I became the demon of the female devil

Chapter 336 Imperial Treatment! Miracles Happen with Great Effort!

"Why is he here?"

Qi Chengze glanced at Chen Mo, his face darkening, and said coldly, "Old man, I knew you were up to no good by suddenly calling me here... Fine, if I can't afford to offend you, can't I at least avoid you?"

After saying that, he got up and was about to leave.

"Look at you, you're in a hurry."

"Let me state upfront, I had no idea he would be coming today."

Ling Yishan said calmly, "But to be honest, you still owe them a favor."

Qi Chengze paused in his steps.

He could naturally understand the implied meaning.

Before the Crown Prince and Empress went to the ancestral temple to offer sacrifices, he used a celestial mirror to discern the secrets of heaven and came to the conclusion of "great fortune".

Not long after, an explosion occurred, resulting in heavy casualties among the Imperial Guards and court officials, and the Crown Prince nearly died on the Kowloon Terrace.

The Heavenly Mirror cannot be wrong. The only explanation is that he, the supervisor, deliberately concealed the secrets of heaven and lied about good and bad omens, causing the crown prince to fall into danger!

If Chen Mo hadn't intervened, it could have really turned into a disaster!
If we were to be serious, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to treat Chu Heng as an accomplice!
Ultimately, however, this matter was truly disgraceful, and the Crown Prince only wanted to quell the situation as soon as possible; otherwise, who knows how many ministers would be implicated.

Qi Chengze frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then sat back down.

"I see now, you planned this all along!" Qi Chengze sighed, helplessly saying, "At our age, we don't have any ambitions anymore, we just want a peaceful end, but you had to cause me so much trouble..."

"Whether it's trouble or opportunity, it's still hard to say." Ling Yishan said with a smile, "When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. You don't seem to care, but don't you care about the safety of the rest of the Qi family?"

Qi Chengze fell silent upon hearing this.

Chen Mo, listening from the side, was completely bewildered, as was Ling Ningzhi, who didn't understand what the two were talking about.

Ling Yishan stood up, pulled Chen Mo to sit down, and said, "Come on, you and Qi Jianzheng play a couple of games. Let me see if your wild punches can beat the 'Number One Chess Saint of the Great Yuan Dynasty'."

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "But I really don't know how to play chess..."

"Anyway, you won't lose anything if you lose, and you'll make a fortune if you win. If he's not afraid, why are you?" Ling Yishan said.

Chen Mo: "..."

Qi Chengze rolled his eyes at Ling Yishan, knowing what the old man was up to, and waved his hand, saying, "Never mind, it's just a friendly spar, no need to be nervous, winning or losing is irrelevant."

"Ok."

Since the two had already spoken to this extent, Chen Mo could no longer refuse. He was about to put away the remaining dishes on the table when Qi Chengze stopped him.

"Let's continue with this one."

"Continue?"

Chen Mo was slightly taken aback.

Although his chess skills are indeed average, it is clear that the situation on the field is already one-sided, and Black has almost no chance of turning the tide.

However, given Qi Chengze's status, it's unlikely he would deliberately make things difficult for a junior like him; there must be another reason behind this action.

Chen Mo calmed himself down, pondered for a moment, picked up a black piece, and placed it on the chessboard, attempting to break through the encirclement from the right flank of the white formation.

Snapped--

The moment his hand moved away, Qi Chengze had already placed his piece.

They directly killed the orphan, giving him no chance whatsoever.

Chen Mo's expression gradually became serious, and he pondered for a long time before taking each step.

Qi Chengze, on the other hand, didn't need to think at all. He casually placed his pieces, seemingly effortlessly, yet his offensive was exceptionally fierce, relentlessly pressing down on Chen Mo's vital points, leaving him no room to breathe.

In just over a dozen moves, the white pieces had formed an iron wall near the center, like a winding dragon, exuding immense pressure.

Despite having the upper hand, Qi Chengze did not choose to end the game immediately. Instead, he continued to chip away at and divide the black pieces, breaking their formation into pieces so that they could only cower in a corner and barely survive.

It feels like...

To play a trick on him?

Chen Mo clutched the black piece, but didn't know where to start.

Struggling any further would only bring shame upon himself, and a hint of anger flashed across his eyes.

"You're not convinced?" Qi Chengze said calmly.

Chen Mo said in a deep voice, "While I am no match for the Supervisor, this contest has been unfair from the very beginning."

"Fairness?" Qi Chengze chuckled. "Chess is like life, and life is like chess. How much fairness is there in this world?"

"When the demon race sends a Grandmaster-level demon to deal with you, will they talk about fairness? Or when Chu Heng uses his status as a member of the royal family to pressure you, will they talk about fairness?"

"The situation you may face in the future could be a thousand times worse than this. Do you expect your opponents to show you mercy because of your weakness?"

Chen Mo was speechless.

A moment later, he threw down the black piece, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your guidance, sir. I have learned a great deal."

Qi Chengze toyed with the chess pieces. "So, you're admitting defeat?"

Chen Mo said helplessly, "I have exhausted all my options. Do I have any choice but to admit defeat?"

"The game of chess is unpredictable. Before the game ends, there is always a chance to turn the tide. As long as you seize that glimmer of hope, even an earthworm can subdue a dragon," Qi Chengze said slowly and deliberately.

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo's heart stirred slightly.

He carefully observed the chessboard, silently deducing the next move.

Half an hour later, a glint flashed in his eyes, and he actually saw a flaw!
There was an inconspicuous break in the belly of the dragon, like a tiny crack in a copper wall, through which a sliver of sunlight faintly peeked through.

"found it!"

Chen Mo embedded the black piece into the break point, instantly exposing the dragon's weak point!

Next, as long as the living stones in the lower left corner are connected to the isolated stones in the upper right corner, the white stones' formation can be torn apart, completely turning the tide of the game!
This is his only chance to win!
However, things did not develop as expected.

Just as the black pieces were making a desperate gamble and penetrating deep into the enemy's territory, the white pieces instantly reversed their formation. The large dragon, with its head and tail aligned, bared its bloody fangs and devoured the black pieces in just five moves.

At this point, the Black team was powerless to turn the tide and suffered a complete defeat.

"..."

Chen Mo's excited expression froze on his face.

It turns out that the so-called "short-term chance" was a flaw deliberately left by Qi Chengze, and every subsequent move was within the other party's expectations.

But he had no chance of winning anyway, so why go to all this trouble?

Is it just to satisfy one's own perverse tastes?

"Those who are greedy for victory will surely fail, while those who think carefully will survive."

"A true strategist never blindly believes in 'a godsend,' because what you perceive as an opportunity may very well be a trap set by someone else."

Qi Chengze stroked his beard and said slowly.

Chen Mo frowned even more deeply.

Can the riddle teller get out of the Yuan Dynasty?
In fact, he understood that the other party wanted to use this game of chess to remind him that there was a deeper meaning hidden in their words, which was obviously related to the turmoil that had just occurred... Was the reason for being so evasive a deliberate attempt to appear profound, or was it because they dared not speak openly?
Qi Chengze looked Chen Mo up and down and said with a smile, "From the moment you sat down, your emotions were swayed by the game of chess. Hesitation, excitement, disappointment, anger... you completely lost the ability to think calmly."

"If you can't even control your own emotions, how can you control the situation?"

"Chen Mo, do you see yourself as a player or a pawn?"

"I……"

Chen Mo's lips moved, but he didn't know how to answer.

If we consider the entire land of Kyushu as a giant chessboard, is he a player sitting at the chessboard, or a piece swept along by the tide?
Who is his opponent?
Was everything that happened before due to luck, or a trap set by the enemy?

He vaguely sensed an invisible net enveloping him and tightening around him...

Just as Chen Mo was stunned, a flash of silver light appeared between Qi Chengze's brows, and the chessboard began to distort.

The black and white chess pieces resembled a bottomless vortex, and a tremendous suction force came, swallowing him whole.

? !
Chen Mo's vision suddenly went black.

When their vision returned, they found themselves in a huge square.

The wooden floor was covered with crisscrossing grooves, forming squares of the same size, and I was standing on one of those squares.

"This is... a chessboard?"

Chen Mo looked around and suddenly realized. It seemed that he had been dragged into an illusion by the supervisor using some kind of supernatural power.

"A test?"

Chen Mo lifted his leg and stepped into the next square, but suddenly felt a sense of danger and quickly withdrew.

boom!
A huge white boulder fell from the sky and landed right where he had just been standing. The chess piece, which was originally the size of a fingernail, now appeared to him as majestic as a mountain!
Even though he knew it was an illusion, he felt a strange fear, as if being hit by this flag would really kill him!

Boom boom boom——

The pieces began to fall at an accelerated speed, without any warning.

Chen Mo's true essence was suppressed, making it impossible for him to fly. He could only rely on his physical reflexes to dodge and weave across the chessboard.

Several times it was extremely dangerous, almost grazing his nose and nearly smashing him into mincemeat!
As the number of chess pieces increased, the space available for him to move around gradually decreased, until he was eventually trapped in a square. He was completely blocked off from all sides and had nowhere to go. He could only watch in despair as the mountains crashed down on him from above...

"Oh shit……"

Chen Mo cursed under his breath, and then everything went black again.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the chessboard, and all the chess pieces had disappeared.

"Reopened?"

His back was soaked with cold sweat. The feeling of being on the verge of death was incredibly real. His body was being crushed inch by inch by the boulder. The intense pain almost made him faint. He absolutely never wanted to experience it a second time!

"According to the supervisor, in order to break free from the chessboard, one must have the vision to control the whole situation."

Chen Mo took a deep breath, then lifted his leg and took a step.

As the chess pieces fell, he dodged them while memorizing their positions, gradually sketching out the entire chess game in his mind.

"The positions of these chess pieces are exactly the same as in the game just now!"

With this thought in mind, Chen Mo turned around and sprinted to the edge of the chessboard.

If he remembers correctly, there are no moves to be made here.

Sure enough, the surroundings were gradually filled with huge chess pieces, but his position remained calm and peaceful.

"So simple?"

Chen Mo's lips curled into a smile.

However, the smile quickly vanished, replaced by surprise and bewilderment.

The dozens of white chess pieces, linked together, actually transformed into a giant dragon, soaring into the air and tearing at him with its gaping maw, swallowing him whole!
"Grass……"

Reopen again.

Chen Mo stood in the center of the chessboard, head bowed, eyes cold.

It seems that simply dodging is useless. To pass this "test", one must step out of the role of a chess piece and defeat the opponent from the perspective of a chess player.

simply put……

So you just slaughtered this white dragon?

Although his primordial energy and soul power were suppressed, he could still sense the presence of the true dragon blood within his body, which was now stirring restlessly after being stimulated by two brushes with death.

"It seems I overcomplicated the issue..."

"An earthworm subduing a dragon?"

"Ha, it's hard to say who's the earthworm and who's the real dragon!"

……

……

In the small courtyard.

Ling Yishan and Qi Chengze were leisurely sipping their tea.

Chen Mo sat quietly in the chair, his eyes slightly closed, motionless.

The chessboard in front of him was shrouded in mist, like a small, independent world. The chess pieces fell automatically, and a short figure was running and dodging on the chessboard.

Ling Ningzhi asked in confusion, "Grandpa, what's going on here...?"

“Don’t worry, your little lover will be fine. This is an opportunity that Qi Jianzheng has given him.” Ling Yishan put down his teacup and said, “Chen Mo’s talent is the best I have ever seen in my life, but that doesn’t mean he can go the furthest.”

Throughout history, countless brilliant talents have emerged, only to fall as swiftly as shooting stars.

"Whether he rises by the tide of fortune, a hidden dragon ascending from the abyss, or is swept away by fate and becomes a pawn, depends on his character."

Qi Chengze nodded and said, "In the end, cultivation is about cultivating the mind. Chen Mo is a young grandmaster who has risen rapidly and is full of vigor. This is a good thing, but it is also a weakness."

"Jade that is not crafted will remain a pebble, and a person who is not polished will never achieve greatness."

"This 'Heavenly Origin Chess Game' contains the art of refining the mind. If one can break through the game, it means that he has seen his true self and broken free from the shackles. From then on, until the first rank, no inner demons or external evils will erode his Dao heart."

Ling Ningzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he only vaguely understood what he was hearing, as long as it benefited Chen Mo, that was fine.

Qi Chengze and Ling Yishan exchanged a glance, their expressions slightly strange.

They were telling the truth, but they didn't finish their story.

Among the imperial family of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a saying: "To ascend to the throne, one must first cross the celestial scales."

In other words, before succeeding to the throne, each heir had to use the nineteen lines of longitude and latitude to represent the boundaries of mountains and rivers and to decipher the chessboard of the center of the sky in order to prove that he had the potential to inherit the throne.

What Chen Mo is experiencing now can truly be described as imperial treatment.

"How many rounds do you think it will take him to come out?" Ling Yishan asked.

"To break this game, you must think of a strategy while dodging, and reverse the situation by moving the pieces to win. Once you make a mistake, you have to start all over again, which is extremely difficult."

Qi Chengze pondered for a moment and said, "This kid is resilient and quick to understand. I think about fifty rounds should be enough."

Ling Yishan shook his head and said, "Then you are underestimating him too much. I guess he will break the deadlock within ten rounds."

"Ten rounds?"

Qi Chengze chuckled, "Do you know what you're saying? Even that person used it nearly twenty times... cough cough, aren't you being a bit too far-fetched?"

Ling Yishan casually suggested, "Since that's the case, how about we make a bet?"

Qi Chengze raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are we betting on?"

"If he hasn't broken the deadlock after more than ten rounds, I'll give you the Heavenly Lock," Ling Yishan said calmly.

"Is that really true?!" Qi Chengze sat up abruptly, his eyes shining, but he quickly calmed down. "What if I lose?"

“If you lose, you will pass on the Heavenly Eye Technique to him,” Ling Yishan said.

"This……"

Hearing this, Qi Chengze hesitated and said tentatively, "Isn't this a bit too much of a gamble? I didn't even teach this supernatural power to Yi Feng..."

"That's because your grandson has such poor comprehension, he just can't learn it no matter what." Ling Yishan rolled his eyes at him and said, "As the saying goes, the Way must not be lost, and the method must be passed on. Do you want to take the technique to your grave?"

Qi Chengze looked conflicted, his heart wavering.

Although he felt he had a high chance of winning and the Heavenly Lock was very tempting, he was still a little hesitant when he saw Ling Yishan's confident look.

Looking down and observing Chen Mo closely, I saw that after he was swallowed by the white dragon in the second round, he stood there motionless like a statue, which immediately calmed me down a lot.

"Alright, let's bet!" Qi Chengze slammed his hand on the table.

"It's a deal. Don't regret it later," Ling Yishan nodded.

"Once a move is made, there's no going back!" Qi Chengze sneered. "Stop bluffing. I don't believe he really has that much ability..."

click-

Before the words were finished, a crisp sound reached my ears.

The sandalwood chessboard was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and then, to the disbelief of the two, it shattered with a crash!

Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, and exclaimed, "What an exquisite chess game!"

Qi Chengze's throat tightened, and he stammered, "Breaking the deadlock in three rounds? You... how did you do that?"

"I'm ashamed to say," Chen Mo said shyly, "I'm not good at chess, but I do have some brute strength, so I just chipped a hole through the chessboard."

Qi Chengze: ? ? ?

(End of this chapter)