[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers":3,"chapter-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-172":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mountains and Rivers of the Imperial Granary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2231588,4184,"Chapter 172","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>\"Is this a reward after passing the test?\" Lu Xingzhou smiled: \"I don't think it’s interesting. If sir feels that I am still worth helping, then seriously teach some alchemy knowledge. This is the topic that should be said between you and me, but it is the topic we talk about the least.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan was stunned. She didn't expect Lu Xingzhou to have this attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought he would be overjoyed because revenge was in sight... He was indeed different from ordinary people. Looking gentle, but actually very rebellious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou was indeed dissatisfied, because everyone was truly in a relationship of mentor and disciple, and Lady Ye had clearly said he was a disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least at the moment she pointed out the method of bone penetration, Lu Xingzhou was very sincerely respectful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was ultimately expressed was not for the Yama Hall, but testing character, seeing if he would disregard everything for revenge, seeing how he viewed the Emperor’s approach, and so on and so forth... It was just that he didn't see much guidance and care from the teacher for the student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, testing this kind of thing is normal before accepting a disciple. Having to test after accepting a disciple shows the falseness and distrust of this so-called accepting a disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou could understand, after all, this teacher just learned that even the Yama King going on the demonic path was led by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But understanding does not mean support: \"If sir has always distrusted me, you can actually not accept a disciple. I didn't force it. Why be so reluctant? If accepting a disciple is just to control and monitor up close, then I will request the Alchemy Academy to change mentors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan stared at him for a long time, then suddenly smiled: \"Not old, but quite a temper.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou kept a straight face and didn't speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\" Ye Tinglan stood up and reached out to straighten his collar very gently: \"Consider it my fault, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou was stunned. He had seen this teacher’s high-cold, high-heeled-stepping-on-the-chest look many times. This seemed to be the first time he saw her elder gentleness. This moment of neighbor-sister flavor was truly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually apologized...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan said: \"If you talk about monitoring, there was before, but not now. If you talk about control, that is not there, and you are not a person who can be controlled. Rather than control and monitoring, it is better to say understanding up close.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou did not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your past, there are too many things. If there is no guard and scrutiny, it is irresponsible to others and yourself... I believe you are the same from my perspective. You and I both belong to the type of people who have many concerns and cannot easily open up to anyone.\" Ye Tinglan paused here and suddenly smiled: \"At least my guard is on the surface. If it were you, you would guard without moving, and on the surface, you would make people feel that you are good to others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you say so, it seems to be correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you say so...\" Lu Xingzhou felt her warmth close at hand and said slowly: \"My dissatisfaction is also on the surface, but I didn't flatter you on the surface to make you feel how honest I am, while actually holding grudges in my stomach.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha...\" Ye Tinglan laughed: \"So you and I are both honest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least so far, I have not deceived sir about anything. Whatever sir asks, I answer. I consider myself to have done what a disciple should do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still scolding her for being an unqualified teacher... Ye Tinglan had a slight smile and said leisurely: \"Wanting to drink my water is also what a disciple should do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou was stupid. You really want to uncover this kind of talk?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are unruly yourself, and you didn't make me feel much respect. You know how aggressive your own gaze is.\" Ye Tinglan looked him up and down and smiled: \"Are you like this to the Yama King too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the aggressive gaze was said out. Lu Xingzhou was much more honest. Especially mentioning the Yama King... If he wanted to say that he was kicked out because of this, then maybe it was the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still blaming me for guarding against you? Shouldn't I guard against you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Being your official, actually, there are many explanations. Your guide to the alchemy path, but not a real master-disciple, how can it not be considered a kind of official?\" Ye Tinglan sat back in the chair and said leisurely: \"I received your dissatisfaction. From today on, I will do what a teacher should do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou didn't know how to respond for a while. Just now he kept a straight face and said he could change mentors. Now saying something like thank you sir is too flattering, and he couldn't put down his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old women have thicker skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides what you got from the Incense Burning Building, you must have powerful alchemist alchemy notes you obtained yourself, which are better than the Incense Burning Building. But no one explains them, and self-study is relatively hard, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it’s not convenient to show me the whole inheritance, you can extract the difficult points that are hard to understand, and I will answer them for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, take advantage of the fact that I have time today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou didn't tangle with those broken things. Learning knowledge is always the most important thing. He glanced at the paper and pen on the table, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote several difficult questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan put her right leg on her left leg, leaning on the back of the chair to appreciate Lu Xingzhou writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to admit that this dog-headed military advisor really has some capital. Just standing and writing gives people a feeling of jade-like and pen-like dragons and snakes. No wonder Sheng Yuanyao, that shameless person, publicly stuffed private goods on the newcomer list, with the comment \"The person on the road is like jade, the son is unparalleled.\" Before the newcomer list came out, this guy was still sitting in a wheelchair. This comment was ridiculed a lot. Because of Sheng Qingfeng’s face, no one dared to laugh at Sheng Yuanyao for being a flower-crazy. But Ye Tinglan felt that after Lu Xingzhou stood up, few people would laugh at this comment. Those who have seen it feel that he is worthy of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His little temper today is also quite cute... Speaking of which, my guard against him is indeed a bit harsh. Who told you to corrupt my sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Elder Xu is also right. Blaming this on a low-grade disabled person who gives ideas seems to be a bit too much of a pot. Yuan Muyu herself is not an honest person. Poisonous scholar meets demoness...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now the Yama Hall is really troublesome... It has almost become a big problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan sighed softly, not knowing where her thoughts had drifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, sir?\" Ye Tinglan woke up, and saw Lu Xingzhou holding the paper, standing in front of her with a strange expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That distraction just now, wouldn't it be staring at him in his eyes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan remained unchanged, reached out and took the paper, and Lu Xingzhou stood beside her and pointed to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The gate of three and five is only sun and moon, clearly Mao and You sit as the beginning. What does this gate of three and five refer to? Why do I know it is the military service system of five men drawing three...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are many solutions to the gate of three and five. There is the fifteenth of every month, which is full by three and five, and missing by three and five. It also refers to a small change at thirty, and a big change at five hundred. It also refers to the three orthodoxies and five elements, the heavenly Dao is not far, and the three and five return.\" Ye Tinglan said leisurely: \"Just referring to this sentence, it actually just refers to the fifteenth of every month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Then why did he write the gate of three and five? Just write fifteen. Why pretend to be cultural in his own notes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because there is a lot of culture, it is a classic at hand. It may not be intentional. People’s own notes are not for the convenience of people without culture to read in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what does Mao and You sit as the beginning mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mao and You are the positions of longevity. The birth of Yang Qi, the position of Yin Qi.\" Ye Tinglan said: \"This sentence is emphasizing the time of alchemy, the fifteenth day, the time of Mao and You.\" Ye Tinglan said: \"Some special elixirs require special time to refine, and even some cultivation methods, the time for one’s own cultivation and meditation also has similar attention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not scientific at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing. Then how to judge which elixirs need which time? Is there a fixed form?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since your alchemy has reached the stage of customization according to people, you should naturally know that any fixed ones are inferior. What kind of elixir should correspond to what kind of time, this needs to be understood and mastered by yourself... Therefore, alchemy has always been the industry that needs experience the most. Although you can refine Third-Grade elixirs, if you are graded, you are not a Third-Grade alchemist. You are too biased.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So if it is a Third-Grade alchemy assessment, does the mastery of time also count?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad. Even how long an elixir needs to be refined has a time limit. The scene where you used to refine it earlier than others will never exist again in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou: \"Then this sentence, already met three flowers now liquid again, nine turns can end the years of work. Does this three flowers refer to the three flowers gathering at the top? Essence, Qi, and Spirit? But who doesn't need Essence, Qi, and Spirit for alchemy? Why record it specifically? Could it be that you want to catch a three-flower lady to refine it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Refers to fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou: \"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just wants to find Mohe, who doesn't know where he is hiding, and beat him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You write notes for yourself, fire is fire, why do you have three flowers? Moreover, alchemy needs fire. What is there to record? Isn't this sick?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, this fire is not ordinary fire. It doesn't mean that fire is enough.\" Ye Tinglan said: \"Or change a way of saying it, called Samadhi Fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou’s expression finally became serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wronged you, Mohe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it is Samadhi True Fire, then of course it is worth recording, but everyone calls it differently. People have the freedom to like to record three flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan’s expression was also a bit serious: \"Where did you get these notes? This person is already trying to refine Nine-Turn Golden Elixir. This level is extraordinary. He is trying to ascend to immortality...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou smiled: \"Mostly failed to ascend, so he left the cheap one to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is a super-grade.\" Ye Tinglan said very surely: \"He has already begun to seek the cognition of Samadhi True Fire, which is not available to First-Grade. This sentence is quite valuable to me. This person believes that to refine Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, Samadhi True Fire is necessary. I might be able to...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to say that she could do this experiment, but then she thought that if she said so, she would leak her strength too much. With her \"First-Grade Alchemist\" performance, she was not qualified to play with Samadhi True Fire, so she continued: \"I might also be able to seek in this direction...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Lu Xingzhou’s mind was not on this at all. He didn't pay attention to her turning at all. The difficult problems that had troubled him for a long time were solved at once. That feeling was too cool, just like being constipated for a long time and suddenly pulling it out: \"Then sir, what about this sentence...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Nuo always sat on the side supporting her chin, looking at the two heads getting closer and closer to read together, feeling that this picture was also very beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>",2085,"2026-06-18T01:46:09.112Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c4d88c8cd81aea997869f4025686474e3e604e0a829ff13ec8c4dc112742959f","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-173","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-171",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmountains-and-rivers-of-the-imperial-granary-cover.jpg"]