Before leaving, upon hearing the words of Marquis Hu Wei, he turned back, thought for a while, and said:
"The year I was nine and nearly starving to death in Baoping State, I met a blind elderly human chess master."
"I guess he couldn't see what kind of blood I had flowing within me, maybe he just got used to the rumors."
"After he adopted me, whenever someone mocked me as a 'wild child', he would chase them away. Being unable to see, he never believed those rumors, and instead, became increasingly fond of me, treating me as his true successor."
"That old chess master taught me blind chess for ten years, saying there is a world within the game, and when I grew up, he passed on his chess manual to me."
"Since then, I have held onto that chess manual, studying it for a lifetime."
"He said that within the game, 'a world exists'—a board holding endless changes and scenarios. Yet, I'm ashamed to say that even now, I have not comprehended it fully."
"However..."
