Blind Spot
Chapter 710 - 652 basis points Four (Thanks to Alliance Hierarch Lu and 19th of June)_2

Chapter 710: 652 basis points Four (Thanks to Alliance Hierarch Lu and 19th of June)_2

But Gong Shanpingqiu gave no response at all, his eyes completely pitch black, devoid of consciousness, merely struggling violently, unleashing rings of ash-black True Yuan.

"What evil demon dares to wreak havoc in the Gong Shan Family’s territory, simply seeking death!!" Gong Shanding roared furiously, his body erupting with brilliant golden light, taking his son and rushing out of the courtyard towards the clan leader.

Within the family, only the clan leader, an exceptional expert, might possess knowledge on how to save his own son.

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The next day.

Early in the morning, Li Chengyi went alone to his literary class.

The little fatty didn’t show up, nor did Gong Shanpingqiu. Their places were empty, causing the teaching master to frown slightly.

But he didn’t say anything; after all, his job was just to give lectures. Whatever else, whether the children wanted to learn or not, was none of his concern. Those were matters for their parents to consider.

Soon, the sound of clear reading was heard once again.

Gong Shanlejiu, who was seated to the right of Li Chengyi, read while stealthily moving closer to ask in a whisper.

"A-Zhu, what on earth did you guys do yesterday?"

"What happened?" Li Chengyi knew something must have happened but was unclear on the specifics.

"Did you know, something happened with the fatty’s side. And with Gong Shanpingqiu too," Lei Jiu lowered his voice to say.

"What happened?" Li Chengyi felt a stir in his heart and asked without breaking his composure.

"The two Blue Tool Fish that fatty brought back the other day, they suddenly came alive while being cooked in the kitchen yesterday! Not only did they come alive, but they also started biting people, injuring two helpers," Lei Jiu said with an air of mystery.

"Ah? That happened too??" Li Chengyi showed an appropriately surprised expression.

"That’s indeed unusual," Han Zongdi, seating in front, quietly spoke and also leaned in closer.

She had been very aloof and fierce these days, constantly emitting a low pressure that said ’don’t mess with me.’

However, no matter how fierce and aloof she was, she was after all only a ten-year-old girl with the natural immaturity of childhood still present.

Hearing something of interest, she immediately perked up her ears to listen, and could not help but interject.

"Dead fish coming back to life, that can only be the effect of some heretical or demonic techniques, and to perform it within the confines of the clan territory, evading the Gong Shan Clan leader, just to resurrect two fish? That sounds far-fetched..." Han Zongdi speculated.

"Could it be that some demonic giant was passing by and made a casual joke?" Lei Jiu stroked his chin.

"Impossible. I went and saw with my own eyes yesterday’s incident. Never mind the two fish, in the courtyard of Gong Shanpingqiu’s residence, that guy Pingqiu turned entirely ash-black, fighting fiercely with his own father, causing quite a commotion," Han Zongdi murmured, also touching her chin.

"Are you saying... Gong Shanpingqiu... has also encountered trouble?" Lei Jiu was astonished, looking towards Han Zongdi.

"Yes, according to what my guards said, that guy’s breath was as good as dead, and his father took him to the clan leader’s place to seek treatment, but it seemed they struggled for most of the night without success, and, in the end, the clan leader reluctantly used a sealing formation to imprison him," Han Zongdi knew more than Li Chengyi had imagined.

"A-Zhu, you just had a conflict with the Gong Shanpingqiu’s family yesterday, and today they’ve had an incident... someone will surely come to investigate you later. Be careful," Lei Jiu warned.

Since he sat close by, he had a fairly good relationship with the little fatty and Li Chengyi.

Moreover, because he harbored many secrets, he felt everyone was childish, but after interacting with Li Chengyi, he discovered the other seemingly possessed maturity far beyond the other kids.

So, he felt that, throughout the entire class, only Li Chengyi and he could find some common ground.

"It’s nothing... A small misunderstanding occurred yesterday," Li Chengyi frowned and shook his head, "But now that you mention it, I do recall that the blue Instrument Fish seemed to have floated to the surface from the sea by itself, already dead when it surfaced. Fatty was quite happy at the time, even going over to pick it up himself. If there was something wrong with the fish, then... could it be some kind of contagious disease?"

"Contagious disease?" Both children were taken aback as if something had crossed their minds.

"Could it be the Lord of All Bacteria, Bai Ruyi?" Han Zongdi said thoughtfully.

"It might be the celestial being from the heavens, Qiu Hansi," Lei Jiu shook his head, "Bai Ruyi’s style is always upright and public, whereas Qiu Hansi likes to cause trouble from time to time."

"Unlikely..." Han Zongdi shook his head, beginning to analyze the specific techniques of Qiu Hansi.

The two children had far more information than the others, and as they discussed, Li Chengyi on the side listened with great interest.

As he listened, he also began to have some understanding.

In the Lifeforce Dimension, severing the lifeforce of a living being surprisingly did not lead to death, but a mutation into a special existence neither alive nor dead.

This was completely unexpected to him.

Soon, an hour of the literacy class ended, and as Li Chengyi returned alone to the courtyard, he walked along a tall, ash-colored wall.

Suddenly, he paused in his steps and stopped.

His gaze fell on a dark green weed by the roadside.

In the blink of an eye, the vitality of that weed was instantly severed.

Without showing any reaction, Li Chengyi continued walking forward, but his consciousness stayed alert to the little grass.

The weed quickly turned black, giving off a cold air, and in an instant, it seemed to have completely transformed into a different, bizarre form.

’That’s it, if severing the lifeline only kills the organism, it shouldn’t be consuming so much of my Consciousness Power...’

With that thought, his Consciousness Power crossed over the right wall and, three hundred meters away in a garden, suddenly fell upon a gray-white pebble.

With a thought, the lifeline of the pebble was also cut.

Instantly, the once gray-white stone turned to ash black and began to emit a faint coldness.

Having done this, Li Chengyi’s expression was calm as he continued back as if nothing had happened.

’The bait is thrown out; now, let’s see how the clan reacts and investigates.’

Researching on one’s own was too slow, but with the help of the entire clan’s resources, it would naturally be much faster.

Feeling the Heavy Sea Essence in his body replenished entirely overnight, Li Chengyi once again manipulated it to enter the Sword Furnace for combustion.

Quickly, for the second time, new black Sea Essence flew out from the Sword Furnace.

This time the Sea Essence was much denser than the last, and its strength had increased significantly.

’Let’s call this second burn-refined Sea Essence, Heavy Sea Essence,’ Li Chengyi casually named it.

This energy held no significance for him; it was only temporarily convenient for use here.

Even if the power cultivated was not the strongest in its class, he did not really care because with the Floral Dress, overcoming enemies beyond his level was not difficult for him.

What he truly valued was progress on the dimensional front. As the burning of the second Sea Essence progressed, strands of new Consciousness Power were extracted and fused into his mind.

Then, from his mind, they merged into the Lifeforce Dimension, expanding his control range.

This was sheer, unadorned effort, grinding away time without shortcuts.