After the three uncanny beings inside the Stone Man were killed, the stones stopped moving as well.
Although these stones had been fashioned by earth spirits, they were not earth spirits themselves, merely a heap of lifeless objects.
Luo Zheng carefully cut the stones apart and dug out the Saint Stones, each the size of a grain of sand.
He did not know how many Saint Stones the Origin Spirit Civilization possessed, but they were still rare treasures to him. If he ever faced a sizable number of uncanny beings, they would naturally prove invaluable.
After dealing with the stones, they continued deeper into the Underground Kiln.
The route through the Underground Kiln was not complicated. They simply had to follow the broad cavern downward.
The farther they went, the wider the cavern became, and a damp breath of air wafted toward them from ahead.
"There's probably an underground river or a pool deep inside the Underground Kiln," the Eastern Emperor surmised.
Luo Zheng nodded. "The pool is at the end of the Underground Kiln. Your original selves were trapped beside it back then."
At the words "original selves," the Eastern Emperor paused, an odd expression crossing his face.
Only after being rescued from the divine river not long ago had he learned that he had an "original self." Naturally, he was still unused to the idea.
Fuxi and Nuwa had long since adjusted, accepting that they were created lives, avatars of someone else.
Realizing his slip of the tongue, Luo Zheng hurriedly said, "My apologies, Eastern Emperor..."
"It's all right." The Eastern Emperor smiled faintly. "I'd actually like to see what my original self looks like!"
Before they had gone much farther, a pool suddenly appeared ahead.
Its water was so clear and transparent that they could see straight