Lin Shen had spent plenty of money on the streets before. He had seen many such scam tactics, and the things up there were definitely all fakes.
Lin Shen had not expected to win. He did not understand Go, nor was he good at Gomoku. Since the Mottled Celestial Old Man could set up a stall here, he surely had some skill. Lin Shen was simply giving him money and had never intended to win.
When Lin Shen was little, no one setting up stalls on the streets played games like Gomoku. He only learned later that such a game existed, but he was not very familiar with it and had never studied it.
Lin Shen paid the Mottled Celestial Old Man ten dollars, then sat down opposite him and began playing in a proper, orderly manner.
Emperor Tian Shu narrowed his eyes as he played against Lin Shen, moved by his own efforts. Kid, I really went to great pains for you. To give you this thing, I even came here specifically to put on this little show. As long as you win once, you can draw whatever you want later and get the Celestial Five Decays Great Art, so you can keep your life when you go as an envoy to the Di Man Race.
Emperor Tian Shu had originally thought that since Lin Shen played Chinese chess so smoothly, he could not possibly be too terrible at something as simple as Gomoku.
But after only a few moves, Emperor Tian Shu's expression turned strange.
What the hell was Lin Shen playing? His moves were riddled with flaws, and he could not even see the most basic traps.
Emperor Tian Shu could tell now that Lin Shen did not know how to play this game at all. At