Chapter 151: Look within yourself and clear your mind
Seeing that Taoist Master Huang Shizhen had recovered a lot, Chen Jue stopped and returned the remaining ointment and medicinal wine to Master Liu Qing.
"Master Huang, I see that you have been running this clinic for quite some time. I think you are very good at medicine and Qihuang's art."
"I have just started learning this and would like to learn from you for a while. Is that possible?" Chen Jue bowed with a sincere look on his face.
Although Chen Jue had searched for some medical skills and knowledge on the Internet before and had a better understanding of the structure of the human body, medicine is not something that can be learned just by reading, but one must practice it.
Just like martial arts, the more you see and the more you think about it, it is better to practice and hone your martial arts skills.
"Master Chen Jue, do you want to learn medicine?"
"I'm just an orthopedic doctor. I have no problem treating some injuries, bone setting, cold infections, and body conditioning. But if it's too complicated and profound, I'm helpless." Huang Shizhen frowned slightly.
"That's enough. I will just observe and learn for a few days so as not to take up too much of your time, Taoist Priest." Chen Jue nodded.
Master Huang was slightly surprised after hearing this. He didn't expect that Chen Jue, a Jindan Zhenren, would actually be interested in medicine.
But on second thought, medicine and martial arts are inseparable, and plus he had just received guidance from Chen Jue, Master Huang agreed to Chen Jue's request.
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Taking advantage of the closed-door rest time, Chen Jue discussed with the other party some practice experiences of Taoist inner alchemy.
After learning that Chen Jue had formed the golden elixir through the Wudang Taihe Sect's Tiger Roaring Golden Bell Cover and Dragon Roaring Iron Cloth Shirt, Master Huang was also shocked: "Dragon and tiger meet, water and fire work together! I didn't expect that Master Chen Jue also inherited my Wudang true teachings."
"My master inherited the legacy of the Wudang Golden Toad Sect. The Golden Toad Kung Fu contains the secret method of swallowing the sun and the moon to nourish the elixir. Unfortunately, my Kung Fu is not deep enough and I haven't practiced to that level yet."
"But my Uncle Luo took a different path. He became a real person decades ago, just like you, Master Chen Jue."
Chen Jue was slightly stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Master Huang, is your Uncle Luo still alive? Although I have cultivated the golden elixir, I still have many doubts about my own practice. I want to find a fellow Taoist master to exchange ideas and correct me."
I once heard Master Huang say that his master passed away at the age of 116. Out of inertia, I thought that his uncle was also a centenarian and had ascended to heaven long ago.
Just from what the other party said, his uncle Luo who had formed a golden elixir seemed to still be alive! This made Chen Yuzhi very excited.
You know, Chen Jue realized the touching moments of life, and began to measure the earth with his feet and to temper his mind in the long mortal world. He wanted to comprehend his own way of cultivation by observing others and reflecting on himself.
The path to enlightenment he took was the same as that of many ancient sages.
After traveling around the world, Laozi left behind the "Tao Te Ching" at Hangu Pass to open up the Taoist school. He eventually retired to Laojun Mountain, leaving his reputation through the ages.
After traveling around the countries, Confucius realized the national conditions of each country and finally founded the Confucian school and became a sage.
Siddhartha Gautama in Buddhism also traveled four times before he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. He finally experienced the sufferings of the world, gave up the throne and achieved enlightenment, and became the Sakyamuni and Tathagata Buddha we are familiar with.
Chen Jue set out from Beidu, and along the way he made friends with many masters and extraordinary people, because the spiritual imprints of martial arts masters, high Taoists, and eminent monks like Huang Shizhen, Li Xiang, Li Wei, and Master Jiande were stronger than those of ordinary people.
By observing others and reflecting on himself, Chen Jue also felt deeply moved and gained a lot.
Now that he knew there was actually a living Taoist Jindan master, how could Chen Jue not be excited?
"Uncle Luo is thirty-six years younger than my master. He should still be cultivating in Huashan."
"If Master Chen Jue wants to visit, I can introduce him... But my uncle has a strange temper. I'm afraid that when he meets him, he will be greatly disappointed." Master Huang began to explain, but when he mentioned the name of his uncle, an unnatural look appeared on his face.
"Thank you very much, Taoist Huang!" Chen Jue was very excited to hear the news. As for the strange temper mentioned by the other party, Chen Jue didn't take it too seriously.
After all, he is a living Jindan master. So what if he has a bit of a weird personality?
It was Chen Jue's fortune to be able to communicate and discuss with the other party, so he didn't need to pay too much attention to some minor details.
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For the next few days, Chen Jue stayed in Huang Shizhen's orthopedic clinic. He booked a room in an inn nearby to rest and sleep at night. During the day, Chen Jue followed Huang Shizhen in the clinic to learn how to diagnose patients.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. Orthopedic doctors are somewhat different from general Chinese medicine doctors, but Master Huang knows some of them.
The owners of nearby restaurants and inns often come to him to ask for medicine to regulate their health.
However, Master Huang was best at setting bones, straightening bones, and treating injuries. With his ability as a master of Huajin, his strength could penetrate bones all over the body. In addition, he practiced the Golden Toad Qigong, which allowed Qi to flow through the internal organs, and he knew the structure of the human body very well, so he was naturally good at treating this kind of patients.
In addition, Master Huang is also particularly good at studying acupuncture points on the human body, and his acupuncture skills amazed Chen Jue.
Of course, most of the people who come to this clinic for treatment are Wudang students who want to learn martial arts, and there are even foreigners among them.
Several foreigners who came for follow-up examinations with plaster casts and bandages on their backs even kowtowed to Master Huang when they saw him. They probably knew that there was a Wudang master of a very high seniority hiding in this clinic and they admired his medical skills.
After all, when practicing Kung Fu, it is inevitable to encounter some bumps and bruises, or sprains, dislocations, fractures, etc.
As long as it is not a serious illness such as comminuted fracture, Master Huang can figure out the cause with just a light touch, and then prescribe the right medicine and start treatment.
When Chen Jue was a child, he was often naughty. He would run all over the mountains and fields with his friends in the village. Occasionally, he would suffer this kind of injuries when jumping over a ridge. In the end, his grandfather would take him to the neighboring Linjia Village to find an old Chinese doctor to heal his bones.
In Chen Jue's eyes, Taoist Master Huang Shizhen's skills are much better than the old Chinese doctor from the next village in his memory.
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During the five days he spent in the orthopedic clinic, Chen Jue learned medical knowledge while communicating and discussing with Huang Shizhen.
From Taoist classics to Qihuang's techniques to martial arts, both of them benefited a lot after spending several days together.
In addition, Chen Jue is a real person who has already formed an elixir. In Huang Shizhen's eyes, he is a walking senior. Naturally, he wants to learn some alchemy-related practice methods from Chen Jue.
Chen Jue naturally taught everything he knew without reservation, from the methods of refining the internal organs and changing the marrow with the roar of tigers and dragons, to the methods of transporting qi and blood with the circulation of the small and large meridians.
Even Liu Shiqing, who often came to visit, learned the Wudang Tiger Claw Skill, which was in the form of a tiger, from Chen Jue.
Although Liu Shiqing's martial arts skills only reached the Ming Jin level, he was still the Wudang Sect's top figure in charge of the Taoist temple. He was also well versed in Taoist knowledge and classics. He would join in discussions on Taoism from time to time, allowing Chen Jue to understand a lot of hidden knowledge that Taoism did not pass on to outsiders.
Of course, seeing that Chen Jue was so sincere in teaching him everything he knew, Master Huang also took out the Golden Toad School's signature skills and taught Chen Jue the secret method of swallowing air to train his internal organs.
Chen Jue was deeply moved when he saw this, and felt that his trip to Wudang was worthwhile.
In addition to learning the technique of releasing the Great Toad Qi in the Golden Toad Skill, after observing the patients for several days, Chen Jue also gained a deeper understanding of the human body structure.
From bones, muscles to meridians and internal organs, some obscure and difficult to understand areas began to become clear under Master Huang's guidance.
In addition to the brain, the most complex part of the human body, Chen Jue found that he had a vague sense of "inner vision" as mentioned in Taoist legends.
Although it was still extremely vague, once the Qi and blood were moved to the designated place, he could roughly visualize a similar internal vision in his mind.
It was probably because of the deepening of his practice, his better understanding of the structure of his own human body, and the fact that he had formed a golden elixir and became a sacred body, that Chen Jue began to slowly develop all kinds of extremely incredible Taoist "magical powers".
This is exactly in line with the sentence in the " Taishang Laojun Neiguan Sutra": "Look within yourself to purify your mind."
With his feet on the ground and his mind tempered by the worldly affairs, Chen Jue's mind became more and more clear, and even his body began to become clear in front of him. He was no longer as ignorant as before.
