Chapter 139: with translation of chapter title

Six apertures exquisite heart?

Yan Buji narrowed his eyes, nodded slightly: "Good."

【Don't say I didn't warn you, the Gen Dao Imperial Dynasty has a Mysterious Gen Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivator stationed there—don't lose your life.】

"Since I dared to agree, I naturally have a way. Senior, you should tell me how to suppress the Mutant Force, right?"

【Once the Mutant Force begins, there's no way to return to the previous state unless you ask a powerful magic cultivator to forcibly peel out your eyeballs—but that would surely harm the foundation. My method is to let you fuse with another similar Abnormal Material, thereby deflecting the direction of the Mutant Force!】

"Huh?"

【Whether you dare or not, that's your own business.】

Yan Buji darkened his face: "Where would I get the ability to go find another Abnormal Material again? This would waste how much time?!"

【Hmph, kid, don't try to pump me for information—I really do still have one piece of Abnormal Material, but do you dare to use the method I said?】

Yan Buji touched the constantly writhing tentacles at the corner of his left eye, took a deep breath: "May I ask, Senior, what category is this Abnormal Material?"

【It's also a pair of eyes, though somewhat different from yours; this pair must be used simultaneously.】

"That works too."

【This method is very simple—just absorb it. Guide your original Abnormal Material and the new Abnormal Material to fuse; as for success or failure, that depends on your own luck.】

Yan Buji chuckled: "Isn't that wrong? Senior, why don't you mention that fusing Abnormal Material with Abnormal Material could accelerate my Mutant Force? There must be a way to guide it."

【What do you take Abnormal Material for? What do you take my current miserable state for? This is the only method! If your luck is good, perhaps you can fuse into a new Mutant Force to offset your previous Mutant Force; if your luck is bad, you'll become an Abnormal Beast—don't blame me.】

Yan Buji's face darkened, he said coldly: "I didn't expect Senior to also be a firm believer in fate!"

【Hahaha, kid, you'd better thank the heavens for giving you this life!】

Yan Buji reached out: "Give me the Abnormal Material!"

【Take it and scram!】

Damn bastard!

Yan Buji took over a sealed wooden box, sensing no aura inside.

【The method to lift the seal on this is....】

Yan Buji nodded, noted the method, then turned and left.

This place is really not suitable for lingering; it's better to leave early.

After Yan Buji left, the mountaintop regained its calm.

A few days passed.

Given his appearance, Yan Buji naturally wouldn't dare go lightly to the Imperial Capital; he must first find a way to resolve the protruding Mutant Force on his face, otherwise any cultivator who notices it will surely come looking for trouble.

Sitting in the cave, Yan Buji struck the wooden box with both hands using various hand seals, guiding magical power to break the seal on the box.

"Crack!"

The wooden box opened, a pair of eerie triangular eyes appeared before Yan Buji's eyes; in an instant, the Mutant Force in his left eye boiled again.

"Hope it works."

Yan Buji stuffed the two eyes directly into his left eye; in an instant, several tentacles emerged in his left eye and completely absorbed the two triangular eyes.

He didn't truly trust that Dao-severing person; he merely knew the other party had suspicion of setting a trap for him, but for now there was no way to break the stalemate.

Might as well give the Sanhua Tong a try!

Adding the few Storage Accumulation Devices he obtained from that person, he scraped together enough Spiritual Material to concoct several doses of Clear Vision Liquid, to enhance the level of the Sanhua Tong.

Although Yan Buji doesn't have the secret method for further cultivation of the Sanhua Tong to the Thousand Flower Pupil, raising the level of his pupil technique now is not difficult for him.

Although the Sanhua Tong Secret Method in his hands only has the first-layer cultivation method, cultivators practicing various dharmas essentially rely on themselves to devise and train; it's merely that the cost of trial and error is too high.

Having a complete cultivation method naturally saves a lot of trouble, but Yan Buji has never followed the orthodox Sanhua Tong Secret Method from the start.

He relied on Abnormal Material to cultivate the Sanhua Tong; now adding another Abnormal Material is no big deal.

Anyway, if he doesn't resolve the Mutant Force, he definitely wouldn't dare appear before people. Given his current knowledge reserves, aside from the Sanhua Tong, what other method could slightly influence the fusion of these two Abnormal Materials?

The fusion of Abnormal Materials isn't troublesome; it can even be said to blend like milk and water. Once the triangular eyes entered his left eye, they immediately gained the upper hand.

The Mutant Force stems from the same root and source; it seems not to matter which kind of Abnormal Beast's Abnormal Material it is—there's nothing special about it.

But its inherent gifted arts differ, which caused Yan Buji, when fusing the triangular eyes, to suddenly feel his head about to split, his eyes turning red and his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"What.... exactly is called Mutant Force?!"

Yan Buji clenched his fists, and this question suddenly popped into his mind.

In his view, Mutant Force is when things develop in an uncontrollable direction, and it's a swift and lethal danger.

But the fusion of the two Abnormal Materials, the increase in Mutant Force was expected; however, the tentacles that had grown on his left eye suddenly withered and shrank, eventually falling from his temples, which instead let Yan Buji resolve the external characteristics' trouble in the blink of an eye.

Does this change signify that the Mutant Force will also develop in a good direction?

Yan Buji's heart was filled with doubts, but after the fusion of two Abnormal Materials of different natures yet same origin began, the pupil in his left eye changed from one to two.

A golden vertical pupil and a triangular pupil occupied each side of his left eye, and the gold outside the pupil gradually turned into a deep reddish-gold, looking rather bewitching.

At this moment, Yan Buji hurriedly dropped the Clear Vision Liquid into his eyes and silently began cultivating the Sanhua Tong Secret Method.

Half a month passed.

Yan Buji opened his eyes; the reddish-gold double pupil in his left eye suddenly shifted, returning to its original state.

"Done? Is it really done?"

Yan Buji furrowed his brows, somewhat unable to believe it.

Touching his temples also returned to their original state, which made him somewhat incredulous.

The level of the Sanhua Tong increased, and it also resolved the external Mutant Force—this is indeed a good thing.

However, Yan Buji feels that if he uses the Sanhua Tong once after transformation, the Mutant Force will likely surge explosively, quickly rising to a point even more severe than the Mutant Force caused by previous overuse of his left eye.

Of course, it's a mixed blessing; Yan Buji discovered during the fusion that the triangular-eyed Abnormal Material possesses an ability to spy on others, which combined with the Sanhua Tong's innate trait of perceiving spiritual energy flow, seems just right for accurately judging an opponent's true strength.

However, if it's driven by magical power, then who knows what the situation would be.

For now Yan Buji does not dare to use magical power to activate the Three-Flower Pupil; now his left eye has merged two kinds of Abnormal Material eyes, and if this Mutant Force were to erupt and he cannot suppress it, what will he do?

"But it is clear that after I obtained a high‑grade mortal body, my tolerance for Mutant Force also increased. It seems the stronger the talent, the stronger the Mutant Force it can bear; I can now endure only two kinds of Abnormal Material, and that still without invoking the Abnormal Materials' own abilities," Yan Buji took a deep breath.

That does not mean he is completely safe; he must constantly monitor the Mutant Force in his left eye, and if it shows an upward trend he will have to expend magical power to suppress it.

Advancing his realm, with more magical power, can solve this problem.

But he also has to practice the Nine Turns Technique, and he truly cannot part with the benefits it brings. He must endure the preceding hardships, otherwise there is no future.

Yan Buji also feels he is too greedy; had he not known of the Nine Turns Technique before, he probably, relying on Bright Body Jade Bone alone, should already be at Lianqi Fourth Layer, not only at Lianqi Second Layer now.