"Gu Yuanyuan. His father is a general in the Northern Expedition Army. A few years ago, for some unknown reason, the Wind Saber Sect forcibly snatched him away. It caused quite an uproar at the time."
Senior Sister Cui lowered her voice. "Some say the Blade Sage took a liking to his Go skills and wanted him to represent the Wind Saber Sect at the Plum Gathering to win some glory."
Finally hearing the Wind Saber Sect mentioned at the Plum Gathering, Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue were somewhat surprised, and somewhat interested.
The young man named Gu Yuanyuan wore pride all over his face, a completely different manner from the envoy who had once gone to Green Mountain for Sword Washing and kept his abilities well hidden.
From the look of things, Que Niang of the Mirror Sect, Shang Jiulou of One-Thatch Studio, and Gu Yuanyuan of the Wind Saber Sect were the favorites in this year's Plum Gathering Chess Battle.
In many people's eyes, their mastery of the Way of Go far exceeded that of the so-called National Go Masters. They might pose a slight threat to Tong Yan.
Naturally, the Daoist cultivators attending the Plum Gathering did not want to encounter such formidable masters of the Way of Go right at the start, which was why the woods seemed so deserted.
The words of the One-Thatch Studio scholar and Gu Yuanyuan made Se Se very angry. "What sort of people are these?" she said indignantly.
Thinking of Tong Yan outside the Old Plum Garden that day, Zhao Layue said, "People who like playing Go all have somewhat unusual brains."
She meant that Go enthusiasts cared deeply about winning and losing, and thought differently from ordinary Daoist cultivators, but others hearing her could hardly avoid taking it another