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The feeling of suffocation surged over me like a tidal wave, and the Vengeful Spirit before my eyes suddenly blurred, as if a thin veil had been drawn over my vision.
Was this sensation because I was close to death?
In that moment, another person I couldn't let go of filled my mind—Ke'er. What would happen to Ke'er if something happened to me?
The Wooden Box. I should have opened the Wooden Box now, but for some reason, I didn't.
I thought of many things, like why Wang Wei hadn't come to save me yet, and whether he and Chen San could find Sarira. Could Sarira bring someone back to life?
Little did I know, blood had already begun to trickle from the corner of my eye. The blood that concealed my pupils had dried up, revealing my original form—eyes that were eerie and terrifying.
I lost track of how many minutes or seconds passed before the feeling of suffocation gradually faded.
I realized I could move again; the original fear was dissipating. At that moment, I heard Wang Wei's voice clearly. He shouted, “Saning, your eyes can devour souls…”
After Wang Wei spoke, I didn’t quite understand what he meant; I just instinctively reached out to grab the Vengeful Spirit. It felt like the Vengeful Spirit was already trying to evade me.
When my hand finally grasped the Vengeful Spirit, I noticed it seemed to be dissipating. It had felt "solid" when I first grabbed it, but shortly after, the Vengeful Spirit began to fade away.
In my eyes, the world transformed into a Light Spot, brighter than the outside Wandering Soul. I realized they were descending into my eyes, settling into my pupils, bringing a refreshing sensation.
It was a strange feeling, but once the Light Spot completely vanished, I fell from the air and landed hard. Wang Wei rushed over to help me up, but when I looked at his face, it was deathly pale.
Because he is also a soul, if I were to take action against him one day, he would be completely annihilated like the Vengeful Spirit.
After I fell to the ground, I could hardly believe it. I asked, "Is the Vengeful Spirit finished?"
"Finished," Wang Wei said, his voice hesitant.
Chen San stood nearby, still holding the Yellow Cloth, seemingly lost in thought. In truth, the Vengeful Spirit wasn't particularly powerful; Chen San could have subdued it himself. It was just that the earlier scene had left him somewhat shocked.
I had unconsciously devoured the Vengeful Spirit.
Afterward, I asked Wang Wei, "Can my eyes really consume souls? What are the consequences of consuming a soul?"
Wang Wei took on a look of exasperation, stammering and unable to articulate clearly, like someone caught in a ramble. I urged him to get to the point.
Wang Wei's point was that he didn't know.
At that moment, my eyes were completely white, yet I could still see objects around me.
The space had returned to silence. I asked Wang Wei, "Do my eyes look terrifying now?"
Wang Wei naturally agreed with a sound. I sighed and, following what Wang Wei had said that day, let another drop of blood fall into my eyes. With a wail echoing through the air, my eyes returned to their normal appearance.
Chen San then spoke up, "Do your eyes need blood to sustain them?"
I didn't know how to respond. I only needed blood to mask the whiteness in my eyes, making them appear less frightening. However, Chen San clearly had no intention of waiting for my answer and muttered to himself that it should be so.
I wanted to say something more, but Chen San seemed to know what I was about to say and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone your secret."
I hummed in response and didn't continue the conversation.
At that moment, Wang Wei suddenly changed his expression, becoming shy. Damn it, he had a big "Damn it" face at that moment. He thanked me for avenging him.
This Vengeful Spirit might not be the true culprit behind Wang Wei's death. As Wang Wei said, he couldn't have been scared to death, so the mastermind behind it all remained undiscovered. But at least we had released some pent-up frustration.
Wang Wei looked at me with a bashful expression, and I cursed under my breath, "Damn it." But as soon as I said it, I felt it was inappropriate and added, "Menstruation, can you act a bit more normal? Hurry up and find the Relic."
My words served as a reminder for both of them.
I touched my eyes again, fearing that the Vengeful Spirit might have entered them, leading to worse consequences. However, after a frantic search around my eyes, I found nothing unusual. When I checked with my phone's camera and saw everything was normal, I finally relaxed.
My eyes could actually devour souls, but I was also worried because the process of consuming the Vengeful Spirit had been completely out of my control.
Wang Wei called out to me, urging me to find the Relic quickly before Chen San got there first.
I snapped back to reality and began searching for the Relic. If it wasn't hidden in the coffin, where else could it be? That coffin had definitely been tampered with, misleading me into thinking the Relic was inside when it wasn't.
Instead, what was buried inside was the Vengeful Spirit. If it weren't for my eyes, I might have already died.
However, Chen San didn't rush to find the Relic first; instead, he opened the stone door.
Wang Wei and I had already started looking for the Relic. We decided to check under the Buddha statues first. There were eighteen statues in total; they might be the Eighteen Arhats. But strangely enough, there was a coffin among them, which felt eerie to me.
According to logic, shouldn't it be Tathagata? In Journey to the West, it's presented that way.
But here, it isn't. Here, in the midst of the Eighteen Arhats, there lies a coffin, and inside it is merely a Vengeful Spirit. But is it really that simple, just a Vengeful Spirit? My mind wandered as my gaze occasionally fell on the coffin, yet nothing unusual was visible within.
At this moment, the world I perceived was much like that of an ordinary person; I noticed nothing out of the ordinary.
Wang Wei and I searched around the Buddha statues on either side, and of course, I kept an eye out for anything other than Relics, as Ke'er had mentioned.
I carried the Wooden Box carefully on my back. To be honest, my curiosity about this wooden box had reached an extreme level. However, since Ke'er told me to open it only when in danger, I felt that this Wooden Box must not be opened.
I tightened my grip on the Wooden Box, as if carrying a small child.
Chen San observed us searching around the Buddha statues but did not join in. Instead, he climbed up a wooden pillar to the beam above and began searching there.
Time passed by second by second. After half an hour, I had examined all nine Buddha statues I searched without finding any trace of a Relic; Wang Wei had found nothing either.
Chen San also came down from the beam at that point.
I recalled that both of them had mentioned something about "changes" earlier, so I asked what had changed.
Wang Wei replied that there was an additional coffin.
Chen San paused for a moment before saying that there was an extra coffin, an additional stone door, and also eighteen more Buddha statues. I was surprised that Chen San knew so much information.
I looked at him in confusion, but Chen San seemed disinclined to elaborate further.
Was this place originally barren, with nothing at all? Then who arranged it like this?
Wang Wei paused for a moment before saying, "But I can assure you that the Vengeful Spirit is still the same Vengeful Spirit."
I thought for a while and suddenly said, "Could it be that the Sarira has already been taken away?" As soon as I finished speaking, Chen San and Wang Wei almost simultaneously replied, "No way."
I looked at the two of them in surprise, waiting for them to elaborate, but they fell silent again.
"Menstruation, you speak," I said. Although I was trying to conceal Wang Wei's identity, I suspected that Chen San had already figured it out; he just wasn't calling it out.
Wang Wei chuckled and said, "Saning, this is a Relic! It's not something as simple as a hawthorn. If it were that easy to obtain, it would have been taken long ago. This thing has gained spiritual essence now; otherwise, why would the monk leave behind any true words after death, saying that those with fate can obtain it? It must be because this Relic has recognized its master."
As Wang Wei spoke, Chen San's expression changed slightly. However, I didn't pay much attention; Chen San already had a fair and handsome face, and even if it changed a bit, it only added a hint of color.
If what Wang Wei said was true and Sarira wasn't so easily obtained, then perhaps it wasn't hidden in this space but rather in another one. Maybe there were mechanisms in this place as well.
I voiced my speculation.
But soon it was dismissed by Chen San, as his next words left both me and Wang Wei stunned. I heard Chen San say that he had seen the Relic here before.
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