Decaying World

Chapter 79 079 Gale Three

After practicing several times, Lin Hui stood by the hillside, carefully considering the practical effects of the Gale Sword Technique.

Holding a long sword, he unleashed his first move, the Mountain-Soothing Style: Piercing Cone.

call!
In an instant, the tip of his sword flashed forward, drawing at least thirty circles in less than half a second.

Furthermore, driven by internal force, as these thirty circles were formed, the external netting frantically attracted unknown external forces.

This unknown external force, which was drawn in, did not enter the body, but instead flowed directly into the direction from which the sword tip pierced, following the sword's movement.

Suddenly, a strong wind howled and blew forward, like a giant blower.

"But what use is this sword technique in actual combat if it's just about blowing wind? For a master of internal energy, a stronger wind might only slightly weaken them or affect their senses. In a real fight, it all comes down to the specific internal energy, speed, and strength."

Lin Hui pondered that since this Gale Sword Technique was evolved from the Blood Seal in response to the Clear Wind Sword, it must have some extraordinary features.

'It's impossible for there to be such a big drawback.'

Lin Hui swung his longsword again, unleashing his first move, the Piercing Cone.

Again and again, ten moves, twenty moves, thirty moves, sixty moves
Gradually, he sensed that something was wrong!

"Wait! What's going on!? Why does it feel like the sword speed is much faster than before!?"

Suddenly, he felt a chill and stopped his swordplay, carefully reviewing the feeling he had just experienced.

'What if I was wrong from the start? What if this gale wasn't directed at the enemy, but at myself?'

Thinking about it this way, and combining it with his experience of ascetic practice, he seemed to understand something.

Once again, he raised the Qinghe sword.

Break the cone!

Break the cone!

Break through the awl again!!

In one breath, he unleashed hundreds of Piercing Cones in succession!

In the open space beside the hills, his sword speed at first was still fast enough to barely make him see people, but later, not only did the sword disappear, but the people also disappeared.

All I could see was a blurry, indistinct figure, standing still and spinning continuously.

As he swung his sword and spun around, a gray boulder more than two meters long on the flat ground directly in front of him trembled slightly.

Large amounts of soil were ripped up, turned over, and piled up further and further away.

A withered tree further away also began to shake violently, as if its branches were about to be broken by the wind.

The wind howled, and at this moment, Lin Hui finally discovered the secrets of the Gale Sword Technique in actual combat.

'The whirlwind generated by this sword technique is actually amplifying my sword speed and movement. If there's an opponent in front, I become one with the wind, my sword technique is amplified, and my sword speed increases faster and faster. The further I go, the faster the accumulated speed becomes, and the stronger the power grows. So this is the true essence of the whirlwind!'

Lin Hui understood.

Suddenly, he pulled it towards the ground.

Break the cone!

Bang! !

The ground suddenly exploded, like a landmine detonating, with soil rising into the air over a range of more than three meters and splashing forward in a fan shape.

Gray and black raindrops fell all over the ground, leaving a large pit more than three meters wide.

Lin Hui sheathed his sword. Despite unleashing so many moves, he felt as if he had only made two or three.

The effortlessness of this Gale Sword Technique is truly extraordinary.

'This swordsmanship seems to excel in prolonged battles; the longer it's used, the more powerful it becomes, and the less effort it requires.'

Next, he tried other moves and found that they were all the same, just different moves for different opponents.

Fushan targets high defense, Dieyun targets high speed, and Qingming targets ranged attacks. Although each move consists of only three steps, these three steps perfectly correspond to the three steps of offense, defense, and evasion, encompassing all applications.

Lin Hui cultivated until dusk, then returned satisfied. This time he didn't go to Qingfeng Temple. The place was empty and desolate, with only an old man with missing teeth guarding it, and occasionally two hired cleaning ladies would come.

The rest were deserted.

Lin Hui used this place as his secluded training ground for swordsmanship. The Black Dragon Gate branch, on the other hand, is now the headquarters.

After speeding along, we finally arrived at the Black Dragon branch just before dark.

As darkness fell and fog enveloped the area, the disciples and students still residing in the branch closed their doors and windows, lit oil lamps, and checked whether the hanging jade talismans had been exhausted.

The sound of windows slamming shut was deafening.

Lin Hui had already passed through the enclosed corridor and arrived at the back hall, where the sect was responsible for decocting and preparing medicines.

This is a small room set aside from the kitchen, where the pharmacist is responsible for preparing and decocting the medicine.

It is located on the left side of the passageway between the branch office and the former Song residence.

The pharmacist in charge was a young woman named Chen Meng.

Upon hearing Lin Hui's request, Chen Meng immediately looked troubled. "Master, it's not that I don't want to do it, but these kinds of pill formulas require many failed attempts to quickly produce a finished product, which costs a considerable amount of money. If you want to get the medicine immediately, it's best to go directly to the source of these formulas and get the finished product. After obtaining the finished product, we can test it ourselves to make sure there are no problems before taking it."

"Can this test drug be guaranteed to be safe?" Lin Hui was still uneasy. After all, this thing was something he would ingest. His experience with the internet in his previous life told him that there were too many ways to tamper with drugs without being detected.

"I can't guarantee it completely, but at least I can do comparative tests with some of the pills that are widely sold on the market, so there shouldn't be any major problems," Chen Meng said hesitantly, not daring to give a 100% guarantee.

"Actually, if you are still worried, why don't you try to learn about medicine and poisons yourself?"

Her words immediately made Lin Hui's eyes light up.

"Yes, if you're worried, then go and learn more, study it in depth. Only by mastering it yourself will you stop living in constant fear. Anyway, aside from sword practice and body tempering, I have plenty of time, and the evolution of the Blood Seal is just a matter of waiting."

The other party's suggestion immediately appealed to him. After all, there would be many more times when he needed to use medicine to accelerate his progress. If he started learning now, he wouldn't be at a loss when he encountered materials in the Fog Zone in the future and miss out on good things.

He immediately nodded slightly.

"That's a good suggestion. Do you have any basic pharmaceutical books here? How should one begin studying medicine?"

“You can start with this book.” Chen Meng turned around and took a copy of “Identification of Herbal Properties” from the bookshelf and handed it to Lin Hui.

"This is my teacher's book. Although it only talks about herbs, it contains a lot of analysis, summaries and combinations of medicinal properties. The human body needs to maintain the balance of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. The purpose of identifying medicinal properties is to find the right thing to harmonize and balance the body when there is an imbalance. This is the fundamental concept of us pharmacists."

"I see." Lin Hui suddenly realized, "Isn't this the concept of traditional Chinese medicine from my previous life? It seems that many things are based on the same principles in different places."

He took the book and clasped his hands in thanks.

"By the way, if I want to take the medicine long-term, how long would it take you to be able to maintain a relatively high level of pill refining success if you started from scratch and familiarized yourself with these prescriptions?"

“I haven’t tried this before, so I don’t know. But it’s still very difficult. Many different prescriptions contain subtle hidden taboos. You can’t figure them out without countless attempts. It requires a lot of money. If I were to study it from scratch, I estimate it would take at least three years for just one prescription. That’s assuming we don’t have a limited supply of medicinal materials for experimentation.” Chen Meng said with difficulty, “You’d better ask a pharmacist who is good at this.”

Lin Hui frowned. This was so troublesome. Did he really have no choice but to go back to the Hundred Flowers Sect for help?
Or should I just hire a pharmacist from the Hundred Flowers Sect to help me refine medicine?
He quickly dismissed the idea, thinking it would be better to buy ready-made medicine, have others try it, and then take it himself. While taking the medicine, he could also study pharmacology on his own and eventually reach the level of making his own medicine.

This way, you'll never have to worry about being secretly poisoned again.

After bidding farewell to Chen Meng, Lin Hui returned to his room to rest. Early the next morning, he went to the Hundred Flowers Sect and brought back a batch of finished pills.

This was originally intended to be shipped to the market for sale, but he suddenly intercepted it and sent it to him for his own use.

After returning, he first found ten middle-aged disciples who were married and offered them large rewards in exchange for trying out the pills one by one.

After confirming that there were no problems, he took the medicine back to his residence.

He carefully tried and calculated the effects of taking Sanyang San, Daolong Wan, and Quanjing San together.

'If you take the full amount of medicine, you can reduce the evolution time by about 80 to 90 days per month. With the Spirit Mushroom, the progress can be greatly accelerated, which is a separate calculation.'

If we calculate it this way, and make do with other foods, one month can be equivalent to four months, reducing the time to a quarter of the previous period!

Now check the time required displayed on the bloodstain.

Fourteen years, eighteen years.
'Even if it's shortened, it's still quite long. It seems we still have to start with the Spirit Mushroom. (Ten Thousand Medicines Manor)'

Lin Hui fell into thought.

First, we need to ensure the safe preparation and administration of medicines, and then we'll make a trip to Wanyao Manor.

That evening, by the light of an oil lamp, he immediately began studying the medical books he had just acquired.

After finishing the book, practice the perfect version of Qingfeng Sword again before going to sleep. The secondary body tempering effect mainly stimulates the generation of internal force. After the internal force is successfully generated, the body tempering effect of this sword technique becomes to accelerate the increase of the total amount of internal force.

On the contrary, the practice of the Gale Sword Technique initiated a new round of body tempering.

This is the third body tempering after internal energy.

This was an unknown path, and Lin Hui himself did not know where it would lead. He was also unsure whether he could fight against the Zhou Tian Realm cultivators in the inner city, since he had never seen how powerful they were.

But with unwavering faith in the Blood Seal, he practiced it steadfastly.

Time passes day by day.

Lin Hui first sent people around the market to inquire about pharmacists who could refine pills, hoping to hire people to refine them first. Even if it was more costly, at least he could take the medicine himself and learn as he went.

To his disappointment, while there were indeed pharmacists on the market, none of them were confident in their ability to prepare these prescriptions.

This medicine is a core competitive advantage of the Hundred Flowers Sect. Not only is the prescription full of traps, but the refining process also involves many complicated steps.

The few pharmacists who had mastered the art of elixirs had long been recruited by powerful clans and employed at high salaries.

The agreements these people signed were extremely harsh, and their families were also controlled, making it impossible for them to breach the agreement.

"This is troublesome." Lin Hui thought the matter was simple, but he didn't expect it to be so complicated in practice.

He now finally understood just how difficult it was for his father to obtain the complete essence powder.

That was achieved by spending a lot of money.

He picked up the prepared medicine he had bought from Baihuamen and looked thoughtful.

dong dong dong.

At that moment, there was a soft knock on the study door.

“Master, a man from the inner city has come to visit you, saying he is from the Rain Palace,” Wang Hongshi’s voice came from outside the door.

(End of this chapter)