Chapter 34: Visiting Great-Aunt

"Alright, tell me, what's so mysterious?" Meng Dajiang sat down in the spacious training ground. With no one nearby, there was no fear of their conversation being overheard.

"Father."

Meng Chuan stood, pointing to his brow, and asked in a low voice, "Have you ever heard of an empty space inside the brow?"

Meng Chuan was eager to understand what this brow space truly was. If he remained ignorant, he might inadvertently violate some cultivation taboo related to it and suffer the consequences.

And when it came to trust, Meng Chuan undoubtedly trusted his father the most!

"A space inside the brow?" Meng Dajiang asked, puzzled. "Chuan'er, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Like the dantian," Meng Chuan explained. "Our dantian contains an empty space that nurtures true qi. The brow area is the same; it also holds a space, and within it, there's even a small figure."

"I don't understand, I've never heard of it," Meng Dajiang shook his head. "Chuan'er, why are you suddenly talking about this? Where did you hear it?"

"I didn't hear it from anyone."

Meng Chuan stated solemnly, "Instead, I can perceive it internally. I see a vast, empty space in my brow, and within it, there's a translucent miniature figure that looks exactly like me."

Meng Dajiang's pupils contracted.

"How do you feel yourself?" Meng Dajiang pressed.

"Very good, exceptionally good," Meng Chuan replied. "I feel as if I've been reborn. When I close my eyes, I can clearly sense everything within a thirty-meter radius, even counting the legs of an ant and seeing the tiny hairs on them. Furthermore, within a half-kilometer range, I can sense the life aura of every living creature, including cats and dogs."

"You can 'see' clearly within thirty meters with your eyes closed? And sense things up to a half-kilometer away?" Meng Dajiang found it incredible. "Chuan'er, have you secretly acquired and cultivated some special martial arts technique?"

"No."

Meng Chuan shook his head. "I haven't touched any other techniques. It was just yesterday when I was painting; after I finished, I felt a bit dizzy, and then I was able to perceive my brow space internally."

"It sounds like a good thing, but it might hide some danger, so we must not be careless," Meng Dajiang said. "Come, let's go see your great-aunt."

"Okay," Meng Chuan nodded.

Meng Xian'gu was severely injured and did not have many days left to live. She cared for Meng Chuan the most, as he carried the hopes of the entire Meng family.

Her willingness to exhaust the family's treasures for a drop of God-Demon Marrow Fluid and to transfer all her lifelong accumulated merits to Meng Chuan's name in the future showed Meng Chuan's importance to her. It could be said that she would even sacrifice her life for him.

Meng Dajiang and Meng Chuan also trusted her immensely.

Inside the ancestral home.

"Great-aunt," Meng Chuan said respectfully.

"Meng Chuan, what brings you here?" Meng Xian'gu, sitting in the courtyard, put down her book and smiled. "You practice the Blade Drawing Form eight thousand times every day. It's rare for you to visit me so early in the morning."

Meng Dajiang, however, immediately said, "Something unusual has happened to Chuan'er."

"Something unusual?" Meng Xian'gu's heart tightened as she asked, "What is it?"

"Great-aunt," Meng Chuan reported, "Last night, while observing myself internally, I discovered a space in my brow. Just as the dantian has a space, this brow area also has one, and within it, there's a miniature figure identical to me."

Meng Xian'gu's expression shifted slightly. "A brow space? I've never heard of it either."

"Even you haven't heard of it, Aunt?" Meng Dajiang was surprised.

Meng Xian'gu had been a God-Demon for about eighty years and had many God-Demon friends. Her knowledge was naturally much broader. The fact that even she had never heard of a 'brow space' was truly astonishing.

This indicated it was extremely rare! Unprecedentedly rare!

"Don't rush," Meng Xian'gu pressed. "Has Meng Chuan experienced any changes in himself since discovering this brow space?"

"Chuan'er said that with his eyes closed, he can clearly see within thirty meters, even the legs of an ant and the tiny hairs on them," Meng Dajiang explained, with Meng Chuan nodding beside him. "He can also sense all life auras within a half-kilometer radius."

"With your eyes closed, you can see within thirty meters? And sense within a half-kilometer?" Meng Xian'gu asked, perplexed. "Have you released any true qi?"

"I haven't yet comprehended 'Momentum,' so I naturally can't release true qi externally," Meng Chuan replied.

"I know you can't release true qi externally," Meng Xian'gu said, shaking her head. "I am also skilled in detection and can perceive a five-kilometer range with a single thought. But that's due to my God-body and a special technique I employ using true essence. You, however, are doing this effortlessly, without using any techniques, sensing auras within a half-kilometer. I've never seen or heard of anything like it."

Meng Chuan was puzzled.

"Can you perceive my aura?" Meng Xian'gu pressed.

"Great-aunt..." Meng Chuan could see Meng Xian'gu's appearance and clothes with his eyes, but when he closed them, he felt as if she had become a human-shaped sun, her formidable aura making it difficult for him to perceive her clearly.

"Great-aunt's aura is too strong; I can't perceive it clearly," Meng Chuan said. "However, I can sense that your aura is far stronger than all other living beings within a half-kilometer radius combined. In my perception, Great-aunt's aura is as dazzling as the sun, difficult to look directly at, yet incredibly striking and conspicuous."

Meng Xian'gu pondered, then softly said, "While I've never heard of a brow space, I have heard a certain theory."

Meng Dajiang and Meng Chuan listened intently.

"Everyone has a soul," Meng Xian'gu said. "You must have heard of that."

"Yes," Meng Chuan and Meng Dajiang replied.

The concept of a soul had long existed among the common folk.

"But do you know where the soul resides?" Meng Xian'gu asked again.

Both shook their heads.

"I once heard a friend say that the soul resides in the Sea of Consciousness," Meng Xian'gu explained. "The soul takes a human form, identical to the physical body. I pressed him then, asking where the Sea of Consciousness was. He merely pointed to his head and said he didn't know much, only that it was related to the cultivation of more powerful God-Demons."

"The soul... related to the cultivation of more powerful God-Demons?" Meng Dajiang and Meng Chuan both looked thoughtful.

"The brow space sounds very much like the Sea of Consciousness," Meng Xian'gu said. "And coincidentally, that miniature figure also has a human form, identical to your physical body. It might very well be your soul."

Meng Chuan nodded slightly.

"Of course, this is just my speculation," Meng Xian'gu added. "It could be true, or it could be wrong. You shouldn't fully believe it."

Meng Chuan nodded, already feeling he had gained significant insight. So, the head contained a Sea of Consciousness, and within it resided the soul, which was connected to the cultivation of more powerful God-Demons.

"Both of you must keep this absolutely confidential," Meng Xian'gu stressed. "If it truly is a blessing, it could be an immense one. But if it's exposed... it might lead to great trouble."

"Right," Meng Dajiang agreed. "If a truly peerless genius appears, the Heavenly Demon Gate will try every possible means to assassinate them."

The Heavenly Demon Gate is selfish and self-serving.

However, if a truly epoch-making genius emerges, the demon race will offer bounties, and the Heavenly Demon Gate will also desperately attempt assassinations.

Ultimately, there are too few geniuses who can be called 'epoch-making' and significantly impact the overall balance between humanity and demons. For someone like Mei Yuanzhi, the Heavenly Demon Gate doesn't even care. He failed to pass the entrance examination for Mount Yuanchu, so his threat is negligible. If his luck were poor, he might even die on the battlefield without ever becoming a God-Demon. As for so-called geniuses like Meng Chuan, who haven't even comprehended 'Momentum,' they can only shine within Dongning Prefecture. The demon race pays no attention to him at all.

"Just keep it secret, cultivate step by step, and then enter Mount Yuanchu," Meng Xian'gu advised. "Mount Yuanchu is the most ancient cultivation ground. Once you are there, by looking through its texts, I believe you will be able to uncover the mysteries of this brow space."

"Understood," Meng Chuan nodded.

"Yes, keep it secret and cultivate well," Meng Dajiang added.

"Comprehend 'Momentum' as soon as possible," Meng Xian'gu urged. "The sooner the better, ideally achieving success in core formation. The deeper your accumulation, the greater your chance of entering Mount Yuanchu. Mei Yuanzhi only comprehended 'Momentum' at age twenty, and although he could give it a try, his chances of success were destined to be slim, and he indeed failed in the end. You must comprehend 'Momentum' by nineteen at the latest. With another year of accumulation and your God-Demon foundation, your hope of entering Mount Yuanchu will be much higher."

Meng Chuan wanted to say...

...that he was confident he could comprehend 'Momentum' within a few days.

But since he hadn't actually comprehended it yet, saying so now might seem like boasting.

"I'll tell Father and Great-aunt once I've comprehended 'Momentum'," Meng Chuan thought to himself.