Chapter 18: Heaven's Eye Second Level

  My consciousness is getting more and more blurry, but I don't know why my eyesight is getting clearer.

  I can clearly see Mr. Zhuo's anger and Arno's complacency.

  I can clearly hear the ghosts tearing off the 'flesh' on my body.

  My facial features were all aching and cramped together, and the blood in my body was churning non-stop.

  Mr. An said something to Mr. Zhuo, and Mr. Zhuo looked very hesitant.

  I opened my mouth, wanting to stop Mr. Zhuo, but still couldn't make a sound.

  "Let go of Han Dong, I..."

  Just as Mr. Zhuo was about to agree to their request, my Heavenly Eye suddenly emitted a golden light, the Taoist symbols on my body fell off instantly, and those ghosts also disappeared one by one, even the wounds on my body earlier had all vanished.

  It's as if nothing had ever happened.

  Everyone stared at me in surprise, only Mr. Zhuo had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if all this was within his expectation.

  I used my divine eyes to scan the crowd lightly, able to see clearly the expression of every person, and read out what each person was thinking in their heart.

  I looked at Ano and heard Ano thinking: "Why can he easily get rid of the Dao symbol?"

  Mr. Zhuo took advantage of everyone's surprise and walked over to pull my hand, wanting to walk out of the room again. Mr. Chu was the first to react, rushing over to block the way for me and Mr. Zhuo.

  Mr. Zhuo gave Mr. Chu a cold glance, and Mr. Chu trembled slightly.

  I heard Mr. Chu's inner panic, constantly asking himself how he should regain his face.

  I couldn't help but burst out laughing and said: "You can't think of a way to save face."

  Mr. Chu's eyes widened like a bronze bell when he heard my words. He didn't understand how I knew his inner thoughts.

  Mr. Zhuo lightly waved his hand, and Mr. Chu's body automatically moved to one side. Myself and Mr. Zhuo then swaggered out of the secret passage under the astonished and terrified gaze of the crowd.

  As soon as I came out, I took a deep breath and felt that the outside air was too fresh. Mr. Zhuo smiled at me and said, "I didn't expect you to activate Tianyan Level 2 today."

  "Tianyan second level?" I was quite perplexed.

  Mr. Zhuo patiently explained to me: "When you see the Heaven's Eye for the first time, you can see demons and monsters. But when you reach the second level of Heaven's Eye, you will be able to see through and know what others are thinking in their hearts. Later, there will be third-level Heaven's Eye and so on, all the way to Golden Pupil Heaven's Eye, which is the highest level of Heaven's Eye."

  My heart is filled with anticipation, I don't know what kind of abilities the Golden Eyes Heaven's Eye will have, whether it has the ability to see through heaven's machine like on TV.

  I raised my head and blinked my eyes, still somewhat puzzled, and asked: "Why can't I read your mind?"

  Mr. Zhuo smiled and said: "Because I am a cultivator, my mind has reached infinite purity, generally there will be no more heart sounds."

  I nodded vaguely and asked, "Where are we going next?"

  "This time I came out just to let you have a third-level Tianyan. So of course we will continue to drive out demons and subdue monsters."

  When I wanted to ask what else, Mr. Zhuo had already walked into that mountain 'cave' which I saw when I came.

  I actually felt that the mountain cave had a very heavy yin energy before, I didn't expect to have to go inside afterwards.

  I followed Mr. Zhuo into the mountain cave with a thud, and the Heavenly Eye automatically opened again. The surroundings were quiet and scary, with only my own footsteps and Mr. Zhuo's footsteps constantly coming from all directions.

  I feel like there's something around us, following the two of us, but it doesn't make any noise.

  I took a step back in fear towards Mr. Zhuo, and Mr. Zhuo turned around with a puzzled expression and asked: "What's wrong?"

  "There's something following us." My voice was full of fear.

  Mr. Zhuo said with a smile: "It's nothing, just a 'lost' child on the road, and later we will see something big."

  I swallowed and followed Mr. Zhuo as he continued walking.

  But the thing behind was getting closer and closer to us, and my heavenly eye could vaguely see that it was a bird with a baby's face, which looked very terrifying!

  I stop in my tracks, it also stops in its tracks, I walk, and it follows.

  I suddenly felt that I wasn't so afraid anymore, and walked forward calmly. But after taking a few steps, the gloomy air inside the cave began to spread out.

  A few days ago, I was suddenly hit by the evil spirit of a female ghost at a certain location and it started to hurt, so I squatted down and covered my chest.

  Mr. Zhuo walked a few steps and saw that I wasn't following him, so he turned his head to look at me, only to see me squatting on the ground with my hands covering my chest in pain.

  He hastily walked over, reciting incantations as he tapped me a few times with his finger, and I felt the pain in my chest ease up a lot.

  Mr. Zhuo looked at the person behind me with a thoughtful expression, and he didn't know when the bird had disappeared.

  He sighed and said, "It seems that after a few years of not coming here, this big thing's magic has made progress again."

  "Why does my chest hurt so much?" I rubbed my chest, feeling like there was a large lead block pressing down on it.

  Mr. Zhuo patted my back lightly and said helplessly, "Because you were hit by the extremely 'yin' and extremely fierce evil spirit, it won't be okay afterwards, and it will hurt in places with heavier 'yin' energy."

  The corner of my mouth twitched, which means that after that, I can still sense the yin energy even if I don't open my yin-yang eyes. But why didn't I feel happy at all?

  The 'yin' energy inside the mountain cave suddenly condensed, and the chest pain deepened a bit more.

  Mr. Zhuo looked up at the sky and suddenly had a murderous look in his eyes: "He's here."

  Before I could ask him anything, a huge bird landed right in front of me.

  The bird looked exceptionally beautiful, its entire body covered in blue and red feathers that shone brightly in the dim light of the mountain cave.

  I was stunned and almost forgot the pain in my chest. Mr. Zhuo handed me a few talismans and said, "Now it's your turn to take action."

  "What do you want me to do?" I asked in confusion.

  "Of course, it's about subduing this bird!" Mr. Zhuo said matter-of-factly. "Now that you've activated the second level of Tianyan, you must make a contract with a relatively powerful demon and have it serve you."

  "I don't understand, why do we have to make a contract with a demon?"

  "Only a monster understands another monster, you have almost no magic now, so when you encounter monsters, you need something to protect yourself."

  Mr. Zhuo finished speaking and gave me a push, indicating that I should hurry up and tame the bird.

  I was holding the talisman in my hand and had just taken a few steps forward when the bird flapped its wings, causing a strong gust of wind to blow out of the "cave", almost blowing me away.

  Even approaching is impossible, how can I subdue it?

  I looked at Mr. Zhuo with a pleading gaze, but Mr. Zhuo had already sat down on the side and started meditating!

  I had no choice but to grit my teeth and run against the wind towards the big bird.

  The big bird flapped its wings a few more times and I was blown back to the starting point, feeling extremely frustrated.

  My hand clenched into a fist, noticing the Taoist talisman in my hand.

  It seems like these things should be useful somehow?

  Thinking of this, I casually drew out a Taoist talisman and held it in my hand, shouting loudly: "Quickly, as if by imperial decree!"

  Those winds dispersed and parted from around me, I could barely move forward.

  The big bird saw me and had no effect on the wind, staring at a pair of eyes and chirping.

  As its cry sounded, countless human-faced birds flew in from the direction of the 'cave' entrance.

  I hadn't even reacted yet when those bird-faced people shouted and passed by me, surrounding that big bird.

  The big bird cried out a few more times, and those people-faced birds charged towards me.

  Really?!!

  I rolled and crawled backwards in a hurry, but after running for just a few steps, my head bumped into something with a "thud", the pain was so intense that I almost cried.

  I rubbed my temples, and just as I looked back at those people, a flock of birds flew over! The most terrifying thing wasn't them, but their cries sounded like the wails of babies!

  "Master!" I cried out with tears of sorrow, shouting at Mr. Zhuo who was still meditating not far away from me.

  Mr. Zhuo sat there motionless, as if he hadn't heard me speaking at all.

  I couldn't care about so much anymore and wanted to run over to Mr. Zhuo's side, but ended up bumping my head against something again.

  It wasn't until then that I discovered Mr. Zhuo had actually set up a barrier on my side to prevent me from escaping!

  Those face birds have flown behind me and a few of them are biting my 'legs'!

  I took out a talisman and shouted: "Hurry up like an imperial decree!"

  Those bird-faced people immediately retreated, looking at me with a thoughtful expression.

  This situation is too bizarre, a group of birds with human-like expressions staring at you, just thinking about it makes me break out in cold sweat.

  Because I had almost no magical power, the Taoist symbol lost its effect in a moment, and those bird-faced people rushed towards me again!

  The talismans in my hand are only four or five now, and they can't be wasted anymore.

  Catch the ringleader first! Catching a bird is no exception!

  I dodged the attacks of those bird-faced people and rushed towards the big birds flying in the sky.

  Those people were stunned for a moment, and then continued to chase after me.

  My running speed is no match for the flying speed of these bird-faced people!

  Before long, those bird-faced people flew in front of me, guarding the big bird's body and staring at me.

  I had no choice but to take out another talisman and shout loudly: "Hurry up like a law enforcement order!"

  Those birds scattered again, and I took advantage of this opportunity, using both "legs" to push against the ground, and suddenly flew up.

  But when I jumped into mid-air, the Taoist symbol in my hand lost its power again! Those human-faced birds with lingering 'yin' souls collectively pounced on me.

  They swooped down on me from the air and knocked me to the ground, I almost fainted.

  This isn't over yet, I've already fallen so badly, but those bird-faced people still won't give up and keep pouncing on me, with their big mouths open as if they won't rest until they swallow me whole!

  I covered my face with both hands, a Q-shaped expression on my face