Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 364: Misleading Intuition

Shuocheng.

City Lord’s Mansion, side hall.

You Su had not worn sunglasses since he appeared outside of Shuo City, because such a rare object would attract too much unnecessary attention to him. Anyway, relying on his nearsighted eyesight and more arbitrary spiritual awareness, his actions were no different from those of a person who could see.

He looked at the guest room he was in, and it was the first time he felt that the architecture of Beiaozhou could be described as magnificent.

The hall is spacious and bright, with a beam carved with dragons and phoenixes hanging high above, the tables and chairs are all made of carved pear, and there is even a screen separating the bedroom and the living room, something that is almost impossible to find in Beiaozhou.

This delicate and exquisite layout style reminded You Su of the mansions in Zhongyuanzhou. It can be seen that the mayor of Shuo City should be very fond of the culture of Zhongyuanzhou. And the fact that he could live in such an expensive guest room was probably because of the help of the Taoist Hua.

When he thought about the twists and turns of entering the city, You Su became very curious about the Taoist priest Hua.

Ever since that inexplicable game, his behavior had been completely incomprehensible to You Su. And obviously, just like those evil gods hiding in unknown places, unknown things always make people uneasy.

You Su couldn't figure out his purpose, and didn't know why he was involved.

But what he was sure of was that the Taoist priest Hua must have seen that he had some skills.

Because You Su really thought that this Taoist priest Hua was just an ordinary fake Taoist priest at first, but the fact that Taoist priest Hua could come and go without a trace showed that his strength was unfathomable. You Su mistakenly thought that the other party was an ordinary person, that was entirely because the difference in strength was too great, so his disguise could not deceive Taoist priest Hua.

Therefore, the most fatal problem will be exposed:

He was a young man with a good cultivation, and was clearly fully qualified to be welcomed into the city by officers and soldiers through the main gate. However, he was willing to be sold to Chuixue Tower as a gigolo by a mortal ruffian in order to enter the city. He must have a shameful identity and ulterior motives.

Then why is he helping me?
You Su was terrified when he thought about it. He drank the hot tea on the table, then stuffed Bai Ze, who was running around the room, back into his collar, pressed Bai Ze's head and whispered seriously:
"We can't stay here anymore, be quiet, we have to leave now!"

Taoist Hua is currently discussing matters with the city lord in the main hall, so if he doesn't leave now, he will have no choice but to leave.

Bai Ze still felt a little puzzled, but after so many days of companionship, it had already trusted You Su very much.

When You Su came in, his spiritual sense had already scanned the room. There was no attendant guarding the guest room, which was only for distinguished guests. As long as he explained to the maids that he was the disciple of Taoist Hua and needed to go out to do something, he would be able to slip out!
You Su extended his spiritual sense again and confirmed that there was no one in the yard, so he frowned and pushed open the door.

But after the door opened, what came into view was not the gray-white snow in the yard, but a gorgeous male peacock.

"Hey, how did you know that the master is back?"

Taoist Hua always has a gentle smile on his face, giving people the feeling that he is not hypocritical at all, but truly harmless to people and animals.

You Su's heart was shocked, he pursed his lips and stepped aside:

"I am not your disciple."

“Many people want to become my disciples.”

Taoist Hua put his hands behind his back and walked into the room. The moment he entered, the door closed automatically, isolating the biting cold wind outside.

“I’m not a sociable person.”

You Su sat back at the tea table. Knowing that he couldn't run away, he simply refilled his empty cup. After running around outside for three days, he began to salivate over the hot tea.

“So you’re an interesting person.”

Taoist Hua slowly sat down on the other side of the tea table. "I brought you into the city after all. It's not too much to pour a cup of tea for Xiaodao, right?"

You Su raised his thick eyebrows, but still filled the other person's cup.

"Why help me?" You Su asked directly.

"Because you guessed it right." Taoist Hua sniffed the tea and said as if it was a matter of course, "I said I can fulfill one of your wishes within my ability. Isn't your wish to go to the city?"

You Su pursed his lips. His guess was exactly right. This Taoist Hua really saw that he had some secret.

But this Taoist priest did not choose to expose or ask, but chose to ignore it?
"If that's the case, then why did you leave without saying goodbye?"

Of course, what You Su was referring to was the matter of making him a scapegoat for the murder.

"That fat guy doesn't know me, so I have to find someone who knows me." Taoist Hua waved his hands and enjoyed the fragrant tea intoxicatedly.

You Su suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the commander appeared so timely. He was actually led here by Taoist Hua without knowing it.

Just as You Su was wondering who the person in front of him was, Taoist Hua suddenly put down his teacup:

"Why did you change?"

"What to change? The secret compartment?" You Su didn't expect that the other party was still obsessed with that crappy game.

"That's right! You would rather pretend to be cheated by human traffickers and bear the crime of murder. This is all out of your determination to enter the city. It can be seen that you must be a person who is determined and tenacious! Such people have always been pillars of the immortal way since ancient times." Taoist Hua's eyes were scorching, but his tone was full of doubt. "But why can such a person so decisively choose to change the other road when faced with two roads? Obviously, whether you change or not, the probability of your guessing right is 50%. In this case, what reason do you have not to choose to believe in your original intention?"

"I told you, you can't fool me." You Sufeng replied calmly.

The doubt on Taoist Hua's face just now gradually faded, and was replaced by an even stronger smile, as if the doubt was all pretended:
"When did I lie to you?"

"You're right. If the odds were really 50-50, I would have chosen to stick to my original choice without hesitation. But if someone knows that another path has a higher chance of reaching the end, and still chooses to stick to his original intention, then he is not a pillar of society, but a fool."

"You mean, the probability of guessing the right answer for the remaining two boxes is not 50-50?" Taoist Hua leaned forward, as if he was eager for the answer You Su was about to say. "Even if you haven't learned the Ten Mathematical Classics, even an old woman selling vegetables on the street can understand this principle - if you choose one of two, the probability of being right or wrong is 50-50."

You Su did not directly answer Taoist Hua's question: "The purpose of letting these refugees play this game is not to show kindness, but to let them learn arithmetic?" "You should answer my question first." Taoist Hua did not change his smile, but his eyes were even more burning.

You Su frowned secretly and quietly leaned back. He was only going to be sold to Chuixue Tower, but he was not really going to be sold in. He was a man who couldn't even bend a man like Brother Kongyue who was more beautiful than a woman.

"The reason why I would change is very simple, because the probability of guessing correctly after changing is twice as high as not changing, so I naturally have no reason not to choose."

You Su casually gave an extremely counterintuitive reason.

"Oh? Why?" Taoist Hua pressed his body forward.

"There are three secret compartments, and the silver could be in any of them. If it is in the first one I chose, then no matter which one you open, I will be wrong as long as I switch. But the opposite situation is not that the silver is not in the first one, but it is in the second or the third one. So there are three possible situations. After you open a space, my chance of guessing correctly is two-thirds, and the chance of not switching is only one-third."

"The old lady selling vegetables on the street won't understand your explanation." Taoist Hua was not ready to give up.

These words aroused You Su's perseverance. After all, the old ladies selling vegetables on the street might be smarter than his own junior sister. The painful memories of the three years when his junior sister was taught arithmetic by the Double-Eyed Sword Sect were still fresh in his mind.

"If it were replaced with a hundred secret compartments, even the most determined fool would choose to change it."

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"From one to one hundred, pick a number at random."

Taoist Hua thought for a moment and said, "Eighty-eight."

"I have a hundred secret compartments here, but only one contains the silver. You chose the eighty-eighth secret compartment, and then I opened ninety-eight empty secret compartments for you, leaving only the first secret compartment unopened. Now, in order to get the silver, do you choose to exchange it or not?"

"Of course it has to be changed!" Taoist Hua blurted out.

"Why?" It was You Su's turn to ask, "There are two secret compartments left, one is empty and the other is not. You have a 50% chance whether you change or not. Why don't you trust your original choice?"

"Because... this is just an appearance."

Taoist Hua finally leaned back on the carved chair, his eyes full of admiration. "The reason why the eighty-eighth secret box I chose is left is not because the silver happened to be in it, but because I chose it in the first place. But the first secret box is left because you know where the silver is. So essentially, as long as the eighty-eighth that I chose in the beginning is wrong, then no matter which of the remaining choices I make, I will definitely guess it right. Unless I can guess eighty-eight right in the beginning, but that is one in a hundred - a one percent chance."

"So it seems that there are only two choices left, but in fact the other choice is the one that remains after you have eliminated the ninety-eight wrong choices, and the one you originally chose is just one you randomly picked out of the hundred. And so on, the same goes for the three secret compartments."

As soon as You Su finished his summary, he was surprised to find that Taoist Hua actually picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea himself.

You Su was extremely surprised. This Taoist Hua must be a venerable in the Dongxu realm, but he would actually condescend to personally pour tea for a kid of unknown origin?

It would be fine if this Taoist priest didn't know the principle behind thanking me, but he was clearly testing me...

"Who did you study under before?" Taoist Hua asked with concern.

You Su pursed her lips and chose to remain silent.

Taoist Hua saw that You Su was unwilling to speak, and immediately raised his eyebrows and said:
"Speak boldly, it's just those old scholars from Nanyang Continent or Zhongyuan Continent, who don't I know? But when it comes to the art of calculation, Nanyang Continent, which has the Tianqi Divine Mountain and always likes to calculate the heavens and the earth, is still a level better than the other four continents. I see that you are so proficient in calculation at such a young age, and Zhongyuan Continent can't teach you, are you the last disciple of the old Taoist Ziwei?"

You Su also raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He also knew the Taoist Ziwei mentioned by Taoist Hua. He was the great elder of Qiming Sect in Nanyangzhou, Venerable Ziwei. He was proficient in Ziwei Dou Shu, Bagua Liu Yao, Qimen Dunjia, etc. He was the pinnacle of contemporary numerology.

As a master figure who is also a living fossil, his reputation is not as good as that of the great elder, the Chief of Tianshu, for two reasons. First, the popularity of the way of magic is far beyond the way of numerology. Second, Venerable Ziwei does not have any widely circulated works. His works are all obscure and difficult to understand with a very high reading threshold, while most of the works of the Chief of Tianshu can be understood even by a cultivator in the Tongmai realm.

However, the reputation of Venerable Ziwei is only slightly lower than that of the Great Elder. In terms of his status in the immortal world, he is definitely at the same level as the Great Elder.

But for such a person of extremely noble status, Taoist Hua actually called him "old Taoist" without any respect at all.

"No?" Taoist Hua was puzzled after seeing You Su's performance and pushed the tea he had poured for You Su over to him. "Could it be that it was the Taoist Gu Shu?"

You Su looked at the teacup and pursed his lips, "I don't know them, and I haven't learned any numerology."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Taoist Hua suddenly sat up and looked at You Su with disbelief on his face. The burning look in his eyes even went beyond a man's desire for a woman, and it was as if he saw the answer to something he had been seeking all his life.

"Sure enough...Sure enough! From the first moment I saw you, I noticed that you were different!"

Taoist Hua paced by himself, "It's not because of your cultivation, but because when I introduced the rules, although they were listening, everyone was staring at the silver! Only you didn't even look at the silver! So only you saw through the surface! It doesn't matter what the reward is, finding the right rules is the most important thing! Why don't those old pedants understand! Intuition is the biggest obstacle in the art of numerology!"

At the end of his words, Hua Daoshi seemed to be talking to himself, and his excitement was no less than that of someone who had solved an unsolvable problem.

You Su shrugged his shoulders quietly, thinking secretly, it's not that he doesn't want to look at the silver and listen, but that he can't see clearly. He listened attentively not because he was serious, but because it was a habit developed by his blind eyes...

"So you let those refugees play this game, in order to prove something?"

"That's right! Those old scholars have been so high and mighty for too long! They refuse to acknowledge the many intuition-induced errors in their books! I want to prove that even commoners who have never learned arithmetic can overcome the misleading intuition and get the correct answer! They can stand at the top of the academic world not because they are really smarter, but simply because they have learned more than these idiots in their eyes!"

Taoist Hua waved his colorful sleeves vigorously, looking as graceful as a peacock spreading its wings.

"But you know I'm pretending. I can't prove your theory." You Su drank tea and poured a basin of cold water on Taoist Hua.

"No, you can."

Taoist Hua bowed slightly, his eyes sparkling:

"Are you right, Dabon?"

(End of this chapter)