Reading: Beginning as the Dean of the Academy

Chapter 121 The Glory of the Zhou Family

Zhang Yi's expression was indeed a little ugly.

It's not that he is afraid of his own future, but that he feels that he has not been able to do things for Dean Su, and he feels a little sorry for Dean Su's help to him.

After Su Le was stunned for a moment, he looked at the old man and asked for advice: "The master is unwilling to make it, can you give me a reason?"

"What more reason do you need? I don't care how you obtained the style map of this alchemy furnace. Since it's not your ancestral or master's item, I won't make it for you."

Zhou Tai's attitude was very firm, Su Le pondered for a moment, and guessed: "The master means that I am not a descendant or disciple of Zhang Tianshi, so I can't make it."

Su Le thought carefully about Zhou Tai's incision just now.

"The five elements are divided into households, and they are measured by buckets."

Back then Zhang Daoling founded the "Five Dou Rice Road", this incision probably refers to this meaning.

"You are definitely not a descendant of Zhang Daoling, and you are not any of the five veins. Naturally, I cannot make this pill furnace for you."

Zhou Tai was not surprised that Su Le would know about Zhang Daoling. To be able to obtain this blueprint, he must know something about it.

"Master, you don't want to make the alchemy furnace, is it because you promised that you can only make it for Zhang Daoling's disciples who inherit the five veins, or is it because Zhang Daoling's descendant disciples have something that can be traded with you."

Zhou Tai didn't expect Su Le to ask such a question, so he nodded and replied without concealment: "Your brain is still very fast, but there is actually no difference between the two. What I want can only be achieved by the descendants of Zhang Daoling's disciples." do it."

"Master, you might as well say it out, what if the younger generation can do it too?"

Zhang Yi and Zhou Yongan, listening to the conversation between Su Le and Zhou Tai, were at a loss.

What is Zhang Daoling's, and what are the five meridians? What are the five meridians?They only know the Five Sacred Sword Sect.

The name Zhang Daoling is indeed very unfamiliar to many people who do not understand Taoism, but if Zhang Daoling's other title is mentioned, then the people of the country will definitely know it.

Master Zhang.

"Grandpa, since Dean Su has already said so, you should just state the conditions straightforwardly."

Seeing that his grandfather was silent and silent, Zhou Yongan also chimed in from the sidelines.

Zhou Tai looked at Su Le, and said slowly: "I only said half of it, Tai Yi avoided..."

"Tai Yi Fire Avoidance Pill."

After Su Le accepted the words, he finally understood why the other party would not agree.

Taiyi Fire Avoidance Pill is also one of the alchemy formulas he deduced. Obviously, this is the top-secret alchemy of Zhang Daoling's lineage. This old master wants to exchange the Taiyi Fire Avoidance Pill with the pill furnace.

"Do you know Taiyi Fire Avoidance Pill?"

Zhou Tai was really shocked, Taiyi avoids fire pill, but Zhang Daoling's lineage secretly passed down the recipe, only the core disciples could know about it, ordinary disciples have never even heard the name.

"Master, I won't hide it from you. I also have the recipe for the Taiyi Fire Avoidance Pill, and I know how to make it, but I can't find the ingredients. If you want me to exchange it with you for the Taiyi Fire Avoidance Pill , I'm afraid I will disappoint you."

Seeing Zhou Tai's look of hope, Su Le felt a little regretful, but as a scholar, he naturally couldn't cheat or lie.

"As long as you know how to refine, I have the materials here. I have prepared three materials for you. You only need to refine one for me."

Zhou Tai's eyes brightened, and so did Su Le.

He didn't expect that the old master had prepared all the materials by himself. You must know that some of the materials on the Taiyi Fire Avoidance Pill seemed illusory even to him.

In fact, Su Le didn't understand the rules of alchemy. Since ancient times, Taoist priests had to charge several materials for alchemy. Firstly, it was because of the failure rate of alchemy, and secondly, the extra materials were the alchemy fee.

Three copies of materials are considered small, normally six to ten copies are required.

"The three ingredients are really short, so I decided to use the pill furnace to replace them. You come with me."

Zhou Tai was embarrassed, and he also used honorifics to lead the way. When Zhou Yongan saw the final destination, he asked in surprise, "Grandpa, why did you come to our ancestral hall?"

Huanxi Village is owned by the Zhou family, and this ancestral hall is also shared by the village. However, the ancestral hall in Huanxi Village is not open except for Qingming and New Year's Eve every year.

Zhou Tai looked at Zhang Yi, and Zhou Yongan said impatiently, "Grandpa, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, there are no outsiders."

The look in my grandfather's eyes clearly shows some disbelief in Zhang Yi.

Zhou Tai didn't speak, but took out the key and opened the gate of the ancestral hall, and led everyone into the ancestral hall. After passing through the front hall, he came to a wooden door leading to the backyard. He saw his grandfather looking at the backyard. The door, Zhou Yongan is also very curious at the moment.

He has grown up so much, and has been to the ancestral hall many times, but he has never entered the backyard of the ancestral hall. In his impression, the backyard of the ancestral hall has always been closed.

The door to the backyard opened, and Su Le's eyes froze, and his eyes immediately fell on the alchemy furnace in the center of the courtyard.

"Pill furnace, isn't this the same as the one on the blueprint? Damn, it's so beautiful."

Su Le saw it, Zhou Yongan and Zhang Yi also saw it, Zhang Yi was better, but Zhou Yongan exclaimed, the alchemy furnace in the courtyard was exactly the same as the one Zhang Yi gave him.

Oh no, it's even prettier than the picture.

"So grandpa, you really know how to make pill furnaces."

This time, Zhou Yongan completely believed that his grandfather could make the alchemy furnace, after all, the exquisite alchemy furnace in front of him was right here.

"This... should be an antique."

"Take your hand back, or I will break your hand."

Seeing his grandson reaching out to touch the top of the alchemy stove, and using his nails to buckle it, Zhou Tai's face darkened, and he directly smoked the pipe in his hand.

"Grandpa, you are really stingy. It won't do anything if you touch it. If this is an antique, it will be very valuable."

Zhou Yongan dodged flexibly, Zhou Tai ignored his grandson, but turned his gaze to Su Le, and asked, "What do you think of this alchemy furnace, Mister?"

"It's perfect, but this pill furnace..."

"Since the master approves, then use this pill furnace as the material cost."

Su Le didn't expect that Zhou Tai would directly give this pill furnace to himself. It's not because the pill furnace is an antique. The main reason is that the new pill furnace is not as good as the old one. Su Le can't use the newly built pill furnace directly. Remove some of the smell of the alchemy furnace.

Just like a house, a newly renovated house cannot be directly occupied by people.

"Master is so anxious to get this Fire Avoiding Pill?"

Give yourself the old pill furnace directly, obviously this is the reason why you want to avoid the fire pill urgently.

"To be honest, it's time to wait. If there is no Fire Avoiding Pill, the whole village will have to relocate."

Zhou Tai didn't hide it, but Zhou Yongan was confused when he heard this. Why did the whole village have to be relocated?

"I shouldn't have told you this secret, and only a few people in the whole village knew about it, but since you're here, Grandpa won't keep it from you."

Seeing his grandson's puzzled expression, Zhou Tai pondered for a moment, as if organizing words.

"Our village is surrounded by several streams, which were cut down from high altitude. This stream divides the village into a Zhou character. Outsiders think it is very magical, but in fact, this is also a helpless move. We must use this feng shui array to suppress the ground fire. Qi."

"Feng Shui Array, what do you mean, why can't I understand, Grandpa?"

"Don't interrupt, listen to me, I'll explain to you if you don't understand." Zhou Tai glared at his grandson, but still explained.

"The so-called feng shui array refers to the feng shui array, which can be used to change the feng shui within the range of the array. The feng shui in our village has been changed."

"In the eyes of outsiders, the most famous ancestor of our Zhou family is Zhou Dunyi, but even you juniors don't know that the most glorious time of our Zhou family ancestors was in the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, alchemy began to rise..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yongan couldn't help interjecting and exclaimed: "Grandpa, so our ancestors are alchemists?"

The corners of Zhou Tai's mouth twitched, his old face turned red rarely, "No, our ancestors didn't make alchemy, but forged alchemy furnaces for alchemists."

"Ah, it turned out to be a craftsman." Zhou Yongan was very disappointed, what a great alchemist.

"What do you know, kid? In the entire Western Han Dynasty, any alchemist who wants a pill furnace must ask our Zhou family, because only our Zhou family's pill furnace can be used for alchemy."

Mentioning the glory of our ancestors, Zhou Tai's eyes were bright, but then he sighed and continued: "But the reason why our ancestors' short-lived alchemy furnaces can meet the needs of alchemy is not only because of our Zhou family's firing. Craftsmanship, and more importantly, because our Zhou family has pure yang ground fire."

Huanxi Village is a place where the yang energy of the earth gathers, and it was because of this that the ancestors of the Zhou family were able to fire the unique alchemy furnace.

But the downside is that the environment in Huanxi Village is not suitable for people to survive if Duyang is not growing. However, the ancestors of the Zhou family came up with a way.

I found a feng shui master and set up a feng shui formation, which can suppress the earth fire and make the yin and yang here peaceful.

It's just that since it is a feng shui formation, any formation method must have a formation eye, and the feng shui formation formation eye in Huanxi Village is the fire-avoiding pill.

Every hundred years, it needs a fire-avoiding pill to be thrown into the eye of the formation, so that the Fengshui formation can continue to operate effectively.

"Two hundred years ago, the ancestors left two fire-avoiding pills, but they were already thrown into the formation. Now the last fire-avoiding pill has only 200 years left."

More than 20 years is a long time for an individual, but for a village and a family, it is nothing more than one more generation.

The safety bottom line set by the ancestors of the Zhou family is 50 years, that is, before the Fengshui array expires in 50 years, we must find the fire-avoiding pill. However, when Zhou Tai’s generation coincided with the great changes of the times, Zhang Daoling could no longer be found. Disciples passed on.

Zhou Tai even made preparations. In another five years, the whole village will be ready to move, because although it is not the last time, the feng shui array is already weakening, and the clansmen are more or less affected by the fire.

Take my grandson as an example, the reason why he is so thin is that the yin qi in his body was burned away by the ground fire, which made the whole person thin and thin.

(End of this chapter)