Lady Wei leaned forward, her eyes narrowing. "Watch how their training manifests in their control," she murmured to her fellow keepers. "The boy's water formations are as precise as his stances. The second one's dual essences flow as smoothly as his movements. And the girl..."
"She's turned her body into a conduit," Lady Xu finished, wonder in her voice. "Every muscle, every breath, every heartbeat—they're all part of her technique now."
The siblings' power continued to build, their months of brutal physical training allowing them to maintain techniques that would have exhausted lesser cultivators. Li Wei's water essence began forming complex three-dimensional arrays, each one a perfect geometric expression of spiritual power. Li Hao's fire and water twisted into double helixes of energy, his multiple forms moving through increasingly complex patterns of attack and defense.