Shi Fengdu did not say that it must be located at the original location of the main hall, which means that it can also be changed to other places in the island owner's mansion.
Chen Xiao pointed his fingertips at the location of the lake and frowned in thought.
This lake is called Half Moon Lake because of its nearly semicircular shape. If such a terrain can be circular and forward-facing, and the house foundation is straight, it will be a very auspicious Yangzhai layout.
If the northwest garden can be slightly paved into a gentle slope, it will form a terrain with hills on the back and lakes near it, and a gentle slope on the west side. It not only takes advantage of the energy from the east, but also gathers energy here, and it is sure to produce noble people from generation to generation. Not only will the Taoist tradition flourish, but each generation of disciples will also produce a great immortal. This is a typical Feng Shui trend of revitalization and prosperity.
However, the architectural layout of the island master's mansion is far from the ideal one, and there is no trace of the gentle slope. Although Yingxian Island's main mansion has a lot of talents, it is still a little short of becoming a top-level immortal gate.
Chen Xiao was a Feng Shui master, so seeing this slightly flawed structure, he naturally felt itchy to try his hand at it. He could not help but pick up a pen and ink to draw his ideal Feng Shui layout on paper.
Just to divert soil to fill the foundation and raise the terrain of the garden, a large-scale construction project is necessary. Moving the main buildings of the Island Master's Mansion to the shore of Half Moon Lake is also a huge project. It is definitely not possible to complete it in just one month.
He pondered for a long time, but could not think of a quick and effective renovation method. He tried every way to simplify the building, but it was still impossible to complete it in a short time, even if all the practitioners contributed.
Before he knew it, it was already early morning. Chen Xiao's head ached from thinking so much that he used his fingers to massage the solar plexus.
After resting for a while, looking at the paper with dried ink, Chen Xiao laughed to himself that it was really his occupational disease that made him get stuck in a dead end for a while.
This time, the client entrusted him with the task of setting up the venue for the ceremony, not checking the Feng Shui for the entire island owner's residence. If he really wanted to come up with such a plan, it would obviously be irrelevant.
The Feng Shui near the lake is so good that even if it cannot be used for the entire island owner's residence for the time being, it must be able to show the charm of a lucky place in this event.
With the decision in his mind, the design immediately had a direction. Chen Xiao wrote as if inspired by God, and completed several drafts in just half an hour.
There was still more than an hour before dawn, so Chen Xiao took the time to rest for a while.
After dawn, the completely dried manuscript paper was put into the storage box.
The Feng Shui layout diagram that was beyond the scope was also properly put away. Just because it was not used now did not mean it would not be used in the future. After the Island Master's Mansion held the Lunyin Dharma Assembly, he would come and talk to Shi Fengdu, and maybe he could get a big order.
But I never thought that this drawing would be buried at the bottom of the box. When it was found again, the times had changed and the people and things were no longer the same.
Chen Xiao never fought a battle he was not sure of. He would not tell Shi Fengdu about changing the venue from the palace square in a remote corner to the lake behind the island owner's mansion without sufficient investigation.
Chen Xiao asked his assistant if there was any music practitioner with high cultivation level in the island master's mansion who was free, and he wanted to invite him to help. The reason he did this was to listen to the effect of the music practitioner's performance on the lake and the surroundings.
The assistant heard his plan and quickly found a foundation-building period sound cultivator for Chen Xiao. This person was a disciple of the next generation of Shi Fengdu. When he saw Chen Xiao, he was very respectful. According to seniority, this person also called him "Uncle Master".
It was the first time that Chen Xiao was called Uncle Master, and it started from Shi Fengdu. It felt a bit weird.
They found a boat and asked the disciple of the island master's mansion to take the boat to the location designated by Chen Xiao and moor it. Chen Xiao and his assistant walked along the edge of the lake to the destination.
When the time came, the disciple held up the flute and started playing. The sound of the flute spread far across the lake, and Chen Xiao could hear it clearly. The sound of the flute was clear and hearty, bright and graceful, and it made people feel happy and cheerful.
Chen Xiao kept walking, the distance getting farther and farther, and finally he arrived at the other end of Half Moon Lake. The man's flute sound was clearer at a straight-line distance than at the farthest point on the side.
Chen Xiao didn't call for a stop, so those in the foundation-building stage had to keep playing the flute.
Chen Xiao focused all his attention on the sound at first, and then slowly paid attention to the song itself. He then noticed that the song in this world was very long, almost as long as a chapter of classical music.
Everyone in the island master's mansion was busy preparing for the upcoming Lunyin Dharma Assembly. Their seemingly leisurely actions inevitably attracted attention, and soon the news reached Shi Fengdu's ears.
Shi Fengdu was a little confused, not knowing what Chen Xiao meant. Out of concern for the progress, Shi Fengdu simply went over.
Chen Xiao was standing by the lake. From here, the person on the boat was only two inches tall. However, with the excellent physical fitness of a cultivator, his excellent eyesight allowed him to see the other person's movements clearly, and even the fingering of the person's fingers on the flute was clear.
Shi Fengdu approached, and Chen Xiao listened attentively to the sound of the flute coming from afar. Shi Fengdu stood for a while, and couldn't help but asked directly: "Brother Chen, have you arranged the venue?"
Chen Xiao then noticed him, turned around, and said, "I am conducting experiments here for the layout of the venue."
Shi Fengdu frowned, seeming not to understand his behavior.
Chen Xiao said to him calmly: "Brother Shi, please move aside. I just want to report the progress to you."
After signaling to his assistant to ask the Foundation Establishment disciple to stop, Chen Xiao followed Shi Fengdu to the waterside pavilion.
Normally no one lives here, and it is very deserted. There are only simple furnishings and no one is on duty.
The two of them didn't care and sat down at the stone table not far from the eaves.
Chen Xiao took out the blueprint and handed it to Shi Fengdu, asking him to read it while he listened to him. "Thanks to Brother Shi for trusting me and entrusting me with the important task of arranging the ceremony. I thought about it all night and thought again and again. If I just make some arrangements in the original location of the main hall, it would be a bit of a copycat. The island owner's mansion has held the Lunyin ceremony for hundreds of years. No matter what I do, I can't break through the original pattern and make a new arrangement. So I just take a risky move and try another place."
Shi Fengdu looked at the draft Chen Xiao drew and couldn't help but wonder, "So you wanted to arrange this ceremony on Half Moon Lake?"
Chen Xiao nodded calmly, "Yes, we can build a large pavilion in the middle of the lake as a place for playing music. The fan-shaped position facing it can be built into independent wading pavilions." This pattern is a bit like the reconstruction of Jingguo after the collapse, which is composed of many stars surrounding the moon. The difference is that the former is surrounded by the center, while the latter is less than 180 degrees opposite the central pavilion. "I call it the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix."
Holding a water-based sermon on Half Moon Lake was quite novel. Shi Fengdu was very interested in this plan. He put down the blueprint and said, "What a great water-based sermon. This sermon will surely leave a deep impression on people! Now that the plan has been made, Brother Chen, please quickly arrange for someone to do it."
Chen Xiao shook his head. "Brother Shi, this is just a rough draft. I will need to ask the person who arranged the seats for the ceremony to come and find out how to arrange the pavilion so that every seat can enjoy the best audio-visual effect."
Shi Fengdu smiled and said, "Don't worry, my dear brother. Just make sure the most important guests have the best seats. It doesn't matter if the others have worse seats."
Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, then understood. Isn't this the difference between VIP seats and ordinary seats? I didn't expect that even in the world of cultivating immortals, I couldn't escape the common customs.
Chen Xiao said: "Because we want to arrange it into a Feng Shui layout of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, the front of the Phoenix Terrace and the Hundred Birds Pavilion is best made into painted or carved beams. The Phoenix Terrace is for the mythical bird phoenix, and the Hundred Birds Pavilion is for hundreds of different birds. Because there are quite a few to be made, it is best to speed up the work as soon as possible to ensure that the ceremony will not be delayed."
Shi Fengdu said, "Don't worry, Brother Chen. I will personally give the order. Let the stonemasons work day and night and not waste any time."
After saying goodbye to Shifengdu, Chen Xiao didn't feel relieved at all, because the hardest part was still to come.
Because Half Moon Lake is located in a lucky place, it is in the midst of Feng Shui aura. Even if nothing is done deliberately, over time, the birds that serve as guardians will naturally be infected by the energy of the water veins, forming their own aura and becoming a Feng Shui item.
Chen Xiao didn't have the time to wait. If he wanted to complete the Feng Shui Bureau, he had to consecrate these beasts in advance.
Chen Xiao asked his assistant to take him to where the stonemasons were. He personally went to talk to the person in charge and asked the stonemasons to keep the eyes of the birds and complete the work.
The person in charge felt strange, but because he had to follow Chen Xiao's arrangements, he had to obey.
If Chen Xiao could have a magical paintbrush, maybe he could really add the finishing touch, and just touch the eyes to make them bright.
It was a pity that he didn't have that ability, so he could only settle for the next best thing. He took a bunch of stones from the stone carving workshop, intending to go back and use refining techniques to refine them into the "eye".
The stone brought back from the stone carving workshop can be considered a kind of jade. After all, it is the most powerful force in the heavenly realm, so it still has the financial resources.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't afford it, Shi Fengdu actually thought about using the jade associated with the Lingshi Mine. Then he thought about it and didn't know what the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Terrace would look like when it was finally built, and whether it would have to be demolished later, so he gave up and used ordinary white jade instead.
However, Chen Xiao felt that if he dealt with these second and third generation people all day long, one day he would become hostile to the rich.
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