329 Failed Fusion (1/2)

”It depends on how painful it is,” Zhou Wen said after some thought.

”Worse than death.” Wang Mingyuan said tersely.

Zhou Wen was momentarily at a loss for an answer. This was because the words ”worse than death” were too vague. He didn't know what kind of concept it was because he hadn't experienced such pain.

Zhou Wen felt that physical pain could sometimes be endured for a moment, but a psychological blow might very well result in a pain worse than physical pain.

Seemingly sensing that he had been too vague, Wang Mingyuan thought for a while and said, ”Let's use a more common analogy. If there's a woman you love very much, and she's raped in front of you, but you don't have the ability to save her. You have two choices. One is to fight to the death. Even though you know you can't save her, you insist on dying to protect her. You will have a clear conscience. The second option is to collude with those people and think of ways to preserve her life. After that, you try to rescue her out of her misery before killing those people to avenge her. If it were you, what would you choose?”

”This is really a difficult question. Reason tells me that I should choose the second option, but I'm ultimately only one person. I'm afraid I wouldn't have the mental fortitude to complete the second choice. Therefore, I believe that if I were to encounter something like this, I would choose the first option,” Zhou Wen said after seriously considering it.

”Is that so?” Wang Mingyuan's tone was odd as though it was both a question and answer. It was unknown if he was asking Zhou Wen or himself.

”Teacher, what is the answer to this question?” Zhou Wen knew that some problems weren't limited to the question itself. If he was smart enough, he could think of other answers.

Wang Mingyuan smiled and said, ”There's no answer. I've asked Jiang Yan and the others this question too. Haifeng's answer is identical to yours. Ziya said he would kill that woman first and Jiang Yan chose the second option.”

”Then what's your answer, Teacher?” Zhou Wen asked curiously.

”I don't have an answer.” Wang Mingyuan changed the topic. ”How's the situation at the Zhuolu battlefield? Have they found your former principal?”

”Not yet. An Sheng called me a few times, but he didn't say anything. However, I can tell that it isn't going well. Perhaps many sacrifices have been made.” Zhou Wen fell silent after saying that.

An Sheng seldom contacted him recently, but Zhou Wen knew that the An family definitely wouldn't give up. They would definitely get someone to open the doors of the two palaces. When the time came, they would definitely suffer losses. After all, the An family didn't have Mythical experts. What they could do wouldn't be much better than Zhou Wen's.

”I recently learned some divination arts. Although I'm not very proficient in them, they seem to be effective to some extent. I did read your former principal's fortune, and the results are that there's a silver lining. He should be fine for the time being,” Wang Mingyuan said.

Zhou Wen didn't know if Wang Mingyuan was comforting him or if he really had learned divination, but he felt better after hearing that.

After hanging up, Zhou Wen continued grinding. However, he didn't make much progress. Be it the white cocoon in the war wagon or the two palaces in the temple, he was at an impasse.

Zhou Wen's strength had seemingly reached a bottleneck. No matter how many Primordial Energy Skills he learned or cultivated any other Primordial Energy Arts, they weren't of much use.

He felt that he couldn't continue grinding aimlessly. Therefore, he planned on organizing his thoughts.

Zhou Wen: Legendary

Life Providence: Sigh of the King

Strength: 21