Chapter 202 – The Illusions of Lust (1/2)
Chapter 202 – The Illusions of Lust
Yes, Qinghan was undergoing a series of sufferings. Now, he was struggling in the Illusion Trial yet again.
Qinghan had spent the last eight months, almost around the clock, in cultivation. Fortunately, he finally broke into the Realm of the Prince as he wished. Another thing worth mentioning was that Qinghan was now 17 years old. He had entered the Realm of the Prince half a month after his birthday. A 17-year old Prince-Realm cultivator, he had set a new record in the cultivation world, once again.
Of course, the arduous efforts behind the result should not be forgotten, which was believed going proportional to his impressive achievement. The spirit fruits in the forest, on the other hand, also contributed to his success.
It was true that any of the five prominent families was able to create such a genius as long as they bought him ample amount of spirit herbs.
But no family would be moronic enough to invest their entire family’s property in any potential cultivator at the age of seventeen. Obviously, it was a risky deal. In the cultivation world, one was considered as immature until he or she broke into the Realm of the Emperor. What if the genius they created had no potential in grasping any of the Laws of Heaven and Earth, after wasting so many treasures on them? That would be a fatal loss for that family.
As for Qinghan, this Prince-Realm achievement would mean nothing to him if he failed to pass this trial. Even if he miraculously became an Emperor-Realm cultivator, he was nothing if he was still locked in this damn mountain, where many predecessors’ white bones were buried beneath the ground, many of whom were immortal-level cultivators.
After one-day’s rest, Qinghan was determined to reap the remaining six spirit fruits from the trees of the seven human emotions, thus the Illusion Trial might be passed earlier.
Since he had become a Prince-Realm cultivator, his soul power had become increasingly powerful, especially when he integrated with his battle beast.
On the first day, it only took him five minutes to pass the Illusion of Happiness, and soon after that, he got the spirit fruit of happiness accordingly. The next day, he spent half an hour around another ancient tree until the Illusion of Evil eventually disappeared. On the third day…
Today was the sixth day after straightly passing the previous five illusions. Now, he was standing in front of the tree of lust. This was going to be the last illusion that he was supposed to pass in the first trial. If he succeeded, the seventh spirit fruit would be obtained, and the Illusion Trail would be successfully passed by him at that time.
Qinghan was crystal clear what kind of man he was. As an aspiring young man, he was greatly influenced by lust. Before coming to this mountain, he had already accumulated experience in practicing lust on two separate occasions with two different girls. Alas, how could he be able to resist the luring temptation of the Illusions of Lust…
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Someone once said that men were merely a kind of species that only cared for the wellbeing of the lower part of their bodies. Qinghan favored this saying and believed he was no exception. In his previous life, there was a man called Liu Xiahui, who chose to suppress his sensual passion when a beautiful girl was sitting on his lap. Many praised this guy as an exemplary idol of ascetic spirit. From Qinghan’s point of view, however, this Liu Xiahui must be a sexless eunuch.
Why did the industry of prostitution prevail in any given dynasty? It was said that prostitution was among the three most ancient professions, apart from politicians and killers.
Qinghan believed however, no one was born to be lust. It was the growing male sex hormone that played the trick, which helped arouse a man’s physical demand whenever they met the body of a beauty. It was undeniable, though, the ideology of the society also played a part in forming people’s values over sex. Most men regarded their love for the graceful, feminine body as a justifiable demand.
A simple analogy to this hypothesis would be, when an uncivilized wild man was thrown into human society, he would, in his rutting period, pick any woman with female characteristics to release his hormones, no matter how this woman looked like. It was a man’s intuitive behavior.