Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Wang Yuji, like his ancestors, although he was meditating in Baoyang, he asked around and worshipped several teachers in total, and enriched his notes for Baoyang. Only then did the amazing contents of Baoyang Notes came into being. The Taoist and miscellaneous arts contained in them were not only inherited from the Baoyang lineage.
However, after Xie Lingya watched Hai Guanchao for a while, he still felt that he was too young and must be much younger than his uncle.
Although Confucius must learn the Tao sooner or later, so he worshiped Xiang Liu as his teacher, but Xie Lingya had never seen a similar example in modern times. The main reason was that he himself faced Hai Guanchao and the age difference and generation gap were too terrible…
Seeing Xie Lingya’s hesitant look, Hai Guanchao smiled even bigger, “Are you afraid that I’m lying? Why, your uncle didn’t mention me?”
Xie Lingya said sadly, “My uncle has passed away.”
Hai Guanchao’s smile dispersed, and he looked a little unbelievable, “Impossible. I contacted him before coming here, but his mobile phone was shut down. I just thought he had no money to pay the phone bill (Xie Lingya: How poor is my uncle)… But how could he die? How many times did he die? We were in contact a few months ago, and I had seen his face before. His life span is definitely not that short!”
Wang Yuji did not have time to give so many instructions when he was dying. After his death, Xie Lingya did not renew the phone bill. During the funeral, only a few people attended because of the simplicity. When he heard Hai Guanchao say this, he said sadly: “It was an accident while practicing.”
In this line of work, you were exposed to unusual things, and there must be dangers, when your destiny will change, no one can say for sure.
Hai Guanchao was stunned for a long time, and then he sighed, “I’m going to burn incense sticks for your uncle.”
Xie Lingya took Hai Guanchao into the Taoist temple and he went to burn incense in front of his uncle’s memorial tablet.
While Hai Guanchao was lighting incense, Xie Lingya lowered his head and checked on his mobile phone. He had entered and scanned the Baoyang notes into an electronic version. There was so much content that of course he couldn’t finish it all at once, so he searched for the name Hai Guanchao and found that it actually existed.
His uncle recorded that he met a young master named Hai Guanchao somewhere in a certain month last year. He had such characteristics that the two hit it off and he worshipped him as his teacher to learn his family’s physiognomy.
Just as he finished reading these two lines, Hai Guanchao had finished putting on the incense.
Xie Lingya took advantage of the situation and asked, “Did you come here to see my uncle?”
Hai Guanchao sighed, “Your master, I was ostracized by my colleagues in my hometown. I made an appointment with your uncle at that time. After handling the matter there, I would come to Qiyang. By the way, I would finish teaching him what I had promised to teach him. He was busy at that time, so I just taught him a few formulas.”
Why do you keep mentioning being his Master… Xie Lingya refused in his heart, but after hearing the content behind, his attention shifted: “Although I inherited the Taoist temple, I didn’t actually become a monk. Let’s each do our own thing. However, with me here, it is the same as with uncle. You can rest assured to place orders here. I am still looking for an apprentice for my uncle. You can teach him by then and fulfill the agreement with my uncle.”
His uncle wanted to learn physiognomy from Hai Guanchao. He must be very good at this. This was a talent. He had come to visit on his own initiative. They still had a relationship, so of course he wanted him to stay.
“Place an order, what kind of order is it? I came to Qiyang to open a clinic.” Hai Guanchao looked at him strangely, and at the same time he felt a little regretful. Xie Lingya strongly suspected that it was because he did not understand his words.
Xie Lingya was confused, lowered his head and checked on his mobile phone, “Didn’t my uncle learn physiognomy from you??”
Hai Guanchao replied: “Yes, but I am not a Taoist priest, I am a doctor, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.”
Xie Lingya: “…”
Damn, I’m embarrassed. I didn’t expect that Chinese medicine doctors these days to be so versatile, they can read fortunes, and they can even convince Taoist priests.
Hai Guanchao looked at Xie Lingya, as if he knew what he was thinking. He smiled and said: “In the old days, witch doctors did not separate their families. Later, many people got to know that witches used talismans to treat diseases, including Taoist sects. But in medical skills, there are actually still some mysterious techniques. Do you know Taisu Pulse?”
Xie Lingya shook his head honestly. He had never seen a traditional Chinese medicine doctor since he was a child. However, his uncle could indeed treat minor illnesses and pains. As Hai Guanchao said, witch doctors did not distinguish between families. And among Taoist sects, there were also some, according to the term “five arts”, many Taoist priests in ancient times were specialized in curing diseases.
Hai Guanchao explained: “In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Taisu, a native of Qingcheng Mountain, was taught by a strange man how to judge people’s good or bad fortune through pulse. He practiced it thoroughly and passed down the “Taisu Pulse method’. Later generations believed that people’s pulse conditions were ever-changing and it was nonsense to judge people by their pulse conditions, and gradually there were no successors.
“My family has been practicing medicine for generations, and the Taisu Pulse Method has been passed down. In fact, the real Taisu Pulse is based on pulse conditions, refers to physiognomy, if you learn its essence, and can even deduce the fate of the person’s descendants. It is foolproof!”
“…Holy crap, so powerful?” No wonder my uncle wanted to learn it!
Xie Lingya thought to himself.
Hai Guanchao’s face originally had some pride, but it dimmed at the end, “I once diagnosed your uncle’s pulse and concluded that although he had no fortune, he should live a long life and be free from illness and pain. However, he is heroic. He passed away young and I failed to see that, I’m not good at studying!”
Xie Lingya also sighed, who could tell the fate clearly.
After a moment, the two looked at each other.
Xie Lingya whispered: “Then you are still opening a clinic in Qiyang?”
“What else do I have to do? I carry all my belongings with me and they go wherever I go.” Hai Guanchao said with emotion.
“Then you’d better stay in Qiyang. You stay with us first, and I’ll help you find a suitable store to open a store for you.”
Wang Yuji was a very moral and old-school person, and Xie Lingya was also like him. Although it was the first time for him to meet Hai Guanchao, Xie Lingya decided to help him without saying anything based on the agreement and relationship between him and his elders.
Hai Guanchao glanced at him with admiration in his eyes, and then readily agreed, “I’ll trouble you, Xiao Xie.”
….
After Xie Lingya had a detailed chat with Hai Guanchao, he found out that Hai Guanchao had always had goof traffic in his city before. Because of his good medical skills, a clinic employee framed him and he was then excluded by colleagues with backgrounds, who even hired medical troublemakers to mess with him so that he could not open the door.
It was at that time that Hai Guanchao realized that local people were doing exorcisms and went to Wang Yuji’s shop to buy cinnabar.
Hai Guanchao said: “By the way, I may not have much money. I spent a lot on peace of mind before. At that time, your uncle said that we could find a haunted storefront, rent it cheaply, and then he would drive the ghosts away.”
“…This is a good idea, but haunted facades are not always available!” Xie Lingya said regretfully, “I’ll take a look again.”
Hai Guanchao checked into a nearby hotel, and his luggage was all left there. Although the environment at Baoyang Temple was not as good as that of a hotel, hotel rooms were expensive, so Xie Lingya helped him bring everything to Baoyang Temple after discussion.
“This is Doctor Hai!” Xie Lingya introduced the origin of Hai Guanchao to Shi Changxuan and Zhang Daoting as a gentleman recognized by his uncle.
Hai Guanchao stared at Zhang Daoting, as if he was thinking about the possibility of him calling him master.
It was a pity that although Zhang Daoting was a Baoyang temple person, he had no apprenticeship. It was okay to call Xie Lingya Senior Brother occasionally, but it would be going a bit far to ask him to call him Senior Master Hai Guanchao.
Not to mention Shi Changxuan, he and Wang Yuji were not from the same school.
Hai Guanchao was extremely disappointed. He didn’t know where he could get so addicted to it, that he wanted to become a master. Xie Lingya strongly doubted whether the two of them had any discussion on this issue when his uncle became his disciple.
“By the way, Doctor Hai, I took a look in my uncle’s notes. Your formula is amazing. Is there so many changes in a person’s pulse?” Xie Lingya felt that what he usually read was also very mysterious, but this Taisu pulse did not belong to the orthodox traditional physiognomy, so he was a little curious.
Hai Guanchao was not very young, but he had been learning medical skills and Taisu Pulse Technique since he was a child. He was quite talented in this area, otherwise he would not have impressed Wang Yuji. He affirmed: “Of course, the Taisu pulse pattern is divided into five Yang pulses, five Yin pulses, and four Ying pulses, with many variations.
“Since you are Wang Yuji’s nephew, you can also come and learn and give it a try. Haha, it’s just that this is not something that ordinary people can’t learn. During the time your uncle and I stayed together, he only memorized all the formulas.”
“Hey, I don’t want to learn. How do I calculate my seniority after learning? Won’t you want me to call you Grandmaster?” Xie Lingya originally had some thoughts, but he didn’t want to be two generations younger than him. He was very cunning.
Hai Guanchao adjusted his glasses and said very naturally: “I am your uncle’s elder. Don’t make it sound like you can learn it if you want to. Otherwise, it’s better to be like this. If you come to learn it, you should be able to get started within three months. I’ll give you this physiognomy lesson, and everyone will be the same in seniority. Let’s not talk about the master for now. If you can’t learn it, just follow your uncle’s call.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he found that Shi Changxuan and Zhang Daoting both looked towards him, as if he had said something strange.
Hai Guanchao: “??”
Xie Lingya also smiled and said, “If you want to say that, then I am willing to learn from you, I’ll just consider it a difficult challenge.”
Hai Guanchao was looked at by those two people a little strangely, but he couldn’t think of anything wrong. Their Taisu Pulse Technique was too difficult. He was very confident and said: “Then you have to be prepared. Be prepared and learn not to cry.”
Shi Changxuan and Zhang Daoting looked at Hai Guanchao again: “…”
Master Hai Guanchao was forced to freeze halfway through his posture, and felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart: So why do you look at me like this? I don’t understand, what did I say wrong???
….
Xie Lingya had a cheerful personality, and because of the open water supply, he had been doing well with the vendors around him. When he inquired about it, he actually found out that there were storefronts for rent in the back streets.
The back streets, it was the street of the vegetable market too.
This street faced the road, facing Jingui Pedestrian Street, Dawn Plaza and so on. The rent was naturally much more expensive, but it was different behind it, there it was much cheaper.
Xie Lingya also considered the one that was farther away. In the end, after discussing with Hai Guanchao, if you rent a place farther away, there would be fewer people, and food and accommodation would be inconvenient. In this area, the rent was higher and the storefronts were smaller, but it was close to Baoyang Temple and there were many restaurants nearby. There were also few residents.
Xie Lingya even said: “At worst, I will open the back door, put a sign in front to guide them, and let people go to the back of our Taoist temple, so that you won’t have to worry about finding the location.”
Hai Guanchao couldn’t help but laugh, and he felt that this young man was really interesting.
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