Chapter 20: Concealment 2 (1/2)

Chapter 20: Concealment (2)

When he awoke, everything in front of him was pitch black.

This darkness caused Su Chen to feel frightened at first, thinking that he had once again lost his sight, but then he saw the moonlight that passed through the window screens.

So it was because it was nighttime.

Su Chen let out a breath of air.

At this moment, he finally had an opportunity to revel in the marvelous feeling of regaining his sight.

Even though the night was black, he could still vaguely make out the furnishings of the room under the pale yellow moonlight.

He was currently lying on a sandalwood bed, with a red muslin canopy with a picture of a hundred birds looking up to a phoenix embroidered on it hanging from the bedposts. At the foot of the bed was a dresser made out of red sandalwood, on top of which was some rouge and face powder. The window screen was made out of soft cotton, and there was even a five-colored glass screen in front of the bed.

This place…… should be Gu Qingluo’s room.

She had actually brought him to this place?

At this moment, Gu Qingluo wasn’t in the room. Su Chen took in everything in Gu Qingluo’s room to his heart’s content. It wasn’t that he didn’t have any etiquette but rather, because he had lost his sight and then regained it, Su Chen could not repress the yearning and urges to see everything of this rich and diverse world.

Upon seeing the colorful scenes in front of him, Su Chen would have raised his head and let out a long cry if not for the fact that he was not in the right place to do so.

Three years.

Three years he had bitterly waited, holding fast in the utter darkness. How could one not feel excited and agitated upon successfully experiencing the light at the end of the tunnel?

Su Chen could not restrain himself from getting off the bed. He then discovered that the wounds on his body had actually healed to a considerable extent. Even the pain had been drastically reduced. He could tell that it was due to Gu Qingluo’s medicine.

Outside of the room he had just exited was a quiet chamber. Gu Qingluo sat cross-legged in the middle of the room, and dense white Qi swirled around her forehead. As expected, she was cultivating.

Upon hearing the noise, Gu Qingluo did not open her eyes. Instead, the corners of her eyes revealed a slight smile, “You’ve awoken. Sit for a moment, I will be done in a bit.”

Su Chen let out an “En” in agreement, then found a place to sit on the side to avoid disrupting her, watching her cultivate.

A few months ago, Gu Qingluo was only of the Body Tempering Realm like him. Based on her current appearance of drawing Qi into her body, she had clearly entered the Qi Drawing Realm, becoming an official Origin Qi scholar. Su Chen finally understood why she had not appeared in this period of time. She had definitely been devoting her efforts towards charging through the boundaries between realms and had been too busy to be distracted.

In the end, she was still faster than him by a step.

Su Chen let out a sigh in his heart.

However, it didn’t matter. Now that he had regained his sight, the time that he had once lost could be recovered in a short period. He could definitely enter the Qi Drawing Realm in a year.

As he thought, Su Chen began to closely watch Gu Qingluo’s movements.

He originally was somewhat bored and was just carelessly watching. However, having watched her for a few moments, he discovered that something wasn’t quite right.

At this moment, Gu Qingluo was cultivating, drawing Qi into her body and allowing it to relax, washing herself in Qi.

This was not in and of itself a big deal. The issue was that when Su Chen watched Gu Qingluo, he could faintly make out the flow of Qi near her nose created by her breathing.

What Gu Qingluo inhaled was white Origin Qi, but the Qi she breathed out was very obviously much fainter.

Something had definitely remained in her body between her inhalation and her exhalation.

What was that?

Origin Energy?

Su Chen did not know.

At this moment, he was trembling because of the discovery that he had made.

Su Chen was very clear on the fact that Origin Energy was invisible, just like air. Although everyone knew that it existed, they had no way of fathoming it.

But now, this Qi was visible in Su Chen’s eyes.

Although it was somewhat vague and difficult to discern, it was still there.

Not only this, but Su Chen also felt that his eyesight could faintly pierce through skin and see even more. This was because he could faintly see the process of what happened to the Qi flow after entering Gu Qingluo’s body. However, this process was even more blurry and indistinct. It was more like an illusion than reality. If it weren’t for the fact that this “illusion” would disappear upon reaching Gu Qingluo’s neck, Su Chen would have no way of verifying this.

The clothing obstructed Su Chen’s vision.

“It is your misfortune to have met me because I will bring you suffering; It is your fortune to have met me because I will give you a future with unlimited possibilities… Let me exchange your eyes. It will allow you to see much more, see the true appearance of this world!”

Let me exchange your eyes. It will allow you to see much more!

Allow you to see much more!

See much more!

Much more!

The old beggar’s words resounded in Su Chen’s ears like echoing thunder.

Su Chen’s eyes began to gleam.