Chi Yu said, "A little..."
Xie Xiyi extended a hand in an inviting gesture.
Chi Yu picked up a white stone and placed it, then quickly caught himself. "...Wait, why did we suddenly start playing Go?"
Xie Xiyi said, "I had an urge to play."
Chi Yu: "..."
What a plain, unadorned reason.
Chapter 101: Aotian-ge, don't die
Bewildered, Chi Yu began playing Go with Xie Xiyi. After only a few stones, Xie Xiyi said, "You're very honest. You said you knew a little, and you really did mean a little."
Chi Yu: "..."
I get it, you think I'm terrible.
Chi Yu urged, "Senior Brother Xuanji, keep going."
Xie Xiyi took the box of white stones from in front of Chi Yu and began playing against himself. He barely needed to think as he fought freely against himself.
Placing stones as swiftly as the wind, he said in his pleasant voice, "The way of heaven reaches downward and shines brightly; the way of earth lies low and rises upward. This ought to be the law of the Heavenly Dao. Yet heaven and earth are without benevolence, treating all things as straw dogs-that, too, is the law of the Heavenly Dao. What's interesting is that this world's Heavenly Dao partakes of both, yet neither."
His smile deepened. Though he was smiling, Chi Yu felt an inexplicable chill. "...What do you mean?"
"It understands, controls, and drives things forward. Do you think that is the Heavenly Dao?" Xie Xiyi asked.
Chi Yu said, "...Senior Brother Xuanji, I'm sorry, I don't quite understand."
Xie Xiyi smiled. "It's perfectly normal that you don't understand. It's better that you don't. If you understood, I wouldn't be telling you any of this."
Chi Yu: "...?"
*So he was just using me as someone to talk