Chapter 227: The Eyes in the Myth, the Illusion‑Breaking Golden Eye

Yun Prefecture, inside a nameless valley.

Several people gathered here.

They were exactly the Hell Dao, Animal Dao, and Human Dao.

Hell Dao should be a drunkard; even at a meeting of several people, he drinks until his face is flushed red, and from time to time he lets out a belch.

Animal Dao is a beautiful woman; she seems to have grown impatient waiting.

"You two, who summoned me? You summoned me and then say nothing."

Human Dao is a burly man; he shook his head: "Not me."

As they spoke, both turned their gazes toward the Hell Dao who was drinking.

Hell Dao blinked: "I thought it was you who summoned me."

Just as the several people were puzzled, a peaceful voice sounded from the sky.

"It was I who summoned you."

Hearing this voice, the three of Animal Dao immediately stood up.

The one who came was precisely the Chief of the Five Dao, Heavenly Dao, dressed all in white.

Heavenly Dao took the chief seat, then nodded: "Please sit down."

Only then did the several people sit down.

Heavenly Dao took out several files from his hand and handed them to the people around: "The Tower Lord's breakthrough is imminent; this is the final plan—take a look."

"The Tower Lord is only one step away from breakthrough, but relying on heavenly calamity is impossible, so we must rely on human calamity."

"When the time comes, the death warriors will assault the city; you just need to stop the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Six Gates."

"When the time comes, withdraw; you don't need to worry about the death warriors' lives or deaths."

Hell Dao and the others took the files and glanced at them briefly.

Animal Dao spoke: "The plan has no problem, but I have a question."

"Shen Qing, what do we do about Shen Qing?"

"This plan isn't something you can just hit and run; it still needs some time, and that time is enough for Shen Qing to kill me eighteen times over!"

As soon as those words were spoken, the room fell silent.

Seeing that no one around was speaking, Animal Dao continued.

"Right, what do we do about Shen Qing?"

Originally, before Shen Qing arrived, their Samsara Tower had been going smoothly—from inciting aristocratic families to seize grain to setting up a grand feng shui formation to suppress fortune, everything had proceeded smoothly, and they were about to finish when Shen Qing showed up.

This feeling is like when you steal a phone in the classroom, connect to the headteacher's office network, and are downloading something via the network; you're at ninety-nine percent, about to finish, but then the headteacher pulls the router and strides over toward you.

Aren't you afraid?

Anyway, Animal Dao was scared—he even pissed himself a little.

Heavenly Dao then said: "Don't panic, I'll intervene."

Human Dao blinked: "Heavenly Dao, you're strong, that's true, but have you forgotten that Shen Qing just a few days ago killed Shen Ting and Shen Lei like dogs?"

"You're stronger than them, but how strong can you be? You'll be beaten to death by Shen Qing."

Heavenly Dao wore a confident expression: "That's right; in a head‑on fight I am certainly no match for Shen Qing."

"But if I ambush Shen Qing with the body of an eighth‑layer Golden Core Realm cultivator, how would Shen Qing respond?"

Hell Dao and the others exchanged glances: "An ambush?"

Heavenly Dao nodded: "I've obtained a detailed dossier on Shen Qing; it says he can read people's thoughts through their eyes and also see the direction of their vital energy flow."

"I happen to counter him—my vital energy can hide anywhere in my physical body, making its flow undetectable, and as long as I keep my head down he can't read my mind; then I just need to wait for an opportunity and land a fatal blow."

Hell Dao hesitated a moment, then said: "The plan sounds great, but where did you buy this intelligence?"

Heavenly Dao said: "I bought it from the White Dragon Sect."

Outside Purple Cloud City.

Shen Qing sat quietly on the Nameless Mountain Peak.

Shen Qing returned to the Northern Garrison Office after battle, rested a little, and then came to fuse the Illusion‑Breaking Eye and the Furious Thunder Purple Eyes.

The pattering rain fell, yet it all stopped at a distance of one foot from Shen Qing and hung there; the downpour could not wet his clothes.

And within the clouds in the sky, something seemed to be churning and brewing.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Qing slowly opened his eyes; the corners of his eyes glimmered with fine golden light.

Immediately after, two clusters of blazing golden flame ignited deep in his pupils.

Around his eye sockets ancient divine patterns appeared, like the laws etched when heaven and earth first opened, flickering with his breath.

【Congratulations, you have fused and obtained the colored trait: Illusion‑Breaking Golden Eye (Color)】

Illusion‑Breaking Golden Eye (Color): a special pupil that exists only in myth, capable of seeing through all falsehood; the light it emits can annihilate everything.

Shen Qing blinked slightly; the golden divine patterns around his eye sockets faded, and the golden fire in his pupils gradually died out.

This is the trait obtained from fusing the Illusion‑Breaking Eye and the Furious Thunder Purple Eyes.

The Illusion‑Breaking Golden Eye combines all the advantages of the two traits and then amplifies and strengthens them.

Shen Qing rose to his feet and flew toward Purple Cloud City.

What comes next is simple: drag out the Samsara Tower and kill them, then return to Wuyang Prefecture and kill Shen Yunya's parents.

Northern Garrison Office, Yun Prefecture Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander Lin Hai was staring at a Yun Prefecture terrain sand‑table, conducting a geomantic survey.

The Map Killing had already, using flags, spotted dozens of landmarks scattered about; these were all the locations of the Samsara Tower's grand feng shui formation.

Suddenly, Lin Hai's eyes lit up; he pointed his finger, and an order flag landed precisely on a mountain peak on the sand‑table.

At this moment Shen Qing walked into the room, watching Lin Hai as he performed his rites, and said: "You still know feng shui?"

Lin Hai held a compass, gave a hehe smile, struck an extremely flamboyant pose, and said: "Practicing martial arts is my talent, but feng shui is also my hobby."

Although I can't compare to some people in the Martial Fortune Hall, in this Great Wu one can still be considered notable.

Shen Qing glanced at the sand table: "Then, have you discovered anything with your hobby?"

Lin Hai nodded, his face turning serious: "Yes, Commander Shen, come take a look."

As he spoke, he reached out and used his vital energy to mark three positions on the sand table.

Based on the grand formation I've discovered, I worked backwards and pinpointed these three locations; I can be certain that the core grand formation set up by the Reincarnation Tower must be in one of them.

Shen Qing looked at Lin Hai: "If you have this skill, why didn't you discover it earlier?"

Lin Hai scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed: "Actually, I've long suspected that the Reincarnation Tower's layout is related to feng shui, but I never found its feng shui formation, so I had no way to begin."

This isn't entirely his fault, after all, his opponent is Ouyang Xuanqing, the vice hall master of the Great Wu Martial Fortune Hall.

Being able to work backwards and pinpoint three locations now is already quite good.

Shen Qing glanced at the sand table, turned and walked outside: "These three places aren't far apart; I'll go check them out."

Lin Hai said: "Wait, I'll go with you; if I personally see the core grand formation, I might discover something else."

That actually makes quite a bit of sense.

Shen Qing nodded: "Then come along with us."

Lin Hai caught up to their pace and said:

"Ah, Commander Shen, I've always had a question."

"Are you twenty now?"

Shen Qing said: "There's still a month; after the New Year I'll be twenty."

Lin Hai sucked in a breath of cold air: "So at twenty you have this strength? Have you ever felt lost?"

Shen Qing stopped: "Lost?"

"When I can't find anyone to kill, I really do feel quite lost."

Killing people can seize attributes; seizing attributes can make one stronger.

If you can't find anyone to kill, you can't seize attributes, you can't become stronger—how could you not feel lost?

Just then, several Embroidered Uniform Guard escorted a criminal walking from afar, and Shen Qing seemed to have discovered something.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Moreover, I'm not hiding it from you—I was also quite lost just now."

"But now, I'm no longer lost at all."