Two Cultivation Techniques (Continued)

Si Jingyu stepped forward, stretched out her hands to straighten Si Ming's clothes, especially the wrinkles at the collar and cuffs, which she smoothed out with great effort, and then patted them.

Si Huaruo, standing to the side, said discontentedly, "Who are you trying to intimidate with this hostess-like attitude?"

Si Jingyu ignored her and continued, "You've only been gone for two years, but your influence still lingers. True ambitious people wouldn't be so impatient. Those who are eager to jump out and try to grab the spoils are just fools acting as pawns for the king. They're being used without even realizing it. Unfortunately, I'm just your wife, not you. I can't uproot those ambitious people hiding behind the scenes. I can only sweep away those Monkey to make an example of them."

"What's wrong with you, Madam? How dare you declare your sovereignty when no one else is around? Are you trying to create a fait accompli with rumors?"

"Dealing with those Monkey who jump out is simple. Just declare that the whistleblowers will atone for their crimes, while the accused will be punished even more severely. They will be unable to withstand the pressure and will all confess and betray their former allies. But it's not so easy with those ambitious people. We have to be wary of them resorting to desperate measures. Therefore, I haven't taken action. Besides, the Heavenly Martial Alliance is still young. Cutting off its flesh now would inevitably cause Primal Qi. Let's fatten it up for a few more years before killing it."

"So, you knew from the beginning that there wouldn't be any fighting? Then why did you drag me along... Did you never intend for me to meet Ming in the first place?"

Si Jingyu showed obvious surprise, covered her mouth with her hand, and looked at Si Huaruo, saying, "Oh, so you've come to the Barbarian Continent too. Sorry, I didn't notice you before."

"Si! Jing! Yu!"

Even though she knew the other party was deliberately teasing her, Si Huaruo was still so angry that she gritted her teeth, and her blonde hair almost stood on end.

Fearing the two would start fighting, Si Ming hurriedly interjected, "Oh, right, there's something I want to show you."

He took out the blank book containing the "Shennong's Three Fists" and handed it to Si Jingyu. If Duanmu Die was not lying and was indeed a descendant of an elder of the Six Paths Sect, then Si Jingyu, who was his sibling, should also be able to see the words on it.

However, Si Jingyu took the blank book, flipped through it for a while, frowned slightly, took out her fan and gently tapped her chin, then closed the book and returned it to Si Ming, asking in confusion, "Are you trying to say that this is a secret manual that only intelligent people can see?"

Huh?

Si Ming was genuinely frightened. He considered several possibilities, such as Duanmu Die playing a trick on him, the so-called wordless book being fake, and everyone being able to see the words on it, or any member of the Si Clan being able to see it. Regardless of the possibility, given that he had already seen it, there shouldn't be a situation where Si Jingyu couldn't see it.

Could it be that the story about their origins is just a coincidental misunderstanding, and that she and Si Jingyu are not siblings? Perhaps she is simply a member of the Si Clan, tracing back a few generations and sharing the same elders, which explains their resemblance?

Ultimately, there was no solid evidence to prove that he and Si Jingyu were really siblings. He just felt that the timing was right. There couldn't be such a coincidence in the world... But compared to Duanmu Die traveling thousands of miles across the world to find someone and just happened to find him, this coincidence was nothing.

If the former has a 1% chance, the latter has a 1 in 10,000 chance.

Perhaps it was all just a misunderstanding, a series of coincidences. With so many members in the Si Clan, it's not impossible that some children were lost in the same year. Or perhaps it's the kind of baby swapping plot that often appears in TV dramas, where even wealthy families frequently stage these kinds of substitutions, discovering that the difficult daughter-in-law is actually their biological daughter...

"What nonsense are you talking about? This book has words on it, doesn't it? It's densely written, even has training diagrams. It looks like a Higher Vehicle martial arts manual."

Si Huaruo flipped through the book, looking at Si Jingyu with a puzzled expression, then suddenly chuckled, "Perhaps you're right, this is a secret manual that only intelligent people can see; fools can't."

Ee-ee-ee!

Si Ming was completely shocked. He had imagined many possibilities, but he never thought this would happen. Could it be that he and Si Huaruo were actually siblings, though they looked completely different, and were actually fraternal twins?

Miss Duanmu, are you deliberately messing with me?!

"Huaruo, can you really see the secret formulas of this 'Shennong's Three Fists' Method Formula?" Si Ming asked in a trembling voice.

Si Huaruo blinked, puzzled, "Why is it called Shennong's Three Fists? What an earthy name! Isn't it recorded in the scripture 'Heavenly One River Diagram'?"

"What?"

Si Ming hurriedly took out the blank book and compared it with Si Huaruo's. He found that the contents they saw were indeed completely different. He did not think that Si Huaruo was deceiving him. Not to mention how difficult it would be to compile a reasonable martial arts manual, the other party had no reason to deceive him.

He was completely confused. Why could he see it while Si Jingyu couldn't? Why was what he saw completely different from what Si Huaruo?

At this moment, Si Ming felt a pang of regret. Perhaps he should have kept Duanmu Die here for a few more days and not rushed to say goodbye. Maybe then he could have gotten an answer from her instead of being so confused now.

"Husband, can you tell me what's going on?" Si Jingyu asked.

Si Huaruo's eyes darted around, and she laughed, "What else could it be? Didn't you say that only smart people can see it, fools can't?" She was in a great mood and didn't bother to care about the other person's form of address.

When Si Ming relayed what Duanmu Die had said, Si Huaruo's face immediately turned deathly pale.

"No, impossible! My mother only has one daughter, me. She couldn't possibly have other children!"

This time, it was Si Jingyu's turn to be in a happy mood. She opened her fan with a flick of her hand. There were four big characters written on the fan, "Tie yourself in a cocoon." She covered her mouth with her fan and said with a smile, "Maybe it's an illegitimate child? My aunt was afraid that others would know that she had given birth to a boy, so she secretly asked someone to send him away."

"Nonsense! Ming and I look completely different; we're not siblings at all!"

She said that, but anyone with eyes could see that Si Huaruo was completely terrified and at a loss.

"Look closely, your eyes and ears are quite similar. Even siblings rarely look exactly alike. While there may be some differences, they are within a reasonable range."

"You... you have no evidence. Don't make things up. This proves nothing and doesn't explain why what I saw was different from what Ming saw... Yes, what I saw was different from what he saw!"

Si Huaruo looked like someone who had fallen off a cliff and was grasping at a straw for salvation.

"Yes, there's no evidence yet," Si Jingyu tapped her nose with her fan, her smiling expression like a fox that had stolen grapes. "But we can't say it's completely impossible. What if they really are siblings? Or perhaps you want to strengthen your family ties through marriage?"

"Actually, there have been examples of siblings falling in love in our Lineage before. After all, our Shaman School worships Nüwo, and it's a tradition for Nüwo and Fuxi to marry and have children," Si Huaruo blurted out in a panic.

"Oh, so there's a precedent for this, Lineage tradition. In that case, it doesn't matter if they're siblings."

Seeing Si Jingyu's tempted expression, Si Huaruo realized she had been tricked and quickly shook her head and waved her hands, saying, "Of course not! Fuxi and Nüwo are just myths. That loving brother and sister were eventually separated. How can love supersede human relationships?"

Si Jingyu readily agreed, nodding and saying, "Understood. The fundamental principles of human relations must never be violated, otherwise we will surely be ridiculed by the world. Therefore, we must resolutely resist love between blood relatives and never harbor any illusions. Even if there is only a one percent chance, we must nip it in the bud."

"Waaah..." Si Huaruo was on the verge of tears. How did things come full circle? She was completely at a loss. "Well, we can't just condemn everything outright. We need to look at this issue dialectically..."

Si Ming, "Alright, stop bullying Huaruo." It had the feel of a first wife scolding a newly arrived concubine.

"Since my husband has spoken, then I have no choice but to obey."

Si Jingyu's submissive demeanor resembled that of a gentle and considerate wife who follows her husband's lead. Under normal circumstances, Si Huaruo would definitely have made some sarcastic remarks, but now she was caught in a moral crisis, filled with melancholy, and looked as dejected as a defeated fighting rooster. She had no mood to care about others.

Afterwards, Si Ming asked other people to confirm, and including Si Shuiyun, who was also a member of the Si Clan, all they could see were blank sheets of paper with no content.

The three discussed for a while, but due to insufficient information, Si Jingyu was unable to reach a conclusion. They could only suppress their doubts and see what kind of effects the two different Cultivation Method would have.