In the first shop they entered, Lu Tai purchased two small spirits that Chen Ping'an had never even heard of before. One was called "puppil" and according to the near-obsequious introduction by the shopkeeper, Chen Ping'an learned that one could raise this spirit in their pupil. Not only could this spirit absorb some spiritual energy of heaven and earth every day, but more importantly, it could help its owner "brighten their eyes" when it saw breathtakingly beautiful individuals. Many Qi refiners who practiced immortal techniques relating to the eye were most fond of this kind of spirit.1

After spending a whopping 800 snowflake coins to purchase this spirit, Lu Tai announced that he was going to give it to Chen Ping'an as a present. However, Chen Ping'an naturally turned down this act of goodwill. Seeing this, Lu Tai could only shake his head in pity, asking, "Chen Ping'an, don't you want your vision to improve every day?"0

The implied question to Chen Ping'an was this: With Lu Tai in front of him, and with this puppil in his eye, wouldn't looking at Lu Tai be equivalent to cultivating his vision?0

The old shopkeeper glanced at the extraordinarily handsome Lu Tai before turning his gaze to Chen Ping'an. There was an amused and meaningful smile on his face.1

A layer of goosebumps appeared on Chen Ping'an's body, and he pretended that he didn't understand anything at all.2

Compared to the puppil that Lu Tai had purchased, Chen Ping'an was actually more interested in the miniature spirits that were running around in a lively manner beside it. They were as small as grains of rice, and this species of spirits was called "eer," a homonym with "ear." They lived in a person's ear, and they would use their owner's eardrum as a literal drum.0

When their owner went to sleep, they would quietly beat their owner's...2