Chapter 281: Starting the Celestial Eye Treatment
After roughing up Little Jiu a bit for training, Bai Feng finally picked her up, who was sprawled on the ground panting and sticking out her tongue. “Not bad, you actually persevered. Tonight, I’ll treat you to a nice meal.”
Little Jiu immediately straightened up, forcing a determined look. “Then I want double portions!”
“Alright, double it is.”
Bai Feng chuckled as he tousled her head. Then he turned to Chu Chu, who was practicing swordsmanship nearby. “Alright, let’s head back. Just in time to test whether the eye treatment I found actually works.”
“Hmm,” Chu Chu nodded, sheathing her sword swiftly and walking quickly alongside Bai Feng.
A few minutes later…
Bai Feng returned to the house, reaching out to wake Little Jiu, who was snoozing in his arms, and handed her two fox grains. “Little Jiu, if you’re tired, you can go rest first, or if you prefer, you can sleep in my room.”
“Then I’ll go rest in your room,” Little Jiu yawned dramatically. She curling her tail around the fox grains, wobbling towards his room.
After she closed the door, Bai Feng turned to Chu Chu and casually said, “Alright, sit on the sofa. I’ll grab the medicinal herbs.”
“Okay,” Chu Chu obediently sat down, watching Bai Feng walk into the study. Soon, he emerged holding a white jade bottle.
“Please take off your eye mask. I need to apply the herbal balm first.”
He opened the jade bottle; inside was a paste-like substance with the gleam of white jade, appearing as if free of any impurities.
But Chu Chu hesitated, lowering her head as she softly asked, “…Do I really have to take it off?”
Bai Feng nodded. “Yes, how else am I supposed to apply the herbs?”
Chu Chu fell silent. She gently placed her hand on the eye mask but didn’t remove it.
She didn’t want Bai Feng to see her ugly, eyeless face.
“It’s okay,” Bai Feng’s warm hand rested on hers, and he offered a reassuring smile. She looked up slightly, ‘gazing’ at his comforting expression, and nodded softly.
Then she trembled slightly as she slowly removed her eye mask, revealing her empty eye sockets.
Although she had mentally prepared herself, fear still flickered inside her, and she instinctively looked down.
At that moment, Bai Feng gently placed his hand on her face, fingers tracing near her eye sockets, his smile calm and kind. “If your eyes could come back, they’d be beautiful. I’m really looking forward to that day.”
“…Hmm,” Chu Chu uttered softly, a bit of her fear easing.
“Next, I’ll apply the medicine,” Bai Feng said, withdrawing his hand from her face. She trembled again, unwilling to let him go.
“Don’t be nervous.”
He poured the white ointment into his palm, then dipped his finger in and gently spread it around her eye sockets.
Then, he mobilized his spiritual power, lightly stimulating the meridians around her eyes, speaking in a gentle tone. “Now, use the Forge Spirit Method—focus your divine consciousness near your eyes as I guide you.”
“Mm,” Chu Chu hurriedly activated the Forge Spirit Method under Bai Feng’s guidance, gradually concentrating her divine consciousness around her eyes.
She sensed a strange feeling in her eye area, more intense than when she practiced the Forge Spirit Method normally.
It seemed to really be working.
A surge of excitement flooded her heart. When Bai Feng initially proposed this treatment, she’d clung to a flicker of hope—maybe, just maybe, he could really heal her—even though rationality told her that such a miracle was unlikely. The outcome might end in disappointment.
Suddenly, Bai Feng let out a muffled grunt, swaying unsteadily. Her excitement instantly waned. She hurriedly reached out her hand to steady him. “Bai Feng, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”
Bai Feng shook his head. “Nothing. Keep going—don’t stop.”
“But…”
“Don’t distract me. Keep going.”
“…Okay,” Chu Chu nodded, subconsciously clenched her fists. She thought of her parents, Lu Grandpa, and Xiao Lan—who had sacrificed themselves for her escape—each time she could only hide behind others, doing nothing herself. This time was no different…
“Don’t overthink, and don’t let negative emotions control you. You’re not incapable of everything,” a voice echoed faintly in her mind.
It was as if she had returned to childhood. A figure kneeled before her, wiping away her tears.
She stared blankly at the familiar face—Bai Feng, who had been treating her—though now, he was covered in numerous wounds.
“W-what happened to you? Who hurt you?” she asked, voice trembling.
But just as she opened her mouth, the figure disappeared suddenly, as if it had been an illusion.
She didn’t believe that was the case. She quickly cleared her mind, following Bai Feng’s instructions, focusing her divine consciousness on her eye area once more.
Meanwhile,
Bai Feng clenched his teeth, eyes tightly shut, fighting the wave of negative emotions rushing at him fiercely.
He finally understood where Chu Chu’s murderous intent stemmed from.
Though her Celestial Eye had been gouged out, it still left some residual power—either a trait of the Celestial Eye itself, or a result of her hatred during her escape.
In any case, the leftover power of the Celestial Eye absorbed her hatred, anger, and sorrow.
While this could help stabilize her mood and prevent emotional collapse, these absorbed emotions would never truly vanish. Instead, they’d accumulate—maybe one day, an explosive outburst from that accumulation was inevitable. When that day came, Chu Chu would face all the negative emotions she’d stored over the years.
Now, because he was treating her eyes, this accumulated emotional energy was triggered prematurely. Bai Feng managed to detect it in time and shoulder the impending explosion himself. Otherwise, Chu Chu might have been overwhelmed, turned into a killing machine driven by uncontrolled rage.
Suddenly, he felt a pulling sensation, and the scene before him morphed into a dilapidated wooden cabin. Immediately after, a bl**d-colored figure charged out from inside and rushed towards him.
‘Again with this thing!’
Bai Feng raised his sword to defend, but under the assault of negative emotions, his strength was limited. He struggled to hold his ground, and soon, several fresh wounds appeared on him.
“Bai Feng?” a slightly confused voice called from behind.
It was a youthful, somewhat naive voice.
Bai Feng saw the bl**d-colored shadow abandon him, turning and rushing at his back. Without hesitation, he kicked out, sending the unprepared bl**d-shadow flying away.
