Chapter 123: Opening the Eye, Destroy!

What the hell.

I cursed in my mind and walked over quickly. Without caring whether Su Rou agreed, I shoved a agarwood bead straight into his mouth and pinched his lips shut to keep him from swallowing it.

Su Rou’s eyes cleared up at once. I signaled him with my eyes not to speak, then turned to Ling Ruyue and said, “Tired from walking? Have a piece of candy.”

“You have candy?” Ling Ruyue seemed to be very determined about continuing forward, but otherwise not fully alert.

“Yes. I just gave Su Rou one. You should have one too.” I felt helpless. If it were not for Hua Feifei, I would not have made it so complicated. I would have just shoved it straight into her mouth.

“Alright then.” Ling Ruyue nodded.

“Ah...” I deliberately opened my mouth wide.

As a Gu technique Miao girl, Ling Ruyue should normally be very cautious about anything being fed to her. But she was not fully clear-minded either, and instinctively followed along, opening her mouth.

I immediately shoved the agarwood bead inside.

Ling Ruyue woke up faster than Su Rou. The moment the bead entered her mouth, her eyes cleared instantly. She spat it out and said somewhat unhappily, “Chen Chengyi, what did you just give me?”

I let out a breath of relief and said, “If you do not want to get confused again, keep the agarwood bead in your mouth. The scent of agarwood can dispel filth, ward off evil, and clear the mind. Do you not remember what you just did?”

Ling Ruyue’s eyes widened. She did not argue further and immediately put the bead back into her mouth.

This string of agarwood beads was left by my Founding Patriarch. I did not know exactly how precious that kyara agarwood was, but I knew anything from my Founding Patriarch was extraordinary. In my mind, that old man everyone called Master Li was far more powerful than my Master.

“San Wa Er, do we just keep it in our mouths?” Su Rou mumbled, his speech muffled by the bead.

“Only if you do not want to be affected again,” I replied.

“Did we just enter a chamber earlier?” Ling Ruyue also asked, her words slightly unclear.

I was shocked, but I could not say anything, at least not yet. “You cannot remember?”

I then asked Su Rou, “You cannot remember either?”

Both of them nodded at the same time, trying to say something more.

I raised a finger to signal silence, then pulled them back into the chamber.

Looking at the two extremely shocked faces, I asked, “Did you notice anything?”

It took Su Rou a long time to respond. “I remember entering this room, but after that it gets fuzzy. This, this is not...”

“Do not talk!” I shouted at him.

Su Rou immediately fell silent. He had spent a lot of time around me and my Master, so he knew we were probably in serious trouble. He muttered softly, “Did not Jiang Ye and the others go ahead? How could something like this happen?”

Ling Ruyue clearly also saw the problem, but she was calmer than Su Rou. She asked, “Third Brother, what do you think?”

I could not say what I was thinking. I only asked her, “Is Hua Feifei’s poison very strong? What you said that day, was it completely true? No exaggeration.”

Ling Ruyue was quick-witted. She nodded seriously and said, “It is true. Do not think it is rare. Even dogs can do it, but only rabid dogs. Their teeth can injure certain things, and when those things are injured, people can go insane.”

I understood what she meant. My Master had told me about mad dogs before. He said their bites could damage the soul, leaving a person only instinct. Rabies symptoms are similar to jiangshi, essentially a body without a soul, a wound to the soul rather than the spirit. The soul is the most important part of a human, like a container being the brain, and the soul being what commands it.

“Oh. So Hua Feifei can fly?” I asked casually.

“Yes,” Ling Ruyue replied naturally.

Su Rou stood nearby, confused and anxious. Several times he tried to speak, but I stopped him with a glare.

“I do not believe it. Let me see it fly,” I said, staring directly at Ling Ruyue.

Ling Ruyue immediately understood. “How do you want it to fly for you to believe?”

“When I point somewhere, have it fly there. I will believe it. I can point anywhere, right?” I signaled her with my eyes.

Su Rou grew anxious. He clearly understood we had already returned to the same chamber. This situation was serious. We were lost, yet these two were not panicking at all, still talking about Hua Feifei as if nothing mattered.

But I glared at him again, and he did not dare speak.

At that moment, I steadied my breathing and silently began the incantation for opening the eye technique.

I had to admit my spiritual perception was extremely strong. In an instant, the scene before me began to overlap. I immediately closed my eyes, and everything around me turned misty.

The first thing I saw was cold yin energy flowing everywhere, faint bluish black.

Then I looked around and suddenly saw a long haired woman hanging upside down at the entrance of the chamber, staring at us with a vicious expression.

The sight was terrifying. A body without life already feels gray and unsettling, let alone a ghost.

I suppressed my fear and pointed directly at where she hung. “Let Hua Feifei fly there. Now!”

Ling Ruyue reacted quickly. The strange whistle was already in her mouth, while the agarwood bead was in her hand. As soon as I finished speaking, she blew the whistle.

Hua Feifei moved with extreme speed, reaching the target in the blink of an eye.

It did not bite. Instead, it released a drop of venom. Under my Heavenly Eye, the venom appeared deep red.

As it slowly fell, the red color faded.

Hua Feifei’s venom was strongly yang in nature. No wonder it could harm ghosts.

The moment the venom touched the ghost, I saw it first freeze, then tremble violently, its form becoming increasingly blurred.

Without thinking too much, I grabbed Su Rou’s hand and bit his middle finger hard. He cried out in pain, but I ignored him, rushed forward, and spat a mix of blood and saliva onto the ghost.

A ghost is formless, so the blood passed through it. But under my Heavenly Eye, the blood carried a faint yellowish red glow. After passing through, the glow vanished.

Then I saw the ghost’s body fade further. Her face twisted completely, emitting a silent scream. At the same time, my head, Su Rou’s head, and Hua Feifei’s head all began to throb in pain.

My Master had said that ghosts cannot be heard by humans, but they do have a sound. That sound directly affects the human brain.

I gritted my teeth and maintained the Heavenly Eye. If I did not destroy it, we might be lost in this tomb forever. If it still would not die, I would not hesitate to finish it.

Her form finally grew almost completely insubstantial. In my vision, she dissolved like smoke.

I exhaled heavily and closed the Heavenly Eye, opening my eyes again. The moment I did, I nearly collapsed to the ground. Su Rou grabbed me.

He kept complaining, “San Wa Er, why did you bite me? That hurt! Why did you not bite yourself?”

“Because I am afraid of pain. I will bite you first. Next time I will bite myself,” I said.

Then I felt the world spin. I leaned against the wall, and even Su Rou could not hold me steady.

Su Rou kept complaining. Ling Ruyue was also saying something, but I could not hear any of it. My head was in unbearable pain.

My Master had said that strong spiritual perception does not mean you can withstand opening the eye. That was exactly what he meant. Only after proper cultivation could it become easy.

Unfortunately, back then I did not understand the importance of restraint or the entanglement of karma. I struck directly and destroyed that ghost completely, causing my fortune in the Hungry Ghost Tomb to drop to its lowest point.

After a while, I finally recovered. When I opened my eyes again, I saw Su Rou’s large face right in front of me.

He muttered nonstop, “San Wa Er, you really need to explain what is going on.”