Chapter 473: Sharira

"Sir, do you desire this face covering? It's a newly arrived treasure," the eunuch, with two copper coins affixed to his face, asked Li Huowang with a beaming smile and a soft, androgynous voice.

"Yes, I want it. How many Longevity Pills does it cost?"

Hearing Li Huowang's words, the eunuch's face broke into a wider smile. "Oh, sir, you truly know your goods! Thirty years of longevity will suffice."

"That expensive?" Li Huowang couldn't help but be surprised; he knew the value of Longevity Pills.

"Oh, that's why I say you know your goods! After all, items from the Four Qi are rare here. Let me explain the use of this face covering first. As soon as you put it on..."

"Enough, you don't need to explain. I'll take it." Li Huowang took the gourd from his waist and poured out thirty Longevity Pills.

"Sir is generous! This copper coin face covering is yours." The eunuch respectfully took the Longevity Pills, his money-filled eyes gleaming with greed for longevity.

Li Huowang picked up the copper coin mask and put it on his face. The heavy, familiar sensation brought him a sense of security. He then turned his gaze back to the eunuch before him. "Seeing your 'attract wealth and treasure' display, do you worship the God of Wealth? Are you openly worshipping this in the palace? Don't they regulate it?"

"Hehehe... Sir is joking. Who doesn't worship the God of Wealth under heaven? Who could ever complain about having too much money, right? Hehehe..."

Seeing that the other party didn't directly answer his question, Li Huowang simply stopped asking and stated the purpose of his visit.

"Oh, you want a blind person to see, eh? This little one is not entirely sure. Please follow me; I'll have someone below check for you."

Li Huowang then followed him into rows of wooden cabinets. Surrounded by wooden cabinets filled with small compartments, he felt as if he were in a forest.

Especially as they went deeper, the wooden cabinets became older, and their edges and corners were tinged with green mold.

Whether it was a錯觉 or not, as they passed by the moldy areas, Li Huowang had a vague feeling of being watched.

Led by the eunuch, Li Huowang reached a wall on the left side. The moldy wall had holes of various sizes.

Just as Li Huowang was trying to understand what was happening, the eunuch picked up a cinnabar brush from a nearby table, wrote some characters on a piece of white paper, rolled the paper into a ball, stuffed it into a small bamboo section, and finally threw it into a hole in the wall.

"Sir, please wait a moment. News will arrive shortly. Don't worry, I reckon we can help your eyes see again. The items in this vault have been accumulated by the Bureau of Celestial Observation for hundreds of years; there are many treasures."

"I'm not in a hurry," Li Huowang said, quietly waiting by the wall.

After a while, sensing the quiet atmosphere, Li Huowang thought for a moment, then spoke to the eunuch beside him. "By the way, Eunuch, do you know about the last natural disaster? Does the Bureau have any other news?"

The eunuch bowed to Li Huowang. "Sir, I can answer your questions about the inner vault, but I truly cannot help with outside matters. I have never left this inner vault since birth."

Hearing this, Li Huowang felt a chill run down his spine. The Great Liang truly went to extreme lengths in treating people as tools.

A eunuch who had never been to the outside world naturally eliminated the possibility of stealing. Even more frightening, there was likely more than one such eunuch.

"Thump!" A section of bamboo was thrown out from a hole in the wall.

The money-eyed eunuch picked it up, opened it, and spoke with delight, as if sharing Li Huowang's joy. "Sir, what did I tell you? There really is a way! And not just one!"

"Oh?! Tell me quickly!" He had indeed guessed correctly; a mere blindness, the Bureau of Celestial Observation surely had a solution.

"One method is called 'Flowing Pearl Divine Eye.' As long as a fist-sized divine eye is embedded into the *Yintang* acupoint, not only can one see more clearly, but it can also ward off evil and suppress malevolence."

"Only one? Fist-sized? And it must be embedded in the *Yintang* acupoint?" Li Huowang couldn't help but feel a shiver imagining the blind Bai Lingmiao staring at him with an eye in her forehead.

"Sir, isn't one enough? You only lack one, don't you?" The eunuch looked at Li Huowang's blind eye.

"That won't do. My major heavenly circulation passes through the *Yintang* acupoint. Move to the next one."

"Oh, then the second is the 'Golden Bridge Marvelous Sutra.' It is said that after comprehending it, one can bring the dead back to life and regenerate flesh and bones. However, it requires high comprehension and years of chanting. Sincerity can move mountains."

"Next."

One by one, the eunuch described the options, but Li Huowang rejected them all. Either the item didn't meet his requirements, or it had other inconvenient side effects.

After picking and choosing, only a few options remained. Just as Li Huowang was hesitating whether to choose the previous divine eye, the eunuch's words caught his attention.

"The eighth one is a relic from an enlightened monk of the Great Qi era. As long as this relic is consumed with rootless water, one can gain 'Mind's Eye Acuity.' This Mind's Eye Acuity means one is blind in the eye but not in the mind; one can know what is happening around them even without eyes."

"This sounds somewhat interesting."

He seemed to have been in a dead end earlier. In fact, Bai Lingmiao didn't necessarily need eyes to see things; whatever method allowed her to move freely would suffice.

Moreover, this so-called Mind's Eye Acuity sounded like it could counter invisibility and illusions, potentially elevating Bai Lingmiao's strength.

"Eunuch, I'll take this one."

"Sir, please wait, I'm not finished. This relic is not for everyone. It must be used by a benevolent person with destiny. It is said that the kinder one's heart, the more powerful the Mind's Eye Acuity. But if a person is wicked, they will be directly transcended by the relic."

"Benevolent heart? No problem, I'll take this one." If one were to say whose heart was the kindest on this journey, it would definitely be Bai Lingmiao.

The money-eyed eunuch raised his head in surprise, looked at Li Huowang's blood-colored Daoist robe, then at the two rows of blood-stained torture instruments on his hem, and asked with a doubtful voice, "Sir, are you truly benevolent?"

Clearly, he mistakenly thought Li Huowang intended to use it himself.

"My heart isn't benevolent? What nonsense! I want this one! Get it for me quickly!" Li Huowang said with a frown.

Hearing this, the eunuch said nothing more, turned around, and led Li Huowang into the forest of wooden cabinets.

However, after only a few steps, he turned to Li Huowang, saying with hesitation, "Sir, I am truly sorry, but there was one crucial thing I forgot to ask just now. Please don't mind me being direct, but this relic costs four hundred Longevity Pills. Can you afford it?"