Chapter 115: Never Give Up

  Bì luò's two small hands were tossing the slightly hot roasted meat back and forth to lower its temperature. She raised her head, lifted up her high magic hat, and her eyes sparkled with confidence that was completely opposite of her timidness yesterday: "Gān jìn, he will definitely come back!"

  "Ah......" The weeds blocking the entrance of the cave swayed, and Qianjin climbed in with two weapons, laughing and saying: "I'm back."

  Her high-spirited head quickly lowered, unsure whether it was shyness or timidity that dominated her demeanor once again. Two delicate small hands quietly handed a piece of roasted meat to Qian Jin's face. A faint mosquito-like voice came from under the magic hat: "Just freshly roasted."

  Qian Jin took over the roasted meat, and Mu Duo looked at Bi Luo, who had not been seen for several days, with a hint of curiosity in his heart. He wondered if Huang Quan had condensed his spiritual power into magical powers and advanced to become a great magician. At least from the outside, it seemed that Bi Luo hadn't changed much.

  Biluo felt the dry gaze, pulled her hat down even lower, and took a few small bites of the roasted meat with both hands before retreating back into the feathered cloak woven from dried grasses to begin her meditation practice.

  She took a bite of the roasted softness, looking at Bìluò who was meditating. This girl was the most diligent person she had ever seen. Although she didn't have much natural talent, she was more serious and hardworking than anyone else. After entering the Four Seasons Valley, her life became even more monotonous. She spent almost all of her time on meditation training, except for eating, sleeping, and necessary physical exercise.

  Rare efforts, but did not bring too many achievements, Bi Lu's mental strength growth has not stagnated, the slow progress is completely opposite to her diligence.

  Looking at Bi Luo, Gan Jing felt as if he was looking at himself. The awakening of bloodlines only happens once in a lifetime, whether it's before or after the awakening ceremony. Wasn't he also making efforts and paying the price just like her?

  Shui Lianying looked at the contemplative Bi Luo, shook her head and sighed, a faint smile playing on her lips that was hard to describe as mocking. She gently shook her head and whispered to herself: "Why must you force yourself like this? No matter how hard you try, it's impossible to succeed, why..."

  Qianjin's ears perked up slightly, and she heard Shui Lianying's muttering in her ear. She raised her head to look at the other girl not far away and asked softly, "You... don't you feel admiration?"

  "Effort with a possibility of success is persistence. Effort without the possibility of success is obstinacy." Water Lotus sat cross-legged, preparing to practice her inner strength:

  Qian Jin listened, slightly furrowing his brow, an uncomfortable feeling surging up: "As long as you don't give up, before it's truly over, no one can take away a person's right to decide whether they're successful or not."

  Shui Lianying looked at Qian Jin with some confusion, why was he being so serious about this? And getting more and more serious? Did he have a special relationship with this girl? But after spending a month together, she couldn't see any special relationship between them.

  "There's no chance of success, giving up is just a matter of time." Shui Lianying glanced at Bi Luo who was deep in thought: "She's a good person, why does she have to waste her time on this? Wouldn't it be better to do something else?"

  "Since your Blood Awakening failed, why waste time on the warrior's path? Wouldn't it be better to work at the family store? The Kanji have ultimate blood warriors, no need for those without blood power, so-called great warriors. In front of the Kanji's ultimate awakened blood warriors, any great warrior is so insignificant."

  Qianjin listened to Shui Lianying's counter-question, and the expression of the Shi Mai family manager who first proposed the idea with a high nose and disdainful eyes echoed in his ears.

  "Give up?" A cold, stern voice echoed through the cave, causing the temperature to drop sharply: "I only know that in school, when memorizing books, some people gave up. In fact, if you gritted your teeth, you could have memorized it, but they just gave up like that. The endurance running test during the entrance exam, as long as you gritted your teeth, you could get through it, but some people told themselves they had already done their best. If a ferocious beast suddenly appeared behind them at that time, and their life was on the line, only then would they discover that if they just persisted a little longer, they could have succeeded."

  "Persevere?" Shui Lianying looked at the gradually matured and weathered brows of Gan Jing, who still had an air of innocence or childishness: "Perseverance requires willpower."

  "Perseverance is in me, perseverance is in others." Dry and vigorous eyes shone with a very appreciative light, staring at the distant Bi Luo.

  "Perseverance is not omnipotent..." Shui Lian Ying Er gently shook her head, casting a sympathetic gaze on Bi Luo's body: "Just wasting life..."

  Knitted eyebrows tightly locked together, the azure falls on the cloak had already opened its starry eyes, a timid voice slowly echoed in the mountain cave: "Maybe I really don't have the talent..."

  Her sapphire-like eyes dimmed slightly, then burst forth with unprecedented confidence. Even her timid voice carried a rare determination: "But I'll still try my best, I must become a great magician."

  "Ah! Definitely!"

  Bì luò was as if persuading herself, nodding vigorously, her large magic hat swaying up and down. A faint humming noise came from under the magic hat again, but this time it was too small, so small that Shuǐ lián yīng ěr didn't hear it at all. If Gān jìng hadn't been paying attention to Bì luò, he would have almost missed her muttering to herself.

  "For my sister, I must become a great magician!"

  In the dimly lit cave, Gan Jing saw water vapor tears rolling gently in her bright eyes, her teeth biting lightly on her thin red lips, revealing a stubbornness that was hard to describe, completely opposite to her timidness of the past.

  Water Lotus Ying'er looked at Bi Luo and smiled lightly, shaking her head without closing her eyes as she practiced the inner strength in her body. It seemed like she was also talking to herself in a low voice: "I have also made an effort that was second to none before, but... if making an effort could really change everything, I wouldn't just be at this level of ability today."

  What's past is past. Gan Jian also shook his head, what used to be hard work now represents giving up, you didn't persist until the end, so how do you know that if you had kept trying, things might not have changed?

  "Thank you..."

  In the cave, the faint sound of the mosquito's voice floated into Qian Jin's ears, and he could see a shallow smile of gratitude at the corner of her lips.

  Qian Jin scratched his head and looked at the distant Biliu Lake, then touched the magic core in his pocket.

  "For his sister..." Gan Jing thought of Bi Luo's whisper not long ago, and in front of him appeared the scene of his father's hunched back: "I for my father, she for her sister..."

  "Whatever! Anyway, I won't be able to sense the spiritual energy before, so these magic cores are useless to me too." Qian Jin stood up and walked step by step towards Bi Luo, took out the two green-skinned three-armed ape and half-human horse magic cores from his pocket, and quietly handed them over to her, saying in a low voice: "Your meditation has already begun, this might be of some help to you."

  "This..."

  In the small cave, Bi Luo's timid voice was filled with unspeakable surprise, her thin cherry lips slightly parted, staring blankly at Qian Jin's hand holding the magic core, her delicate body trembling slightly, shock filling her entire being.

  Magic core! This is a magic core! Even the best magical students in the school's magical department don't have their own magic core! It's said that only high-level academy students with promise and high-ranking members of the Magical Guild can possibly possess a magic core.

  "Take it." Qian Jin grasped Bi Luo's delicate hand, as smooth as condensed milk, and placed the two magic cores that were obviously larger than her hand on it: "If there is someone worth your effort, that is a very happy thing."

  "This is too expensive..."

  Qianjin waved his hand to interrupt Biliu's words, which carried three parts of fear and seven parts of urgency: "For a pure warrior like me, the demon core is completely worthless. Where did you get that nonsense from? Just wait until you become a great magician and stand behind me to support me, then it'll be fine."

  Bì luò held the two magic cores in her hands, staring blankly at the two black lights flashing on them. Her wide magic robe couldn't hide her excited trembling.

  Having perseverance and persistence doesn't mean you don't have doubts about yourself. Bi Luo has made her greatest efforts over the years, but there's almost no progress in magic, and she hasn't doubted herself either. It's just that a conviction has always supported her - for her sister Huang Quan! I want to show my return to the starry sky to my sister! Bi Luo won't let you down.

  What do the two magic cores represent? Bickel silently put away the half-human horse's magic core, holding the green-skinned three-armed ape's magic core in his hands, and once again entered meditation. The faint spiritual power was transmitted into the magic core, rather than sensing the magical elements around him.

  The magical elements gathered in the magic core, with a weak spiritual force entering, produced a slight vibration, like a calm lake surface throwing in a stone, stagnant layer by layer of ripples, they entwined around the spiritual force and began to collide and shake slightly... The spiritual force is growing! Bì Luò felt that unprogressive spiritual force, with the help of the magic core, re-started some lively progress, her delicate eyelids couldn't stop lightly jumping.

  "Magic core? That's a magic core!" Water Lily Ying Er stared at Qian Jin in shock and confusion. This thing could be exchanged or auctioned off, it would be a great supplement for any warrior, but he just gave it away like that? And to a mage like him? Didn't he know that a good mage could get much more help from a magic core than Bi Luo?

  Shui Lian Ying Er really couldn't understand how Qian Jin was thinking, had he become so angry from their previous conversation that his mind was muddled? This demon core in Bi Luo's hands, the magical elements stirred up by her, most of them couldn't be absorbed by her and would instead dissipate into thin air, going to waste!

  He returned to the haystack, pulled out his own magic hat and put it on without looking at Water Lily's face, muttering to himself: "As long as you don't give up on yourself, this world won't give up on you. When you choose to give up, the door to success is closed by your own hands. Even if a magical opportunity passes by your side, you can't see or discover it. Because... you've already given up..."

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