"Here it comes, this girl is about to try her Gu Yu skills. What will she do?"
To be fair, this skill is strong, but it needs to develop. It's quite awkward in the early stages, equivalent to having control but no output.
However, An Jianyou's current basic stats are quite good.
"An Jianyou"
"Physique: 1.5"
"Spirit: 1.7→1.8→2.0"
"Mystery: 0.19"
"Skill: Gu Yu (Beginner: 3.1%)"
Her mental strength is very strong, already at 2.0. With such mental strength, Fang You believes that An Jianyou can exert considerable power with Gu Yu based on control alone.
Most importantly, she has talent bonuses. The Eye of Transcendent Insight isn't just for seeing.
Fang You pondered without speaking. He wanted to see what this girl would do; it was also a test. Fang You had some confidence in An Jianyou, given that she could live safely in an environment "filled with strange evils" for several years.
He made himself a cup of instant noodles, swallowed his saliva at the drifting aroma, and then watched An Jianyou's busy figure on the "synchronized vision" screen.
He slurped a mouthful of noodles.
It was very smooth.
It's just that the place An Jianyou lives in seems a bit too big.
Fang You fell silent, looking at his own small cabin.
...
Inside the villa, An Jianyou rummaged through some items and soon found several Buddha amulets locked in small wooden boxes.
She had spent a lot of money to get them from people she found everywhere before.
If you say they are useless, these amulets are somewhat useful. If you say they are useful, these amulets are not very useful.
She had tried.
When she approached stronger entities, these amulets immediately cracked. For some weaker strange evils, they could only make them fear and retreat.
They were still a million miles away from dispelling strange evils.
But in today's situation, these amulets were her means of survival!
An Jianyou kept cheering herself on. After a while, she wrapped all the threads tied to the amulets around her hands. Then, she picked up a broom. Although she knew it was useless, holding something in her hands always gave her a sense of security.
That's how it is!
It's time to start. Don't be afraid anymore.
An Jianyou walked out of the villa into the small garden outside. The sun was warm at this time, and it felt warm all over her body.
In the distance, she could see aunties trimming the flowers and plants in the community, and she could hear the sounds of children playing and laughing even further away.
It was a beautiful world, if she hadn't seen the reality hidden beneath the surface.
An Jianyou reached out, covered her eyes, closed them, and then opened them again. The scene in her vision completely changed.
The sky turned gloomy, a persistent gray mist permeated the road, thickening further. Under the dense fog, the shambling figures seemed to have increased significantly compared to a few days ago.
And then...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The massive figure of the flesh giant appeared in the distance. Where it walked, the ground was pockmarked with deep pits. The pounding sound seemed to strike An Jianyou's heart. Those terrifying eyes seemed to have already looked over.
Like thorns on her back.
This is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad...!
Cold sweat trickled down her back. An Jianyou tried her best to avoid looking, her face expressionless, but her teeth still chattered uncontrollably. The pounding sound of the giant's steps grew louder.
It seemed to be getting closer.
Help!
Her eyelids trembled, and her blinks became faster and faster. At a certain moment... whoosh~ The gray mist on the road thinned considerably, and the sky was no longer so gloomy. It seemed to have returned to the real world, but not entirely.
An Jianyou let out a long sigh, her chest heaving. "Too dangerous, too dangerous. I must practice these eyes more!"
"Why are there more and more terrifying things outside? That giant also seems to be more sensitive."
She couldn't be sure, and she didn't dare to test it.
Survival is difficult, Youyou sighed. An Jianyou paused for a moment, trying to adjust the opening degree of her "Eye of Transcendent Insight."
She had set a few levels for herself.
Level one, level two, level three, level four.
When she was ignorant before, she couldn't control these eyes and always kept them at level three, seeing many terrifying beings.
Now that she knew how to control them, she could unleash the full power of her eyes. Opening them to level four allowed her to see deeper things... she hadn't tried, and she didn't dare to.
She could also lower the "power" of her eyes, but she wasn't very skilled at it.
An Jianyou painstakingly adjusted to level one. At this time, the gray mist was thin, and rays of sunlight shone down. The terrifying flesh giant on the road outside had disappeared. This was a world without giants. The shambling figures, like walking corpses, were also fewer. Those remaining were likely the weaker ones.
And...
An Jianyou turned her head to look. She had already spotted a target, a weak enough target.
Yes, it's you, the strange evil that's watering the flowers.
This strange evil had been lingering in the villa garden and wouldn't leave. An Jianyou had interacted with it a lot and was familiar with it. She was certain this strange evil was not strong.
She took a deep breath and walked forward as if a warrior was charging into battle. Her gaze was fixed on the flower-watering strange evil, and this time, it did not waver.
"Hiss~!"
"You... saw... me....."
"You saw me!!"
As if a curtain of water exploded, the flower-watering strange evil leaped out from within.
Its limbs were twisted, but it ran swiftly, like an abnormal specimen.
An Jianyou was startled and, for a moment, couldn't recall any of her planned strategies. Her mind went blank, and she instinctively raised her hand and swung the broom.
Whoosh—
A gust of wind swept up. Her strength was considerable now, and she swung the broom held in both hands with great force.
This was, of course, useless. Physical attacks were only immune, immune, immune. However, the flower-watering strange evil, like an abnormal specimen, hesitated, showing fear.
The fear was directed at the Buddha amulets wrapped around An Jianyou's hands.
Yes, don't panic, panicking is useless!
An Jianyou recovered quickly. She saw that the strange evil seemed to have a moderate fear of the Buddha amulets and might attack again at any moment.
She steadied herself, bit her lip, and tried hard to use the skill "Gu Yu."
Her Gu Yu was only at the beginner level and not proficient, but... but she had extraordinary talent!
In just a moment, An Jianyou's eyes glowed with blue light, her black hair fluttered slightly, and an invisible force spread out.
This force had no effect on humans, but when it fell on the strange evil, the flower-watering strange evil trembled as if it had encountered its natural predator, and its movements became slower and slower, as if bound by something.
An Jianyou glanced, and seeing that the strange evil seemed unable to move, she gathered her courage and tentatively took a step, two steps, three steps towards the strange evil.