Sensing the change in his Inner Force, Zhao Er knew that the single point of proficiency he had gained from mastering the Thousand Mechanisms Eye Art had taken effect. It put him on alert.
His other cultivation methods had undergone similar changes when he first mastered them, but Zhao Er usually paid little attention and simply let them circulate.
After all, whether it was a cultivation method or a body-protection art, that tiny bit of circulation had very little effect on his body once it spread throughout him.
Today, however, was different. With Zhao Er's current cultivation in the Primordial Unity Realm, even a thread of the water-element Inner Force circulating from his kidneys possessed power that could not be underestimated.
All the more so when it was circulating into his exceedingly fragile eyes.
The instant his Inner Force reacted, Zhao Er sat down cross-legged and focused his entire attention on it.
He did not actively interfere with the circulation of that thread of water-element Inner Force, merely observed it with his whole mind. But when it actually reached his eyes, even his breathing involuntarily grew lighter.
The swelling pain he had expected never came. Instead, as that thread of water-element Inner Force traveled from his kidneys into his eyes, a cool, soothing sensation arose within them.
There was none of the extreme cold found in Yin Qi, only a gentleness like water. Upon entering his eyes, the Inner Force divided into three finer threads, which spread like a net over both eyes before completing a circuit according to the method recorded in the manual.
Only when that thread of Inner Force had been completely consumed did the cool sensation in Zhao Er's eyes finally disappear.
"If I had to cultivate this myself, it would probably take quite a bit