Knocking on Pearls [Matriarchy]

By the will of Heaven, Yan Buran went to the Eastern Sea to eliminate a menace. With cool, clear features and white robes untouched by dust, she swept the sea of blood clean of demonic beasts with a single sword.

As she was about to leave, a dying beast launched a desperate sneak attack. Yan Buran was already forming a seal to strike it down when a clam that had been trembling, buried in the sand all along, unexpectedly threw itself in the way and took the blow.

Moved with compassion for the dying clam, Yan Buran gave it some of her spiritual energy to heal it.

But she never imagined that one day a fair-faced man would seek her out on the mountain where she cultivated. He held out three smooth, pearly-white pearls, looking shy and bashful, and made the shocking claim that they were her children.

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A Zhu is baffled as to why Yan Buran won’t believe these are their children. The three round little pearls look so much like her!

So A Zhu carries the pearl babies around all day, following Yan Buran and insisting, “I’ve been keeping the babies warm all this time, but they still haven’t taken human form. They must want to cuddle with their mother!”

Yan Buran: “...”

Theme: True love is invincible