Taking Back the Eyes
His gray eyes were tinged with a bloody mist, like clouds rolling up on the horizon.
But this scene only made the Gong Household feel panicked and irritated.
Before the physician could arrive to treat him, Gong Chengjue, who had fainted, woke up again. Unfortunately, he was awakened by pain. Upon waking, he covered his eyes, writhing in agony, oblivious to his appearance.
Fresh blood kept seeping from between his fingers, which terrified the members of the Gong Household.
The Gong Household had also experienced a similar situation; a member of the family had inherited these Wisdom Eyes, but not long after, an accident occurred.
At that time, that clansman looked just like he does now. The healers in the clan couldn't cure him at all. Before long, those Wisdom Eyes automatically separated from that clansman's eyes and were sealed away again by the clan elders.
An elder who had personally witnessed the accident years ago looked at Gong Chengjue's current appearance and couldn't help but sigh, "This is probably..."
"Backlash!" Gong Chengsi replied to the elder's words.
The moment those two words were uttered, the faces of everyone present turned extremely grim.
In the past, the backlash from the Wisdom Eyes would have been minor, and at worst, someone else could have inherited them. But now, the younger generation of the Gong Household is few and far between, and those qualified to inherit the Wisdom Eyes are even fewer.
If Gong Chengjue were to get into trouble again, then the Gong Household...
They dared not think any further, but Gong Chengsi insisted on showing them the harsh reality:
"Once the Wisdom Eyes turns against you, it's unstoppable. Didn't several elders experience it firsthand? Although Chengjue is my brother, I still have to say, this Wisdom Eyes is no longer of use to Chengjue!"
Fortunately, the clan elders used the incident involving Gong Chengjue to get all the outsiders out of the room. Now, everyone in the room was a member of the Gong Household, and they spoke without the previous reservations.
Even so, Gong Chengsi's words still shocked them.
"His Wisdom Eyes has backfired. Chengjue will not only be unable to succeed as the family head, but he will probably not even be able to be a normal cultivator in the future. Elders, if you do not make a decision now, do you want to wait until the Gong Household is in great trouble and falls apart?!" Seeing the hesitation of the crowd, Gong Chengsi spoke again to provoke them.
Everyone was alarmed by what he said and had to consider the current situation of the Gong Household.
The third son, due to his power grab, had long been expelled from Delusion-Breaking City and was no longer a member of the Gong Household. The second son, now suffering from the backlash of his Wisdom Eyes, was virtually incurable.
Now, only the eldest son remains healthy.
Even though the elders don't support this ambitious but mediocre eldest son, they have no other choice now.
However, the clan elders did not completely give up hope. Even if Gong Chengjue was gone, there were still the Gong Chengsi!
As long as the Gong Household line continues, they will eventually see the next person recognized by Wisdom Eyes!
The elders envisioned this scene with great anticipation.
Gong Chengsi of the crowd.
In order to prevent his younger brother from rising to power, after gaining the approval of the clan elders, Gong Chengsi's first order was to imprison Gong Chengjue in the dungeon to await punishment!
With this order, not only Gong Chengjue, but also the guards who had previously served him were all taken down. It is said that not only would they be expelled, but their cultivation levels would also be crippled.
In an instant, the entire palace was plunged into an atmosphere of tension and panic. In particular, the servants in Gong Chengjue's courtyard were imprisoned separately and subjected to soul-searching and interrogation by Gong Chengsi's men.
However, no matter how lively it was elsewhere, Sang Ying and Jimo Qing's courtyard remained peaceful, and no one dared to disturb them.
Gong Chengsi acted swiftly, and before long, all the forces within the Gong family were wiped out.
He had originally intended to take this opportunity to talk to Liang Ranyue. If possible, he did not plan to let the eldest daughter of the Liang Household go as agreed.
Unfortunately, he was too late. Liang Ranyue had already packed her things and squeezed into Sang Ying's courtyard when he started to make a move against the people in the mansion.
Therefore, even though Gong Chengsi was unaware of the relationship between the two, he dared not approach them casually.
Unlike the warm inner city, the dark dungeon was an ice cellar built in the cold, a punishment bestowed upon prisoners by the Gong Household.
Gong Chengjue had once imprisoned some people who had offended him here, but at that time he was wrapped in a thick fur coat and had no idea how cold it was.
Only after personally visiting this place did Gong Chengjue realize how terrifying it was.
There was no sound of human voices around, as if he were sealed in the ice and snow.
The burning pain in his eyes made him restless, and the cold surrounding him gradually made him lose his mind.
So when footsteps approached, Gong Chengjue couldn't think of anything else, assuming it was his older brother.
He quickly looked in the direction of the footsteps, even though all he could see was darkness. "Brother, I was wrong, brother. I shouldn't have argued with you, I was really wrong. Please let me go, brother. I promise I'll listen to you in everything from now on, and you can use these Wisdom Eyes of yours as you please!"
Gong Chengjue couldn't care less about anything else; he felt that if he continued to stay here, he would be driven crazy sooner or later!
However, he was answered by a strange voice, "Wisdom Eyes? At my beck and call?"
"Oh!"
That soft laugh, when it reached Gong Chengjue's ears, made him feel a little apprehensive.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Gong Chengjue suddenly tensed up. "You were sent by my elder brother. What does he want from me?"
His voice wasn't quiet, but Jiang Zhuoxue detected fear in it.
Perhaps because its master was right beside it, its eyes kept trying to gravitate towards Jiang Zhuoxue.
The burning pain that was already unbearable for Gong Chengjue instantly turned into a tearing pain, which he could not bear several times.
The cries of pain continued to come, which made Jiang Zhuoxue feel increasingly pleased.
He still remembered Gong Chengjue's ancestors, the very people who had taken his eyes back then. He had pleaded with them to spare him in the same agony, for he had already lost his dragon horns and didn't want to lose his eyes as well.
But the man ignored him, staring at him greedily, and then robbed him of his last glimmer of light.
Thinking this, Jiang Zhuoxue raised her hand and slowly placed it on Gong Chengjue's eyes.
Gong Chengjue seemed to sense something was amiss, and a look of terror slowly crept onto his face. "What are you going to do? What are you going to do to my eyes?! You're not my brother's man, who are you? Who are you?!"
"Those aren't your eyes," Gong Chengjue heard the man sigh softly. "Those are... my eyes."
After a flash of white light, Gong Chengjue felt as if his eyes were being burned by fire, experiencing excruciating pain.
He no longer had the mind to think about Jiang Zhuoxue's words; pain had completely consumed his thoughts.
Jiang Zhuoxue simply listened quietly to the screams of the person before her—the ancestors of the Gong Household had taken away his light, and ten thousand years later, he had reclaimed it, and would also plunge the entire Gong Household into darkness...