Murim Recurve

"Come out, Balou." Re'Kha extended her hand, condensing a sphere of water before her that shrunk, forming a miniature version of a beast. Immediately, it absorbed Water Qi from her body in large amounts and grew massive, turning corporeal.

The beast gently touched the ground when it finished forming, gazing at Re'Kha with its hulking figure. It wasn't impressive height-wise, only reaching her neck, or in appearance, considering how other Pranic Avatars looked.

It had a smooth, lustrous skin that was hardened. Layered over it was armour whose thickness surpassed her thumb's. Its appearance was a mixture of a dog and a turtle, coping up with the shape, flexibility, and agility of the former and the defensive shell of the latter.

But, since its facial features aligned to that of a turtle's, it didn't look menacing. Nonetheless, it was a mobile hull.

It was a beast that was able to move on land and underwater. So, it was the perfect Pranic Avatar for a water Clan like hers. As they shared thoughts in real-time, Re'Kha didn't need to instruct it. Whatever she thought, saw, and felt, her Pranic Avatar knew. And similarly, whatever her Pranic Avatar saw, felt, and thought, she knew it.

It was like splitting herself into a second individual. It was weird to cope up with at first, but thanks to the training every Harmoniser went through, they got used to it by the end of their first Pranic Avatar condensation's disappearance, which only spanned 120 breaths. So, it wasn't all that difficult to master, a quirk that came with their power naturally.

It was like their second nature.

Re'Kha observed the Balou, the name her Pranic Avatar and the Pranic Avatars of all her Clansmen went by. It was no different from before, whether in its appearance or anything that mattered in its functions.

She felt around from the perspective of her Pranic Avatar and observed no difference, "There is…none. Then, did nothing happen?"

"But, that can't be possible. There should definitely a change in my Pranic Avatar." Re'Kha frowned, sensing her heart sped up all of a sudden, prompting her to become alert. She then felt an instinct of sorts—that she had been able to perceive after departing from her master—that conformed to her thoughts, generating in her a train of thought that she hadn't before.

'I am a Kalki, and my element is the water. But, thanks to the changes brought about by fusing my master's Pranic Heart into mine, I obtained the elements of wind and wood. And, they belong to the race of Bisheen."

Re'Kha took out her Water Qi Essence once again, using it to generate Water Qi that she inhaled, replenishing the 10 units of Water Qi she had just expended. Once she was done with it, Re'Kha returned the Water Qi Essence to her storage ring and took in a deep breath.

She entered the activated state in her cultivation technique, changing to the element of wind. There were still 20 breaths in time before her Pranic Avatar disappeared. She planned to use this time to verify her conjecture.

Re'Kha looked at the Balou, noticing that it had no perceivable changes. She also didn't lose any control over it. Nothing unusual happened. After taking in a long breath, Re'Kha changed to the wood element, noticing there be no difference.

But, there was a faint thumping in her heart, conveying that there was something in her that was different, something that she had yet to find out. After a moment of thought, Re'Kha undressed, unwilling to see her clothes be ripped again.

At present, she was using an old pair of clothes Mu'Tua had prepared for her. Thankfully, they had almost similar sizes. The clothes of Mu'Tua were a bit loose for her, but as she only used them within the house, she was fine with them.

'I have to buy some clothes too. I guess there goes my shopping list.' She chuckled, making a mental count of the breaths as she focused on herself, trying to see if there were any changes in either her body or in her Pranic Avatar.

When ten breaths were up, her body expanded as her skin turned into smoothened-out tree bark. Her stature became twice as large; Re'Kha had turned into a Bisheen once again. The moment she did, Re'Kha felt intense thumping in her chest.

But this time, it wasn't from her heart, but from her Pranic Heart. Now that she was a Bisheen, Re'Kha knew something was up as she felt the oddity in her Pranic Heart, feeling the strangeness that was at the same time, familiar, "It…can't be?"

She then performed the same steps used to summon her Pranic Avatar, watching Wood Qi gush out of her body and condense into a sphere before her, turning into a miniature beast as 10 units of her Wood Qi flowed into it.

From the sphere spread out a pair of wings, tiny as a cute little beak peeked out. The bird's head seemed to be a coiling of antlers, judging by its rugged design. Its beak was a tiny triangle, akin to a chick's. Its body seemed no bigger than her palm.

The moment it was summoned, Re'Kha stared at it with shock, "I really do have another one now. But…how? This isn't master's Pranic Avatar."

A Harmoniser only had one Pranic Avatar. There was always one. It was an established fact after centuries worth of information collection. Just the fact that she had a second Pranic Avatar was unprecedented.

Re'Kha noticed how both her Pranic Avatars were fine, existing at the same time. Now that she had summoned it, Re'Kha understood the conditions needed to summon it. All she had to do was circulate either Wind or Wood Qi in her meridians and she would be able to summon the bird. She didn't need to transform into a Bisheen every time to summon it. It seemed it was only necessary for the first time.

Re'Kha shuddered, "Master has been giving me one advantage over another. This means, he was that powerful and resourceful when he was fatally wounded. Then, just how strong are his enemies?"