To his surprise, he saw that Chen Zhiyi’s eyes had a faint glass like color.

The sensation of being seen through instantly disappeared.

After a single breath, Chen Zhiyi’s eyes returned to normal and he even showed a slightly awkward expression.

Xiao Shou could not help but speculate that when he activated his eye ability, it interfered with Chen Zhiyi’s, likely preventing him from seeing through him.

If this guess was correct, then eye abilities might counteract or resist one another.

For example, perception type eyes might fail to detect other eye users.

Defensive eye abilities might not fully block offensive ones.

And when facing someone from the Demon Abyss race who also possessed such abilities, his own eye power might be significantly weakened.

This had never been explained in the story.

All characters with eye abilities were either aligned with the protagonist or neutral and they had never clashed with each other.

So this possibility had never been explored.

But it was something he needed to remember.

After all, among the Demon Abyss race, there was one with an innate eye ability.

He’s a subordinate later recruited by Zhong Kui who eventually followed him to higher realms and became an important aide.

Now, with the Water Qilin already taken and Xiang Yu killed by his own hands, the storyline had changed drastically.

If, for some reason, that future subordinate chose not to follow Zhong Kui and instead joined the invading forces of the Heaven Origin Realm, Xiao Shou could suffer a great loss if he was not careful.

He had to remember this possibility.

While completely focused on the matter of eye abilities, Xiao Shou did not realize that the entire storyline had already shifted.

The one who had shared that "first experience" with Xiao Ran was no longer the Water Qilin, but Xiang Yu.

Regardless of gender or status, most people cared deeply about their first.

If Xiao Ran were to learn of Xiang Yu’s death, one could easily imagine how the resentment filled protagonist would react.

If Xiao Shou had known about this change, he would probably have fallen back into constant fear of being hunted down by the protagonist, turned into cannon fodder, and brutally killed.

Fortunately, he did not know.

For now, he could still maintain the appearance of a composed expert.

Seeing familiar faces, his vigilance eased slightly.

Watching the anxious expressions of the Chen brothers as they looked toward the direction he had pointed, he kindly tossed the control token for the array to Chen Qingzhi.

Still displeased from being scrutinized by Chen Zhiyi’s eye ability, he ignored his hesitant expression and said, "With that token, you can enter the defensive array. Who are you?"

"Me?"

Wang Weizhong had been observing the interaction between the Chen brothers and Xiao Shou.

When suddenly addressed, he repeated the question, then replied, "I am Wang Weizhong, the City Lord of White Silver City. This time, I must thank you, Senior, for taking action and ensuring the safety of our citizens. Later, I would like to invite you to the City Lord’s residence so that I may properly host you."

Senior?

This city lord had mistaken him for a powerful expert.

If the truth were revealed, would he become angry out of embarrassment?

The thought flashed through Xiao Shou’s mind, but he immediately slipped into character.

He brushed off imaginary dust from his sleeve and said, "So you are City Lord Xiahou. There is no need to be so polite. Upholding justice is our duty. As for visiting..."

He paused, then suddenly changed his tone.

"I do happen to have something to discuss with you, so I will accept the invitation."

Thinking of the vast spirit sand beach outside the city and his own plans, he abandoned the idea of refusing.

As he pointing at the items on the ground, he added, "These are from the culprit’s storage. Please have the city take them."

After all, anything that could reveal identity had already been fused.

The rest was insignificant. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

At the Golden Core level, most items could be bought with spirit stones.

Only at the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation stages did truly rare items appear.

Wang Weizhong immediately shook his head.

"The culprit was slain by you, Senior. According to cultivation customs, his belongings should all belong to you. How could I take them?"

Meanwhile, Chen Qingzhi who had received the token, glanced at his brother Chen Zhiyi and said to the guards carrying him, "Please take me over there."

"Take me as well."

As Chen Zhiyi was carried away, he looked back at Wang Weizhong and Xiao Shou and recalling what he had seen with his eye.

With a complicated expression, he hesitated before saying, "City Lord Xiahou... those jade boxes... you should open them before deciding."

Wang Weizhong noticed his expression.

With a flick of his sleeve, he sent out a stream of spiritual energy that blew away the sealing talisman on the nearest jade box.

He opened it with his energy.

The moment he saw what was inside, his pupils shrank and his expression turned sharp.

The guards around him also changed expression.

Even Xiao Shou was startled.

Inside the jade box sealed with a talisman was a pair of extremely beautiful female hands that had been severed.

The blood had already been drained and they had clearly undergone some kind of preservation.

Now they lay pale and lifeless inside the box.

The moment it was opened, a strong scent of perfume spread out.

So Chen Zhiyi had already seen this with his special eye.

When he said "those jade boxes," it meant there was more than one such box.

Xiao Shou realized this and so did Wang Weizhong.

Although Wang Weizhong did not know about Chen Zhiyi’s eye ability, he guessed that Chen Zhiyi must possess some special technique or divine sense method that allowed him to scan the contents even through the sealed jade boxes.

Considering that Chen Zhiyi was already one of the few Foundation Establishment cultivators in White Silver City and cultivated at an astonishing speed comparable to disciples of major sects, he likely had some kind of fortuitous encounter.