Reborn as Lin Pingzhi, starting from escorting Daiyu to the capital.

One day ago.

Lin Pingzhi teased Lin Daiyu, "Daiyu, you are exceptionally intelligent. How about you adopt the pseudonym 'Zhishen'? Let's call you Lin Zhishen. What do you think of that name?"

Lin Daiyu frowned slightly and said irritably, "Fine, do you think I don't know what that great monk Lu Zhishen is like? You're comparing me to him."

Lin Pingzhi chuckled and continued, "If Sister Lin could uproot a willow tree, that would be quite a fun thing. Besides, you're not Lu Zhishen the Flower Monk, you're Lin Zhishen the Flower Fairy."

"Hmph, you're just making fun of me."

Lin Daiyu pretended to be angry, but before she could finish speaking, she burst out laughing.

She herself found the name quite interesting, and immediately imitated Lu Zhishen's forthright manner, loudly proclaiming:

"Let me, this ingenious chess game, take a look!"

At this moment, Su Xinghe and the others were surprised to see Lin Pingzhi give the opportunity to solve the Zhenlong Chess Game to his cousin. They thought to themselves: Since this person is named "Zhishen", he must have some real skills.

Everyone turned to look at Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu was even more beautiful than Lin Pingzhi, but she was slightly shorter and looked a bit childish.

He thought to himself, "This person is so young, I'm afraid he won't be able to solve this intricate chess puzzle."

Su Xinghe was inevitably disappointed that Lin Pingzhi did not personally take the stage.

But since the other party had saved his life, he was very polite to Lin Daiyu, cupping his hands in greeting:

"Young Master Lin, please."

Being the center of attention for a group of martial arts masters, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She took a deep breath and said in a clear voice:

"Thank you, Mr. Congbian. I will humbly give it a try."

Her voice was clear and melodious, and everyone assumed it was because she was still young.

Su Xinghe has restored the chess game to its original state.

Lin Daiyu sat on the rock, reached into the box, took a white chess piece, and placed it on the chessboard.

Upon seeing this, Ding Chunqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had long regarded Lin Pingzhi as a formidable rival, fearing that he might be secretly colluding with Su Xinghe. He was only slightly relieved to see that Lin Pingzhi had not personally intervened.

Su Xinghe pondered for a moment, then placed a black piece.

Lin Daiyu did not hesitate and followed closely behind.

She had been pondering this game for a long time beforehand, so she made her moves extremely quickly.

Su Xinghe also made his moves with lightning speed.

The two played back and forth, and soon more than twenty pieces were placed on the chessboard.

Everyone's attention was now focused on the chess game, and as Lin Daiyu made her move, they couldn't help but sigh inwardly:

"This young man is quite old, but his skill in playing chess is truly remarkable."

After another ten or so moves, Lin Daiyu gradually slowed down, clearly beginning to seriously consider each move.

Su Xinghe continued to make moves with lightning speed and without hesitation.

After another ten or so minutes, Lin Daiyu's left hand suddenly stopped in mid-air and couldn't fall down for a long time.

Seeing this, Ding Chunqiu said sarcastically, "No way forward and pursuers behind, little brat, you've ended up in the same situation as that Duan Yanqing."

Seeing that Lin Daiyu and Lin Pingzhi had come together, he tried to disturb Lin Daiyu's mind with words, causing her to fall into a dream.

Lin Daiyu murmured to herself, "There's no way forward, and pursuers are behind me. There's no way forward, and pursuers are behind me..."

Suddenly, I remembered my situation.

This trip to Beijing, where she was forced to live under someone else's roof, was not what she wanted.

After her mother passed away, she had no one to rely on but her father.

But her father was too busy with work to take care of himself.

She finally met Brother Pingzhi and learned some martial arts, but she still had to stay in the Jia family mansion.

Even after learning martial arts, she still couldn't roam the world with her brother Lin.

"Having seen the vast ocean, other waters seem insignificant; having beheld the clouds of Wushan, other clouds are not worth seeing."

Lin Daiyu sighed inwardly:

"Am I destined to be trapped in that mansion from now on, facing only the four corners of the sky every day?"

"What's the point of such a life?"

Lin Daiyu sat there blankly, her expression sorrowful.

Ding Chunqiu was overjoyed upon seeing this and was about to exert even more effort when he suddenly heard Lin Pingzhi coldly say:

"Old Monster Ding, if you open your mouth again, believe me, this slap will silence you forever."

Ding Chunqiu, wary of Lin Pingzhi's flaming blade, dared not speak again, but still snorted, trying to forcefully regain some semblance of composure.

Peach Fairy shouted, "Then he'll really become a 'Rusty Old Monster'!"

Lin Pingzhi turned to look at Lin Daiyu and said softly, "No rush, take your time."

Suddenly, he raised his voice and said:

"The tide rises over the Qiantang River, and only today do I realize who I truly am."

Kumārajīva had not read "Water Margin" and did not know the source of these two lines, but he felt that these two lines were quite Zen-like.

Seeing Lin Pingzhi's rapid progress in martial arts today, he became even more certain that Lin had mastered the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual, and secretly speculated in his heart:

Could it be that after this young master Lin castrated himself, his thoughts became like those of a monk?

Lin Pingzhi's voice, imbued with hidden skill, clearly reached Lin Daiyu's ears.

Lin Daiyu shuddered, as if waking from a dream, and thought to herself:

"Yes, although my life is not going well, what am I compared to the refugees along the way?"

"Besides, didn't I learn all these martial arts skills precisely to get rid of my former self?"

"We should learn from Lu Zhishen, who was carefree and unrestrained."

However, even after waking up from the illusion, the white piece in his hand involuntarily fell to the ground due to the dazed state he had just experienced.

"Once a move is made, there's no going back."

Duan Yanqing said coldly.

Everyone looked over and saw that Lin Daiyu's white piece had landed in a group of white pieces that were already completely surrounded by black pieces.

This large group of white stones still had a liberty. Although black could capture it at any time, there was still a chance for survival as long as the opponent was too busy to deal with it.

Now, her move is tantamount to suicide.

With this white piece dead, the white side is on the verge of total annihilation.

Everyone secretly lamented, shaking their heads and sighing, "Man proposes, God disposes."

"It's fate, it's fate."

Su Xinghe said smugly.

Although Lin Daiyu awoke from the illusion, she had already made this terrible move.

Peach Fairy was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Isn't it our turn now?"

Peach Blossom Fairy continued, "Now that there's no one else left, is it destined that we, the Six Immortals of Peach Valley, will have to break this Precious Chess Formation?"

Tao Genxian also shouted, "Mr. Congbian, quickly restore the game! The six of us brothers are about to dominate the game!"

The six men were eager and ready to try.

Su Xinghe sighed, his heart filled with regret.

We can't count on the Six Immortals of Peach Valley right now. Is it going to be another failure?

His decision to break his vow and set up the intricate chess game was a clear indication that he was prepared to die.

However, if he dies, he will never have the chance to take revenge.

In an instant, Su Xinghe seemed to have aged decades.

"That's not necessarily true."

Looking at the exquisite chessboard, Lin Daiyu suddenly remembered Lin Pingzhi's words, "Put yourself in a desperate situation and you will survive." After pondering for a moment, she made another move.

The spot where the piece was placed was the empty space that appeared after the white piece was captured.

Seeing this, Su Xinghe angrily rebuked, "Nonsense! Nonsense! What kind of way is this to play chess?"

He knew that this defeat was inevitable, and he was already inclined to give up on himself.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Mr. Congbian, don't be impatient, please take a look."

"Huh?" Su Xinghe looked at the chessboard.

Suddenly, I realized that Lin Daiyu's move was actually quite reasonable.

Over the past thirty years, he has become intimately familiar with the thousands of variations of this game.

However, Lin Daiyu made an accidental move that resulted in her killing a large group of white pieces. This move was completely against the principles of chess, and anyone with even a basic understanding of the game would never make such a move.

But it was after this move that the situation suddenly became clear. Although Black still had a significant advantage, White now had room to maneuver.

This was something he had never imagined before.

Su Xinghe was taken aback, pondered for a long time, and then made a move with black pieces.