The Sacred Leaves Family's Wishes for Peace

"Shuang'er, how do you feel?"

Yun Yun Shan asked nervously, concerned that the celestial fruit might not have much effect. After all, its properties were purely speculative.

"Father, this celestial fruit is incredible! After eating it, I feel like my senses have become much sharper, and the spiritual energy in my dantian has increased significantly.

Also, my bones and muscles feel noticeably stronger than before!"

After carefully assessing her physical condition, Yun Yan Shuang's face lit up with excitement.

She was confident that consuming the celestial fruit would help her advance in cultivation much faster.

"That's wonderful!"

Hearing his daughter's words and knowing there were no adverse effects, Yun Yun Shan heaved a sigh of relief.

"Brother, what's on your mind?"

Yun Yan Shuang noticed Yun Yan Shui's dazed expression and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Oh! It's nothing," Yun Yan Shui quickly replied, snapping out of his thoughts.

"By the way, Shuang'er, now that you're learning cultivation from the blind Daoist, has he taught you any cultivation techniques?"

"Yes! Master has passed down a technique called the Three Purities Heart Sutra. It's an advanced method from the Three Purities Temple, specifically designed to help channel spiritual energy into the dantian," Yun Yan Shuang answered truthfully.

"Three Purities Heart Sutra?"

Yun Yan Shui froze, recalling the cultivation technique that had inexplicably appeared in his mind.

Was the Three Purities Heart Sutra in his mind the same one his sister had learned?

But how had it come to him?

Could it be related to the celestial fruit she had just consumed?

Still, he had no direct connection to the bronze mirror—so why did this happen?

And what was the source of the warm current now flowing in his abdomen?

"Brother, why are you asking this?"

Yun Yan Shuang looked at her brother curiously, her interest piqued.

Even Yun Yun Shan gazed at his son with curiosity, sensing that he might be hiding something.

"To be honest, for some reason, the Three Purities Heart Sutra appeared in my mind out of nowhere," Yun Yan Shui said seriously.

Hiss—

Yun Yan Shuang drew in a sharp breath, startled by the revelation.

Yun Yun Shan was equally shocked, standing there frozen in disbelief.

Both of them knew that Yun Yan Shui had been confined to the cellar to guard the bronze mirror for days and had hardly left the house.

And since he lacked spiritual roots and couldn't cultivate, the blind Daoist hadn't taught him anything.

While Yun Yan Shuang had learned the heart sutra from her master, she had never shared its details with her brother.

Yet here he was, claiming to have the Three Purities Heart Sutra in his mind. How could they not be stunned?

"Brother, are you serious?"

Yun Yan Shuang finally regained her composure, her face still filled with astonishment.

"Yes, but I'm not sure if the sutra in my mind is identical to what you've learned," Yun Yan Shui admitted with a nod.

"Brother, recite it for me," she urged.

"Alright," Yun Yan Shui replied and began reciting:

"The heavens hold the Three Purities—one for yin, one for yang, and one for turbidity. The Three Purities transform into one qi, which purifies turbidity, nourishes yin, and enhances yang. This qi is stored within the body, traversing the extraordinary meridians, flowing through the limbs and bones, and ultimately gathering in the dantian..."

As Yun Yan Shui recited the sutra, Yun Yan Shuang listened in increasing disbelief.

His version of the Three Purities Heart Sutra was identical—word for word—to the one she had learned from her master!

"Brother! How... how do you know this?"

After a long pause, Yun Yan Shuang looked at her brother, still shaken by his revelation.

"I don't know. As soon as you ate the celestial fruit, the sutra appeared in my mind.

It's as though it was etched into my soul—I can't forget it, no matter how hard I try. I can recite it as if it were second nature," Yun Yan Shui explained, his expression serious.

"Shui'er, what else happened?"

At this point, Yun Yun Shan interjected, his voice trembling with a mix of excitement and anxiety.

He suspected that this strange occurrence was connected to the bronze mirror and wanted to uncover the truth.

"Well, there's something else... I suddenly felt a warm current in my abdomen. At first, I thought I'd eaten too much and had gas, but now I'm certain it's not that," Yun Yan Shui confessed, his tone thoughtful.

Hearing this, Yun Yan Shuang immediately stepped forward to examine her brother. She placed her palm gently over his dantian and activated her spiritual energy.

Thanks to her training with the blind Daoist, she had learned basic techniques for channeling and detecting spiritual energy.

As her spiritual energy flowed into her brother's dantian, she discovered something astonishing:

Her brother's dantian now contained an incredibly pure and potent strand of spiritual energy!

The spiritual energy in Yun Yan Shui's dantian matched Yun Yan Shuang's in volume, but it was noticeably purer and more condensed than the spiritual energy she had painstakingly cultivated.

"Brother, the energy in your dantian is spiritual energy!"

Yun Yan Shuang's face lit up with astonishment. This was an incredible phenomenon she couldn't comprehend.

Her brother had no spiritual root and couldn't cultivate. How could he suddenly have spiritual energy in his dantian?

This contradicted everything her master had taught her about the fundamentals of cultivation!

"Spiritual energy? How... I don't even have a spiritual root, and I can't cultivate. How did I suddenly gain spiritual energy?"

Yun Yan Shui was equally stunned.

"I... I don't know. This is too bizarre to believe," Yun Yan Shuang admitted, shaking her head. The shock had yet to fade from her face.

"But your spiritual energy is just like mine in volume, only much purer and more condensed.

Brother, you've become a cultivator at the Fetal Breath Stage! You've stepped into the path of cultivation!"

"What the—!"

The sheer disbelief left Yun Yan Shui speechless. All he could do was let out a stunned exclamation.

No spiritual root, no effort in cultivation, yet he had become a cultivator?

All he had done these past days was watch over the bronze mirror, eat, and sleep!

"It seems like this transformation must be connected to the bronze mirror," Yun Yun Shan reasoned aloud.

Though he was just as shocked, he forced himself to stay calm and analyze what had happened. This could help prepare them for the future.

"Shui'er, when you found the bronze mirror, did anything strange happen?"

"Strange? Not really. I just accidentally stepped on it, cut my foot, and bled on the mirror. Then it glowed for a bit," Yun Yan Shui recalled, describing the incident truthfully.

"Master once said that cultivators possess personal treasures known as spiritual tools or artifacts. To use such tools, they must form a blood bond with them. It seems, Brother's encounter was no coincidence. When you bled on the bronze mirror, it likely bonded with you, creating a link between you," Yun Yan Shuang explained thoughtfully, sharing her analysis.

"Shuang'er is correct," Yun Yun Shan agreed.

"This means the celestial fruit Shuang'er consumed created a connection between her and the bronze mirror.

Perhaps because of this connection, the bronze mirror replicated her cultivation and techniques and then transferred them to Shui'er."

Yun Yun Shan murmured as he pieced the clues together.

"Father, does this mean I don't need to cultivate? As long as Shuang'er works hard, her progress will be mirrored in me?"

"And anything she learns, I'll learn too?"

"That seems to be the case!"

"Ha! Amazing! Shuang'er, I'm counting on you from now on!"

Yun Yan Shui burst out laughing. The thought of gaining cultivation and techniques without effort thrilled him.

Meanwhile, Yun Yan Shuang couldn't help but giggle at her brother's triumphant attitude.

"Wait, Father, there's something else—I have a mark in my mind that's connected to Shuang'er!"

"Oh? What kind of mark?"

"I'm not sure, but I feel like I can control everything about Shuang'er, including her life and death."

Yun Yan Shui spoke with a serious expression.

"Brother, you won't kill me, will you?"

Yun Yan Shuang shrieked in mock horror at the revelation that such a mark existed.

"If you don't behave, I just might!"

Yun Yan Shui teased, pretending to act menacingly.

"Ugh, I hate you, stupid Brother! Shuang'er doesn't like you anymore!"

Yun Yan Shuang puffed up her cheeks in mock anger and playfully kicked her brother.

"Alright, you two, stop messing around," Yun Yun Shan interjected with a smile.

"The secrets of this bronze mirror are far from fully uncovered. Shui'er, since you're stationed near it, you'll have plenty of opportunities to investigate further.

As for Shuang'er, continue training with the blind Daoist as usual.

Also, Shui'er, your ability to gain cultivation without a spiritual root must be kept an absolute secret. No one outside this room can know, and you must not reveal your power unless it's absolutely necessary. Understood?"

"Understood, Father!" Yun Yan Shui responded, his face growing serious as he grasped the gravity of his father's instructions.