Evolution - Chapter 168
Chapter 168
Because of her Glazed Immaculate Spirit Body, Yu Zhiyao’s cultivation speed had always been fast.
But while her cultivation speed was normal before Foundation Establishment, it actually slowed down afterward. Dual cultivation could only be performed by those in the same major realm. Without it, Ji Changqing’s cultivation progress would be even slower.
She had to pause and wait to assist Ji Changqing’s cultivation.
A little over ten years after returning to Blue Star, Yu Zhiyao reached Foundation Establishment.
After that, they naturally got married and, with Chu Ci presiding, became Dao Companions and began dual cultivation.
At the time, Yu Zhiyao was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, while Ji Changqing had been stuck at the middle stage for over a decade. With the aid of dual cultivation, Ji Changqing’s progress quickened slightly. But the two were still habitually apart more than they were together, which was why they would engage in frenzied lovemaking during every holiday, making up for lost time with continuous dual cultivation.
Though it wasn’t quite to the point of forgoing sleep, it wasn’t far off.
Under these circumstances, by the time Yu Zhiyao reached the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, Ji Changqing was at the late stage. Later, they both formed their Golden Cores, one after the other, three years apart.
After they formed their Golden Cores, the gap in their cultivation advancement became even more pronounced.
Back when Yu Zhiyao’s genetic conflict hadn’t been resolved, she had felt that living a few extra decades was already a blessing and had been noncommittal about the pity many people expressed.
But now, the tables had turned. Advancement was easy for her, and barring any accidents, she could expect the three-thousand-year lifespan of a Soul Formation cultivator. Ji Changqing, on the other hand, advanced slowly. Reaching the Nascent Soul realm wouldn’t be a major issue, but Soul Formation was a more perilous prospect. Ji Changqing hadn’t even said anything, but Yu Zhiyao was already deeply anxious.
Even Chu Ci’s reassurance—that they were wealthy and had a high probability of being able to smash Ji Changqing into the Soul Formation realm with heavenly treasures—did little to comfort her.
But it couldn’t comfort Yu Zhiyao at all.
A high probability meant there was still a chance it wouldn’t work.
A Soul Formation cultivator lived for three thousand years, a Nascent Soul cultivator for fifteen hundred. She had absolutely no desire to give herself the chance to be a widow for fifteen hundred years, thank you very much!
But she couldn’t just force Ji Changqing to drop all her important work and focus solely on dual cultivating with her every day just to increase her chances of reaching Soul Formation, all because she didn’t want to be widowed early!
If she did that, she probably wouldn’t have to worry about being widowed young or for fifteen hundred years. Ji Changqing would likely become so mentally exhausted that she’d divorce her and say goodbye long before her lifespan ran out.
Early widowhood, being a widow for fifteen hundred years, or divorce—she didn’t want to choose any of the three.
She just wanted Ji Changqing to work hard at dual cultivation with her, ascend to the Soul Formation realm together, and then continue their shameless dual cultivation for another fifteen hundred years!
As for whether they would grow tired of each other over such a long lifespan, or if beautiful accidents might occur along the way—well, they had to have that long lifespan first before they could even worry about such problems.
Although she never mentioned it, what kind of person was Ji Changqing? While not as formidable as Yu Zhiyao, she was, after all, the person who understood Yu Zhiyao best, from body to soul. Perhaps she even understood Yu Zhiyao better than Yu Zhiyao understood herself!
When Yu Zhiyao broke through to the late stage of Golden Core while she was still a little short of the middle stage, Yu Zhiyao became particularly passionate and clingy. Ji Changqing no longer needed to take the initiative; whenever they had a spare moment, Yu Zhiyao would entangle her in lovemaking and dual cultivation, seemingly insatiable.
For example, they used to try to schedule their vacations at the same time and pick a place to relax. With neither of them working, they could enjoy life to the fullest, which naturally included all sorts of lovemaking and continuous dual cultivation.
But over the past two or three years, Yu Zhiyao had been deliberately staggering their time off. She would rather spend time traveling just to split a two-month vacation for both of them into two separate two-month vacations, which meant they could dual cultivate for four months a year.
Even when Ji Changqing was on vacation and Yu Zhiyao was working normally, she insisted on dual cultivating every day, completely disregarding the fact that it would trigger their ABO heat.
Ji Changqing was stunned!
There was an old saying about being “like a wolf at thirty, a tiger at forty.” Cultivators had long lifespans; perhaps this was just that stage?
But she slowly figured it out. It was a little funny, but also touching. She soothed the anxious Yu Zhiyao, “Don’t worry, I’ll work my ass off to keep up with you. Otherwise, the thought of someone else doing all the things to you that I can do… I’d be so angry I’d come back from the dead.”
She started getting angry just talking about it.
The thought that if she couldn’t keep up with Yu Zhiyao, for the next thousand-plus years, someone else would be able to do whatever they wanted to Yu Zhiyao, just as she did now. They could take her in all sorts of positions, enjoy her every reaction, admire her in her various states, listen to her soft moans, be indulged and permitted by her gentle nature…
Just thinking about it was unbearable!
She couldn’t stand such an injustice!
The sight of Ji Changqing getting angry while trying to comfort her greatly amused Yu Zhiyao. She kissed Ji Changqing. “There won’t be anyone else. Only you, always you.”
Ji Changqing held her, patting her back gently. “We still have a lot of time to figure out how to solve this. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. For now, just enjoy it, okay? I’ll work even harder to keep up with you. Forget this life—you won’t be able to get rid of me in the next life, or the one after that!”
They still had nearly a thousand years. She couldn’t let Yu Zhiyao remain anxious forever just because the problem was still unresolved.
That would drive her mad sooner or later.
Yu Zhiyao obediently enjoyed herself while constantly thinking. She couldn’t just transfer all the pressure onto Ji Changqing. Right now, she was focused on using dual cultivation to speed up Ji Changqing’s progress, and Ji Changqing was focused on working harder to raise her cultivation level. In the end, all the pressure was still on Ji Changqing alone.
She had slowed her own cultivation to match Ji Changqing’s pace. If that wasn’t enough, it meant she was still too fast.
So, could she do the opposite? Could she find a way to lower her own cultivation level? That would buy more time for Ji Changqing to raise hers.
With one’s cultivation falling and the other’s rising, they would effectively gain more time.
And the method for lowering her cultivation to broaden Ji Changqing’s prospects was easy to think of. In fact, she didn’t even have to think. Before the global evolution, Blue Star had a very famous concept where the entire society exploited and oppressed women as a matter of course.
The “maternal penalty” and the “paternal bonus”!
On the Blue Star of the past, if you went to work, your boss exploited you, and your company squeezed you dry, you could quit or file for labor arbitration to have the government protect you and fight for your due rights.
But if you entered a marriage and became a mother, everyone would join in to exploit and squeeze you, and you weren’t allowed to escape. As for rights? You’re a mother! A mother’s love is great and unconditional. What right do you have to ask for rights?
How do you make an outstanding woman mediocre? Simple. Brainwash her for a long time, make her believe that marriage is the best destination for love, and use that to lure her into getting married. Then, persistently brainwash her that a child is the fruit of love, that a woman without a child is incomplete, and get her to conceive and give birth.
Once she fell into this trap and became a mother, that was it. It would be nearly impossible to break free from those shackles. If there was even the slightest problem, it was the mother’s fault. Why didn’t you take good care of the family, of the child? A mother’s love is great; you should sacrifice everything and dedicate everything to your child.
In the workplace, it was assumed you would sacrifice everything for your child, so you were no longer given opportunities for promotion and development.
In the family, it was assumed you should dedicate everything to your child, yet your contributions and value to the family were never acknowledged.
And the fathers, who naturally considered the children their own, didn’t have to do anything and were always right, coddled and adored by the entire society. Effortlessly, with the help of society, they completed the exploitation and oppression of an outstanding woman through marriage and children.
So, Yu Zhiyao figured, if she wanted to lower her cultivation, the most direct and effective method was to have a child!
With this dead weight dragging her down from the moment of conception, she would suffer the maternal penalty, and Ji Changqing would enjoy the paternal bonus. Then they could close the widening gap and stand on the same level again, right?
Having figured this out, Yu Zhiyao finally shifted her focus away from using dual cultivation to speed up Ji Changqing’s progress. She began researching how her Glazed Immaculate Spirit Body, which had a naturally potent contraceptive effect, could get pregnant.
She had confirmed that there was no reproductive isolation between her and Ji Changqing. She just needed to temporarily disable the naturally powerful contraceptive effect of her Glazed Immaculate Spirit Body.
When Yu Zhiyao mentioned wanting a child and asked when would be a suitable time, Chu Ci didn’t think much of it and simply explained, “After the Nascent Soul realm is most suitable.”
Before the Nascent Soul realm, it could obstruct one’s future cultivation path. After, the great consumption of energy from pregnancy and childbirth would only cause a drop in one’s realm, but once recovered, it wouldn’t have a major impact on one’s future path.
Yu Zhiyao thought it over and agreed. The difference in their cultivation speed was already quite obvious in the Golden Core stage, and the gap was widening. After the Nascent Soul realm, wouldn’t the difference in speed become even greater?
And after Nascent Soul came Soul Formation. She really should wait until after the Nascent Soul realm to have a child.
For one, it wouldn’t greatly affect her future cultivation path; it would just significantly lengthen the time it took to get from Nascent Soul to Soul Formation. On the other hand, the stage from Nascent Soul to Soul Formation was much longer than Foundation Establishment or Golden Core, and it was even more critical for Ji Changqing.
Think about it. Ji Changqing reached Foundation Establishment about twenty years before her. They started dual cultivating as soon as they were both in that realm, and even then, she still formed her Golden Core three years before Ji Changqing. Based on the current situation, she would probably form her Nascent Soul at least thirty to fifty years before Ji Changqing.
Then, from Nascent Soul to Soul Formation, if that gap stretched to three or five hundred years, it would be truly tragic!
But it would be different if she chose to get pregnant and have a child during the Nascent Soul stage! Having one child would cause her realm to drop by a small stage or two, which should delay her by at least a hundred years, right? By then, they might be able to advance side by side!
If one wasn’t enough, then she’d have two. That should do it, right?
When Ji Changqing learned of Yu Zhiyao’s plan—which was particularly callous toward the child who was a necessary part of it and perfectly encapsulated the idea that “the parents are the true love, the child is just an accident”—she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
But she was also overjoyed!
To have her love reciprocated, to know that every bit of her affection was carefully collected, responded to, and held in someone’s heart—it was pure bliss!
Although, yes, she felt a little sorry for the hypothetical child who was yet to exist, she was still deeply moved. She even felt a secret pride. Yu Zhiyao loves me the most!
Hehehe!
With the decision made, Yu Zhiyao’s worries vanished. She no longer deliberately suppressed her cultivation speed and naturally broke through to the Nascent Soul realm.
After she formed her Nascent Soul and stabilized her cultivation, she began actively trying to conceive. But after more than thirty years of trying, there was still no news.
After various tests and examinations, they discovered a very sad fact: because their cultivation was a major realm apart, and because Yu Zhiyao herself was too powerful, Ji Changqing’s active components were devoured before they could dissolve and break through the barrier, preventing the formation of a fertilized egg.
It was truly a sad story.
The only option now was to wait for Ji Changqing to also break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
After waiting for another dozen or so years, Ji Changqing finally broke through and successfully entered the Nascent Soul realm.
Yu Zhiyao rallied her spirits and continued their efforts. This time, it didn’t take over thirty years. After two years of trying, she realized there was still no news and calmly arranged for more tests for both of them.
Same world, same problem. Ji Changqing’s seeds were much stronger than when they were a major realm apart, but they were still missing that last little bit of oomph. They were just that tiny bit away from breaking through the barrier and getting in.
In the end, the two tried countless methods and approaches. After another dozen or so years of repeated testing and adjustments, when they finally learned she was pregnant, Yu Zhiyao didn’t have much of a reaction, but Ji Changqing burst into tears of joy!
She cried like a patient who had been tormented by infertility but desperately wanted a child of her own, and who, after unremitting effort, had finally succeeded in sowing the seed and seeing it blossom!
But that wasn’t it at all!
Ji Changqing had simply, purely, become a pervert during the sixty-plus years of torment trying to have a child!
Clearly, all they had wanted was to enjoy the pleasure of dual cultivation! But what kind of life had she been living for the past sixty-odd years? She was just a tool, used without emotion!
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