Murim Recurve

The pair of eyes had completely changed as even the mere presence it exuded was staggering. Moreover, it had become one with the Blinded Ghost, no longer getting damaged even when it was being used to look around.

One of the reasons the Blinded Ghost was always on the hunt for eyes was because it was innately blind. And, it had to steal the eyes of others and use them to see. But, every time it used a pair of eyes to see, the eyes would get damaged while it would have to expend some Ghost Qi in the process.

Some eyes lasted for a day while most fully shattered within a quarter of a day or even earlier. So, if it didn't wish to remain blind, it had to search for a suitable pair of eyes to steal. And now, having done something to the pair of eyes on its centre, it had changed its inherent nature.

Now, it wouldn't get damaged when the Blinded Ghost used this particular pair of eyes to look around. It had a lot of abilities to use, and it could accumulate more by stealing the eyes of others. Therefore, the Blinded Ghost had the means to salvage its situation.

But all along, it hadn't obtained a pair of eyes with enough quality to achieve that. Thankfully for it, there existed a Harmoniser who had fought it numerous times in the past. Through their encounters, even though it was severely injured most of the time, it determined the quality of the eyes of its opponent.

And finally, when a chance presented itself, it had stolen the eyes. And then, it began to refine it using Ghost Qi, all the while strengthening the connection with the owner—Burkurel Re'Kha!

"The…eyes…ready…" It uttered as it drunk all the Fear Qi generated in the room. There were around 15 soldiers in the room. Therefore, the collective fear they exhibited was a staggering amount, enough to facilitate all its needs.

The Blinded Ghost soon reached the peak of its current development, glancing around as it muttered, "Those three…will die…by my hands…tomorrow…"

Saying its piece, it vanished from the scene. The ice formed in the room began to slowly melt as the air turned warm once again. But, none of the soldiers had any energy to move or even shout. One after another, they fainted.

…

"The…eyes…ready…" Followed by what seemed to be a long nightmare, the final words caused her to wake up with a start and pant. Re'Kha looked around, noticing her surroundings were pitch black. Upon realising the fact she was blind, she calmed herself, relying on her basic senses to see she was in her room.

Nothing had changed. She then heaved a sigh in relief, inching her right hand to her Tikka jewellery and covered it with her hood, activating her Wind Qi perception immediately. She was met with an intense headache, causing her to grunt and clutch the bed.

Re'Kha took in deep breaths as she regulated her heartbeats, sensing the flow of Wind Qi in her meridians. As she took in calm, deep breaths, the headache waned as she could finally sense her Wind Qi perception activating.

It seemed a burden of sorts placed on her mind was eradicated the moment her Wind Qi perception was activated. But, Re'Kha was unsure of the cause, not having the time to think about it as she sensed something amiss.

Her surroundings were cold, eerie as if she was on a battlefield post-war and was walking past a pile of corpses. The atmosphere was eerily similar as Re'Kha shot up with a start, soon closing in on the place of oddity.

"Ki'Nua!" She quickly sprang out of her room and rushed to the adjacent room, barging inside to see a figure standing beside Ki'Nua. Without any hesitation, Re'Kha attacked using her Harpen Waves imitation, watching the figure wave its hands and stop her attack.

"Stop it, child." A gentle voice resounded from the figure as Re'Kha halted her actions. She was still alert, but upon noticing how the voice of the other party was one of the Elders of the Royal Clan that she had spied upon earlier, she didn't attack further.

After all, the other party was a Martial Master.

The figure sighed, "It's her fortune to have a caring, talented friend like you."

"Ki'Nua," Re'Kha quickly noticed a wave of blank space had coagulated around Ki'Nua, forming a cocoon around her. The blank space was condensing into something within her, at times seeping into her, and at times, extracting something from her.

"Elder, please save her," Re'Kha shouted, looking around to hear a couple of footsteps trailing towards them. It seemed the commotion had alerted Ki'Nha and her husband. They quickly arrived and noticed the figures of Re'Kha and the Elder.

Upon seeing them, the Elder sighed, "It happened in an instant. It seemed a significant quantity of Ghost Qi had been brewing within her body for more than a decade. I hadn't even managed to sense it despite observing her with my third eye. This is beyond my expertise."

"Elder, please save my daughter." Ki'Nha prostrated on the ground, begging. Her husband too did the same, wishing for the knowledgeable elder to do something about it.

"I have infused almost 50 units of my Kalki Qi in her body. If anything, that should help preserve her life. Unfortunately, I am unable to do anything beyond this. If I disturb anything, she would immediately die." The Elder sighed, appearing less mysterious than when she presented herself in the Clan's main hall. At present, she just seemed like a helpless individual herself.

"Elder, Ki'Nua was able to unleash her Palm Projection today. And, she had just undergone an initiation. So, shouldn't the Kalki Qi that initiated her have some effect on the Ghost Qi in her body? It would make sense if the connection isn't severed, but that shouldn't be the case for the Ghost Qi. Then, how did the Ghost Qi manage to survive through that?"

"This is what I found," The Elder grunted, looking at Ki'Nua with pity, "Since her childhood, as her Pranic Heart and meridians developed, part of what formed them was the Ghost Qi. So at present, in Ki'Nua…"

"Her Pranic Heart and meridians have become a product of Ghost Qi."