Water Mage in the Flame Realm-Chapter 396 - 383: Heart Fire Reincarnation

Andrew heard this and couldn’t help but raise his hand to interrupt, "That’s enough, let’s stop here."

The old man observed Andrew’s expression and asked with a smile, "What, you don’t believe my words?"

Andrew thought to himself, believe, how could I not?

Previously, the old man had always been very calm, like someone who had lived too long and was no longer moved by anything, with a heart as still as water.

But when he mentioned becoming the Dragon of Greed Lidzmat’s minion, choosing corruption, and secretly killing the Fire God Xu, the old man was excessively calm.

That kind of "absolute calm" beyond the normal range was clearly something he did intentionally, utilizing his perfect control over his muscles as a top combat class warrior.

And what could be behind such a pretense of calmness?

It’s the guilt and regret in his heart that he still cannot let go of, even after all these years!

So regarding the other being the culprit, Andrew believed it, he had already believed it.

What Andrew didn’t believe was: "I’m sorry, I really can’t accept, can’t believe that Fire God Xu was killed by your scheme at that time."

According to what the old man said, Xu was the supreme leader of the Human Race at that time, whose power and leadership were above even the Water God Li.

When the Dragon of Greed Lidzmat destroyed the Dragon Race and Titan Race, he directly massacred them.

However, for the rapidly rising Human Race under the leadership of Xu and Li, he didn’t appear immediately but chose the indirect way of "inducing Human Race members to fall," as a probe.

It was like Lidzmat was wary of the Human Race, wary of Xu as the leader of the Human Race!

For such an existence, did the old man simply betray and scheme against him back then?

"So you don’t believe I schemed against Xu?" The old man still perfectly controlled every inch of his muscles, showing no emotion.

"I believe you schemed against Lord Xu, and I even believe that Lord Xu indeed died because of it," Andrew said, "but no matter what, I just can’t believe Lord Xu did nothing and died. Even if he was schemed against by you, even if you truly succeeded and killed him, he would definitely do something before he died!"

These words were spoken with great conviction.

Perhaps because it was so firm, and in fact, completely without reason.

As a result, after a moment of silence, the old man could no longer maintain that deliberate absolute calm, he sighed gently, with a volume only he could hear, he said, "Xu... even after all these years, you’re still the guy that makes people frustrated and jealous. Even though so many years have passed, there are still people who respect and trust you so much, with so little understanding of you. They choose to believe in you, who died long ago, rather than believe in me, right in front of them."

The pretense of calmness showed a crack, from which flowed a faint, lingering envy and jealousy from years ago.

After so many years, the old man’s jealousy of Xu hadn’t completely dissipated!

However, what truly occupied the main part was intense shame and regret.

"You’re right, Xu indeed did something before I schemed against and killed him. Something... that only Xu could have the capability to do, and would do—" The old man looked at Andrew and slowly said, "At the moment I schemed against and killed Xu, I was actually also killed. Lidzmat dreaded Xu, dreaded the united power of Xu and Li’s Water and Fire United, so he used me and other Fallen to scheme against Xu. With Xu schemed against, I was of no use.

So, at the moment Xu was killed, the ’Seed of Greed’ in my body exploded, and Lidzmat’s Power of Greed instantly swept through my body, I had no resistance at all and was killed. That was my ’first death.’

The strange thing was, when I was killed at that time, my body was destroyed, my soul should have been crushed too, but my consciousness didn’t disappear. A warm force that I had never felt before surged into my body at the moment I was killed, preserving a wisp of clear consciousness for me from under Lidzmat’s power."

Andrew didn’t interrupt, he listened quietly.

Although the old man didn’t say it, there was no need to ask; it was obvious this must have been Xu’s doing.

Honestly, Andrew just said he didn’t believe Xu would be so easily schemed against and killed, intending to guess Xu could at least counter-kill before he died.

Unexpectedly, not only was there no counter-kill, but instead, it was about saving a wisp of consciousness remnant of the old man’s past? Andrew suddenly somewhat understood why, even after so many years, the old man in front of him still couldn’t overcome the hurdle in his heart, unable to ease the inner shame and regret!

He thought again, "How did he manage to do it? What Warm Fire Magic did Fire God Xu perform, that it could preserve a wisp of consciousness, even with the destruction of the physical body and the breaking of the soul?"

Only to hear the old man say, "Have you heard of the ’Heart Fire Reincarnation’ magic?"

Andrew was stirred and said, "Is it one of the ’Heart Fire Series’?"

The Heart Fire Series is the top-tier Soul Magic Series in Warm Fire Magic.

It is Barbara’s most adept Magic Series.

After performing Water and Fire United with Barbara, under her introduction, Andrew had deeply explored the Heart Fire Series, but had never heard of the "Heart Fire Reincarnation" magic.

"Wait..." thought Andrew, "Reincarnation? Reincarnation! And then, just now that phrase ’first death,’ is that the real reason he continued to live as a whale after such a long time passed?" Andrew felt he kind of understood the secret of the old man in front of him.

Just heard the other continue to say, "Heart Fire Reincarnation is not one of the Heart Fire Series, but rather the entire Heart Fire Series is a derivative of Heart Fire Reincarnation. It is the source of the Heart Fire Series."

Andrew couldn’t help but ask, "What exactly is the magical effect of Heart Fire Reincarnation?"

"In an instant, it washes away the Fallen Power brought by the Seed of Greed inside a person, retaining a wisp of consciousness, allowing it to reincarnate. After reincarnation, they become permanently immune to the Fallen Power of the Dragon of Greed," the old man said.

Andrew was shocked and, after a moment of silence, incredulously said, "So, Lord Xu actually already—"

"Yes, Xu actually already found the solution, against Lidzmat’s Seed of Greed."

At this moment, the old man couldn’t maintain that deliberate calm, nor could he even maintain his normal state of calm, tears streaming down his eyes, "The Seed of Greed is rooted deep in a person’s soul, based on the natural greed of people. Strictly speaking, it is considered unsolvable. After all, too few people can overcome their own greed, really too few.

However, Xu, he managed to find a solution under what should be an unsolvable situation! He couldn’t heal those who had already fallen, as Warm Fire Magic is naturally weak in healing. But he never gave up on them, instead finding a way to try and give all Fallen - even those like me who willingly fell - a chance to start anew."