Chapter 50 The Eye of Life
Dai Huabin remained silent.
The Eye of Living Beings and the Sea of Spirit are immortal and indestructible; this significance has already been explained in the original work.
"senior..."
"No need to thank me, old man."
Electrolux interrupted him, his voice already sounding tired.
"I have very little power left to use. I need to sleep for a while to recover my consciousness."
"how long?"
"It's hard to say." Electrolux paused for a moment. "That Soul-Devouring Carving Blade has already merged into the third eye that opened between your eyebrows. After that, you will feel changes in your body."
"I've got it."
Electrolux hummed in response, and then the sound grew fainter and fainter, fading into the distance.
"We'll talk about this in detail when I wake up again."
The silvery-white halo began to shrink and slowly dimmed before flying into the newly opened eye of life, where it slowly absorbed life force to restore the fragment of divine consciousness.
The surroundings became completely quiet.
Only the slow flow of energy within his spiritual sea and Dai Huabin's own breathing could be heard.
Dai Huabin opened his eyes.
The sky was just beginning to lighten.
The dormitory was quiet. Zhu Zhuqing was still asleep on the chair next to her, leaning against the back of the chair. Her breathing was even, and her black hair was scattered, covering half of her face.
Dai Huabin propped himself up and sat up, feeling a dull pain in the bandage on his chest.
He glanced down and saw that the bandages were newly changed, clean and tidy, and the closure was neatly tied.
It was Zhu Zhuqing who changed it.
He stood up, walked to the window, and touched his brow.
My skin is smooth, there's nothing unusual about it, and it looks exactly the same as usual.
But something in my spiritual world has indeed changed.
A sense of stability that is hard to describe, as if someone had pressed another layer deeper into the already solid foundation.
He tried circulating his mental energy, and the recovery speed was more than twice as fast as when he fainted last night.
Dai Huabin stood by the window and withdrew his hand.
The sea of consciousness is much more stable than it was last night.
The recovery speed of soul power is about three times that of usual. The bandage on my chest still has a dull ache, but the feeling of being completely drained after being seriously injured has disappeared by most of the time.
He raised his right arm, clenched his fist, and then released it.
The force is clear, and the reaction is smooth.
He was well aware of what had happened to his body that night.
With the opening of the Eye of Life, the vitality fundamentally rewrites the physique. It's not the kind of improvement that comes from cultivation and accumulation, but a comprehensive strengthening from the meridians to the bones. Even the sensation of blood flowing under the skin is much clearer than before.
He stood in front of the mirror for two seconds.
His long golden hair fell down, and his facial features were still the same, but he had lost some of the naivety that often comes with youth. The sharpness in his deep blue eyes was even more intense, and his whole being seemed to have been refined by something invisible.
After thinking for a long time, Dai Huabin made a very objective judgment about himself:
He is indeed quite handsome.
I had read about the side effects of the Life Gold in the original work, but I didn't expect them to be so obvious.
He turned around.
Zhu Zhuqing was still asleep, leaning against the back of the chair, her black hair partially covering her face, her breathing even.
He took care of him for who knows how long last night. There are faint bruises under his eyes, and his left thumb is wrapped with a strip of cloth, which must have been torn when the bandage was changed.
He walked over, unfolded the thin blanket on the table, and gently draped it over her.
Zhu Zhuqing stirred and opened her eyes.
She paused for two seconds, and when she saw Dai Huabin standing in front of her, she was a beat slow to react.
"You..." Zhu Zhuqing sat up straight, glancing uncertainly at the sky, "What time is it?"
It's almost seven o'clock.
Zhu Zhuqing instantly woke up completely, jumped up, and reached out to touch his forehead. "Has the fever gone down?"
"It's alright now." Dai Huabin stopped her hand. "You're recovering faster than I expected."
Zhu Zhuqing's hand hovered in mid-air as she stared at him for several seconds, her brows slowly furrowing. The furrow wasn't out of worry, but rather a serious scrutiny.
"You recovered so quickly."
"Just take a nap."
"I changed the bandage once last night, when you still had bruises on your chest."
Zhu Zhuqing's tone shifted to disbelief, "Now that you're standing here, full of energy, should I be happy or feel that something's not right?"
"As long as you're happy."
Zhu Zhuqing looked at him for a while, then suddenly fell silent.
Dai Huabin noticed that her gaze had shifted slightly; she wasn't looking at his injury, but at his face.
"What's wrong?"
Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head, flipped up her sleeves, and said in a deliberately nonchalant tone, "Nothing... I just feel like you seem to..."
She paused for a moment.
"You've gotten even more handsome?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing reacted first, her ears turning a deeper color, before quickly changing the subject:
"It might be due to the lighting."
Dai Huabin chuckled.
"Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Zhu Zhuqing raised her head, her expression blank for a moment, then quickly turned her face to the side and let out a very soft "humph" through her nose.
"When did you become so shameless?"
Zhu Zhuqing turned her head away from him, got up and started tidying up the things she had casually left behind last night. Her movements were a beat faster than usual, and she was clearly a little uncomfortable.
Dai Huabin stopped teasing her, took out her change of clothes and placed them beside her. The two of them got ready and left the dormitory to walk downstairs.
Today is the class assignment day after the freshmen assessment. The announcement on the square will be announced at 9:00 AM sharp.
There were already quite a few people in the hallway, chatting in small groups, and the atmosphere was a bit more tense than usual.
Dai Huabin scanned the area and arrived at the lobby on the first floor.
Wang Dong'er leaned against the door frame, arms crossed, and didn't say anything. Cui Yajie stood next to her drinking water, while Xiao Xiao squatted on the steps, her chin resting on her knees, lost in thought.
All three of them saw Dai Huabin and Zhu Zhuqing come downstairs at the same time.
Xiao Xiao was the first to jump up: "Class monitor! Are you alright?"
"It's alright now."
"We were all terrified when we saw you faint while being held by Zhu Zhuqing yesterday."
Xiao Xiao rushed over, looking up at him.
"You look even better than before, that's too much..."
Before she could finish speaking, her eyes widened even further.
Wang Dong'er also looked over, staring for about three or four seconds, then raised her hand and poked Cui Yajie's arm, leaning closer and whispering:
"Is there anything different about him today?"
Cui Yajie looked Dai Huabin up and down, then slowly nodded while holding her water glass.
"Um."
"Yes or no..."
"Your demeanor has changed." Cui Yajie put down her water glass, her tone certain. "It's not just that your injuries have healed, it's a change that's come from the inside out."
Wang Dong'er stared at Dai Huabin in silence for two seconds, then turned to Zhu Zhuqing: "What did you feed him last night?"
Zhu Zhuqing said, "I didn't eat anything."
"He looked strange today…" Wang Dong'er couldn't find the words for a moment, but finally managed to squeeze out two words.
Dai Huabin: "Thank you."
"This isn't a compliment!" Wang Dong'er immediately retorted.
Xiao Xiao had already circled around him once, muttering to herself:
"Squad leader, you really seem different today than yesterday. I just can't quite put my finger on it… Nothing has changed, but something seems different."
"I probably slept well last night," Dai Huabin said.
Speak like a human.
"Good sleep leads to good spirits, which in turn leads to a good temperament."
Cui Yajie twitched the corner of her mouth, too lazy to expose her, and walked out first:
"Alright, enough nonsense, let's go eat first, the class assignment announcement will be late."
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