Seeing Liu Nanfeng's temperature drop and his expression become serene, Su Huamei, who had been suppressing her anger, said, "Sister, did Han Xiangning do this? I'm going to find her."
As she finished speaking, she was about to rush out.
"Hold on," Su Jinxiu quickly stopped her.
"It shouldn't be her doing," Su Jinxiu said.
She had warned Han Xiangning just that morning, and now, at noon, she dared to kill someone. Based on Su Jinxiu's understanding of her, she didn't have that much nerve, unless she had already found a way out. Otherwise, the sisters' wrath would be something she couldn't bear.
In fact, Su Huamei knew it too. Having known each other for many years, she understood Han Xiangning's character well.
Despite their squabbles, there was still some affection between the three of them over the years; they had never tried to kill each other. If they had gone all out, Han Xiangning wouldn't have survived until now, especially facing a two-on-one situation.
"If it wasn't Han Xiangning, then who could it be?" Su Huamei murmured.
Su Jinxiu opened her palm, revealing a black Go piece.
Su Huamei took it from her palm and her expression turned to surprise.
"Xuan Tong Zi from the School of Yin-Yang?"
Su Jinxiu nodded.
The School of Yin-Yang was a branch of Taoism, and Xuan Tong was derived from the fifty-sixth chapter of the Tao Te Ching: "Subdue your sharpness, Undo your tangles, Soften your glare, Unite your dust. This is the dark unity."
The literal meaning was to merge with the Tao and comprehend the creation of heaven and earth.
The School of Yin-Yang used heaven and earth as a chessboard and all living beings as pieces, forging this Xuan Tong chessboard. The board had three hundred and sixty-one lines, and there were three hundred and sixty-one pieces, harmonizing with the number of the celestial sphere.
This was one of the treasures of the School of Yin-Yang that revealed the mysteries of heaven and earth. However, many years ago, with the decline of the School of Yin-Yang, it had long since disappeared into the river of history.
Su Huamei's immediate identification of it as Xuan Tong Zi was partly due to the narration of the little koi just now, and partly because this piece was very special.
Although damaged, the piece was smooth and round. The blemishes on it did not detract from its beauty; instead, they made it even more exquisite.
The sisters came from wealthy families and were educated from a young age. In their secluded chambers, reading became one of their pastimes. Later, after transforming into spirits from humans and gaining long lifespans, they had ample time and never stopped enriching themselves.
Therefore, the sisters were quite knowledgeable and knew much about many secrets.
"Who exactly made the move, and why?"
Su Huamei placed the piece back into Su Jinxiu's palm, her face filled with confusion.
Su Jinxiu shook her head, then clenched the piece in her fist, her expression hardening.
"Jiangcheng is this small; I don't believe I can't find him."
"Big brother..." At this moment, the little koi nearby suddenly exclaimed.
The two of them quickly looked in the direction of the sound and saw a beam of light emanating from the back of Liu Nanfeng's head as he lay on the bed.
"Huh, is that a halo? Has brother-in-law been enlightened?" Su Huamei asked nervously.
The so-called halo, also known as Buddha's light, was a manifestation of the wisdom and Buddhist attainment of eminent monks.
Upon hearing this, Su Jinxiu also became a little nervous. If her husband were to be enlightened, wouldn't that be the end of it?
She quickly placed her hand on Liu Nanfeng's chest, and a visible ray of light bloomed from the edge of her palm, penetrating Liu Nanfeng's body.
However, she detected no abnormalities.
Above that was the brain, the most fragile part of a person. She dared not check it carelessly.
"It should be fine," Su Jinxiu said.
She didn't know if she was comforting Su Huamei or herself.
At this moment, Liu Nanfeng was in a Buddhist hall. As Buddhist chants and meditation music echoed in his ears, Liu Nanfeng's heart gradually calmed.
It was like an ancient pond, undisturbed by ripples, but with the sound of the wooden fish striking, ripples began to form on the surface of the ancient pond.
Clusters of radiance rose from the water's surface – the crystallization of wisdom, the light of wisdom.
These lights devoured and collided on the lake's surface, eventually forming twelve equally sized light clusters.
This was the "Twelve Aspects of Sentient Beings" that the Venerable Baolin monk had comprehended from Buddhism.
The root of the Twelve Aspects of Sentient Beings was the twelve classes of rebirth.
It referred to twelve forms of life.
Born from eggs, born from wombs, born from moisture, born through transformation, having form, having no form, having consciousness, having no consciousness, neither having form nor not having form, neither having consciousness nor not having consciousness.
Liu Nanfeng used this as his foundation, combined with his seven emotions, six desires, six dusts, and six senses, to create a dharma. It was entirely different from Monk Baoyue's Twelve Aspects of Guanyin, and the two had no connection whatsoever.
Today, what the little koi had stimulated was the aspect of anger among the twelve aspects.
Anger arises from the heart, and fire burns from the abdomen. This fire is not heavenly fire, nor earthly fire, nor does it enter the five elements. It is a demonic fire born from human desire.
It seemed to have form yet was formless, capable of piercing all things, burning everything. If living beings were tainted by it, they would surely have their inner fires ignited by the external fire, and perish by self-immolation.
And at this moment, in Liu Nanfeng's sea of consciousness, one of the twelve clusters of light was slowly rising, shining brightly.
At that instant, Liu Nanfeng comprehended the aspect of anger.
The external manifestation was that his entire body suddenly erupted in orange flames, but the bedsheet remained undamaged. The little koi, taking advantage of Su Jinxiu's inattention, curiously touched it with her little hand and felt no heat at all.
The only change was that Liu Nanfeng was profusely sweating, his body drenched as if washed in water, yet his expression was quite serene, with even a hint of a smile on his lips. Strands of fiery red light flowed beneath his skin, giving him a rather peculiar appearance.
Although this process seemed long, it actually only took a few tens of seconds. Liu Nanfeng, whose eyes had been tightly closed, suddenly opened them.
His eyes had lost their original color and had also become two balls of burning flame.
However, these unusual phenomena quickly vanished, and Liu Nanfeng returned to normal. He sat up from the bed with some confusion.
"What happened to me?"
He pressed his hand on the bedsheet and felt a sticky dampness.
Then he saw the melon hammer held in his other hand and quickly handed it back to the little koi.
"How is your injury? Do you feel any discomfort?" Su Jinxiu asked nervously, not answering his question.
Liu Nanfeng looked down, touched his injured spot, and took a deep breath. He felt no abnormality whatsoever. Apart from feeling hungry, his entire body felt incredibly refreshed, as if he had just come out of a sauna.
"I just feel hungry. Is there anything to eat at home?" Liu Nanfeng asked as he jumped out of bed.
Seeing Liu Nanfeng energetic and showing no signs of injury, Su Jinxiu was still a little uneasy. She reached out and placed her hand on Liu Nanfeng's chest to check.
She discovered that not only had Liu Nanfeng's injury healed, but his body had also become much stronger, and even his heartbeat was more vigorous.
With a look of joy, she said, "Wait here for a moment, I'll go get some food. You can take a bath, and Huamei, you tidy up the bed."
After speaking, she hurried out of the room.
Su Huamei also opened a cabinet and rummaged through it for new bed sheets and pillowcases.
Looking at the little koi, who was staring blankly nearby, Liu Nanfeng patted her little head and said again, "Thank you. This is the second time you've saved me."
"Goo goo goo... Am I very powerful?"
The little koi was not modest at all and said proudly.
"Yes, you are the most powerful. I'll go take a bath first. You play by yourself for a while."
Liu Nanfeng pulled her to the living room, turned on the TV for her, and then went into the bathroom.
But when he came out of the bathroom, he saw that this "very powerful" person was cowering in the corner of the sofa, too scared to move, staring at Mo Yu who was sitting opposite her.
Upon seeing Liu Nanfeng emerge, her little mouth pouted, and she looked as if she was about to cry. She had lost all her earlier pride.