novelraw Chapter 117
Chapter 117
Chapter 117:
Clear Wind Temple.
Lin Hui sat alone, cross-legged in the pharmacy. The pill furnace before him still burned with a bright yellow flame, while the pile of wooden boxes for Spirit-Enriching Reishi beside him was now completely empty.
Correspondingly, the progress displayed by his Blood Seal had shifted drastically.
One Spirit-Enriching Reishi reduces the evolution time by three months. Twenty-three in total makes sixty-nine months, which is five years and nine months...
Lin Hui looked at the remaining time displayed at the bottom of his vision, his heart filled with anticipation.
[Typhoon Sword Technique—Remaining Time: 1 year, 9 months.]
Sure enough, waiting idly only wastes time and life. Only by constantly expanding the search range and acquiring more resources can I rapidly accelerate the Blood Seal’s evolution time! Otherwise, at the original speed, even with frantic medicine consumption, I would need at least another year to complete the evolution. Now, utilizing medicine will allow me to complete the evolution in half a year!
His complexion was somewhat sallow, a side effect of taking too much medicine in a short period. But compared to the harvest, this bit of damage was nothing.
There’s still one Purple Cloud Reishi worth five hundred thousand; I wonder how its medicinal potency compares...
Lin Hui picked up the final precious medicine. This Purple Cloud Reishi was dark purple, its surface dotted with tiny brown spots. It was about the size of a palm, and its stem was covered in a layer of fine white fuzz.
Without hesitation, Lin Hui picked it up and gently bit off a piece.
The texture was like wood—extremely unpalatable and carrying a heavy bitterness. He managed to chew it into a pulp and swallow it, then sat in place and waited.
Shua.
As expected, the Blood Seal progress bar he was monitoring changed again.
The remaining time, previously 1 year and 9 months, plummeted.
In the blink of an eye, ten seconds later, the time stopped at 1 year and 5 months.
It dropped by four months straight away!
Just such a small piece reduced it by four months! Again!
Feeling hopeful that he could completely finish the Typhoon Sword Technique today, Lin Hui was overjoyed and continued gnawing.
Before long, he had consumed more than half of the Purple Cloud Reishi, and the remaining time of the Blood Seal finally dropped to zero under his intense gaze.
His vision trembled slightly, and the Blood Seal on the back of his hand underwent a special transformation he had never seen before.
The original rhombus vanished, and the circle disappeared as well. It dispersed directly, turning into a network of root-like dark red patterns that covered the entire back of his hand and extended up his forearm.
The text for the Typhoon Sword Technique at the bottom of his vision blurred for a moment before new characters emerged.
[Typhoon Sword Technique: An offensive and defensive sword technique evolved from the Wild Wind Sword Technique. It can form a field advantage within a certain range, fearlessly withstanding low-energy group attacks, and possesses a certain degree of suppression and weakening against high-energy opponents.]
[The full set of the sword technique consists of three forms and twelve moves. Mastering all moves allows for perfect Body Tempering; the Body Tempering level is Ninth Rank. Upon completion, obtain special effect: Micro-Flash.]
"..."
The moment he clicked open the description, Lin Hui clutched his head and groaned in a low voice.
A massive influx of memories regarding the comprehension of the Typhoon Sword Technique flooded his mind. Countless days and nights—sleepless, restless, fasting—frantically comprehending and deducing the Wild Wind Sword Technique. Combining various memories from his previous life and spending over a hundred years, he finally deduced the powerful ultimate art named the Typhoon Sword Technique.
Instantly absorbing a hundred years of cultivation memories gave Lin Hui a splitting headache.
He persisted for a full ten minutes before slowly rubbing his temples and recovering.
The Wild Wind Sword Technique Body Tempering isn't finished yet, and now this Typhoon Sword Technique comes along... I have my work cut out for me... He exhaled a heavy breath of turbid air.
Fortunately, completing the evolution meant perfect mastery. Otherwise, given the difficulty of this sword technique—he carefully flipped through the memories—he felt his scalp tingle.
The complexity of this new sword technique far exceeded the Wild Wind Sword. It required using perception to judge and calculate details of the surrounding environment, simulating planetary rotation with Internal Force, and forming over a thousand internal strengthening vortices to collaborate in triggering its power.
Judging from the cultivation memories, this Typhoon Sword Technique is strong enough, but the time required to practice Body Tempering might be very long...
Lin Hui calculated for a moment and decided to use the Blood Seal to evolve other abilities for the time being.
For example, the Spirit-Enriching Reishi, or other branch skills. Also, what exactly were the Stone Man and Chopstick Man he discovered initially? Perhaps he could try evolving them to see.
Standing up, Lin Hui felt as if his entire body had been reborn. The moment he mastered the Typhoon Sword Technique, he felt a sensation of being cleansed from the inside out.
Closing his eyes, he attempted to directly circulate the Internal Force vortex route of the Typhoon Sword Technique, but he had only just started when he felt a tearing pain within his body.
Instantly, the cause of this phenomenon was fed back into his mind.
My constitution is too weak... After the Wild Wind Sword Technique Body Tempering ends, I still need to continue strengthening for a period before I can begin practicing the Typhoon Sword Technique Body Tempering. Otherwise, my body will tear due to being unable to withstand the rotation of massive amounts of vortices, resulting in internal injuries.
He sighed. The feeling of clearly mastering a top-tier martial art but being unable to cultivate it made Lin Hui quite uncomfortable.
But seeing that the Wild Wind Sword Technique Body Tempering had already reached the Seventh Rank and wouldn't take long to reach the Ninth Rank, he could only endure for a bit.
Next, what should I evolve with the Blood Seal?
The most important thing now was how to better utilize the idle Blood Seal.
Since pills and precious medicines help accelerate my progress immensely, strengthening this aspect as support is the primary choice.
He pulled open a drawer and took out two pill formulas purchased from the Wang family: the Spirit Emperor Pill and the Gathering Cloud Pill.
These two pill formulas were bought from Wang Yueheng at a heavy price.
With the Blood Seal now free, Lin Hui carefully memorized the two pill formulas again.
Naturally unwilling to give up after purchasing them, he had tried long ago. These two pill formulas were extremely difficult; the process was complex, and there were many details to note. He had refined them dozens of times each without a single success.
But now...
The key to my failure in refining is that my pill-refining ability is too weak. Although the special effect Concordance can increase the success rate of pill refining, if I can't even complete a correct refining step once, this success rate cannot display its effect.
So, I might as well directly evolve the prescription, simplify its difficulty, and enhance its efficacy.
As Lin Hui constantly adjusted his thoughts, the pill formula information for the Spirit Emperor Pill floated to the bottom of his vision.
[Spirit Emperor Pill: A boutique aphrodisiac created by a certain ancestor of the Wang family. Has effects such as significantly improving energy and endurance.]
[Evolvable Branches: 2]
[1—Jade Emperor Pill.]
[2—Black Emperor Pill.]
Lin Hui clicked on these two branches one by one to check the descriptions.
[1. Jade Emperor Pill: Strengthens medicinal efficacy and power, reduces dosage cycle restrictions, and refining difficulty remains unchanged. Resources Consumed: 1 year of Reserve Energy. Time Consumed: 1 year.]
[2. Black Emperor Pill: Medicinal efficacy remains unchanged, dosage cycle remains unchanged, reduces refining difficulty, and reduces reliance on rare ingredients by increasing the variety and quantity of compound ingredients. Resources Consumed: 2 years of Reserve Energy. Time Consumed: 3 years.]
This is the one!
Lin Hui chose the second option without a second thought.
Possessing these two pill formulas only meant he barely mastered them. Although he hadn't succeeded in refining them, he remembered the details of the formulas; this was an initial entry-level state.
Soon, with the evolution of the Black Emperor Pill confirmed, the Blood Seal on the back of his hand began to aggregate, turning into a rhombus.
Lin Hui didn't waste anything; he stuffed the remaining Purple Cloud Reishi into his mouth in a few bites, chewed it into a pulp, and swallowed.
Half an hour later, the remaining evolution time for the Black Emperor Pill shortened from 3 years to 1 year and 6 months.
Having determined the use of the Blood Seal, Lin Hui stretched his body comfortably, stood up, took down two long swords from the wall, and pushed the door open to leave.
Since the Typhoon Sword Technique evolution was completed today, it was naturally time to celebrate a little. How to celebrate? He would use fifty repetitions of extra Body Tempering sword practice as a reward!
Lin Hui calculated that after the Black Emperor Pill evolution was complete, he planned to find Spirit-Enriching Reishi or Purple Cloud Reishi to try evolving. This time, he had gnawed the Purple Cloud Reishi, leaving a small, half-incomplete. Next time...
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Lin Manor.
Lin Shunhe frowned as he listened to his subordinate's report regarding the lover his son had found.
"According to investigations through multiple channels, this woman named Han Xiaoyue appears to be from the Middle Ring of the Inner City. She is sixty-four years old. In her early years, she joined the Inner City government's Timely Rain Project, but later retired due to injury. Her cultivation is suspected to be at the High-Tier Called level, close to a Divine Officer," the subordinate reported in a deep voice.
"What about her family? Did you find details on her background?" Lin Shunhe asked.
"According to the investigation, she comes from a declined Trueblood family in the Middle Ring. By Han Xiaoyue's generation, it is exactly the seventh generation, and the Trueblood in her body is already extremely thin. She needs continuous injections of Feather Blood to maintain life in the Inner City. Fortunately, Han Xiaoyue is quite ambitious; she was successfully Called and activated the aptitude within her body, thereby extending the Feather Blood concentration. If Young Master Hui combines with her, the children born should be able to inherit the lineage for two generations without worrying about the radiation hazards of the Inner City." The subordinate had obviously done detailed homework.
"In that case, the other conditions are alright, though her background is slightly inferior to the person I found for Ah Hui," Lin Shunhe said.
"Yes."
"Alright then, let's wait for Ah Hui to find a time to bring her home for a meeting. Sigh... I only have this one son. I hope he can pass on the lineage smoothly... Hmm. By the way, what is the situation with Ah Hui now? I heard before that he had a conflict with the Red Rice Association?"
"Yes. The Purple Crystal obtained by Young Master Hui's exploration team was coveted by the Red Rice Association. The two sides fought, and in the end, Young Master Hui took action to force back the Red Rice Association's Yuan Feng and eliminated everyone in the Red Rice Association's exploration team," the subordinate answered quickly.
"Yuan Feng? What is his strength within the Red Rice Association? Ah Hui can actually go against the Three Sects and Six Associations now? Just to what degree has he cultivated??" Lin Shunhe was genuinely curious when this was mentioned.
He only knew his son practiced the very safe and extremely fast Clear Wind Sword Technique. As for what level his strength had reached, it was unclear.
Now, hearing that Lin Hui could actually repel Yuan Feng of the Red Rice Association in a head-on confrontation made him curious. After all, the reputation of the Three Sects and Six Associations was well-known outside. Even if the Six Associations relied more on connections and manpower, as experts for receiving exploration teams, they certainly wouldn't be mediocrities.
For Ah Hui to be able to repel such a person head-on showed his strength.
"Based on the previous duel between Young Master Lin Hui and Li Chi of the Circulation Realm from the Flying Stone Sect, it can be preliminarily judged that his combat ability is already comparable to a Circulation Realm Martial Artist. Yuan Feng of the Red Rice Association, whom he repelled this time, has shown various battle records indicating his strength is roughly below Circulation but above Internal Force Perfected. It is considered normal for him to be defeated," the subordinate said quickly.
"Circulation... That kid, relying on movement speed, can actually reach such a height. It is surprising..." Lin Shunhe stroked the beard on his chin and laughed.
"However, to reach this step, his Internal Force must definitely be Perfected. Otherwise, it would be impossible to withstand a Circulation Realm Martial Artist." He had recently been frantically studying the comparison of the Martial Artist system, the Called One system, and the Fusion System.
"Looking at it this way, my son can totally be regarded as a Circulation Realm Martial Artist. Sure enough, there is hope for my Lin family to rise!" He couldn't help but chuckle.
"The focus next is to let Ah Hui have children early. We of the first two generations will pave the road, using massive resources, so the next generation can proceed with the Call and Internal Force in parallel from childhood. In twenty or thirty years, my Lin family might even produce a Divine Officer or a Three Harmonies Grandmaster!" Lin Shunhe had already begun to fantasize about the incomparably glorious situation of the Lin Manor decades in the future.
With him—a person who had fused with an Imitation Evil Weapon —sitting in command, possessing a life essence comparable to a Divine Officer and able to live for at least one hundred and fifty years, he would still be in his prime in thirty years. He could totally afford to wait!
Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Shunhe's mouth hooked up uncontrollably.