The effect was indeed impressive.

He needed to collect more of this sand.

Even after successfully awakening an Eye of Ishvara, continuing to increase pupil power would further enhance its strength.

Early the next morning, Xiao Shou got up at dawn.

He first applied an extremely ugly disguise to his hands before stepping out of the Chen residence.

This time, he did not head straight to the spirit sand beach.

Instead, he deliberately walked around every corner of White Silver City, large and small.

Only after the sun had risen high did he leave the city.

When he arrived at the spirit sand beach, he once again activated the illusion formation.

What he did not know was that after he left and after Chen Yufei also went out to buy groceries, the two brothers had a discussion about him.

"Brother! That man wants our little sister to join his sect. What do you think? What kind of Eternal Prosperity Sect is that? I’m never heard that sect name before, this sound fake sect. He must be making it up to trick people. Who knows what he wants to do after taking our sister away."

Chen Qingzhi spoke with displeasure.

Chen Zhiyi gave him a glance ands said, "He has a name. Do not call him that again in the future."

"Brother!"

Chen Qingzhi became even more dissatisfied.

Chen Zhiyi sighed.

"When he left this morning, did you notice his hands?"

"Why would I stare at his hands?"

Chen Qingzhi answered carelessly, but then suddenly realized his elder brother never spoke without reason.

He quickly asked, "What did he do?"

"He deliberately made his hands look extremely ugly. He is probably trying to lure out that culprit. From this alone, his character seems decent and kind hearted."

Chen Zhiyi continued calmly,

"And did you notice? His expression showed that he was very eager to recruit our sister into his sect. When he heard that she has five element spiritual roots, he did not say anything on the surface, but there was a hint in his eyes that suggested he thought we were ignorant and lacked insight."

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi immediately understood and became both surprised and delighted.

"Could it be that their sect has a cultivation method suitable for five element spiritual roots? That is why they value it so much."

"Do you remember what I told you before? He seems to cultivate a special technique. The amount and purity of his spiritual energy are already about half of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator. Once he breaks through, you can imagine how strong he will become."

Chen Zhiyi nodded slightly and continued, "And I did not mention this before. He has three spiritual roots, water, earth, and wood. So his situation might be even more unusual. That technique for five element spiritual roots might have similarities to his own cultivation method and could produce very powerful disciples. That is likely why he cares so much about whether our sister agrees."

Chen Qingzhi grew even more excited after hearing this.

"That is great. I have always been worried about Yufei’s five element spiritual roots. I feared she would not be able to cultivate properly and would eventually die young. But now it seems our little sister might actually have great fortune."

"If everything is as we suspect, then it is fine. But if there is a problem..."

Chen Zhiyi still had some concerns.

After hearing this, Chen Qingzhi scratched his head and asked tentatively, "Could it be because what I said about his sect is fake? After all, I have heard that the area around Azure Origin City is full of cultivation families, but I have never heard of any sects with that name before."

"That is not it."

Chen Zhiyi waved his hand.

"Although Azure Origin City is filled with powerful families, there are still sects outside the city. The central region is dominated by the nine great sects, so smaller sects still have little room to survive there."

"Then what exactly are you worried about?"

Chen Qingzhi looked confused.

Chen Zhiyi pressed his lips together before speaking, "A sect we have never heard of, yet it possesses a method to reconstruct the body and special techniques suitable for three spiritual roots and five element spiritual roots. From his actions, he is also very generous, which suggests the sect is quite wealthy."

He paused before continuing, "A small but wealthy sect like this would attract attention. Once outsiders learn of it, it would likely be dragged into conflicts over its resources. If Yufei joins this sect, she would inevitably be caught up in those struggles."

"This..."

Chen Qingzhi fell silent.

If their sister did not join, she might never succeed in cultivation and would eventually die of old age.

But if she did join, she would one day be drawn into dangerous conflicts.

And Xiao Shou could even be considered their sister’s savior.

They could not repay kindness with hostility by forcing him to hand over cultivation methods.

For a moment, Chen Qingzhi did not know what to do.

Xiao Shou had no idea that the two brothers were thinking so deeply and had fallen into such inner conflict because of it.

He was far too busy every day fusing Tier 4 Spirit Sand and trying to lure out the culprit.

Each day, he would walk around the city with his deliberately ugly hands on display, then leave the city to fuse over a hundred grains of Tier 4 Spirit Sand, and at night he would consume one.

In the blink of an eye, nine days passed.

This day marked the ninth time he would use Tier 4 Spirit Sand.

The culprit had still not appeared and had likely already left.

According to the information, using it one more time today would awaken his Eye of Ishvara.

That night, Xiao Shou felt especially nervous.

He kept wondering what kind of ability his Eye of Ishvara would have.

Would it be like Chen Zhiyi’s vision that could see through everything? Or like the golden eyes mentioned in the immortal realm?