Chapter 7

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Chapter 7: Ending the Youth of the Carefree Youths

The young man was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Master, I admire your power. I will call off my bodyguards and admit defeat!"

Although he was a bit arrogant, he was not stupid. He didn’t want to provoke a mysterious and powerful person who claimed to be invincible and could reshape metal at will! Most importantly, this mysterious person was ready to unleash his limitless powers at any moment.

[Mission accomplished! You helped Long Aotian win the bet and earned 100 Experience Points!]

The old monk quickly calmed down his previous fierceness and became kind-looking, "Very good, very good, little friend has great understanding! It wasn’t in vain that I tried to guide you!"

With the task completed, Bai Qige naturally succeeded and left, not bothering to talk more with Long Aotian. He floated away with the demeanor of a wise and noble outsider. In reality, he had to leave because the audience had come down and some of them seemed quite enthusiastic, as if they wanted to kneel down and learn from Bai Qige as soon as they approached him.

In a corner where no one was present, the old monk removed his disguise and returned to his true self. Bai Qige breathed a sigh of relief easily. Playing basketball with the black men wasn’t a big deal for him, but he was worried about the negative effects of Myriad Illusions Sky Slash and the overlapping Imbecility Aura of Long Aotian. In case during the competition, his rationality completely breaks down and the Wet Dream Muscular Monk appears, it would cause a big commotion. Despite his efforts to suppress his mind, he was eventually caught off guard and the threat towards the dandy young master was the result of his impaired judgment.

However, those things were in the past. Holding one hundred Experience Points, Bai Qige thought about how to use them. At the same time, he didn’t want to miss this rare opportunity for sightseeing. He wandered around, feeling quite satisfied with his trip. Students and people from outside set up various food stalls, exhibition halls, and gaming areas, along with different cultural performances which were exceptionally exciting.

As he walked, ate, and played along the way, Bai Qige, who had been in society for several years, was influenced by the students’ youthful spirit and vitality, feeling uplifted. However, as he passed by a place, he saw several girls in peculiar costumes in conflict with a group of obviously troublesome guys, arguing heatedly.

Bai Qige suddenly thought that troublemakers from outside had come to Canglan Academy to cause trouble, but he decided not to intervene because it wasn’t his place to do so. Canglan Academy was an elite school with wealthy students. The security here was very strong, to the extent that the security guards at the entrance were armed. In this situation, it would be a dead end for a few troublemakers to make a scene here.

However, gossip is human nature, and Bai Qige couldn’t resist walking over to watch. He soon found out that the guys dressed as troublemakers were actually students at Canglan Academy, same as the girls in peculiar costumes. They belonged to the same club, but today at the School Festival, the girls wanted to perform a COSPLAY fashion show while the guys wanted to dance in their troublemaker attire. A dispute arose between the two sides, not about the COSPLAY show or street dancing, but about whether they truly cared for each other, and why one was unwilling to sacrifice their seemingly insignificant hobbies for the other.

Yes, the club captain and vice captain were having a lover’s quarrel, staging a real-life version of a melodramatic youth drama.

"I’m getting old, I really am!" Bai Qige couldn’t help but sigh. After entering society, he found that the girls he met were very practical. They would first talk about wealth, houses, and cars. Even if one didn’t have wealth, having a stable and promising job, connections, future plans, ambitions, and drive were all crucial. After discussing a series of practical issues, relationships were pushed to the background. During those three years in Middle-earth World, he was focused on finding his way back home and never thought about relationships. Seeing this immature couple arguing about "Do you truly love me? Why don’t you sacrifice for me?" made Bai Qige deeply nostalgic.

He looked at the young couple who were arguing with a tolerant and wise heart. He couldn’t help but sigh and wish them well, thinking that they would make up soon and continue their close relationship. He couldn’t help but exclaim, "Youth is wonderful! Enjoy your youth to the fullest before entering the society!"

[A special Fate Anomaly is detected, turning into a task to help Yuan Jingxiang and Chu Mushan break up, assist Ye Daxiong to become Yuan Jingxiang’s boyfriend. The task rewards 2000 experience points and an Unshaped Noble Phantasm. Will you accept the task!?]

Bai Qige was astonished to see the sudden appearance of the Fate Interface. In the Middle-earth World for three years, he had only encountered a small task worth 30 experience points. But now, high-value Experience Tasks kept appearing. The 100-point task from Long Aotian was already significant, and now a 2000-point task emerged? This price would attract attention from some big shots in the Middle-earth World! Bai Qige felt a sense of urgency as if it might be snatched away by others.

Additionally, the task even offered an Unshaped Noble Phantasm as a reward, surprising Bai Qige.

While he had heard of special tasks offering various rewards besides experience points, these tasks had turned into legendary tales in the Middle-earth World. It had been years since any martial artist had received such a task, and even if they did, they likely kept it quiet.

Listening for a while, Bai Qige recognized the couple at the center of the task, Yuan Jingxiang and Chu Mushan, who were arguing. Tempted by the experience reward, Bai Qige couldn’t help but mutter to himself, "Since graduation means breaking up, and you’ve had your fun, it’s okay for your youth to end here early!"

Despite the peculiar nature of the task, Bai Qige couldn’t afford to miss it. Taking the task, various ideas floated in his mind, but in the rush, he realized he didn’t know how to make the couple break up. He understood the task was troublesome. His only chance to act was today since Canglan Academy was closed to outsiders afterward. He wondered how long he needed to stay occupied relying on the time outside the academy.

Chu Mushan and Yuan Jingxiang argued for a while before their companions intervened to quiet them down. After being persuaded, they calmed down and decided to continue discussing within their club.

Following along, Bai Qige quickly found the third person in this task, known as Ye Daxiong. He was around 160 pounds, 5 feet 5 inches tall, with eyes that appeared tired with glasses. He was slightly chubby and unremarkable, seemingly a member of the club as well. During club performances, while the main actors walked ahead empty-handed, he followed behind holding props. From overhearing others calling him, Bai Qige realized this person was Ye Daxiong.

"Is this chubby boy, helping him pursue Yuan Jingxiang?" Bai Qige looked at the 172cm tall, model-like Yuan Jingxiang, who was still young but already showing signs of beauty, and suddenly felt like he had taken on the wrong task. The only relief was that there was no punishment for failing the task, so Bai Qige remained calm.

Just as Bai Qige was gradually adjusting his mindset, preparing himself for the idea of gaining or losing, or even being okay with failure, an inexplicable dizziness hit Bai Qige.

[Rooting… sustaining… growing… giving back…]

Like thunder roaring, like a declaration from otherworldly beings, an enormous and unimaginable presence aggressively assaulted Bai Qige’s senses. Bizarre scenes kept flashing in front of Bai Qige’s eyes as if a supernatural phenomenon was suddenly occurring.

It was as if Bai Qige’s soul had broken free from his body’s constraints and was observing the world from a higher dimension. In this elevated perspective, his view rapidly shifted between infinite scenes.

He witnessed the history between Ye Daxiong and Yuan Jingxiang. Their families were acquainted from previous generations, so they knew each other since childhood and were childhood friends. Ye Daxiong had a crush on Yuan Jingxiang since they were young, but she was oblivious. As they grew up, Yuan Jingxiang became more beautiful while Ye Daxiong became more plain, leading to insecurities and a growing gap between them. Despite this, Ye Daxiong never gave up and pursued her with all his might. Lacking in academic abilities, he worked hard and got into Canglan Academy just to be with Yuan Jingxiang. They both joined the same club, but fate was cruel. Handsome and talented Chu Mushan became Yuan Jingxiang’s boyfriend, while Ye Daxiong ended up being just a helper in the club.

The despair of an unrequited love, the pain of watching the one you love become someone else’s girlfriend, the intense burning of emotions formed a crucial abnormality in the river of fate, creating ripples. If this continued, Yuan Jingxiang and Ye Daxiong would eventually go their separate ways. Interfering with this crucial abnormality in fate would have an impact, changing the fate of many people and causing greater ripples in the river of fate.

Ye Daxiong would take a different path because of this abnormality, causing destruction and turmoil for many in the future.

Nurtured in the past, shaped in the present, exerting influence in the future, this is a Fate Anomaly woven from cause and effect. However, there was a being constantly harvesting these Fate Anomalies, turning them into a source of power for its own growth.

A supernatural event flashed by and in a moment, Bai Qige came back to his senses. Although only a few seconds had passed in reality, the amount of information contained in those seconds was beyond Bai Qige’s expectations. He sighed to himself and said:

"Is this the true meaning of the Fate Interface Rules’ existence? By materializing Fate Anomalies into tasks and using living beings to harvest them, in order to strengthen oneself. When I traveled to the Middle-earth World, Fate Rules were planted in me. But upon returning, the source of Fate Interface Rules dried up, starting to deplete. In order to survive, the Fate Interface Rules urgently needed replenishment. They even revealed more secrets to me, all to help me quickly and with great effort replenish the energy of the Fate Rule!"

Understanding these things, Bai Qige became concerned about the task. According to the insights he had just gained, if the Fate Interface Rules on his body were not replenished with Fate Anomalies and became exhausted, it would cause a chain reaction. Even Bai Qige himself would be affected. He had doubts but couldn’t afford the risk.

The Fate Anomaly implied in Long Aotian’s task was minimal, as shown by the Fate Interface Rules only granting a hundred points of experience. Even if this task was completed, it would barely make a difference to the Fate Interface Rules. But Ye Daxiong’s task was enough to give the Fate Interface Rules a valuable breather.

Bai Qige followed behind, his age working as a good camouflage. He obtained a visitor’s pass, dressed casually and walked behind, entering the teaching building unnoticed, with no one realizing anything amiss.

Canglan Academy’s teaching building consisted of four buildings: two new teaching buildings, an annex building, and an old teaching building, which used to be the school building but was now converted into a student club activity area. At the moment, many student clubs were out performing, leaving the old building quiet. Seeing this, a crazy idea suddenly popped into Bai Qige’s mind.

Yuan Jingxiang’s club activity room was quite spacious, with two rooms directly – one for personnel activities and the other for prop placement. Currently, they arranged the props, then entered the personnel activity area together to continue persuading Yuan Jingxiang and Chu Mushan to stop arguing, while also discussing what the club would perform.

Bai Qige followed quietly behind and sneaked into the prop room. After searching around, he found something suitable among a pile of props. This time, he was up to no good. The old monk’s costume was not fit for use, so he planned to change the costume.

"Tsk tsk, truly the rich are evil. Investing so much money in extracurricular interests. I bet this plush costume set costs at least a few thousand bucks!"

The costume Bai Qige held in his hands was a set of blue, slightly chubby, with a white pouch on the belly, and white round paws and feet, like a life-size plush costume of a earless civet cat. The fabric was comfortable, breathable, and when Bai Qige put on this blue earless civet cat costume and moved around a bit, he found it to fit him perfectly.

"Okay, the disguise is sorted out now, next is the transformation. Huh, I never thought that after returning to Earth, I would be even busier than before. Changing costumes twice a day is quite a lot, but it’s necessary for gaining experience. This time, with the help of the evil power of Myriad Illusions Sky Slash, I hope things don’t get too out of hand!"

Muttering to himself, the Myriad Illusions Sky Slash Spirit Bead appeared in his hand, he pressed it against his chest, and then the Spirit Bead transformed into liquid, gradually seeping into Bai Qige’s body. He gasped violently, enduring the boiling pain in his blood, with faint blood streaks appearing in Bai Qige’s eyes.

The Middle-earth World was primitive in civilization, lagging in technology, but one thing was very advanced – the division of power levels. Myriad Illusions Sky Slash was a God Weapon, with its shape-changing ability as its basic function. If that’s all it had, the power of Myriad Illusions Sky Slash would be considered the lowest level God Weapon. However, Myriad Illusions Sky Slash also possessed a tremendously powerful spell called Mind Devil Transformation. It was with this spell that Myriad Illusions Sky Slash was rated as a fourth-level Evil God Weapon.

Infusing the power of Myriad Illusions Sky Slash into his body, harnessing the unmatched evil energy within, he transformed into a being called the Internal Demon, experiencing a significant leap in his overall abilities. Despite overcoming numerous challenges in the Middle-earth World with the help of Myriad Illusions Sky Slash, Bai Qige never liked this power because every time he used it, he completely transformed into a different person, lost and unable to control his true self.

Transformation complete, the evil energy began to fill Bai Qige’s body and mind, and suddenly his eyes were filled with a mad and wicked color.

Stepping out from the prop room, he pushed open the door to the activity room of Yuan Jingxiang and their group. Everyone inside was startled to see Bai Qige coming in wearing the COSPLAY plush costume.

The door closed, locked, underneath the round and chubby blue earless civet cat plush costume, a fierce and chilling voice could be heard:

"I am the Warrior of Love, Blue Civet Cat Demon Emperor. You, who do not focus on your studies and talk endlessly about love, get ready to face my judgment!"