Chapter 4: The Old Maniac
The day after Chu Xuan came to Nanjianmen, Li Shou left as soon as he explained all kinds of affairs.
Li Shouyi's greatest interest is not in cultivation, but in collecting various materials to assist in cultivation. For him, the high-quality spirit stones and elixirs were tantamount to his lifeblood.
Chu Xuan followed Li Shouyi's explanation before leaving, and took care of the elixir in the field in the courtyard every day.
For several days, Chu Xuan was alone in this courtyard, and Liu Xuan did not have time to come over to play with him as she said. Although Chu Xuan was a little disappointed, he didn't care too much, after all, Liu Xuan's identity was so noble, and he was just a useless person.
Early in the morning, the sun is shining.
Chu Xuan was still wearing his original brocade clothes, pacing back and forth in the medicine field. According to Li Shouyi's explanation, he had to count the number of elixirs every day.
"Huh?" Chu Xuan was secretly surprised in his heart, why were there a few plants missing.
He looked up and saw that there was a ragged and sloppy old man not far away, who was secretly squatting in the medicine field to plague Li Shouyi's efforts.
"Tsk, that's a good thing! Oh, it's a baby!"
The sloppy old man was amazed as he uprooted the elixir in the medicine field. He only cared about selecting the elixir, and did not notice Chu Xuan behind him.
Chu Xuan knew that this person was the old madman Li Shouyi said. Chu Xuan was afraid of alarming him, so he secretly retreated to the hut, took out the spirit stone that Li Shouyi gave him, and quickly fell to the ground.
Suddenly, a burst of white light several feet high suddenly rose from near the medicine field, and then formed a huge light net, enveloping the entire medicine field, and the old madman was immediately trapped under the net.
"Huh?"
The old madman looked up at the sky, startled by the sudden sight before him. After a brief loss of consciousness, he immediately jumped to his feet, trying to break out of the net.
The old madman's cultivation is profound, and this set of formations set up by Li Shouyi can't stop him at all. Seeing that the light net was about to be broken, Li Shouyi suddenly fell from the sky, stepped on the old madman's face, and stepped him back under the net.
"Old thief, you're stealing again! I've been caught this time, what else do you have to say?"
Looking at the few rare elixirs in the hands of the old madman, Li Shouyi's voice was full of anger.
"Seven, Seventh Senior Brother, aren't you out, why did you come back so soon?" the old madman asked with some disbelief, slumped on the ground.
Li Shouyi waved his long sleeves, and the light net immediately closed, tightly entangling the old madman.
"Don't talk nonsense, how are you going to compensate me?" Li Shouyi threatened: "If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, don't want to leave here!"
The old madman struggled, and said cheekily once again: "Seventh Senior Brother, you know the situation of Senior Brother, and I am not like you, I have such a large piece of precious medicine field, what will I compensate you for? ”
The elixirs stolen by the old madman were all dug up by Li Shouyi through mountains and rivers, and they were cultivated in the medicine field for an unknown number of years. Now that he has been rudely pulled out of the ground by the old madman, he doesn't know how many roots have been broken, and he is afraid that there is no chance of surviving if he is planted back.
When Li Shouyi heard his words, he couldn't help but be furious, and said coldly: "Old thief, you and I have sworn in front of the master that we will not do it again in the future." Looks like you're trying to force me to break my vows?"
The old madman knew that he was wrong, and when he saw that Li Shouyi was really going to be angry, he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, what compensation do you want, say it yourself, I'll do my best." But how did you come back so quickly this time?"
As soon as Li Shou saw that he was soft, the anger in his heart disappeared a lot, and he lightly told him how he met Chu Xuan and Chu Xuan's life experience. Of course, he was smashed by Chu Xuan and vomited blood, but he didn't mention it.
"Born without a pulse, without any cultivation at all? There are still such people in the world? Hmm, no wonder the old man who is close at hand doesn't notice it. The old madman suddenly realized.
"I've already said what you want to know, so it's time to talk about how to compensate me, right?" Li Shousheng was afraid that the other party would cheat.
The old madman said: "If I say that you will definitely pay you, what are you anxious about? You call the kid surnamed Chu out first and let me see." ”
Li Shou thought that he was talking about it, so he closed the light net that trapped him (in fact, he couldn't trap the other party for long). called Chu Xuan out of the hut again.
The old madman stared at Chu Xuan again and again, and suddenly grabbed Chu Xuan's wrist, as if he was helping him take his pulse.
Li Shouyi was puzzled, and couldn't help asking, "Old thief, what are you doing here?"
"Strange, how can there be people born without a pulse in this world......?
The old madman seemed to have thought of something, his face suddenly became very strange, and his cloudy eyes stared at Chu Xuan. He was sloppy, smelly and dirty, and Chu Xuan was stared at very uncomfortably.
"In this way, Seventh Senior Brother, it was my fault to steal your elixir this time, what compensation do you want, I will give double it to the old man. However, I think this Chu kid is quite suitable for my eyes, you hand him over to me, I just lack a person around me to support the elderly, how about it?"
The old madman tried his best to suppress his excitement and said calmly to Li Shouyi.
"This ......"
Li Shouyi couldn't help but be moved, he had long heard that the old madman had hidden many high-grade spirit stones, and he had been thinking about it in his heart, but for no reason, he was embarrassed to speak, but now it was an opportunity.
Li Shou thought about it for a while, it was not easy to make a decision, although he liked to collect natural treasures, but he was by no means a mercenary person.
"Chu Xuan, what do you mean?" Li Shouyi asked Chu Xuan.
Of course, Chu Xuan was reluctant to go with the old madman, and said hurriedly: "Old man, I am willing to stay in the courtyard forever to take care of the medicine field for you." ”
Li Shouyi said bitterly: "Old thief, you also saw it, this kid doesn't want to follow you." ”
The old madman saw that Li Shouyi was not going to agree, and hurriedly said: "Seventh Senior Brother, he is just a useless person, what's the use of you staying around? There are so many disciples of Nanjian Sect, isn't it better than him for you to pick a few random ones to help you take care of Yao Tian?"
Seeing that the other party was still hesitating, the old madman gritted his teeth and said in pain: "You think about it again, it's a big deal, the old man will exchange ten first-grade spirit stones with you!"
"What!"
Li Shouyi was taken aback, ten pieces of first-grade spirit stones, what kind of concept is this. He Li Shouyi has been running around for decades, looking for heavenly and earthly treasures, and he only has seven first-grade spirit stones in his hands. As soon as the old thief made a move, it was ten yuan, and he was embarrassed to cry poor with himself before.
"How's it going?" said the old madman impatiently.
"I don't say yes. Li Shouyi shook his head and refused, he could see that there must be some unknown secret on this Chu Xuan, otherwise, with the stinginess of an old madman, how could he be so generous, and he was willing to take out even ten first-grade spirit stones.
"Oh, junior brother, you don't even want a spirit stone, what do you want me to do!"
The old madman wants to cry without tears. There was no way, after hesitating for a long time, he had to come to Li Shouyi's side and whispered in a low voice.
"What? is this true?" said Li Shouyi in disbelief.
The old madman said: "Can't be wrong, can't be wrong, you still doubt the old man's vision?"
Chu Xuan stood aside, unable to hear what the two were whispering, but it was certain that it must have something to do with him.