Demon Capital Slayer

Chapter 56 The Strongest Eye

"Well then, see you tomorrow, Yujian."

"Okay, see you tomorrow, Lily."

Lily took two steps back with her hands behind her back, her dark sailor uniform gradually blending into the night, as if from the same source.

Like a ray of moonlight, her inhuman beauty is merely an appearance; beneath the veil lies an unfathomable truth, and the mystery surrounding her is her true nature, making her elusive and unfathomable.

After watching the other person leave, Yu Jian didn't look away for a few more seconds.

"Now it's just us left." Looking at the peregrine falcon perched obediently on his hand, he sighed for no reason.

Upon opening the front door, the antique display shelf in the entryway made Yu Jian pause in his tracks.

The antique display shelf is a type of traditional Chinese furniture, mainly used to display precious items such as antiques, jade, and porcelain.

Simply put, it's a display stand used by ancient glue collectors to store their treasured glues and, incidentally, to show off.

On the display shelf directly opposite the entrance hall of the Yujian family, there are various souvenirs from different civilizations and regions. Their value may not be great, but they all have their own history and stories.

These are souvenirs brought back by Yujian Jinsheng's parents from their scientific expeditions. Displaying them together on the antique shelf is surprisingly impressive, and every time I come home, it feels like I'm walking into a museum.

What greets you is the powerful, straight punch created by hundreds or even thousands of years of history.

The most remote of these artifacts even comes from the Arctic. They are said to be magical props used by Inuit shamans during rituals, representing the spirit of the polar bear and symbolizing the power and courage of hunting.

Well, it looks like a white fur product, somewhat like a combination of a hat and a mask.

Yu Jian paused for a moment in front of the antique shelf. His inspiration was not triggered, but his intuition was slightly strange. Could there be something related to the power of the underworld mixed in there?

After thinking it over, he decided not to move his sword rashly.

He hadn't found the inspiration, and these items were all his parents' treasured possessions. To be honest, he would definitely be angry if his family touched the models he displayed on the shelf.

Moreover, the earliest batch of these things were even older than Yu Jian, having arrived in the family before he was born; he was the newcomer. It's best not to tamper with a system that has been running smoothly for a long time without any problems.

In short, next time you should ask your parents what exactly they have.

Place Miss Valkyrie in the sunken earthen chamber below the entrance (Note ①). The sex of the peregrine falcon can be visually distinguished by its weight and size. Valkyrie, though not yet an adult, already weighs nearly two pounds, so she is definitely a female falcon.

Valkyrie paced back and forth on the ground. The way the peregrine falcon walked was quite interesting. Its head was stretched forward, its shoulders shrugged, and its two legs moved in a pigeon-eight manner, with a somewhat roguish look.

Yu Jian planned to deworm the bird first, as wild birds often carry a lot of parasites, and he definitely didn't want any more guests of unknown origin in his home.

But finding the right method is a bit of a headache. Where can you find insect repellent in the middle of the night? And it has to be the kind that birds can use too.

After thinking for a while, Yu Jian suddenly had an idea.

"Don't move," he commanded. Surprisingly, the bird seemed to understand his surroundings and actually stood still, refusing to move.

Then Yu Jian brought over a kitchen knife. Although it was quite different from a sword, it was still a useful tool, so it would do. Even a utility knife would do, so there was no reason why a kitchen knife wouldn't.

Upon seeing what was in Mikasa's hand, Valkyrie instantly bristled but dared not run away, and could only stand there dumbfounded.

"It's alright, it won't hurt you." As Yujian spoke, he began to recall the relevant knowledge about the "Showdown Sword Technique" of the "Showdown Sword Technique".

"Leave!" the young swordsman holding a kitchen knife roared.

He successfully unleashed the power of his sword to intimidate the enemy.

Yu Jian was unsure of his level of mastery of Yin Yi. Although he couldn't perform it empty-handed, he could at least use a kitchen knife or pencil sharpener, which meant he was probably better than a beginner.

Upon hearing his rebuke, Valchore's feathers bristled even more dramatically, making her look like a puffed-up fluffy ball. At the same time, a handful of tiny insects stiffened and fell from her body, scattering black splattered on the ground.

Yu Jian frowned. Could it be that his mastery of the skills wasn't good enough? How could a wild animal be so clean?

After trying a few more times, worried that he would scare the chick to death, he had no choice but to stop the experiment, kill the few parasites that were shaken down on the spot, and then sweep them out the door.

Let's leave it at that for today, and take this silly eagle to the pet store for internal deworming tomorrow.

Touching the peregrine falcon, which was frozen in shock, Yujian began to examine it carefully. Surprisingly, the falcon was exceptionally clean, with no remaining parasites at the base of its feathers, making it seem more like a domesticated bird than a wild one.

As for her injuries, most of them were superficial and minor, with no serious bone damage.

This bird can't use its speed advantage because it's surrounded by too many crows; otherwise, it would definitely be able to kick those guys like a ball.

Maybe if she had a better mindset, she could have just fought her way out.

Then comes the bird-falcon knight kick segment. The peregrine falcon's hunting method is to dive at high speed and then kick its prey's head hard, often breaking its neck with one kick. The action is truly very powerful.

Incidentally, these street thugs from Flying Street would even kick other birds of prey and cheetahs on the head; they were incredibly audacious and thuggish.

I cut up some frozen meat for Chiu Chiu and dried it with kitchen paper. There was no fresh meat in the house, but the bird showed no interest in the meat at all. Instead, it flapped its wings and went to the refrigerator.

Yu Jian paused for a moment, then simply opened the refrigerator to see what she was going to do.

Then, Chirp wobbled to the refrigerator, barely managed to fly to the top shelf, stepped on the shelf, and picked up an... apple?
Aren't you a bird of prey?!

Yu Jian was greatly shocked. This peregrine falcon wasn't eating meat at all; it was just showing off fruit non-stop. Was it because local fruit was more expensive than meat?

What a hard-to-care-for thing, with its flat, feathery body!
Yu Jian simply cut up a plate of fruit for it before going back to his room to change out of that exaggerated Wu-style clothing. He'd have to find a professional dry cleaner to clean it before returning it.

As he was pondering, something suddenly fell out of Wu Fu's clothes. Upon seeing what it was, Yu Jian's expression immediately changed drastically.

He grabbed it suddenly, pulled it open, and sure enough, it was the scroll of "Birds and Beasts Playing" from the Dream of Asura!
When will things from my dreams be able to be brought into the real world?!
How did you do it?
Yu Jian began to ponder what special things he had done before leaving the dream, and found that apart from leaving by touching the shrine, it was no different from dying and leaving before.

So the key is still the shrine?

But he clearly had other things on him at the time, such as the katana and the mace. Why didn't he bring them with him?

It seems necessary to try entering the dream again.

After finally calming down, Yu Jian couldn't help but begin to study this strange painting.

According to historical documents, the so-called "Chōjū-giga" (Birds and Animals Playing Picture) is an ancient painting created around the Heian period to the Kamakura period. It depicts animal dramas and human activities and is known as the ancestor of manga. It is currently housed in the Kyoto National Museum.

Speaking of which, I went to Kyoto for my junior high school graduation trip and happened to visit that museum there.

I recall that there have been no reports of thefts at the Kyoto National Museum recently, and the painting I have is also quite different from the photo in the materials.

The name contains the character "人" (person), but where is the person in this painting?

The "Birds and Animals Painting" contains no human-related content. Although there are many animal images, there is only one of each kind, and they appear somewhat blurry. The various animals are doing different things, and the whole painting is distributed along a river that curves in a mountain shape, resembling a dragon dance from a distance.

Chirp, it came over to look at the flower roll. Following the bird's gaze, Yu Jian noticed that there were also eagles and falcons in the picture. He couldn't help but compare it to her, and the more he looked, the stranger it seemed, as if something was responding from another dimension.

Hmm? This thing is definitely unusual! Could it be a skill book?
Although he had a cheat system, Yujian couldn't help but think this way.

The "Three-No-Card-of-a-Kindness" cheat code is indeed a three-no-of-a-kind product. The skill book doesn't even have a skill point allocation/learning function; it requires you to figure out how to use it yourself. Garbage! Damn it! Refund! No refunds!
With a vague understanding in his heart, Yu Jian simply picked up Qiu Qiu and placed her on his lap, his gaze lingering between the peregrine falcon and the eagle in the painting.

Gradually, his gaze began to wander, but his mind became exceptionally focused. His psychic abilities spontaneously activated, connecting him with the power of the distant underworld.

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A faint bird call echoed from the Netherworld, and the blurry patterns on the scroll began to glow.

Immediately afterwards, a phantom resembling a falcon rushed into Yu Jian's eyes at an extremely fast speed, accompanied by a power from the Netherworld.

Yu Jian instinctively leaned back, but couldn't avoid the rapid attack that exceeded 300 kilometers per hour.

Fortunately, my eyes did not feel any pain or bleeding, just a slight tingling sensation, followed by a cooling sensation.

Ok?
Yu Jian let go of his hand and noticed that something had changed.

Originally, the room was dimly lit because only a desk lamp was on, but now it looked as bright as day. With just the limited light from the lamp, he could see all the details in the range of light and shadow, and even the slightest changes in the pupils of Valkyrie beside him were clearly visible.

Instinct compelled him to walk to the window and gaze into the distance.

The world, so clear and vast, is thus revealed.

Several kilometers away from his home, through the office building window that usually appeared no bigger than a fingernail, he saw someone playing a thrilling two-person game with the curtains open.

Don't look at what you shouldn't look at, but take another look.

Amazed, he withdrew his gaze and looked at his reflection in the windowpane. His originally emerald green eyes now had a golden halo around them, resembling the eyes of an eagle.

Above his right eye, a cluster of long, slender feathers clung to his sword-like eyebrows, rising diagonally. It was not a physical object but a semi-transparent, luminous phantom, immediately evoking the image of a spirit.

Possession? Entanglement?
What is the object of reliance? Eyes? Eyebrows? Or vision itself?

A barrage of problems arose, and Yu Jian paced back and forth, his excitement barely contained. He finally managed to find a way to activate his abilities.

With a thought, the eagle feathers attached to the eyebrows naturally disappeared, but the enhanced vision and night vision were still retained. It was not a short-term enhancement, but rather an improvement in the eyeballs themselves that supported the vision.

Looking at "Birds and Beasts in Play" again, Yujian's expression changed completely.

Most of the animal images remain blurry, except for one soaring eagle that shines brightly in my mind's eye.

Unlike other ink-wash style works, it appears as clear as if it were alive, with every feather faintly visible, and its sharp eyes being the source of light, just like the sun and moon hanging in the sky, brilliant and bright.

This isn't some ancient comic; it's clearly some kind of effective cultivation method!

Based on current findings, this method grants individuals various animal-related supernatural abilities. The specific methods of cultivation are currently unclear, but it may require the use of specific animals.

As for what changes will occur after gaining multiple animal abilities, it's not clear yet, but it probably won't be too weak... right?

After all, the initial ability that Yujian gained from it was the Eagle Eye, which possessed night vision, long-range vision, and super-strong dynamic vision.

This is the strongest eye.

Note 1: In traditional Japanese houses, the floor-level interior space, usually located in the entrance area, creates a height difference with the wooden-floored "yuka" (heated platform). Its origins are related to agrarian societies, and it was initially used to store farm tools, for manual labor, or for cooking. The materials used were often sanwado (three-layered clay), diatomaceous earth, or concrete. In ancient times, the yuka was relatively large and considered a transitional zone between the outdoors and indoors, serving both functional and social purposes.

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