Chapter 2

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I don't know how long it had been, but Ling Kun slowly woke up, the pungent smell of blood making him wrinkle his brow.

Bodies lay scattered everywhere, blood flowing like a river!

The entire Su family had almost turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Ling Kun's eyelids twitched violently as he hurriedly got up from the ground, his hands trembling. "Heaven... the Emperor's Eye, oh heavens, did his Emperor's Eye finally open?"

Ling Kun rushed into the Su family compound, the heavy rain pouring down but failing to wash away the intense smell of blood.

Ling Feng sat atop a pile of bodies, his eyes vacant, mechanically repeating, "Kill... kill... kill..."

"Feng'er!" Ling Kun's tears streamed down his face as he lunged towards Ling Feng. "Child, the bad people are dead, they're all dead! Don't kill anymore! Don't kill anymore!"

"Grandpa..." Ling Feng's eyes regained a bit of clarity, the vertical pupil on his forehead finally closing.

"Grandpa! You're not dead!"

Ling Feng struggled to raise his right hand, pulling out the golden needle from his head, a strong sense of weakness overwhelming him.

No power appears out of nowhere.

When the vertical pupil opened, although Ling Feng seemed to have endless strength, it was all gained by using the golden needle to stimulate his life force.

If the vertical pupil remained open for too long, his life force would be rapidly depleted until he died.

"Child, poor child!" Ling Kun wailed, "It's all my fault, if I hadn't been greedy for enjoyment, you wouldn't have met the city lord and his daughter, and your Emperor's Eye wouldn't have opened. It's all my fault, all my fault!"

"Grandpa, you're not dead, that's... that's great..." Ling Feng was so weak he couldn't even open his eyes, his vision went black, and he finally fainted.

"I'll take you away! I'll take you out of here!"

Ling Kun gritted his teeth, helped Ling Feng up, and climbed out from the pile of bodies, carrying an inconspicuous medicine box. He took one step at a time, struggling to leave Kaoyang City.

Every step left a bloody footprint!

Perhaps the thunder was too loud, that bloody night, no one heard a single sound.

The next day, when passersby passed by the city lord's residence, they were horrified to find that over a hundred people in the city lord's household had all died violently!

Each body bore claw marks as if torn by wild beasts, making it impossible to imagine that this was the work of humans.

Thus, the rumor spread that the city lord's household was wiped out by an unknown beast, and Kaoyang City began to enforce strict security measures to prevent the terrifying "beast" from entering the city again.

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I don't know how long it had been, but Ling Feng finally opened his eyes, every muscle in his body feeling as if it had been torn apart.

Pain!

Pain that made him want to die!

"Feng'er, you're awake?" A kind voice came from his grandfather, and Ling Feng's eyes scanned the surroundings, finally locking onto Ling Kun's figure.

He could see, he could really see again!

"Feng'er, are you feeling better?" Ling Kun brought a bowl of thin porridge and said gently, "You've been unconscious for half a month. Come, have some porridge first."

Ling Feng nodded slightly, recalling that bloody night, even he felt a bit scared.

Was that monster who only knew how to kill really him?

"Grandpa..."

Ling Feng took a sip of the porridge, his eyes fixed on Ling Kun, and said in a deep voice, "Grandpa, are you hiding something from me? What is this Emperor's Eye you keep talking about?"

"I thought I could keep this secret for a lifetime." Ling Kun clenched his fists, tears welling up in his eyes. "I thought your Emperor's Eye would never open."

"Grandpa, what are you hiding? Please tell me, I want to know everything!" Ling Feng's emotions were agitated.

Anyone, after discovering they could turn into such a monster, would be unable to remain calm.

"Perhaps it's all fate." Ling Kun sighed deeply. "Your Emperor's Eye has opened for the first time, and there will be a second, a third. If I don't tell you, I'll be harming you."

Ling Feng stared at his grandfather, listening quietly.

"I am not your grandfather! In fact, I was just an old servant by your grandfather's side."

It was like a bolt from the blue!

Ling Feng's heart was thrown into turmoil, and he said excitedly, "No, you are my grandfather, you are my grandfather!"

Ling Kun took a deep breath and said slowly, "Feng'er, listen to me. Your parents had to leave you for some reason when you were just born, so they could only leave you with the master."

"However, the master died of a serious illness when you were only one year old. After that, he entrusted you to me."

"Before the master died, he told me that you have a special bloodline called the Emperor's Blood. Once stimulated and with the use of a golden needle, it would open the Emperor's Eye, causing a violent outburst!"

"Emperor's Blood? Emperor's Eye?"

Ling Feng's mind raced with countless thoughts, vaguely feeling that his parents' departure and his grandfather's death might be related to this Emperor's Blood.

"What is the Emperor's Blood?" Ling Feng asked through gritted teeth.

"The master only told me that the Emperor is the son of the heavens."

Ling Kun paused and continued slowly, "The *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canon* is something your grandfather left for you. The master instructed that if you eventually opened the Emperor's Eye, I should tell you that the secret of your origin is hidden in the two *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canons*."

"Two *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canons*?" Ling Feng was slightly stunned. "Is there another *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canon* in this world?"

"Yes." Ling Kun nodded. "Feng'er, the second *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canon* was initially entrusted to the Yan family in Dongdu by your grandfather. The intention was for the Yan family to hand it over to you after his death. However, the Yan family, relying on their power, refused, even denying that the master had left the *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canon* with them."

"These despicable people will eventually get what they deserve!" Ling Kun said with a look of hatred.

"The Yan family in Dongdu?" Ling Feng suddenly remembered that when he was young, Ling Kun had taken him to Dongdu once, and then hurriedly went out, returning with injuries, cursing the Yan family.

"With my abilities, I can't possibly retrieve the second *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canon*. Since you have already opened the Emperor's Eye, the only option is to send you to a martial arts sect for training. Once you become a powerful martial artist, you can certainly reclaim what belongs to our Ling family."

"Go to a martial arts sect for training?" Ling Feng took a deep breath. Over the years, he had wandered with his grandfather, never practicing martial arts, and his grandfather had never let him come into contact with martial arts.

Perhaps he was afraid that the Emperor's Eye would open.

Martial artists often risk their lives, which greatly increases the likelihood of the Emperor's Eye opening.

"Yes. Opening the Emperor's Eye rapidly depletes your life force. Only by becoming a powerful martial artist can you avoid dying young!"

"I understand."

Ling Feng gritted his teeth, not only to survive, but also to retrieve the second *Tai Xuan Acupuncture Canon* that held the secret of his origin from the Yan family in Dongdu!

Ling Kun sighed and said slowly, "Your real grandfather was a highly skilled Daoist physician. In his youth, he traveled the world, and had connections with many sects. I believe there will be a sect willing to accept you!"

"Perhaps."

Ling Feng gritted his teeth. After the incident with Su Lin and her daughter, he realized how ugly human nature could be.

Without status or position, how many people would still remember old ties?

No matter what, he would never easily trust anyone again, especially women!