64: Telescope 3

"Alright." Xu Bai casually handed the Three-Star Telescope cards he had just made to Ji Yun.

Ji Yun took it and looked at it, a little surprised. She hadn't expected Xu Bai to be a Three-Star Card Maker now. To advance one star in two years after leaving the academy was already better than many people.

"You can take it out and observe with it."

Xu Bai said this while pouring water. Then he pushed the filled glass of water towards Ji Yun.

Ji Yun held the newly taken out Telescope with both hands, turning it over curiously to examine it. There were lenses at both ends, and she didn't know where to look through.

Seeing this, Xu Bai took the Telescope from Ji Yun's hand and taught her how to use it.

He stood facing the doorway, closed one eye, and brought the other eye close to the Telescope. He held it steadily with his left hand and gently rotated it with his right, causing the barrel to slowly extend and retract as it rotated.

Ji Yun took out another Telescope and mimicked his actions. She saw distant leaves appear before her eyes, and as the barrel rotated, the leaves gradually became clearer.

But if she continued to rotate it when it was clear, what she saw would become blurry again. She re-adjusted it to the clear spot and then observed.

Standing there, she could clearly see the veins of the distant leaves, and the figures of insects crawling on them.

Ji Yun rubbed her arms. She didn't want to see magnified insects in the distance at all.

She moved the position of the lens and continued to look at other places. She saw a peach tree in the distance, with large, pink peaches on it.

Putting down the Telescope, Ji Yun looked at the peach tree with her naked eye and was very surprised. She didn't quite understand how this was achieved, but that didn't stop her from continuing to observe.

She continued to hold the Telescope and adjusted its direction, intending to look at other scenery.

Turning the barrel to track a sparrow flying past in the distance, she followed the direction of its flight and saw a pair of sparrows perched on the eaves.

As if she had grown tired of it, Ji Yun continued to adjust the direction, wanting to find more interesting things to observe.

Xu Bai, who was beside her, had already put down his Telescope and was watching Ji Yun observe the distance. He then noticed that Ji Yun's direction was getting higher and higher, as if she wanted to look at the sun.

Xu Bai's heart tightened, and he quickly covered her barrel to prevent her from looking at the sun and getting hurt.

He thought that he should add instructions to the cards later, forbidding looking at the sun, otherwise, he felt many people would get hurt.

Ji Yun's vision suddenly went dark, and she couldn't see anything. She put down the Telescope, opened her eyes, and wanted to check if the item was broken.

When she saw Xu Bai covering her barrel, Ji Yun looked puzzled.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Bai explained helplessly, "You can't look at the sun with this Telescope. You know the intensity and heat of sunlight are very strong. If you look directly at the sun with a Telescope, this high-intensity light and heat will directly burn your eyes.

Sometimes your eyes can't handle looking directly at the sun, let alone using a Telescope.

When you look, you might not notice the situation right away, but by the time you do, your eyes will have already been damaged. At that point, you might have a permanent black spot in your vision, and in severe cases, you could even go blind."

Hearing Xu Bai's explanation and realizing she had almost gotten hurt, Ji Yun was startled, not expecting it to be so serious.

"Thank you, I owe it to you."

"You're welcome. Since I made this, I should have warned you from the beginning."