Chapter 157: Opening the furnace and refining alchemy (Part 1)

Seeing Zhou Qinglan blocking Xu Changqing's way, Huang Juan stood up with dissatisfaction, blushed and said in a tender voice. "Hmph! The old lady promised that we could walk freely in the village, but how could you stop it!"

"You have also said that grandma promised that the two little gods would walk freely in the village, without Mr. Xu." Zhou Qinglan said sophisticatedly.

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

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

Zhou Qinglan looked at Xu Changqing and smiled and said, "I think Mr. Xu, a person who is a cultivator from the world, shouldn't bully me a weak woman with force, right?"

"You are very good at sophistry." Xu Changqing smiled slightly, admired his cousin a little, and said, "Since you are not allowed to see the young master of the Zhou family, don't go! Didn't you say that the old lady of the Zhou family wants to see me? Lead the way forward!"

Zhou Qinglan was stunned for a moment. Obviously, she put all her mind on Zhou Zhenglin. Unexpectedly, she couldn't even say the excuse of refusing at all. It was not until Xu Changqing left Zang that she woke up at Chen Yuanshan's reminder, hurriedly chased after him, and shouted: "Mr. Xu, it would be better to go see Zhenglin!"

Those practitioners who specialize in practicing external elixirs generally divided the elixirs into golden elixirs and medicine elixirs. Most of the golden elixirs were refined failed, almost as famous as poisons, but there were also successful Shangqing Dragon and Tiger Pills in Longhu Mountain, while Maoshan Shangqing Yunqi Pills belong to the list of medicine elixirs. Shangqing Yunqi Pills are elixirs refined with thirty-one-clock tonics to nourish the body, and have the effect of making up for congenital deficiencies. Xu Changqing's master once used this elixir to regulate Xu Changqing's body.

However, most of the main medicines of this elixir are pure yang medicines. If the yang fire is too strong, you need to use a pure yin auxiliary medicine to harmonize it. This is Qingyu Fruit. Although the main medicines of Thirty-one elixir are easy to find, the auxiliary medicine Qingyu Fruit is extremely rare. Compared with those main medicines, Qingyu Fruit, which is an auxiliary medicine, is more effective. Xu Changqing had planned to use existing medicines and Qingyu Fruit to refine a qi-nourishing and healing spirit medicine. However, later he thought that Shangqing Yuqi Pill also has an effect on four registered disciples, and can use this to approach the Zhou family, so he gave up the idea of ​​refining Qi-nourishing and spiritual medicine.

Since ancient times, it has not been a trivial matter for alchemists to open the furnace and refine the alchemist. In advance, they usually need to pay homage to heaven and earth, and ask the gods to protect them in order to achieve spiritual elixirs. Although the Zhou family is a thousand-year-old family, there are not many ancient rituals left behind. The ceremony of worshiping the heaven and earth in this furnace and refine the alchemist is a Taoist ritual developed recently. It has its own pomp, but its effect is far less practical than that of ancient rituals.

It is obviously not the first time Zhou Zhenglin has refined alchemy. He specially built a elixir garden on the west side of Zhouzhuang. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhou Zhenglin was not doing his job properly in his wife's name. However, for the Zhou family, he expressed support for Zhou Zhenglin's approach. First of all, Zhou Zhenglin is clearly distinguished by public and private affairs. Although he is obsessed with elixir, he has never delayed his business. Secondly, all the businesses outside the Zhou family have declined over the years, and only the business of the pharmacy is more prosperous than before, which is mainly due to some ancient prescriptions restored when Zhou Zhenglin refining the elixir.

At present, most people from the Zhou family outside Danyuan come to watch the ceremony. Although most of them are not willing to come, they still need to do it. After all, those who are in charge of the rights inside and outside the Zhou family are here. Zhou Ranming, the eldest master of the Zhou family, was exhausted by Xu Changqing's affairs during this period. He could not guess what Xu Changqing's purpose was to come to Zhouzhuang. When he heard that the two little gods who were loved by the old lady in his family were always with Xu Changqing these days, he smelled a scent of conspiracy. This day of indifference finally forced him to decide to go back to Zhouzhuang and Xu Changqing to show off completely after participating in Zhou Zhenglin's elixir, so as not to be so worried every day.

"Brother, why have you been looking exhausted lately?" Zhou Ranyan, the second master of the Zhou family, who was also covered in white hair, saw that his brother looked tired, so he took out a refined snuff bottle from his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Ranming, and said, "Try this, the batch of goods I just bought, the effect is pretty good, made in France."

Zhou Ranming looked at his second brother, sighed, and said, "Ranyan, when can you be more serious? Don't always play with these things! Except for Zhenglin, all your children and grandchildren are learning from you, smoking opium and playing with women, making the whole family chaotic. If this continues, I'm afraid..." As he said that, he looked up at another group of people on the right and said, "I'm afraid that those who are in charge of the Zhou family will become those side tribe members."

Although he was very old, Zhou Ranyan did not dare to say anything about his brother's lesson. He could only nod and said, "Yes, perfunctory, Zhou Ranming also knew his brother's personality very well and did not say anything more.

Just as the sacrifice was held and everyone was preparing to burn incense, a big commotion suddenly occurred at the entrance of Danyuan, and the crowd naturally separated the road. Five people came in from the crowd, three big and two small, especially the two children leading the way, who were particularly respected and pleased by everyone. Whether they were sidelines or direct people, they wanted to stick them up and put them close to them, and they could not get close to them no matter how hard they tried, as if there was an invisible force to block them.

Just when everyone's eyes were on the two children, the two masters of the Zhou family focused on the young man walking behind the children, wearing a long blue gown, all his expressions on his face were stunned.

"Little sister?" At this time, Zhou Ranyan couldn't help but scream softly, then turned to look at Zhou Ranming with the same shocked expression, and asked, "Brother, what's going on? Why is this person almost exactly the same as the younger sister? Who is this person?"
Chapter completed!