Realization of Illusions: Starting from Douluo
Chapter 121

Changing an Unchanging Destiny!

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"You lack a sense of security more than I imagined." Ye Qingcang stroked Zhu Zhuqing's face, his fingertips sliding from her forehead to the bridge of her nose, from her nose to her lips, from her lips to her chin, and finally, gently lifting her lips. "But you must remember, no one can give you a sense of security except yourself... And the first lesson I'm going to teach you is not to succumb to your instincts: the unease and confusion after losing your virginity is a human instinct, but the difference between humans and animals is that animals succumb to their instincts, while humans do not."

"What should I do?" Zhu Zhuqing listened intently to Ye Qingcang's words, pondering for two or three minutes before her unfocused gaze regained its resolve, the unease in her eyes quickly transforming into determination. "I admit I have nothing left, so the only thing I can offer you, besides this body, is my so-called willpower... You can give me your orders. I won't act coquettishly because of this relationship, nor will I belittle or neglect you because of it, and I certainly won't take advantage of your favor. Like I said before: as long as you can help me get revenge, I don't care what you do for me!"

"Very good." Ye Qingcang gently twitched all the muscles in his body. The sweat that Zhu Zhuqing had just dripped onto him during the exercise rolled down in all directions like glass beads, revealing his well-defined abs, V-line, and shark line. He put on a white shirt, buttoned the front, and casually unbuttoned the cuffs, rolled up the sleeves, put on canvas pants and sneakers, turned his head, and looked at Zhu Zhuqing who was still struggling on the bed. "Revenge requires strength. Strength is defined as any power that can be completely controlled by oneself. So, the first thing you need to learn is to control your body. The spirit can break through the limitations of the body. This will be your first lesson in crawling out of hell... Thirty-Sixth Training Ground, I'll give you fifteen minutes. If you can't get there within these fifteen minutes, you will have wasted this hard-won opportunity."

Thirty-Sixth Training Ground?

Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously recalled the layout of the many training grounds of the Blue Tyrant Academy, because Blue Tyrant Academy has more than a hundred training grounds.

Her expression quickly changed.

Training Ground No. 36 is located near the Third Teaching Building.

If she were still in the student dormitory, getting to Training Ground No. 36 in fifteen minutes wouldn't be difficult; with her Martial Soul Possession, ten minutes would be enough.

But she's in the villa in the Back Mountain right now!

With Martial Soul Possession, it might not even take fifteen minutes to arrive!

Not to mention that she can hardly move at all now!

It felt like my whole body had been torn in two!

Fifteen minutes?

Even if you gave me half an hour, I might not be able to climb over!

So...

"Are you going to give up?" Ye Qingcang stood at the door. Violet, who had already packed up, stood outside and opened the door for him. Turning back, she looked at Zhu Zhuqing, who was limping and struggling to hold onto the bedroom door frame, her forehead covered in cold sweat. She kindly reminded him, "This is a very difficult road, and it's a road that has nothing to do with effort. You either surpass yourself or you will definitely fail. Perhaps from the beginning, I shouldn't have been soft-hearted because of your efforts. When you have no choice, you won't feel the pain."

"No..."

Zhu Zhuqing's legs were trembling.

Visible tremors, convulsions, and moans.

This is a sign of physical exhaustion.

The body's self-protective mechanisms are protesting.

However, Zhu Zhuqing was very clear about her strengths. She did not have Dai Mubai's ruthless mind, which meant she had already lost the initiative. She did not have Dai Mubai's Martial Soul. Due to her size, the cat was destined not to be able to defeat the white tiger head-on, let alone defeat the white tiger who had cultivated the Stellar Martial Arts. Therefore, if she did not dare to fight desperately now that she had nothing, then she deserved to die!

Just like the Commoner Soul Master she saw after joining Blue Tyrant Academy, being born into poverty is not a disgrace. Everyone's ancestors started from scratch. Their ancestors failed to give them, these commoners, a good start, but they did not want to be like those useless ancestors. Every Commoner Soul Master considered themselves to be the offspring of losers and good-for-nothings. Therefore, they fought desperately, not only for themselves, but also to wash away the shame of their ancestors!

Our ancestors failed...

Our ancestors were content with mediocrity...

Our ancestors may have been corrupted...

However, this does not mean they will follow the old path of their ancestors!

Similarly!

She, Zhu Zhuqing, also wants to forge her own path!

Even if you fall and get hurt, even if you hit a wall, you must either succeed or die trying. You can either smash your head against the wall and die, or break through the wall with exhaustion and welcome the light!

"You guys go first, don't wait for me!"

"Fifteen minutes! I'll crawl there, even if I have to!"

Zhu Zhuqing clutched her stomach and knelt on the ground.

My whole body is soft.

Only his mouth is hard.

Perhaps, we should add a heart, who knows?

"Alright." Ye Qingcang seemed unconcerned about Zhu Zhuqing's life or death. Even though Zhu Zhuqing had triggered her body's self-preservation mechanism, he showed no mercy. With a flick of his sleeve, he closed the door and headed towards Training Ground No. 36: "Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand..." Violet had witnessed Ye Qingcang and Zhu Zhuqing's interaction firsthand. At the time, she had indeed been blinded by her emotions, but after a moment of adjustment, she had become much more clear-headed and felt deeply ashamed. "Master, I was wrong just now, and I caused you trouble. I know you have always disliked jealousy, especially among women, because it is meaningless and does not help improve one's self-worth... You also taught me that the choice of a partner is relative, and the effect of jealousy is far less than the method of self-improvement. When you go further and higher, all partners who cannot keep up with you will turn to ashes under the erosion of time. Therefore, rather than fighting for your momentary favor through jealousy, it is better to choose long-term companionship."

"To err is human," Ye Qingcang waved his hand, took a step, and his figure appeared a hundred meters away in an instant, as if in a flash. Even more astonishingly, Violet also appeared a hundred meters away in an instant, precisely following Ye Qingcang's steps. Looking closely at the distance between the two, it hadn't even changed; half a meter was still half a meter. His control over speed and strength was simply perfect. "Even I make mistakes. It's much better that you realize it yourself than for me to point it out... Do you think she can make it in fifteen minutes?"

"At her current speed... it's difficult!"

Violet gave a tactful reply.

Judging from Zhu Zhuqing's speed in the villa, it would be difficult for her to finish in fifteen minutes, half an hour, or even an hour.

Back then, when she first broke through her limits, it took her a full seventeen minutes to run a 500-meter lap. She fell and fainted three times due to lack of oxygen before finally succeeding in breaking through her limits and unlocking the so-called Gene Lock.

Although Zhu Zhuqing didn't need to run laps, the distance from Training Ground No. 36 to the villa was more than 500 meters. Given Zhu Zhuqing's physical condition, which had been suppressed to the point of exhaustion by Ye Qingcang, every step she took after stepping off the ground was roughly equivalent to every step she took when running the last 500 meters. Her senses were already numb, and she was running entirely by willpower. Therefore, the test Zhu Zhuqing faced was not only the willpower required to break through her limits for the first time, but also the illusion of abundant energy for five minutes after breaking through her limits for the first time, and the doubled fatigue that followed five minutes later.

In other words, if Zhu Zhuqing can reach Thirty-Sixth Training Ground within five minutes of breaking her limit, she still has a chance to play.

If she takes more than five minutes.

Or perhaps they're planning to conserve energy on the road.

Even a distance of 100 meters would take her an hour to climb.

It's absolutely impossible for him to get up and rush to the training ground.

Therefore, five minutes can almost determine everything in the future.

only...

"Aren't you worried that doing this will cause irreversible damage to her body?" Violet remembered the scene when Ye Qingcang was constantly supervising her while she was running. After adjusting her mindset, she felt a little pity for Zhu Zhuqing, the unlucky girl who had been betrayed by her fiancé. However, this pity was just that—pity. She wouldn't take care of Zhu Zhuqing because of pity. "After the Gene Lock is activated, there's nothing wrong for the first five minutes. But after five minutes, if she doesn't get timely nutritional replenishment, her body will completely collapse. It's no exaggeration to say that she'll bleed from all seven orifices... Everyone who can activate their Gene Lock before cultivating Stellar Martial Arts can complete the first chapter in a very short time. Within five years, with ample resources, she will definitely be able to complete the first chapter and begin working on Magnetic Field Martial Arts. If she really shows this aptitude, isn't it a bit too extravagant of you to use her like this?"

"Nutrition?" Ye Qingcang stopped and looked around Training Ground 36. In the time it took Violet to speak, he had already arrived at his destination. Of course, Violet had arrived as well, at the same time. "This is one of the reasons why you have not been able to comprehend Magnetic Field Martial Arts. You see everything too objectively. In fact, Magnetic Field Martial Arts and Alchemy are in conflict. Seeing everything too objectively is an advantage of learning Alchemy, because in the concept of Alchemy, equivalent exchange means exchanging two different objects, or even two different concepts. You must be extremely clear about the essence of these two objects. Therefore, an absolutely objective mindset can help you get started faster. However, in the concept of Magnetic Field Martial Arts, the essence of everything in the world is the same. Magnetism can affect gravity, gravity can affect space, and space can affect time, which is white holes and black holes. We stand on the boundless and hopeless earth, and we also stand on the boundless and hopeless bones."

"So that means..." Violet seemed to realize something, turning her head to look to the side, her earlobes flushed pink. She didn't reveal the true nature of the cream inside the puff, changing the subject. "How many minutes has it been?"

"Three minutes."

Ye Qingcang took out the Jade Seal Machine and glanced at it.

In the past, he could count by pulse.

But now, his heart might not even beat once every three minutes. His exceptionally strong physique allows his heart to deliver unimaginable energy to his other organs with each beat. And once his other organs receive this energy, they will not ask his heart for another wave of energy until they are completely depleted. This results in his heart being able to beat only once every long period of time, and his lifespan is close to infinite.

In layman's terms: His body will not die.

But if the soul is lost, the body dies.

Because the body cannot absorb nutrients on its own.

Without the protection of nutrition, even the strongest body will become like a rusty machine, but if its soul remains, it can seek nutrition, and even if it makes little progress, it will not age.

This is another advantage of Magnetic Field Martial Arts.

I have thoroughly understood the essence of nutrition.

He has thoroughly understood the essence of energy.

You'll find that the world is really nothing special.

Everything is made of energy.

Even if the brain is shattered, it is just a lump of flesh and blood. Even if the heart is gone, energy can be used to build a new heart.

Violet was also helpless about this.

Ye Qingcang fifteen years old this year. She is an alchemical Goddess of Life created by Ye Qingcang when he was six years old. Therefore, her actual age is only nine years old. Everyone always thought that she spent nine years learning the first seven chapters of Stellar Martial Arts. Little did they know that she only spent five years and nine months learning the first seven chapters of Stellar Martial Arts. During these three years, she was stuck at the stage of Magnetic Field Martial Arts and found it difficult to get started. The main problem was that she had difficulty getting started with the concepts.

Ye Qingcang had no way to deal with this.

Once your values are formed, they are very difficult to change.

He can't exactly brainwash Violet, can he?

Wouldn't that violate his moral bottom line?

Therefore, Violet could only be allowed to slowly wear down him.

Who knows, one day I might suddenly have an epiphany.

"Will you be disappointed if she can't make it?" Violet shifted the focus to the unknown outcome. Ye Qingcang rarely misjudged, but Ye Qingcang had also said that there was always a chance of something going wrong, "Won't such a huge price be paid for nothing?"

"It doesn't matter." Ye Qingcang took out a watermelon from his Storage Soul Tool, cut it in half, tossed a spoon to Violet, took out two small stools, and started eating the watermelon with the spoon. "I just gave her a chance. If she can seize it, she will be qualified to follow me. But if she can't, her position in my heart will drop a lot. Maybe I will only go back to see her when I think of her, or maybe I won't care about her feelings in the end... People's hearts are fickle, and to be honest, I am also very scared. So, I hope that you and others who can keep up with me can keep up. I will also try my best to support you and keep up as long as it does not affect my progress."

"I'll try not to be a burden to you." Violet smiled and joked, "Perhaps one day, like in some novel, I'll be a reincarnation of a powerful being, traversing the river of time, created by you in this way, suddenly awakening my memories, and roaming freely across the heavens and earth... Then I'll take care of you, okay?"

"Then I'll just wait patiently for that day." Watching the black shadow speeding away in the distance, Ye Qingcang quickly finished the watermelon in his hand, clapped his hands, and took out a tissue to wipe his mouth. "Perhaps one day, I will be killed by some great enemy in some world, and then you will be like the Ruthless Great Emperor, carrying me to kill all over the world, and when I return after my death, I can cling to your leg..."

Violet chuckled to herself.

No one can predict what the future holds.

But we can still see how things are now.

"I'm here..." Zhu Zhuqing was in unexpectedly good condition, although it seemed like a final burst of energy before death. She clenched her fist thoughtfully and frowned, saying, "Although it was difficult at first, it got easier and easier as I ran. Was it the effect of your... um... that thing?"

"It helps, but not much... Ultimately, it depends on yourself." Ye Qingcang looked at the large patches of mud on Zhu Zhuqing's leather jacket, especially on her knees, where the mud was mixed with very obvious blood. He knew that the difficulties she had encountered along the way were far more than Zhu Zhuqing described. However, since Zhu Zhuqing had come this far, she was qualified to be his investment. With a gentle pat, the dust dispersed, and Zhu Zhuqing's body went limp. Her excitement dissipated, and her wounds began to heal. Ye Qingcang hugged her, and she finally got the answer she wanted, "Rest for a while. Once your body functions normally, I will teach you everything you want to learn and can learn. Don't worry, I know a lot, enough for you to learn."

"Then I'll leave it to you..." Zhu Zhuqing closed her golden cat-like eyes, her breathing gradually becoming even. "Actually, I know you don't need to give me a chance, nor do you need to show the same sincerity as before. If you want me, just tell the Xingluo Royal Family. They would never offend a God Trial Taker for a Zhu Family girl. So, I'm willingly offering you everything I have, even if it's just a little bit of light you casually sprinkled, but to me, this is truly the world you gave me!"

"What a cruel world!"

Violet sighed.

He patted Zhu Zhuqing's head.

"Indeed." Ye Qingcang nodded, shifting to a more comfortable position so Zhu Zhuqing could lean against his shoulder to rest, recover her strength, and calm her mind. "The weak who want to change their Destiny must pay with everything, including their Goddess of Life and dignity. Even so, they can only gamble on a possibility, on the pity of the strong, on a moment of weakness in the strong... But it is precisely because of this cruelty that Goddess of Life is so beautiful; perhaps I am not a good person, but I dare to give a chance!"

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