Chapter 61 Playing Cards

After settling down, most people chose to have a good sleep. After all, after a long period of exposure to the elements, many people were already very tired both physically and mentally, and just wanted to have a good rest.

However, not everyone was like this. Zhang Yuelu had nothing to do, so he came to find Qi Xuansu.

It happened that Qi Xuansu was worrying about how to write official documents, and he was also not sleepy at all.

Zhang Yuelu suggested that the two play a few rounds of "Xuansheng Cards" and not to cheat by any special means.

The so-called "Xuansheng Cards", three inches long and two inches wide, painted with colorful pictures, is a small game invented by Xuansheng in his later years. There is almost no threshold and it is very popular among young people in Taoism.

Many years have passed, and the young people of that time have either passed away or become immortal in the eyes of many people, so "Xuansheng Cards" have become very popular in the entire Taoism.

There are four camps in Xuansheng Cards, namely Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Ancient Immortals.

After choosing a camp, choose a leader card, twenty-four character cards, and twelve magic cards to form a card array.

Each character card has points, and is divided into three categories: heaven, earth, and man. The time when Xuansheng made the cards is the standard. The heaven card is for people who have ascended, the earth card is for people who have died, and the man card is for people who are still alive.

The magic cards are divided into three categories: external objects, magic, and cave heaven.

After the start, in addition to the leader card, ten cards are randomly drawn from the card array.

The way to determine the winner is two out of three games. Who will play the card first is determined by guessing the front and back. Starting from the second single game, the winner of the previous single game will play the card first. If the two sides of the previous single game are tied, the person who finished the last single game will start playing the card.

In a small game, both sides take turns to play cards or activate the leader card until one side has no cards to play or actively presses the end card. The small game ends and the points are calculated. The party with the smaller points loses.

Qi Xuansu had come into contact with the "Xuansheng Card" as early as when he was in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. He was also an expert and agreed immediately.

Zhang Yuelu took out a deck of "Xuansheng cards" from the Xumi object, and chose the Confucian camp and the leader card "Neo-Confucian Sage".

Qi Xuansu chose the Taoist camp and the leader card "Xuansheng".

Zhang Yuelu took out a Taiping coin, flicked his finger, made it spin rapidly, and then slapped it with his palm, looking at Qi Xuansu: "Guess."

Qi Xuansu said: "There are words."

Zhang Yuelu slowly moved his palm away, and saw the four words "Peace in the World".

Qi Xuansu drew out ten cards, namely: the human card "Donghuang Li Taiyi", the earth card "Magic Knife Song Zheng", the human card "Saint Lord Tan Taiyun", the human card "Great Immortal Yan Feiqing", the human card "Feiyuan Immortal Yan Feiqing", the human card "Little Master Shen Changsheng", the human card "Great Immortal Shangguan Wan", the external card "Tianshi Seal", the external card "Returning Soul Incense", and the magic card "Taiyin Sword Formation".

Zhang Yuelu also drew ten cards.

Qi Xuansu thought for a moment and played a ground card "Song Zheng, the Demonic Knife", nine points, no special ability. There was a man in black holding a knife on the card, with a raised corner of his mouth, arrogant and conceited.

Zhang Yuelu then played a ground card "The Hermit Ziyanshanren", which was a young Confucian scholar in purple clothes, nine points, and a special ability to summon two ground cards in the card array.

So Zhang Yuelu summoned the ground card "The Hermit Chiyangweng" and the ground card "The Hermit Jinchansou", both of which were eight points, and Zhang Yuelu's total points came to twenty-five points.

Qi Xuansu played a human card "The Saint King Tantaiyun", which was a woman wearing a flat crown. The pearl curtain hanging from the imperial crown blocked most of her face, and only her chin could be seen, ten points. It is also the longevity card in the character card, and is not affected by any effect.

Qi Xuansu's points rose to nineteen points. If Zhang Yuelu gave up following the card, Qi Xuansu only needed to add one more card to win the first game.

Zhang Yuelu played a spell card "Four Seasons Sword", which could double the hermit's points and increase the total points to fifty points.

Qi Xuansu played the spell card "Taiyin Sword Formation", and the points of all the land cards were forced to become one point, and the three hermits all became one point. Because of the doubling effect of "Four Seasons Sword", one point became two points, so Zhang Yuelu's points were only six points.

Qi Xuansu's land card "Magic Blade Song Zheng" was also affected, leaving only one point. "Saint Lord Tan Taiyun" was a longevity card and was not affected. It was still ten points, a total of eleven points.

Zhang Yuelu played a land card "Hermit Dragon Old Man", and the picture was a short old man holding a dragon head cane, fifteen points. Because it was a longevity card, it was not affected by the magic card. It was neither forced to become one point by "Taiyin Sword Formation" nor doubled by "Four Seasons Sword". Zhang Yuelu's points rose to twenty-one points.

Qi Xuansu played the human card "Donghuang Li Taiyi", and the picture was a Taoist holding a sword, looking proud and confident, with ten points. It was also a longevity card, not affected by the magic card, and Qi Xuansu's points also rose to twenty-one.

Zhang Yuelu fell into deep thought. At this time, Qi Xuansu still had six cards left, and the two hermits she summoned came from the card array, so there were seven cards left. If she discarded the cards now, Qi Xuansu would have to play another card to win, so she could have the advantage of two cards. Even if Qi Xuansu did not play a card and the two sides tied, she would have the advantage of one card.

Zhang Yuelu smiled and said, "Discard."

Qi Xuansu played a human card "Feiyuan Zhenren Yan Feiqing", and the picture was a young Taoist with a star crown and feathered clothes, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, handsome and extraordinary, with five points. Qi Xuansu's points rose to twenty-six points, and then Qi Xuansu also chose to discard the cards.

In the first game, Qi Xuansu won, with five cards left; Zhang Yuelu lost, with seven cards left.

All the cards on the field were sent to the "hell".

Because Qi Xuansu won the first game, Qi Xuansu played first in the second game.

Qi Xuansu directly played the human card "Little Master Shen Changsheng", zero points, special effect can draw another card from the card array.

Qi Xuansu drew a heavenly card "Great Sword Immortal Li Daoxu", the picture is a white-haired and white-bearded old man holding a sword, majestic, and also the father of Xuansheng and Donghuang, fifteen points, longevity card.

Zhang Yuelu played a human card "Hermit White Deer Master", the picture is an old scholar with white hair and white beard, seven points, can recall a card from the underworld.

Because the longevity card is not affected by any effect, Zhang Yuelu cannot recall the earth card "Hermit Dragon Old Man", so she can only choose to recall the earth card "Hermit Ziyanshanren", but there are no other hermit cards in her card array, so she failed to summon. Zhang Yuelu's points rose to sixteen points.

Qi Xuansu was not polite either, and directly played the heavenly card "Great Swordsman Li Daoxu", and the points rose to fifteen points.

Zhang Yuelu played the earthly card "Great Priest Yang Song", and the picture was a middle-aged Confucian scholar, with the background of the burning academy, nine points, and the special effect can increase the points of all his earthly cards by one, and Zhang Yuelu's points rose to twenty-seven points.

Qi Xuansu played the human card "Great Immortal Yan Feiqing", and the picture became a middle-aged Taoist priest, dressed simply, and the longevity card, ten points. Qi Xuansu's points rose to twenty-five points.

Zhang Yuelu observed Qi Xuansu's expression, hesitated for a moment, and played a human card "Great Priest Sikong Daoxuan", zero points, and the special effect allows him to draw another card.

Qi Xuansu only had three cards left in his hand, and played the external card "Heavenly Master Seal", summoning all the cards with the word "Heavenly Master" from the card array.

Qi Xuansu summoned the Heavenly Card "Old Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu", the Human Card "Grand Heavenly Master Zhang Luanshan", the Human Card "Little Heavenly Master Yan Feiqing", and the Earth Card "Abandoned Heavenly Master Zhang Jingchen", which were 15 points, 9 points, 5 points, and 9 points respectively, for a total of 38 points. Adding the previous 25 points, Qi Xuansu's total points soared to 63 points.

Qi Xuansu only had two cards left: "Discard."

Zhang Yuelu had no way out and had to win this round to enter the decisive third round, so she played the Human Card "Grand Priest Huang Shiyuan", the Earth Card "Grand Priest Wu Zhenyue", the Earth Card "Grand Priest Wu Fengcheng", and the Human Card "Grand Priest Xie Heng" in succession, with the points of 9 points, 10 points, 8 points, and 9 points respectively, for a total of 36 points.

Because of the effect of "Grand Priest Yang Song", the Earth Card "Grand Priest Wu Fengcheng" rose one point to 9 points. The Earth Card "Grand Priest Wu Zhenyue" is a longevity card and is not affected, still 10 points. The total is thirty-seven points, plus the original twenty-seven points, which is exactly sixty-four points, one point more than Qi Xuansu.

The two entered the final round, Qi Xuansu had two cards left, and Zhang Yuelu had only one card left.

Because Zhang Yuelu won the second round, Zhang Yuelu played first in the third round. Zhang Yuelu played the last card in his hand except for the guaranteed leader card, the human card "Xie Yueyin", and the picture was a handsome young Confucian scholar holding a folding fan, quite chic, five points.

Qi Xuansu played the human card "Da Zhenren Shangguan Wan", and the picture was a serious woman in a black robe holding a sword seal, nine points.

Zhang Yuelu activated the ability of the leader card "Neo-Confucian Sage" "Moon Seal Wanchuan".

"Xie Yueyin" became a fifteen-point longevity card, and its special ability was to send a card to the underworld. Zhang Yuelu chose to send the human card "Da Zhenren Shangguan Wan" to the underworld, because the hand was empty, and he was forced to discard the card.

Qi Xuansu used the last external card "Returning Soul Incense" to recall the human card "Grand Heavenly Master Zhang Luanshan" from the underworld, nine points. Then he activated the special ability of his leader card "Xuansheng", which doubled the points of all the cards and became eighteen points.

In this way, Qi Xuansu won the third game with a three-point advantage, and won a big game with two small wins.

There must be some prizes in playing cards. Zhang Yuelu originally proposed to drink a penalty, but Qi Xuansu refused because Zhang Yuelu would not suffer a loss whether he won or lost, so he changed it to a Taiping money.

Zhang Yuelu threw a Taiping coin to Qi Xuansu and said helplessly: "The Taoist cards are too difficult to solve."

Qi Xuansu put the Taiping coin into his bag with a smile and said: "Back then, I won the first grade of the Bingzi year in the Wanxiang Dao Palace with my Taoist cards. There were few opponents. I was just trying my hand."

"You are just bragging." Zhang Yuelu didn't believe it at all. "Let's play again. I won't use the Confucian cards and you won't use the Taoist cards."

Qi Xuansu nodded and said: "Okay, I will use the Buddhist cards."

Zhang Yuelu said: "I will also use the Buddhist cards. Let's have a civil war."

The two of them each drew a set of Buddhist cards and continued to play cards.

This time, Zhang Yuelu was more skilled and won two games in a row to easily defeat Qi Xuansu.

Zhang Yuelu said: "It's just the bonus of the Taoist cards. I think you are just average."

After Qi Xuansu lost the second game, because he felt sorry for the Taiping coin, he decided to accept Zhang Yuelu's second proposal and change it to a penalty drink.

So for the next whole day, the two of them played cards, drank, played cards, and drank.

It was not until midnight that Zhang Yuelu left contentedly, reeking of alcohol.