Chapter 163: Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils Are Not a Good Thing

Doushu Palace, before the Eight-Trigrams Furnace.

Taishang Laojun held a whisk, looking indifferently at the Liu Er Mihou brought by the heavenly soldiers.

"Throw him in," the Old Lord ordered indifferently.

"Old Lord, you old official, you dare to burn Old Sun with fire! When Old Sun gets out, I will surely tear down your broken palace!" the Liu Er Mihou was still cursing.

The two heavenly generals did not dare to be negligent, joined forces to lift the Liu Er Mihou, and threw him in with all their might.

With a "thump," the Liu Er Mihou was thrown into the huge Eight-Trigrams Furnace.

"Close the furnace lid, start the fire!"

Following the Old Lord's order, the two young Daoists responsible for fanning the fire immediately stirred the Xun wind, driving the Six-Ding Divine Fire at the bottom of the furnace.

"Whoosh—"

The raging fire instantly filled the entire interior of the Eight-Trigrams Furnace.

The heavy furnace lid slowly closed, completely cutting off the Liu Er Mihou's cursing.

After doing all this, Taishang Laojun sat cross-legged before the furnace, his hands constantly forming seals and casting them into the Eight-Trigrams Furnace, as if he were truly refining a furnace of elixirs.

Inside the Eight-Trigrams Furnace, however, it was a different scene.

As soon as the Liu Er Mihou was thrown in, he felt a scorching hot air wave rushing toward his face.

The Six-Ding Divine Fire burned everything; even though he possessed an indestructible golden body, he felt his skin stinging.

"I once heard that this Eight-Trigrams Furnace is arranged according to the eight trigrams of 'Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui.' Among them, the 'Xun' position is the wind vent; it has wind but no fire, and is the gate of life. I must find the Xun position as soon as possible!"

The Liu Er Mihou recalled the secret news he had once overheard using his Six-Eared divine ability, endured the scorching pain, rolled in the furnace, and searched for that glimmer of survival.

Inside this Eight-Trigrams Furnace, it was a space unto itself, with raging flames and thick smoke; how difficult it was to find the exact position in a short time.

He was burned by the raging fire until he squeaked, and most of his monkey fur was instantly singed off, making him wince in pain.

However, he was, after all, the Liu Er Mihou, one of the four monkeys of the world, born with the ability to listen to the sounds of all things.

Just as he was about to be unable to hold on, he finally heard a faint sound of wind in the Xun position inside the Eight-Trigrams Furnace.

"Found it!"

The Liu Er Mihou was overjoyed, used his magical power to shrink his body, lunged toward the wind vent, and drilled in.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the Xun position, the ubiquitous Six-Ding Divine Fire immediately weakened by ninety percent.

Although it was still unbearably hot, he was at least able to save his life.

He curled up in the corner, feeling a lingering fear in his heart.

"So close! I was almost refined into ash by this old official!"

He was still shaken, but he did not expect that although there was no open fire in the Xun position of this Eight-Trigrams Furnace, there was thick smoke.

The thick smoke produced by the Six-Ding Divine Fire burning everything gathered here.

The thick smoke gathered the fire poison and fire baleful energy of the Six-Ding Divine Fire.

The Liu Er Mihou hid in the wind vent, and this thick smoke constantly drifted toward the Xun position.

Although the Liu Er Mihou closed his mouth and nose, this poisonous fire smoke constantly smoked his eyes.

At first, he only felt his eyes stinging, tears flowing uncontrollably, as if he were going blind.

But gradually, he discovered that his eyes were beginning to undergo a wonderful change.

The fire poison, instead of destroying his eyes, acted like a tempering, refining the impurities in his eyes bit by bit, allowing his Six-Eared divine ability, which was already good at listening to sounds and observing principles, to combine with his vision, producing a brand-new ability.

His vision seemed to be able to penetrate falsehood and look directly at the source.

In the Three Realms, whether it was a human, a god, a demon, or a devil, as long as he took one look, their true form, cultivation, good and evil, and fortune could be seen by him seven or eight times out of ten.

This was the "Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils"!

Of course, these "Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils" were not omnipotent.

For those great beings whose cultivation was far beyond his, or who had great magical powers to conceal their own heavenly secrets, he still could not see through them.

But for him, this was already a great stroke of fortune.

"Hahaha! A blessing in disguise! Truly a blessing in disguise!"

The Liu Er Mihou felt the changes in his eyes and was ecstatic.

But the Liu Er Mihou did not know that he had originally practiced the same Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art as Sun Wukong.

This Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art emphasized a balance of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements; his cultivation could go to heaven and enter the earth, play with water, and manipulate fire.

Now that he had been refined by Taishang Laojun in this Eight-Trigrams Furnace, although he had gained the magical power of Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, it had made his Fire Element the strongest among the Five Elements, and in the future, he would be suppressed when fighting in water.

Moreover, the Liu Er Mihou did not know that these Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils had a natural defect, which was that this magical power was most afraid of smoke.

Once he encountered poisonous smoke, his eyes would become the fatal weakness of his indestructible body.

Outside the furnace, time flew like an arrow.

Forty-nine days passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside Doushu Palace.

Taishang Laojun slowly opened his eyes.

"The time has come, open the furnace."

He waved his whisk, withdrew the power sealing the Eight-Trigrams Furnace, and ordered the young Daoists beside him indifferently.

The two young Daoists received the order, stepped forward, and joined forces, preparing to lift the heavy furnace lid.

"Boom!"

Just as their hands were about to touch the furnace lid.

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering loud noise erupted from inside the Eight-Trigrams Furnace!

The entire Eight-Trigrams Furnace shook violently, and the heavy furnace lid was fiercely flipped away from the inside by a huge force, tumbling in the air and smashing half of the palace.

"Old Sun is out!"

Accompanied by an arrogant roar, a golden figure leaped out from the raging Eight-Trigrams Furnace.

It was the Liu Er Mihou.

At this moment, his fur was singed black, and he looked disheveled, but his eyes had become especially bright, shooting golden light, captivating people's souls.

"Old official, pay with your life!"

He saw Taishang Laojun sitting before the Eight-Trigrams Furnace at a glance, roared, swung the Heart-Following Iron Rod, and smashed it down on his head.

Taishang Laojun's figure swayed, lightly dodging the blow.

"Boom!"

The Heart-Following Iron Rod smashed into the ground, and the entire Doushu Palace shook three times because of it.

The Liu Er Mihou didn't hit his target and didn't linger in the fight; he kicked over the huge Eight-Trigrams Furnace, and countless sparks splashed out from the furnace, igniting the curtains and furniture in the palace, and the entire Doushu Palace instantly fell into a sea of fire.

"Old man Jade Emperor, Old Sun is coming to settle accounts with you!"

He roared, carrying the Heart-Following Iron Rod, and rushed out of Doushu Palace, murderous, heading straight for the Lingxiao Precious Hall.

The heavenly soldiers and generals he encountered along the way were not even a match for him for a single round.

He had been refined in the Eight-Trigrams Furnace for forty-nine days; although he had gained a magical power, he still had a belly of anger that needed to be vented.

For a time, he was unstoppable, and no one could block him!

From Doushu Palace to the Lingxiao Precious Hall, it took only a moment, and he had already fought his way outside the Tongming Hall.

The guarding heavenly generals before the hall, the four marshals Wang, Ma, Yin, and Zhao, stepped forward to block him, but as a result, they were beaten until they lost their armor and fled in a sorry state in less than three rounds.

The Liu Er Mihou fought all the way to the entrance of the Lingxiao Precious Hall, and it looked like he was about to rush in.

The Jade Emperor inside the hall looked at the monkey who was slaughtering everyone outside the hall, and a "panic" appeared on his face that was just right.

He knew it was time to call for the final reinforcements. ===== CHAPTER 164 =====