didn't care about the pain because he could sense that those chasing him were not far behind.Suddenly, a bolt of lightning sliced across the sky, just like a sharp blade ripping through the black curt...Chapter 5: Yin-Yang Eyes (2)

After several trials, Xiao Yu felt that he could control these changes at will and let out a sigh of relief. He pondered silently on what this phenomenon meant. Slowly searching through Zhong Kui's memories, although he had inherited Zhong Kui’s thousand years of experience and knowledge, due to the massive amount of information, most of it was sealed deep in his mind, only a small portion of Zhong Kui’s memory when he was still human was integrated into Xiao Yu.

However, there was no mention of eye changes in these memories. Suddenly, an idea struck Xiao Yu: "Could this be... the Yin-Yang Eyes mentioned in the legend of Zhong Kui"

To verify his thoughts, Xiao Yu focused again, and those mysterious patterns connected with his eyes once more. The world within Xiao Yu's vision rapidly transformed into black and white.

Xiao Yu’s hospital room was a four-person ward, two of which were occupied by unconscious patients who had undergone craniotomy for severe cerebral hemorrhage.

Looking at the two people in the black-and-white world, Xiao Yu noticed that above each person floated one large and one small ball of black mist. These balls of black mist rolled over their bodies, changing shape; the more abundant mist reduced slightly with every roll, while the less abundant mist increased slightly after each roll. This continued until the lesser amount became greater.

Suddenly, the previously smaller ball of mist rapidly grew and rolled faster, taking on various shapes. Abruptly, it stopped rolling and formed into a human shape, floating motionlessly above one patient. The heart monitor attached to that person emitted an ear-splitting alarm as the heart rate flattened out in a straight line; his family immediately called for a doctor. Upon arriving at the bedside, the doctor shook his head towards the family.

He wasn't sure if it was a hallucination or not, but Xiao Yu felt that the humanoid black fog seemed to have moved.

"Holy sh*t, it's really moving..."

Xiao Yu suddenly widened his eyes. The horizontally lying humanoid black fog straightened up abruptly, opened its eyes, and looked down at the crying family members with a hint of sorrow on its face.

Whooosh… Whooosh… Suddenly, behind that humanoid black fog appeared a pitch-black vortex swirling like ink. As it grew larger, it eventually reached two people in size. A chain emitting an eerie and sinister aura even within this world of black and white extended out from the vortex, wrapping around the humanoid black fog before pulling it into the vortex. Just as he was sucked in, the vortex vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

Xiao Yu disconnected his eyes from the mysterious pattern and sat dumbfounded on the hospital bed, recalling everything he just witnessed, wondering to himself, "Could that humanoid black fog be what they call a ghost Then, what are those black vortexes and chains"

A few years ago, Xiao Yu had watched a Hong Kong horror film called 'The陰陽眼' (Yīn Yǎng Yǎn), the plot of which he could no longer remember clearly. It seemed to be about people with Yin-Yang eyes who can see into both worlds.

After watching the movie, Xiao Yu had researched quite a bit and learned that those born on a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour in a yin location are often said to have Yin-Yang eyes. Not only could these individuals see ghosts, but they were also capable of simple communication with them.

After seeing these materials, Xiao Yu directly dismissed them as nonsense, since he had been raised with atheistic education from a young age and merely viewed such matters as stories.

Later on, when he saw some modern official explanations stating that Yin-Yang Eyes are illusions caused by sleep and psychological issues, Xiao Yu felt this was the correct explanation.

It wasn't until now that Xiao Yu started to believe that not everything was nonsense; Yin-Yang Eyes really do exist!

Xiao Yu focused again, and the mysterious pattern linked up with his eyes. His world once more turned into black and white. Standing on the windowsill of the hospital ward, he looked outwards; the entire hospital was enveloped in a dark fog, forming a dark cloud that surged and bizarrely transformed into various shapes. In this monochrome world, it felt extremely eerie, making Xiao Yu's heart tighten and his scalp tingle, as he had never experienced such sensations before.

Xiao Yu suppressed the fear in his heart and used his Yin-Yang Eyes to observe everything outside. His brows gradually furrowed; something wasn't right! According to what he read in materials and saw in some films, weren't Yin-Yang Eyes supposed to only see ghosts He could indeed see ghosts, but then what about those dark mists that hadn't yet turned into ghosts

Xiao Yu stepped down from the windowsill and sat there deep in thought. What exactly was going on Suddenly, a spark of inspiration flashed through his mind; could it be...

To verify his conjecture, Xiao Yu observed ordinary people with his Yin-Yang Eyes. After observing dozens of people without seeing any dark mist above their heads, he walked the hospital corridors and noticed that every patient had varying amounts of dark mist hovering over them.

Xiao Yu came to a small park behind the hospital and sat on a bench in the park. He saw some trees, shrubs, and especially seasonal flowers, all of which were shrouded in black fog.

To confirm his thoughts, Xiao Yu caught a grasshopper from the grassland. Under the Yin-Yang Eye, there wasn't even a hint of black mist around the grasshopper. He threw it hard onto the ground; the originally lively grasshopper started jumping wildly on impact, and a ball of black mist quickly appeared above its head. As the grasshopper's movements slowed down gradually, more black mist accumulated above its head until finally, when the grasshopper stopped moving altogether, the black mist formed into the shape of the grasshopper.

"...Dead Qi... it's truly dead qi..."

Xiao Yu sucked in a cold breath, shocked to no end. He had never heard that Yin-Yang Eyes could detect a person’s dead qi, let alone that of plants and animals. Xiao Yu took a deep breath and finally calmed himself down.

Suddenly, he recalled the two people in his ward earlier: one with much more dead qi than the other. The amount of dead qi around the former had been decreasing gradually. Could this mean her illness was recovering bit by bit At this thought, Xiao Yu felt extremely excited inside.

This definitely wasn't something an ordinary Yin-Yang Eye could do. So what should he call it then Right, let’s name it Life-Death Eye!

Unable to contain his joy, Xiao Yu chuckled happily. He knew that although he had only discovered the ability to see dead qi in people so far, he believed this mysterious pattern would bring him more surprises down the road. Would it be possible for him to subdue demons and evil spirits as Zhong Kui didextremely ill at ease and attempted to get up but found himself unable to move despite trying.After the robust man fell and couldn't move, Xiao Yu landed steadily on the ground."Sss..." Not just Wang'...