Vision Stitching

Needless to say, these two were none other than the Gu Servants who had gone to find Liu Feng a few days prior: the siblings Su Jing and Su Anjie.

They had brought the severed arm back, thinking some medicine would suffice to reattach it in time, but they hadn't anticipated that the wound inflicted by "Split-Tooth" would be both agonizing and numb. The edges were as if torn by sawteeth, making it utterly impossible to graft back on.

"So, this wound of yours was dealt by the Soldier Gu 'Split-Tooth'?" Shen Yushu examined the siblings with keen interest.

The pair, kneeling on the ground, nodded hurriedly, their eyes filled with resentment.

"I beg you, Second Senior Brother, help us vent this foul breath." Su Jing's otherwise pretty face was twisted with hatred.

"Very well. I am on my way to see the Valley Master. I shall have them accompany you to deal with that person and, while you're at it, seize his Soldier Gu," Shen Yushu said indifferently.

He didn't truly care about the two of them, but one must still consider the master before beating the dog.

The siblings looked toward the two Spirit Monsters behind Shen Yushu, and as their gazes met the creatures' eyes, they couldn't help but shudder instinctively.

It hadn't mattered when the two monsters weren't paying them any mind, but under this direct stare, two waves of Sha Qi surged straight toward the siblings' foreheads.

Before they became Spirit Monsters, these creatures were merely wild beasts of the mountains, accustomed to slaughter.

Having killed even more since attaining their current state, the weight of their Sha Qi was naturally something no mere Gu Servant could endure.

Su Jing's eyes lit up, and she said joyfully, "He is but a mere Gu Child. With your status, Second Senior Brother, it would be of no consequence even if you had the Spirit Monsters devour him."

"Since he severed one arm from each of you, then let them eat both of his arms. Add the Soldier Gu as compensation; the matter is settled. You may go."

Noticing that Shen Yushu's expression had turned cold, the siblings dared not say another word and thanked him repeatedly.

It was only after Shen Yushu and his fellow senior brother Zhu Li had walked far away that Su Jing and Su Anjie dared to stand, cupping their fists toward the two Spirit Monsters.

"The two of you, please, this way."

The Gu Children who had not yet dispersed, seeing that there was another good show to watch, trailed far behind the two humans and two monsters, eager to witness how Spirit Monsters would eat a person's arms alive!

Among the crowd, Li Xiang'er tugged at Leng Qiuyue's sleeve and asked, "Are you not going to take a look? That is your benefactor, after all. Judging by what that senior brother said, he intends to have the monsters eat both of his arms!"

"And what if I go? It would only be to watch him suffer humiliation," Leng Qiuyue said, her eyes dimming.

"That's true. He is only a Gu Child; how could he possibly fight against that senior brother's Spirit Monsters!"

Despite her words, Li Xiang'er pulled and dragged Leng Qiuyue along to follow them.

In truth, it was not just the two of them who thought this way; the rest of the Gu Children felt the same.

Spirit Monsters were beings that possessed cultivation. In the past, they had heard no shortage of stories about Spirit Monsters eating people, and there were even rumors of Taoists and martial artists from the military being devoured.

At this moment, inside a cave at the foot of the mountain.

Along a straight, extending corridor, eight Gu Children lay sprawled on the ground, their faces filled with extreme terror.

Their bodies and the floor beside them were covered in the filth they had vomited.

They had just returned, and without seeing anyone launch a sneak attack, they had fallen victim to this without any warning!

Ten paces away, a young-looking Gu Child dared not approach, shouting from afar, "I am going to call the steward to come and help!"

Since this Gu Child had not approached, he naturally did not understand what those who had collapsed were experiencing.

He only saw the eight Gu Children tilting their heads and casting sidelong glances, their faces full of struggle as their limbs kicked and clawed at the air, yet not a single one could rise.

Their minds were clear and their limbs were functional, yet they felt as if they were drowning, unable to struggle against the invisible force.

If someone could share their field of vision, they would see the incredibly bizarre and strange scene before their eyes.

Though they were clearly lying in the corridor, there was no corridor to be seen! It was as if they were in a massive, black-and-white labyrinth!

Individual Stone Chambers and segments of corridors were all dismantled, forming hundreds of fragmented images.

These segmented images were spliced together at will, surrounding them on all sides.

They were suspended, feet off the ground, as the "images" before them flashed chaotically. Against their will, they were moved along with the small fragments they occupied—up or down, left or right—spliced into other wildly disorganized scenes, tossed back and forth countless times!

The eight of them were like small pieces within a larger picture, being combined, inverted, and shifted at the whim of another...

And all these images were not as they appeared to the naked eye in daily life, but strictly in black and white!

"Quick, close your eyes..." Among the eight Gu Children, it was unclear which one first realized the trick to it.

As this Gu Child closed his eyes, he was instantly detached from the chaotic vision and returned to the corridor, leaving him with the illusion of having just woken from a nightmare.

While regaining his senses, the Gu Child's gaze was immediately drawn to a figure within the Stone Chamber. The other party did not make things difficult for him now that he had opened his eyes again, nor did he pull him back into the "labyrinth."

"It's you, it must be you who did this..."

As the terrified scream echoed through the corridor, the Gu Child turned and fled wildly.

Hearing the warning, the remaining seven Gu Children closed their eyes one after another to break free. Upon rising, each of them also saw the figure inside the Stone Chamber.

Like the first Gu Child who fled, these seven dared not linger for even a moment, screaming as they scrambled to escape the place.

Inside the Stone Chamber, the figure did not light a lamp, simply sitting cross-legged on the ground.

His face bore nine pupils, some open and some closed, blinking rapidly.

On his left and right arms, there were a total of twelve more pupils, likewise blinking in a grotesque, constant rhythm.

A short while later, save for the pair beneath his eyebrows, all the other pupils closed, and the figure finally let out a long, relieved sigh.

"Using the Mind Eye Technique to capture pre-visualized images and splicing them into the chaotic visions of the Gu arts—this method consumes quite a bit of mental energy..."

Within Insect Valley, the only one capable of manifesting the Buddhist Mind Eye Technique was naturally Liu Feng.

The eight Gu Children had suffered simply because they happened to pass by just as Liu Feng was familiarizing himself with his newly acquired Gu arts.

As for why the world in the eyes of those eight Gu Children was rendered in black and white, it was naturally because the images Liu Feng had "spliced" over were only in black and white.

The Mind Eye Technique is a divine ability born from the heart, usable whether the physical eyes are open or closed.

The difference lies in the fact that when the eyes are open, one sees a rich array of colors, whereas when the eyes are closed, the world is reduced to only black and white.

In order to make the "splicing" of images faster and more chaotic, he needed to employ the Mind Eye Technique to pre-visualize the scenes.

"I wonder how many others besides myself have successfully hatched this Exotic Gu, and how their Gu arts might differ from mine," Liu Feng muttered to himself.

Previously, Third Senior Brother and Lu Yao had not told them the name of this Exotic Gu, nor had they mentioned its specific Gu arts.

However, it stood to reason that even Third Senior Brother and Lu Yao themselves, having never witnessed the arts of this Exotic Gu, would have no way of knowing.

After all, this was the first time this Exotic Gu had been test-cultivated within Insect Valley.

"As it stands, this Exotic Gu provides me with three benefits: first, an expanded field of vision; second, motion-sensitive vision; and third, the ability to splice the vision of others."

Liu Feng summarized his findings; if Liu Xing, who had only just become a Gu Master, were here, he would surely find this incomprehensible.

He had just spoken similar words, but the difference lay in the final point: Liu Xing suffered from chaotic vision, while Liu Feng practiced vision splicing. A difference of only two characters, yet it created a vast, unbridgeable chasm!