Eternal Heavenly Emperor-Chapter 328 - 318: Insight into Details
The auction came to a successful conclusion, but Chu Hao was being watched by quite a few people. The golden-eyed beast’s eyeball held immense value, even though everyone else thought it was just a stone eye formed by heaven and earth. However, with the crowd around now, no one had made a move, but once they left, it was uncertain how many could still restrain themselves.
Chu Hao, however, was very much looking forward to it, as he was incredibly poor right now. If someone was eager to give him money, he would naturally be very willing.
He left openly, without any intention of hiding his tracks.
Nevertheless, there were quite a few good items at this auction. Only Fat Cat had come from Ancient Times, and no one else had its discerning eyes. Although they knew the stone eye was extraordinary, things that wouldn’t last long couldn’t possibly attract the most attention.
Therefore, the golden pupil eye ranked about tenth among the auction items, not to mention that no one realized how precious the Gold-Striped Great Demon Bull Hide was.
When Chu Hao realized no one was following him, he couldn’t help but shake his head inwardly. He wasn’t the type to be aggressive, as long as others didn’t mess with him, he wouldn’t go out of his way to look for trouble.
Bai Yunye and Nalan Yufeng, those four guys had maliciously jacked up the price, which really annoyed him, but now he was more interested in studying the Ancient Beast Eye and wasn’t immediately thinking about teaching them a lesson.
Many people attended the auction, but once dispersed across this Sea Domain, it was like throwing a stone into the Sea, far too insignificant. Chu Hao quickly arrived at a desolate part of the Sea Domain. There was no one around, complete silence prevailed, only occasionally were there surprising roars of the Heavenly Spring’s towering waves.
He found a place to sit down and took out the golden pupil eye.
"How do I use it?" Chu Hao asked Fat Cat. When it was just the two of them, he naturally spoke with his mouth.
"Inject your Divine Sense," Fat Cat said.
Chu Hao tried to summon his Divine Sense. Although he hadn’t formally started cultivating his soul, he had already begun to use Divine Sense—back when he was just a Martial Disciple, he had used his Divine Sense to ignite the Star Stone and open the Mustard Seed Ring.
Having merged two souls, his Divine Sense was stronger than that of an average person.
Whirring, when his Divine Sense was injected, the stone eye glowed faintly, and cracks formed on its surface like spider webs, as if it were about to shatter.
Chu Hao was shocked. He didn’t want his seven million Star Stones to go down the drain, so he promptly stopped.
"What are you afraid of?" Fat Cat shook its head, "With your capability, even if you put all your effort into it for a hundred years, you wouldn’t damage a bit of the eyeball."
"Fat Cat, you better not be tricking me!" Chu Hao said, full of doubt.
"You dare question my feline integrity?" Fat Cat appeared as if it was hopping mad.
"Trust you and die quicker!" Chu Hao said bluntly.
Fat Cat huffed, "Those cracks aren’t on the eyeball; they are tainted blood! Once this layer of tainted blood is dissolved, you will be able to see the true appearance of the golden pupil eye."
Chu Hao smiled and said, "As expected, you won’t tell the truth until pressured, always trying to keep people on tenterhooks."
"Kid, you’ve learned to play tricks with me?" Fat Cat waved its paw.
Chu Hao ignored it and continued to pour his Divine Sense into the eye, then brought the golden pupil eye up to his own eyes. The world looked different when he saw through it.
Everything was methodical and justifiable, even the sweeping breeze and falling leaves seemed to reveal certain patterns and principles.
Chu Hao aimed the eyeball at himself.
His clothes became transparent in an instant, then his skin gradually vanished, revealing his knotted muscles, followed by his veins and bones—all came into view through the golden pupil eye. He tried to activate his Star Force, and immediately, it materialized as pure energy; he could clearly see how the Star Force was circulating within his body.
In just an instant, Chu Hao saw minor flaws in the circulation of his Star Force. It wasn’t because there was a problem in his cultivation of the Minor Formless Mysterious Skill, but because every person is slightly different. No one can fit a cultivation technique created by someone else perfectly.
Since the discrepancy was so small and Chu Hao didn’t know what a perfect fit should look like, he couldn’t usually detect such a minor difference.
Now that he knew, Chu Hao began to adjust the flow of his Star Force, correcting these tiny errors one by one.
He suddenly found that the efficiency of absorbing Star Force had increased by about twenty percent.
All that from what appeared to be just a minor difference.
Chu Hao was thrilled. Even just for that, spending seven million Star Stones was worth it.
Moreover, through the golden pupil, Chu Hao also found the vulnerabilities in his defense.
As someone who practiced body cultivation, his skin and flesh were like armor. But even armor has seams, and the spaces between muscles and bones were Chu Hao’s "seams," comparatively the weaker areas of his defense.
Of course, his physique was incredibly strong; even such weak spots could rival the defensive power of a full-force Martial Sect of the Ten Meridians. But ultimately, it could not be compared to his full defense.
Chu Hao couldn’t help but feel secretly relieved. Before, he had thought his defensive power was invincible within the Martial Sect Realm, and he had been a little too complacent. Otherwise, if someone had caught on to the weak points in his defense, they could still have caused him grievous harm.
——However, those who can do this are few and far between, after all, how many Ten Meridians Martial Sects are there in the world? While there aren’t many Ten Meridians Martial Sects, there are quite a few First Tier Warriors. Encountering such beings, if one is still caught with a defensive weakness, then it would be dangerous.
Chu Hao revealed a slight smile. Now that he was aware of his shortcomings, he could make amends and improve. By then, he would naturally become stronger.
Crack, crack, crack, as he continued to infuse the stone eye with Divine Sense, the cracks on it grew more numerous, as if it were about to completely shatter.
This time, Chu Hao chose to trust Fat Cat and showed no sign of stopping. Snap, snap, snap, the stone sphere did indeed start to break apart.
A living, breathing eyeball appeared before Chu Hao, golden yellow as if it still had life, staring at him.
Chu Hao felt a sense of being frightened, almost throwing the eyeball away, but his attention was immediately drawn to the injury on the eyeball. As a person skilled with the sword, he could determine that it was caused by a stab with a Sharp Sword.
Although countless years had passed, Chu Hao could still sense that terrible Sword Intent, which was now restrained by the golden pupil, ground away to almost nothing. Otherwise, at this moment, a single breeze could bring the Sword Intent forth, instantly grinding Chu Hao’s Divine Sense to dust.
Is this what Intent Realm is?
Chu Hao thought of the Mad Thunder Sword Technique’s Second Layer realm being Intent Realm. Could this ’intent’ be about destroying the will of others?
If Divine Sense perishes, then a Martial Artist is but a living dead, no matter how strong they are, nothing but an empty shell.
Although he can now use Divine Sense, it is only skin deep, far from being able to destroy the will of others.
At least, he must first break through as a Warrior.
Chu Hao continued to observe. Now, the eyeball had shrunk significantly, all the stone layers and blood stains on the outside had fallen off, revealing its true face.
Even with only the eyeball left, the golden pupil still radiated a terrifying presence. If it had still been attached to the golden-eyed beast back in the day, a single glare might have made heaven and earth pale in comparison.
"Fat Cat, is the golden-eyed beast a more powerful existence than the War God?" Chu Hao asked.
"Pfft, the War God isn’t even worthy of being a footwasher for the golden-eyed beast," Fat Cat exaggerated, "The golden-eyed beast is definitely one of the most powerful beings between heaven and earth."
"But someone almost pierced through the eye of this golden-eyed beast with a single sword thrust," Chu Hao picked up the golden pupil, aimed it at the sun above, and through the golden pupil, he saw a different sun, able to clearly see the flames surging, spouting in the dark universe, "How strong is this person then?"
"That’s why I say, there are plenty of strong people in the world; you should hasten your Cultivation," Fat Cat never missed an opportunity to prod Chu Hao, urging him to speed up his cultivation.
Chu Hao gave a wry smile. Breakthroughs at such major junctures required opportunity. Sometimes, enlightenment came in a flash, but sometimes, even a decade of arduous cultivation could leave one completely clueless. He also wanted to break through as a Warrior soon, but could he really rush it?
"You should enhance your Divine Sense a bit more," Fat Cat said.
"It’s no use, I’ve already reached my limit," Chu Hao shook his head. After all, he was only a Martial Sect and had only experienced two soul enhancements. Had it not been for the consumption of numerous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and the merging of two souls, he wouldn’t have been able to achieve even this much.
"Give it here," Fat Cat extended its paw.
Chu Hao handed the golden pupil over to Fat Cat, not worrying about it being swiped, otherwise Fat Cat wouldn’t have bothered revealing the true origin of the golden pupil to him in the first place.
A hunch told him that Fat Cat had a very close connection with him, which was why it took such care of him in Black Iron City. There’s no hate without reason in this world, nor love without a cause, but Fat Cat came from Ancient Times, what connection could it possibly have with him?
Upon receiving the golden pupil, Fat Cat faced a distant hill and said with a smile, "Let me show you." Buzz, the golden pupil immediately lit up, exuding a terrifying might, then a beam of light whooshed out from the eyeball.
Boom, the distant hill collapsed with a thunderous sound, turning into countless particles that vanished into the aether.
Chu Hao was shocked. With just that one strike, he knew he could do the same if he struck a hundred or so times, but that didn’t mean the power of the golden pupil was merely a hundredfold of his.
Because of the distance.
They were at least ten miles away from that small hill, and at such a distance, even the gust from Chu Hao’s palm strike wouldn’t stir the grass at the foot of the hill.
Compared like this, the disparity was as vast as the difference between heaven and earth.
"Damnation, my poor eyes!" Fat Cat held its head, thump, the golden pupil fell from its paw, and it started rolling on the ground in apparent agony.
Chu Hao quickly caught the golden pupil, knowing it was a genuine treasure.
"You little brat, you didn’t even ask how I am first, truly heartless and ungrateful!" Fat Cat continued to roll, still complaining aloud.
Chu Hao chuckled and said, "No worries, bad people live for a thousand years. You have survived since Ancient Times, tough as nails!"
"Pah!" Fat Cat managed to stop rolling, yet still cradled its head with its paw, and said, "I’m at a huge loss now. I didn’t expect my spirit to be so weak; barely forcing out one attack almost had me kicking the bucket."
Chu Hao first laughed heartily, then, in a rage, exclaimed, "You damn cat, if I had listened to you and fully spurred it, wouldn’t I be the one dead now?"
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