Yeon is now 8 years old
As Yeonshin sat in then lotus position , the familiar warmth of qi flowed through his meridians. But suddenly—something shifted. A subtle crackle, a surge of power, like a dam quietly bursting within him.
He opened his eyes slowly, he had a knowing smirk in his facd
"Finally," he muttered. "I've reached the 3rd stage."
His voice was low but triumphant. He clenched his fist, feeling the gentle pulse of energy ripple through his veins.
"I can feel it… I'm a bit stronger now."
Then, after a pause, he tilted his head and added dryly,
Lets go to the mountain where i collect cores
"Hehehe. I can properly fight spirit level beasts now".
Ar the mountain he met with 2 spirit level
Yeonshin smirked.
He focused his qi into his hand, and flames came swirling around his fist—hot, wild, dancing like they were alive.
The two spirit-level beasts growled, sensing the shift in power.
But Yeonshin didn't flinch.
"Heh… let's test how tough you are," he muttered.
Fire fist!
The spirit beasts doged it at the last moment.they both lunged at yeonshin .
Yeonshin just stood there not doging not panicking instead he smirked.
When the spirit beast raised their claws to attack yeonshin .at the last moment yeonshin stepped aside .
Fire fist!
The attack struck both of thespirit level beast.
Yeonshin thought to himself
Ugh i need a panacea for qi....
Where will i get the panacea
After killing some more magical beasts he returned home.
As he was strolling with his sister he heard 2 weird namgung mans talking
Weird namgung man #1 said" hey did you know that our clan are giving a panacea to the top disciple starting from this year"
Weird namgung man #2 said"its obvious that the main family young masters will get the panacea there were almost no branch disciples that were the top disciple"
Chatter! chatter!
Yeonshin smirked and thought "free panacea in 2 years..."
As yeonshin was training his external energy.
His popped out of literally nowhere and said"yeon you wanna go to the festival"
Yeonshin was confused and asked "do you have money..."
Yeonshin sister grinned and said " i have 50 taels"
At the festival
As they were walking around .almost everyone was staring at his sister and him .
"Look at those two siblings. The boy is cute"
"Hey see that girl over there she is so beautiful"
They stopped at a small food stall. Red paper lanterns were hanging from a string, and the smell of sweet syrup filled the air. Yeonshin's eyes immediately landed on a tray stacked with shiny, red candied fruits. His sister didn't even hesitate.
"One for me, and one for this gloomy little monk here," she said, grinning as she pointed to Yeonshin.
The old woman running the stall let out a raspy chuckle. "He's got the eye of an old soul," she said, picking up a stick of candied fruit and handing it to him. "Here. This one's the sweetest."
Yeonshin accepted it with a smile. "…Thanks."
He stared at the glossy fruit for a moment, then bit into it. The sugar shell cracked loudly, and the tangy taste hit his tongue.
His sister was already munching on hers. "So did you like ".
Yeonshin glanced at her, then looked away. "…yes its very sweet.
She chuckled and said"look at you so cute"
Yeonshin thought to himself "ugh so embarassing"
His sister chuckles
People around them were starting to whisper. A few passing girls pointed.
"Isn't that the Namgung kids?"
"Look at that boy. He's cute."
"His sister's so pretty. What clan are they from?"
Yeonshin ignored them all and kept eating.
"Tch. Noisy," he muttered.
His sister leaned in and whispered, "We're trending."
He didn't even look at her. "…It's the fruit stall that deserves the attention."
She started laughing again, and the two of them walked off, their sticks still half full. Just a pair of siblings, chewing on candied fruit, acting like nothing in the world could touch them.
After wandering around like a attractive and cute siblings duo for some hours they went home.
As soon as they walked through the front gate, their mother's voice rang out.
"Where were you two?"
Yeonshin opened his mouth to speak—
Flick!
His sister slapped a hand over his mouth. "Training!" she said quickly. "Tough day! Tiring! Gotta go sleep!"
She dragged him inside.
Yeonshin raised an eyebrow. "…That was very convincing."
She grinned. "I'm a genius."
He just sighed and went to his room.
He sat by the window and thought "two more years and i will the one getting that panacea".
Now lets start cultivation with lotus fire cultivation technique.
After 4 hours of cultivating he got up to practice a new technique .
"Hmmm... I need to master the Dark Flame Technique. It's quite powerful," he muttered to himself, eyes glowing faintly with resolve.
He shut his eyes, circulating the Lotus Fire Qi. The Dark Flame Technique required him to merge two opposite elements — shadow and fire. One devours light. The other is light.
For 4 hours straight, he trained alone in the forest clearing.
"Again."
He stood, raised his palm,
Boom!
The fire exploded in his hand and knocked him back, sending him crashing into a boulder. Smoke drifted from his shoulders.
He groaned, stood again, and wiped the blood from his lip.
"Again."
After hours of practice
Dark flame!
Dark flames started swirling around his fist.
Yeonshin grinned "finally i have it down phew"