On the ninth peak of Xumi, there were nineteen chessboards on the top of the mountain. The number of games was the treasure and the tribulation. The old monk and the prince sat opposite each other in the middle of the clouds and fog.
"Does the monk know the limits of strength?" the prince asked.
"When you practice the best technique to the top, that's the limit," answered the old monk.
"What level is the top floor?" The prince asked again.
The old monk answered again, " Nine levels. Nine is the extreme number. The nine heavens and nine earths are the highest. Even Mount Buddha and Mount Sumeru have nine peaks. "
"Why not the tenth floor?" the prince asked again.
The old monk answered again,"For example, climbing a mountain peak, one Dharma, one mountain."
The mountains were high and low, the high ones were ten thousand feet high, the low ones were like mounds.
However, there was a peak to every mountain, and the ninth level was the peak.
