Chapter 163: Chapter 68: Dharma Eye

Yang Jing had once tricked the Iron Armor General into giving him a bottle of Thousand Years of Cyan. For cultivators who practiced Dharma Eyes, this substance was even more precious than a Spiritual Artifact.

“When an elder bestows a gift, a junior dares not refuse.”

Yang Jing delightedly accepted the Thousand Years of Cyan.

Meng Feixiong also practiced a Dharma Eye technique: the Lesser Yang Dharma Eye, passed down from the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. Most cultivators in the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion also cultivated a Dharma Eye technique. Otherwise, they would suffer great losses in Magical Combat against Demon Cultivators and Celestial Demons.

He had exchanged for this Thousand Years of Cyan from the secret treasury of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect.

Seeing such an outstanding junior like Yang Jing, he was delighted and decided to gift it to him.

“Demon Cultivators are insidious. Even in the heavily guarded Governor’s Mansion, they might still have ways to infiltrate.” Meng Feixiong stroked his long beard. “This time, so many Demon Cultivators fell at your hands. The Four Demon Sects might send their True Disciples to deal with you.”

“The methods of a Demon Sect’s True Disciple are incomparable to those of these rogue demons.”

Meng Feixiong reminded Yang Jing to be extra careful, gave him a few pointers on his cultivation, and then waved his sleeve, dismissing the two of them.

After the two withdrew, Wu Siming looked at Yang Jing with considerable emotion.

“Meng Sima isn’t bound by sectarian views; he loves to support the younger generation. But even so, I have never seen him value someone so highly. Junior Brother Yang, if you were to stay at the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, your future would be limitless!”

Within the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, many cultivators felt a stronger sense of belonging to the Governor’s Mansion than to their own sects. The camaraderie forged from fighting side-by-side against Demon Cultivators was not something the bond between sect brothers could compare to.

Yang Jing hesitated for a moment, but in his heart, he rejected this seemingly wonderful proposal.

The Governor’s Mansion was essentially part of the military. Compared to a sect, it offered much less freedom.

Moreover, in the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, one would inevitably spend years on Flying Boats, patrolling the borders and pursuing the Demon Sects’ Flying Boats, with almost no personal space.

“What a pity.”

Wu Siming was a perceptive man and could tell at a glance that Yang Jing had no intention of joining the Governor’s Mansion.

Back in his courtyard, Yang Jing examined the Jade Bottle in his hand. Meng Sima had been very generous; this bottle contained more than three times the amount of Thousand Years of Cyan he had received last time.

The Grotto Dark Dharma Eye technique he practiced had five layers in total.

The first layer was Unblinking. After achieving Great Success in this realm, one’s eyes no longer needed to blink. Even if the tip of an awl was pressed against the eye, it would not flinch in the slightest.

It was based on this that Meng Feixiong had deduced Yang Jing practiced the Grotto Dark Dharma Eye. Once this layer was mastered, the eyes were no longer a weak point. A mortal stabbing at them with an iron spike could not harm them in the slightest, and they would become impervious to poisonous smoke or searing flames.

The second layer was Microscopic Vision. This realm focused on enhancing one’s Eye Power. At Great Success, one could clearly see the fine hairs on the legs of a louse over a li away. The vast majority of cultivators got stuck at this layer. Ordinary illusionary arts could no longer deceive a Grotto Dark Dharma Eye at the second layer.

Yang Jing’s Eye Power could only faintly make out a louse from a hundred zhang away.

The third layer was Insight. The eyes could penetrate earth and stone, and see the internal organs and Magical Power circulation within another’s body as clearly as the lines on one’s own palm.

When cultivated to a profound realm, a single glance from the sky could reveal Spiritual Material veins buried deep within a mountain range, a feat far beyond what Divine Sense could accomplish.

The fourth layer was Celestial Eye. This realm allowed one to perceive the cause and effect of things. One could see the true form of even Demons that had completely taken human shape with a single glance, let alone a Transformation Skill like the Inconstant Illusionary Form Technique. Outer Celestial Demons would have nowhere to hide.

At this realm, one could also emit Divine Light from their eyes to subdue enemies.

The fifth layer was Dongyou. This realm allowed one to see directly through the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane and gaze upon the worlds beyond.

Reaching to the Nine Heavens above, piercing to the Nine Abysses below, all would be held within one’s gaze.

Each layer of this technique was incredibly difficult. With each advancement, the difficulty of cultivation would skyrocket. It was common for ordinary cultivators without the right Talent to be stuck at the first layer for their entire lives.

According to the records of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, only the Divinity Transformation Ancestor Master Li Canghai had ever cultivated this Dharma Eye to the fourth layer. He used this technique in Magical Combat against the Demon Sect’s Multi-Eyed Demon Monarch. With just a sweep of his Celestial Eye, he slew the Nine-Eyed Demon summoned by the Demon Monarch.

Although the Cultivation Technique was only a little over ten thousand characters long, the amount of Spirit Stones required for a system-assisted upgrade was the highest of any technique on record. Furthermore, this Cultivation Technique was a single, integrated whole; it couldn’t be broken down into several volumes like the Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture.

Just upgrading Iron Head’s Void Gazing Dharma Eye to the Integration and Mastery stage had cost Yang Jing a full 10,000 Spirit Stones.

Advancing another layer would require fifty thousand.

Pouring such a massive amount of Spirit Stones into an Eye Technique whose functions partially overlapped with his Bright Qi Talent and didn’t significantly increase his combat power was simply not worth it.

So, Yang Jing could only cultivate it diligently, not daring to dream of easily paying his way to the Peak of Perfection.

With the Grotto Dark Dharma Eye, both he and Iron Head had broken through to the second layer, while Yinjiao, Chi Yu, and Ji Feng were still struggling at the first layer, their progress slow.

Ever since breaking through to the second layer, Yang Jing had hit a bottleneck with this Dharma Eye, and his progress had become arduous. Because of the Beast Taming System, Iron Head could use a Water Grinding Skill to advance his Dharma Eye cultivation and had already created a considerable gap between them.

But the path to reaching Great Success in the second layer was still long and arduous.

Yang Jing drank one-third of the Thousand Years of Cyan from the bottle.

That familiar cool sensation appeared in his body once more. After circulating through his meridians, it flooded into his eyes.

Yang Jing felt his Eye Power increase significantly. Combined with his Bright Qi Talent, the range of his perception doubled, though its precision had already reached some kind of limit and barely changed.

The greatest gain was that his progress in the Grotto Dark Dharma Eye had been pushed forward a fair bit.

Furthermore, after being cleansed and tempered by the cool energy, his eyes had become much tougher. At the very least, a cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Stage would find it very difficult to injure them.

He gave the remaining Thousand Years of Cyan to his four disciples to be divided equally. Sooner or later, they would have to face Celestial Demons on their own, and if their Dharma Eye realms were too low, they would be at a great disadvantage.

There was almost no change in Iron Head’s eyes, but Yinjiao, Chi Yu, and Ji Feng were all flushed with the cool energy of the Thousand Years of Cyan, tears streaming down their faces.

Their Eye Power all improved to varying degrees, depending on their individual constitutions.

For the past month, they had been riding the Five Clouds Pouch to hunt down Demon Cultivators, experiencing more than ten sessions of Magical Combat. Their nerves were constantly on edge, and even Yang Jing was exhausted.

So, he simply gave his disciples a seven-day break. For these seven days, they didn’t need to practice Talisman Making or cultivation, but they were forbidden from leaving the courtyard.

After all, Meng Sima had just reminded him to be wary of retaliation from the Demon Cultivators.

The energetic Chi Yu was overjoyed and immediately tried to drag her martial siblings off to play. Although they couldn’t leave the courtyard, for a simple-minded girl like her, just not having to do Talisman Making was enough to make her happy.

Yang Jing felt a wave of fatigue wash over him.

Although Foundation Establishment Cultivators didn’t require sleep, the fatigue he had accumulated had clearly surpassed a certain limit.

Yang Jing simply activated the Array in the courtyard, returned to his room, and lay down on the couch fully clothed. The moment his head hit the pillow, he fell into a deep, dark slumber.

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