Chapter 9: Time is like a fleeting cloud...

  Chen Yi couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw the real moon, thinking that the Sky Rainbow telescope and all its predecessors were nothing compared to seeing it with his own eyes. Although it was a bit blurry due to distance, Chen Yi had finally seen the Ocean of Storms on the Moon's surface.

  Chen Yi even burst out laughing, hahaha! I'm so awesome!!!

  Bang! Bang! Two sounds similar to eggs breaking came out, and Chen Yi's eyes suddenly went black. This time he was really blind...

  At the same time, on the lunar sea surface, a girl holding a folding fan seemed to feel something, and let out a soft "hmm". The girl beside her, who was holding a naginata, asked: "Sister, what's wrong?"

  The girl holding a folding fan replied: "Just now I felt as if something was peeping at the Moon Capital."

  The girl holding the giant sword immediately became serious.

  "Hmm! Hmm! Who knows?" The girl holding a folding fan replied nonchalantly, "It might just be an illusion too."

  “……”

  At this time, Chen Yi was covering his eyes and rolling all over the ground, with two dark holes in his eye sockets, and his eyeballs were gone...

  Without a doubt, Chen Yi's eyes finally went blind after going through a series of hardships - they exploded.

  "Ah wooo~~~" Chen Yi finally couldn't help but let out a low, mournful howl. My +13 Terra Stone Dog Eyes are blind! Although I can feel my exploded eyeballs recovering, it's too slow! It's completely different from the recovery speed when I'm usually injured. The backlash on my eyes must be too severe. Even with strong recovery abilities, there's no improvement in a short period of time. Hurry up and drink medicine.

  Chen Yi held the bottle of red medicinal liquid and poured it in, as his eyes were severely damaged from the backlash. Chen Yi continuously poured over a dozen bottles of medicine before there was any improvement. Two small flesh masses appeared in the empty eye sockets, slowly squirming and growing larger until they finally formed into two new eyeballs.

  Wiping away the two bloodstains on his face caused by his eyeballs bursting, Chen Yi looked up at the moon and shivered violently. It's better to avoid such dangerous actions in the future...

  He rubbed his eyes, and Chen Yi's heart still had lingering fear. This eyeball explosion was really thorough, not even leaving a piece of flesh behind, directly turning into blood water. What if this eyeball can't grow back? Chen Yi asked himself, he didn't want to be blind after all.

  After messing around for a while, I should probably go back and wash up before bed... After cleaning up the medicine bottles and bloodstains on the ground, Chen Yi walked back to his own little hut.

  I am the dividing line of time. The sky is snowing heavily, and the sky also looks gloomy because of the heavy snow. Chen Yi still wears a single layer of clothing, sitting on the snowy ground without showing any signs of coldness.

  It's been several months since I came to this world, thought Chen Yi.

  At first, Tatsuya thought that he would stay in this world for over a thousand years. After arriving at the village, Tatsuya planned to stay for about 10 or 8 years before going to look for Yotsuba Koyomi... but heaven didn't favor him... Ugh! The main god didn't favor him either...

  Some girls and children in the village were playing on the snowy ground, looking at Chenyi sitting on the snowy ground, and gathering together to discuss.

  "Mr. Chen Yi is so amazing, it's so cold outside but he's still wearing a single layer of clothing."

  "Yes! I'm still cold even wearing so many layers."

  "Lord Chen Yi seems to have grown long hair, and it's even more charming."

  ……

  That's right, it was Chen Yi's hair. In the third month after Chen Yi settled down in this village, he found that his hair was not normal... Hair? Just cut it short after growing long, and Chen Yi did so too. However, no matter how much he cut, it would grow back just as much by the next day. Although it grew very slowly, as long as he dared to cut it... the speed would be unstoppable.

  Chen Yi also asked the main god for the reason, wondering if it was the main god's doing.

  The main god's answer was simple, that Chen Yi's power was an external force (the will of the vast universe) implanted in him. To truly make this power his own, he just needed time to grind and merge with it. Of course, as the external force merged with Chen Yi, Chen Yi himself would also undergo changes due to the influence of this external force, and naturally, other characteristics would gradually emerge, including the Ghost Hand.

  This shocked Chen Yi greatly, and he was afraid that more parts would appear on his body.

  Finally, the main god told Chen Yi that apart from the ghost hand, there would be no other changes to his body, and only then did Chen Yi put his mind at ease. At the same time, the main god also told Chen Yi that it was just a slight change in appearance to gain great power, and also said that you have gained a lot, don't be dissatisfied.

  Chen Yi's head was covered in black lines.

  Looking at the hair that had grown to his shoulders, Chen Yi let out a sigh. Although his hair grew slowly, at this rate, it would take no more than a year for it to grow past his waist. Fortunately, the hair that grew wasn't the straight black type, but rather a fluffy, messy kind, which made Chen Yi feel a bit better. His hair was long, but it looked good on him...

  As his hair grew longer, Chen Yi also hurriedly arrived at his own strength was growing bit by bit, and in a few more months, the skills in his mind would be able to unlock another part.

  Chen Yi was lost in thought on the snowy ground when he suddenly felt a strange sensation, and as his strength increased, his perception ability also grew rapidly.

  Ah! How boring!! Chen Yi lay down on the snowy ground, letting the heavy snow cover himself up. The kids playing in the snow didn't even find it strange anymore.

  "Chen Yat-sama has let the snow cover himself again, what a strange habit." said a little kid who was playing in the snow.

  "Who knows? Last time I learned from Mr. Chen Yi, I also buried myself in a snow pile, and as a result, my dad and mom scolded me and I was sick for several days." Another little kid said.

  "Hey, you think Chen Yitian will get sick if he does it this way?"

  "How is this possible? Lord Chen Yi is such a powerful person, how can he possibly be ill?" A little kid quickly said.

  At this time, Tatsuya was maliciously imagining that Yakumo Yukari might have been storing food (human...) everywhere when the first snow fell, and now the great boundary spirit Yakumo Yukari-sama (+_+) is probably snuggled up in her bed, warming herself by the heater.

  "Hachoo!" In a certain house somewhere, filled with heaters, a blonde-haired girl let out a sneeze after which she pulled her blanket tighter and continued sleeping (hibernating?).

  It's great to feel fearless of cold...

  I'm a golden-haired girl in my bed, hmm... Yakumo Yukari, her eyebrows furrowed inexplicably, and a feeling called annoyance came over me.

  After acquiring the skill of Blood Qi Flourishing, Chen Yi's body reached an extreme point where he was not affected by cold temperatures, but instead felt refreshed, thus forming his habit of burying himself in snow.

  The passage of time...

  The second winter arrived, and Chen Yi's hair finally grew to just above his waist before stopping its growth. This actually made Chen Yi let out a sigh of relief, as his hair hadn't continued growing indefinitely. However, other changes had occurred that made Chen Yi clench his teeth in frustration. Perhaps it was because the evil power inside him had grown stronger, but his eyes began to turn dark red, and his hair turned white. If Chen Yi hadn't discovered this in time and suppressed it, he estimated that the villagers would have already found out.

  These changes almost made Chen Yi suspect that the main god thought his life was too stable and had taken action.

  Of course, even if there was, Chen Yi couldn't stand the main god's behavior, at most he would scold the main god for two sentences and then let it go. Now Chen Yi can no longer suppress the changes in his body, even if he tries his best to suppress the changes in his body. If one observes carefully, they can discover that Chen Yi's hair is no longer purely black.

  Leave today, early in this year and more time, Chen Yi has carried out a thorough cleanup of the bandit dens outside the village, making the bandits in this area almost extinct.

  Under the repeated persuasion of the village head, Chen Yi still left. When Chen Yi left, all the villagers braved the cold and came out to see him off. After all, the good things Chen Yi had done for the village were evident to everyone.

  The whole village sent him off, which moved Chen Yi a little. He waved his hand to indicate that the villagers didn't need to follow him anymore, and then Chen Yi's figure disappeared into the vast snow.

  The village head, Hidetada Takejin, watched as Tatsuki left, letting out a regretful sigh. He had known all along that Tatsuki didn't belong here and would eventually leave. When Tatsuki started cleaning up the bandit's lair, he thought to himself that this was a sign that Tatsuki would be leaving soon. However, thinking about all the things Tatsuki had done for the village, his regret turned into greed.

  The village chief, who was taking the villagers back to the village, thought on the way that it wouldn't be bad to write down what happened with Chen Yi and pass it down to future generations.

  After making sure the villagers couldn't see him, Chen Yi finally released his suppression of the bodily changes. Starting from the roots of his hair, pure white rapidly spread to the tips, almost merging with the snowflakes. A layer of red haze rose from Chen Yi's eyes, dyeing them a dark red color.

  Not even using a mirror, Chen Yi knew he was becoming more and more deviated from the concept of human beings. At least Chen Yi's current appearance would be okay in modern times, at most being regarded as a COS enthusiast or simply classified as mentally abnormal...

  However, in this world, he was treated as a monster and everyone shouted at him. Sighing, Chen Yi decided to go find Yakumo Yuko.

  After unlocking another part of his skills, Chen Yi can be said to have basically stood firm in this world. As for the enemies he encountered, as long as they didn't instantly kill him, Chen Yi had a very high chance of survival.

  But... who knows where Gensokyo is now, anyway! After all, Yukari Yakumo hasn't set up a border for Gensokyo yet.

  Go ask the human exorcists or spell monks? Forget it! Chen Yi didn't want to be entangled by exorcists and spell monks all the time.

  You can still find it yourself slowly, after all, there is still plenty of time...