Nine idlers

Chapter 150: Opening the Furnace for Alchemy

Seeing Zhou Qinglan blocking Xu Changqing's way, Huang Juan stood up with a dissatisfied face, blushing, and said softly. "Hmph! The old 'grandmother' promised that we can walk freely in the village, how can you stop me!"

"You also said that 'Grandma' and 'Grandma' promised to let the two little gods walk freely in the village, and there was no Mr. Xu." Zhou Qinglan insisted on words, sophistry.

"You..." Huang Juan was still a child after all, she didn't know how to argue back for a while, she blushed and stomped her feet.

Huang Shan waved his hand at Zhou Qinglan from the side, and said worriedly: "Sister Zhou, it's better not to stop my master, my master is amazing!"

Zhou Qinglan stared at Xu Changqing, and said with a smile: "I think Mr. Xu, a cultivator outside the world, shouldn't bully me, a weak woman, by force?"

"You are very good at sophistry." Xu Changqing smiled slightly, admiring his cousin, and said, "Since you are not allowed to see the young master of the Zhou family, why not go! Didn't you say that the old lady of the Zhou family wanted to see her?" Me? Lead the way ahead!"

Zhou Qinglan was stunned for a moment, obviously she had put all her mind on Zhou Zhenglin, and she didn't think of this level, and now she couldn't give any excuse for her refusal.It wasn't until Xu Changqing left the library that she came to her senses under Chen Yuanshan's reminder, and hurriedly chased after her, shouting repeatedly: "Mr. Xu, it's better to go see Zheng Lin!"

Those ancient cultivators who specialized in outer alchemy generally divided the alchemy into golden pills and "medicine" pills. Most of the golden pills failed in refining, almost as famous as poisonous "drugs", but there were also successful ones like dragons and tigers. The Shangqing Dragon and Tiger Pill of Maoshan Mountain, while the Shangqing Qi Pill of Maoshan belongs to the list of "medicine" pills.Shangqing Yunqi Pill is a elixir refined from 31 minutes of nourishing qi and nourishing medicine, which has the effect of making up for congenital deficiencies. Xu Changqing's master once used this elixir to regulate Xu Changqing's body .

It's just that most of the main medicines of this kind of elixir are pure yang medicines, and there is a bit of excessive yang fire, which needs to be neutralized with a pure yin auxiliary medicine. This is the sapphire fruit. 31 Although the main 'medicine' is easy to find, the auxiliary 'drug' sapphire fruit is extremely rare. Compared with those main 'medicines', the auxiliary 'drug' of sapphire fruit is more effective. Xu Changqing once planned to use it The existing 'medicine' and sapphire fruit are refined to nourish Qi and heal the wounded spirit 'medicine' blindly.But later, he realized that the Shangqing Yunqi Pill was also effective for the four registered disciples, and he could use it to get close to the Zhou family, so he gave up the idea of ​​refining the Qi-nourishing spirit 'medicine'.

Since ancient times, it has not been a trivial matter for alchemists to open a furnace to make alchemy. Generally, they need to pray to heaven and earth in advance, and ask the gods to bless them before they can achieve panacea.Although the Zhou family is considered a thousand-year-old family, there are not many ancient rituals left over. The ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth in the alchemy operation this time is a recently developed Taoist ritual. It has pomp and ostentation, but its effect is far from enough. Ancient rituals are practical.

It is obviously not the first time for Zhou Zhenglin to practice alchemy. He has specially built an alchemy garden on the west side of Zhouzhuang.In the eyes of outsiders, Zhou Zhenglin is doing nothing in the name of his wife.But for the Zhou family, they all expressed their support for Zhou Zhenglin's approach.First of all, Zhou Zhenglin has a clear distinction between public and private. Although he is obsessed with alchemy, he never delays his business.Secondly, all the businesses of the Zhou family have declined over the years. Only the business of the pharmacy is more prosperous than before. Medicine' prescription.

Right now most of the Zhou family outside Danyuan came to watch the ceremony. Although most of them were not very willing to come, it was still necessary to put on a show. After all, the people in charge of the power inside and outside the Zhou family were all here.Zhou Ranming, the elder of the Zhou family, was exhausted by Xu Changqing's affairs during this period, and he still couldn't guess what Xu Changqing's purpose in Zhouzhuang was.When he heard that the two little gods who were loved by the old lady at home had been with Xu Changqing these days, he even smelled a conspiracy.This kind of restless days finally "forced" him to decide to go back to Zhouzhuang and Xu Changqing for a complete showdown after attending Zhou Zhenglin's alchemy ceremony, so as not to be so worried every day.

"Brother, why do you always look tired lately?" Zhou Ranyan, the second master of the Zhou family who is also full of white hair, saw that his brother looked tired, so he took out a refined snuff bottle from his sleeve and handed it to him. Zhou Ranming, said: "Try this, I just bought a batch of goods, the effect is not bad, made in France."

Zhou Ranming looked at his second younger brother, sighed, and said, "Ranyan, when will you be more serious and stop playing with these things all the time! Except for Zhenglin, which one of your children and grandchildren are not learning from you? Smoking opium and playing with women one by one, making the whole house dirty. If this continues, I'm afraid..." As he spoke, he looked up at another group of people on the right, and said, "I'm afraid that the person in charge of the Zhou family will be in charge at that time. Became those collateral clans."

Although he is very old, Zhou Ranyan didn't dare to retaliate against his brother's lesson. He could only nod his head and said yes, and he was perfunctory. Zhou Ranming was also very aware of his brother's personality, so there was no more say what.

Just when the ceremony was over and everyone was about to offer incense, there was a commotion at the gate of Danyuan, and the crowd naturally parted ways.I saw five people walking in the crowd, three big and two small, especially the two children who led the way in front of them were respected and flattered by everyone, no matter whether they were collateral or direct descendants, they all wanted to post them and get close to them. capable.But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get any closer, as if there was an invisible force blocking them.

When everyone's eyes were on the two children, the eyes of the two masters of the Zhou family were all focused on the young man in the blue gown who was walking behind the children, with all expressions on their faces. It was dumbfounded.

"Little sister?" Zhou Ranyan couldn't help calling softly at this time, then turned to look at Zhou Ranming who was also shocked, and asked, "Brother, what's going on? Why does this person look exactly like my younger sister?" , who is this person?"

Although Zhou Ranming was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback by Xu Changqing's appearance.Except for the fact that Xu Changqing's bones were hard and she didn't have the femininity of a woman, she was almost exactly the same as the younger sister Zhou Ranjie in their memory. For a while, he didn't know what to say.However, there are a few other people with the same expression as them, that is, a few old people who are similar in age to Zhou Ranyan standing among the collateral Zhou family members. Obviously, they also recognized Xu Changqing's appearance.