Decaying World

Chapter 50 050 Perilous Situation II (Thank you, Alliance Leader, for having a bowl of porridge tonight)

'In their eyes, the Qingfeng Sword has its limits; the initial stage of Inner Force is its upper limit. Unfortunately, in my eyes, the Qingfeng Sword has no limits.'

Lin Hui sighed inwardly.

Ultimately, safety depends on yourself; you can't rely on others.

He closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and tried to sleep, but he always felt uncomfortable and couldn't fall asleep.

After tossing and turning in bed, he finally got up, practiced a set of Qingfeng Sword Techniques with his sword, and felt refreshed before falling asleep.

Early the next morning.

As soon as Lin Hui got up, he saw a girl with a bun hairstyle, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a light blue long dress with centipede buttons, waiting in the small courtyard in front of his bedroom.

"Young Master Hui, my name is Ding Ning. My surname is Ding, and my given name is Ning. I was arranged by the master to serve you. Please feel free to ask me to do anything you need." The young girl quickly approached and bowed.

"Ding Ning. Good name. Go get it. Go brew the whole essence powder that my father prepared for me and bring it over." Lin Hui instructed.

Yesterday, Lin Shunhe promised him the "All-Energy-Boosting Powder," so I can test whether it will actually work for me.

It should be noted that after reaching the limit of body tempering, Lin Hui had not felt the improvement in his energy for some time.

The speed at which the Blood Seal evolves every four days has remained unchanged. If this medicinal powder is effective, it might be able to further shorten the evolution time of the Blood Seal.

"Yes. I'll go ask in the kitchen," Ding Ning replied quickly.

Lin Hui then washed up, dressed neatly, and began practicing his swordsmanship.

Because the evolution of the blood seal takes a long time, aside from practicing swordsmanship, he often spends his free time studying and pondering the principles of body tempering.

The body tempering principle of the perfect version of the Seven-Section Quick Sword is very magical. It is clearly just a set of sword techniques that is only slightly more difficult than the previous life. However, if you use the right point of force, it can produce such a magical effect as body tempering.

This made Lin Hui very curious about the so-called point of leverage.

After extensively comparing the differences in the power exertion points between the original and perfect versions, he carefully recorded and tested them, discovering a trace of the body tempering secret of the seven-section fast sword.

After reviewing the Seven-Section Quick Sword technique once more and reflecting on his initial guess, Lin Hui finally began practicing the Clear Wind Swordplay.

Half an hour later, Ding Ning strode into the courtyard carrying a pot of medicinal soup, along with a beautifully made soup dumpling and a small bottle of plum juice.

Lin Hui ate breakfast first, and then picked up the whole essence powder soup and drank it all in one gulp.

After resting for a while, Lin Hui waved for Ding Ning to go eat breakfast by herself. He sat cross-legged on the stone bench in the courtyard, a warm sensation gradually rising in his stomach.

The heat spread throughout my body like ripples on water, and the slight fatigue from practicing swordsmanship with complete concentration quickly dissipated under the wash of this warm current.

Lin Hui's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly activated the Blood Seal.

Bleeding marks appeared in the lower part of my field of vision.

'The forty-seventh move of the Qingfeng Sword Technique—Clouds Part and Mist Disperse—evolution complete.'

"It really works!" Lin Hui's face lit up with joy, and he immediately stood up.

He only started evolving this move two days ago. And now, on only the third day, the evolution is already over!
He had just woken up and checked; it was still evolving. Now, after drinking the medicine, it will complete its evolution shortly.

Is it a coincidence?

Feeling the warm current still spreading within his body, Lin Hui realized it wasn't true.

Without saying a word, he continued to strengthen the next sword move.

Soon, the evolution timeline of the Blood Seal appeared.

The Qingfeng Sword Technique's forty-eight moves—Cloud Mist Emerging from the Sea—still requires four days to evolve; there's no change.

But the warm currents within her body seemed to have a new target, rapidly surging towards her heart.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes.

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Lin Hui watched helplessly as the remaining evolution time in the blood-stained writing rapidly decreased from four days to three days.

At this moment, the warm current in my abdomen slowly dissipated and disappeared.

"One dose of this medicine can save about two days of evolution time. Not bad, not bad!" Lin Hui was overjoyed. After so long, he had finally found something that could shorten the evolution time of the Blood Seal.

Actually, he had taken medicines that claimed to replenish energy before, but none of them worked. Now it seems that they were too young and not effective enough.

'Since the Complete Essence Powder is effective, it seems I need to accumulate more for continued use.'

Lin Hui made up his mind.

Over the next two days, he took the full essence powder twice more from his father, saving four days of evolution time.

Because he had taken the medicine too quickly, the herbs were temporarily out of stock. Lin Hui simply inquired about the prescription carefully and confirmed that a herb called Tree Scorpion Tail was missing. This herb was the most expensive ingredient in the entire prescription and was taken from a monster in the misty area called Tree Scorpion.

Without hesitation, he inquired about the tree scorpion's activity range, which turned out to be the edge of the fog zone in the direction of another town.

It just so happens that we need to avoid You Ying from the inner city and the search team from the Hundred Flowers Sect during this period.

He rarely goes to other towns, so this trip was his first time going on a long journey.

The discovery that the full essence powder was useful for his own blood seal evolution fueled Lin Hui's enthusiasm for hunting tree scorpions.

If one could use two full-essence powders a day, wouldn't it be possible to evolve one move in a single day? The remaining moves of the Qingfeng Sword Technique could be completed in a short time. Moreover, with the acceleration of the drug, one would dare to attempt to evolve those things that take a long time to evolve their blood seals.

Of course, any drug will eventually develop resistance, so we need to find other prescriptions as alternatives in the future.

Without hesitation, Lin Hui bid farewell to his parents, left home, and headed towards the foggy area where the tree scorpion was located, taking only some food and silver notes with him.

That direction, right next to it, is a distant town called Shiqiao Town.

Shiqiao Town and Xinyu Town are three towns apart, quite far apart, so a bullock cart is necessary for long-distance travel.

Lin Hui originally planned to rush over by himself using his agility, but because he was unfamiliar with the route, he bought an oxcart at the market and formed a small caravan with several other traveling merchants who were also going to Shiqiao Town. They set off quickly.

Early in the morning, before dawn and as the fog dissipated, a small convoy of five oxcarts set off at a leisurely pace along the dirt road of Xinyu Town.

These oxcarts were all black, with sealed compartments.

The black oxen pulling the cart were also covered with thick leather hoods. They looked like old oxen wearing leather coats; if you just pulled the hoods over their heads, they could completely cover their heads for the night.

Lin Hui sat upright in the last oxcart, in the driver's seat, holding a whip, following the four carts in front of him.

The black ox he bought was old and slow-moving, but the old ox was steady and pulled the cart smoothly without any bumps, which was just right for him to sit and rest.

All he needs to do this time is get enough tree scorpion tails; his father can provide all the other medicinal herbs.

Actually, if he wasn't in a hurry, he could have waited for it from his father. But since he could collect it himself at a faster pace, Lin Hui felt there was no need to waste time. Accelerating the evolution as soon as possible was the key.

Dega wanted to avoid trouble, so he decided to go alone.

'Hopefully, Master won't cause any trouble.' On the way, he thought of the exploration team in the inner city and the search team from the Hundred Flowers Sect, and was somewhat worried that his senior sister might cause trouble.

Although I reminded them before they left, we still stood too close.
They traveled in silence for two days before Lin Hui finally arrived at Shiqiao Town.

After temporarily storing the oxcart at the carriage shop, he set off alone with his sword and an empty bag into the foggy outskirts.

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Amidst the pervasive gray mist, Lin Hui slowly strolled around the spherical Ningxiang cavity, sword in hand.

He was alert, constantly listening to any sounds coming from his surroundings.

'Tree scorpions aren't harmless monsters; they're harassing, a level equivalent to an Inner Force Realm expert. Killing just one, combined with the other herbs, can yield ten doses of Full Essence Powder—a very worthwhile trade.'

Materials from a single monster of the "Intrusion" level can be exchanged for over 100,000 gold coins. This is why the income of an Inner Force Realm expert from hunting monsters far exceeds that of an ordinary martial artist.

However, the risks are also high. Compared to the stable income from teaching martial arts, going out hunting and accidentally encountering groups of monsters could have dire consequences.
It was only because Lin Hui was confident in his own speed and agility that he dared to come alone.

Partly for the materials, and partly to test my current full strength.

In particular, the sealing array toxins—this trump card has never been used in actual combat. Without testing it in real combat, it might fail if it were used against someone at the Inner Force Realm.

We must first determine when to use it, how to connect the effects after using it, and so on.

After walking slowly for more than ten minutes, Lin Hui faintly heard the sound of weapons clashing in the distance to his right, but the sound quickly faded away and disappeared.

He paused warily, making sure nothing was approaching, before continuing forward.

The foggy area here is full of black dead trees of varying thicknesses, forming a forest where fog permeates and the ground is covered with dead leaves.

As you walk, your feet make a crisp sound, and you have to reach out and push aside the thin branches that block your way from time to time.

Lin Hui placed Ning Xiang into the specially made leather buckle on his belt with one hand, then gripped his sword with both hands and traversed an upward slope.

Ahead, a huge fallen tree trunk appeared, its massive trunk, over a meter thick, stretching into the mist, its length invisible.

The black, rough surface has rotted in many areas, and grayish-white, unknown fungi have grown on it.

A tree trunk blocked the way, and on the right was a crooked wooden sign with messy handwriting: "Valley of Ten Thousand Bloods Ahead, Danger Level: Intrusion".

The handwriting is red, eye-catching and clear.

'This is it.' Lin Hui took a deep breath, gripped his sword, and lightly leaped over the tree trunk, heading inside.

They had only walked a dozen meters.

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A black light flashed from the right and flew toward his chest.

The black light was extremely fast, shooting out from the mist and passing through the cavity that Ning Xiang had created in an instant.

This speed far surpasses that of any opponent Lin Hui has encountered before. Even his master, Mingde, could not match the speed of this black light.

But he was no longer the same person he used to be. Having completed the tempering of his body with the Seven-Section Quick Sword, his reaction speed and agility had reached a level that was unimaginable to ordinary people.

As soon as he saw the black light fly out of the mist, he activated the special effects.

'Feathering! '

In an instant, he flicked the Qinghe Sword upwards, precisely striking the black light.

The sword tip delivered a tremendous impact, nearly knocking Lin Hui's hand off balance, but it still managed to send him flying.

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At the same time, a huge black shadow, more than four meters tall, slowly crawled out of the mist in front of Lin Hui.

It was a giant black scorpion covered in black armor, its tail swaying from side to side!

'This is a tree scorpion?!'

Lin Hui narrowed his eyes slightly, his mind flashing through the relevant intelligence he had gathered in advance.

This was his first direct confrontation with an opponent at the full internal energy realm who hadn't exhausted his energy, and a strong one at that. Perhaps this would test the upper limit of his true strength.
　It's a seedling of a novel, similar to the yakuza style. If you're interested, you can check it out.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)