1019 Our Train of Thought? Going Around in Circles!

"The third one?" Yun Qingwu paused her footsteps and looked surprised.

"Oh, I said it wrong. I mean the fourth one." Fang Zhengzhi felt Yun Qingwu's hesitation and changed his words immediately.

"Are you sure?" Yun Qingwu looked at Fang Zhengzhi with a strange glance without hesitation and allowed him to pull her towards the cave.

"Of course." Fang Zhengzhi was happy.

His acting skill was so realistic!

Fang Zhengzhi managed to delve into a realistic acting skill from an exaggerated one.

That was what made him a master at acting.

I am coming for you, the sound of water flowing from the southeast.

"Splash…" The sound of water was heard once again when Fang Zhengzhi went through the dark cave with Yun Qingwu excitedly.

The sound was extremely clear.

However…

It seemed to come from the southwest.

Southwest?!

Hold on, why was it from the southwest?!

Fang Zhengzhi was completely stunned. What happened to the water flowing from the southeast? Why didn't Yun Qingwu tell him that he was bringing her to the wrong cave?!

"Why did the water flow from the southwest again?" Yun Qingwu also heard the sound of the water and smiled.

"Exactly, why did the water flow from the southwest again?" asked Fang Zhengzhi too.

"Doesn't this mean that we are back to the same place after one entire round?" Yun Qingwu looked at Fang Zhengzhi and smiled brightly.

"Exactly, this is 'going around in circles'!" Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

"Going around in circles?"

"Yes; the 36 Heavenly Stars Formation used the chessboard to plot many mountains as pawns. Think about it, how would it possibly allow one to enter the 'Heavenly Yuan' in a straight path?"

"So?"

"So the correct path requires us to go in circles, southeast, then southwest, then southeast, and southwest… we can reach the 'Heavenly Yuan' through this repetition of directions." Fang Zhengzhi did not panic at all.

"I see." Yun Qingwu nodded.

She behaved as though she really believed Fang Zhengzhi and did not have the intent to expose him at all.

"Alright, let's hurry up." Fang Zhengzhi did not bother to explain too much as the saying went, an explanation was equivalent to covering up for one's mistake.

After a short while, the two of them reached another pawn.

The water flowed rapidly from the Northwest.

"It's coming from the northwest, what do you have to say about this?" Yun Qingwu covered her mouth and asked Fang Zhengzhi as she laughed.

"That's right… it's northwest…" Fang Zhengzhi could not take it anymore.

He could continue to explain if the sound of water came from the southeast or southwest, but why did it f*cking become the northwest?

Seriously?!

Was he so unlucky?!

"Yeah, why did the water end up at the northwest?" Yun Qingwu continued to ask while covering her mouth.

"Going around in circles. This is it. The so-called going around in circles is meant to confuse your sense of direction, or else, why was it named this way?" Fang Zhengzhi squeezed out an explanation.

"Do you think I will believe you?" Of course, Yun Qingwu did not believe him.

"This… I don't care whether you believe me or not, the path I am taking is definitely correct." Fang Zhengzhi insisted. In any case, they were alone and nobody was there to witness it.

Why should he be afraid?

He did not have to be afraid. As long as he felt that he was correct, he was indeed correct. No matter how Yun Qingwu questioned him, he would still be correct.

That was Fang Zhengzhi's persistence.

"So you are trying to play cheat?" Yun Qingwu figured out what Fang Zhengzhi meant.

In fact, she had already guessed Fang Zhengzhi's sneaky plans when he walked in the wrong direction for the third time. However, she did not expose him as she wanted to see what excuses he would come up with.

"Play cheat? I am anfor visiting.

It was time for him to make use of these accumulated experience.

Yun Qingwu was able to deduce the path of the 36 Heavenly Stars Formation after three tries, why couldn't he do it after 30 tries?

Perhaps…

He really could not.

No, he definitely could. 36 Heavenly Stars Formation, the chessboard was used to set the scene and the mountains were used as chess pieces. 361 intersection points in total.

361…

Wait a minute!

Apart from the 361 intersection points, there seemed to be another crucial information, nine stars.

Oh right!

The nine star positions on the chessboard.

The center of it was the Heavenly Yuan.

Therefore, could it be that he would be able to deduce the positions of the other stars once he found the position of one star, and successfully find the Heavenly Yuan from there on?

"Yes, this must be it. As long as I find the position of any star, I will be able to deduce the location of the Heavenly Yuan!" Fang Zhengzhi's eyes lit up.

Deducing where the Heavenly Yuan was from scratch was extremely difficult.

However, it was possible for him to deduce the position of one of the stars. Moreover, he had already made so many attempts.

Although the attempts he had made caused him to continue going around in circles, he already had a rough idea of where he had stopped.

He had been to the southeast, southwest, northwest, west, east, south…

Fang Zhengzhi recalled where he had been and the directions of the mountains. Then, he started to deduce the nine star positions in his heart.

"Isn't it too late for you to start your deduction now?" Yun Qingwu reminded Fang Zhengzhi as he stopped and started to think.

"Too late? Not at all," replied Fang Zhengzhi.

"Haha… Do you need a hint?" Yun Qingwu laughed and sat calmly beside Fang Zhengzhi.

"No," rejected Fang Zhengzhi.

He did not believe that Yun Qingwu would give him a hint at this point in time. The so-called hint would probably be a source of distraction.

Moreover, even if Yun Qingwu really gave him a hint out of goodwill, he probably would not understand it.

After all, there was some difference in the level of knowledge between them.

It could be likened to a primary school kid asking a professor about the path of the sun, even if the professor explained patiently, the primary school kid would not understand.

There were too many professional terms involved.

Wait a minute.

Speaking of the path of the sun…

36 Heavenly Stars Formation!

Heavenly Stars?!

The chessboard was used to set the scene and the mountains were used as chess pieces. In addition to that, the heavenly stars…

"I think… I figured it out!" Fang Zhengzhi's lit up suddenly.'Zhengzhi' means honest