Bamboo Mound

"I noticed that when young friend Ning Chang was inspecting the spiritual veins just now, his pupils seemed unusual. I wonder if it's heterochromia or some kind of secret technique?"

"If there are no other possibilities, then I should have heterochromia. Moreover, Sect Master Ge, there is no need to pretend. I already know the Sect Master's good intentions."

He thought for a moment, then shook his head and replied.

"Anyway, it's not some kind of magic."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Ge Shu's eyes again.

"Do you know what kind of heterochromia it is?" she asked again impatiently.

"Please rest assured, young friend, the plundering of opportunities is not allowed within the four sects. Right now, I just want to confirm that if it is the heterochromatic eye needed by the Astrology Pavilion, I will need your help again!"

"What if it's not?" Ning Chang didn't answer directly, but instead asked back.

Since even the sect leader of the Astrology Pavilion needs to personally search for a certain type of heterochromatic eye, it means that it has never appeared before. If I take on this task, I will definitely gain some knowledge, but it will also be a rather troublesome job.

"How can you know it's not true without verifying it?"

Ge Shu chuckled softly a few times:

"If not, then the Astrology Pavilion will naturally not pursue the matter of heterochromia any further, and unless requested by you, young friend, it will not spread rumors that you have heterochromia to the outside world."

"According to Sect Leader Ge, can heterochromatic eyes really be taken away?" Ning Chang discerned a viewpoint in Ge Shu's words.

"That's right, but it requires a specific secret technique. If the cultivation levels are similar, the person being plundered also needs to be in a state where they cannot resist and are not dead."

Ge Shu nodded, paused for a moment, and then explained:

"Furthermore, without specific rare and precious materials, it is difficult to store them for a long time and they need to be used immediately."

"In other words, when it is placed on the next person, it also requires several spirit plants with harsh environments as a foundation. However, if the person already has an activated heterochromatic eye, they can directly absorb the heterochromatic eye that has been plundered and obtain the corresponding ability."

"The existence of such records means that these spiritual plants and secret techniques can be found within the four sects, right?"

Ning Chang was somewhat interested in this. He had no intention of plundering heterochromatic eyes, but if he encountered any heterochromatic eye owners he needed to kill in the future, taking them out and absorbing them would reduce some waste...maybe.

Ge Shu naturally noticed Ning Chang's intentions. Although it was clear from their brief conversation that Ning Chang was not the kind of person who enjoyed robbing and killing, they still had to be wary of the tragedy recorded in the annals repeating itself.

There are only a handful of people with heterochromia within the four sects right now.

"If you are interested, young friend, you can come to the Astrology Pavilion to ask for it when you reach the Transformation Realm and leave this world. As for the rare and precious materials used to preserve heterochromia, they are of no use to you."

"Alright, maybe I won't need it much in the end." Ning Chang nodded. Even if he got it now, it wouldn't be of much use. He might as well leave it for himself to worry about later.

"Alright then, let's leave the small talk for later. Now, shall we begin verifying your heterochromatic eye type?"

“Okay.” Ning Chang indicated that he was ready.

"First, tell me what you've noticed that differs from what others have seen."

Ge Shu conjured two reclining chairs out of thin air and placed them side by side, with two fists' distance between them. He then lay down first and assumed a comfortable position.

"Hmm?" Ning Chang raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"A direct question and answer?" He thought Ge Shu had some special method, directly probing his eyes to sense him!

When he was ready to accept the unusual feeling, he was told that it was just a simple question and answer session!

"What do you think? When heterochromia is not activated, it is no different from ordinary pupils. Even when activated, it is not easily distinguishable without using pupil techniques!"

Ge Shu sat up, half-bowed, and answered, then lay back down.

"This... alright." Ning Chang twitched the corners of his mouth, lay down on another recliner, adjusted the backrest so that he was sitting at an angle of about sixty degrees.

After some deliberation, he decided to begin by recounting the events in the order he developed them.

And so, the two lay side by side in an empty square and began a conversation, which consisted of one sentence after another, interspersed with several silences.

......

Meanwhile, in the Spirit Plant Secret Realm, the elders naturally saw Ge Shu leaving with Ning Chang, but they all chose to ignore it.

After all, they knew that Ge Shu understood the value of Yao Xiangcao and believed in the friendship between Ge Shu and Ning Tongyu, so they naturally had no need to worry about Ning Chang, or rather, the safety of Yao Xiangcao.

However, they were unsure whether Ning Chang would have any other requirements regarding the terrain when he returned, and since they couldn't help with adding water at this point, they all descended to the foot of the mountain, where they sat cross-legged in twos and threes to meditate or sip tea and chat.

......

"I can see spiritual energy and spiritual power."

"When not activated?"

"Ah."

"That means you can see the spiritual energy in the selected area when you are in a calm state!"

"Selectable area?... That makes sense. If you can only see spiritual energy, then your entire field of vision is just white normally."

"Well, what else?"

"In a calm state, we can... ignore fog and the like to a small extent."

"Breakthrough! Activation status?!"

"I'm not sure if it was a proper activation. I just gathered spiritual energy in my eyes at the time, but it did have a great effect."

"Different heterochromatic eyes have different activation methods, but they are roughly the same. The gathering of spiritual energy should count as activation."

"Yes, in activated state, it ignores fog and increases visibility..."

"Line of sight?"

"It's just the distance that can be seen with the naked eye... roughly."

"Hmm... sight distance... the distance of line of sight... that's a straightforward term."

.....

Finally, Ge Shu, looking slightly excited, got up from the recliner and put the two recliners away.

After some conversation, she determined that there was a 50% chance that Ning Chang's heterochromatic eyes were the kind of "Insightful Eyes" needed by the Astrology Pavilion!

It has not yet fully awakened; it only has some initial functions.

As for the other 50%, they are very similar to the initial characteristics of the Bright Eyes of Delusion, but their main function is relatively useless: the Mirror Glass Eyes!

"With these conditions, I can now confirm that your heterochromatic eyes are either the Eye of Illusion or the Eye of Clear Mirror."

"However, because the two are so similar at the basic level, it is not possible to completely distinguish them for the time being."

"But this is enough!"

A hint of joy appeared on Ge Shu's face.

"What that secret realm requires is the Eye of Truth, with a 50% probability..."

When you have some free time, you can come to the Astrology Pavilion to find me. I will then lead you to the secret realm to try it out.

"A secret realm? It requires the Eye of Truth to be the key to open it?"

"That's right! The master of that secret realm will only open its gates once he finds the next person with the Eyes of Truth."

Ge Shu replied without hesitation.