Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 82
After Li Xiuyuan went down the mountain, he directly ordered Wu Fei and others to go to the cottage to fetch 1 taels of silver.

Fortunately, the fake show was real before. He really shipped 10 taels of silver to Wangchuanshan to redeem people. He left 1 taels of silver in Dahu Village to improve the villagers' lives, and now there are 9 taels left.

"The gods also want money?" Wu Fei couldn't help opening his eyes wide after hearing the order.

Li Xiuyuan said; "It doesn't matter whether he wants money or not, as long as he is willing to exchange 1 taels for a pill to heal my father, that's enough. Hurry up and come back."

"Yes." Wu Fei replied, and quickly left with a few men.

After a full two hours, they walked over carrying a box of silver with difficulty.

1 taels of silver weighs several hundred catties, which is not so easy to carry.

"Help me carry it up the mountain." Li Xiuyuan said.

Several people responded, and then carried the heavy box up the mountain.

After walking and resting, it took another hour to reach the top of the mountain.

"Old man, I brought you the 1 taels of silver you asked for. Where is the elixir?" Li Xiuyuan bowed and said.

The old man with white hair and beard was still sitting under the pine tree, playing chess comfortably.

"So that's how it is. You are a child of a wealthy family, and the 1 taels of silver is not difficult for you. It's because the old man has misjudged you."

The old man smiled: "But I didn't say that I would give you the elixir after you fulfilled this condition."

"Are you playing tricks?" Li Xiuyuan was a little angry immediately.

"Hehe, of course it's not cheating. People who practice Taoism never lie. How about this? I still lack a rabbit fur blanket in my wooden house. If you can hunt me twenty hares, I will consider giving you the elixir. You are limited to three days." The old man said.

Li Xiuyuan held back the anger in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "Why does it take three days, one day is enough."

After finishing speaking, he turned and went down the mountain without hesitation.

When he got down the mountain, he opened his mouth and asked, "Are there any wild rabbits in the village?"

Wu Fei touched his bald head and said, "I caught a few when I went hunting in the mountains before, and threw them in the valley to raise them. Now there are at least a few hundred in the valley."

"Very good, go get twenty of them." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Young master, this is not another problem caused by that god." Tieshan said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "I don't know, and he's not a god, he's a spirit with a high level of Taoism. It's not an exaggeration to call him a god, but I don't think he looks like a person who would give medicine sincerely, but no matter what he does I have to try whether to deliver the medicine sincerely, but I don't have so much time to spend here with a spirit monster, if it doesn't work, I have to find another way."

He was anxious, but it was useless to be anxious right now.

Soon, Li Xiuyuan went up the mountain again.

This time he brought twenty hares.

"Young man, I told you a long time ago that elixir is not so easy to ask for, but don't be discouraged. This is a test for you by the gods, a test of your sincerity. If you can complete the test of the gods with sincerity, you may have Chance to get a little reward."

When passing halfway up the mountain, the old woodcutter who cut wood said with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan took a look, didn't speak, just went up the mountain on his own.

"Hehe, young people are impetuous. I told you a long time ago that if you don't have the sincerity to ask immortals and medicines, you will not be able to find elixir." The old woodcutter laughed and continued chopping firewood and making alchemy.

soon.

Li Xiuyuan came to the top of the mountain and said: "Old man, I brought the twenty hares you asked for. I don't know if you are satisfied with this, old man? My father is critically ill, and the time will not last long. Please ask the old man to deliver medicine."

"You are indeed a very blessed person. Gold, silver, and hare are two tests that you can't stand. It seems that God wants me to give you this elixir, but..." the old man with white hair and beard laughed. Hehe said.

"But what?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The old man with white hair and beard pointed to the chess board in front of him: "If I can win a piece on this chessboard, I will have nothing to say, and this elixir will be given to you."

play chess?

Li Xiuyuan immediately shook his head and said, "I'm not very good at chess, and I'm in a hurry, so I don't want to play chess. Please ask the old man to make another request."

"You are a smart person. How do you know you can't win if you don't play chess? This old man has been playing chess here for decades, and he has never played against anyone else. Maybe you will know after you play chess. It's hard to win." The old man with white hair and beard laughed.

Li Xiuyuan walked over, sat in front of the chessboard, and said seriously: "If I can't beat the old man, will the old man never give me the medicine?"

"Not necessarily, maybe the old man gave you the elixir when he was in a good mood." Said the old man with white hair and beard.

Hearing this, Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to hold back his urgency and dissatisfaction with the old man, and started to play chess with the old man.

As a scholar, although I am not proficient in everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in more than ten years of life, I understand a little bit.

He can also play Go.

It's just not proficient. After all, Li Xiuyuan spent most of his time practicing martial arts.

But playing chess is about a state of mind, now that Li Xiuyuan is concerned about his father's illness and is upset, how can he play chess with peace of mind.

After a while, the white-haired and bearded old man laughed and said, "You lost, let's try again."

Li Xiuyuan remained silent, so he continued to play chess with the old man.

After another half an hour, he was naturally no match at all, and lost another round.

The old man with white hair and beard was happy: "Your chess skills are very rough, you should learn more."

Li Xiuyuan still didn't speak, he just played chess with the old man.

He played ten games in a row, and Li Xiuyuan lost every one.

Apart from the reason of being upset and irritable, he is an ordinary person, his chess skills are just beginners, how can he win this person who has been studying on the chessboard for decades.

Every time he wins, the old man is happy, laughing happily.

"Since the old man is in a good mood, can you give me a elixir? After I have treated my father, I am willing to play chess with the old man here for a month." Seeing that the old man was in a good mood, Li Xiuyuan said.

The old man with white hair and beard shook his head with a smile and said: "No, no, no, you haven't won the old man yet, you won the old man, the old man can give you the elixir."

"Didn't the old man say before that if he was in a good mood, he could give me a pill?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"Hehe, the old man just said that there is a possibility, not a certainty, young man, don't be so impatient, the elixir is not so easy to ask, come, come, come, let's continue." The old man with white hair and beard laughed.

Li Xiuyuan was furious, and when he heard this, he almost pulled out his waist knife and killed this old guy, this old guy was really playing tricks on himself.

However, he still endured it when he thought of his father.

Another game of chess began.

Holding back the anger in his heart, Li Xiuyuan exhaled slightly to calm himself down.

"However, the old man should know that I can wait for the elixir, but my father can't wait, he needs the elixir to save his life." Li Xiuyuan said seriously.

The old man with white hair and beard then said: "The fate of ordinary people is determined by God. If your father's life is not worthy of death, you will naturally get the elixir from the hands of the old man. If the life is exhausted, it is God's will, old man There is nothing you can do about it, neither humans nor gods can go against the sky."

"Crack~!"

Hearing this, a chess piece in Li Xiuyuan's hand couldn't help being crushed due to excessive force.

A good sentence is exhausted.

"Old man, you have to test your patience and sincerity. I hope that the old man will also have a sense of proportion and can't make fun of my father's life. I have fulfilled your two requirements before, 1 taels of silver, and I will send it as soon as I say it. Twenty pieces The rabbit skin was brought up in less than half a day, and as for you want me to play chess with you, I have been with you for more than a day."

"Before and after, I have stayed here for at least four or five days. I hope the old man will give me an explanation."

Li Xiuyuan stared at him and said.

"Young man, please be more polite. If you have such an attitude, don't ask for this elixir. Go down the mountain."

The old man with white hair and beard stroked his beard and smiled, pointing to the road leading down the mountain.

Obviously very dissatisfied with Li Xiuyuan's attitude, and wanted to drive him away.

Li Xiuyuan sat motionless on the rock and stared at the old man for a long time before he picked up another stick and dropped it.

"I have observed you, old man, for a long time, and I have been thinking about what kind of Taoism you have, old man, whether you are a master of Taoism who has achieved success in cultivation, or a mountain monster who has been refined for a long time."

"Oh, you still have this vision? Well, this old man is really interested. Tell me, what is this old man's way?"

The old man with white hair and beard made moves at will, but every move had hidden secrets, and he had won the essence of chess skills.

(End of this chapter)