Qiu Qianhai's fate [Please vote with monthly tickets]

Several decades ago.

Qin Old Blind Man had not yet grown old, nor had he gone blind. He had an elegant, scholarly name: Qin Shu.

That was the year he had just broken through to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and the year that changed the course of his life.

Even now, he clearly remembered that misty morning, when he had invited a good friend out on his boat as usual.

They had gone to the deep-water region that day, too.

He could not say whether their luck had been good or bad.

They encountered a storm while out on the boat. Fleeing blindly, they scrambled around underwater until they stumbled into an underwater cave.

It was there that the two of them found a set of remains.

Remains that could glow in those dark depths were surely a fine treasure. Besides the remains, there was also a jade slip lying nearby.

Before finding anything valuable, they had been good friends. Once they actually found something valuable, however, friendship would have to excuse itself.

Both wanted the treasure.

Unable to agree on how to divide it, they decided to play rock-paper-scissors.

The winner would choose first, taking either the remains or the jade slip.

Qin Shu was lucky and won, so he took the jade slip.

His friend received the remains, but dissatisfaction gnawed at him, and he decided to kill Qin Shu and keep everything for himself.

As luck would have it, Qin Shu had the very same idea.

Once the storm passed, the two immediately came to blows.

Naturally, Qin Shu won in the end, but his eyes were injured in the fight, leaving him with an affliction that would plague him for the rest of his life.

After returning home, Qin Shu examined his prize, only