CHAPTER 94: NOTHING

Then, her eyes shifted to Noa.

But there was... nothing.

Everything Mo Yuhua saw, including runes that covered the walls and hidden inscriptions wrapping the shelves, stopped moving.

No qi fluctuations. No aura. No spiritual force.

None of them approached Noa.

He just stood there, his arms crossed lazily behind his back, watching her with a hidden grin.

It felt like... he knew what went through her mind.

But instead of punishing her, he was amused by it, observing her with eyes filled with indifference.

Still—

No matter how deeply she tried to find something.

No matter how much she forced her eyes to notice even a slight trace of qi, there was nothing she could see.

Qi flowed around him.

Of course, it would.

It was part of nature itself, and the room was flooded by it.

But the energy that felt unstoppable never flowed through Noa, stopping just before touching him.

Like it was scared.

As if even qi was terrified of offending him.

He was left untouchable. Immune. Unaffected. Like a tide no human could tame.

Mo Yuhua’s heart raced.

Even immortals should have a presence.

According to the legends, neither dragons nor gods were exceptions to this rule.

Umbu was such an example—who differed from Noa and constantly devoured qi from the world, not stopping even for a moment.

But Noa?

Watching him felt like looking at a void.

It was like trying to decipher a blind spot the universe had missed.

Yet something in Noa’s expression told the woman that it wasn’t the universe’s fault—it simply couldn’t touch him, just as qi never could.

Her vision?

When Mo Yuhua had used it for the very first time, she felt invincible.

An image of her success had popped up in her head immediately, and gave her high expectations.

Now it began to crumble.

Her vision bent around Noa, like even her eyes refused to define him.

She couldn’t even tell a single thing about his strength.

Everything in the store, starting from the products and ending with the counter, throbbed with power.

Her guards seemed like a joke compared to them.

Each product hummed with qi, singing divine songs not to her ears but to her eyes.

Inside the store, everything seemed to bend to Noa’s will. He was suppressing and shrinking them, forcing her core to tighten in wonder.

Then—

She turned her head, shifting her vision.

Only after she did so did she realize that she had forgotten to breathe this entire time.

She had dared too much.

The Eye Mist was better than she had expected, almost costing her life. And without knowing, she dared to peer into someone even gods couldn’t hold a candle to.

"I am sorry," she said, bowing. "I didn’t mean to."

"Raise your head. There is no need for you to worry this much," Noa whispered, the amusement from his lips never fading.

Mo Yuhua gulped.

The fear she felt her body was gripped by vanished after hearing his voice.

Yet she was still unsettled because of something.

It might not have been Noa who terrified her. It was the idea that he controlled what she saw, allowing her to see exactly what he wanted her to see.

Nothing less and nothing more.

"How are you feeling?" Noa spoke again, his voice still the same. "Can you share your experience? This is our new product, and I am interested to know how it works. I don’t want to sell inferior items, you know?"

"No, no," the woman said instantly, raising her head.

Then she inhaled and regained her composure.

Now she looked like her previous self, looking poised, cold, and elegant, with no hint of emotion on her face.

"It’s worked splendidly. I am seeing qi particles all around the room. I can even see them on people and your spiritual animals."

Noa nodded calmly.

It was within his expectations.

But he knew there was more to it, waiting for the woman to continue.

And as always, he was right.

"But it’s not the only thing I can see. The runes... they are woven into this building. They are covering everything like a main component, influencing qi, and even something deeper I can’t seem to understand.

Some of them even respond when I look at them. They move, shift, and change forms, like they are aware I can see them."

She turned slightly.

"The store. It feels alive."

Her words were clean, sharp, providing Noa with information even he had no clue.

Yet he nodded, acting like he was grading her homework.

Seeing his silence, the woman gulped again, finally turning to her guards to add more to her speech.

"I can see gaps in weakness. Meridians. Internal injuries."

Then she pointed at one of them.

"He, for example, has a misguided spiritual vein and might collapse if not treated."

Mo Yuhua was known for her confidence.

She just proved that again.

The guard in question glanced at her with interest, a light hint of worry flashing through his eyes.

Seeing this, Noa chuckled.

"Good," he said, still looking at the woman. "You didn’t disappoint."

Then he gestured to Xue Hanly and Qing Xuan. "Girls, you two know what you should do. I am leaving them in your care."

Hearing his words, both of them smiled silently.

Every time Noa showed even a slight hint of reliance on them, their happiness soared through the sky.

So they lunged into action, immediately taking the man to stabilize his condition.

’The products should do the trick,’ Noa thought.

Truth be told, he had no idea how to treat the condition, but he hoped something in the store could do it.

After giving the instructions, he glanced back at the woman.

Mo Yuhua’s wide eyes didn’t leave him.

She was waiting for Noa to dismiss her, hoping to check her vision outside the store for a better comparison.

"Stay here," he said, causing the woman to lower her brows. "Wait for my return and try the products you haven’t."

Then he pointed to his beasts and Yun Qiqi. "Come with me. We are leaving."