When a person uses techniques too much, then adverse effects start to accumulate on a person's body. Thus, after the effects accumulate, the person needs to clean up the adverse effects. And it can be done by moving the Essence water throughout the body and then releasing the Essence water to the outside world.
There are many methods to control one's Essence water to move throughout the body. Even though it can also be done without a method. But, then the efficiency would be reduced. And every method to move the Essence Water was related to a person's mind. Until now, no physical method was known to the world.
And Yang Zhai's proficiency in controlling his Essence water was extremely profound, as his mind and will were tempered for a long time. That was not all, he even knew many techniques to easily manipulate the Essence water.
Yang Zhai moved his Essence water throughout his body by feeling the pain in his body. He did not use his eyes to see the marks on his body, as many marks could not be seen with just the eyes, such as on a person's back. Then, he could only see things blurred and could not see anything clearly.
Yang Zhai exited the water and wore his robe after a few hours. He wanted to return before the sunset, as it would be extremely difficult for him to see at night. And as the Yellow and the red color was increasing in his eyes, he knew that the sun was almost about to set.
Thus, he left for the village. After a while, he reached the village entrance. The guard did not stop him because he knew Yang Zhai. He also did not suspect anything suspicious from Yang Zhai. Yang Zhai acted normal.
He reached his house after a while. Yang Zhao entered the house and went to his room. Yang Zhai already knew this house's setting, for this reason, he did not encounter any problem entering his room.
At dinner, he also acted normally and did not show any signs that his eyesight had weakened.
At midnight,
Yang Zhai was sitting on his bed and was thinking about something. The strength Ka floated above him and was emitting a gentle glow.
"It seems that I am losing my eyesight. Even though my body is stronger than normal cultivators, my body is not at the level to fully counter this Rank 1 Blinding powder. What should I do?" Yang Zhai was thinking of how to deal with this situation.
"At this rate, I will be at a disadvantage if someone knows that I am losing my eyesight. Not just that, if the Academy leader knows about this, there is a chance that I will lose my position as a leader." Yang Zhai contemplated his present situation.
Why would a blind person be allowed to lead a class of 29 kids(now 27)? A leader of this kind would only be putting the name of the Academy down. And it may also cause the kids to lose their value. Seeing was one of the most important elements to know about the world.
Of course, in this world, blindness did not matter. There were many ways a blind cultivator could use to make up for their blindness.
However, Yang Zhai was not strong enough and had just started his cultivation: thus, according to this world, Yang Zhai would only be a burden to his class fellows.
And this was the norm of the world, that the strong took advantage of the weak and the one who was in need. It was just like when a flood comes on the earth, instead of making things cheaper, opportunists would make the prices double.
Real blind people would not care for other people's pleas. Everyone would turn a blind eye to others when it was related to their own benefits; Whether it was in the name of love, money, relations, friendship, difficult times, ruthlessness, hostility, or more. This was one of the realities of the world, and Yang Zhai was aware of this.
And after Yang Zhai was removed as a leader, the new leader would probably be Ci An or Hong Mi. And Yang Zhai was sure that these two would take revenge on him: therefore, right now, it would only impede his cultivation if he lost his position as a leader.
And the worst thing was that Yang Zhai was slowly losing his sight. But he did not panic, he had faced situations worse than this. At most, he had to manage everything with more care than before.
At morning,
Moon Bull Inn,
"Where is your manager?" Yang Zhai asked.
"Lord, he is in the kitchen. If you'd like, I can call him here." The same worker from yesterday said.
"Yes, call him here,"
"Yes, my lord." After saying this, the worker ran into the kitchen.
After a while, the worker came with the manager of the inn.
When the manager saw Yang Zhai, his eyes widened and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.
"Yes… my lord. Did you need something from me?" The manager of the inn stammered. Nervousness could be felt in his tone.
"I just wanted to ask if you have any use for a human body. If you need something, you can tell me. Don't hesitate, just tell me." Yang Zhai was sitting on his chair. He drank water from his bowl and looked at the manager nonchalantly. His eyes looked like he was asking something from his friend.
But this only made the manager even more fearful and not friendly.
"What… what are you trying to say, my lord?" The manager of the inn was confused by Yang Zhai's words.
"Well, I am asking if the Moon Bulls are not enough, and you need humans too."
"I don't understand what you are trying to say, my lord?" The manager was getting a dangerous vibe from Yang Zhai's words.
"Can you tell me where I can get the Blinding Powder? I thought I should ask you, as you know it better. After all, all of the four men had this powder." Yang Zhai looked at the manager and stood up slowly. His eyes were staring right at the manager's face.
Even though everything in front of Yang Zhai was blurry, he could still guesstimate a person completely with just blurry outlines. His many years of experience was very helpful to him.
When the manager heard Yang Zhai, his hand started to tremble. His heart skipped a beat. His legs began to quiver. His body was shuddering from Yang Zhai's look. He hurriedly lowered his head. He knew that he had been discovered by this kid. But,
"My lord, what is this Blinding powder you are talking about? And who are the four men you are speaking about?" He still rejected it.
"Huh, about that. I will just go and inform the clan about this. They will understand what I am trying to say, I am sure of it. You can ask them. Ok, take care of yourself." Yang Zhai smiled and said, before turning around. He was about to leave when he heard the manager.
"My lord… wait. I… I made a mistake. Please…, please forgive me." The manager fell on the wooden floor on his knees. His mentality was completely broken by Yang Zhai. Tears were coming out of his eyes and his whole body was shuddering. All of Yang Zhai's talk and behavior were to break the manager's mental fortitude.
Yang Zhai did not directly speak to the manager about the incident in the forest or told him that he already knew the truth. Yang Zhai also did not directly talk about the punishment or threatened to kill him. Otherwise, the impact would only be short-lived on the manager's mind. As he would know that he was doomed, his mentality would have accepted his fate as well.
But, Yang Zhai let him have a little hope and the pressure at the same time. And then Yang Zhai talked slowly and took his time, whilst the manager was under great pressure of being exposed, constantly.
And then Yang Zhai also did not talk about the punishment or the graveness of the manager's crime. Letting his imagination go wild about all the possibilities. Increasing the pressure on the manager's mind.
When Yang Zhai felt that the mirror was almost close to breaking, he gave it a great impact by talking about informing the clan. The mirror that was about to break was given a forceful impact, completely breaking it.
Thus, Yang Zhai managed to break the manager's mentality.
And now, Yang Zhai could enter and leave the window freely as he wished, as the mirror of the window was already broken. The manager's mentality had already been broken by Yang Zhai. Now, Yang Zhai could manipulate the mind of the manager as he desired.
Yang Zhai turned his head to the side to look behind at the manager, who was on his knees. Yang Zhai smiled after seeing this.
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