766 Return to Origins (2/2)

The silver flame and the purple flame interweaved with one another, and the unbearable temperature infiltrated his body.

Fang Zhengzhi did not know why, but he felt that he was not dead.

”Why am I not dead?” Fang Zhengzhi asked himself the question for the first time. Afterall, the excruciating pain made him feel that he would rather be dead.

He wanted to lose his consciousness once again.

But he was unable to do so. He could neither live nor die.

Why can't he die?

Fang Zhengzhi did not think that his skills would be able to overcome the two flames in front of him. Afterall, he was inside the Middle Stream Cauldron, and he had yet to understand the two flames.

Logically, he would have already died.

But indeed he was still alive.

Wait!

”What is this?” Fang Zhengzhi realised that they were golden lights circulating around his body.

There was a bundle of golden rays shimmering brightly on his chest.l

”Spiritual Jade!” Fang Zhengzhi could finally see the treasure stone in the bundle of golden rays. It was the Spiritual Jade.

Was it the Spiritual Jade that was saving him?

Spiritual Jade…..

Spiritual Jade!

Yes!

Fang Zhengzhi's eyes brightened up, as he had initially doubted that the Spiritual Jade was different from that in the mythical stories.

In the mythical stories, Nüwa had created 36, 501 stones, but she had discarded 36, 500 of them, leaving only the last piece. It was the Spiritual Jade!

He was not willing to believe the story previously, but now, he was sure that the piece of Spiritual Jade was able to save his life.

Or so to say…..

Avoid the fire?

That's right, if the Spiritual Jade was really the same one as in the mythical stories, that would mean that the Spiritual Jade was refined by Nüwa previously.

As such, even if he was in the Middle Stream Cauldron, and no matter how intense the two flames were, the Spiritual Jade would no longer be processed or refined.

Fang Zhengzhi did not know the accuracy of such an explanation, but that was the only explanation he could think of.

Because, this world was part of Nüwa's bloodline, and thus there were many familiar book collections from her, such as Tao Te Ching, Analects, Lao Zi, etc.

And in addition to them would be the Spiritual Jade, thus fitting into the explanation.

What exactly was this world? What was the connection between the previous and the current world? Fang Zhengzhi could not seem to understand it.

But he understood that there was no time to contemplate about all this. While the Spiritual Jade was able to help him avoid the fire, but it was unable to prevent him from experiencing the underable pain.

To be more direct, even if Fang Zhengzhi was an unkillable being on flames, such a feeling would be the most unfortunate too.

”Crap….. Must I be burned like this forever?!” Fang Zhengzhi felt that if such a situation would continue, he would choose to bite his tongue to commit suicide instead.

Wait!

He would not be able to die, even if he were to bite his tongue off.

Because, he was currently in the Rebirth State, and he would be able to recover even after biting his tongue off. It was a little awkward. Why don't he take a knife so stab himself to death then?

But his hands were tied…..

How could he hold a knife?

A drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead, but it immediately vaporised into thin air amidst the fiery flames.

It was really unbearable for him!

Fang Zhengzhi felt extremely miserable. He really wanted to die, and this was the first time he had such a thought.

How could he die?

”No! Have I forgotten something?” Fang Zhengzhi suddenly remembered that the situation did not seem too right.

The white-dressed lady seemed to have mentioned something about 'looking'…..

Yes!

Chi Guyan had whispered something about 'looking' too, and the two words they had mentioned seemed to be the same. Was it a coincidence?

It should not be!

If it was a mere coincidence, he would then be able to compete against the sun already.

Then, another question arises.

What exactly was the 'looking' referring to?

Fang Zhengzhi searched for answers in his mind, everything that related to the word 'looking', but there were far too many ancient words that contained that word.

There was no way to confirm it.

However, the white-dressed lady had also said something else to him.

One!

Yes, one!

”One, what looking…. One. one….” Fang Zhengzhi started searching for the answers, as he frowned his eyebrows.

Fang Zhengzhi browsed through his mind for every description related to looking

”So it's like that!” Fang Zhengzhi finally understood, and after understanding, he could not help but scold himself. ”Crap, it really is important to listen to others carefully, or else when the time comes, I'm really dead already!”