Chapter 659 Searching For The Eye Under The Full Moon (2/2)

Not long after, when Miu awakened to his totemic energy, a third eye appeared in the middle of this forehead.

The Jing shaman guessed that perhaps the one that Miu ate actually had a ground eye stone in it, but it was more special. It was hidden and couldn’t be touched or seen. Just like the third eye on Miu’s body. There wouldn’t even be a trace left on his forehead if he didn’t voluntarily open this eye. So he usually looked the same as everyone else in the Jing tribe.

The Jing shaman already had plans for Miu to take over his position when he grew older. He wanted to let Miu catch a True Eye to put up a show for everyone, and then let everyone know that he had the third eye then. Who would’ve expected a disaster to hit the previous year! Miu almost died in that disaster, and the Jing shaman thought he had lost all hope back then.

Luckily…...

“Let’s put in more effort this year and catch some ground eyes. Even if we can’t find any True Eyes, at least catch a few more Universal Eyes and give it to them as “thank you” gifts.” The Jing shaman intended to build a lasting friendship with Shao Xuan, not because of the Flaming Horn tribe, but because of the blurry figure who stood behind Shao Xuan.

The Jing shaman looked at Miu’s third eye closely and didn’t notice anything odd.

“Try rotating your eyeball or look at something outside. Can you see anything?” the Jing shaman asked.

“Yes.” Miu could see through the wooden house and look below the wooden boards underground. He could see blurry figures inside the quagmire. Those were all ground eyes. He could even see far beyond the house, in the external quagmire. People in the Jing tribe were busy working, while the Flaming Horns stood beside to watch them.

Shao Xuan was just watching someone cut open a ground eye, but he turned his head and looked in Miu’s direction.

“What’s wrong?” Tuo asked from his side.

“Nothing.” Shao Xuan withdrew his gaze. He turned his head back to watch the person cut open the ground eye. It was another ground eye stone of decent quality.

Meanwhile, inside the Jing shaman’s house, Miu shut both his eyes tightly and covered his third eye with both hands. He was terrified. “He saw me!”

“You saw Shao Xuan? Didn’t I warn you not to test him?” Although the Jing shaman sounded like he was reprimanding him, he was also worried. He hurriedly looked again at Miu’s eye. He only calmed down after confirming that it was only slightly hurting without any other conditions.

That night, the sun had disappeared but the sky was still bright as day. The silver moonlight shone down on Mother Earth, making it as bright as day. High up in the sky, a giant round moon hung distantly.

As the two moons merged, the Jing people who were guarding on the side started walking into the quagmire.

The external quagmire was not deep. Most of the adult Jing people walked in, and their necks were still above the quagmire, so they could still breathe. They had already planned all this before digging the quagmire.

There were more active ground eyes now. Shao Xuan even heard a Jing person say that ground eyes were coming from other places and entering their quagmire. Only after the full moon had passed would they finally leave the quagmire. So that was why they had to seize this opportunity and catch more groundeyes.

The net that they threw out came from the Gu tribe. It was sturdier and was customised to hunt ground eyes. Its gaps were smaller and this type of net had smaller nets within it. The more the prey stuck to it, the tighter it would get. Only a powerful force could break free from this net, or else they would be stuck on the net.

They needed a lot of strength to pull the nets out from the quagmire. Sometimes a five metre wide net needed more than ten people to pull it out. The Flaming Horns also became nervous and excited when they saw this, so even though the Jing people rejected their help, they went in to catch the ground eyes themselves.

Shao Xuan didn’t stay to watch the excitement in the external quagmire. Instead, he went over to teh centre quagmire.

Ripples continued to appear on the surface. Something was actively moving underneath.

Shao Xuan heard some noises, like someone was rapidly blowing bubbles into a cup of water through a thin straw.

“These sounds are made by Universal Eyes. This is the only day they would make this noise.”

Knowing that there were Universal Eyes under the quagmire, the Jing shaman could finally be at ease. Now, even if they couldn’t find any True Eyes, at least they could catch some Universal Eyes.

The Jing shaman removed his jacket and tied a few knots around his had with the grass rope. Then he walked into the quagmire.

The centre quagmire was a lot deeper than the external quagmire. A person who walked in would literally sink in, but luckily they built a stone staircase underneath, so just in case if the person couldn’t breathe and needed to take a breath of air, he could return to the surface under the guidance of these stone stairs. Ordinary people couldn’t see where the stairs were underneath, and they could only estimate its location, but after entering the quagmire, they would be in total darkness and lose their sense of direction, so it was a lot harder if they wanted to look for the stairs then.

In the Jing tribe, the only person who could accurately find the stone staircase was the shaman. Shamans were the only ones with eyes that could see through muddy water.