Mo Hua went to visit Mr. Zhuang the next day. After all, he was Mr. Zhuang's nominal disciple, yet he had been trapped in the Spirit Mine for so long and had never come over to pay his respects or ask after him. Mo Hua felt somewhat bad about it.
Mr. Zhuang was still asleep, so Mo Hua played Five Elements Chess with Old Kui for a while.
After all this time, the two of them were still just as lousy at chess, with basically no improvement at all.
But with a simple game like Five Elements Chess, putting too much thought into it was actually no good. It was only interesting when they kept things simple and just killed back and forth.
Mo Hua and Old Kui met their match in each other. You came, I went, and they killed until the battle was tangled beyond separating.
When Mr. Zhuang woke up, Mo Hua finally, still somewhat wanting more, took his leave of Old Kui and went to pay respects to Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang basically let Mo Hua grow wild, letting him study on his own and ask only if he had questions, so he did not say much about this either.
Before Mo Hua left, Mr. Zhuang even praised him, "Well done."
Mo Hua was very happy, smiling until his eyes narrowed.
Only after leaving Mr. Zhuang's Bamboo Chamber did Mo Hua feel somewhat puzzled.
He clearly had not said much to Mr. Zhuang, but Mr. Zhuang seemed to know everything...
And had even praised him for doing well.
Mo Hua furrowed his brow. How did Mr. Zhuang know?
Mo Hua was somewhat puzzled, but then he thought again: Mr. Zhuang was an expert, so perhaps he could pinch his fingers and divine things. Besides, they had