Chapter 2207: Always a teenager

The spring water enters the throat, cool and refreshing.
Qiao An smacked his lips, and did not taste any special taste. He turned on "Inner Vision" with doubts to check the changes in his body after drinking the "Spring of Youth".
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Occupation level: Master 12 Mythical Master 6
Physical condition: Basic health (disabled right eye; infected with parasites; permanent youth)
Attributes (belt +6 enhancement, blood honey wine +2 alchemy): Strength 20 (Gudron's blessing +1), Agility 22 (Gudron's blessing +1), Constitution 22 (Gudron's blessing) +1), Intelligence 43 (Tears of God +14, Wisdom Spring +5), Wis 22, Charisma 29 (Youth Spring +5)
Current spell slot (casting level 23, mythical mana +6, magic rosary +5): 0-∞; 1-8 (intellect attribute reward +4); 2-8 (intelligence attribute reward +4), 3 -8 (intelligence attribute reward +4), 4th ring -7 (intelligence attribute reward +4); 5th ring -6 (intelligence attribute +3); 6th ring -5 (intelligence attribute +3);
Current psionic pool: 22
Myth path ability: Myth power 31 times (sage's proof +16), wild arcane, myth cast, advanced energy replacement, myth mana (manifestation) +6, myth link; myth camouflage, myth replacement; Proof of the sage (the power of myth +16), the transformation of Orin; the counter-control of higher myths, the restart of myths;
Supernatural Ability: Sacred Eye Seal (Intermediate); Sid's Mana×8; Transformation (Human, Beeman, Giant Bee), Insect Armor, Insect Curse, Insect Enlightenment; Blood Enchant (+ Trigger, + Peace of mind); advanced spider form (large variant spider, spider spirit); extraordinary elegance;
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There are two main changes.
One is that the charm attribute is increased by 5 points, just as the intelligence attribute is increased by 5 points after drinking the "wisdom spring".
The second is reflected in the column of health status, which has acquired a physiological characteristic called "Eternal Youth".
The "Fountain of Youth" is worthy of its name. Any creature can instantly rejuvenate and stay youthful as long as it takes a sip of spring water.
Qiao An is not old, so the effect of "restoring youth" is not reflected in him, but his physical function is fixed in the most energetic age in his life, that is, youth.
Qiao An is 17 years old this year, just at the time of adulthood.
Taking "spring of youth" at this stage will neither become younger nor more mature. From this moment on, his biological age will always stay at 17 years old.
Realizing this, Qiao An had mixed feelings.
"Eternal youth" does not mean immortality. Qiao An's life span has not increased significantly compared to before drinking the spring water, but the passage of years can not leave any traces on him.
Imagine forty years later, when your friends of the same age are old, with pale beards and wrinkles, but you still maintain the youthful appearance, how should friends get along?
A young and permanent person living in the city, in the crowd, day after day, year after year, neighbors in the neighborhood, classmates and colleagues, are no longer youthful and old, only this person still looks unchanged He seems to always be a young boy, how should people treat him and how to evaluate him?
Would you regard him as a monster, consciously or unconsciously alienate him, repel him, or even suspect that he is a vampire, staying youthful forever through consuming blood or some kind of evil magic that harms others and benefits himself?
Will anyone try to reveal the secret of his eternal youth, especially those elderly kings, powerful and rich?
The more Qiao Ann thought about it, the more heavier it became.
For the general public, birth, old age, sickness and death is an irresistible law of nature. If someone obviously violates this law, it will certainly attract the attention of others.
Regardless of whether this kind of attention is in good faith or malicious, it will make the person feel as if sitting on pins and needles, and eventually they can only escape from the familiar environment, change their name, change their surname, change their identity, and start a new life in a strange place.
After a period of time, when people around him gradually became aware of his strangeness, they had to flee to other places again, change their identities, and the cycle would never end.
Until one day, tired of wandering, and don't want to live under the strange eyes of people, maybe only choose to escape from society and live in seclusion.
In this way, doesn't it really become a "monster" living in isolation?
The biggest knot of Qiao An's life is the exhortation from grandpa before his death.
No matter how difficult and painful this is for you-don't give up human emotions, don't indulge yourself and become a solitary monster!
After so many years, Qiao An never violated his grandfather's instructions.
As a person who is withdrawn by nature and fears social interaction, Qiao An has made countless efforts to integrate into the crowd and to integrate into society.
These efforts have now become invisible and huge sunk costs, and they are weighed heavily on him, making him rather than reconciling to give up, and never reconciled to admit that no matter how hard he tries, he cannot truly integrate into human society.
Drinking the "spring of youth", your biological age will always stay at the peak of your life, which may be an undesirable good thing for others, but Qiao An has mixed sadness and joy, as if deviating from his lifelong pursuit, the more desperately he is squeezing into the crowd. , On the contrary, the farther away from the crowd.
On the contrary, if he was given another chance to choose again, after careful consideration, would he make a different decision and give up drinking the "spring of youth"?
Qiao An did not dare to think deeply about this issue.
No one can completely get rid of the weakness of human nature, as long as he is still an individual.
Joan is no exception.
He was afraid that even after careful consideration, he would still be reluctant to miss the precious opportunity of eternal youth. Knowing that there would be a lot of trouble in the future, he would eventually drink the glass of "spring of youth".
The reason why a person is a person includes both the definition of biology and the definition of sociology. Sadly, these two levels sometimes conflict.
As a biological person, refusing to drink the "spring of youth" is tantamount to refusing health and beauty, which is against human nature.
As a person in the sociological sense, "keep your youth forever" will inevitably lead you to become an outlier in the crowd. It is also against human nature to ask the public not to look at themselves in the light of an outlier.
When the two levels of "humanity" clash, Qiao An vaguely feels that this is not only a crisis unique to himself, but also a spiritual crisis common to all mankind. Sooner or later, everyone will feel the same. .
From the point of view of the self, everyone has their own unique side, which is a heterogeneous opposite to "others", and "others" are self hell.
Qiao An hopes that people in the future can find a universally applicable way of salvation, so that everyone's soul can be peaceful.