Chapter 11: Seizing the Golden Eyes

"Have you seen me before?"

Yu Qiye raised an eyebrow but said nothing. Instead, he lifted his gaze toward the Handsome Monkey King.

A furry face like thunder, golden fur all over his body.

Yet it was those eyes that truly unsettled the heart.

Golden Eyes (Gold)—eyes imbued with golden light, piercing through the constellations.

A golden attribute.

Truly, a golden attribute.

This was the first time Yu Qiye had ever seen a golden attribute on anyone else.

No wonder the Handsome Monkey King was born with gold.

"Hehe, back when I was still just a stone, I often saw you little blood crow coming to visit me now and then."

"You think that little blood crow is you, don't you?"

The Handsome Monkey King looked at Yu Qiye with great affection.

"Caw, caw."

The blood crow cried repeatedly, seemingly responding, then spread its wings and flew toward the Monkey King's shoulder.

It was unwilling to take human form.

Too dangerous.

Though unseen, Yu Qiye could faintly sense one pair of eyes after another, as if crossing space and time, constantly fixed upon the Handsome Monkey King.

This was no ordinary figure but the protagonist of a great calamity.

All eyes were on him.

And now... he was essentially gambling.

Gambling that his colorful attributes masked the heavenly secrets, making them unreadable.

It was at this moment that Yu Qiye began to truly examine this legendary Handsome Monkey King.

Race: Innately Divine.

Realm: ???

Attributes: Innately Holy Spirit (Colorful), One Aperture Enlightenment, Hundred Apertures Enlightenment (Gold), Golden Eyes (Gold), ???

These attributes seemed somewhat exaggerated.

All were golden legends.

There was also a colorful attribute comparable to his own destiny.

Innately Holy Spirit—Yu Qiye could understand that.

He was said to have been formed from the legendary sky-patching stone.

Moreover, he had absorbed the essence of the sun and moon for countless millennia, with a depth of foundation beyond imagination.

If left uncalculated and given time to cultivate, he could easily be invincible for an era.

One Aperture Enlightenment, Hundred Apertures Enlightenment—Yu Qiye also understood.

It meant the ability to self-learn various magical arts and divine powers.

Bodhi Patriarch only taught the Handsome Monkey King the seventy-two transformations.

But with One Aperture Enlightenment and Hundred Apertures Enlightenment, the Monkey King self-studied and mastered all seventy-two transformations.

Not only that...

Bodhi Patriarch never taught the Monkey King the art of three heads and six arms, but upon seeing Nezha use it, the Monkey King immediately learned and mimicked it.

[The Handsome Monkey King, startled, said: "This young fellow knows some tricks! Do not be rude; behold my divine power!" Suddenly, the Great Sage shouted, "Transform!" instantly becoming three-headed and six-armed, waving his golden cudgel which transformed into three, held by six hands to form a defense.]

If learning were truly so simple,

then this world would already be filled with Great Luo, and Virtuous Saints would be everywhere.

All this was thanks to the Monkey King's golden attributes—One Aperture Enlightenment and Hundred Apertures Enlightenment.

And Golden Eyes was even innate to the Monkey King; the famed fiery eyes came later, forged in Laozi's furnace.

In Yu Qiye's view,

the fiery eyes might even diminish the value of the 'Golden Eyes.'

Golden Eyes were the Monkey King's innate divine power.

Its might was unfathomable.

Had you not seen, the Monkey King was born with golden light in his eyes, piercing the constellations?

That was far more terrifying than the later fiery eyes.

Truly the favored child of the world.

Yu Qiye’s gaze flickered with a trace of envy.

...

Huaguo Mountain had gained a new master.

Named: the Handsome Monkey King.

On the Monkey King's shoulder was, at some unknown moment, a blood-red crow.

The monkey and the crow were inseparable companions,

with a bond as close as brothers.

But on this day, the Monkey King, drunk and hazy, suddenly heard a faint voice whisper in his ear.

"Monkey King, how about a friendly spar?"

"Spar?"

The Monkey King struggled to sit up.

His body still swayed.

Yet his eyes fell on a black blood crow not far away.

"Alright, alright, Brother Crow, I always knew you were no ordinary fellow."

As he spoke, the Monkey King suddenly felt darkness before his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

[Ding! You have defeated the Handsome Monkey King. Randomly plunder the attribute Golden Eyes (Gold). Fuse it?]

Golden Eyes (Gold): Capable of discerning all illusions, even effortlessly seeing through the laws of the world; what the eyes behold are the intertwined principles of heaven and earth.

Staring blankly, Yu Qiye trembled slightly.

He had actually plundered Golden Eyes.

"Alas, not a colorful innate divine attribute."

With a sigh in his heart, Yu Qiye fused it immediately.

Boom!

A sudden roar, his eyes felt a sharp sting.

An indescribable force surged deep within his pupils, as if reshaping his very eyes.

Looking closely, strands resembling golden runes danced within his gaze.

It seemed as though golden divine chains intertwined.

...

Time flowed slowly.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The fusion took longer than expected.

At this moment, observing Yu Qiye, one noticed that deep within his blood-moon-like eyes, golden light flickered.

A golden radiance flowing like a gentle stream.

Deep and mysterious.

Charged with an ineffable sanctity.

Blood Moon Golden Eyes (Gold)—a mysterious pair of eyes nurtured by Golden Eyes, capable of piercing illusions and possessing incredible power.

"Is this how the world appears to the Handsome Monkey King's eyes?"

Yu Qiye was stunned.

Though it was the same world, the feeling was completely different.

Everything became clearer.

The whole world seemed to sharpen.

The so-called spiritual resonance permeated heaven and earth, visible everywhere.

He could even see certain inexplicable things.

For example, the distant burning bonfire seemed to reveal fiery runes within the flames.

Or the waterfall of Huaguo Mountain... he also saw some strange phenomena.

"Runes? Laws?"

Doubt filled his mind, but Yu Qiye did not delve further.

He knew this was beyond what he should touch.

More than that, Yu Qiye was more concerned with the other abilities of the Blood Moon Golden Eyes.

Of course, these were trivial compared to piercing illusions.

But to Yu Qiye, they were more practical.

He could clearly see the patterns on distant mosquitoes.

This must be long-distance vision.

More fearsome than eagle eyes.

His gaze sharpened, and nearby details appeared magnified many times.

This was close-range vision.

Not only that, when Yu Qiye looked at the lively monkey troupe, his eyes flickered, and their movements seemed to slow down.

"No, they have not slowed; rather, I can fully capture all their movements and see through them entirely."

His heart shook.

Yu Qiye knew well this was not all the Golden Eyes could do.

The potential of this pair of eyes surpassed imagination.

...

Night deepened.

The Handsome Monkey King rubbed his aching head, waking from sleep.

"Brother Crow, I had a dream. You spoke to me, said 'let’s spar,' then knocked me out."

The Handsome Monkey King mumbled, a hint of confusion on his face.

"Caw, caw..."

The only response was several cries.

The blood crow stood on a branch, as always.

But was it just an illusion?

"Why do I feel you’re somehow different from yesterday?"