Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 173 "Caroline Looking for a Book", becoming a legend through martial arts?

After crying for a while, Caroline finally came out of the sadness of the erosion of the bright sun.

She wiped the tears from her cheeks with the back of her hand, sniffed her nose twice, crossed her arms and looked away: "Um... nothing happened just now, but thank you anyway."

Yuan Qingzhuo burst out laughing.

I don’t know about other things, but the hardness of Caroline’s mouth is definitely legendary.

When it is buried in the ground and dug out after who knows how many years, people will wonder why only the mouth is left.

The girl took a deep breath, letting the oxygen fill her body.

She was silent for a while, and seeing the large dark water stains on Yuan Qingzhuo's clothes, she scratched her cheek with her fingers embarrassedly.

"Um, do you want to come to my house?"

Yuan Qingzhuo shook his head slightly: "Anything else? If not, I want to go to the library to find some books about breakthrough and sublimation..."

Hearing Yuan Qingzhuo's refusal, Caroline curled her lips, narrowed her still red eyes, and said in An's tone: "Didn't you just break through the mercury today? Don't you want to consolidate your realm and be too ambitious?"

Hearing Caroline's questioning, Yuan Qingzhuo could only sigh helplessly and no longer hide the aura that had reached the limit of the mercury level at the moment of the breakthrough.

Otherwise, you won’t be able to convince the little girl even if you talk all day and all night.

"Well!"

Caroline's eyes widened and she was completely stunned.

She pointed at Yuan Qingzhuo and stammered, "You... you, you, you didn't break through today, no, just now!"

Yuan Qingzhuo spread his hands: "So is there any conflict between the breakthrough just now and the peak of the Mercury Rank?"

Caroline closed her mouth tightly.

In theory, no.

For example, my mother said that when she just broke through, she immediately reached the limit of the mercury stage. In addition, many predecessors in the sect have had such experiences.

But without exception, those strong men who have reached the mercury limit right after breaking through all possess a state of mind and soul strength that far exceeds the mercury level of power.

Only in this way can he ensure that he can perfectly control this surging power and not be eroded by the ubiquitous whispers of the abyss.

But how old is Yuan Qingzhuo?
Caroline looked at one of her hands - this was how old he was!
How could such a young child fully control the sudden surge of power!
——Even she could have done this back then, but Caroline did not choose this path. Instead, she chose to practice hard step by step to advance her own strength.

Only in this way can one perfectly control every bit of strength and spiritual essence in the body.

Silly Caroline certainly wouldn't have thought that Flandre and Ann had considered this issue, but neither of them thought it would be a problem for Yuan Qingzhuo.

So the girl became a little anxious.

But she didn't know how to start.

Frankly speaking, I am worried that she would never say such words, and let her soul examine Yuan Qingzhuo's soul...

Caroline thought their relationship wasn't that good yet.

"You're doing this, it's very dangerous, you know!"

Caroline frowned and said to Yuan Qingzhuo in a serious tone, "It may seem simple to directly gain a large amount of power during the promotion process, but it will only make you more vulnerable to being eroded by the abyss."

Teacher Caroline’s small classroom is now open!

However, Yuan Qingzhuo didn't seem to need to take this kind of easy lesson that he had known since the first day of learning martial arts.

"I've seen too many idiots like this! Guess what happened to them in the end?"

Caroline said threateningly.

Yuan Qingzhuo helplessly asked, "What's wrong?"

The girl opened her arms and yelled, "I have become a corroded body that is neither human nor ghost!"

"Wow, that's scary. I'm so scared."

Yuan Qingzhuo read it emotionlessly.

This situation would naturally exist for ordinary people, but for Yuan Qingzhuo, let alone his physique of only 10,000 points, what would it matter even if it was increased ten or a hundred times?

The premise that makes one more vulnerable to erosion by the abyss is that the state of mind of the person holding the power does not match his existing strength.

It's like letting a child hold a gun. Not to mention aiming at someone fifty meters away, he might be killed by the recoil of the shot.

The erosion of the abyss is this recoil.

The state of mind, or the strength of the soul, is the big hand and power that suppresses this recoil.

What was Yuan Qingzhuo's state of mind?
"It's just so-so," I would probably say.

Although it is much more than ten thousand Carolines stacked together, Yuan Qingzhuo will not be complacent about it.

Let’s not talk about the distant things.

But Yuan Qingzhuo thought that he probably couldn't compare to Flandel.

That’s right, it was that cheap teacher who was either working overtime or sleeping... Maybe it was because of Flandel’s disappointment at that time.

When in the fourth abyss, Yuan Qingzhuo, who had just received the gift of the scorching sun, keenly captured the slight spiritual fluctuations around Flandel.

Then he subconsciously used his martial arts will and glimpsed a corner of the soul of the girl in the wheelchair from afar.

No adjective can fully describe the corner of Flandre's soul that Yuan Qingzhuo saw.

Yuan Qingzhuo can only say:

It is hard to imagine that there is anything in this world that can shake Farandel's will.

——Even if she and everyone she knew died in front of her, the cult's thousand-year plan would fail, and all her ideals and ambitions since she could remember would be shattered, and all her efforts, sweat, and sacrifices would be burned...

She probably wouldn't shed even a tear.

This is how Yuan Qingzhuo evaluates his cheap teacher.

"Be afraid, be afraid, be afraid! What are you afraid of?" Caroline wrinkled her nose and punched Yuan Qingzhuo's forehead with her little fist: "If you really knew what fear is, you wouldn't do this!"

Yuan Qingzhuo laughed at the girl who was worried about him because of this.
"Didn't you hear me tell Sister An that I have been completely eroded by the Scarlet Sun, so I won't be affected by the erosion of other abysses?"

"Completely corroded?!"

Caroline was startled at first, and touched Yuan Qingzhuo's body all over, as if she was afraid that she had grown a few more hands or heads.

Then she let out a long sigh and realized, "As expected of the Brilliant Sun, it has no effect even if it completely corrodes a person."

Caroline put her hands on her hips and laughed proudly, as if the brilliant sun was someone she belonged to.

Yuan Qingzhuo was somewhat speechless after listening to these almost extreme comments from fans: "No, it still has some influence."

"Ah! Then, little teacher, please tell me what's wrong. I'll ask mom to come over and treat you!"

Caroline was shocked, and the joy she had just shown disappeared in an instant, replaced by worry and anxiety.

——She had seen too many warriors who were eroded by the abyss and turned into erosion species on the front line. The comrades who you could trust with your back the moment before would roar and rush over to fight you to the death the moment after being eroded... This is the horror of the erosion of the abyss.

Caroline also heard from Ann that even if one could maintain sanity and keep the body and soul intact after being eroded, both thinking and ideas would become very different from before.

Yuan Qingzhuo quickly pressed down the hand that was about to release the spell.

——Although the little guy has a bad temper, he is actually a pretty nice person.

Well, he's just very stubborn.

"Nothing else, the consequence of my complete erosion is that I am more likely to be sad and cry... After all, she is the Brilliant Sun, isn't she?"

Yuan Qingzhuo soothed him and brought up the name of the brilliant sun.

But this time it didn't work as well as before. Caroline still lowered her eyes and looked at him carefully. After confirming that she couldn't see anything special, she spoke seriously:
"Then little teacher, if you feel uncomfortable, don't force yourself to endure it. Tell me and I will let my mother help you."

Yuan Qingzhuo nodded: "Okay."

"Then what happens next..."

"Then you can go to my house!" Caroline said with her head raised, "Go to my house and take a shower and change clothes... I have a lot of cult uniforms that I haven't worn yet."

"As for the books you want, I will get them all back for you!"

Seeing Yuan Qingzhuo's incredulous expression, Caroline crossed her arms and snorted, "Humph, after all, it's my fault that your clothes became like this."

He took the bunch of keys thrown by Caroline and heard the girl say:
"I don't have the bad habit of not admitting my mistakes yet!"

After saying that, he saw Caroline snorted coldly and strode forward.

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the direction the girl was walking and couldn't help but open his mouth to remind her: "Uh... Caroline, you're going in the wrong direction. The library is over there."

"Humph!"

The girl turned around and walked past Yuan Qingzhuo again, shouting, "I just want to test you to see if you know which direction the library is. I'll be relieved if you don't get lost!"

Faced with such extremely stubborn remarks, Yuan Qingzhuo could only say that as long as you are happy.
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Why hasn't Caroline come back yet?

If you don’t understand, just ask, does it take so long to get a book?
At Caroline's house, Yuan Qingzhuo, who had already changed his clothes, sat at the door, watching the sky gradually darken, thinking in confusion.

Not to mention two hours, but definitely one hour.

——One hour ago.

Caroline entered the library directly by scanning her face, and walked through the general knowledge area and the tin and mercury area where the largest number of books were located.

Came to the third area.

"Well...you want me to find books about advancement and sublimation."

Caroline thought as she stood in front of the rows of bookshelves, and turned to look at the [Sublime Authority Area] marked on the bookshelf.

Turning his head to look at the other side, he saw the [Sublimation Ritual Area].

Then, he lowered his head and fell silent.

The reason is also very simple.

Because she couldn't understand the meaning of the words marked on it.

She, see, doesn’t, understand!
Of course she could understand the word "sublimation", because even though she was illiterate, she would always see someone pointing at these two words and saying "sublimation", and she would understand that this was the meaning of sublimation.

The same goes for the "white iron" and "mercury" on the front line. She could barely recognize the characters of several major levels.

But the key point is that all the bookshelves on both sides here are marked with the word "sublimation".

Caroline, who has less than an elementary school education, is in great trouble!
She gritted her teeth and looked around at the rows of bookshelves and the hundreds and thousands of different words on them. She felt that they were more terrifying than a hundred or a thousand molten rivers!
Is this the power of knowledge?

For the first time in her life, the girl was forced to retreat. She gasped and backed up to the librarian at the front desk of the library.

The librarian who saw Caroline walking backwards from a hundred meters away:?
——She can’t use the library as a training ground.

It seems that there was a rumor that Caroline burned down the classroom before...

So in order to protect these precious books, the administrator decided to step forward:

"Miss Caroline...how can I help you?"

Caroline, who was feeling overwhelmed by the ocean of knowledge, suddenly turned around, picked up the administrator who asked the question very seriously, and said to her:
"Please help me find some books about advancement and sublimation."

Caroline's hands trembled slightly, as if she was facing some extremely powerful enemy and making arrangements for her final wishes:
"please."

Confused librarian:?

However, although there were two big question marks on his forehead, the administrator still smiled and took Caroline to the bookshelf marked "Sublimation and Promotion Area" with his excellent professional qualities.

"These two columns are books about the advancement of the sublimation level. Miss Caroline, you can choose and read them in the library."

The administrator, who had no idea that he had touched upon the girl's "illiterate" minefield, continued, "If you want to take it away, just register it with me or at the self-service borrowing machine at the door before you leave."

"Well..." Caroline squeezed out two words from between her teeth: "Thank you very much..."
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"—So that's why you brought back two stacks of books?"

Looking at the two piles of books that were almost taller than Caroline stacked in her living room, Yuan Qingzhuo couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

And look at what these book titles are:
[What, you want to break through and sublimate? This is enough! ]

[One day of tin, three days of mercury, one week of sublimation! Teacher A's must-see promotion course, the link to the technique is marked at...]

[We agreed to break through to sublimation, why did you break through to legend? 】

【After everyone is reborn, who will stay in the sublimation? 】

I’m afraid this is just a bunch of marketing books and novels!
I turned around to look at Caroline, whose face was flushed, and heard her turn her head and say, "You know I can't read, so I thought I would bring more back. There will always be something you need."

If you can’t read, you go to the library to find the book you want... What’s the difference between this and trying to cross a river without knowing how to swim?
"Forget it... Caroline, do you want to learn to read in the future?" Yuan Qingzhuo sighed and searched through the pile of books to see if there was any useful book: "I can teach you."

Caroline, who was standing by, also came to help Yuan Qingzhuo organize the books, but she still pouted and said, "Is it really easy to learn to read? I always feel like I can't remember those symbols."

"If you don't learn, you'll never learn."

Yuan Qingzhuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he pulled out a thin book from the pile of books: "Since you are so talented in the fields of supernatural and magic, it should be easy for you to learn a word, but you just didn't want to learn it before."

Caroline's eyes curved into crescent shapes when she heard the praise. She clenched her fist and put it in front of her mouth, coughed, and pretended not to care:
"Well, I will learn from you, little teacher, in the next two days."

Yuan Qingzhuo thought that praising Caroline really had a very good effect.

Sooner or later, we will set up a praise group to praise Caroline every day, so that the concept god, Caroline who is praised, will always appear.

He pulled out this thin booklet that couldn't even be called a book, but his eyes couldn't help but focus.

"Masters of Martial Arts Can Also Become Legends: Sublimation"

Yuan Qingzhuo pondered for a moment, turned the book over, and saw the author's name.

——Kaya Skurich.

(End of this chapter)