Grandpa Xie checked around but found nothing missing.
The Xie Family Herbal Compendium was sitting there perfectly fine, though it showed signs of being turned over. But the secret of this book lies in the book itself, and it is not something that ordinary people can understand.
Xie Li's gaze sharpened slightly: "Grandpa, a comic book is missing."
Grandpa Xie was a little confused. "What comic book?"
"The comic book I saw here when I was a child." Xie Li thought for a moment, "No, it wasn't a book, it was a jade slip."
Grandpa Xie was stunned.
The Xie family, a lineage of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, has a history spanning hundreds of years and their ancestors were once renowned. He knew that the "Xie Family Herbal Compendium" was very important, a family heirloom, and had always treated it with utmost care.
However, despite spending decades of his effort, he only grasped a fraction of the mysteries of this book. Its obscurity and difficulty far exceeded others' expectations.
Therefore, this book has always been enshrined in the ancestral hall, and the family members are never afraid to consult it—if someone can truly memorize it or understand it thoroughly, then he should be truly happy, for the Xie family has a worthy successor.
However, neither Xie Ziyuan nor Jiang Baili had the opportunity to access the "Xie Family Herbal Compendium" over the years. But once they left the ancestral hall, they often felt as if their minds were veiled and they couldn't remember anything.
He held Xie Li on his lap and taught her by hand; her exceptional memory amazed the old man.
It was from that time on that old man Xie looked forward with great anticipation, hoping that Xie Li would grow up and take on the task of passing on the Xie family's traditional Chinese medicine.
But he had never heard of comic books or jade slips.
Jade slips are ubiquitous in ancestral halls, comparable to ancestral tablets. What's so important about them?
Grandpa Xie's expression gradually became serious. "Lili, tell me carefully what you saw when you were a child."
Soon, Grandpa Xie figured out that what Xie Li saw in his childhood was a medical book sealed with a secret method—combined with the "Xie Family Herbal Compendium," that was the true inheritance of the Xie family's traditional Chinese medicine.
Unfortunately, these people were of average talent and never managed to uncover its secrets in their entire lives.
Xie Li's astonishing talent, displayed in her childhood, enabled her to cultivate internal strength by following the incantations taught by Grandpa Xie. After the jade slip was opened, she memorized the entire "Xie Family Herbal Manual" and, combined with the contents of the jade slip, gained a thorough understanding, truly inheriting the legacy of the Xie family of traditional Chinese medicine.
Grandpa Xie was both gratified and happy, and patted Xie Li's head, saying "good" many times in a row.
Xie Li gave him so many surprises.
He paused, thinking about Xie Ziyuan's actions today, and couldn't help but feel nervous: "Could it be that Ziyuan also has the ability to open the jade slip?"
If the secret method also accepts Xie Ziyuan, and she has no ill will towards the Xie family, that's fine. But what if she harbors ill will towards the Xie family?
It wasn't that he was prejudiced against Xie Ziyuan, but rather that Xie Ziyuan was never a good person to begin with.
He was severely poisoned and on the verge of death. Xie Ziyuan clearly had a way to save him, but she was aloof and condescending, as if she were doing him a favor. She showed no concern, only ambition.
His repeated instigation of the Xie family elders to put pressure on Old Master Xie reveals his ambition.
I'm afraid she really has taken over, and the Xie in Xie Ziyuan's name is no longer the Xie from the Xie family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
Xie Zian was somewhat annoyed, clenching his fist and slamming it against the wall. "I shouldn't have been soft-hearted and let her go!"
Xie Lin pondered for a moment, "Grandpa, the best course of action now is to send someone to bring Aunt and Ziyuan back as soon as possible."
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