Our Sect Has Produced a Dragon!

Yu Shao soon arrived in the corridor and stopped in front of Li Kang. "Teacher Li."

Li Kang nodded slightly, gazing at Yu Shao with an expression that was difficult to describe.

It was a complex look—shock mixed with delight, delight mixed with surprise, and surprise tinged with suspicion...

Li Kang opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, then asked in a deliberately calm tone, "You're actually this good at Go? How long have you been playing?"

When Yu Shao had signed up for the simultaneous Go exhibition with him earlier, Li Kang had already been surprised. He hadn't expected Yu Shao to know how to play Go at all.

But at the time, Li Kang had merely thought that Yu Shao might know the basics. He had never imagined that Yu Shao could actually defeat Wu Shuheng.

Even though it had been a simultaneous exhibition with a two-stone handicap, Wu Shuheng was still a Professional Go Player!

In fact, if any other student in the class had volunteered to participate in the exhibition, there was a good chance Li Kang would not have let Yu Shao play. He would have chosen someone else, even though Yu Shao had been the first to sign up.

After all, in his impression, even if Yu Shao knew how to play Go, he didn't look like someone who could play it well.

That stark contrast left Li Kang feeling especially conflicted.

"It's been a while."

Yu Shao answered, somewhat confused about why Li Kang had called him out just to ask this.

Li Kang noticed Yu Shao's confusion. He had wanted to explain, but in the end, he swallowed his words and simply said, "Come with me."

With that, Li Kang turned and left.

Yu Shao was stunned for a moment. Once he came to his senses, he immediately followed behind Li Kang.

At first, Yu Shao thought Li Kang was taking him to the classroom office. But he soon realized that wasn't the case. The classroom office was on this floor, while Li Kang led him straight down the stairs.

Before long, Li Kang brought Yu Shao to a stop in front of the principal's office.

"Go in. The principal wants to see you."

Li Kang turned to Yu Shao and explained.

"The principal wants to see me?"

Yu Shao blinked, then stepped forward and knocked on the principal's office door.

"Come in."

The principal's voice soon sounded from inside.

Yu Shao was just about to push the door open when he noticed that Li Kang was still standing there without moving. He asked in confusion, "Teacher Li, aren't you... coming in?"

"The principal wants to see you, not me."

Li Kang glanced at Yu Shao, then turned and left.

Only then did Yu Shao realize that Li Kang had merely been sent to relay the message.

"What does the principal want with me?"

Puzzled, Yu Shao pushed open the door and entered the principal's office.

As soon as he entered, Yu Shao discovered that besides the principal, Xu Ziqin and the other four students who had participated in the simultaneous exhibition were also there.

There was also a refined, elegant middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses standing in the office.

He was probably a teacher at the school. Yu Shao had seen him several times before, but he didn't know what subject the man taught or which grade he taught. In any case, it wasn't the first year of high school.

The moment Yu Shao walked in, everyone in the office turned their gaze toward him. Even Xu Ziqin turned her head and looked at him twice before looking away.

"Oh, it's Student Yu."

The principal looked at Yu Shao, his eyes narrowing into a smile. He said cheerfully, "You're finally here. We've all been waiting for you."

Waiting for me?

Even now, Yu Shao still had no idea why the principal wanted to see him. He looked at the principal in confusion.

"Hehe."

The principal glanced at Xu Ziqin, then at Yu Shao. His mood suddenly improved for no apparent reason, and his smile grew even brighter.

He had originally invited Wu Shuheng back to the school to hold a Go lecture in order to motivate the students, especially the three students who were about to represent Jiangling First High School in the High School Go League.

He had hoped that after this simultaneous exhibition, the three of them would be spurred on by their shortcomings and achieve good results in the upcoming High School Go League.

But he had never expected...

There would actually be two first-year students who both defeated Wu Shuheng in the simultaneous exhibition!

Jiangling First High School had really struck gold this time...

In the terms of a fantasy novel—that meant our sect had produced a dragon!

The principal said with a beaming smile, "Now that everyone's here, I'll get straight to the point."

"The annual High School Go League will begin next month. In the past few years, our school's results have been far from ideal."

At those words, the second-year student and two third-year students present looked gloomy and lowered their heads in silence.

Last year, they had represented Jiangling First High School in the Go League. But their final results... Saying they were "far from ideal" was already putting it rather kindly.

"And this year, our school will be hosting the High School Go League. So I hope we can achieve good results and bring honor to our school."

The principal looked at the three students and said, "As everyone saw during the simultaneous exhibition, the strength of Student Yu Shao, Student Xu Ziqin, and Student Zhong Yufei is beyond doubt."

"Of course, all three of you have played very well too. It's just that there's still room for improvement. For the sake of our school's shared honor, I'd like them to replace you and participate in this year's High School Go League. What do you think?"

The three students fell silent at once.

Actually, when the principal had summoned them to his office, and then they saw Xu Ziqin and the others arrive one after another, they had already mentally prepared themselves for this possibility.

Although the principal was asking for their opinions, they all knew very well that they had no way to refuse.

What else could they do?

They had lost because they were inferior. They could only step aside for the more capable.

Even so, they still felt somewhat unwilling to accept it.

After all, ever since last year's crushing defeat, they had been training hard in the hope of redeeming themselves this year. But now, they didn't even have the chance to redeem themselves?

But inferior was inferior.

After seeing those two games between Xu Ziqin and Yu Shao, they also understood clearly just how enormous the gap between them really was.

A moment later, one of the third-year students shook his head and said weakly, "I have no objections."

"I... have no objections either."

"Me neither..."

Seeing that all three had agreed, the principal nodded in satisfaction. He then looked at Yu Shao, Xu Ziqin, and Zhong Yufei and asked amiably, "The three of you, are you also willing to represent our school in this year's Go League?"

"No problem!"

Zhong Yufei—the second-year boy who had held out until the very end before conceding—agreed without hesitation. "I guarantee I'll give it my all and strive to bring a championship trophy back for our school!"

The principal looked at Xu Ziqin next. Xu Ziqin thought for a moment, then gently nodded.

Finally, the principal looked at Yu Shao with great anticipation.

Yu Shao felt an immense amount of pressure.

Everyone else had agreed, so it seemed he couldn't refuse either. Otherwise, if they slapped him with the accusation of lacking collective honor, he might not be able to survive at school.

Thus, after hesitating for a long while, Yu Shao finally nodded and agreed.

"Wonderful! I believe you'll definitely achieve excellent results!"

The principal was overjoyed. He looked toward the refined middle-aged man and introduced him, "This is Teacher Chen Jiaming. He teaches physics to the second-year students and is also an Amateur Fifth Dan Go player."

"From now on, after school every day, you'll go to the activity room and practice Go for two hours. Teacher Chen will coach you. I'll call your parents and explain the situation to them."

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