Chapter Forty-Seven: Seeking Justice (Part Three)

Liao Chen saw that Ye Tian, the old man, didn’t have much time left, so he didn’t bother killing him. Instead, he said, “Very well. Since you want me to spare the Ye family, it’s not impossible. I’ll give you two conditions. First, have this boy with the double pupils—extract his double pupils and give them to my disciple, Ye Wushuang, then return his Supreme Bone. Second, let Wushuang’s father become the head of the Ye family. If you agree, I will no longer pursue the matter of your family bullying my disciple.”

Ye Tian knew Liao Chen had already shown considerable mercy, so he nodded in agreement. Then he personally extracted Ye Lingtian’s double pupils and handed them over to Liao Chen. Next, he removed the Supreme Bone from the other party’s body and returned it to Ye Wushuang. Ye Wushuang took his Supreme Bone and refined it into his body. After all, the bone originally belonged to him, so he easily integrated it.

As Ye Wushuang refined the Supreme Bone, his physique was no longer deficient. His cultivation quickly rose sharply to the first level of the Saint Realm. His combat power increased significantly, enough to contend with experts at the first level of the Great Saint Realm. It should be noted that after reaching the Saint Realm, crossing a major realm in battle is nearly impossible unless one has an exceptionally strong physique and innate talent. Previously, Ye Wushuang’s cultivation had stalled because his Supreme Bone was taken, turning his Supreme Physique into a crippled one. If it weren’t for the sect of Morning Light recruiting disciples under immense spiritual pressure, Ye Wushuang wouldn’t have awakened his Supreme Physique.

Meanwhile, on the other side, after having his double pupils extracted, Ye Lingtian’s cultivation declined. Then, after losing his Supreme Bone, his cultivation plummeted directly to the Qi Refinement Realm. At this point, not only had Ye Lingtian’s cultivation dropped drastically, but the pain in his body was so severe that he fell into a coma. Ye Yuanshan, his father, saw his son tortured like this and his hatred for Ye Wushuang reached its peak. Yet, he gritted his teeth, not daring to show any displeasure.

Ye Yuanshan held his son tightly, his heart bleeding with pain. To Ye Wushuang, this suffering was not at all worthy of sympathy. When Ye Wushuang’s Supreme Bone was taken by his uncle’s family, he clearly remembered their ugly faces. Now, under the cycle of Heaven’s justice, it was time for them to understand just how heart-wrenching the pain he had endured was.

Liao Chen turned a blind eye to the suffering of Ye Yuanshan’s family and said to Ye Wushuang, “Wushuang, I am going to implant the double pupils now. Do not resist during the process.”

“Yes, Master!” Ye Wushuang obediently replied.

Immediately, Liao Chen embedded the gray double pupils from Ye Lingtian into the center of Ye Wushuang’s forehead. A searing pain exploded in his mind, sweeping through his entire body from top to bottom. This was the double pupils beginning to merge with Ye Wushuang. Normally, such a fusion would be impossible, but Ye Wushuang’s Supreme Physique could withstand all the conditions required.

The double pupils began to ravenously absorb his divine consciousness. It was clear this double pupils was a unique treasure that fed on divine consciousness. For ordinary people, insufficient divine consciousness would be completely drained, leaving them as mere zombies.

However, Ye Wushuang not only had a powerful physique but also a solid divine body. Though his divine consciousness was not as strong as Jiang Qian or Hu Ling’er, it was not far behind. Liao Chen then gave his disciple a Soul Supplement Pill. Once the double pupils absorbed enough divine consciousness, it ceased draining Ye Wushuang’s own, and the excruciating headache quickly subsided.

After acquiring the double pupils, Ye Wushuang suddenly found his perception had more than doubled. That was just the beginning. From now on, he would wield the might of the double pupils, greatly enhancing his combat power. He finally understood why his uncle’s family was willing to offend Liao Chen’s sect just to extract his Supreme Bone. Without the support of a strong physique, the double pupils alone had inherent weaknesses. But with the Supreme Bone’s blessing, his cousin Ye Lingtian would have no obstacle in cultivation.

An ancient saying goes: “Double pupils are the path to invincibility, but when met with the Supreme, they turn to emptiness.”

In other words, the double pupils and the Supreme Physique cannot coexist. Otherwise, double pupils would never be a match for a Supreme. Now, Ye Wushuang possessed both the Supreme Bone and the double pupils. His path would become broader and more far-reaching. Meanwhile, Ye Lingtian, having lost his double pupils, had no chance of catching up. Ye Yuanshan looking at this promising nephew finally understood their lineage was finished.

To all onlookers, it seemed the matter would end with Ye Wushuang acquiring the gray double pupils. What shocked everyone next was Liao Chen’s unfathomable move. He had his disciple consume a seventh-grade Foundation Cultivation Pill and a seventh-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill. The originally gray double pupils began to change.

According to the double pupils’ hierarchy, gray was the lowest grade. From low to high, the ranks were gray, white, green, blue, red, purple, yellow, dark yellow, and black. Ye Wushuang’s double pupils first shifted from gray to white, then to green. But it didn’t stop there. The pressure radiating from the double pupils increased steadily. This pressure was no ordinary spiritual force—it was a soul pressure that intensified the closer one got to Ye Wushuang.

Other onlookers could only sense that Ye Wushuang had changed. When his double pupils turned green, the heavens altered their hue. Green clouds appeared in the sky, astonishing everyone in Ye Tian City. Normally, the sky was blue, white, or black—never green. This eerie sight caused widespread speculation as to what was occurring.

Then, Ye Wushuang’s double pupils shifted again—from green to blue. But this sky-blue was unlike any normal blue; it was pure and unblemished. The observers realized Ye Wushuang’s soul pressure had risen once more. Those with low cultivation even felt their souls tremble under the suppression of a higher soul. At that moment, the crowd truly understood the formidable power of the double pupils.

Was blue the peak? The crowd was curious about how far Ye Wushuang’s double pupils could advance. Liao Chen then produced eighth-grade Foundation Cultivation and Marrow Cleansing Pills, urging Ye Wushuang to continue taking them. As the pills’ strength spread within, it propelled the double pupils to evolve again. The blue sky suddenly turned blood red—deep crimson.

Thunder roared across the heavens, and a red celestial thunderbolt descended, striking toward Ye Wushuang. He shouted, “Come on!”

He then controlled the double pupils to emit a red light, clashing head-on with the thunderbolt.

Boom!

A tremendous explosion erupted as the red light collided with the thunderbolt. Enormous soul energy ripples expanded outward, affecting the onlookers’ souls and causing dizziness.

After ten minutes, the crowd regained their senses. The blood-red thunderbolt vanished, and the sky returned to normal. Liao Chen ceased giving pills, knowing that Ye Wushuang’s cultivation was still too low to endure any further advancement of the red double pupils. Pushing further would result in total annihilation of his soul.

Fortunately, Ye Wushuang was not greedy. He felt excellent, with no remaining weaknesses as before.

Ye Tian, an elder of the Ye family, seeing Ye Wushuang had reclaimed the Supreme Bone and fused Ye Lingtian’s double pupils, begged Liao Chen again, “Sir, I have completed the tasks you demanded. Please do not go back on your word and spare the Ye family!”

Liao Chen chuckled, “Old man, rest assured. I never break my promises. But you have only completed the first task. There is another. As I said, the Ye family’s head must be Wushuang’s father. So you must go to the new emperor of the Dayong Dynasty and request an imperial edict to bring Wushuang’s parents back. Also, I see you don’t have much time left. To prevent any mishaps, I will give you a Saint Origin Pill.”

“Thank you, Sir! I will go to the capital and petition the new emperor immediately!” Ye Tian said joyfully, then vanished with a flash.

Seeing that the matter with the Ye family was settled, Liao Chen instructed Ye Wushuang to stay behind. Once his business was done, he could return to the sect on his own. Then Liao Chen left Ye Tian City with Jiang Qian and the others.