He slowed the circulation of his cultivation again and again. He could even clearly feel a strand of sharp intent slowly condensing within each eye.
With the slightest carelessness, even blindness in both eyes would count as a minor consequence.
After an unknown length of time, the two strands of Sword Qi finally stabilized.
Now.
Without further hesitation, Song Yan opened his eyes and lightly swept his sword fingers across them.
The Sword Qi, which had been about to rampage, suddenly grew thick as honey, slowly spreading through his eyes and around their sockets.
The intense stabbing pain immediately turned into a tingling numbness.
It was as though the lights of ten thousand homes had suddenly blazed to life before him.
He hurriedly closed his eyes and quietly waited for every unusual sensation to fade.
The process lasted roughly a full incense stick's worth of time.
Song Yan opened his eyes.
Sharp Sword-Rays seemed to flow within them.
It worked!
Delight rose in his heart, and he slowly activated his Sword Qi.
"Void-viewing!"
Song Yan felt a trace of coldness slowly seeping and spreading from his brow bones, though he did not know when it had begun.
Before long, it passed his temples and reached his eyes.
A faint stabbing sensation returned, and he could not help closing his eyes.
Soon, however, the discomfort vanished without a trace.
In the darkness, Song Yan lowered his gaze and tried slowly opening his eyes.
"..."
They were a pair of golden eyes, with a golden lotus-petal pattern suspended within them.
His eyes were filled with a keen edge.
Even a gaze devoid of emotion could send chills through someone in the dark.
"Void-viewing!"
The moment the Void-Viewing Sword Eye activated, his Sword Qi began to drain slowly.
He slowly lowered his head,