Chapter 63: Did You Take Medicine?
Spark Fitness Center.
In the training hall more than six hundred meters high, overlooking the entire Yunhai City, Yi Ye Fu Yun changed into a silver-gray tight training suit and walked helplessly toward the central training arena.
“Sis, go easy on me later, I am your little brother.”
Yi Ye Fu Yun looked somewhat nervously at Ye Qinglu on the platform, already wearing her training armor.
These days he had been completely addicted to High Martial Arts Descend. Never mind sparring practice, he had even tossed aside his regular exercise, spending all his time digging holes and transporting.
Now sparring with Ye Qinglu, who could defeat a provincial fighting champion and reach the top four in the national fighting tournament, if Ye Qinglu got serious, he would be lying in bed for several days.
With the advent of the cosmic exploration era, more and more people wanted to go to other life planets in the universe, and the first prerequisite for cosmic exploration was physical fitness.
Because people were paying more and more attention to exercise, industries such as fitness were also rising rapidly.
As one of the top fitness centers in the province, Spark Fitness Center already had more than fifty chain branches in the province. Yi Ye Fu Yun, as the only young master of Spark Fitness Center, originally thought he could live an idle life, indulging in virtual games all day, with everything else being nothing but fleeting clouds.
But ever since he learned that Ye Qinglu was a member of the legendary Azure Travelers adventure team, and especially that Ye Qinglu was the vice leader, Yi Ye Fu Yun could no longer sit still.
As a casual player in the virtual game world, Yi Ye Fu Yun had heard far too many legends about Azure Travelers, who with just over twenty people had cleared the top-ten team dungeon Hell Cradle on the bounty list of the virtual game world, which was designed for teams of a hundred.
At that time, the fantasy blockbuster masterpiece The Peak of Sanctuary was popular worldwide, and from the moment Hell Cradle was discovered, for a full two years, no guild managed to clear it. Even super guilds filled with masters like clouds were no exception.
But the adventure team Azure Travelers suddenly appeared and successfully cleared Hell Cradle. The names of those twenty-plus people were forever engraved on the stone pillar of records in Hell Cradle, causing a sensation in the entire virtual game world.
It was from then on that Azure Travelers became known by all the large guilds. Over the following six years, the legends of Azure Travelers kept appearing in more than a dozen smash-hit masterpiece games, completely becoming legends in the hearts of casual players.
But joining Azure Travelers was not easy. The condition for joining was to be strong enough in reality. Even for the vice leader’s own younger brother, the requirements could not be lowered much.
Now, while Azure Travelers were preparing for this year’s scheduled masterpiece Immortal Road Eternal, it was a perfect chance to improve so that he could meet the standard in Immortal Road Eternal when the time came.
“Come on up. I won’t fight you seriously. And do you really think you can make me get serious?” Ye Qinglu loosened up her hands and feet and sighed at this disappointing younger brother. “For Immortal Road Eternal, only a few of us, including the leader and me, joined the internal test. That game uses deep-connection technology, with a virtual degree already reaching 85%. The battles inside are extremely close to real combat.”
“According to internal news from the leader, Immortal Road Eternal was tailor-made for the pioneer mecha of cosmic exploration. Pioneer mecha will be connected to the pilot’s nervous system. Although it cannot fully match controlling the real body, it is very close.”
“Our Azure Travelers’ ultimate goal is to become cosmic pioneers. Several known life planets are extremely dangerous, so before globally opening up pioneer qualifications, various countries have created new games tailored for pioneer mecha.”
“If you do not cherish this opportunity, you may never get another chance to join our Azure Travelers.”
“Sis, I understand. I will work hard.” Yi Ye Fu Yun stepped onto the arena, and the expression on his face became serious.
Cosmic exploration!
This could be said to be another global wave following the emergence of virtual games. After all, on unknown planets there were many unknown existences, and some unknown substances already discovered could even extend life.
This life extension was not just by a dozen years, but could double lifespan, keeping people young for a long time. The current global average human lifespan had already exceeded 120 years. If it could be doubled, that would be 240 years.
At 240 years, one could witness the rise and fall of a dynasty in ancient times, not to mention being able to maintain more than 150 years of youth.
Yet these unknown substances were extremely difficult to obtain. Normally, the only way was to gain pioneer status, go to those life planets, and get them yourself.
When Yi Ye Fu Yun heard this news from Ye Qinglu, he was dumbfounded.
He had not expected such great benefits from cosmic exploration. If he did not fight for it and become one of the first pioneers early, the possibility of lifespan extension would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
A lifespan of 240 years, who could refuse that?
“Alright, attack me!” Seeing Yi Ye Fu Yun becoming serious, Ye Qinglu also nodded.
In fact, her requirements for Yi Ye Fu Yun were not high. He only needed to hold out for more than ten moves against her. That way, although it would arouse some objections from team members, she did not mind.
Not convinced?
Then they could come challenge her.
Azure Travelers was not some harmonious team. They followed the law of the jungle: the strong rose, the weak stepped down. She could become vice leader only because she was strong enough, nothing else.
“Sis, then I won’t hold back.”
Fully geared up, Yi Ye Fu Yun knew very well how strong Ye Qinglu was. In actual combat, she could easily take on ten of him alone. So facing Ye Qinglu, there was no need for him to hold back at all.
With that, Yi Ye Fu Yun suddenly threw a punch at Ye Qinglu.
Crushing Stone Fist!
When Ye Qinglu had said they would spar, Yi Ye Fu Yun had already thought he could try Crushing Stone Fist. After all, he was too familiar with Crushing Stone Fist, so familiar it was etched into his bones. Even though his current body was far inferior to his body in High Martial Arts Descend, the muscle power-exertion method of Crushing Stone Fist was the same.
Before coming, Yi Ye Fu Yun had tried it on the punching bag upstairs.
The result had made him overjoyed.
He never expected that Crushing Stone Fist could actually be used in reality. Although its explosive effect was far inferior to that in High Martial Arts Descend, it could still increase his power by about 50%.
With a proficient-level Crushing Stone Fist unleashed, Yi Ye Fu Yun, whose strength had originally been less than a hundred, instantly exceeded a hundred, making even the air let out a bang.
“Has your strength increased?”
Ye Qinglu watched the punch Yi Ye Fu Yun swung. It was clearly heavier than some time ago, so she also sent out a punch.
Bang!
Fist met fist, and both of them stepped back two steps.
“Did you take drugs?” Ye Qinglu glanced at her own numbed fist and could not help looking at Yi Ye Fu Yun.
Her strength was among the top in the national women’s fighting tournament. At least the male provincial fighting champion that the fitness center had hired was not stronger than her in raw strength.
And she knew Yi Ye Fu Yun’s situation all too well. Born into a fitness group, he had trained quite a bit since childhood, but his strength was only a bit above that of ordinary people. Reaching her level of strength under normal circumstances was simply impossible.
“No, sis, maybe you are just not in good condition.”
Looking at the slightly dazed Ye Qinglu, Yi Ye Fu Yun laughed inwardly. With a 50% power boost, his strength was now on par with Ye Qinglu. Right now, he could be said to be able to fight her on equal terms.
“My condition not good?”
Ye Qinglu stared at the pretending-to-be-surprised Yi Ye Fu Yun, feeling he was trying to fool her. Even at her worst, there was no way she would lose to Yi Ye Fu Yun in strength.
“Fine, then let’s see whether my condition is good or not!”
Immediately, Ye Qinglu stopped holding back. She took a step forward, her jab shooting out like lightning, followed by a flurry of blows like a raging storm.
In almost the blink of an eye, more than eight fist shadows struck toward Yi Ye Fu Yun at the same time.
“Sis, didn’t you say you wouldn’t get serious?”
Faced with the blurring fists, in the past Yi Ye Fu Yun would definitely have turned around and run, because he simply could not keep up with such speed of reaction. But now, for some reason, he suddenly felt that this barrage of blows was not impossible to block.
So he took the initiative to throw punch after punch to meet them.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
For a while, the training arena was filled with the sounds of fists colliding and the friction of blocks.
After more than ten seconds, Yi Ye Fu Yun and Ye Qinglu both stepped back at the same time, neither having injured the other.
“And you still say you did not take drugs?”
Looking at Yi Ye Fu Yun, completely unscathed, Ye Qinglu thought that if she believed him, she would be an idiot.
