refreshing wind.
The old immortal pointed at the woman gracefully sitting in front of the Go table before cupping his fists and asking in a loud voice, "Are there any Go masters in Blusher Prefecture? If anyone manages to defeat her, then they'll be able to take this Go table and the two boxes of Go pieces that are worth 1000 taels of gold."
Nothing in this residence was cheap.
In any case, one naturally wouldn't dare to show off cheap and ordinary items in front of so many officials and wealthy nobles.
Colorful Garment Nation's Blusher Prefecture was especially fond of scholarly arts, so there were many people in the prefectural city who were passionate and skilled at Go. It wasn't long before an elder in azure stood up and walked toward the tall stage in the middle of the lake. Upon seeing this, some haughty Go players could only obediently sit back down. Judging from this, it was clear that the elder in azure was definitely the number one Go player in Blusher Prefecture.
The old immortal and the elder in azure acknowledged each other with a nod. The latter then walked to the Go table and sat down. Before starting the game, the two sides needed to decide who played first. Perhaps the elder was feeling conceited about his seventh rank, or perhaps he viewed himself as the elder among the two people at the same rank, so he immediately grabbed a handful of white pieces.
The woman who was transformed from a yellow paper talisman smiled faintly before bending down to retrieve two black pieces. After counting the white pieces, it was decided that the elder in azure would use black and play first[1].
A chorus of raucous cheers instantly rang out around the lake.
As one of the top-notch Go players in Colorful Garment Nation, the elder in azure was naturally the pride of Blusher Prefecture. As such, it was only reasonable for the guests around the lake to cheer for him. After all, they would naturally support their own.
The old immortal pointed toward the two women sitting behind the large desk. He pointed at the woman to the left and said, "Prefectural Overseer Liu, I heard that you've been worried about something recently. The newly constructed temple is still missing a couplet, so after she finishes writing...
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