Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The bronze statue of Sanqing was built first, and a small consecration ceremony was held. Only internal believers participated. This time, Zhang Daoting presided over the ceremony. Xie Lingya had asked him to practice.
It was precisely because of this ceremony that Shi Changxuan brought his teacher and classmate with him. This was what their major in religious studies was like. In addition to theory, they also needed to experience various religions in various places, including observing some rituals.
Of course, it was best to observe the local Taoist temples. Although Shi Changxuan had seen a lot of opening ceremonies and it was not like he had not hosted them before, as a student he still had to come.
Before coming, Shi Changxuan greeted Xie Lingya, and his mentor also spoke a few words on the phone to him, and Xie Lingya agreed.
The major of religious studies was indeed unpopular. Shi Changxuan’s tutor only had two students. In addition to Shi Changxuan, there was also a boy from another province. It was said that that graduate student took the exam across majors.
Shi Changxuan’s mentor was Xie Lingya’s cousin, named Xie Fan. When he arrived, he said that although he taught in Qiyang, he had never been to Baoyang Temple.
Xie Lingya thought that was not the case. None of the residents living nearby had ever been to Baoyang Temple, it was really not famous in the past.
Xie Fan took two students to watch the opening ceremony. He gave them homework and then dispersed. Of course Shi Changxuan stayed here. His classmate looked at it and said, “Let’s sit here for a while, and we’ll leave together later.”
——Unexpectedly, he didn’t know that Shi Changxuan lived here and was related to Baoyang Temple.
Xie Lingya even went to pour a pot of tea to stay and talk. It was just that he couldn’t help but laugh in his heart. Shi Changxuan was too bored. He didn’t even say that he was a Taoist priest from the Fire Residence to his only classmate?
Shi Changxuan said expressionlessly: “I live here.”
Shi Changxuan’s classmate’s surname was Huang, Huang Jinyang. He had a distinctive appearance. The eyelashes in his left eye were longer than those in his right eye, and thus his left eye often closed unnaturally. It seemed that the sun was not very visible. Therefore, the chin was always slightly raised and his head was always tilted when he was looking at people.
At first glance, Xie Lingya thought there was something wrong with one of his eyes, but later he found out that it was just closed, but he could still open it and was full of energy.
At this moment, Huang Jinyang’s left eye suddenly opened, and it was a little red because of the sudden light. His head was still tilted, and he looked at Shi Changxuan in surprise, “What, you live here?”
Shi Changxuan nodded silently.
“Why do you live here? Aren’t you renting a house outside? Are you renting it here? Or do you have something to do with Boss Xie?” Huang Jinyang asked a series of questions.
Shi Changxuan: “…”
Xie Lingya didn’t know why Shi Changxuan was silent again. He looked at him strangely and replied, “Daozhang Shi is a Taoist priest who is from a nomad school. It’s more convenient to live here.”
Huang Jinyang sweated, he thought Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya were relatives, but he didn’t expect that his classmate was a Taoist priest. “Then you went to the Buddhist temple with us last week to inspect…”
Xie Lingya thought, “Hey, you went to the Buddhist temple. Then it’s a good thing that he is not a full-time Taoist priest, otherwise he might not be able to get in with his costume.”
Shi Changxuan: “…Hmm.”
Huang Jinyang was stunned and found it funny, “I didn’t expect that, my God haha.”
“Taoist priest Shi doesn’t like to talk too much in school?” Xie Lingya joked and poured tea for them.
“Hahaha, a bit.” Huang Jinyang sat on a chair, took a sip of tea, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked very relaxed, “I like this place so much…”
Unlike other temples, although there were many people, there was a sense of atmosphere. A sense of tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle.
No one could be deceived by body movements. He really didn’t mean it as a compliment. He just liked the way it looked here. Xie Lingya smiled and said, “Then come here more often.”
Huang Jinyang nodded.
Everyone was similar in age, and Xie Lingya also studied at Quedong College, so there was still something to talk about. As he was talking, Xie Lingya noticed that Huang Jinyang’s left eye opened, and asked curiously: “Is your eye operated on? They can’t be opened. Is the sun exciting?”
This was indoors, so Xie Lingya guessed this.
“No.” Huang Jinyang’s expression changed when he talked about this, and he pointed to his left eye calmly, “It’s because this eye has been able to see dirty things since childhood.”
Shi Changxuan and Xie Lingya were stunned after hearing Huang Jinyang’s answer.
When they were like this, Huang Jinyang became less calm, “Um…don’t you believe it?”
No, even if they didn’t believe it, it wouldn’t be this reaction. Their expression was like someone saying that the sun was shining today.
His left eye had been able to see different things since he was born. He was used to escaping, so he developed the habit of drooping his left eye. As time went by, he was no longer used to opening his eye even when outdoors during the day and became more sensitive. People who didn’t know better thought that there was something wrong with his eye. And he was used to the various reactions he got from talking to his friends since childhood.
When he said it casually, he was already prepared for others to treat it as a joke, but he never expected that the two people looked indifferent.
Xie Lingya: “No, I believe it…”
“You believe it?” Huang Jinyang was confused, “Why don’t you have any reaction at all?”
Reaction? Xie Lingya thought tangledly, don’t I just think it’s bad to express sympathy?
After all, you are the only one in this house who can see ghosts, and you can’t control it…
“I see, you live in a Taoist temple, have you encountered some incredible things?” Huang Jinyang didn’t hear the answer at once, instead, he found an explanation himself.
“That’s right. Didn’t you find someone to close your eye?” Xie Lingya asked.
It was true that some people were born with the ability to see otherworldly objects with their eyes. There were also ways to deal with it in Taoist magic, which was to cover it up so that it did not affect normal life.
He was actually wondering if Shi Changxuan didn’t find out, but considering that Shi Changxuan didn’t chat with anyone, he might not have even talked about it, or he wouldn’t take the initiative to ask anyone even if he had found out anything.
“When I was a child, I always ran away and didn’t dare to tell anyone. I would close my left eye whenever I saw something dirty. Now I have developed a habit. Later, when I got older, I realized that I could still find someone to close it for me.” Huang Jinyang smiled bitterly, “But then it was already too late, and I was told that I was too old to close it. I usually close my left eye all the time and don’t go out much at night.”
That’s probably why he signed up for religious studies. Xie Lingya had never met anyone with yin and yang eyes before. This eye could see ghosts. It sounded very fashionable. In ordinary literary works, he was destined to be the protagonist.
But what happened to Huang Jinyang was too tragic. He was not fashionable at all. He closed one eye and tilted his head to look at people every day.
Xie Lingya said: “That is indeed not easy. The most I can suggest is that you wear glasses and blacken the left side, so that you don’t have to close your eye…”
Huang Jinyang: “…”
Xie Lingya continued: “But you can ask Shi Daozhang if he has any unique secret recipe?”
Shi Changxuan: “There is a talisman that can solve this, but this talisman needs Zhang Tianshi to seal it.”
Zhang Tianshi, of course, referred to Zhang Daoling, the founder of Zhengdao.
Xie Lingya was half-empty, while Huang Jinyang had never started. Both of them were a little confused after hearing this. Zhang Tianshi was easy to understand. What was Zhengdao?
Shi Changxuan was silent for three seconds before explaining with a hint of helplessness: “It is said that before the ancestor emerged, he left behind a sword, a seal, and a nail. The sword is a male and female sword that can be used to kill evil spirits. It can be divided into two swords to kill all evil spirits. The seal is the seal of Yangping’s rule of the capital. It is made of jade and if it is stamped on the talisman, it can cure evil spirits. If you cut off a few parts of the nail and burn them with incense, you can invite the ancestor to come to the world.
“To this day, the nail has long gone missing. The male and female sword is enshrined by the descendants of the ancestors. As for the Dugong Seal…”
Zhengyi had developed to the present and had multiple schools. Shi Changxuan’s family also inherited the lineage of one of the schools. Zhang Tianshi himself had direct descendants, who had been Heavenly Masters for generations, and the seal had been passed down for more than sixty generations.
Xie Lingya and Huang Jinyang were as fascinated by the legend as they were listening to it. He had always wanted to take it back… Oh my God, it’s not at your house, is it being kept by your father? Or drift to other sects?
Huang Jinyang also speculated, “Are there several seals that are difficult to distinguish between genuine and fake, but you still don’t know how to confirm them?”
Shi Changxuan said quietly: “…the seal of Yangping’s capital governance is now in the Provincial Museum.”
Xie Lingya and Huang Jinyang: “…”
“Is there any other way?”
– Xie Lingya quickly changed the topic, because he still didn’t know what kind of trouble this Yangping Zhi Dugong Seal will cause in the future.
Shi Changxuan thought for a moment and said: “You can try the luck talisman. The eyes hide yin and cannot be closed for a while, but if the fortune changes, it is not easy to encounter yin objects.”
Huang Jinyang was filled with hope for a moment. He couldn’t close his yin and yang eyes, even if he didn’t encounter dirty things. He always tilted his head, which was really ugly. Because of this, he was still single.
Xie Lingya pondered: “Luck Talisman? I can’t draw this.”
Huang Jinyang looked at Shi Changxuan again, wanting to ask him if he could draw.
However, before the two of them made eye contact, Xie Lingya already touched his chin and said, “Give me ten minutes and I’ll learn.”
Huang Jinyang: “…”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
….
Under Shi Changxuan’s eyes that always contained countless contents, Xie Lingya arranged a luck talisman and asked Huang Jinyang to try it.
Over the years, Huang Jinyang had tried many methods, but his mentality was still good and he still had hope. After thanking them, he happily accepted it. Xie Lingya sent Huang Jinyang to the door and asked him to remember to give feedback to him about this talisman. He should use it so that he could know the effect.
After Huang Jinyang left, Xie Lingya leaned against the door and replied to the text message. It was from He Zun, asking him if he had a charm for his girlfriend. He replied coldly: No.
“Hello, is the patron of this temple present? “Xie Lingya heard a voice and looked up. It was a man in his late thirties who was asking questions to the believers who were volunteering. He had a bit of a foreign accent.
This man had an elegant temperament, a gentle appearance, and wore a pair of glasses. Upon hearing this, the volunteer immediately shouted to Xie Lingya: “Xiao Xie.”
They didn’t have a patron. They did have one boss, leading two people including himself.
The man looked at Xie Lingya and glanced at his face a few times, “Classmate, what is the relationship between Wang Yuji and you?”
As the saying went, a nephew looked like his uncle. Xie Lingya and Wang Yuji looked really similar. He guessed that this man knew his uncle, and he could tell, so he replied: “I am his nephew, brother, you are?”
This man called his uncle by his first name, and he didn’t know that his uncle had passed away. He might be an estranged friend. Seeing that he was not much older than himself, Xie Lingya thought to himself, if he doesn’t correct me, I won’t call him uncle.
The man understood, adjusted his glasses and said with a smile: “My name is Hai Guanchao. Your uncle had asked me to be your teacher. You can also call me Master.”
“Xie Lingya: “…”
…Do you dare to rise faster in seniority??
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