Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 157: Penetrating the Upper Limit of the Golden Law and Returning from the Abyss
"——Sister Fa, I have been promoted to the White Iron Rank."

Farandel on the other side seemed unusually calm: "Well, OK, congratulations."

Yuan Qingzhuo, who was about to tell Farandel about the general improvement of the abyss beast, was stunned for a moment.

——He thought that Flandel would ask him what blessing or inheritance he had obtained after being promoted to the White Iron Rank.

If I don't tell you about the effect of the abyss beast, I won't be able to continue with my next question.

So Yuan Qingzhuo said: "After I was promoted to the White Iron Rank, I gained..."

He described the effect of "Beast of the Abyss" to Farandel in colloquial terms.

"Very good, it is a good blessing. If this is combined with your twin soul, your growth rate will become very fast."

Flandel's tone still sounded flat.

"So Sister Fa, what I want to ask is, after I was promoted to the White Iron Rank, I suddenly felt that my physique was restrained in a vague way. It felt like... I couldn't get stronger for the time being."

Yuan Qingzhuo asked doubtfully: "What is the reason?"

This time, Farandelle became more energetic.

She asked in surprise, "You just broke through and you've already touched the shackles?"

Yuan Qingzhuo could even "clearly hear" the friction between Flandre's sleeves and the corner of the table, and he heard a "hissing" sound from Flandre's side.

Then, with a long and comfortable breath, Flandel said: "It's normal for you to be curious about this... After all, tall people will always feel uncomfortable when the ceiling is too low."

It seems that it is quite common, or inevitable, for physical fitness to be limited and unable to improve.

Yuan Qingzhuo said secretly in his heart.

"——This is one of the effects of the cult's [Golden Law]. It will limit our physical qualities and soul strengths at the white iron and mercury levels to a visible range... The effective range is all humans."

The Golden Rule.

A new term I haven't heard of.

However, does this also mean that these "shackles" were artificially created by the cult?

Yuan Qingzhuo thought about it over and over, but couldn't think of the advantages and benefits of doing so - you know, mankind is now in an abyss full of dangers.

——What a brain twist.

He frowned.

"I guess you must be wondering which idiot inserted this kind of unnatural 'law' into the Golden Law."

Farandel smiled and said, "It is me, a humble person."

Suddenly, the atmosphere between the two fell into an unspeakable silence.

Yuan Qingzhuo immediately swallowed back the words "Sister Fa, tell me which humorous kid did this."

He listened to Farandelle sighing softly:

"You geniuses are like this. You just need to keep improving your rank so that your upper limit is locked. But I have to consider more when wedging the law into the Golden Law. For example, how much should the upper limit of each rank be locked? How many ranks should be limited? It's really brain-burning. It took me three hours..."

Yuan Qingzhuo: "Sister Fa, if you want to tell a joke, you can wait until I get back and tell it slowly. I can listen to you for an entire afternoon without laughing."

Flandel continued to sigh: "Oh, the child has grown up and doesn't even want to listen to what I say."

Yuan Qingzhuo was too lazy to reply.

After a few seconds, Flandre coughed twice and said:
"To put it bluntly, the so-called shackles only exist at the first and second levels. When you reach the third level, the shackles of the Golden Law will naturally no longer exist."

Yuan Qingzhuo: “Reason?”

"——Because after reaching the third stage, no matter how weak a third stage is, they will possess a [Pure Soul]. In this way, they will no longer be afraid of being rapidly eroded by the abyss because of the excessive power they possess."

"And before that... for example, take Caroline - if she wasn't restrained, her physical fitness and soul strength would at least increase several times."

Flandre grinned mockingly and asked, "So, what are the consequences of such a strong power?"

"——Being in the seventh layer of the abyss, one will naturally be quickly corrupted and eroded into a corrosive species amidst the whispers of the abyss. In the past, there were so many of these guys that the city gates could not even accommodate them..."

"Oh, by the way, Caroline's bad temper seems to have something to do with this."

Yuan Qingzhuo glanced at Caroline, who was constantly turning her head to be alert to the demons around her, and listened to Farandel saying, "The stronger you are, the crazier you will be, and the crazier you are, the stronger you will be - the so-called erosion of the abyss is nothing more than this."

"As a result, it is almost inevitable to create an artificial limit - other races have more or less made similar restrictions as we have."

Yuan Qingzhuo listened carefully, and in his mind emerged the images of Ann, who was always gentle to others, Flandel, who always had a cold face in reality, and Caroline, who would get angry and want to hit people at any time, and of course, Ronghe, who smiled after hearing about the fight to the death.

"As for why the Pure Soul can resist these things, and what the Golden Law is, I will not elaborate on it. If you are interested, go find a book and read it yourself."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Sister Fa."

Yuan Qingzhuo nodded and withdrew his attention from the conversation.

The seemingly long exchange between Yuan Qingzhuo and Farandel took only a few seconds.

He gathered the spiritual essence surrounding his body and remaining in the rituals, and after adding a large amount of martial arts will, the process was completed almost instantly.

The spiritual energy reserve was restored to full value in an instant.

Caroline's gaze fell on Yuan Qingzhuo almost instantly, with a barely perceptible surprise in her scrutiny.

She thought to herself: "Why does it feel like Yuan Qingzhuo has suddenly become so much stronger?"

Normally, no matter who is promoted, it takes a certain amount of time to adapt to the process of suddenly becoming stronger, even for the White Iron Stage with relatively minimal changes.

But she did not feel this process on Yuan Qingzhuo.

Even though he is eloquent and has done many things that others cannot do... you have to know that his actual age is only two and a half years old.

Caroline was extremely surprised.

Yuan Qingzhuo did not hide his relatively weak spiritual energy reserves from Caroline.

So the Dragon Girl looked at him, clapped her hands and encouraged him, "It took a short time to get promoted, and you have a good talent... Combined with the previous battle situation, you can be considered a strong man."

But then, she raised her chin, leaving a gap between her index finger and thumb:
"However, there is still a clear distance between me and you."

Yuan Qingzhuo smiled but said nothing.

If the little sister wants to be stubborn, let her be stubborn for a while.

Showing her his full martial arts will to flex his muscles is not only unnecessary but also very humorous.

Besides, this is not conducive to improving Caroline's favorability.

After meeting her now, Yuan Qingzhuo had a better idea of ​​what was going on with Caroline.

If you tell her that you are going to go and you are very capable, she won't believe you.

She has to find out for herself that you are great before she will believe it. At this point, even if you tell her that you are not great, she will not believe you.

Caroline is such a bad-tempered child who only believes in herself.

"Everyone, I've been waiting for a long time."

Ignoring the arrogant Caroline, Yuan Qingzhuo released a blood pressure that was several times stronger than before, causing the demons who formed a circle around him with solemn and fanatical eyes to immediately bow down in worship.

Varna was the first to kneel and the first to shout: "Congratulations to the great Lord Rashi for returning to his loyal white iron steps!"

Then all the demons answered in unison:

"—Congratulations to the great Lord Rush for returning to his loyal white iron steps!"

Caroline was so stimulated by the atmosphere around her that goose bumps appeared all over her body. She rubbed her arms unhappily and snorted coldly, thinking that one day in the future, I would make everyone kneel down to me sincerely.

Of course, Yuan Qingzhuo, this talented kid, also has to swear allegiance to me.

Caroline began her fantasy time.

——This guy Varner does a good job in creating the atmosphere.

Yuan Qingzhuo nodded to them and then said, "Everyone, perhaps we will be separated soon."

The frenzied atmosphere suddenly stagnated.

"I think you must be confused and puzzled by my decision - because I am clearly being promoted and the battle lines are continuing to lengthen. This is a good time to expand the size of the legion."

Yuan Qingzhuo stepped onto a high earthen slope and said to everyone, "But I am not satisfied with the mere white iron level... I want to advance to the mercury level, enter sublimation... until I become a legend."

"So now I need to go back to the royal court to get more resources that I deserve, so that these precious resources will not be wasted by those old guys who are just sitting there doing nothing."

The demons were startled, then looked at him more expectantly.

Yuan Qingzhuo continued to speak:
"If you still have even the slightest doubt about my talent, then I will tell you the true age of my Grand Duke Rush."

Surrounded by the demons' gazes, Yuan Qingzhuo uttered two words in a heavy voice: "Three years old."

"I am only three years old now."

“This is my immeasurable future and investment value.”

Three years old???

Even though Varna had been beaten many times by Yuan Qingzhuo and was now one of Yuan Qingzhuo's most loyal subordinates, he couldn't help but feel a subconscious doubt in his heart.

Because even dukes and grand dukes couldn't possibly go to the front line at the age of three.

What's more, Grand Duke Rush had just joined hands with Caroline, who was less than ten years old, to kill the Molten River Legion Commander who was over a hundred years old... Is the combined age of the two of them half the legion commander's shoe size?
Yuan Qingzhuo smiled:
"Some people don't believe it? That's natural. Those who don't believe it can go to the stone tablet in front of the king's court and check it out. There are 'Rashi' and 'three years old' written on it."

The demons choked again.

Because that is indeed a fact that cannot be changed. The stone tablet in front of the royal court is indeed engraved with the name, age and race of every member of the royal court.

But if Lord Rush is really only three years old...

How lucky are they to meet this adult at this time?

"I don't think I need to say any more words, any more farewell words... because the name 'Rush' will eventually resound in your ears again, resounding in this abyss."

Blue flames burst out from Yuan Qingzhuo's body, illuminating his young face with sharp edges and corners: "—Then, it will be time for you to return to my command."

The demons spoke no more, no more doubts.

Just bow your head to show your loyalty.

"Now, I ask you to severely injure the monster in this abyss, and then bring it to me so that I can kill it."

The demon army of more than a thousand people stood up instantly and responded in unison:

"As ordered!"

As for Yuan Qingzhuo himself, he took Caroline and walked in a direction slightly away from the front-line base.

On the way, the demon army would hunt down and seriously injure monsters, and then send them to him to give him a large amount of moonlight of not very high quality.

Of course, all of this Yuehua Yuanqingzhuo will be kept for the time being, because using it will not improve the physical condition to the upper limit.

"I didn't realize you were so good at making big promises. Tell me which book did you learn this from?"

"Tell me the truth, you are not really a member of the Demon King's Court, but a traitor undercover, right?"

The voices of Flandel and Caroline sounded almost at the same time, causing Yuan Qingzhuo to almost lose control of himself.

Feeling Caroline's confused and stupid gaze, Yuan Qingzhuo took several deep breaths before he managed to hold it together: "Caroline, would you believe such lies? I can just lie to them, but can you be fooled by them?"

A big question mark appeared above Caroline’s head: “?”

She snorted coldly: "I heard it very clearly. What you just meant is that you will gather them together after you become stronger, so that you can make a big demon army for you to command, right!"

"You're right, so my name is Rush?"

"Hmm... hum!" Caroline sniffed hard, as if she had finally figured out the whole thing. She immediately crossed her arms and said, "Don't compare me to those stupid demons. I was just testing whether you have a flexible mind."

"Oh, yes, yes, our Caroline is really a genius. She is really talented every day."

"Hmph, that's pretty much it."

Caroline's face turned red, and she was obviously enjoying it very much. She couldn't hear the deeper meaning of Yuan Qingzhuo's words at all.

Farandel, who was thousands of miles away, sighed: "How stupid! I don't know how An usually taught her."

After chatting with Yuan Qingzhuo about some simple and easy-to-understand Caroline, Flandel suddenly asked:
"Don't you need me to give you real-time reports on the locations of the more powerful monsters?"

"No need."

Yuan Qingzhuo tried to cast a small spell to release a fireball into the mouth of the dying monster. After collecting the moonlight, he replied, "During this journey, I have never encountered any powerful monsters or demons other than the Molten River Legion... It must be you, Sister Fa, who has been in charge."

Flandel was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Oh, I've been discovered."

"So Sister Fa, stop worrying about this trivial matter and go to sleep quickly to avoid sudden death."

Yuan Qingzhuo added:

"Also, remember to put out the cigarette in your hand. How many have you smoked in the past half hour? Smoking is harmful to your health."

"Okay~"

With a series of hissing sounds, Farandel's voice sounded as if he was relieved: "Then I'll take a nap first. When you come back, I'll talk to you about the [Martial God Festival]."

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the white pointed triangle and the familiar sign at the end of the horizon and spat unhappily:
"Speaking of Bull Demon, I want to take a nap too."

I have a stomachache today, so I can only update to 4K

I will update more tomorrow to make up for it


(End of this chapter)