Yang Zhai's ruthlessness was too ruthless. He did not even spare himself, let alone others. He knew that if he wanted to achieve his purposes, he had to look at himself before dealing with others.
He had to use everything he could, even if it meant sacrificing himself for himself, but not to the point of killing himself; Otherwise, what was the meaning of using himself? After all, he had to live to achieve his purposes. To him, existence came first before everything else. That was why he even burned his own skin so that he could live.
He might look like an insane person to the others, but there was sanity behind this insanity. Was the person who followed his emotions insane or the one who could even control his emotions insane?
"Help me…help, someone… please help…me," Yang Zhai was screaming as well as running toward the camp that was outside the village.
As he was away from the village, Yang Zhai would not be able to reach it in a short while. And he knew it as well, but he knew that on the way back to the village, there were higher chances of meeting Bai Clan cultivators. Thus, he ran in the direction of the village.
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"I wonder how many teams would be able to capture the Black Rabbits this time around. I heard that there are a total of five with more than 70 percent Essence water, with one having 80 percent. Only five kids, but even then, the kid who became the class leader is none of these five kids. If I remember correctly, his name should be Yang Zhai, and his Essence Water is only fifty-nine percent." A man was running through the forest. He was jumping on the tree branches to run forward.
He was wearing a blue attire as well, with three small lines on the chest of the attire. This meant that this man was a cultivator of the Bai clan. Three lines on the attire's chest indicated that he was a worker and not the elder.
"I wonder, how come this kid Yang became the class leader? Whatever, I should focus on the competition right now and make sure that nothing happens to the kids. Huh, a forest fire?" The man was muttering to himself and was running when he saw a huge fire two miles away from him. His eyes widened.
"How come this forest fire started all of a sudden? I need to hurry and go see if someone needs help. I just hope that nobody is caught in the fire." The man increased his speed and began to run in the direction of the forest fire.
"Help, please, someone… help."
The man was just running in the direction of the fire when he heard someone screaming for help. The voice was faltering.
"It seems that someone requires help. I should go help this person first before going towards the forest fire. And the voice seems to be of a kid, but there is something wrong with the voice." The man hurriedly ran in the direction of the voice.
After a while, he saw a kid running through the forest with difficulty. This kid was stumbling whilst running and his body burned all over.
The man ran to him and asked,
"Hey, kid, what happened? Let me help you." The man came in front of the boy and asked.
This kid was Yang Zhai. When he saw the man wearing blue attire with three lines, he deliberately stumbled and fell down. Yang Zhai tried to get up, but could not do that, of course, this was all an act being performed by him. He wanted to make everything look natural.
"I, I… am… Yang…Zhai. Please hel, help… help my…teammates. We were caught… in…the forest fire, please, save…the…m" Yang Zhai was stammering with his speech. His expression could not be seen clearly, as his face was burned and unrecognizable. After Yang Zhai said this, he fainted.
"What?" The man was shocked to hear the kid.
"So, he is that kid, Yang Zhai. The new class leader of the juniors. He is burned all over and is still alive. I am impressed by his will to live. But even at this moment, he is thinking of saving his teammates. People like this don't appear often. I need to save this kid first, I can't let him die." The man checked and confirmed that Yang Zhai was alive and had only fainted. Thus, he picked up Yang Zhai and began to run toward the camp.
This man had a Rank 2 healing medicine, but because Yang Zhai was unconscious, he could not give it to Yang Zhai. But he had a Rank 1 elixir that he put in Yang Zhai's mouth, stabilizing his condition a little bit.
On the other hand, Yang Zhai was thinking of how to deal with the situation. Of course, Yang Zhai was still conscious and was only acting.
The man kept on running and reached the camp outside the village. He hurriedly came to a healing cultivator and placed Yang Zhai on the bed¹, and said to the cultivator.
"Brother, hurriedly heal him. He was caught in the forest fire. He is still alive and has the will to live." The man said to the cultivator and turned around and left to inform elder Wang Yeol.
"Elder Wang, a forest fire has started in the forest. I found a kid, who was also caught in the fire, but he somehow managed to save himself. According to what he told me, his teammates are also caught in the forest fire. I request that you send two to three cultivators with me as help." The man said to elder Wang.
"Ok, you can take some men with you. Go hurriedly before the forest fire spreads to the whole forest." Elder Wang permitted the man to take help with him. But, he did not even mention helping the kids, as he was quite aware that in this world losses were inevitable. And according to him, the kids might have already died in the fire.
However, elder Wang was more concerned about the forest fire spreading. After all, if the fire spreads and the whole forest is caught in this calamity, then their village would also not be safe. This would surely bring a huge disaster to them if the forest fire was not stopped right now.
"Yes, elder," the man left after hearing elder Wang's orders.
After the man left, elder Wang came to look at the kid who was saved from the forest fire.
"What is his condition, Ju Jingyi?" Elder Wang asked the man who was healing Yang Zhai.
"Elder, this kid's condition is not that bad. Even though it may seem like he is gravely injured, he is not. Strangely, only his skin was burned, but there are no fatal or internal injuries. However, he used water to help himself. Even though he managed to save himself with the help of the water to put out the fire, his skin is being contaminated. I think there should also be inflammation. If he wakes up without the treatment, then he would not be able to endure the excruciating pain." The healing cultivator's name was Ju Jingyi. He was a young man in his twenties. He had smooth, gentle skin and a fair white skin color. He had round eyes. His hair was short, dark green.
"Anything else?" Elder Wang was calm and queried.
"Yes, I found a burned emblem in his robe's pocket as well. If I am not wrong, their team might have obtained this before the forest fire started. And I think this is one of the emblems that were attached to the Black Rabbits." Ju Jingyi handed a burned emblem to elder Wang.
Elder Wang took the burned emblem and examined it carefully. This emblem was the same emblem that Yang Zhai and the others had taken from the Black Rabbit.
"Here, take it. When he wakes, give this emblem back to him and tell him that he passed the test. And also, can you confirm this kid's identity?" Elder Wang asked the cultivator.
"No, elder, we can't because his face is completely burned. We need to heal him first. And I will make sure to inform him about the test." Ju Jingyi took the emblem back and said. He then looked at Yang Zhai and was lost in thoughts.
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Bed: The earliest paleontological example of anything resembling a mattress is from about 77,000 years ago. The ancient mattress was found in a rock shelter in South Africa and measures about three feet by six feet. Circa 8000 B.C., the prehistoric nomadic people apparently used "beds" also when they slept. Therefore, beds are not modern inventions.