Chapter 1 Feng Hou Qimen Chess Calculation

"Tsk...no, no, this isn't right!"

"What kind of approach is this? Wait a minute, I don't understand it at all!"

In an alley in Chang'an, there is a stone table with a set of chess pieces on it.

Beside the stone table stood a plaque that read:

"For each game of chess, the winner receives one string of cash, and the loser pays five coins."

At the chessboard, the person playing against Lu Jinghe was an old man.

The old man was holding a horse in his hand, unsure whether to let go or not.

I have a terrible headache.

This is already the second game.

He didn't have much money; he had just spent five coins.

In the first game, he thought Lu Jinghe was some rich young master who was doing charity work. How could someone so young play chess?

It's just a few moves, how many chess games do you have in mind?

At the beginning of the game, the old man kept laughing, saying, "Who plays chess like this?"

Thinking to myself, could this young man really be out doing charity work? Has he ever played chess? I made a random move.

He had been playing for many years and had never seen such a move before. Even beginners would not play like Lu Jinghe.

The moves were made without any basis.

As the rain continued, the old man became confused. What was going on?

I clearly had the advantage, so how did I inexplicably lose?

After paying five coins, the old man did not leave. Instead, he threw the five coins down next to the chessboard and said he wanted to play a second game.

Lu Jinghe naturally had no reason to refuse; why not take free money?

When it comes to chess, he dares to assert that no one in the world can beat him.

He was a time traveler who, after transmigrating, inexplicably gained a cultivation technique in his mind called "Supreme Pure Spirit Immortal Transformation Technique".

As its name suggests, this method can be used to develop other techniques.

Before transmigrating, Lu Jinghe enjoyed reading novels and watching anime, and he had countless famous martial arts techniques in his mind.

He has developed many techniques, such as the Golden Light Mantra, the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, and the Feng Hou Qi Men.

After all, he was a Taoist priest, so he developed some Taoist techniques.

Lu Jinghe used the Feng Hou Qi Men method when playing chess with the old man. He wasn't very good at chess, but he was good at calculations.

When you play chess, in the end, isn't it all about computing power?

How far can an ordinary person calculate? No matter how many chess scores they memorize, they can't calculate as much as he can.

Lu Jinghe smiled as he watched the old man, who was holding a horse and unsure whether to let go or not, and slowly took a sip of water.

After waiting for a long time, the old man finally said, "Young man, I don't understand your chess moves... I don't understand them at all."

"Why didn't you move the central pawn? What's the point of moving the flank pawn? It's just gibberish."

The old man muttered to himself and finally put the horse down.

As soon as the old man's horse landed, Lu Jinghe got out of the car and went out.

"You... you neither capture pieces nor protect the king, do you even know how to play? And you dare to put up this sign? I'll play with you next time."

As soon as Lu Jinghe made his move, a veiled girl who had been standing beside him for a long time spoke up in a loud and boisterous voice.

Lu Jinghe smiled but didn't say anything.

Whether this girl can understand it or not is not important; the pressure has already been put on the old man opposite her.

"Hey! Young man, you're not going to let this old man win, are you?" Old Zhang said anxiously, tapping the table.

Lu Jinghe made his move immediately after he made his, without giving him any time to think. Wasn't that just making a reckless move?

"Look at the position of your chariot. If my horse moves, this piece will be captured. I'll give you a chance to take back your move."

Lu Jinghe smiled and said, "Old man, this young lady is new here and doesn't know much. You played a game with me, don't you understand? Just play normally, there's no need to give her a handicap."

"Alright, let's play normally then." Old Zhang nodded, then said urgently, "Don't blame me for bullying you if you lose, you can't cheat!"

"No, no, don't worry, sir."

Looking at Lu Jinghe's chess moves, Old Zhang increasingly felt that Lu Jinghe's first move was just a lucky fluke; he had no real skill.

Old Zhang stopped talking and began to concentrate on playing chess. After thinking for a long time, he moved a piece.

Lu Jinghe curled the corners of his mouth and raised his hand to place the horse in a place that seemed remote but was actually very useful.

Old Zhang scratched his head and said, "Where did you place this horse? It neither captures my pieces nor guards your king."

"I've been playing chess for forty years, and I've never seen anyone play like this before. Was your first move just luck?" Old Zhang was confused and couldn't understand it either, and he was racking his brains.

Logically speaking, there are always patterns to follow in chess, but he couldn't see Lu Jinghe's patterns at all, or rather, Lu Jinghe simply didn't have any patterns.

He hesitated for a long time, not daring to jump off the horse. He felt there was a pitfall, but he couldn't see what it was. Hesitantly put down the horse, wanting to play it safe.

As soon as the piece was placed, Lu Jinghe followed suit and got out of the car.

What seemed like a haphazard move turned the tide of the game.

With the pawn advancing, the horse blocking, and the chariot positioned at the bottom, the previously chaotic chessboard instantly came alive.

Old Zhang's chess pieces were completely surrounded, and he couldn't break through no matter how he played.

Old Zhang's expression changed instantly, his palms began to sweat, and he stared at the chessboard, barely daring to breathe.

He muttered to himself as he watched, "Wait a minute, it was a mess just now, how did it suddenly change?"

"Good heavens! How did this move happen? Everything was crooked before, how did it all get all mixed up here?"

"This is really weird...it's too weird."

He gritted his teeth and tried to walk over, only to be blocked by Lu Jinghe.

Before long, they were either losing cannons or horses.

Finally, Lu Jinghe decisively checkmated, and Old Zhang looked at the chessboard dejectedly.

His face was filled with disbelief as he kept tugging at his beard, unable to believe he had lost so badly.

"I have lost. You're quite a strange young man; your chess moves are rather unusual. Who did you learn them from?"

"It looks like there are flaws all at first glance, but it's all a trap later on."

"Haha, old man, I played chess pretty well, didn't I?" Lu Jinghe laughed, having made money again today.

As Lu Jinghe arranged the chess pieces, he said, "I didn't learn my chess playing techniques from anyone; I figured them out myself."

"Ah, I'm getting old, you young man, you play chess really well. If I were a few years younger, I would definitely have a showdown with you, and I would not give up until I beat you."

Old Zhang left five coins, sighed deeply, and left.

"Girl, it's your turn. Are you sure you want to bet? If you win, I'll give you one guan; if you lose, you give me five wen."

"Yes, of course!" The girl in brocade hurriedly sat down opposite Lu Jinghe, waved to her maid, and signaled to clear the room.

There weren't many onlookers; they were all given two coins and sent away.

Only Lu Jinghe and two girls remained in the alley where they played chess.

"How should I address this young man?"

"My surname is Lu."

"Oh, Young Master Lu, my surname is Li."

"Alright, is Miss Li ready?"

"Let's go."

Lu Jinghe glanced at her strangely. The girl's veil wasn't particularly thick, so he could still make out her features.

She can be described as an absolute beauty, and look at that figure, wow!

She's a rich girl.

Her surname is Li, could she be Li Er's daughter?

It's quite interesting that a princess came to play chess with him.