"Let the heart merge with the lake into still water; let the heart's lake freeze into dustlessness; let the heart's ice become crystal-clear into a mirror; let the heart's qi become formless into Taixu!"
"Still Water, Dustless, Mirror, Taixu..."
"Class Monitor, I did it! I successfully entered the Dustless Realm!"
At a quiet shrine on the outskirts of Tokyo, Kiana sat cross-legged on a platform in the middle of the shrine's small lake. She suddenly opened her eyes, and her entire presence seemed to have changed slightly.
She immediately looked toward the shore, where Fu Hua, as ethereal as a celestial maiden descended to earth, was quietly fishing by the water.
Upon hearing Kiana's excited voice from the center of the lake, she instantly transformed into a crimson feather and fell where she stood.
At Kiana's side, Fu Hua had appeared at some point.
"That's good. Taixuan Sword Qi cannot be rushed. Entering the realm follows the heart. Kiana, you are very talented."
"Hehe, it's thanks to you, Class Monitor! Calming my mind and examining my heart became so much easier here for some reason. Otherwise, I wouldn't have succeeded this quickly."
Kiana had already grown used to Fu Hua's elusive ways, though she had been a little unaccustomed to them at first.
Even though she was also her Class Monitor Fu Hua, traveling alongside this Fu Hua somehow made Kiana feel as if she were being accompanied by an elder.
Looking at the small platform beneath her, it was covered in profound runes. She could not understand them, but she was certain they were far more than mere decorative patterns.
Her smooth progress was probably related to them.
"Although this place has supplementary effects, whether you can truly achieve Mirror Stillness still depends mainly on yourself."
Without talent, it