Chapter 864: Chapter 864: What’s on the Mountain?
From start to finish, the mountain where Chen Guan was located never moved.
The woman didn’t seem to have tried to move the mountain either, so what was she looking at?
"What exactly is on this mountain? Why does the woman look at this mountain every time she comes?" Chen Guan couldn’t figure out what was different about this mountain compared to others, making it worth the woman’s attention each time.
"The woman comes here to cultivate, and before she cultivates she looks at this mountain. Could it be that there’s some Secret Technique carved on the mountain or some cultivation experience or insight?" Chen Guan speculated wildly and imaginatively.
Thinking about it again, it seemed unlikely. If there truly were such things carved openly in such a place, wouldn’t many come to see it?
Then again, it occurred to him, it’s not impossible.
After all, besides the woman, he hadn’t seen any other creatures here.
"What’s really on this mountain?" Because of this thought, he became even more concerned about it every time the woman arrived.
Upon careful observation, the woman was indeed looking at the mountain, but her gaze didn’t seem like it was reading text; she was staring at a point without moving her pupils, which isn’t the typical reaction when reading an article.
"If there’s no text on the mountain, then what is she looking at? Is there some unparalleled Heavenly and Earthly Treasures growing on the mountain that makes her crave them, checking each time to see if they’re ripe so she can pick them immediately to eat?" The longer Chen Guan observed, the more curious he became about what was on the mountain.
As the old saying goes, unable to see Mount Lu’s true appearance, only because we are in this mountain.
Chen Guan thought of many methods but still couldn’t figure out a way to see what was on his mountain.
"I need to come up with a way to see what’s on this mountain." Chen Guan mulled over the possibilities. There was only one way to see what’s on the mountain.
That is to modify his Secret Law to give him the ability to see through things, directly seeing through the mountain’s body to check what’s outside its walls.
But using the power of Secret Law would inevitably cause rule fluctuations and might be noticed by others.
"I can’t simply modify the Secret Law to transparency. I need a pet with vision abilities and then modify my Secret Law to allow the use of any ability within a certain range without being detected, thus concealing the transparency Secret Law." Chen Guan had made up his mind, now he just needed a pet with vision abilities.
Finding such a pet wasn’t a difficult task for Chen Guan.
Chen Guan brought Ming Fei back to the Book Hall, searching for useful information within.
If it were just Chen Guan seeking information, finding a pet with vision abilities among the numerous Secret Spirit entries wouldn’t be an easy task.
Luckily, he had Ming Fei, a pet with a wisdom trait, and Ming Fei just stood in the center of the hall, raised both hands, and the mist transformed into a peculiar power, causing books from the hall’s shelves to fly out.
Countless books seemed caught in a tornado, revolving around Ming Fei as the pages flipped rapidly during the rotation.
For the first time, Chen Guan felt as if the inheritance of knowledge had become tangible.
Of course, apart from Ming Fei, no one else could learn knowledge this way.
Chen Guan could clearly see the swiftly turning book covers and the text on them, but remembering such a vast amount of content in such a short time was hardly possible.
At best, he could remember a part of it, which was already remarkable among ordinary cultivators.
Yet, compared to Ming Fei with her wisdom attribute, it was naturally insufficient.
Books flew out one after another and returned to the shelves; within moments, several shelves of books had been flipped through.
Ming Fei only went through a few specific bookshelves, containing entries about Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven Secret Spirits.
Ming Fei’s goal was clear: to find a suitable target within Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven.
Once Ming Fei returned all the books to the shelves, Chen Guan knew she had certainly chosen a suitable target.
Ming Fei took the one remaining book from the air and handed it to Chen Guan.
Chen Guan saw the cover’s three words "Celestial Eye Evil Ghost" and couldn’t help but frown slightly.
The name Celestial Eye Evil Ghost sounded similar to Celestial Eye Evil God, and indeed, they are related by blood.
Celestial Eye Evil Ghost and Celestial Eye Evil God actually come from the same lineage, but Celestial Eye Evil God is a mutated Secret God pet, considered top tier among Secret Gods.
While Celestial Eye Evil Ghost has only two tiers, Unparalleled and Secret God, with levels above Ninth Awakening level eighty.
Secret God level Celestial Eye Evil Ghost is hard to find, its abilities are not like those of Celestial Eye Evil God; it can’t materialize its gaze, only able to cast some illusions to confuse minds, with some spiritual attack capability mixed in.
Though not as terrifying as Celestial Eye Evil God, it’s still not easy to deal with.
Ji Family suffered losses at the hands of Celestial Eye Evil Ghost when developing Evil God Mountain.
If it weren’t for Ji Changsheng clearing most of the top-tier Secret Spirits of Evil God Mountain during that battle, Ji Family might not have taken Evil God Mountain even without Celestial Eye Evil God in charge.
Naturally, Chen Guan’s target was not a Secret God level Celestial Eye Evil Ghost but the Unparalleled quality Celestial Eye Evil Ghost, also at Ninth Awakening, around level eighty-one to eighty-four.
Some lower quality Unparalleled Celestial Eye Evil Ghosts even appeared at level eight, though they are hard to encounter.
Unparalleled Celestial Eye Evil Ghosts have weaker abilities, but possess a talent called "Evil Eye Ghost Pupil."
This talent lacks transparency ability but grants Celestial Eye Evil Ghost exceptional vision and a capability similar to a Pupil Reading Technique.
Simply put, a Celestial Eye Evil Ghost with Evil Eye Ghost Pupil can use one eye to gaze into another creature’s eyes, seeing whatever the other sees through their pupils and projecting the scene from its other eye like it was a projector.
This is a talent, not a Secret Skill, but to avoid accidents, Chen Guan would still modify his Secret Law to complement the use of Evil Eye Ghost Pupil, preventing the woman from noticing.
The premise, however, is that Chen Guan first has a Celestial Eye Evil Ghost pet.
This poses a slight dilemma for Chen Guan, since Zhao Cai Spirit Medium’s transformed pets retain their original level, never reverting to level one pet babies.
Thus, Chen Guan must first find a very rare level eight Celestial Eye Evil Ghost, then turn it into his pet and summon it.
