The Exchange Game Starting with Lu Mingfei

Chapter 118 What is the Perfection of the Dragon Clan?

Fenrir has already unleashed his ultimate attack; if he doesn't fight back, he'll die alongside Chu Zihang in that underground Nibelungen.

Chen Motong is clearly not simple.

Both her family background and her personality are shrouded in mystery.

How many secrets does this world still hold?

Huo Yuhao lay down on the bed, staring intently at the floorboards of the upper bunk.

Since arriving in this world, he has always appeared calm and composed, as if everything is under his control.

But in reality, he was always on edge, afraid that one wrong step would lead to the failure of the project.

[Project Objective: To explore whether different chosen ones can retain their status as chosen ones after swapping worlds.]

But what happens after we investigate? What exactly is Lu Mingfei's position in this world?

How can one successfully maintain their position?

After they succeed, will they really be able to return to their original positions?

[The project owner has raised questions about the project itself; a supplementary explanation package is now being released.]

The chosen one is the core of the world. When the world loses its chosen one, it will fall into a crisis that it cannot resolve on its own due to the lack of its core. Therefore, the project entity needs to maintain its uniqueness as the chosen one and resolve all the major challenges facing its world.

The mission of the Chosen One will be considered complete when all threats are completely eliminated and the world enters a period of long-term stability.

Once the project's objective is achieved, the two project stakeholders can choose whether or not to return to their original world.

Huo Yuhao frowned.

What if one person chooses to stay while the other decides to go back?

If the main project entity makes a different choice, the project team will use the chosen world as a blueprint to create a parallel world. This operation will not interfere with or affect the return process of the other main entity.

Copy the world?

Huo Yuhao's breath hitched slightly.

What exactly is the background of this project team?

The creator god?

You can understand it this way.

Huo Yuhao twitched the corner of his mouth.

So what are they?

A toy of the creator god?

The project team did not respond further.

Huo Yuhao sat up and took a deep breath.

It doesn't matter what kind of challenge Lu Ming insists on facing, he will accept it!

Therefore, it's more important to strengthen our abilities and enrich our minds right now.

Huo Yuhao got up early, had breakfast at the cafeteria, and then brought bread and milk—traditional white breakfast items—to the clock tower.

Starting today, he will be learning alchemy from the vice principal.

He glanced at the time displayed on the clock tower: 6:30 a.m.

At this moment—Huo Yuhao looked at the small window of the clock tower pavilion, somewhat hesitant.

Is the vice principal still asleep?

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Based on Lu Mingfei's memory and the descriptions of the vice-principal on the college forum.

An image of an unkempt, middle-aged, overweight man gradually emerged in Huo Yuhao's mind.

Saying the vice principal is fat isn't quite accurate; he just has a beer belly like Lu Mingfei's uncle.

Judging from the vice principal's facial features, he was actually a very handsome man when he was young.

If it were Lu Mingfei, he would probably complain that "time is a cruel mistress."

Huo Yuhao placed the breakfast at the attic door, listened to the snoring inside, and without hesitation turned and headed to the library.

Before the vice principal wakes up, he should read a book by himself.

Last year, Chu Zihang and Xia Mi discussed the "Jade Record," which seemed to be a book about alchemy. Lu Mingfei's impression of it was only the terms "Taiyi," "from the earth to the heaven," and "from the heaven to the earth" mentioned in their conversation. Then, Lu Mingfei's joking around interrupted the discussion.

Therefore, when Huo Yuhao discovered that the Jade Record was just a collection of proverbs compiled from medieval Latin and Arabic manuscripts, he was at a loss.

Is alchemy really that mysterious?

As someone who had systematically studied soul tool technology, Huo Yuhao couldn't understand why alchemy reference books were written in such a cryptic and obscure way.

Huo Yuhao acknowledged that the essence of alchemy is exchange.

Just like when he was making a soul tool, if he didn't have the materials of the corresponding level, he couldn't bear the energy of the array's operation, which would cause the soul tool to fail to be made.

The carving knife used to create soul tools is also very important. It is not only a tool for carving, but also a medium for transmitting soul power. Soul masters must use the carving knife to precisely guide their soul power into the metal or other carrier so that those patterned objects can make the soul tool work after the soul master introduces soul power into it.

Therefore, in essence, a soul tool is an extension and carrier of a soul master's power. Through it, a soul master only needs to consume a small amount of soul power to unleash various soul skills far exceeding their own limits.

The cost, however, is the materials used to make the soul tool.

Materials have a lifespan. Every flow of soul power and every release of energy irreversibly consumes its structure. When the limit for exchange is reached, the soul tool will be completely destroyed.

Looking at these proverbs in the book, Huo Yuhao felt that this was not like an academic reference book for "science", but more like philosophical principles in "humanities".

Take a look at these thirteen sentences:

[Truthfulness and honesty, never lying, will inevitably bring truth.] That's absolutely obvious, isn't it?

[To ascend from the earth to the heavens, and then descend from the heavens, gaining the abilities of both above and below.] Chu Zihang and Xia Mi had discussed this concept of "below" and "above."

Huo Yuhao now harbors some resentment towards Lu Mingfei, who was making a fool of himself back then.

You have to understand, Xia Mi is actually the Dragon King! Her points of view must have some merit!

and many more.

Huo Yuhao blinked. What did Xia Mi say back then?

"It describes a process of human evolution into dragons and thus achieving self-fulfillment."

Huo Yuhao has found another blind spot.

If Xia Mi said that, does that mean there really are cases of humans evolving into dragons?

Indeed, that is beyond doubt.

Herzog has already succeeded.

Huo Yuhao stopped reading and quickly borrowed several books related to alchemy. He then left the library and called Angers directly.

"Principal, is it convenient for you to talk now?" Huo Yuhao sat on a bench near the library.

The noise from Angers seemed quite loud, but it quickly faded away.

A refined, gentlemanly voice came through the receiver: "Of course, Mingfei, do you have any questions?"

Huo Yuhao asked, "Have you tried to verify my mental meditation method these past two days? What were the results?"

“Of course,” Angers said, “there are huge differences in the methods of meditation among different individuals.”

Angers continued, "Perhaps it's related to bloodline. I sensed the existence of the Sea of ​​Spirit within ten minutes. But students with A-level bloodlines need at least a day, and students with B-level bloodlines still haven't succeeded even after two days."

Given: The principal is an S-class hybrid, while Chu Zihang is an A-class hybrid. Due to his bloodlust, he can be considered an A+ class hybrid, while Caesar is a normal A-class bloodline.

Then, why is Chu Zihang's cultivation speed the same as the principal's? And why is Caesar's cultivation speed faster than the other A-level cultivators?

Although Caesar had his help, it only saved him about ten minutes.

The total time Caesar spent searching for the Sea of ​​Spirit was 70 minutes. Even without counting the time saved by Huo Yuhao, it was only 80 minutes. Even if Huo Yuhao's help was more effective, it would only take a maximum of two hours.

The difference between two hours and twenty-four hours is quite significant!

"Principal, do you have enough experimental samples?" Huo Yuhao asked.

Angers replied, "The experimental samples involved three generations: the elderly, the middle-aged, and the young, with thirty subjects at each bloodline level. There were a total of one hundred and fifty subjects."

"Of course, I'm considering increasing the number of participants."

Hybrids know too little about the mind, but as one of the test subjects, Angers has already experienced the benefits of mental power.

With the aid of mental power, his incantation lasted longer, and the recovery period after using it was shortened.

For him, this was undoubtedly a qualitative leap in combat skills.

Moreover, Angers intends to make the fourth blood surge a regular occurrence.

He had found the Blood Explosion technique in the ruins of the Kassel Manor, so as the most authentic Lionheart Society member, he knew more about this technique than Chu Zihang.

In the past, he could only use the third level of Bloodlust once or twice, because the fourth level of Bloodlust could easily turn him into Deadpool.

He cannot fall before he has completed his revenge.

Therefore, even though he learned the fourth level of Bloodlust, he basically never used it.

But now that he has discovered that his powerful mental strength can suppress the tyrannical blood of the dragons, he is even more frenzied in his attacks on the various resurrected dragons.

Fortunately, more and more dragons are reviving, otherwise there wouldn't be enough for this 130-year-old man to kill.

Slaying the dragon is a long war, and even Angers wouldn't dare say that he alone could carve out a bright future.

That's why he founded Kassel College.

Now that he has a way to enhance his strength, he naturally wants to see more students become stronger.

Huo Yuhao began to ponder.

Three generations of people, from the old to the young, representing five bloodline classes (A, B, C, D, and E), totaling 150 participants.

Angers wasn't counted as an S-class because, apart from a few from the Japanese branch, the only known S-class individuals are him and Lu Mingfei.

The number of mixed-race people is not large to begin with. Kassel College is called a university, but in reality, there are at most two hundred students in each class.

Because Cassel basically doesn't want hybrids with E-grade bloodlines.

The entire world of hybrids seems to have a lot of people, but 80% of them are below C-rank, and many more haven't even awakened their Word of Power.

The data provided by Angers is already quite comprehensive.

Is this something special about the main characters? Huo Yuhao frowned in thought.

He didn't neglect Angers either, and after receiving the answer, he said, "Principal, please let me know when you get a more accurate answer later."

Angers readily agreed.

He did entrust the mental meditation method to professionals for optimization, but that was clearly not that simple.

Perhaps, the next step in "cultivation techniques" still depends on the current "Lu Mingfei".

Huo Yuhao hung up the phone and looked at the time on his phone screen—7:03.

It's still early.

He decided to read "The Jade Record" again.

Based on the few words Xia Mi had said, I started to ponder it.

Could Herzog's "god-making plan" have been inspired by The Emerald Book?

However, according to Herzog's statement when he revealed to Genjiro that he was Bondarev while posing as Tachibana Masamune.

His research results were a continuation and improvement upon the research on Herzog.

So—bondalev was actually the mastermind?

Unfortunately, fearing he wouldn't be able to kill the new White King quickly, Huo Yuhao acted a bit too hastily, leaving many questions unanswered.

He didn't know who Bondarev was—though it seemed someone had seen him before.

Zero, and zero.

Should we inquire about the details of what happened back then to gain a thorough understanding of the situation and prevent being outmaneuvered, or should we wait for the crisis to strike and then rely on our own strength to resolve it?

Huo Yuhao naturally prefers to plan carefully before acting, but his current situation is awkward.

Ling proved her care for Lu Mingfei with her name, so it's really awkward for this imposter to ask them about their past.

So—it still has to be the little devil.

[A little devil?]

No one answered.

Huo Yuhao called out several times but received no response, so he knew that the little devil was too busy to come over.

"Self-fulfillment—" Huo Yuhao pondered the word Xia Mi had mentioned.

Are dragons perfect, complete beings?

The answer is naturally no.

Perhaps in China, the development path of the dragon race is correct. It can be said to be deeply bound to humans and successfully whitewashed, basically becoming a positive character.

After all, Chinese people call themselves "descendants of the dragon," and emperors in the past also called themselves "Sons of Heaven."

On the surface, dragons and humans seem to have established a relatively harmonious, even mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship, unlike the Western legends, which are always filled with the bloody atmosphere of a life-or-death struggle between dragon-slaying heroes and evil dragons.

But putting aside Western mythology, many legends in China from hundreds of years ago also illustrate the decline of the dragon race.

In the story of Nezha Conquers the Dragon King, the dignified prince of the Dragon King was killed at will by a mischievous child, who even skinned him and pulled out his tendons. Yet, after paying the price, Nezha was resurrected, and the Dragon Clan still couldn't do anything about him.

In "Journey to the West," Sun Wukong not only stole the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) from the Dragon Palace, but also demanded that the four Dragon Kings gather their own armor. Although the Dragon Kings were resentful, they could only smile and offer it up. The Dragon Palace was large and powerful, so they gave it away.

But aren't there stories like the Jinghe Dragon King being beheaded in a dream by the mortal prime minister Wei Zheng just because he was a little short of the required amount of rain? And the White Dragon wanting to go to the Dragon-Slaying Platform because of a luminous pearl, and after being rescued, wanting to transform into a white horse to be Tang Sanzang's mount?

As for legends like Xu Xun slaying the dragon and Zhou Chu eliminating the dragon, they don't take the dragon race seriously at all.

Dragons may seem noble and powerful, but in reality, anyone can step on them.

Are there any truths hidden in these legends and stories?

Huo Yuhao looked up at the sky.

I think there is, right?

In folk legends, a snake cultivates itself for a hundred years to become a python, a python cultivates itself for a hundred years to become a boa constrictor, a boa constrictor cultivates itself for a hundred years to become a jiao (a type of dragon), and a jiao constrictor cultivates itself for a thousand years to become a dragon.

Replacing the snake with a human doesn't seem like a impossible feasibility.

If one can achieve a perfect balance in harnessing the power of a dragon with the mind of a human, does that mean "perfection"?

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