"An arrest warrant?" Lu Yu looked at the arrest warrant handed over by the steward, a bit surprised.

There were two arrest warrants, one depicting a bust of a man in a black robe, and the other showing a bust of the Liang family patriarch. Both were issued under the name of the He family.

However, the reason the He family gave for warranting the man in the black robe—colluding with the Sea Tribe, attempting to capture Yunhai City, and invading the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The He family was also ordered by the Yunhai City Lord to be questioned, as this concerned the Great Zhou Dynasty and couldn't be taken lightly.

In case it incited a war between the Sea Tribe and the Great Zhou Dynasty, not only the He family but even the Yunhai City Lord couldn't bear the consequences.

Thus, the He family had to change the reason on the warrant to the man in the black robe colluding with the Sea Tribe and endangering human safety.

The steward casually said, "Most likely, the man in the black robe offended the He family, which is why they issued the warrant. For such personal warrants, any reason works; the key is the bounty on the warrant."

"It stated that the man in the black robe and the masked man's strength are suspected to be at the Qi Sea realm, only offering 100,000 gold as a bounty, which doesn't match a Qi Sea realm expert's stature. The He family probably doesn't want to push those two Qi Sea realm experts too hard and issued the warrant just for appearances. I bet it won't be long before the He family retracts this warrant."

"But it's better to be cautious these days; I've heard there were two battles in Yunhai City last night, both involving Qi Sea realm experts, likely involving the masked man and people from the He family."

Seeing Lu Yu interested in the warrant, the steward elaborated, hoping to build some rapport with Lu Yu.

These stewards were merely peripheral members of the Divine Weapon Pavilion. If they could gain the favor of a direct disciple, their fate could dramatically change.

If lucky enough to be noticed by an elder, they might even have the opportunity to enter the Divine Weapon Pavilion as official disciples.

The probability was low, but low probability didn't mean impossible. After all, it's worth trying to make a good impression on a Divine Weapon Pavilion's official disciple just by talking, right?

Lu Yu nodded at him and left his residence, heading towards the backyard prepared for Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples to cultivate.

After arriving at the Divine Weapon Pavilion's branch last night, the branch steward had someone take him to the Divine Weapon Pavilion disciple residence in Yunhai City.

The courtyard where the Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples resided was located on the outskirts of Yunhai City, not because the Divine Weapon Pavilion lacked properties in the city's central area, but because the outskirts were quieter, making them more suitable for the disciples' focused cultivation.

The sea breeze whistled as it blew, with the practice field in the backyard established on the cliffside.

The moist, salty sea breeze blew against them, and compared to the dedicated training rooms that could regulate the concentration of spiritual energy, the backyard's practice field was more like a place for a post-meal stroll, a space for Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples to move and practice martial arts that required open space.

When Lu Yu arrived at the backyard, he saw a blue-haired man practicing martial arts at the edge of the cliff, occasionally hearing explosive sounds coming from the sea below.

No matter how powerful the martial arts were, as long as they were thrown towards the sea, the damage would be soothed by the sea.

Lu Yu sat on a clean stone at the edge of the cliff and began cultivating the Fire Demon Pupil.

After acquiring the third piece of fire jade, Lu Yu obtained the technique for cultivating the Fire Demon Pupil and could actively cultivate it.

Fire Demon Pupil, auto-cultivating.

A faint trace of Celestial Falling Bright Flame emanated from Lu Yu's body, and as it increased, his silhouette was gradually enveloped by the bright yellow Celestial Falling Bright Flame.

Feeling the spiritual power fluctuations and heat emanating from Lu Yu's body, the blue-haired man glanced at Lu Yu and moved further away, continuing to practice his martial arts.

With the Fire Demon Pupil activated, the Celestial Falling Bright Flame from Lu Yu's body was absorbed into his eyes in strands. He felt his eyes burning, tears streaming constantly but evaporating the instant they emerged.

Spiritual power circulated within his pupils, and deep in his eyes, a red flame was devouring strands of Celestial Falling Bright Flame. The red flame kept growing, its color subtly shifting with a tendency towards yellow.

As the Fire Demon Pupil actively devoured the Celestial Falling Bright Flame, its activation progress continued to advance: 61%... 62%...

The sun slowly rose to the zenith, and the mist shrouding Yunhai City had long dispersed.

Lu Yu looked up at the sun, feeling slightly dazzled; viewing the sun with the Fire Demon Pupil was marginally better than looking with naked eyes.

He discovered that the sun seemed to be filled with spiritual energy, a massive fireball consisting of spiritual energy.

[Through rigorous cultivation, the player has mastered the skill—Fire Demon Pupil]

The Celestial Falling Bright Flame emitted from Lu Yu's body flew away from him, forming letters, shapes, and Chinese characters in front of him; he could control the flames.

Controlling the flames required consuming spiritual power, and controlling his own generated flames consumed slightly less spiritual power.

The Fire Demon Pupil's ability to control fire was something Lu Yu had long known. Back then, when he was engulfed in flames from the Fire Spirit King, he awakened the Fire Demon Pupil and controlled the flames released by the Fire Spirit King, allowing him to escape.

With a 30% awakened Fire Demon Pupil, he could see others' combat power data; with a 60% awakened Fire Demon Pupil, he could activate an energy vision to see many energy bodies and barriers invisible to the naked eye; at 100% awakening, he could control the flames.

Lu Yu couldn't help but be curious about what abilities the Ice Jade Pupil might possess. He speculated that perhaps the Ice Jade Pupil could control cold just like in anime, freely creating various ice shapes.

Without the Ice Jade Pupil, Lu Yu could also use spiritual power to shape water flow and further shape ice, but this was vastly different from directly controlling ice to change shape.

The major difference lay in that Lu Yu formed the shape all at once, and once formed, it couldn't be altered.

After all, it was just ice, not spiritual power that could be molded and reshaped at will.

Ice spiritual power and ice were two different concepts; one was energy, the other material. Lu Yu could control energy but couldn't control material.

Shutting off the Flame Demon Eyes, the golden-red flames burning deep within Lu Yu's pupils extinguished. The various shapes of the Celestial Falling Bright Flame he had conjured before him shattered and dissipated into the air.

Having fully mastered the Flame Demon Eyes, Lu Yu no longer experienced flames bursting from his eyes when activating them, making his powers more concealed and less prone to exposure.

When probing others' strengths, he could also do so more discreetly.

After resting for a while on the rock, Lu Yu recalled the cultivation techniques for the Ice Jade Eyes in his mind. He had not practiced the Ice Jade Eyes yet, so their cultivation progress could not be as swift as the Flame Demon Eyes. It would likely take several days to master.

The Yinming Cold Qi spread from beneath Lu Yu, causing a thin layer of frost to form on the rock. As time passed, the moss and vegetation around the rock began to wilt.

The Yinming Cold Qi possessed the ability to erode vitality. For humans, the most obvious effect was that Qi Blood would freeze and stop flowing when infected by the cold.

The stagnation of Qi Blood flow meant death.

Blood flow cessation would lead the brain to perish from oxygen deprivation, but for highly skilled Martial Cultivators, they could entirely replace ATP with Spiritual Power to energize cells. So even when blood stopped flowing, it didn't necessarily mean death.

Just like when retrieving the ancestor of the Liang family from the bottom of the Yinming Cold Pool; his heart had already ceased beating, and his blood stopped flowing, yet he was not dead, all due to Spiritual Power sustaining his body.

Qi Blood, on the other hand, was different. The flow of Qi Blood signified vitality. When Qi Blood stopped flowing, it meant the decline of vitality.

The decline of vitality led to death.

This was the lethal effect of Yinming Cold Qi on life, capable of causing damage at the most fundamental level of life.

Every time Lu Yu used the Blood Burning Secret Technique, his Qi Blood would disperse outside his body. In some sense, it symbolized the wastage of his life force, akin to burning his lifespan to enhance his combat power.

However, life force is constantly being wasted, and the amount lost by activating the Blood Burning Secret Technique is minimal, and Lu Yu's recovery ability can completely compensate for that small loss of life force.

If the body weren't strong enough and the recovery ability couldn't keep up, using the Blood Burning Secret Technique would truly be burning lifespan to burst out with combat power.

This was something Lu Yu was very aware of from the start, which is why he cautiously advanced the level of the Blood Burning Secret Technique.

The scorching noon sun shone down on Lu Yu, but he no longer felt warmth. The Yinming Cold Qi transformed by Ice Spiritual Power turned his complexion somewhat pale, appearing eerie and gloomy.

While cultivating the Ice Jade Eyes automatically, the bone-chilling Yinming Cold Qi drilled into his pupils. Lu Yu felt a scorching power explode from within his eyes, dispelling the invading cold.

Lu Yu sensed his eyes alternating between cold and hot, unable to take the first step in cultivating the Ice Jade Eyes.

Stopping his automatic cultivation, he carefully recalled the cultivation techniques for the Ice Jade Eyes, discovering that he had made no mistakes in cultivation, especially with the system's automatic function, there was even less chance of error.

He then took out the Sevenfold Heaven of Ice and Fire inheritance jade plate and checked other information within it. Finally, he found the reason from the practice comprehension left by a predecessor.

It turned out the Flame Demon Eyes and Ice Jade Eyes needed to be cultivated simultaneously, with one eye practicing the Flame Demon Eyes and the other practicing the Ice Jade Eyes, maintaining a balance of power in both eyes to cultivate both Pupil Techniques successfully.

But Lu Yu's Flame Demon Eyes were awakened by accident, with both eyes being Flame Demon Eyes, leaving no spare eye for cultivating the Ice Jade Eyes.

"Could it be that I can't cultivate the Ice Jade Eyes?" Lu Yu held the inheritance jade plate, feeling a bit disappointed.

Putting away the inheritance jade plate, Lu Yu frowned, pondering a solution.

"There must be a way to solve this."

In fact, there was a straightforward solution, which was to switch eyes; change an eye that hadn't cultivated Flame Demon Eyes, and then he could cultivate the Ice Jade Eyes.

With the current medical techniques of the Great Zhou Dynasty, changing eyes wasn't a hard task; replacing all the body's organs wouldn't be difficult, let alone switching eyes.

However, Lu Yu didn't want to change; who would willingly swap their eyes randomly? Originals are always better than imported.

After thinking for a long time, Lu Yu came up with a method: transferring all the power of the Flame Demon Eyes from one eye pupil to the other, freeing up one power-free eye pupil for cultivating the Ice Jade Eyes.

But eyes are very delicate organs; a slight mistake could damage them. Lu Yu dared not act rashly. Without absolute certainty, he wouldn't take the risk.

"Sigh~ I thought I could also cultivate the Ice Jade Eyes today to see what abilities they come with, but it seems short-term progress for the Ice Jade Eyes is impossible."

Lu Yu propped himself up with both hands on his knees, stood up, and the Yinming Cold Qi on him retracted into his body, restoring his complexion to normal, and the withered weeds around him also gained some respite.

"Hm?" A small black dot appeared on the water surface, making Lu Yu slightly puzzled. The fishermen of Yunhai City should know this was the territory of the Divine Weapon Pavilion and that this sea area was relatively dangerous, so they wouldn't appear here.

What could that small black dot be?

As the small black dot drifted closer, Lu Yu could see it was a gray robe.

Remembering last night's events upon seeing the gray robe, Lu Yu took out the Constricting Dragon Rope, controlling it to fly out, wrap around the robe, and reel it in.

The robe was stained with blood, which had a slight bluish tint, different from human blood.

"It's indeed a garment of those sea clans, but why would their clothing appear here? Could it be casually discarded?"

"With that much blood on it, it looks like they were quite injured!" Lu Yu burned the robe to ashes, destroyed the evidence, and turned towards the living quarter.

In a spot where he couldn't see, a shadow was curled up in a crack in the rocks, trembling while watching the gray robe being taken away by a mysterious serpentine creature.

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