Chapter 14: The Dilemma
Dan Xuan took all the things in the ancient ring back into the ring, and then simply ate some food sent in by Li'er, and hurried out.
Although he didn't sleep all night, Dan Xuan was extremely excited and solved his waste physique problem, Dan Xuan only felt refreshed and full of comfort.
It is impossible for Dan Xuan to change the exercises in the future, so he can only practice this magical "Xuantian Jue". The next problem for Dan Xuan to consider is to open up his "Eight Veins of Strange Scriptures" and "Twelve Righteous Classics", so that he can truly become a one-star gathering spirit.
The so-called "gathering spirits" is to gather the aura of heaven and earth in oneself. When you reach the Gathering Spirit, you really embark on the path of cultivation. As a pharmacist, if you want to condense the Xuanhuo of Heaven and Earth, you also need to reach the realm of gathering spirits in order to condense the most basic Xuanhuo to use to refine the elixir.
In the past, Danxuan's physician level, with the addition of "Xuanhuang Nine Needles", Danxuan was completely sure to open up his own body meridians. However, what Dan Xuan lacks now is some medicinal materials.
"It seems that I can only go to the old man's trip. ”
Dan Xuan sighed at the surging momentum of the Yaofu building, and said as he should.
"Good fellow, this momentum ...... It's really worthy of being the number one clan in the empire!" "Actually, it's not like Dan Xuan hasn't been here before, but Dan Xuan is in a particularly good mood today, so he naturally looks at everything pleasing to the eye."
Coming to the old man's residence again, it is not so much a "residence" as a "medicine garden". It's just that the old man usually lives on the second floor of the wooden attic. In my spare time, I read books and all kinds of medicines, but I am also happy to be idle.
Standing respectfully in front of the door, he knocked lightly on the door, and heard a hoarse voice with a little majesty inside.
"Come in ......"
Dan Xuan slowly pushed the door in, looked around the hall left and right, and found that Old Man Dan was reading a book in the rocking chair facing the window. The "crunch, crunch" sound of rocking chairs swaying echoed in the quiet hall, which seemed unusually quiet and at the same time, it couldn't help but make people a little creepy.
Dan Xuan cautiously bypassed the wooden shelf with medicinal herbs, and quietly came to the back of Old Man Dan's chair.
The old man put down the book and slowly stood up.
"It's Xuan'er...... The old man didn't turn around and already knew who it was, and then shouted loudly: "Old Zhou, go get a stool for the young master." ”
"Got it, sir!"
The old man's personal butler Zhou Fang walked out of the side room of the hall with a chair, Lao Zhou was about fifty years old, with a mottled beard and a kind face. Lao Zhou put the chair behind Dan Xuan, and then respectfully retreated.
In Dan Xuan's perception, this old housekeeper actually had the cultivation of a "spirit general", and Dan Xuan was really taken aback in his heart.
The old man slowly changed the direction of the rocking chair, faced Dan Xuan, and then said, "Sit down......
"What's the matter?" Just as Dan Xuan sat down, the old man's hoarse voice sounded again.
"Grandpa...... I want a few kinds of medicinal herbs......" he said, handing a note with five medicinal herbs written on it to Old Man Dan.
"Medicinal herbs?" Old Man Dan took the note with medicinal herbs in some surprise, glanced at it lightly, and shouted again into the void: "Old Zhou!"
The kind old butler walked out again, stopped next to Old Man Dan, and said respectfully "Master".
Old Man Dan raised the note in his hand and said gently to Lao Zhou: "Old Zhou, go and bring the medicinal materials on this note to this torturer." ”
"Yes", Zhou Fang replied respectfully. So he took the note and went to get the medicine.
After being silent for a while, the old man suddenly dragged the table with chess next to him and said to Dan Xuan: "Come, accompany grandpa to play a game." ”
The grandfather and grandson played chess without making a sound, and the old man was not good at playing Go, but he was brilliant at chess.
Grandson, you come and go, and when there are more than a dozen hands left, Old Man Dan suddenly spoke: "Xuan'er, Princess Ling Yao is already engaged to Zhou Feng of the Qi Clan, so don't harass the princess in the future......"
"Yes!"
Dan Xuan replied very indifferently, which surprised the old man fiercely.
As soon as the old man finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly think of something, so he said to Dan Xuan: "Xuan'er, I know that you are bitter in your heart, but ...... You are the seed of our Dan family, whether you are a genius or a waste, you must be able to afford to put it down. Isn't it just a princess, I saw that your talent and quyi were very extraordinary that day, and your future achievements are really not necessarily worse than theirs. ”
"Yes, grandpa!" was still in an indifferent tone.
"Alas......" The old man thought that his grandson had already been disheartened, so he could only sigh gloomily and concentrate on playing chess.
The two of them walked a few more times, and Dan Xuan suddenly spoke: "Master...... ...... Grandpa"
Although Dan Xuan has begun to accept his current identity, it is still a little unnatural, after all, Dan Xuan's previous life was a complete orphan.
"Huh?" The old man was already fully in the state, and he answered without raising his head.
The chess game has entered the middle game, and Old Man Dan only feels that his waste grandson seems to have improved a lot in chess skills. Although he has been pressuring him to play, Old Man Dan always has a bad premonition, which is completely an almost intuitive judgment of a chess master. However, if you want the old man to say what is wrong, he really can't say it.
"Do we have the Dan family... Iron... Craftsman's shop!" Dan Xuan said indifferently.
"Of course...... Well, the blacksmith's shop?"
The old man's mind was full of chess games, and he thought that he had it, but when he realized that Dan Xuan was talking about "blacksmith shop", he immediately reacted.
"Well... Our Dan family doesn't have it, but the Medicine Clan has one or two blacksmith shops, which have always been taken care of by our Medicine Clan's Lin family. Why do you ask this?"
"I want to learn how to strike ......iron," Dan Xuan replied truthfully.
"Striking iron?"
As soon as the old man heard that his grandson, who had fine skin and tender flesh, was going to learn to strike iron, he was angry: "Guy who is not angry, what can be the point of striking iron?" The old man finally raised his head, which was almost attached to the chessboard, and his slightly gray eyebrows were still tightly locked, as if he was still thinking about what to do next.
Dan Xuan looked at Old Man Dan, who was obviously a little angry, a little embarrassed, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"Alas...... That's it...... Go with you, the Lin family's blacksmith shop is on Xuanling Street, you can find it yourself. ”
As soon as the old man thought that his wasted grandson couldn't make any progress in his cultivation, it was better to let him do what he liked.
After saying a word, Old Man Dan completely focused on the chess game again.
Dan Xuan looked at the old man's obsessive expression, and suddenly felt that his current grandfather was also very cute, quite an "old boy" feeling.
There was silence for a while, grandfather and grandson, you and I took one step at a time, and the chess game became more and more anxious. The old man's sense of ominous premonition is getting stronger and stronger, but he just doesn't know what went wrong, obviously he has the upper hand, and victory is already in sight, how can he still have this feeling.
"Grandpa. After a period of silence, Dan Xuan spoke again: "Is there less than a year before there is a big competition within the clan?"
"Alas......"
A deep sigh came from the corner of Old Man Dan's slightly bitter mouth. The old man slowly raised his head again, his slightly mottled eyebrows wrinkled deeper.
"Yes, it's going to be a big competition within the clan, if it weren't for your father's death early, you wouldn't have to ......"
Speaking of this, the old man seemed to be touched on something sad, his expression darkened, and a touch of sadness emerged in his slightly cloudy eyes.
"Don't worry, although you can't be elected as the patriarch, I am still an old patriarch after all, and I still have a lot of weight in the clan, and I won't let you be assigned to manage those family estates below. ”
The old man thought that Dan Xuan was worried that he would be expelled from the core members of the family after the family election.
"Thank you!" Old Man Dan's love for himself made Dan Xuan say thank you from the bottom of his heart.
After saying a word, Old Man Dan focused his attention on the chessboard again.
Looking at the old man's still frowning brows and the occasional melancholy in his eyes, Dan Xuan secretly swore in his heart that when the big competition in the clan came, he would definitely shine and make the old man happy.
Just when the chess game of the grandfather and grandson came to an end, the old housekeeper Zhou Fang quietly walked over with the medicinal materials that Dan Xuan needed, and saw the grandfather and grandson playing chess in harmony, and a heartfelt smile appeared on the wrinkled old face.
Looking at Lao Zhou standing next to him, Dan Xuan raised his head slightly, smiled with Lao Zhou, and slowly took the medicinal materials.
"The authorities are fascinated, and the bystanders are clear", Lao Zhou often accompanies Old Man Dan to play chess, and his chess skills are also quite good. Lao Zhou carefully observed this chess game, and only felt that there was something faintly strange. Although Dan Xuan's situation seems to be completely inferior, Old Man Dan never seems to be able to break through the situation and win.
When the game is at the end of the game, be cautious, don't panic when the chess is in danger, the old man is now engrossed, and his sparse and white eyebrows are tightly locked, like two white caterpillars.
Suddenly, Old Man Dan raised his head suddenly, staring at Dan Xuan with cloudy eyes without blinking, with an unbelievable expression.
Seeing the old man's expression, Dan Xuan knew that the old man had seen it. Up to now, the old man is still in the game, and it is really commendable to be able to see this game before the end of the chess game!
This bureau is called the "Qiankun Dilemma", which is the famous "Trapping and Killing Situation" in Danxuan's previous life. The old man was able to perform like this when he first came into contact with the "Qiankun dilemma", and he was indeed a chess master.
Dan Xuan smiled at the old man, slowly stood up, bowed to the old man, and then turned around and walked out.
Dan Xuan's smile made the old man completely understand that this game of chess was definitely designed by Dan Xuan from the beginning. It's no wonder that I had a feeling of being in the middle of the game from the beginning. He was able to design such a killer move at the beginning of the chess game. It can make the opponent fall into this predicament slowly, and completely voluntarily.
It's just incredible......
"This ...... This ...... "The old man has some words.
"Master, this chess game is not finished yet, why did the young master leave?" Lao Zhou was a little puzzled on the side, what kind of game did the grandfather and grandson play?
"Huh...... Really?"
The old man shook his head, still a little puzzled, when did his grandson learn this killing move! Slowly stood up, moved Dan Xuan's few remaining chess pieces, and helped Dan Xuan complete the last two steps.
"This stinky boy ......" Old Man Dan scolded with a smile, and then walked upstairs without looking back.
Lao Zhou, who was left alone to observe the chess game, the corners of his bearded mouth were tightly pursed.
Suddenly, Lao Zhou's eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked at Dan Xuan's disappearing back, and then turned his head to look at the direction of Old Man Dan going upstairs,
The look is incredible...
What a stealth kill!