Chapter 296
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Chapter 296, Layout 296
Emerald Valley.
Leaving the outer city of Black Cloud, passing through the edge towns and villages, then crossing the wilderness, entering the Fog Wall, and going a short distance ahead, you will arrive at this small valley that produces rough jade.
When Lin Hui arrived, Ouyang Yining and her personal guards were already waiting there. Holding the artifact array plate, she bowed to Lin Hui and reported.
"My lord, this is a mist-removing array plate gifted by the city lord. It is generally used to establish new cities. One plate can isolate a mist-free area of about one hundred miles in radius. After it is set up, it will need to absorb and consume about one hundred thousand units of Feather Blood every year."
"No wonder so few people open up cities outside. This kind of consumption is just burning money," Lin Hui sighed.
“That’s true. Only powerful clans at the Blood Ancestor level have the financial resources to establish private territories outside. The expenses are terrifying; the larger the area of the Fogless Zone, the greater the consumption.” Ouyang Yining nodded.
"Alright, you can go now. Give me the things." Lin Hui nodded.
"Yes."
After receiving the array plate, Lin Hui leaped into the air and flew into the sky above the valley.
The core of governance for the Celestial Saint type is the atmosphere above this region, so he needs to understand the atmospheric conditions here first.
He passed through the fog and soon rose to over 10,000 meters, breaking through the clouds and heading straight into the fog-free zone at the top.
Golden sunlight shone down from above, falling on his outer robe and on the swirling, billowing mist below.
Lin Hui gently tossed the array plate downwards.
laugh.
The array plate suddenly lit up with golden light, piercing through the mist and hovering high above Emerald Valley.
In an instant, the golden light drew in the sunlight from above, transforming into golden threads that radiated downwards to the ground.
Thousands of densely packed golden threads fell to the ground, and with each one that landed, the fog in this area thinned out a little.
About a few minutes later.
A circular, fog-free zone, spanning a hundred miles in diameter, appeared before Lin Hui below.
The next moment, he extended his right hand, palm down.
He activated the Star Breath Sword Manual.
A golden-blue halo appeared in his palm.
The halo suddenly descended, transforming into a beam of light that pierced through the mist, penetrated the ground, and went deep underground.
Soon, Lin Hui withdrew his hand, and a mental image of the atmosphere above the entire Emerald Valley appeared in his mind.
This is the most crucial step in the Star Breath Sword Manual: to separate a portion of one's own mind and spirit and integrate it into the atmosphere above this area.
This is a capability that can only be achieved after completing the first two steps of birth and death.
At this moment, what Lin Hui could sense was the countless life-and-death auras mixed and flowing in this atmosphere.
They vary in strength and speed, intertwining and fighting each other.
Following one of the signs of life, Lin Hui was shocked to discover that it was a black-armored lizard that had just emerged from the ground.
It seemed to have been born not long ago, its aura of life was very strong, and the aura of death only accounted for a little bit.
However, Lin Hui also noticed that, apart from the life-and-death aura, there was also a faint gray aura swirling around the black-armored lizard, which was only the length of a palm.
The gray mist, as if alive, kept sucking something from its body, clinging tightly to the lizard's skin in gusts.
The smell of decay
Lin Hui carefully sensed the atmosphere and quickly identified the type of gray gas.
That peculiar rotten smell was very similar to the one he had felt on the decaying and mutated Blood Eye Blood Body.
Looking at the decaying aura, Lin Hui seemed to understand how to process and comprehend the third level of the Star Breath Sword Manual.
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The news that Emerald Valley had opened up a new fog-free zone attracted a large number of refugees to settle there. They had come from afar with nothing to begin with, and now that they had a new place to live without having to compete with local powers, they naturally flocked there in droves.
In just one month, a sparse town was built in Emerald Valley.
Houses sprang up across the town, and various public facilities were rapidly constructed with the resources of Black Cloud City.
Both the Lin family mansion and Qingfeng Taoist Temple were given a plot of land to build new courtyards.
Adjacent to Emerald Valley, large areas of new farmland have been cleared, and groups of fog monsters, specifically for providing meat, have been raised in captivity.
In Black Cloud, the combined fel energy of the three city lords is a rare and unique ability that allows them to prey on monsters in the fog zone.
No matter how the outside world changes, Black Cloud remains calm and stable.
Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
After consuming all the medicinal treasures, Lin Hui finally completed the sealing evolution of the Blood Seal once again.
The sealing of the cracks caused by the wind disaster can finally be completely completed.
Inside the courtyard of Qingfeng Road.
He stood alone in the room, looking at the pale blue cracks floating in mid-air.
The relic that was blocking the seal is now starting to give way again. It's estimated that something will go wrong in another six months. Fortunately, the sealing technique has finally been completed, regardless of the cost.
This secret technique is specifically designed to deal with wind disasters and should be able to completely resolve the problem.
Lin Hui reached out and aimed at the crack.
"Do you really want to do this? My beloved disciple whom I've never even met."
The voice of the Seven Destruction True Lord rang in his ears once again.
"This world is so corrupt, with countless inferior forces mixed in, making life incredibly difficult. If the wind were released completely, perhaps it could change this already rotten state and open up a clear sky again!"
The voice of the Seven Annihilation True Monarch continued to ring out. This argument was completely different from the Seven Annihilation in Lin Hui's memory. Instead, it seemed as if something was using the Seven Annihilation's shell to try to lure him into opening the crack and releasing the wind disaster.
"I don't recall ever taking you as my master," Lin Hui said calmly, pressing his hand against the crack. Hiss.
The next moment, a brilliant blue light burst forth, and countless silver array symbols appeared and spun around him.
The faint roar of some strange, gigantic beast echoed in mid-air.
Ancient and resonant.
"Useless. You have obtained my Nine Heavens Inheritance. The future is destined to reopen everything. This blockade cannot stop you for long." Qi Mie's voice slowly weakened, faded, and disappeared until it completely vanished.
The cracks in front of Lin Hui's eyes also faded and disappeared rapidly as the silver array patterns rotated.
A short while later, he felt the crack had completely disappeared, and then he withdrew his hand.
'Blood Seal's products are indeed perfectly effective!'
The sudden appearance of the wind-induced crack had always been his biggest concern, but now that it was resolved, he felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart.
"Next, I should continue cultivating the third level, the Heavenly Saint Form, and the subsequent two levels of the Star Breath Sword Manual, which perfectly aligns with my need to build a safe territory. Now that the Blood Seal is freed up, it's the perfect time to establish the foundation for this entire safe haven."
Lin Hui had been thinking about this foundation for a long time.
That is... a secluded spiritual place!
The best spiritual land is actually the three floating mountain peaks occupied by the three city lords.
These mountains are movable and can be used to set up formations; they are essentially three enclosed, mobile war fortresses.
Lin Hui was building a sacred site, and naturally, he intended to develop it in this direction.
He immediately left the courtyard and quickly returned to the skies above Emerald Valley.
Today, Emerald Valley has housed thousands of refugees, and large quantities of food and supplies are continuously being transported there. Some artisans have also begun producing goods, and processing workshops have started operating.
Aside from its heavy reliance on external resources, this place is already starting to resemble a town.
The town is long and narrow, stretching from one end of Emerald Valley to the other.
Lin Hui hovered high in the air, overlooking the entire Emerald Valley.
The barren mountains on both sides of the valley below look like two slices of gray bread with a piece of white cheese sandwiched in the middle.
This cheese is the essence of the town.
Immediately, he focused on the entire Emerald Valley and the soil about fifty meters underground, and drew up the blood mark.
'Evolving Emerald Lands.'
'Emerald Land: A wild area in the fog south of Blackcloud City, which can produce some low-quality emeralds. Evolutionary branch: 5.'
Without hesitation, Lin Hui quickly clicked on the evolution branch option. He was also very curious about what kind of spiritual land he could evolve with his current vast reserves of energy and mental strength.
'1—Polar Territory.'
'2—Permafrost in the Desolate Region.'
'3—Hell Valley.'
'4—Fairy Garden.'
'5—The Shadow Kingdom.'
Can't you use a normal "."?
Lin Hui stared speechlessly at the five options. He was clearly so upright, yet the paths he evolved into all seemed a bit crooked.
He closed it again and reopened the evolution option once more.
The result was the same as always.
Obviously, there aren't many alternative options this time; these are the only suitable ones.
He had no choice but to open them one by one.
'1—Extreme Territory: Allows the designation that any ability of an entrant will be absolutely suppressed. The suppression can be reduced to a maximum of half its original strength. This suppression is ineffective if the entrant's own energy exceeds the total energy of the territory.'
'2—The Frozen Wasteland: The eternal frozen wasteland is a prison for the most heinous criminals. Those who enter will be frozen into an eternal, torturous dream. This effect is ineffective if the energy of the imprisoned is higher than the total energy of the territory.'
'3—Hell Valley: All living beings living here will gradually become hellish, and the valley's owner will automatically gain the power of a hellish lord, able to control all hellish creatures.'
'4—Fairy Garden: A garden of destiny created by fifteen great fairies working together. Those who enter may be blessed or cursed. The effects are unrelated to energy level.'
'5—The Shadow Kingdom: Upon completion, it will randomly link to an unknown powerful being every year. This is the exclusive territory painstakingly created by the great traveling merchant, Haoding, who built his people's glory here. However, due to an accidental link, it led to the complete destruction of the spacetime it belonged to.'
Looking at these five items, especially the last one, which is purely based on luck and character, we can ignore it.
Lin Hui's main targets were still Hell Valley and the Extreme Territory.
'Hell Valley forcibly transforms hellish creatures, so it's still inferior to the Extreme Territory.'
He immediately set the first target as his primary objective.
Then evolution begins.
As long as the rank and number of powerful individuals residing within the spiritual land continue to increase, the spiritual land will always maintain its advantage in suppressing external forces.
This is a perfect match for his current Qingfeng Dao.
'After the sacred land comes protective formations, production workshops, and so on. Now that the conditions are right, it's time to officially begin what I've been planning.'
He had long harbored the idea of truly establishing the Qingfeng Dao sect.
Once he completes the construction of a self-sufficient sect spiritual land, he will truly possess an absolute rear base in this world, capable of protection, defense, escape, and combat.
In this increasingly dangerous world, safety is undoubtedly the most precious thing.
(End of this chapter)