A Clean Slate

The baby did not answer him, only stared at Chu Yuan with wide, bright black eyes, full of curiosity.

He held out a tiny hand, soft as a steamed bun.

In his mouth came a stream of babbling sounds.

Chu Yuan said faintly, "Stop pretending. Let me tell you a little-known fact... Great Qin's babies can't see when they're first born..."

Usually, only doctors and people who had already become parents knew this.

Chu Yuan knew because when he had just been born, he had truly spent an entire month blind even with his eyes open!

At first, he had thought he was born disabled. It had scared him half to death.

That was why the memory ran especially deep...

"...No vision? How could such a feeble creature exist!?" The baby finally spoke, though his voice was somewhat exasperated.

At the same time, it carried the dejection of someone resigned to his fate...

"I lied to you. Ordinary babies naturally can't see. But the body you reincarnated into has parents who are both Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, so it was innately complete..."

"..."

A thread of lightning flickered at Chu Yuan's fingertips. At the sight of it, Silver Eyes immediately panicked.

"Wait! You can't kill me!"

Chu Yuan sneered. "Of course I can kill you."

Silver Eyes said anxiously, "I'm a citizen of Great Qin now... I'm one of your subjects, Chu Yuan! I love Great Qin! I love humanity! You can't kill me!"

"..." Chu Yuan did not know what to say. He felt as though he was hearing things.

Silver Eyes continued, "Really! I'm no longer Silver Eyes! You can tolerate Tianlong, so why can't you tolerate me? At least I'm still human..."

"Tut, tut. Where's your pride? Where's your dignity?" Chu Yuan asked with a half-smile. "I