The whole family is insanely eavesdropping on my thoughts Chapter 539
Chapter 539: The Restoration of Sight
Windchaser sprang to his feet, his gaze fixed intently on the White Jade Pool.
“What is happening? Why is the pool stirring?” Xie Yu Zhou attempted to approach, but an invisible force prevented him from getting any closer.
The entire White Jade Pool had turned into a whirlpool.
A flicker of panic crossed Windchaser’s face. “I’ve soaked in this pool for years and have never encountered anything like this!” His red hair flared as he summoned energy into his hands and struck directly at the pool.
Yet, the White Jade Pool absorbed the power like a sponge, devouring it whole.
“I can’t get in! I can’t break through!”
A-Man’s eyes welled with tears as she grew frantic. “Chao Chao! Chao Chao!” She called out loudly, but Lu Chao Chao stood at the center of the pool, feeling the shifting energies around her. Instinctively, she reached out with her finger and lightly touched the water.
A familiar energy embraced her, easing the furrow in her brow.
Xie Yu Zhou’s eyes burned red, teetering on the edge of losing his composure. “It’s my fault—it’s all my fault! Desperate times drove me to reckless actions. I never should have let Chao Chao enter the White Jade Pool!”
His heart ached with regret, wishing he could take her place.
Countless sprays of water coiled around Lu Chao Chao like water dragons, showing an unusual affection toward her. She tilted her head and let out a carefree giggle.
Seeing this, the others felt a little relieved.
“The White Jade Pool doesn’t seem hostile to her,” A-Wu murmured with a frown.
“If anything, it’s trying to cheer her up,” someone added just as a playful splash of water tickled Lu Chao Chao’s waist, making her laugh like a bell chime.
A-Man, who had been praying with her hands clasped together, opened her eyes in surprise. “It really is!”
Windchaser felt sour. “Why don’t I get this kind of treatment? It never turned into dragons to amuse me!”
Threads of energy wrapped around Lu Chao Chao, lifting her off the ground. The water dragons soared alongside her, suspending her midair.
The sight was breathtaking.
The spring water of the White Jade Pool overflowed wildly, causing the stone chamber to tremble slightly.
A-Man steadied herself against the wall while Zhu Mo shielded A-Wu behind him.
“Why is the ground shaking all of a sudden? The Demon King’s Palace won’t collapse, will it?”
Everyone grew tense.
All of this seemed to be linked to Chao Chao, yet none could grasp the reason behind it.
Windchaser’s eyelid twitched violently as he tugged at Xie Yu Zhou’s sleeve. “Hey, humans have a saying about this, don’t they? If the left eye twitches, it means something good, but if the right eye twitches, it means disaster. How accurate is that?”
Xie Yu Zhou didn’t even glance at him, his eyes fixed on Chao Chao. “Left means fortune, right means calamity. Which eye is twitching?”
Windchaser covered his twitching right eye in silence. I have a bad feeling about this.
Chao Chao kept her eyes tightly shut as the crimson mark on her forehead flared once again.
The spring water surged towards her, its energy drawn to her presence.
As she raised a hand, the water dragons coiled around her fingers.
“I think I see a massive phantom behind Chao Chao. Do you see it too?” A-Man rubbed her eyes. The phantom loomed over all, watching the world with an overwhelming presence.
Though it was merely a shadow, A-Man’s knees nearly buckled.
Not even when she met her father—the reputed High God of the Celestial Realm—had she felt such an urge to kneel.
Glancing around, she saw that the Demon King, A-Wu, and Zhu Mo had already dropped to their knees.
In an instant, the phantom vanished, and they slowly steadied themselves against the wall.
Lu Chao Chao felt something stirring in her eyes, as if it were breaking free from its shackles and leaving her.
She clutched her face, wincing. “It hurts…”
A flash of white light burst forth from the darkness, and a force detached itself from her eyes, transforming into a beam that shot toward the Celestial Realm.
Xian Ting—Xian Ting must be in danger!
Only at the brink of life and death would a power belonging to him seek to return.
Tears of blood trickled from Lu Chao Chao’s closed eyes, staining her pale face as though her eyes had been hollowed out.
A-Man was frozen with fear, her hands covering her own eyes as silent tears streamed down her face.
She couldn’t bear to look. Seeing Chao Chao like this made her heart ache unbearably.
Drip. Drip.
“Is it raining outside?” Someone thought they heard droplets outside the stone chamber.
“A small demon outside reports urgent news.”
But with Chao Chao in this state, no one had the heart to turn away from her.
As the force belonging to Xian Ting fully departed, a gentle power settled over her eyes.
It was warm. Familiar. Affectionate.
The massive whirlpool transformed into a dazzling galaxy, its light pouring into her eyes bit by bit.
Windchaser clutched his head, torn between laughter and tears. “Our sacred treasure—the pride of the demon race—is lost!”
The once boundless White Jade Pool condensed into a resplendent orb of multicolored light and completely merged into Chao Chao’s eyes.
“The spring…”
“It became her eyes.” At that moment, Xie Yu Zhou understood.
Clutching the wooden fish tightly, he trembled with excitement. “These are Chao Chao’s eyes—her original eyes! When she sacrificed herself, her cultivation, her soul, and her body became part of the Three Realms.”
Hearing his words, A-Man and A-Wu felt a pang in their hearts.
She deserves to be loved by all things under heaven.
“When her eyes fell, they held the collapsing Demon Realm together! No wonder Windchaser ended up by her side.” It was destiny—cause and effect in its purest form.
Windchaser watched helplessly as the once-eternal spring dried up, leaving not a single drop behind.
With a splash, he leaped into the now-empty pool, desperately trying to scoop up any remaining water, only to find it barren.
“At least… leave me a little…” His voice nearly cracked as he fought back tears. I knew it—my right eye twitching was no coincidence!
Lu Chao Chao slowly opened her eyes. Her once-lost gaze now shimmered like a galaxy, brimming with life. Every blink and every smile carried the twinkle of the stars.
With a small wave of her hand, she gently descended back to the ground.
The crimson mark on her forehead faded into her skin once more.
Xie Yu Zhou waved frantically before her. “Can you see? Do your eyes still hurt?”
Lu Chao Chao smiled and nodded. “I can see.”
Xie Yu Zhou held up a finger. “Is this two or three?”
Lu Chao Chao shot him a glare. “That’s one.”
His face broke into pure joy as he scooped her into his arms, spinning her around wildly. “Yes! Yes! You can finally see again! I’m so happy—Waaahhh!”
He laughed and cried, then collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. “I thought—I really thought—you were blind forever!”
“How could I ever explain this?!”
“If I could, I would give you my eyes. I wouldn’t even ask for them back!”
“I’m stupid anyway—seeing or not makes no difference for me. But your eyes… they are too precious!”
He hiccupped between sobs. The fear had truly shaken him to his core.
The Northern Zhao entrusted her to him. If she had returned blind, he wouldn’t have been able to forgive himself.
Besides, Chao Chao was only four and a half. He was the older brother now. With no one else to lean on, he had to bear the responsibility.
For the past half month, he’d even picked out a grave for himself.
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