Open Eyes for Good, Close Eyes for Evil

Despair Domain, Blood-Soaked Mining Area.

To uncover the secrets hidden within Xie Wen, Fu Ji sent his consciousness into Xie Wen's body and began examining his soul sea of consciousness, attempting to find answers in Xie Wen's memories.

What he discovered next left Fu Ji somewhat incredulous.

Xie Wen's soul sea of consciousness was incredibly strange. A transparent barrier surrounded it; although he could see the scene within, he could not approach it at all.

After several attempts, Fu Ji could only reluctantly withdraw his consciousness.

He had originally intended to directly search Xie Wen's soul with his consciousness and read his memories. As for whether Xie Wen would be harmed in the process, he did not care in the slightest.

Since he could not determine whether Xie Wen had been sent by Dark Skull, he would rather kill an innocent man than let a possible enemy go.

He was merely curious about Xie Wen and did not care about his life at all.

Unable to probe Xie Wen's memories, Fu Ji changed his approach. He decided to try sensing Xie Wen's emotional fluctuations instead.

The Mind's Eye ability activated, and Xie Wen's emotional fluctuations transformed into signal frequencies that Fu Ji could receive in his mind.

As he sensed them, Fu Ji's expression changed.

Though he could not read Xie Wen's memories through those emotional fluctuations, he felt a trace of emotional resonance from him.

From those emotional frequencies, Fu Ji also learned something else: Xie Wen had once experienced a darkness much like his own.

Fu Ji had comprehended the Mind's Eye ability in that darkness, while Xie Wen had comprehended philosophies of life.

It was precisely because he had seen darkness that he longed infinitely for light.

And the despair emanating from Xie Wen had been brewed