Is This Plan Really Feasible?

It looked slow, but it was actually fast.

A single hand covered the heavens.

"Not bad!" Shi Yi nodded in satisfaction.

The Hand of Heaven, the Supreme Precious Technique derived from the Supreme Bone, could barely catch his eye. At the very least, it had the ability to injure him.

It was unlike the Dark Cloud Lightning Precious Technique Shi Hao had used earlier. To Shi Yi, it had seemed like nothing more than a trick, without the slightest bit of lethality.

It sounded rather arrogant.

But for Shi Yi, ordinary Treasure Techniques could no longer harm him. Lightning as thick as an arm was not even enough to scratch an itch. Even if he stood still and allowed the Dark Cloud Lightning Precious Technique to strike him, it would not be able to break his skin.

There was no other reason.

The gap was simply too great. The difference between Shi Yi's physical body at Ten Celestial Passages and Shi Hao at the limit of the Blood Moving Realm was like the Heavenly Abyss. The latter could not even see the former's movements clearly.

"A little brother is just a little brother. You are still far too lacking if you want to defeat your brother!"

Shi Yi raised a hand and covered half his face, then calmly closed his eyes.

Just as the Hand of Heaven in the sky, capable of destroying everything, was about to seize him.

The uncovered half of his face suddenly opened its eye, and his black pupil instantly transformed into Double Pupils.

Great terror descended.

Supreme, boundless terror!

Light faded, and darkness descended.

A Double Pupil roughly the size of the moon silently appeared in the pitch-black night sky, staring fixedly at Shi Hao. From afar, it gave off an indescribable feeling of heart-pounding dread.

The next instant.

The jade-white Hand of Heaven was forcibly imprisoned in place by an invisible force. It could neither rise nor fall, hanging there before Shi Yi.

Shi Yi did nothing more. He merely reached out and touched the air, and the jade-white Hand of Heaven, covered in runes, gradually shattered into nothingness.

Double Pupil Power, sealing time and space.

The power of the Double Pupils was like an all-purpose force. So long as Shi Yi could imagine it, and his Double Pupil Power was strong enough, he could accomplish whatever he wished to do.

This ability to imagine.

It was like a kind of will, a force formed through one's gaze—the so-called pupil power.

In truth, ordinary people also possessed pupil power, because pupil power was, plainly speaking, an extension of consciousness.

How should it be explained?

It was like wanting to move an object through thought. One would first look at it with one's eyes, then use consciousness, gaze, and spiritual power in an attempt to move it.

It was only that ordinary people's pupil power was far too weak. At most, it allowed them to observe all things in the world; it was nowhere near enough to move objects through consciousness, gaze, or spiritual power.

As a Double Pupil User, Shi Yi's pupil power was innately formidable. He would not dare claim that he could seal the entire Stone Kingdom with Double Pupil Power.

But merely sealing the time and space within the Martial King Manor was no difficult task for him.

Perhaps.

When it came to increasing physical strength, Double Pupils were far less direct than the Supreme Bone.

But whether it was learning, creating, seeing through all things in the world, or the near-omnipotent Double Pupil Power, none of it could be compared to a single Supreme Bone.

Although the Supreme Bone also had Nirvana, and the Supreme Bone nurtured the next time would only become stronger, no normal person would inexplicably dig out their own bones.

The battle between Shi Yi and Shi Hao had already ended.

It had merely been a simple spar, and the outcome was obvious.

The current Shi Hao was nowhere near Shi Yi's match. Even after using his strongest Treasure Technique, the Supreme Precious Technique Hand of Heaven, he still could not withstand even one exchange with Shi Yi.

"Huff, huff, huff! The gap really is enormous. It seems catching up to Yi Gege won't be something I can do in a short time."

Shi Hao panted heavily. Using the Supreme Bone to unleash the Supreme Precious Technique Hand of Heaven put him under immense strain. After all, he was only a cultivator in the Blood Moving Realm.

"Keep it up. Your brother believes in you!"

Shi Yi patted Shi Hao on the shoulder, his tone full of encouragement.

Since leaving the Martial King Manor.

Five years had already passed.

Shi Yi had changed greatly, especially in his way of thinking. In the past, he had hoped that once Shi Hao grew up, he would be able to protect him. Now, he felt that there was no need for that at all.

All these years.

Shi Yi had constantly been pondering one question: why did he need protection?

Because of the Adult Pixiu?

Or because of Bi An?

Or perhaps Ya Zi?

Clearly, none of those were the reason.

Even if Shi Yi did not wish to take revenge personally, he could ask the Willow Deity to kill those three right now.

Enemies in the future?

Yet with his cautious nature, he would not provoke enemies for no reason, nor would some misplaced saintly compassion compel him to protect people he could not protect at all. The only enemies he might provoke would be those whose interests conflicted with his own.

Granted.

Shi Yi did not know the plot of the original Perfect World, but he did know some of the plot of Shrouding the Heavens, though most of it had come from what online commenters had said.

Dark Turmoil?

Sacrificing the Common People?

In his view.

The so-called Dark Turmoil was like sheep eating grass and wolves eating sheep. Having a kind heart was a good thing; protecting others when one was capable was enough. But was it really necessary to stake one's life on it?

Sheep ate grass, wolves ate sheep. This was part of nature's cycle. Just as people ate meat—pork, mutton, beef—were these living creatures born solely to become food on a plate?

This world had always been dark.

At every moment, living beings perished.

There was no way to protect them all.

Nor was there any way to save them all.

Dark Turmoil, when all was said and done, was simply wolves eating sheep to fill their stomachs.

At its core, it was the survival of the fittest, where the strong preyed on the weak.

If someone was willing to die to save the Common People, calling that great goodness and accepting it gladly.

Yet they ate the flesh of chickens, ducks, fish, cattle, and sheep, calling that small goodness and the natural order.

Then that was selective kindness.

Goodness did not come in great or small forms. Goodness was goodness. If one truly wished to save the Common People, then upon seeing someone slaughter chickens and sheep, one should save the chickens and sheep as well, rather than simply saying it was the natural order.

Shi Yi did not consider himself a particularly kind person. If he had the ability, he would help. But if someone expected him to risk his life, he would turn around and slap them across the face; if he could not beat them, he would simply run away.

Whether the world was dark or not had nothing to do with him.

So long as that darkness did not fall upon his own head, whoever started the Dark Turmoil had nothing to do with him. No one could morally coerce him into saving the Common People.

Then why did he need protection?

Shi Yi could not figure it out. He always felt that he might have enemies in the future, but it was unlikely that he would provoke someone he could not defeat just to save the Common People.

To him.

The Adult Pixiu, Bi An, and Ya Zi.

Those were his true enemies.

Enemies he had to personally kill.

In the depths of the Great Wilderness, north of the Wild Domain, lay a forbidden land.

This place was deserted year-round, a land of ice and snow. Yet three uninvited guests had arrived, adding a trace of living presence to the frozen expanse.

"Third brother, is this plan really feasible?"

Bi An, with the body of a tiger and the head of a dragon, lay coiled atop the snow. His enormous body resembled a mountain, his limbs tucked beneath his belly, giving him an inexplicably adorable appearance.

"Human geniuses love opportunities, so we will give them an opportunity." The Adult Pixiu grinned.

"Opportunities, opportunities... who knew how many people had died for them?" Ya Zi spoke with deep emotion.

"Third brother, but this is too dangerous. Using yourself as bait—one wrong step, and there will be no redemption!" Bi An objected.

"But if we wait for him to grow stronger, not one of us three brothers will escape." The Adult Pixiu gritted his teeth.

"That brat can already fight third brother to a standstill. If we do not lure him out and surround him, eliminating this hidden danger early, the three of us will sooner or later die by his hand." Ya Zi agreed.

"The problem is, even if we successfully deceive heaven and sea and fabricate a Mountain Treasure within this boundless Great Wilderness, will that brat really fall for it?" Bi An looked doubtful.

"Hmph, when he was still roaming the Great Wilderness, he fought me desperately over the Mountain Treasure. We battled for ten days and ten nights. Now that another Mountain Treasure has appeared in the Great Wilderness, I refuse to believe he can resist!"

The Adult Pixiu's voice was filled with confidence. He believed Shi Yi was exactly the sort of person who would stop at nothing to seize an opportunity. With a Mountain Treasure appearing, how could he possibly refrain from taking it?