Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 81 Seeking Medicine
After sending away the ghost messenger from last night, Li Xiuyuan took Wu Fei, Han Meng, Tieshan and other guards into Wangchuan Mountain.

In the deep mountains and old forests, ghosts haunt and wild beasts run rampant.

This is not a bit of a strong ability, and entering the mountain casually is courting death.

The ancient mountains and forests are no different than modern ones, any mountain is like a primeval forest, easy to get in and difficult to get out.

"Young master, it's unacceptable for ordinary people to talk nonsense. Those ghost messengers last night could not have lied to us. Are there really gods in this deep mountain and old forest?" Han Meng said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Of course there will be no gods in the deep mountains and old forests, but there will be spiritual monsters who have attained the Tao, or Taoists who live in seclusion. Well, stop talking so much nonsense, they will arrive soon."

Everyone entered the mountain forest and walked all the way. After about a few hours, they came to the foot of a mountain peak.

When I looked up, I saw that the mountain peak was surrounded by clouds and mist, and I couldn't see clearly. These clouds and mist condensed and gathered around the mountain peak. If people entered, they would probably get lost immediately.

"It's here." Li Xiuyuan's eyes were fixed, and he felt that this place was unusual.

"Young master, there is a lot of miasma in the mountains, and the mist is lingering here. I am afraid that the miasma in the mountains is condensed, and it will be dangerous to go in." Wu Fei said.

"Whether it's miasma or not, you'll only know after you try it." Li Xiuyuan took off his jade belt, not blocking his breath.

Immediately, the surrounding dense fog seemed to be blown away by an invisible breeze, and everything in front of him was clearly revealed.

"It seems that it's not miasma, but someone blocked the entire mountain with Taoism."

After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he strode forward, feeling a little hopeful in his heart.

There is only one possibility for this situation to happen, and that is that there is indeed something living in seclusion here, maybe the old man flying in the sky that Dr. Qian said lives on this mountain.

Seeing this, everyone felt strange, and did not understand why the dense fog that had been so good before suddenly dispersed.

But seeing Li Xiuyuan walking forward fearlessly, they naturally followed closely behind.

Every time Li Xiuyuan walked through a place, the dense fog in a place would automatically disperse.

After about a moment, everyone came to a step.

Above the winding steps, leading to the cloud-covered mountain above the top of the cloud, it is like a ladder, which makes people want to climb up to see if there is a heavenly palace or fairy tower on it.

"I'm here to ask for medicine, and I need sincerity. You stay here, and I'll go up the mountain alone." Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan became more and more sure that there is an expert living in seclusion here.

"Young master, this mountain is steep, so you should take a few guards with you." Tieshan said.

"No, I have a claim, it's enough to give me a waist knife for self-defense." Li Xiuyuan said.

His own weapons were too heavy to carry.

Tieshan untied his waist knife and handed it over.

After Li Xiuyuan took the waist knife, he walked lightly and quickly climbed up the steps.

Everyone obeyed the order and did not follow, but waited at the foot of the mountain.

There are countless steps, but Li Xiuyuan is also a martial arts practitioner, and he is not lacking in reason. After a while, he has already walked halfway up the mountain.

At this time, he saw a thatched hut halfway up the mountain. In front of the hut, an old man in his fifties or sixties was chopping wood with an old axe. There was a copper stove next to it, and a raging fire was burning inside.

After the old woodcutter finished chopping the wood, he threw the dry wood into the copper furnace to burn, and then continued to chop the wood.

"Old man, what are you doing?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"I am refining the elixir, and if I eat it, I will live forever, and I will rise to the sky. Young man, how did you come up to this fairy mountain? This is not a place where ordinary people can go up." The old woodcutter said.

"Aren't you a mortal too? Then why are you here?"

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the old woodcutter and thought he was a fairy, but he was also a mortal.

He couldn't see anything magical about the old woodcutter.

The old woodcutter said: "I am indeed a mortal. When I was your age, I entered the mountain and got a fairy fate. As long as I practice this potion of elixir, I can become a fairy. From then on, I will stay away from worldly troubles and live a happy life An unfettered fairy life."

"How long have you been refining this pill?" Li Xiuyuan asked again.

"Well, calculate it carefully, it's not too much, it's just half a Jiazi, and if you practice another half a Jiazi, you will be there." The old woodcutter said.

"But have you ever thought about it, maybe you will die of old age before you have practiced the elixir, and you will not be able to enjoy it at all if you have practiced it for decades." Li Xiuyuan said.

The old woodcutter suddenly said angrily; "Fart, this is what the immortal taught me to practice, in order to test my sincerity to become an immortal, don't mess around here, this is not a place for you mediocrity, leave quickly, otherwise If the immortal is angry, you will be in bad luck."

"Is there an immortal here? That's just right. I also came here to ask for medicine. Can the old man tell me where this immortal is?" Li Xiuyuan was not angry, and cupped his hands.

"You don't have the attitude of seeking medicine from immortals. If you go up the mountain, you will anger the immortals. I won't tell you where the immortals are." The old woodcutter said.

Li Xiuyuan suddenly realized; "It turns out that the immortal is on the mountain, thank you very much."

After finishing speaking, without any hesitation, he cupped his hands and continued walking up the mountain.

The old woodcutter was furious at once, but he had nothing to do with Li Xiuyuan, so he could only hum heavily: "You are not sincere, and you will definitely not be able to find the fairy medicine."

After finishing speaking, continue to chop firewood and refine medicine.

Li Xiuyuan ignored it and continued climbing.

After about a while, he finally reached the top of the mountain.

The top of this mountain is not big, and it is extremely simple, with only a bamboo house, a gazebo, and an old pine tree.

Surrounded by clouds and mists, and the glow of the sun shining, it seems that there are heavenly palaces and fairy towers rising and falling in the clouds and mists.

Li Xiuyuan glanced, and finally landed under an old pine tree on the edge of the cliff.

Under the vigorous old pine tree sat a short old man with white hair and beard, wearing a commoner coat, looking down at the chess game in front of him, as if he was thinking.

"immortal?"

Li Xiuyuan asked.

"Hehe, there are no gods in the world, they are just rumors. The real gods live above the nine heavens, in the heavenly palace, and old people are just casual cultivators who live in seclusion in the mountains." The white-haired old man laughed when he heard the voice.

"That's a monster."

"Is there a difference between gods and monsters?" The white-haired old man asked, "You, a mortal, can climb to the top of the mountain. It seems that there is something extraordinary about you. I don't know why you came to disturb the old man's chess game?"

Li Xiuyuan walked over: "In Li Xiuyuan in Xiaguobei County, my father was injured by Taoism, and now he is seriously ill. I wonder if the old man can heal him?"

"A small injury is nothing to worry about, a pill that the old man can easily refine can save it."

The white-haired old man glanced at Li Xiuyuan, his eyes were not black like ordinary people's, but golden yellow.

"I also ask the old man to give me medicine." Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands.

The white-haired old man looked at the chessboard in front of him and dropped a piece: "I don't know you before, why should I give you medicine for no reason? You must know that elixir is difficult to practice. If every mortal comes to this old man to ask for medicine, then the old man will still practice it." What Dan, what way to cultivate."

"The old man's words are reasonable, but I will not force others to make things difficult for me. If the old man is willing to give me a piece of medicine, I am willing to agree to any conditions for the old man." Li Xiuyuan said.

"You mortal is really interesting. Other people begging for medicine are always begging on their knees, but you are changing medicine with conditions." The white-haired old man put down a chess piece in his hand and smiled.

"If I knelt down and begged the old man, would he give me medicine immediately? If so, I would kneel down and beg for medicine." Li Xiuyuan said seriously.

The white-haired old man smiled and said: "You are a smart man, yes, even if you kneel down and beg for medicine, the old man will not give you the medicine easily. Did you see the old woodcutter when you went up the mountain? He also asked me Begging for medicine, kneeling for three days and three nights, the old man gave him a chance to practice a furnace of elixir, that furnace of elixir needs to be practiced for a year, and now he has practiced for 30 years."

"I can't wait for 30 years, I can only wait for three days." Li Xiuyuan said; "So I ask the old man for help. As long as my father can recover, I will repay the old man at that time."

"No, no, no, if you take the medicine and leave, you won't come back, how can you repay me." The white-haired old man shook his head and smiled.

"I can swear to the sky." Li Xiuyuan said.

The white-haired old man said: "In this world, people's hearts are in a state of confusion, and there are many people who swear. They will not be punished accordingly during their lifetime, but only after death. At that time, the old man will not be able to settle accounts with your ghost."

"The old man said how to give medicine." Li Xiuyuan said.

The white-haired old man smiled; "You said earlier that if you get the medicine, you are willing to agree to any conditions, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

"Well, the old man's condition is that this elixir is expensive to refine. If you want to exchange it with me, you need to take out ten thousand taels of silver and send it to this mountain within seven days." The white-haired old man said.

"Why do you need seven days? Just one day."

Li Xiuyuan immediately cupped his hands, but immediately turned and went down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)