In the guesthouse, the moon shone bright and the stars sparse.

Yue Hongling leaned casually on the pavilion railing, drinking, as she watched Zhao Changhe sitting in the courtyard with closed eyes practicing his cultivation; her lips curled in a never-ending smile.

Whether it was his manner of seizing every second to cultivate or the dialogue they had just shared, Yue Hongling found herself liking him more and more with each passing moment, as every word seemed to speak directly to her heart.

She didn't consider him a hero, rather, she simply felt this was how it should be—this was the man whose presence had compelled her restless heart to settle, the man who had not changed since the moment they had met. Whether or not figures like Li Shentong retained their old feelings, Zhao Changhe surely did.

Whether he was once the bandit of Beimang Mountain or now the powerful King Zhao of Great Han.

But if she knew that Zhao Changhe's so-called "seizing every second to cultivate" actually involved talking to another woman, one could only wonder if her smile would freeze on her face.

—This woman had bested her more than once.

"Shall I tell you the news from afar?" the blind man sneered within the sea of consciousness of Zhao Changhe, "Or perhaps, do you also want to convey your yearnings to them?"

Zhao Changhe said, "It would be great if possible..."

The blind man said, "What am I to you, QQ or WeChat?"

"It seems you've been having quite the time in the modern world... If one day I can return, I really should add your WeChat."

"Get lost."

"Is there really no room for discussion?"

"Are you referring to passing on messages or adding me on WeChat?"

"...Adding you on WeChat was just being polite, forget about it." Zhao Changhe earnestly said, "So, what's the situation in Jinzhong? Is Qing'er in any trouble?"

"You really just ask like that? As naturally as you treat this place like it's Great Han Shu County, leaving Li Shentong's head spinning?" the blind man scoffed, "Do I look like the kind of fool whose head is filled with muscles?"

"Do you think Li Shentong's head spins because I'm natural? You really think he's that foolish." Zhao Changhe sighed, "He was truly moved by my suggestion to allocate land for education and couldn't be bothered to argue about other matters. Guess what would happen if I brazenly treated this as if I were in Shu County, arranging personnel and promoting officials? Don't you think he'd have thrown me out?"

The blind man gave a "heh" and declined to comment.

Because she didn't understand. Allocating land to others, why should Li Shentong be moved by that, when all of it could be his? Shouldn't he be more likely to throw you out?

God Demons were lofty; what everyone cared about was never the same.

"There's not much to talk about Li Shentong; I want to see Qing'er." Zhao Changhe coquettishly said, "Come on, tell me... we're so familiar now."

The blind man could not help but smile bitterly, "You're such a big guy, acting all coquettish. Do you realize how cringeworthy that is?"

"I've done even more embarrassing things that you've seen, what's there to it... you're still you, after all."

"You're still you, after all..." the blind man paused for a moment, then coldly huffed, "You're familiar with me, but I'm not with you. Cut the crap, I can't be your eyes and ears, what kind of proposition is that? You have the ability to see for yourself. It's just the power of 'Heavenly Vision and Earthly Listening', it's not unique to me, you can do it too."

Zhao Changhe said, "So that's basically extending the current ability to overlook to the entire world. That requires the level of Imperial Realm Third Layer at least, right? When can I achieve that?"

"No matter when it is, you have to practice; if you don't, you'll never have it." Crossing her arms, the blind man said, "Day by day, avoiding the Heavenly Book, avoiding practicing the overlooking eye; avoiding everything. Then you turn around and say, 'We are so familiar, you're still you, after all.' Isn't that nauseating?"

Zhao Changhe: "...I haven't been actively avoiding the overlooking eye."

"Tch." The blind man scoffed, ignoring him.

But the truth was, Zhao Changhe hadn't been avoiding the overlooking eye. From prior testing, he discerned that the overlooking eye was simply the result of extending Divine Sense and Five Senses outward, an upgraded version of his earlier "Sound Recognition."

Perhaps the range was broadened with the blessing of the eyes at his back, and possibly clearer than others. Normal people might only have a "Perception," while his own was as though witnessing with his own eyes—this was due to the enhancement from the eyes at his back, not implying that the entire extended function was thanks to them.

Such externalization was something anyone could practice, but his ongoing issue was always trying to involve the use of the eyes at his back. But it wasn't an option not to practice, for the higher one's level of cultivation, the greater one's perspective and clarity—those were decisive in the comparison of strength and weakness. Even gamers knew the importance of unlocking the map...

The reason for the sparse practice was because there was simply so much to learn, with so little time; between practicing this and that, who could keep up? The overlooking eye had long since been forgotten, blown away into the clouds, and it had definitely not been an intentional avoidance.

After being scorned by the blind man in such a manner, Zhao Changhe suddenly followed the trajectory of the conversation, "Then how about teaching me how to practice it? I've learned Wind Control from the Thief Saint, and it feels like it has really helped my hearing. The sounds carried by the wind can be heard clearly, and my range has increased. But that's only hearing; what about seeing?"

The blind man spoke offhandedly, "Your ability to perform as the night sky means under the cover of night, nothing is unknown to you. Isn't this within your control already? Do you still need Wind Control? What nonsense."

Pausing, he then mockingly said, "The new Emperor Ye, only using that title to play around with Venerables. If Emperor Ye were aware, he might just stab you with seventeen or eighteen holes!"

"Hey, hey, hey? What's with this Emperor Ye situation, even you don't get it? Hold on, when have I ever used this identity to play Venerable, we had mutual affection!"

"I wouldn't know; I'm not familiar with brothels," the blind man replied coolly.

Zhao Changhe: "..."

Each mantaining an expressionless face for a while, Zhao Changhe suddenly cast out his spirit.

These past days, he had been refining the link with the Star River through the Galaxy Sword. Although he hadn't been able to break through to the Imperial Realm, he had indeed become more adept at resonating with the Star River.

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