Mysterious Candle Heart Sutra

Unbound by preconceptions, able to take in the strengths of others, humble and self-disciplined, calm of heart and quiet of spirit, looking inward in self-reflection.

Created through painstaking effort by the Palace Mistress of Jinxiang Palace, evolved from the Nangong Internal Method, its purpose is to help one's mind settle, so that grief does not harm the body.

The "Mysterious Candle" means the moon, and so this art is also called the Moon Gazing Heart Sutra.

People know joy and sorrow, parting and reunion; the moon waxes and wanes, is bright and dim. Such things have never been whole since ancient times. Yet even when we are far apart, we are lit by the same moonlight.

Whenever sorrow stirs, practice this art: gather your mind, turn grief into strength, and live on well.

Effects

Level	Effect	Martial Points
LV1	Internal Force 1, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −1	5
LV2	Internal Force 2, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −2	1
LV3	Internal Force 3, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −3	2
LV4	Internal Force 4, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −4	3
LV5	Internal Force 5, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −5	4
LV6	Internal Force 6, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −6	5
LV7	Internal Force 7, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −7	6
LV8	Internal Force 8, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −8	7
LV9	Internal Force 9, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −9	8
LV10	Internal Force 10, Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle, Yin and Yang −10	9 (50)

• Temperament/Worldliness/Morality/Cultivation toward the middle: if the value is <=50, +1; if >50, −1

Acquisition Method

• Bond with Yu Xiaomei.
• During Visit Jinxiang Palace, guide choice 【＜35 Painting Immortal】.
• During Jinxiang Palace Free Action, choose Challenge Painting Immortal.
• After winning against Painting Immortal, the one who trains the Mysterious Candle Heart Sutra chooses "I'll train it" to obtain it.
  

Notes

• Lady Wen created this Mystic Skill so that the palace's people could clear their hearts, be unswayed by passions, and make calm decisions.
  With no hindrance in the mind, looking back on past events, the clearer the memory, the firmer the resolve.
• This art is of the yin-cold nature, and can tame heartburn and fiery temper.
  • Lady Wen judges Tang Moling's Heaven and Earth Silent Force to be even more yin-cold, with a stronger steadiness.
  • After Long Xiang's confession event, the agitated and troubled Long Xiang finally returns to calm through the Mysterious Candle Heart Sutra.
• It is a secret not passed outside Jinxiang Palace; Painting Immortal gave it away privately at her own risk.
  • Painting Immortal's original intent was to have Yu Xiaomei counteract the Fire Scorpion Poison of the Heartburn Seal, and thereby remove the risk to her health.
    • But the price of training the Mysterious Candle Heart Sutra is that it cancels out the effects of the Heartburn Seal, thus weakening Yu Xiaomei's Power.
  • Men who train it may become feminized in body, with a risk of infertility.
  • When Zhao Huo trains the Heartburn Seal at the same time, the Mysterious Candle Heart Sutra lowers Yin and Yang; once it drops below 60, the Heartburn Seal has no effect (see the notes on Heartburn Seal).
  • Painting Immortal proposes that Zhao Huo train the Mysterious Candle Heart Sutra while Yu Xiaomei passes her power to Zhao Huo so the two balance each other, which can both remove the Fire Scorpion Poison and preserve Xiaomei's current Power.
    • After training the Mysterious Candle Heart Sutra (LV1 or above), when Yin and Yang is below 40 and Yu Xiaomei is at the Tang Clan, the Training command at the Tang Clan's Back Mountain gains a random event of training with Yu Xiaomei; when the event ends, Yin and Yang +30.