Chapter 33: Immortal Remains and Strange Eyes

Moreover, the store manager allowed her to choose, which seemed quite generous at first glance, but in reality, that wasn’t the case. Mu Yanxin had seen many higher-grade immortal skeleton eyes on the Dao Web Mall.

Their powers were on par with, or even surpassed, the exotic eye eyes that the store manager had just introduced, and some were even worth millions of spirit stone.

But they weren’t on display here. The truly valuable items were never shown openly; only when a customer expressed the intention to purchase would the staff bring out the real top-tier exotic eye eyes for introduction.

Mu Yanxin had also used her immortal brain to look up the differences between the immortal skeleton eye and exotic eye.

She had to admit, the immortal brain was incredibly useful—anything she wanted to know could be found in an instant.

But this raised another question for her: did that old man earlier not have a immortal brain? Why didn’t he search for information on the time-engraving eye on the Dao Web?

For now, Mu Yanxin decided to focus on the immortal skeleton eye. It was obvious that the immortal skeleton eye was indeed a type of immortal skeleton—an artificial eye created to mimic the effects of a exotic eye.

Of course, many additional functions were incorporated by humans, and some immortal skeleton eyes possessed abilities that exotic eye did not have.

The main difference was that the immortal skeleton eye could not be refined and nurtured. Its power was fixed at the time of manufacture; with use, it would only degrade and weaken, never grow stronger.

But exotic eye was different. exotic eye was a real eyeball extracted from a living being—be it a demon beast, a human, or any other race.

A exotic eye could be transplanted and refined into one’s own eye, and as its user grew stronger, so too would its power.

For example, that time-engraving eye from earlier must have once belonged to a powerful cultivator.

After being nurtured for many years by its high-level owner, its abilities had been developed to a formidable degree, making such an eye even more precious.

The immortal skeleton eye did have its advantages, though—namely, it did not cause rejection. If a exotic eye was too powerful, it would provoke severe resistance from the cultivator’s body.

The stronger the exotic eye, the harder it was to refine as one’s own, and it could even backfire on the owner, causing life-threatening danger.

Therefore, for exotic eye that were too powerful, cultivators whose strength was insufficient could only forge them into magical artifacts.

While the abilities would be greatly diminished, there would be no risk of backlash to the owner.

The lengthy explanation provided by the immortal brain contained quite a few specialized terms unique to this world.

Mu Yanxin had to read through it several times, referencing the context before she understood most of it.

She really didn’t have the energy to go through all the introductions to the immortal skeleton eyes, so she simply turned to Qing’er and said, “Could you recommend one to me?”

“Of course.” Qing’er flashed a very sweet smile, showing not the slightest sign of neglect just because Mu Yanxin was receiving this for free.

She opened the counter and brought out several exquisitely crafted boxes containing immortal skeleton eyes, then began her introductions.

“This one is the destruction eye. It can fire a beam of destruction, with the power of a standard False Core stage attack, and at maximum output, it can even reach the strength of the early Golden Core stage.”

“However, the spiritual energy consumption is far beyond what an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator can manage.” Qing’er first introduced an eyeball radiating seven-colored light.

Good heavens, could this allow a Qi Refining cultivator to unleash an attack at the level of a Core Formation stage?

Even if the spiritual energy consumption was so high that it would be difficult to achieve in theory, just being able to launch a False Core stage attack was already extraordinary.

False Core stage was the very peak of the foundation establishment stage, a realm where one could attempt Core Formation at any moment, or even already be undergoing the process.

For a Qi Refining cultivator to be able to strike with foundation establishment peak power was simply defying the heavens.

Mu Yanxin almost wanted to pick this destruction eye on the spot, if not for the fact that she had only recently been at Nascent Soul stage, and after reading the Dao Web information, knew that the immortal skeleton eye’s power would never increase.

Though it was strong at Qi Refining stage, it would become useless at Core Formation. In her previous life, she could easily unleash an even stronger blow, so there was nothing to be impressed about.

Seeing that Mu Yanxin wasn’t interested in the destruction eye, Qing’er showed no annoyance and introduced the next eye:

“This is the all-seeing eye, an auxiliary-type eye that can spot flaws in restrictions, trace residual spiritual energy from demon beasts, and grants an overlooking perspective and x-ray vision. If you enjoy exploring for opportunities, the all-seeing eye is your best helper.”

This eye was rather peculiar. Inside the eyeball was a golden triangle pattern, and then an eye glowing with golden light, as if there was a second eye depicted inside the first.

Though its appearance was somewhat strange, its functions were undeniably tempting. What cultivator didn’t go hunting demon beasts or delving into secret realms in search of fortune?

The all-seeing eye’s overlook and x-ray vision, tracking spiritual energy, and flaw detection in restrictions all had critical uses.

Not only did Mu Yanxin feel tempted—other customers were visibly stirred as well. One particularly fat, big-eared male cultivator laughed and asked, “Excuse me, can this x-ray function see through cave mansions and clothing?”

Mu Yanxin frowned. What was he planning? To peek at other cultivators’ valuables, see through cave mansion restrictions, and then rob them?

To be able to ask such bandit-like questions so openly in this world… Didn’t he know every cultivator had their secrets? Asking about voyeurism so brazenly was extremely taboo.

Unexpectedly, Qing’er only smiled, “Is this customer hoping to peep at female cultivators? That depends on whether their cave mansion’s restriction prevents spying, and whether their clothes are magic treasures.”

“If it’s just a magical tool level or an ordinary cave mansion, then it definitely won’t be blocked. But I advise the customer not to do such things.”

“That’s good then. Qing’er, bring me a sample to have a look, and could you give me a discount?” The fat, big-eared male cultivator grinned lasciviously. Qing’er didn’t mind at all and directly handed the all-seeing eye to him for a trial.

Mu Yanxin was dumbfounded. Brother, are you really buying the all-seeing eye just for such petty voyeuristic reasons? This mindset was so narrow it defied belief.

For a cultivator with enough skill, having three wives and four concubines, even a harem of three thousand, wasn’t impossible. Why would you bother with voyeurism? What was the benefit? Such a small-minded approach was astonishing.

Even if he claimed he wanted to break into a female cultivator’s cave mansion to forcibly dual cultivate with her, Mu Yanxin would barely be able to accept it, though she prided herself as a disciple of an orthodox sect and likewise looked down on such crooked ways.

Once the fat, big-eared cultivator was dealt with, Qing’er continued recommending the next one to Mu Yanxin. This time, she produced an eye like a bottomless whirlpool from the depths of the abyss: “This is the death point demon eye.”

“It can see the death points of all things, allowing for an unblockable, one-hit-kill strike. It’s especially effective against body cultivators with tough skin and flesh or demon beasts with naturally powerful bodies.”

The effect of this death point demon eye was just as overpowered. Mu Yanxin could easily imagine the scene of those physically tough demon beasts, used to taking blows head-on, being suddenly struck in their fatal weakness and collapsing instantly.

Qing’er did not cut corners just because the eyes were being given away for free. She had indeed selected the best immortal skeleton eyes from the counter to recommend to Mu Yanxin.