Miraculous Resurrection

After receiving the Blood of the Immortal Firebird from Ning Xian, Xueming's thready pulse rate was gradually increasing. The energy of the cold vapor embedded in his body completely dissolved in less than half a shichen. At this moment, there were only traces of ice-eroded wounds on his body, the Inferno Ginseng's tooth mark, and a few burns.

The absorption of the True Blood of the Immortal Firebird was going slowly. It might be because the Blood of the Immortal Firebird was a sacred Yang element and had the quality of the Flame of Resurrection. It was like the legend of Feng Huang or the Immortal Firebird that could arise from the flames that burned itself to ashes. Every time that it rose from the ashes, the Immortal Firebird would be twice as strong as the previous self.

Therefore, the sacred blood inherited by the Immortal Firebird was infused with high healing power and considered to be a treasure much more precious than the Inferno Ginseng. But because of fate or something only God knows, the young Ning Xian agreed to sacrifice her True Blood just to save the life of a stranger boy Xueming. Perhaps, it could be like her Master’s saying, ‘Not all of our decision makes sense, but there are things that we’ll regret forever if we don’t do them. Fight and do your best. Even if it doesn’t yield the expected outcome, you’ll owe someone nothing. That will thus be the way of a truly free life. When fate has brought you and this young man to meet and owe each other something, there must be a reason that can’t be calculated by common sense.’

After one shichen, all the external wounds were completely healed, but Xueming still didn't wake up, which was quite strange. If Ning Xian's Master had seen the current phenomenon, he must have taken Xueming for further study. Since they already left, that could never happen.

“Phew phew…” The burning flames suddenly made a sound, which came from Xueming's blind left eye. The blind eye was absorbing the energy of the Blood of the Immortal Firebird in Xueming's body to heal itself. The pitch-black stone stuck in the eye became alive again. The new flesh that grew out was filling and caused the eyeball to bulge and enlarge like it was about to come out of Xueming's eye socket very soon. What was more surprising was that the black round stone now had veins and many nerves connecting to Xueming's eye socket. Despite bulging out, it soon slowly subsided and reconnected the eye socket, as if the Blood of the Immortal Firebird was repairing and reconnecting the eyeball with Xueming's body.

After a big while, until the sun stood prominently in the sky, the stifling heat started to spread inside the cave. Then, Xueming woke up with exhaustion and pain aching all over his body.

"Where’s that lewd Inferno Ginseng?" Xueming flinched and tried to get up sideways. However, his standing body was unable to keep its balance and was about to fall. Xueming put pressure on one foot to the ground to resist until he was able to stand firm. But when looking down to see his own footprint, he exclaimed a word in shock because the footprint that he made was about one foot deep.

... The pressure exerted must be at least over eight hundred jin, that it could dissolve the hard floor of the cave floor that deep.

Despite being excited about what had just happened, Xueming still did not forget about the Inferno Ginseng and the young Ning Xian. He picked up the veil that Ning Xian had left to touch it. The sweet fragrance of the girl still lingered in the fabric. This made Xueming confident that this cloth must undoubtedly belong to Ning Xian. But then why wasn't the girl here? Plus, when looking around, he couldn't find the Inferno Ginseng but a corpse of a headless man lying on the floor of the cave.

However, when he looked further on the ground near the exit, Xueming felt relieved about Ning Xian because the girl left a short message on the floor.

… ‘If destiny wills, we shall meet again. When that time comes, don’t forget to show me another strange, magic item.’

After reading the message, Xueming broke into a wide grin with joy. Even though they only knew each other for a few shichens, he clicked with the young Ning Xian indescribably. It was as if a thin thread tied him to this girl.

But then, the highs had to end when Xueming suddenly recalled another strange thing that happened to himself ... The eye that was once blind can now see again, and, of course, the meteorite also disappeared.

Without delay, Xueming immediately sat cross-legged and tested his Qi flow. Then, he found that the veins were getting stronger, and the body was able to absorb the natural Qi twice as quickly as before the accident three years ago. The joy continued to strike at Xueming. His intention to abandon the path of cultivation was completely called off. Now, the young genius Xueming—having disappeared three years ago—came back once again. The frustration over the past three years would become a major driving force for Xueming to endure the difficulties of cultivation as well as the physical pain associated with it more than ever.

When he regained consciousness, his mind thought of the young Ning Xian, imagining that the girl might be a magical fairy in disguise coming down to revive his desperate life. But that was only Xueming's daydream alone. Yet, because of this, Xueming kept Ning Xian's black veil with utmost care and considered it as a precious item that would bring him good fortune in the future.

After absorbing the natural Qi in the cave, forgetting the time outside for entirely one day, Xueming was eventually able to pass through the first level of the basic qi to the second level. However, between the process, Xueming felt that there was one line of heat energy within him. He did not know what it was and all he could do was only feeling them, unable to touch or control it yet.

Unable to figure things out, Xueming momentarily stopped thinking about it and decided to march ahead for the Purple Jade City. This time his goal was not to find a job but to join the entrance exam of the martial arts academy, and, of course, it must be the best one of the Purple Jade City: The Azure Dragon Academy, the only one.