I... still had a long way to go.
The competition venue was set up in a conference room on the third floor. It was nearly half past eight, and Chen Jiaming led Yu Shao, Xu Ziqin, Zhong Yufei, and Zhou De toward the venue.
By then, the conference room was already packed and filled with noise. Go tables were arranged neatly in the center, and quite a few people were playing practice games before the competition. The sound of stones being placed rang out without pause.
"Teacher Wang, long time no see. Judging by how you look, you must be confident about getting a good result in the league this year."
"Hahaha, with Huanan Third High School here, who can say they're completely confident? But those brats have improved a lot this year. Hopefully, we can make it to the third round."
Several acquaintances who rarely got the chance to meet had begun exchanging greetings.
At that moment, in a corner of the conference room by the window, the Go instructor from Guangnan Affiliated High School was also encouraging his school's contestants.
"Our school has a very good chance of winning the championship. Even if we run into Huanan Third High School, we still have the strength to fight them."
The Go instructor from Guangnan Affiliated High School was surnamed Jin. He lowered his voice and said, "Although two of Huanan Third High School's players came from a Go academy, their other player isn't particularly strong."
"So as long as we defeat him, we can still win under the best-of-three format!"
"Our school has never achieved a good result in the high school Go league. This is our most promising year, and we might even have a chance to win the championship. Everyone, give it your all!"
After speaking, Teacher