Chapter 323
Hope 1
Chapter 323 Hope One
Just do it.
Lin Hui took Xie Chang'an back to Black Cloud. Instead of attending the welcoming banquet, he immediately instructed his adjutant Ouyang Yining to investigate the numerous incidents of evil soldiers and insects choosing their masters that had appeared in the surrounding area.
Because of the recent chaos and the large number of deaths and injuries, the Mist People, who have long stood at the pinnacle of mortals, have also suffered repeated casualties due to the numerous fierce battles.
However, overall, the real casualties were still mostly among the Mistfolk whose fel energy wasn't particularly strong. The majority of them were wild Mistfolk, while very few Mistfolk at the city lord level died. These Mistfolk possessed immense hidden resources and numerous methods. The few casualties were all due to decay, caused by the high-level decay erupting after the city fell and the civilians were no longer burdened by decay.
While Xie Chang'an was holding a banquet on the floating island, Lin Hui was hiding in Qingfei Mountain studying the various evil energy materials that had been sent over.
“According to current intelligence, there are four unclaimed evil weapons still being contested in the surrounding area, and two Insect Codexes. However, due to the outbreak of the Sea Roar pollution, the intensity of these six battlegrounds has been greatly reduced. Especially after it was confirmed that even the Mist People could not resist the Sea Roar pollution, many people have given up,” Ouyang Yining summarized in a deep voice.
She was standing next to Lin Hui, wearing a black leather jacket with a cinched waist, her ample bosom almost bursting out, as if she might break free from the restraints made of just a few black ropes at any moment.
As an assistant, she was also receiving data and intelligence from the monitoring moon tower.
Actually, she and Liu Xiao had a good relationship, because Liu Xiao herself was constantly trying to promote her relationship with Lin Hui, so she was quite proactive in treating Liu Xiao.
"Have the Fel Energy Chart statistics been compiled yet?" Lin Hui asked.
"Yes, the four evil weapons are: the Parting Blade, the Jade Emperor Kunpeng Spear, the Eternal Ring, and the Shadow Piercing Sword. The two insect manuals are: the Golden Scale and the Whispering Words."
"What about fel energy?" Lin Hui continued to ask.
"This is a guess based on the investigation. The specific fel energy is unclear because the fel energy of a fel weapon may show different emphases depending on the performance and inclination of different hosts. Therefore, even the same fel energy may have completely different abilities."
Ouyang Yining handed over a list.
Lin Hui took it and quickly glanced at it.
There are six types of demonic powers: 1. Permanent separation; 2. Enlargement; 3. Permanent adhesion; 4. Attacking an enemy's shadow will completely immobilize it; 5. Grows highly protective golden scales all over its body; 6. Instantly amplifies its own voice to the extreme.
Lin Hui frowned more and more as he looked at it.
These evil powers are strange and bizarre, but to say they could have any effect on a corrupted state is simply absurd.
"Is there any other news?" Lin Hui asked.
“No more.” Ouyang Yining shook his head. “Actually, all of these are because of the recent drastic changes in the situation, the constant wars, and the successive deaths of the Mist People. Normally, one would appear every few years, which would be considered frequent.”
"..." Lin Hui looked at the six kinds of evil energy and pondered the possible directions and ranges of their evolution.
No matter how you think about it, perhaps only the first option, permanent division, offers a sliver of hope.
"Locate the first item, the Evil Weapon Separation Blade. You will lead the team, and I will instruct someone from the sect to accompany you," Lin Hui said softly.
"Understood!" Ouyang Yining bowed, turned and disappeared out the door.
Lin Hui put down the list, gave a few instructions through the wind chimes, and then his figure flashed and disappeared from the original spot. The next moment, he arrived directly above Qingfei Mountain, at the edge of the giant tornado.
Looking down from above, he surveyed the entire floating island below.
The final level of the Star Breath Sword Manual, the Earth Saint Form, has now been applied to this land.
The key to this final layer lies in managing the stability of a million square meters of land. Since it is also part of wind-based martial arts, this management is essentially about ensuring the stability and flow of energy within this area.
However, based on his careful study of the instilled cultivation memories, he discovered that this final layer, the main governance adjustment, was actually aimed at the interior of this land, that is, the underground energy.
The aura above the ground is actually considered to be cultivated within the Heavenly Saint Form.
underground atmosphere
Lin Hui gazed at the floating island. Ever since he began cultivating to the fourth level a while ago, he had felt something was amiss. Now, observing it again, he realized that he seemed to have misunderstood something.
Suddenly, he seemed to understand something.
'I see. This last layer doesn't just refer to this small floating island. It also includes all the earth energy directly beneath this place!'
He had always felt that the area of the Earth Saint on the fourth floor was too small, but looking at it this way, it's not small at all, but rather extremely large.
After all, from the surface to the ground, the source of earth energy must extend all the way to the very bottom.
Lin Hui carefully compared the blood seal cultivation memories he had been instilled with, and became increasingly certain that the cultivation sequence for this fourth level was indeed to keep digging deeper until he reached the core of the planet.
'No wonder cultivating this fourth level was so troublesome and difficult in my memories.'
He sighed inwardly, and with a flash, he reappeared, already on the shadowy ground directly below the floating island of Qingfei Mountain.
Because this area is located within the area concealed by the array formation of Qingfei Mountain, many people from the inner city have also moved here.
Skyscrapers rose from the ground, densely packed together. If it weren't for the fact that these buildings were all gray and white, without a single other color, this scene would have reminded Lin Hui of the modern cities he had lived in his previous life.
Standing on the street between the tall buildings, he walked forward along the street like many ordinary people around him.
While most of the others were hurrying along, he strolled leisurely.
hiss!
Along the roadside driveway, black-scaled cattle carrying goods sped away, panting heavily.
In mid-air, moths occasionally flew by.
Because of the barrier effect of Qingfei Mountain blocking the pollution from the sea, even here, only the rich and noble can afford to live here, and it is very common to be able to afford a moth carriage.
Lin Hui's appearance did not cause any commotion, because there were many people dressed similarly to him on the roadside, and he almost never appeared in large-scale events, so few people recognized him.
As for appearance, many people have already subtly adjusted their faces to be quite perfect, but there are very few styles like his that are so perfectly harmonious yet do not give people a sense of beauty.
After wandering around the shadowy city for a while, his expression shifted slightly, and with a flicker of his figure, he arrived directly at an abandoned harbor in the outer city. Li Yuanyuan and Xia Si were already waiting there.
Xia Si held a strangely shaped, black-and-white patterned longsword upside down in her hand.
The knife was entirely silver, with black and white patterns intertwined on its surface, resembling a dense network of human blood vessels.
At this moment, it was also rhythmically jumping around in some kind of cadence, which was quite eerie.
"Master, this is the Evil Weapon Separation Blade." Xia Si raised the blade, handing the hilt towards them.
"How did you get it?" Lin Hui thought to himself. A gentle breeze swept by, and he directly controlled the Separation Blade, which floated over and hovered in mid-air in front of him.
He didn't catch it with his hands, but instead kept examining the strangely shaped, evil weapon with his hands behind his back.
Or rather, very few of the evil soldiers have normal appearances.
“We barely fought over it. When we got there, the evil weapon was floating on a pile of corpses, and no one dared to come within a hundred meters of it,” Li Yuanyuan replied. “Because it had actively chosen a master and parasitized the bodies of people around it, hundreds of people died and not one succeeded. Everyone else was afraid, and it is said that three foreign blood ancestors also perished.”
"The Blood Ancestor can also fuse with other evil weapons. Doesn't the evil energy conflict?" Lin Hui asked in surprise.
“If the bloodline and evil energy don’t conflict, it’s fine. Besides, some blood ancestors, although they awaken evil energy blood hearts, mainly rely on their own strength and martial arts. Such blood ancestors are few in number, but they do exist,” Li Yuanyuan explained.
Clearly, she had done her homework before coming.
Lin Hui reached out and grasped the farewell knife.
"Now he's quite well-behaved."
“We couldn’t withstand its corrosive power before, and it was only thanks to Senior Sister Xia Si that we were able to suppress the blade,” Li Yuanyuan explained.
Lin Hui glanced at Xia Si, who nodded in confirmation.
She seems to have become much more feminine lately. At this moment, she is dressed in a fitted long dress that perfectly accentuates her figure. In particular, some subtle details clearly show that she is not wearing anything under her outer garment, only this tight black outfit.
This is clearly a routine that has been specifically studied and learned.
“Interesting. You guys go back first. We have some guests arriving, go and greet them.” Lin Hui nodded.
"Yes!" The two bowed slightly and left in a flash.
With their strength, they had naturally already sensed a special aura rapidly approaching from outside the harbor.
Lin Hui stood alone on the abandoned dock, raised the Separation Knife, and examined it carefully.
"I don't like knives; it would be better if they could be turned into swords," he said softly.
hiss.
next moment.
The farewell blade actually lengthened and thinned, transforming into a strange longsword.
Lin Hui was speechless. This evil soldier could actually understand people's meaning?
'Interesting.' A thought struck him, and the bloodstain was quickly brought up, appearing below his field of vision. He began the identification.
'Evil Weapon Separation: A spiritual creature formed from the essence of heaven and earth, each time it is parasitized, it is a cycle of life and death. It is also a transfer of its accumulated decay. After transferring its decay to the one it merges with, it will be reborn.'
Fel Energy: Separation (A being separated by this substance will have its body parts permanently isolated and unable to reassemble).
Note: When facing evil energy of the same type but opposite ability, separation will be countered.
Evolvable branch: 4.
very simple and clear evil energy
Lin Hui nodded slightly. Holding this evil weapon, he felt no aggression whatsoever.
"Can you speak?" He communicated directly through telepathy.
The Separation Blade didn't react. It clearly possesses some intelligence, but perhaps not yet to the point of being able to speak.
"Never mind." Lin Hui no longer cared. What he needed to do next was not to integrate it into himself.
He is currently cultivating the Planetary Breathing Sword Manual, and his body is overflowing with calamity energy. All his flesh, bones, and organs have been transformed into the nature of calamity energy, making it impossible for a second power to forcefully merge with him.
He worried that if the evil soldier forced his way in, it would be immediately decomposed.
After all, the windstorm's power is to disintegrate everything.
He had originally planned to train this evil weapon properly, but now it seems it's quite obedient. That saves him a lot of trouble.
'Just evolve it directly. Anyway, for living creatures, after evolution, the blood mark will automatically gain the attribute of obeying me.'
He reached out and gently touched the blade of the Parting Sword with his index finger.
A thought crossed my mind.
He immediately clicked on the evolution branch below the blood seal information.
(End of this chapter)