Decaying World

Chapter 53 053 Exploration 1
Time flies, and years pass by.

Ever since You Ying's group almost caused a tragedy when they passed by Qingfeng Sword Sect, Mingde has reduced the number of times he goes out drinking, and often stays on the roof of the Taoist temple, gazing at the hazy sun beyond the mist.

Weiwei, on the other hand, simply took Xiaohu and Xiaopang and expanded the senior training class, truly treating it as a career and starting to make money.

Because Lin Hui perfected the Seven-Section Quick Sword, he received 20% of the revenue.

After several unsuccessful attempts to decline, Lin Hui finally accepted.

He himself was busy taking medicine every day and constantly pushing forward the evolution of the Qingfeng Sword.

With the continuous supply of pure essence powder from his father, combined with the materials he collected himself, the pure essence powder rapidly reduced the time required for his blood seal to evolve.

More than three months passed in the blink of an eye, and finally, the Qingfeng Sword completed its evolution.

Inside the martial arts training ground of the Lin residence.

In the martial arts arena, Lin Hui listened to the voice of Lin Chaoyi, the head of the Lin family, coming from the central courtyard outside. The humble and pleading voice made him frown slightly.

This was Lin Chaoyi's sixth visit to the Lin residence.

At first, her father wouldn't even let her in the door. It was only after her eldest uncle, Lin Hongzhen's father, personally pleaded that the situation eased somewhat.

After that, Lin Chaoyi learned his lesson and brought Lin Hongzhen's father with him every time he came over. Lin Shunhe was too embarrassed to turn him away, so he had no choice but to let him in.

"Ding Ning, pack your things, I'm going out," Lin Hui ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes." Ding Ning quickly replied from a short distance away. "Would the young master like to take a carriage?"

"Need not."

Lin Hui gripped the sword, flicked it lightly, and casually unleashed a move called "Gentle Breeze Sword".

In an instant, all eighty-one moves of the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword Technique flooded into his mind like a torrent.

All the moves of the Qingfeng Sword Technique he had practiced before were corrected and perfected at this moment. Each move of the sword technique was fine-tuned to become the most suitable for his own physique and constitution.

"This perfect version is actually based on my own perfect version? No wonder my master couldn't reach the best when learning my Seven-Section Fast Sword Perfect Version before. It turns out it was fine-tuned based on my own physique and mental state."

Lin Hui instantly understood.

At this moment, blood-stained characters appeared before his eyes; they were information about the Qingfeng Sword Technique.

'The Perfect Version of Qingfeng Sword Technique - The fundamental sword technique of the Qingfeng Sword Sect, possessing strong body-tempering effects and a certain probability of generating internal energy. This technique was perfected by multiple generations of Qingfeng Temple abbots and later fully evolved by you.'

Evolvable branch: 1'

'It seems there's no other choice.' Lin Hui thought he would be very excited after the Qingfeng Sword Technique was fully evolved, but when the Blood Seal actually revealed the completion information, he was surprisingly calm.

At this moment, he felt a sense of anticipation, but more than that, he felt a sense of satisfaction that came naturally.

After so much diligent practice, the fruit has finally ripened and fallen. This feeling is exceptionally natural and logical.

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With a click in his mind, the project for the evolution branch was instantly opened.

'1 - Gale Sword Technique (A powerful sword technique derived from the Gentle Breeze Sword Technique, using a special flowing internal force as its main offensive method; each strike can generate a gale.)'

Lin Hui stared speechlessly at the blood-red writing.

The name "Gentle Breeze Sword Technique" has been changed to "Raging Wind Sword Technique." Isn't that a bit too hasty?
But the blood seal had already provided the path, and he had no choice but to trust it. After all, the martial arts he had evolved before had never disappointed him.

Clicking on the Gale Sword Technique immediately displays the required resources and time.

'Whirlwind Sword Technique'

Required resources: 3 years of preparation time.

Time required: 3 years.

"So long," Lin Hui frowned.

If it weren't for the medicine that helped shorten the time, he was worried that he might not be able to wait that long and would have to give up and instead evolve other things.

Standing in the center of the martial arts arena, he gazed at the evolution options of the Gale Sword Technique, paused, slowly raised his sword, and began to personally try tempering his body with the Gentle Breeze Sword.

Amidst the swishing sound of the sword blade cutting through the air, he clearly felt that he had a thorough understanding and perfect control over every point of force exertion in the sword technique. It was as if the sword technique was working in harmony with him, and he only needed to raise his hand and swing the sword casually to achieve the most perfect state.

It was as if this perfect Qingfeng Sword Technique had become an instinct of his.

This incredibly harmonious state made him momentarily captivated.

Before he knew it, he had performed the sword technique ten times in a row, and a surge of heat suddenly welled up from his heart and flowed throughout his body.

Lin Hui felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring, feeling incredibly comfortable.

'Is this what secondary tempering is?'

He could clearly feel that his body had become lighter, and his thoughts and vision were as if they had been washed clean by water, becoming incredibly clear.

Lin Hui didn't come to his senses until Ding Ning returned.

"Young Master, everything is ready. You may change your clothes now," Ding Ning said softly.

"Understood." Lin Hui nodded, sheathed his sword, walked out along the edge of the martial arts arena, and headed towards his bedroom.

On the way, he saw a wooden cage placed in the porch in front of the bedroom, with five orange-yellow chicks inside.

The chicks were scrambling for the rice bran, chirping incoherently.

"Young Master, these are the chicks you ordered to be bought," Ding Ning whispered from behind. "Hmm," Lin Hui nodded, intending to conduct a test.

Approaching the chicken coop, he squatted down, reached out to open the coop door, and grabbed the fattest chick.

Ignoring the chicks' desperate struggles and squawks, he silently recited the Blood Seal in his mind.

'Should we evolve the chicks into chicks?'

The dark red characters of the bloodstain quickly appeared in his field of vision.

'Chicken chicks: These are chicks that Lin Fu and Ding Ning bought from the farmers' market. They are healthy and have delicious meat, but they are somewhat frightened at this moment.'

Evolvable branch: 3'

'As expected!' Lin Hui's heart skipped a beat. Due to his habitual way of thinking, he had never tried using the blood seal on living things before. This time, on a whim, he asked Ding Ning to buy some living things to test it, and unexpectedly, it actually worked.

Three evolutionary branches.

He quickly clicked to view it.

'1—A young Purgatory Bird.'

'2—A young Siamese jay.'

'3—Phoenix Chicken Chicks.'

Looking at these three branches, Lin Hui's eyes widened, somewhat surprised. Judging from their names alone, these three branches all had great potential.

Without hesitation, he clicked on the third branch first.

'3—Phoenix Chicken Chick: A male chicken chick with a trace of phoenix blood. Upon reaching adulthood, it gains special abilities, including immunity to some low-intensity flames. Its strength and recovery are greatly enhanced.'

Required resources: 2 years of preparation time, 10 jin of sycamore soil.

Time required: 3 years.

Note: For living organism evolution to occur, the target must not exhibit strong resistance. After evolution, the living organism will automatically become subordinate to the Blood Seal Fusionist and cannot betray them.

Lin Hui let out a breath, released his grip, and the writing in front of him disappeared.
Now it's clear. What changes will occur when the bloodstain faces a living creature?

Composing himself, he still didn't immediately choose to evolve the Clear Breeze Sword Technique into the Gale Sword Technique. Instead, after changing his clothes, he left the Lin residence alone, carrying his sword, and headed towards the road leading from the town to the inner city.

Now that the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword is complete, he needs to use it to temper his body and generate internal energy. This will take time, so there's no rush. He plans to figure out all the risks ahead before he starts cultivating his internal energy, so he can decide whether to do something else before evolving his sword technique.

As for internal energy, he naturally went to find his master, Mingde, first. At this moment, Mingde was drinking with friends in a restaurant near the inner city.

Lin Hui walked along the main road of the town, unconsciously using the sword techniques and footwork of Qingfeng Temple, making him much faster than the average person.

Before long, after passing through the central district, he arrived at a five-story restaurant that was right next to the huge white inner city wall.

The restaurant's exterior walls are pristine white, seemingly blending seamlessly with the city wall. At the outermost edge stands a flagpole over ten meters high, adorned with advertising banners: Good Luck Restaurant - Xinyu Branch.

There was also a small courtyard outside the restaurant, surrounded by a white wall, with several men standing at the entrance handing out flyers.

Lin Hui walked over and entered the courtyard with several young people who were chatting as they entered. They went through the main gate.

Inside, there was a noisy commotion of people drinking and boasting, with faint sounds of musical instruments drifting from the private rooms.

Lin Hui glanced at the bustling first-floor lobby, where square tables were filled with out-of-towners drinking and eating.

His eyes scanned the area and he quickly found his master, Mingde, at a table in a corner.

The old man was sitting and drinking with Huang Shangying, the manager of the Illusion Building. Huang Shangying was Mingde's old friend who had previously collected materials for Lin Hui.

At the table with two other people, there was also a well-behaved-looking woman with bangs, who was talking quietly with another man in blue.

Clearly, these two young men were with Huang Shangying.

Lin Hui walked over slowly and stood at an angle where the teacher could see him.

"Master," he greeted in a deep voice.

"Hui, what brings you here?" Mingde looked up and immediately smiled.

"Have you eaten yet? Your Uncle Huang is treating today, sit down and have a meal!" He waved his hand, trying to find a seat, but there wasn't a single seat nearby for the time being.

"No need, Master. I've come to ask you something." Lin Hui glanced at Huang Shangying. "Lin Hui greets Uncle Huang."

"It's you, Lin Hui, right? You're quite successful." Huang Shangying still remembered Lin Hui. "Is your father the Mr. Lin from the United Supermarket?"

“Exactly.” Lin Hui nodded.

"That's incredible. The United Supermarket is doing a pretty big business, it's not bad compared to our Illusion Building." Huang Shangying's words vaguely caught the attention of the other two young men who were speaking.

Over the past year, the commotion caused by United Supermarket has been much greater than Lin Hui had imagined. As young people who are open to new things, they are naturally well-informed.

Upon learning that it was actually Lin Hui's father who started the business, their gazes towards him immediately changed.

A hint of desire to get to know each other flashed in their eyes, but since there were no introductions, they couldn't interrupt their elders and could only wait for an opportunity.

The girl with bangs also intentionally or unintentionally puffed out her chest, trying her best to highlight her figure.

After Mingde and Huang Shangying exchanged a few more words, they asked Lin Hui to wait a little while before getting up to take their leave, making no attempt to introduce the young people to each other.

After Mingde and Lin Hui got up and left, Huang Shangying looked at the two young men and smiled when he saw their puzzled expressions.

"Don't blame me for not introducing him to you. Lin Hui has a powerful background. His father is a big boss who recently made contact with Lady Yu Gongyouying. People like him who can directly contact the higher-ups and remain unharmed are beyond your reach."

(End of this chapter)