When Shopkeeper Zhang saw that Chen Xiao didn't know the benefit of this and he didn't want to brag about the gift he gave him, he looked at Master Chai and asked him to help explain.
Seeing this, Master Chai explained to Chen Xiao, "There are many ways for practitioners to assist in their practice. For example, taking elixirs, gathering spirit formations, and lighting incense while meditating are also one of them. There are many spiritual objects in this world, and some are suitable for being made into elixirs that can be swallowed directly. Those that cannot be eaten directly and can only be absorbed through other methods will be made into incense by the incense maker. When practicing meditation, burn them and absorb them."
"However, this spiritual incense is used differently from ordinary incense. Ordinary incense burners will only waste the spiritual energy released when the spiritual incense is lit. Only special incense burners can slowly release the spiritual energy in the spiritual incense, so that it is absorbed by the practitioners without any waste." Master Chai pointed to the incense burner standing in front of him, "This incense burner is a special incense burner, which is specially used to burn spiritual incense."
Chen Xiao nodded: "I see. Fellow Daoist Zhang, thank you for your kindness. This incense burner is too valuable, I cannot accept it."
When they went to give a gift together, his was rejected, and the shop owner Zhang was immediately anxious. He said, "Master Chen, you misunderstood! Although this incense burner is not easy to get, it is not very valuable."
Chaimen Master didn't want to ruin a good thing, so he quickly said, "Old Zhang is right. The real rare and valuable thing is the incense. This incense burner is just an instrument, and it is just a decoration on weekdays. Giving an incense burner is really nothing to Old Zhang, who specializes in dealing in things. Master Chen, just accept it with confidence!"
Seeing both of them say this, Chen Xiao felt that he might have misunderstood. He apologized and finally accepted the incense burner.
The two people sent by Master Chai were not brought here directly, but had to wait until the dental clinic sent them tomorrow. After delivering the housewarming gifts, Master Chai couldn't wait any longer and asked about his house directly.
Chen Xiao put down his teacup and said to Master Chai: "After repeated thinking, I have come up with a plan. Master Chai, please take a look and implement it if you are satisfied."
Chen Xiao took out several drawings from the storage box and spread them on the square table. Master Chai stood up and walked over, bending down to look at them one by one.
Chen Xiao also stood up and waited until Master Chai had finished reading it before he talked about his plan.
He said, "Since the corridor is the most serious nuisance, the best solution is to adjust the layout of the house. Master Chaimen, please look at this one."
What Chen Xiao showed him was a floor plan. The floor area was still the same, but the layout of the entire house had changed.
There is still an empty space at the entrance, but it has expanded to the back. It was only five or six square meters before, but now it has become about ten square meters. The living room is at the entrance, and there is a U-shaped corridor around the living room. All the rooms are distributed around the living room.
Chen Xiao introduced: "The patio has been expanded, making it more transparent and brighter. The corridor has changed from a straight shape to a spiral shape, which can retain vitality in the house to the greatest extent. This eliminates the disadvantage of the original dissipation of wealth and the hindrance of the piercing arrow."
Master Chai frowned, and turned to look at Chen Xiao in confusion: "Master Chen, although the feng shui has improved with this change, isn't it a bit inappropriate in terms of light and ventilation when living there?"
The long corridor was facing the window, which scattered the wealth but at least every room was well ventilated. Now it is changed into a U-shaped corridor. Except for the room next to the open space at the door, the rooms at the back have only one tall and narrow window, which is not only dark but also smells bad.
Chen Xiao said confidently, "Master Chai, don't worry. Please look at this one." This one is a cross-section diagram. Chen Xiao pointed to the picture above and said, "Actually, this is a staircase. Except for the two rooms next to the patio, the rest of the rooms are above the staircase. I've heard before that in order to prevent being peeped, the people on this street don't want their neighbors to build a second floor. Even if they have to build the wall very high for the sake of lighting, they are not allowed to exceed a certain limit."
He looked up at Master Chai and said, "I guess it was for this reason that you didn't choose to build a second floor when you expanded your house?"
Master Chai smiled bitterly and nodded.
The street in front of Chen Xiao was not like the street where he lived now, where most of the people were single practitioners, but groups of three or five people. They were either small sects or the permanent residence of a training team.
In a place where people live together, friction and disputes are easy to arise. No one wants to be seen by others in their daily life, so there is simply such a rule.
Chen Xiao said: "It is because of this limitation that I came up with this idea. Master Chai, the upper floor of your house is very high. The height of the whole house is one and a half floors. The position of the window is equivalent to opening on the upper half of the floor. Is that right?"
What Chen Xiao said was easy to understand, so Master Chai nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."
“Since the position of the window is difficult to change, it is better to directly raise the floor and separate this half-floor space under the floor. In this way, the problem of lighting and ventilation in the house will naturally be solved.”
The closer you are to the window, the brighter it is. When the window and door are at the same height, air circulation will naturally be better.
This is actually just changing the original single-story structure into a one-and-a-half-story duplex loft structure. For Chen Xiao, it is really not difficult at all. If it were in his previous life, the lower half of the floor would not be wasted and could be directly converted into storage space or expanded into a basement.
When he first started learning Feng Shui, his master told him that modern Feng Shui masters cannot rest on their laurels, but must keep pace with the times and master relevant knowledge in a variety of fields.
For example, one must understand geophysics and know the impact of different geological physical energies on humans. One must master a certain amount of meteorology and have some understanding of the impact of climate and meteorology on the environment.
In addition to subject knowledge, one must also have a more comprehensive understanding of architectural knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of interior and exterior decoration, furniture arrangement, and facilities in shops, institutions, etc.
Because there was so much to learn, his master Fang Gu had to adopt a one-on-one teaching method.
This is even after he gave up the Yijing, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism related to Feng Shui, which are profound knowledge that is too young to understand, and he will study them when he is older.
Just think about it and you can imagine what kind of hard life Chen Xiao had as a child.
Master Chai seemed to be stunned, imagining the scene that Chen Xiao described to him.
At this time, Chen Xiao changed a drawing, which allowed him to see in a more intuitive way what the scene inside the house would be like if the room was raised.
Chen Xiao said: "Although the windows are small and narrow, the brightness is not bad because the eaves on the side are not that long. If it still feels dark, there is another solution, which is to increase the horizontal roof space on the basis of the current roof. In this way, the originally sloping place becomes a square, which is no different from an ordinary house, and large windows can be installed directly."
This kind of attic-to-room conversion model is very common in modern villas. The house Chen Xiao lived in before was like this. If it weren't for the fact that people here find it difficult to accept, directly putting a skylight on the roof would be the most convenient solution.
Chen Xiao was full of confidence, and said in a steady and powerful tone: "In this way, not only will the original obstacles be swept away and the living environment be improved, but it will also become a place with endless vitality, prosperous wealth, and a bright future."
The Chai family leader was so excited by Chen Xiao's description of the house that his face flushed and his eyes lit up. He nodded excitedly: "Yes, yes, this method is great!"
Chen Xiao smiled slightly: "As long as Master Chai is satisfied."
After the excitement, Master Chai said awkwardly: "But, but Master Chen, won't this cost a lot of money? And will it take a lot of time to rebuild?"
Chen Xiao was startled. He said hesitantly, "This plan will definitely take time to rebuild, but for a cultivator, the construction period should not be long. And the cost of rebuilding..." He looked at Master Chai in confusion, "It shouldn't be much, right?"
Shop owner Zhang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Master Chen, you may not understand that the labor cost of Yingxian Island is not a big deal, but the cost of building materials has always been high. Not only ordinary people, but even cultivators like us can't afford to build a luxurious house."
Master Chai also said: "Yingxian Island is an island. There are no strong and tall trees growing on it, and there are no stones to build houses. The building materials used must be transported from the distant peninsula."
Chen Xiao listened quietly, without saying anything like "Why not eat meat porridge?" as he thought, since they were all practitioners, why didn't they use the storage space?
Storage tools such as storage bags are not something that ordinary people at the lower level of the practitioner pyramid can afford to use casually.
Even if they lived frugally and used all their strength to accumulate wealth, the storage bags they bought had to carry more important supplies, and there was no spare space specifically for carrying building materials.
Chen Xiao's silence made Master Chai feel a little hot on his face. He cleared his throat and said embarrassedly, "It's true... my sect has received a mission to travel far away. That... we will set off soon..."
Although his words were vague, Chen Xiao understood what he meant. He was about to go out, so he must prepare everything. In other words, Master Chai currently did not have the conditions for reconstruction, neither sufficient funds nor time.
Shop owner Zhang was standing aside, also feeling extremely embarrassed.
He took great pains to help Lao Chai find Chen Xiao, and invited someone to come up with an excellent solution. But Lao Chai turned out to have no money and no time!
He was so ashamed that he didn't know how to look at Chen Xiao with dignity.
Master Chai looked at Chen Xiao with guilt and said, "I'm so sorry, Master Chen. You helped me come up with such a good plan, but I can't implement it. But don't worry. As long as we return successfully this time, we will definitely rebuild it according to these drawings!"
Chen Xiao nodded slowly and said, "Master Chai, you don't have to say anything, I understand."
Chen Xiao took a breath and cheered himself up. He took out a pen and ink and turned over a drawing.
"Since Master Chai is short of funds and time is tight, let's do it this way!" As he said this, he raised his pen-holding hand, dipped it in the ink pool, and wrote a powerful stroke on the paper.
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