Chapter 5: The Heavenly Eye Opens

  Mr. Zhuo pointed his golden finger at the center of my brow, and I suddenly felt the earth pouring its fierce power into my brow. In an instant, the sky and earth shattered, all scenes disappeared, and I had a clear tranquility in the void.

  When I opened my eyes again, I was lying in my own bed. The night was dark and Mr. Zhuo was gone, but I clearly felt that an eye had grown on my forehead. I picked up the mirror, but couldn't see anything.

  I closed my eyes, but I could still see all the scenes that were visible to the naked eye. I knew that Mr. Zhuo had opened my heavenly eye for me. In my mind, only Mr. Zhuo's last sentence remained: "This is just the beginning of opening one's heavenly eye, known as the yin-yang eye, which allows night vision and perception of ghosts and spirits." As my cultivation progresses, the ability of my heavenly eye will become even stronger. Moreover, my heavenly eye is unique and can evolve into the most advanced Golden Pupil Heavenly Eye.

  At this moment, I felt extremely excited and particularly wanted to know what the lowest-level Yin-Yang eye was used for. So, taking advantage of the night, I walked out of the house door, and the scenes I saw are unforgettable for eternity.

  Originally, there were many ghosts in the dark night, but they just didn't exist in the same space as us. There were many in my family's courtyard, but most of them were quietly staying there. Several very tall big ghosts surrounded the big elm tree in my house, and several big ghosts hugged it together.

  There were also some little ghosts, I couldn't see their true faces, sitting under the eaves, and even smaller ghosts lying in the flower pots. On this elm tree, there was an old man with a faint glow all over his body, quietly sitting there. I had a feeling that it wasn't a ghost, but the guardian deity of the elm tree.

  It turns out that ghosts are not as scary as we imagined, I slowly walked out of the courtyard and saw the residential area, roads and streets, with countless ghosts everywhere. Every tree, regardless of size, had a small god sitting on its tip, and the smaller the tree, the smaller the guardian god's light, the larger the tree, the brighter the guardian god's light.

  I was extremely curious, staring at these big and small ghosts wandering aimlessly on the streets. I felt that I wasn't afraid of them, and they didn't bother me either. I noticed that most trees had a cluster of ghosts around them, making it their home, but there was one tree with only one ghost underneath. That ghost had a green face, fangs, black body, and a single horn, its appearance was both terrifying and solemn.

  This tree is called pomegranate, I remember Mr. Zhuo told me that under the pomegranate tree is the favorite wood of the ghost mother, this is the king of ghosts, so ordinary ghosts do not dare to get close.

  That demon king seemed much more sensitive than ordinary demons. As soon as I noticed it, it stared at me with a fierce gaze, flames spewing from its nostrils. I felt a little intimidated and retreated step by step, but it floated in the air and followed me over.

  I panicked and ran hastily, this was the second time in my life I've been chased by a ghost.

  But my speed is no match for a ghost, let alone the Ghost King. It suddenly blocked my path and I felt like I was in grave danger, could it be that I would lose my life here?

  I was so scared that I was trembling all over, the ghost king's nose and mouth simultaneously spewed out flames, but it didn't hurt me. Just as I wanted to scream, it suddenly knelt down in front of me, continuously kowtowing, and with its kowtows, the flames from its nose and mouth gradually weakened.

  I really don't know what it's going to do, the ghost is kowtowing to people, what's going on? Until finally, the flames in its nose and mouth were completely extinguished, a satisfied expression appeared on its face.

  The black body of the ghost king gradually became clear, and I saw that its belly was enormous. Later, I learned that the ghost king is also called the ghost mother, who can give birth to many ghost babies at once.

  I felt that I had somehow relieved some of its pain, and then many big and small ghosts came to kneel down behind the King of Ghosts. Their shadows gradually became clear, among which one was originally emitting a weak light, and as it knelt, the light grew brighter, until it suddenly disappeared like a puff of breath, rising into the sky...

  I was shocked, curious, ignorant, excited and afraid by all the scenes in front of me, these emotions kept changing. It's strange that I didn't feel cold or sleepy throughout the night, standing until dawn when the sky was brightening, all the ghosts in front of me disappeared.

  This wonder has given me an extremely strong interest in the world. What are they doing? And who am I?

  After the sky brightened, although the ghosts disappeared, the guardian gods on the trees still sat cross-legged, as if they would never care about this world and didn't mind what happened around them.

  After I returned home, I continued to prepare for the exam. There were not many days left before the junior high school graduation exam. Although I was very curious about these things, I couldn't fall behind in my studies. I have a special ability that I was born with, which is that I never forget what I see. Although I always play, my grades are very good.

  I thought everyone had the same ability as me, subjects like language and history and politics often require memorizing texts and then writing them down silently. I only read it once and can write it down completely without error, including punctuation marks. As long as I close my eyes, the words on those pages appear in my mind like a movie. I thought this wasn't a big deal, but when I found out that the vast majority of people couldn't do this, I was proud for a long time.

  As the junior high school graduation exam approached, I had less and less time to go out at night. One day, I really felt that there was nothing more to read, and all the questions seemed easy to handle. Suddenly, I had a strange idea - I wanted to run to the Dragon's Cave where I was supposed to be buried, the place where Mr. Zhuo opened my heavenly eye.

  I miss Mr. Zhuo, he always brings me many new and magical experiences. I followed the path where he once took me to find the golden cave, but all I see are ordinary things, those extraordinary scenes no longer appear. I wonder if the place Mr. Zhuo took me to might not be in the same space as my real world.

  So I turned back and ran all the way to Longxue, still two high mountains, with mountains and water, the bright moon is even brighter today.

  I suddenly found that on the two high mountains, there were two mountain gods with tall and strong bodies. I could only see them sitting cross-legged, their huge legs shocked me deeply. As I continued to look up, I could only see their bellies, and other parts were completely invisible. Strangely, this scene only lasted for a few seconds before mysteriously disappearing.

  I walked slowly along the riverbank, observing this place, and felt that the atmosphere here was indeed different from other places. A kind of gentle and uplifting energy made me feel carefree and joyful. I gazed at the river water, wanting to see what my yin-yang eyes looked like. After closing my physical eyes, I felt that my ability to perceive things had become even clearer.

  But I still didn't see my yin-yang eyes, instead I saw a giant green dragon swirling beneath the river bottom, enormous and majestic, with an aura like a rainbow. My heart skipped a beat, and as soon as my heart moved, the green dragon vanished in an instant.

  It's not the mountain that is high, but the immortal who makes it famous; it's not the water that is deep, but the dragon that makes it spiritual.

  I have too many questions to ask Mr. Zhuo, but he often appears and disappears suddenly, only when he finds me, I don't know how to find him.

  I've discovered something, whether it's the mountain god or the tree god, they all sit cross-legged, but their sitting posture is different from the usual cross-legged one. They put their left foot on their right leg and their right foot on their left leg. Why do they all do this? There must be some reason behind it. In this place surrounded by mountains and water, I also want to try it out and see if there's any mystery to it.

  As soon as I put my left foot on my right leg, I found that since childhood, without stretching the tendons and bones, this initial movement was quite difficult to complete. My left foot struggled to wrap around my right leg, and my left leg lifted up high.

  I'm completely unable to sit like those tree deities, calm and composed. I try again to put my right foot on my left thigh, but I find that even using both hands to hold onto my right foot, I still can't move it onto my left thigh - it's simply impossible.

  What others can do with ease is actually something you can't even accomplish.

  After practicing for a while, my left leg was no longer as high as before, but my right foot still couldn't be put on normally, so I had to give up temporarily. In my mind, I gathered some stretching exercises and did them by the river, but this time playing in the middle of the night didn't feel cold or sleepy like last time.

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