766 Return to Origins (1/2)

”After 49 days, it will become a pill!” Sixth Elder smiled as he stared at Middle Stream Cauldron.

And more than a thousand disciples subconsciously smiled too, after looking at such a phenomenon.

”Sixth Elder you have worked hard!” A few Elders from the Nine Pinnacles Mountain looked at one another, before proclaiming to Sixth Elder.

”Five sects same root, we are all one family, you don't have to be too polite.” Sixth Elder waved his hands, as he found a place to sit down on.

49 days!

While this period was not too short, it was not long either, especially after becoming a Sage. 49 days would pass by in just a snap of a fingers.

Naturally Sixth Elder would not mind about the duration, as he had already prepared to protect the pill for the full 49 days, without leaving its side.

It was a sunny day, and a good weather for such an occasion.

Within the Middle Stream Cauldron, Fang Zhengzhi's body was curled up. The black chains were stiff, and the interior heat was ever increasing.

Painful!

Really painful!

However, Fang Zhengzhi did not make any sounds, because he had already lost consciousness. In his mind, the world resembled that for a furnace.

Countless burning flames surrounded him, and there was a red river flowing on the ground, emitting gushes of hot air.

Magma.

However, the magma seemed a little weird, as each line of magma was very detailed and sophisticated. It seemed to form a gigantic spider web when merged with one another.

At this moment, a white figure appeared in his sight. Clothed in a snow-white dress, with lucious black hair resting on the waist.

A beautiful figure.

More importantly, her surroundings contained two different silver and purple flames, identical to the flames in the Middle Stream Cauldron.

”Who exactly are you?!” Fang Zhengzhi recalled a similar scenario outside the Northern Mountain Village, when he was trapped by Yun Qingwu using 30 pieces of the Heaven Dao Sage Tablet.

The white-dressed lady did not say anything, and unlike previously, she merely stood quietly at her original spot. Then, she slowly turned her body around.

Instantly, Fang Zhengzhi could see her appearance.

Exquisite and beautiful, with a pair of bright eyes. It was a familiar face, but it felt unfamiliar to him at the same time.

It was familiar because Fang Zhengzhi felt that her appearance was similar to that of Chi Guyan's, but it was unfamiliar because her vibe seemed completely different. The temperament of the white-dressed lady seemed colder and more indifferent.

During the first encounter, Fang Zhengzhi saw the lady's appearance clearly from her front, but he had felt that it seemed mysterious.

He seemed to remember that their first encounter was at the Divine Constabulary's parallel dimension, in the 'Heavenly Treasure Hall'. Thereafter, the white-dressed lady always repeatedly appear in his mind.

Who was she exactly?

Why did she look similar to Chi Guyan, but their temperament seemed completely different.

Fang Zhengzhi really wanted to get this straight.

However, the white-dressed lady had no intention of replying Fang Zhengzhi at all. She merely turned her body around, and she walked towards Fang Zhengzhi slowly.

Fang Zhengzhi's eyes were wide in disbelief.

Because, in the her hand, there was a treasure stone emitting golden rays of light. Its interior seemed to have different pictures revolving within, but it was difficult to discern its identity.

”Spiritual Jade!” Fang Zhengzhi naturally recognised this treasure stone, because that was the Spiritual Jade that he had retrieved from the Ninth Heaven of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion.

However, he did not understand how the Spiritual Jade had reached the hands of the white-dressed lady.

How did it happen?

Was it not thrown into The Vast World by him?

Wait!

If the Spiritual Jade was really inside The Vast World, then does it not mean that the white-dressed lady was not just a mere figment of his imagination, but that just like the Spiritual Jade, she was located inside The Vast World?

This lady…..

Lives in The Vast World, does it mean that she is inside my heart?

This was not really conforming to logic? How did this happen, was the lady not in the parallel dimension 'Heavenly Treasure Hall'? How did she go to The Vast World?

The pearl!

Yes, when he was at the bottom of the lake at the Heavenly Treasure Hall, he seemed to have taken a pearl, but he had never seen it after, and it felt as though it had completely disappeared.

Was the pearl actually the white-dressed lady?!

”Wait quietly.” Just then, a soft yet clear voice seemed to ring beside his ears.

”What?” Fang Zhengzhi naturally knew that the voice originated from the mouth of the white-dressed lady.

However, this led him to feel a little surprised, because it was the first instance communicating with the white-dressed lady.

Not only did they looked at each other face to face, she still talked to him?

What exactly was she thinking?

”Keeping one.” The lady ignored Fang Zhengzhi's question, and she merely looked at him quietly, before mumbing to herself.

”Keeping one?!” Fang Zhengzhi shuddered, as naturally he understood the meaning of those words. However, he did not know why the lady had mentioned these words.

Of course, he was unable to pose another question.

Because after uttering the words, the lady's figure became slightly blurred, and in a matter of seconds, she disappeared completely.

What crap?

Fang Zhengzhi tried to take a step forward, but he realised that he was unable to mobilise his body.

Then…..

He realised he was in fact tied up.

As for the thing that was tied around him, it was naturally the black chains. The hallucination disappeared as well, and he was once again back inside the Middle Stream Cauldron.