Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...
Along with the sound came countless shattered leaves. They were withered, yellow, and brittle; before they even touched the ground, they scattered apart and turned into fragments.
At once, deathly qi pervaded the surroundings, filling Wolf Gu and the others with a stifling sense of oppression—but what truly rose in their hearts was alarm.
"Has someone been watching us all along?"
"From the immortal elder's tone, that person had already been watching this mountain range before the immortal elder arrived?"
"There seems to be a cold, sinister aura in that person's words. My sinews and bones are going stiff, my blood congealing!"
As the great demons spoke among themselves, the leaf tornado soaring into the sky finally dispersed. A strange thing appeared in midair—not a person, but an eyeball.
That was right: an utterly ordinary-looking eyeball. To these great demons, eyeballs were hardly unfamiliar. When slaughtering enemies, skinning them, stripping out their bones, and devouring their flesh, they had often gouged out eyes and swallowed them whole.
Yet this eyeball hung alone in midair, slowly turning and radiating astonishing spirituality. Wherever its gaze passed, waves of cold deathly qi arose. That aged voice from before had come from it.
Now, the voice continued, "You are an Outsider, aren't you? Your intent pierces spiritual qi, your thoughts command yin and yang—this is a method of Nature Cultivation. Yet your physical body is solid, and your blank soul bears the Outer-Heaven Will, fused into flesh and blood. That is fundamentally Life Cultivation; there is not the slightest sign of Nature Cultivation in you. How did you accomplish this?"
"Your Excellency understands such matters so thoroughly. You have indeed put much thought into this," Qiu Yan said, standing calmly where he was. He looked up at the eye, his words