Brother Yanzhi bowed from the cot, tears in his eyes. "You saved me. I thought I would die today."
"You're healed," Lin Mu said with a smile. "But rest, and let your meridians recover. The sutra heals the body, but you must steady the spirit too."
That night, word of the healing spread across the temple like wildfire. Some whispered of miracles. Others began to chant Lin Mu's name in reverence.
But Lin Mu remained silent in his quarters, meditating beneath the glow of a lone spirit lantern.
There were still three sutras he had yet to uncover.
And the Healing Heart Sutra… had only just begun to reveal its secrets.
With Lin Mu healing Brother Yanzhi, the news of it spread quite quickly within the temple. After all, the poison he had been inflicted with was notoriously difficult to cure and required a rare antidote.
