[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin":3,"chapter-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-380":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The First Iron Rice Bowl of Great Jin",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},152066,261,"Chapter 380: Ghost Eye Boy","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-380",380,"\u003Cp>The Spiritual Platform Realm tiger demon was also resolute; seeing that its physical body had been engulfed by flames, it unhesitatingly abandoned its body, and its demon soul transformed into a streak of white spiritual light, shooting out from within to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding cultivators saw this and wanted to seize it, but unfortunately, the demon soul was too fast for them to catch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the demon soul was about to escape far away, suddenly, a fist-sized firebird descended from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firebird pierced through the demon soul, and with a \"boom,\" it was engulfed in flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few breaths, the demon soul was burned to ashes, and the firebird dissipated as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding cultivators, watching this scene, were again greatly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That firebird is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Vermilion Bird?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vermilion Bird Army soldiers, who had just escaped from the tiger's jaws, bowed in the direction from which the firebird had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the surrounding cultivators thought of something and shivered in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They suddenly realized that the Lord of the Lingguang Hall was supposed to be, seemed to be, apparently nearby!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't fought recklessly today, nor harmed the innocent, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators reflected on their recent behavior, confirming that they hadn't violated the taboos of the Lingguang Hall Lord, and only then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High in the sky, Hua Changxi, whose figure was completely obscured by spiritual clouds, saw the patrolling Vermilion Bird Army collect the tiger demon's charred corpse and leave. She scanned the surrounding cultivators and then followed the residual aura of the Vermilion Bird spiritual shadow, flying toward the nearby mass grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as her feet touched the ground, a nauseating pungent smell rushed at her, and Hua Changxi immediately wrinkled her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To find clues, she had to endure this unpleasant odor and began to investigate around the mass grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had arrived a bit late; she only saw the tiger demon attacking the Vermilion Bird Army, but she did not see whoever had attacked them earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, from the residual aura of the Vermilion Bird spiritual shadow, this mass grave should be the place where the Vermilion Bird Army was first attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the outside, this mass grave had been abandoned for many years, yet the eerie aura of this place was astonishing; even walking on the periphery, one could feel gusts of chilling wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mass grave was not very large; in less than two hours, Hua Changxi had toured the entire area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a few li away from the mass grave, she discovered a funeral home, in which lived a little boy who looked only twelve or thirteen years old and was emaciated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A child living in such a eerie and remote place—how strange it looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Hua Changxi also wanted to ask about the mass grave, she walked into the funeral home: \"Little brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy was sitting in the yard, grinding yellowed moldy rice with a stone mill. He did not respond, not even lifting his head, as if unaware that someone had entered the funeral home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi raised her voice and called again: \"Little brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy still had no reaction, continuing to lower his head and grind the rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi carefully observed the little boy and only then noticed that his pupils were cloudy white, devoid of any light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was actually blind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi made some noise again, but the little boy still did not react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No reaction to sound either—could he also be deaf?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A child both blind and deaf, living alone in a funeral home not far from an eerie mass grave—this made Hua Changxi find it even stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, she activated her Truth-Seeing Eyes to probe the little boy's condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought—as soon as she activated the Truth-Seeing Eyes, the little boy who had been grinding rice suddenly looked up, staring at her \"ferociously\" with his cloudy white pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, ferociously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the boy’s pupils were lifeless, Hua Changxi still sensed the fury bursting from his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at this moment she had no time to worry about the boy's hostility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For no other reason—with the Truth-Seeing Eyes, she saw the boy's bloodline totem, which was actually a blood-red chain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That blood-red chain exuded a powerful binding force; just seeing it, Hua Changxi felt as if she was about to be judged and punished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time she had seen such a strange bloodline totem, and for a moment she was taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she snapped back to her senses, she saw that the little boy grinding rice had stood up, \"looking\" at her with hostile wariness, his right hand behind his back, bloodline force gathering in his hand, as if ready to lash out with a blood-red chain at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at him: \"You can 'see' me, and you can 'hear' me speak, can't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy didn't respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked into his eyes: \"Are your eyes anomalous eyes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy still didn't speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi took a deep breath and asked again: \"Did you attack the Vermilion Bird Army today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the little boy still wouldn't speak, Hua Changxi disregarded the fact that he was a child—with a \"boom,\" a ball of flame appeared in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the originally cold and gloomy funeral parlor was plunged into scorching heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the danger of the flame, the little boy retreated a few steps in fear, then... shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi saw this and frowned: \"You mean, it wasn't you who attacked the Vermilion Bird Army?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy, intimidated, \"stared\" at the flame in Hua Changxi's hand and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that he was willing to communicate, Hua Changxi first withdrew the flame, then continued to ask: \"Even if it wasn't you, you know who did it, don't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy fell silent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi was helpless. Through her Truth-Seeing Eye, she saw that the little boy's flesh and blood were not tainted by the gloomy aura, and instead his blood surged violently due to the blood-red chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This child was not the one who attacked the Vermilion Bird Army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hesitating for a moment, Hua Changxi took out the Vermilion Bird Token: \"I am a member of the Vermilion Bird Army. The Vermilion Bird Army maintains order in Nanxiang County. If we don't capture the villains hiding in the shadows, Nanxiang County will never be peaceful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the little boy finally reacted—but the reaction made Hua Changxi want to hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy sneered, his face full of intense mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi instantly understood his meaning: first someone impersonated the Vermilion Bird Army, then soldiers went missing—it really did damage their reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi took a deep breath: \"Has the chaotic burial ground been abandoned for many years?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy had no reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked again: \"Is someone using the chaotic burial ground for some conspiracy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy still showed little reaction, but his lips pressed together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi noticed this and fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had used her spiritual sense to probe the ground beneath the chaotic burial ground, but the yin-cold qi underground was so dense that as her spiritual sense went deeper, even her soul felt the chill, forcing her to withdraw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the little boy's reaction, it seemed the chaotic burial ground was only superficially abandoned; someone was definitely up to something down there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Hua Changxi asked the little boy a few more questions, but he gave no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she couldn't coerce the child, she had no choice but to leave, planning to send Vermilion Bird soldiers to keep watch over the funeral parlor once she returned to Lingguang Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Hua Changxi turned to walk out, she suddenly recalled how highly the people of Nanxiang County regarded Song Weimin. On a whim, she looked back at the little boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If even the Vermilion Bird Army couldn't escape the harm of the evildoers hiding beneath the chaotic burial ground, then the common people of Nanxiang County have even less chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Magistrate Song knew that the people of Nanxiang County would be in danger because of the chaotic burial ground, I wonder how worried he'd be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the little boy still had no reaction, Hua Changxi had no more ideas and stepped out. Just as one foot crossed the threshold of the funeral parlor, a hoarse, childish voice rang in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know Magistrate Song?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's eyes lit up. Psychic transmission!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she had guessed, the little boy's physical body was frail, but his soul was powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi silently thanked Song Weimin hundreds of times, then pretended to be calm and turned around: \"Of course. To be honest, the Vermilion Bird Army has always greatly admired Magistrate Song.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy \"looked\" at Hua Changxi and used psychic transmission again: \"Your soul is very pure. I trust you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi hadn't expected to hear that. She was taken aback: \"Your eyes... can see through people's souls?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy nodded: \"Grandpa said I was born with a pair of Nether Eyes that can see through souls.\" After a pause, \"There is danger underground. It was Ghost Hand that attacked the Vermilion Bird Army.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: \"Ghost Hand? What Ghost Hand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy shook his head: \"I don't know, but Grandpa knew. Unfortunately, Grandpa is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked again: \"Since you say it's dangerous underground, have you been down there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: \"How do you get down?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy: \"You are very strong, your physical body is filled with qi and blood. If you go down, you'll be discovered immediately. It's very dangerous. When Grandpa died, he also told me not to go down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi fell silent, suddenly thinking of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mass grave is located in the southeast of Nanxiang County. Its gloomy and cold environment exactly corresponds to the Ghost Fire Well, one of the Twelve Blessed Lands of Cave Heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at the little boy: \"Is there a Ghost Fire Well underneath the mass grave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the little boy's pupils shook, amazed that this person actually knew the name of the deep underground well!\u003C\u002Fp>",1730,"2026-05-29T04:10:48.594Z","2026-06-01T04:29:08.487Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","23b6a9f931401ca3cf9ba39bb2527b3646562f6be8235da805ff355b5c75620f","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-381","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-379",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-cover.jpg"]