Chapter 38: Strange Stones

85_85978Under the gaze of everyone, the wooden box slowly opened.

It's autumn, and the weather is cool.

As the wooden box slowly opened, a warmth slowly spread, very warm.

At that time, an object the size of a fist, purple and red, had edges and corners, but had been smoothed. The surface is covered with folds, like tree bark.

At first glance, it looks like a tree root.

"What is this?"

"I've never seen it, and I've never heard of it. ”

"It looks like a tree root. ”

"It should be a strange medicinal material, but I don't know what kind of medicinal material it is. ”

"No matter what kind of medicinal herb it is, it can make the room warm, and it is a kind of immortal thing. ”

"Maybe it's a fairy thing. ”

Everyone talked about it, although all the people present were the leading figures in Fengxing Mansion, and they had all gone to other state capitals, and even crossed the Huaishui River and went to the capital, which can be called well-informed, but they also couldn't recognize this strange object.

Even if the old lady Shangguan didn't like this persecuted Chen Gongzi everywhere, he couldn't give a face in front of the public, he stretched out his hand to take this treasure, but he was also very curious, and asked, "What kind of treasure is this?"

Qin Xianyu knew that although this old lady of Shangguan had a very high status now, he was just an ordinary rich old man before, and his knowledge was not high. Therefore, it is reasonable that the old lady Shangguan does not recognize this thing.

But Qin Xianyu sensed the slightly warm breath, and gradually had some doubts in his heart, but the young Taoist's face still looked calm.

What kind of treasure is this?

The old lady Shangguan was puzzled, but the people present were also puzzled.

Chen Gongzi smiled slightly and said: "This medicinal material is given by a master, and when placed in the room, it can make it warm in winter and cool in summer, which can be called a fairy thing, but the specific origin, the younger generation does not know." Since this thing resembles a medicinal herb, why don't you ask this Qin Xiaodao Master?"

As soon as the words fell, countless eyes fell on Qin Xianyu again.

In the feeling of ordinary people, these eyes from big people are as thick as mountains, but in front of Qin Xianyu's eyes, they are still not worth mentioning, and there is a faint smile on his pure and handsome white face.

Scholar Su has been in the capital for many years, and has seen countless rare and strange treasures, most of which he has seen with his own eyes, but he also does not know the origin of such strange things. But when he heard that Chen Gongzi said that it was a medicinal material, he looked at the fourth master beside him and asked, "Since this thing is a medicinal material, can you, the former chief imperial doctor, recognize it?"

Fourth Master Qian only glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze, a faint disdain flashed in his eyes, and said, "What kind of medicinal herb is this thing? ”

Scholar Su was stunned and said, "Broken stone?"

Fourth Master Qian said: "This is the stone made by Qin Tian when he was refining the pill, it is warm all year round, and it can make the surrounding temperature change accordingly, so it has a warm atmosphere." As for the summer time, when the weather is hot, the warmth of this stone becomes a cool air compared to the scorching sun. ”

In the mouth of Fourth Master Qian, this thing doesn't seem to be worth mentioning, but to the ears of Scholar Su, it is an extraordinary thing, he was secretly frightened, and hurriedly whispered: "It is said that such a strange thing that changes the temperature should be used in the palace, I often go in and out of the palace, why don't I know?"

"What about the inner garden of the Imperial Palace? How could this Qin Tianjian thing ever be released outside?" Fourth Master Qian smiled: "At the beginning, it was only someone from Qin Tianjian who asked me if I could use this thing in medicine, and I only realized it, but it looks like the root of a medicinal herb, but in fact it is stony, and it has no medicinal properties, so it cannot be used in medicine. ”

After a pause, Fourth Master Qian said again: "This thing somehow fell into the hands of this junior of the Chen family, but most of them know it. He deliberately guided the medicinal herbs, presumably to see Qin Xianyu, the little Taoist, make a big fool. ”

Scholar Su had a little more brilliance in his eyes, and he was quite teasing, and said in his heart: "It's not a medicinal material, but it is misled into a medicinal material, let this little Taoist priest guess? ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Qin Xianyu for a long time.

Qin Xianyu frowned slightly.

The old lady Shangguan naturally knew that Chen Gongzi's move was to make Qin Xianyu look down on him, so that everyone would look down on him, and when it came to proposing marriage, whether it was Qin Xianyu or Shangguan's family, they would be a little embarrassed in terms of face. The old lady paused slightly, and said, "Junior of the Qin family, this thing is a bit heavy, it doesn't look like it's a root medicinal herb, can you take a look?"

Old lady Shangguan's idea was quite simple, after all, it was better to take this thing in his hand and take a closer look than to guess from afar.

Chen Gongzi's fan shook slightly, and said with a smile: "Isn't this Dao Master unable to see it?" Or is it that with the inheritance of the Qin family's medical skills, it is still too shallow to see any medicinal materials?"

"Chen Gongzi misunderstood. ”

Qin Xianyu smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to do it, although I have never seen this thing, I can recognize it just by looking at it." ”

Chen Gongzi was disdainful in his heart, and sneered: "Then let's talk about it." ”

This thing comes from the most mysterious Qin Tianjian in the capital, where the Dan Fang of Qin Tianjian has never been passed on, and this treasure can almost be said to be the only strange stone in Qin Tianjian that has been circulated.

Unless it is someone from Qin Tianjian, who can recognize this strange stone?

Scholar Su and Fourth Master Qian glanced at each other, revealing a look of surprise.

Qin Xianyu took a deep breath and said slowly: "This thing is a stone, refined by three kinds of foreign substances, mainly white stone, which takes three hours, condenses and liquefies powder, dust condenses and fossils, and is warm by nature. The ancestor Guanyun named it Yang Qi Stone. ”

The crowd was amazed.

Chen Gongzi was secretly frightened as if he was struck by lightning, and then snorted, shook his sleeves fiercely, and said coldly: "Impossible! This thing is not called Yang Qi Stone! You little Taoist priest, you don't know treasures, you talk nonsense! If it were in my Chen family, I wouldn't have to cut off half of your tongue." ”

After saying that, he looked at the old lady of the Shangguan family again, and the meaning was quite obvious.

If it is in a century-old family like the Chen family, it is natural to cut out the tongue of this kind of nonsense little person and expel it, but what about the Shangguan family?

At this moment, the little Taoist priest chuckled a few times and said, "Treasures, do you really want this thing, there are still two or three left under the statue of the Taoist Ancestor in my broken Taoist temple, it really doesn't matter what kind of treasure, just in exchange for two silver coins." ”

Such a treasure is worth two pieces of silver?

Chen Gongzi remembered the cautious appearance of the big man when he handed over this strange treasure, can he imagine how precious this thing is? Seeing the little Taoist priest belittle the treasure like this, his heart was extremely angry.

Qin Xianyu looked at the stone that resembled the root of a tree, and sighed softly: "Ancestor Guanyun accidentally refined the medicine, with this Yang Qi Stone, to improve the surrounding temperature, but the refining steps are also quite cumbersome, I thought that no one else could refine the Yang Qi Stone except for the Ancestor. Seeing this Yang Qi Stone today, it seems that there is no shortage of people in this world who are as good at alchemy as their ancestors. ”

He sighed secretly in his heart: "Master Guanxu has cultivated and cultivated qi all his life, and stopped at the release of true qi. And Master Guanyun's alchemy and medicine, it is difficult to live forever. But there are many cultivators, and there are many people who practice pills, and I don't know who in the world has cultivated immortality?