Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration
Chapter 666 - 657 Female Veneration: The Great God Above (12) More 4

Chapter 666: 657 Female Veneration: The Great God Above (12) More 4

Thinking of how such a person had once been infatuated with oneself,

Wen Jin felt utterly disgusted.

He turned his head away, what you don’t see is cleansed from your mind.

Then he looked back in the direction of Ye Mingxin, as if washing his eyes.

He and Ye Mingxin mostly discussed poetic scenery and then played chess; he naturally knew her chess skills like the back of his hand.

Almost everyone at the Palace Banquet was paying attention to Ye Mingxin’s game with the Prince, except for Shaohua and Qin Xuanyun.

The two of them would occasionally converse in whispers.

"What do you think?" asked Qin Xuanyun in a low voice.

Shaohua, having honed her chess skills across several worlds and acquired a high-level chess skill add-on, had pondered over many endgames. With her keen memory and a powerful brain that always calculated a hundred moves ahead for every move she made, her analysis was swift.

At a glance, she could surmise the strategies the Prince and Ye Mingxin were employing.

Ye Mingxin was clearly underestimating the Prince, while the Prince was playing the pig to eat the tiger.

Luring Ye Mingxin step by step into a trap.

"Just wait, in another twenty moves, Ye Mingxin will be crying," said Shaohua nonchalantly as she withdrew her gaze.

The development of chess skills in this world was not advanced, and she had little interest in it.

Compared to that, she was more interested in what Qin Xuanyun had done during his one year in this world.

Remembering the once high and mighty sorcerer arriving in this world where women reigned supreme, she wished she could transform into an object by his side to see the expression on his face when he woke up one day.

However, this time her calculations were off, arriving a year earlier than expected.

Shaohua tapped on the table, noting the need for improvement.

008: [...]

Don’t act like it doesn’t exist, hey!

Qin Xuanyun, of course, also knew how to play Go. Seeing the Prince’s effortless demeanor, he roughly figured out his style of play, but he didn’t expect Shaohua to predict in one glance that the situation would change after another twenty moves.

"Shaohua, are you so proficient in chess? Were you just humoring me all along?" he whispered in a voice as quiet as a mosquito’s.

Shaohua cleared her throat, thinking to herself that she was already a martial arts god and a divine healer; it wouldn’t be too monstrous to play chess exceptionally well, but she feared it would make them feel inferior.

She laughed it off.

Qin Xuanyun looked at her thoughtfully, "I was also going easy on you before. You should play against me again sometime."

Shaohua: "..."

She exchanged glances with the General behind her and her mother.

"The Crown Princess could foresee that the situation would change after just twenty moves?" The General didn’t hear the latter part of their conversation, but upon hearing Shaohua’s previous remark on how Ye Mingxin would end up crying, they exchanged puzzled looks.

Her mother shook her head, but it was with a reverent gaze that she looked at Shaohua, "Let’s not jump to conclusions, we’ll just watch and see."

There had been rumors that the Crown Princess was ignorant and cruel beyond measure.

Yet seeing how she interacted with Qin Xuanyun, everyone was shocked but remained silent, their doubts growing.

Without mentioning it to each other, both began to count the moves in the game.

"How many moves have been made?" the General’s mother asked her daughter as she counted.

The General watched intently the game between Ye Mingxin and the Barbarian Country Prince. Although they were military officers, they were not ignorant of chess and had some understanding of it.

They clearly saw the extreme pressure being exerted on the board.

Wen Jin, the Empress, and others wore expressions of great joy on their faces.

But she also sensed something strange—the Prince, despite being pressured until now, remained calm and composed, and his moves were very stable.

She said, "Nineteen moves."

"Nineteen moves?" her mother nodded, and then looked as the Prince made his twentieth move.

Shortly afterward, the Second Princess smiled as she also made her twentieth move.

After seeing the Second Princess’s twentieth move, the Prince glanced at her and then placed the twenty-first piece.

The change occurred at that moment; after the Prince’s twentieth move, the situation on the chessboard changed instantly,

With a single piece he placed, the "breath" of the white stones was altered in an instant.

Originally, each of his stones had been encircled by Ye Mingxin, cutting off two lines of breath.

Everyone thought he was being suppressed, but little did they know, he had been laying out his strategy all along, and only when the twenty-first piece was placed, did the game take shape!

When seen individually, his pieces were basically being suppressed by Ye Mingxin.

But looking at the entire board, he had already marked his territory within a larger scope. The twenty-one pieces had formed a defensive line, making it impossible for Ye Mingxin’s Hater pieces to find a single "breath" in the match!

In other words, the game was essentially settled!

Even Wen Jin stood up abruptly, incredulously staring at the Prince.

Had the chess skills of this man from the Barbarian Country reached such heights?

Had he been strategizing from the beginning?

Not just Wen Jin, but the Empress and the Prime Minister too found this incredibly unbelievable.

This kind of game layout meant that even if the second princess lost, it couldn’t be blamed on her, because... the Prince’s chess skills were genuinely superior!

He truly advanced step by step, luring Ye Mingxin into a trap with each move.

A fine sweat had appeared on the second princess’s forehead.

She had of course noticed the change in the game, and each of her subsequent moves was crucial; she could only seek a path from the besieged pieces.

However, she was more than just a little outmatched by the Prince, and after the time it took to brew two pots of tea, the second princess resignedly set down her Hater piece, "I’ve lost."

She stood up, somewhat in disarray.

The Prince from the Barbarian Country did not underestimate the second princess, "To have held a half-hour match with me, you are already the first to do so."

Still, his words were full of challenge.

Especially when the Barbarian Country’s envoy looked at the Empress respectfully but with a hint of smugness, "I wonder if there’s anyone else from your dynasty who dares to step forward?"

There was silence for a moment.

Seeing this, the envoy chuckled, "I had thought your dynasty to be full of sages,"

They were merely an Island Country, a tenth the size of this place.

So naturally, after the Prince had beaten the second princess and no one else dared to challenge, he felt a surge of triumph.

Since arriving at the Palace, the Prince had always been arrogant, and his attitude remained unchanged even after winning against the second princess.

This triumphant demeanor, not just the military officers but even the civil officers and the Palace personnel, Palace Maids included, were seething with irritation!

Was it necessary for them to be so smug?

They truly wanted to rub those smug faces into the ground!

The Prince was used to such glares and paid them no mind, but at this moment, another person’s attitude on the field caught his attention.

"Great Princess, do you look down upon the chess skills of our Wang Dynasty?" he asked, looking at Shaohua who was propping up her chin and dozing off.

Shaohua snapped back to attention, "Huh... are you talking to me?"

She raised her eyebrows in surprise.

The Prince saw her true disregard for him from her posture and, knowing her identity as the Crown Princess of the female-dominated Wang Dynasty, taunted her on the spot, his pride evident in his expression, "I wonder if the Great Princess dares to match wits with me?"

Shaohua looked into his eyes, full of arrogance, "My second sister is ranked last in our entire Dynasty in Go, what is there for you to be proud of in defeating her?"

"She’s the last? What about you?" the Prince frowned.

"Me? Of course, I’m the second to last," Shaohua said nonchalantly, "Of course, our Dynasty also has a God-grade Go Master Mr. Li. You’re not qualified to play against him, but if you’re looking for a match, I’ll play with you as the second to last."

The Empress hadn’t had time to intervene when she saw Shaohua taking the seat earlier occupied by the second princess.

"Shaohua!" Jun Qing called out sternly.

Shaohua dismissed him with a wave of her hand, completely unconcerned.

Jun Yiling frowned and turned to Jun Qing, "Since when does our cousin know how to play Go?"

Jun Qing shook his head, "I don’t know what she’s up to."

His voice was filled with concern.

"Forget it, don’t be like that. What’s there to be afraid of?" Jun Yiling was very nonchalant, "If the Prince bullies our cousin, I’ll just fight back in a few days!"

The second princess was still reeling from the shock, Qin Youming comforting her while Wen Jin looked at her with concern. He sneaked up beside her and whispered consolingly, "This Prince from the Barbarian Country does have some tricks up his sleeve. You needn’t be upset about losing to him. If it were me, I wouldn’t even last half an hour against him."

Hearing Wen Jin’s words, the second princess visibly recovered a bit.

However, the next second she heard Shaohua’s provocative words, and she shook with anger.

"Does she think this is child’s play?" The second princess scoffed as she looked in Shaohua’s direction, "It’s simply embarrassing!"