Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 88 Heaven's Will and Human Tribulation.

The Polygonum multiflorum essence came to the Heavenly Palace on the top of the clouds, above the nine heavens.

There is an immortal official in the heavenly palace, who is like a county magistrate in the world, aloft and in charge of the grievances of the immortals.

"Lord Immortal Official, I have grievances, I have grievances, please ask Lord Immortal Official to make the decision for this old man."

He Shou Wu Jing knelt on the ground in a miserable state, as if she had suffered a great grievance.

Sitting above the main seat is a man wearing a vermilion robe. This man is as huge as a god statue in a mortal temple, high above and inviolable.

"Oh, it's you, Polygonum multiflorum essence, aren't you about to become a fairy? Why did you come to my place to complain." The immortal official looked at Polygonum multiflorum essence and said in surprise.

But listening to this tone, it is clear that he has known Polygonum multiflorum essence for a long time.

Polygonum multiflorum essence cried out: "I also ask the immortal officials to make the decision for the old man. The old man was harmed by the thieves and almost cut off his path to immortality. Look at the beard and roots of the old man, everything that was superfluous was taken away by the thieves." "

"Don't get excited, just tell me about this matter in detail. If you encounter monsters and goblins, I will send a letter to the Ministry of Thunder, asking the Thunder Lords of the Ministry of Thunder to kill the evil spirits and seek justice for you." The fairy official said.

Polygonum multiflorum said: "My lord, I have met neither a demon nor a ghost this time, but a mortal. The thing is like this." Things come out.

Of course, during this period, a lot of embellishment was indispensable, depicting Li Xiuyuan as a heinous thief and bully, and describing himself as a pitiful and innocent monster.

"Master Immortal Official, you have to decide for the old man."

Immortal official paused and pondered for a while after listening: "You said that the thief who killed you is called Li Xiuyuan?"

"Yes, yes, my lord, his name is Li Xiuyuan." He Shou Wu Jing said.

"But the one from Guobei County?" the fairy official asked.

"Yes, yes, that's right, he claims to be Li Xiuyuan from Guobei County, so the immortal officials know about this thief." He Shou Wu Jing said happily.

Immediately, the fairy official's face changed, and he immediately became serious: "He Shou Wu Jing, do you know that you have been contaminated with great karma? If you don't get rid of the karma, there will be a thunder disaster when you become a fairy, and you will be wiped out. "

"What?" Polygonum multiflorum essence was shocked and said, "My lord, you miscalculated. The old man is a plant spirit who is naturally raised. As long as he doesn't leave the mountains and forests and doesn't kill, there won't be a catastrophe, and he will go smoothly." Become a fairy and become a Taoist smoothly."

"The premise is that you have merit, but your merit is gone long ago. Without the protection of merit, you will have to deal with calamity. Although you are born with nature and have no karma, you still need to experience a human calamity to become an immortal." , you, Li Xiuyuan, are your human tribulation." Said the fairy official.

He Shou Wu Jing hurriedly said: "The old man has been in the mortal world for more than ten years before, hanging pots to help the world, curing diseases and saving countless people, and his merits are immeasurable. He has already had the merits of becoming an immortal. Why have the good merits disappeared?"

"Let me look into this matter." The fairy official frowned, and flipped through the thick book next to him.

Books are neither gold, nor jade, nor paper. When you turn them over, you can view the past of immortals and mortals, like the three life stones in the underworld.

After a moment.

Suddenly, the immortal official raised his head, waved his hand, a stream of mana flew out from his sleeve, and a scene manifested.

In the scene, halfway up a mountain, a young man is surrounding a copper furnace, burning a fire to make alchemy.

"Do you know this person?" the fairy official asked.

He Shou Wu Jing trembled all over.

The fairy officer waved his hand again, and the picture changed. Thirty years later, the young man turned into an old woodcutter, still burning around the copper furnace to make alchemy.

"This woodcutter, you have trapped him for 30 years with a lie, and your merits have been damaged, so you have been robbed." The fairy official said.

Polygonum multiflorum essence hastily said again: "Although this old man has done this thing, the merit should still be there."

"It is true. Although you have been trapped by a mortal for 30 years, you still have a lot of merit, but the remaining merit is not enough for you to become an immortal smoothly. Besides, you said that Li Xiuyuan asked you for medicine, and you presented three problems to test him. ?” asked the fairy.

"Yes, yes, this old man wanted to see his sincerity, but he didn't know that this thief was so vile, he actually caught this old man and wanted to chop him up and boil medicine."

Polygonum multiflorum essence said angrily.

The fairy official shook his head and said: "It's not important. What's important is that he completed your test, but you didn't give him the medicine. For the first test, you asked Li Xiuyuan to give you 1 taels of silver, and Li Xiuyuan completed it in half a day." Yes, but you didn’t give him the medicine. In the second test, you asked Li Xiuyuan to hunt twenty hares. Li Xiuyuan did it in half a day. In the third test, you asked Li Xiuyuan to play chess with you to make you happy. Li Xiuyuan finished it within a day, but he still didn't give him the medicine."

"Wait, I made a mistake. You still have a fourth problem, which is to let Li Xiuyuan beat you in chess. Li Xiuyuan won later, but you still refused to give him medicine."

"Even if it's just four small tests, it won't make the old man lose all his merits." Polygonum multiflorum essence argued with a little red face.

The fairy official asked: "If someone in the mortal world deceives others, what crime should be punished?"

"Cheating others is at best a moral indebtedness, which should not be punished," said He Shou Wu Jing.

"What if someone deceives not ordinary people, but court officials?" Xianguan asked.

He Shou Wu Jing said: "This person has committed the crime of deceiving an official and will be punished."

"What if someone deceived the mortal emperor?" The fairy official asked again.

He Shou Wu Jing replied: "If someone deceives the emperor, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor and he will be killed."

"Then what if someone deceives the sage?" The fairy official asked again.

He Shou Wu Jing said: "If someone deceives a sage, although he will not be punished, he will be scolded by the whole world, and he will never be able to hold his head up again."

"So which of the three crimes of deceiving officials, deceiving the emperor, and deceiving sages is the most serious?" said the immortal official.

Polygonum multiflorum thought for a while; "The crime of deceiving officials is the lightest, the crime of deceiving the emperor is the second, and the crime of deceiving sages is the heaviest."

"Why? You will be punished for cheating officials, and you will be punished for cheating the emperor. You will neither be punished nor punished for cheating sages. Instead, you will be charged with the heaviest crime." Xianguan asked with a smile.

"People who are punished by officials will be laughed at for a month at most, and they will be punished by the emperor for more than ten years, but they will be cast aside for a lifetime if they deceive the sages. This is worse than death." Polygonum multiflorum said.

The fairy official smiled and said: "Li Xiuyuan is a saint in the world, shouldn't you suffer this catastrophe if you cheated him? And you cheated him four times in total, the first time, your merit is gone, the second time, you You can no longer become a fairy. The third time, you will be in a catastrophe. As for the fourth time, your killing will come. You are not dead now because you saved Li Xiuyuan's father to offset the killing. You stay The medicine stalk was planted, which offset the catastrophe, but you are still short of one more time."

"If you don't pay back this karma, you will never become a fairy."

"This this"

Polygonum multiflorum was sweating profusely and trembling all over: "Li, why is Li Xiuyuan a saint in the world? Old man, old man can't become a fairy?"

"The matter is already very clear, Polygonum multiflorum essence, what else do you have to say?" Xianguan said.

Polygonum multiflorum essence hastily shouted: "I don't believe it. The old man has saved the world with the hanging pot for more than ten years, and his merits are immeasurable. Why didn't God bless the old man? Could it be that the merit is fake? Could it be that it was just a deception and it disappeared? Besides, the thief counted What kind of sage can compare with other scholars?"

"Whether Li Xiuyuan is a saint or not is up to us to compare with other scholars. It is because of your merits that Li Xiuyuan completed your first test in half a day. This is a reminder from heaven to let you Give him the medicine, and he will survive this robbery smoothly."

The fairy official said: "I don't know how many spirits I envy for such an easy human robbery. The second test, Li Xiuyuan completed it within half a day. This is God's care for you, a well-behaved spirit. Yang Yang, without karma, is much less than ordinary goblin catastrophe, but you have wasted these two opportunities."

"If you want to become a fairy, you don't have great merit, and you still have to go through catastrophe after all. You wasted two opportunities, so the third time you are already entangled in karma. When you become a fairy, you will die under the thunder disaster in all likelihood. , but you deceived Li Xiuyuan four times, and your retribution can no longer wait until you become an immortal, so you were murdered at that time."

The fairy official said, and then said: "This is God's will, I will not care about your matter, your grievance is not a grievance, it is your catastrophe, if you still want to become a fairy, go to Li Xiuyuan to settle the cause and effect, Then continue to accumulate merit.”

Polygonum multiflorum essence was in a daze at the moment, not knowing what to do.

After half a day, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, let out a long sigh, then cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Lord Xianguan, for reminding me, I know what I'm doing, so I won't disturb Lord Xianguan."

After speaking, he opened his mouth and spit out, a stream of medicinal energy condensed into a pill, which flew towards the immortal official.

"You have a cause and effect with a saint in the world, so I won't charge the lawsuit fee." The immortal official waved his hand and returned the elixir.

(End of this chapter)