"Hey, what kind of eyes are you looking at?"

Xiao Zhan was a little confused.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Qi Lao was a little embarrassed. I just lost my temper.

"Oh, Lord Xiao is like this, the premise of obtaining the Danshi certificate is that you must be an alchemist.

Shi, the taxi of the scholar, is not the master's teacher.

Before you can become an alchemist, you must also have an alchemy apprenticeship certificate.

Before the alchemy apprenticeship, there is also a certificate of apprenticeship.

This one...... You directly testify to the Dan Division, this is a bit out of line with the procedural regulations! ”

Xiao Zhan was dumbfounded!

It turns out that to take a Danshi certificate, what kind of apprenticeship, apprenticeship, Danshi, and in the end is Danshi!

It seems that he is a little reckless.

However, Xiao Zhan felt that he didn't need to be so cumbersome, so he asked:

"So, how long does the whole process take?"

Qi Lao smiled and said:

"If you are an alchemy apprentice, it will be at least three years, and an apprentice will be five years.

Alchemist, it takes ten years to be able to apply for a Kaodanshi.

Add it up, at least 20 years. ”

"Ahh Qi Lao, you're not kidding, are you? ”

Xiao Zhan jumped up in fright.

In 20 years, the daylilies are cold!

His current cultivation is a thousand miles away, how many things can he do in 20 years?

In order to get a Danshi certificate, you have to wait 20 years!

How can that work!

Qi Lao patted Xiao Zhan on the shoulder, pressed him to the seat and said:

"Oh, Lord Xiao, don't worry, don't worry!

Anything can be accommodated!

Although the program is dead, humans are alive.

There are many people from our sect who come here to learn alchemy techniques.

They are all step-by-step and learn with peace of mind according to our rules.

You see, there are also many disciples in our sect, and they are all seventy or eighty years old, alas, even that alchemist has not taken the exam.

This kind of thing abounds.

Learning alchemy is not so fun.

So, Lord Xiao, if you are confident, how about I arrange for you to directly take the Danshi apprenticeship?

The three-year cultivation period was exempted. ”

Xiao Zhan pursed his lips and said:

"Three years?

Maybe the beast tide will happen within three years, if all the demon beasts run over, can your elixir resist those demon beasts? ”

Xiao Zhan's question stumped Qi Lao.

Qi Lao gave Xiao Zhan a thumbs up, and said with a smile:

"It turns out that Lord Xiao wants to take the Dan Master Certificate for the purpose of resisting demon beasts!

It's admirable! ”

But behind Qi Lao, those disciples sat with complicated and contemptuous eyes towards Xiao Zhan.

They all felt that Xiao Zhan's idea was a bit incredible.

Xiao Zhan knew that once the demon beast came, these pampered alchemists, they would not directly come forward to resist the demon beast.

Of course, there is no need for these precious alchemists to directly face the powerful lethality of the demon beasts.

When they die, that's a huge loss.

However, according to the data, every time the beast tide came in the past, this alchemist was high, closed the mountain gate, and stopped asking about the world.

As for how the mortal world resisted the ravages of the beast tide, they did not care.

Xiao Zhan said:

"That's right! You're right, I think we, as monks in the Qianyuan Continent, then the purpose of my alchemy is to protect the lives of all living beings in the Qianyuan Continent!

I want to take a Danshi certificate, just so that when the beast tide comes, I can help those monks and warriors who resist demon beasts, and refine some pills that increase their strength and increase their abilities. ”

Xiao Zhan's words made Qi Lao and his disciples quiet down for the first time,

It was the first time they had heard a monk say this about the purpose of alchemy.

For immortal cultivators, the purpose of their alchemy is very simple, that is, to improve their cultivation, and then to be able to prolong their life, or increase their combat power.

as well as going to him in all aspects of his abilities,

Their ultimate goal is to ascend to immortality.

As for the safety of the lives of those ants in the mortal world, how are they doing, this question is not considered at all!

Xiao Zhan's thoughts, his purpose, and his ideals were completely different from Qi Lao's ideas.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the scene was a little awkward.

Although Qi Lao's purpose and their ideas are not wrong, Xiao Zhan's ideas are not necessarily more noble than their ideas.

However, what Xiao Zhan said was more shocking and imposing.

This is the reason why Qi Lao and the others felt speechless for a while.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward now, and everyone didn't speak.

Xiao Zhan felt that what he said was very reasonable:

I'm doing this for the country and the people, do you still need me to follow the steps?

Apprenticeship first, apprenticeship, then ......

But I don't even have time!

He hopes to be able to directly test the Dan Master.

If Danhe Sect had to follow the procedure, he felt that this trip would be an empty trip.

It's a big deal for him to go to the alchemy sect of the Great Qian Empire to verify it.

The Nine Turns of the Danlun Sect of the Great Qian Empire is recognized by the alchemists of the entire world as an authoritative alchemy sect, and the Son of Heaven of the Great Qian also personally gave a pair of plaques of "Wandan Returning to the Sect", which was hung on the archway of the mountain gate.

Xiao Zhan didn't know which of the two alchemy sects, the Nine Turns Danlun Sect and the Danhe Sect, was high and low.

But he knew that the Danhe Sect was only more famous in the southern wilderness of the Peacock Kingdom.

Seeing that Qi Lao didn't speak, Xiao Zhan felt that it was meaningless for him to come this way, so he got up and hugged his fists at Qi Lao and said:

"Elder Qi, I understand your sect's research rules.

Well, thank you! ”

Seeing that Xiao Zhan was planning to leave immediately, the entanglement in Qi Lao's heart finally made a decision.

At this time, Li Mochou was just right. A pot of tea came up, and seeing Xiao Zhan standing up, Li Mochou said:

"Lord Xiao hurriedly sat down and drank tea, this is my own hand to make Danding Peak Cloud Mist Tea for you.

You taste it! ”

Li Mochou appeared in time, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly eased up.

Qi Lao laughed and said:

"Haha, Lord Xiao Zhan, well, don't worry!

You're in for a treat.

Let's drink tea first, Lord Xiao has traveled a long way, and he hasn't even drunk a glass of water, and if he leaves immediately, in the eyes of others, our sect doesn't know how to be hospitable. ”

Seeing a puff of heat coming out of the teapot and the fragrance of tea overflowing, Xiao Zhan felt that he was really a little thirsty at this time.

He sat down again and said:

"It's better to be respectful than to obey.

Thank you, Fairy Lee. ”

Li Mochou smiled:

"What is so thankful for this, it is my honor to be able to make a pot of tea for Lord Xiao, but I am not good enough in tea art, and I ask Lord Xiao to bear with me."

Next, is Li Mochou's performance.

She stood elegantly in front of the coffee table between Xiao Zhan and Qi Lao, stretched out her slender jade hand, smiled on her face, and focused on the steps of making tea.

Washing utensils, taking tea, tasting dry tea, throwing tea, and moistening tea.

Seeing Fang Ningxue's silent performance and flowing technique, Xiao Zhan's heart suddenly calmed down.

At this moment, he had no distractions in his heart, silently admiring Li Mochou's tea art performance, and at the same time thinking of the alchemy technique, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Cultivation is not far away, just every word and deed in life, drinking tea and eating has a sense of ritual, and it is not far from the avenue."

Runcha is more particular:

Li Mochou first injected a small amount of boiling water to soak the tea leaves, so that the tea leaves unfolded and exuded aroma.

Xiao Zhan originally thought that he could drink it now, and was about to reach out to pick up the teacup.

That knew that Li Mochou gently poured the water in the teacup into another vessel, and then refilled the boiling water.

"! Almost a joke! ”

Xiao Zhan licked his lips, embarrassed that he had almost made a fool of himself just now.

Although Xiao Zhan was born in a famous family, he was imprisoned at the age of ten, so it would be good to be able to eat, where did he study the tea ceremony?

Fang Ningxue smiled at Xiao Zhan with a teapot in her hand, and seemed to see Xiao Zhan's actions just now.

"This is a very intelligent and delicate woman, my little mistake was actually noticed by her, and I have to deal with it carefully in the future."

Xiao Zhan secretly admired and was alert to this best woman in the world.

If you're not careful, you'll fall into her gentle trap!

Li Mochou has a special focus on refilling the teacup: the hand-held kettle rises and falls three times and fills the tea.

One is to welcome and greet the guests, and the other can make the tea turn up and down to taste faster.

This technique is called "Phoenix Three Nods".

Then it's time to pour the tea.

Li Mochou pressed the lid of the pot with his left hand, held the teapot in his right hand, and poured eight points full of amber tea into the teacups of Xiao Zhan and Qi Lao.

Then put down the teapot, took two steps back, folded her hands on her abdomen, and bent down to Xiao Zhan and Qi Lao, and her performance ended.

The aroma was fragrant, the aura entered the body, and the whole body was suddenly comfortable, sweeping away the fatigue of Xiao Zhan from afar.

Qi Lao made a "please" gesture to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Zhan was secretly happy, he could finally drink to his mouth!

It's just to drink tea, why are you so poor? When you meet a person who is about to die of thirst, even muddy water is fairy tea.

It seems that there are conditions for the pursuit of tea art and tea ceremony.

However, he almost made a fool of himself, Xiao Zhan learned to be smart this time, let's see how Qi Lao drinks tea first.

Qi Lao was not in a hurry to drink, but put the teacup in front of his nose and sniffed it carefully.

Then he showed an approving smile to Li Mochou, indicating that he was very satisfied.

Li Mochou bent down to thank him.

"It's good that I didn't drink it without picking up the teacup!"

Xiao Zhan also learned from Qi Lao in a good way, and first smelled the fragrance of tea carefully.

Then with a satisfied expression, he nodded to Li Mochou in thanks.

Li Mochou smiled happily this time, revealing his white teeth.

also bowed down to Xiao Zhan in return.

Yes, Li Mochou has worked hard for a long time, and the fruits of his labor need the approval of the service recipients.

Xiao Zhan can really drink tea now!

However, at this time, you must not be in a hurry and drink all the tea in the teacup.

The fruits of Li Mochou's labor need to be savored.

In that way, you can show respect and show your self-cultivation.

"Good tea!"

Xiao Zhan took a small sip and pretended to have an expression full of praise with endless aftertaste.

In fact

Good tea indeed.

The tea ceremony is a kind of life etiquette that uses tea as a medium, and it is also considered a way of self-cultivation.

It is a very beneficial ritual to enhance friendship through making tea, appreciating tea, and drinking tea, cultivating virtues, and learning etiquette.

Drinking tea can calm the mind and calm the mind, help to cultivate sentiment and remove distracting thoughts, which is very in line with the idea of advocating "quiet and tranquil" cultivation.

It is also in line with the ideas of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism of "introspective practice".

After a tea ceremony, the communication between Xiao Zhan and Qi Lao became as smooth as Li Mochou's method of making tea.

Qi Lao said:

"Lord Xiao, you can come to our middle sect to obtain the Danshi certificate, which is a recognition of our sect, and I am very honored.

How can you come for nothing?

It seems that Lord Xiao is extremely confident in his alchemy skills, and I also believe that Lord Xiao must have a very high level of alchemy.

I don't know, Lord Xiao didn't bring alchemy works? ”

Speaking of alchemy works, Xiao Zhan was immediately full of confidence.

The golden pill he presented at the birthday banquet of Old Man Fang in the Fang family's compound last time was the best work.

That's in the past, though!

Xiao Zhan must prepare his works before coming here.

He knows that he will inevitably go through some tests and tests, and then the work will prove everything.

Xiao Zhan took out a jade box from the storage ring, and then respectfully handed it to Qi Lao and said:

"This pill was refined before I went up the mountain, and I would like to ask Elder Qi for some guidance."

"You're polite, you can't talk about pointing, let's learn from each other!"

Qi Lao took the jade box with some reserve, thinking that your Xiao Zhan's talent is against the sky, and it has only been less than a month since you learned the alchemy technique, and it is an unexpected surprise to be able to reach the level of an apprentice.

Therefore, Qi Lao opened the jade box casually......

Immediately change your demeanor!

Inside the jade box, there is a purple-gold longevity pill, which is integrated and brilliant, and it is the best at first glance!

And

The danxiang overflowed, and immediately covered the fragrance of the tea, Li Mochou and the top ten disciples of Qi Lao were shocked, as if they had been empowered, and they all sat up straight!

They are all alchemists who have studied with Qi Lao for more than ten years, and they have seen a large number of high-grade golden pills, but they are the best golden pills......

Even their master, Qi Lao, has never been refined!

What shocked Qi Lao even more was:

On the surface of the Zijin Pill, there are two textures, one black and one white, just like the Taiji Yin and Yang Fish, which are intertwined with each other and surround the middle part of the pill.

"This! Could it be the legendary Tao Yun? ”

Qi Lao's eyes gradually turned red, his palms trembled slightly, he really wanted to swallow this pill in one gulp, his cultivation could immediately step into the Xuan Tribulation Realm!

The small pill is like a planet, and the yin and yang pattern in the middle is like the equator of the planet!

This pill seems to have spirituality, slowly rotating like a planet.

Qi Lao swallowed his dry throat with difficulty, and asked in a hoarse voice:

Xiao ...... Lord Xiao, this Purple Gold Pill was really refined by you? ”

Seeing Qi Lao's blood-red eyes and trembling hands, Xiao Zhan was startled and hurriedly took the jade box back.

Could it be that my level is too poor and makes him angry and annoyed?

Xiao Zhan said apologetically:

"Old Qi, I'm sorry to disturb, I'm not good at learning, and I've tarnished your eyeballs with such works.

With Qi Lao's discernment, he should know that this pill was baked in less than a day, yes, I refined it.

Fairy Li, thank you for your good tea!

I still have something to do, take my leave! ”

After speaking, Xiao Zhan got up and left!

Qi Lao didn't come back to his senses for a while, and Li Mochou was also stunned, this is good, why is Xiao Zhan angry?

Seeing Xiao Zhan walk out of ten meters, Qi Lao shouted:

"Xiao Zhan! Don't leave!

Someone, get him back! ”

……