Infinite Mask Game.

Chapter 325 The Silver Rainbow Xie Family
The supervisor's residence was next to the Fengchang Prison.

The red lanterns under the eaves dazzled the eye, and the courtyard was quiet and serene.

Wei Miao unfastened the Wind-Wrapping Knife from her waist and placed it on a black wooden table against the wall in the bedroom.

Just now, in the Fengchang prison, she tested the effects of Scarlet Contamination and Scarlet Domination on a lucky person.

She discovered that while scarlet contamination was 100% successful, scarlet domination always failed.

Even if you reduce the other person's inner demons to a seed state, you still cannot achieve domination.

The Seed of the Heart can suppress the Seed of the Eye, causing its erosion to stagnate.

However, as martial artists begin to cultivate visualization techniques, the Heart Seed will draw upon this portion of the visualization progress to counteract the power of the Eye Seed.

In short, Wei Miao was unable to control any martial artist, not even the weakest, most insignificant one.

"What is certain is that the power level of the Heart Seed is higher than that of the Eye Seed, which is why it can exert suppression. After all, it is a gift from the divine statue. Although they do not directly operate in the world, their strength is definitely higher than that of the Seven Sects."

"When it was suppressed, the power of the Seed of the Eye was not consumed, which means it was directly crushed by the rank and failed to seize the right to erode."

The Seed of the Heart is like a roadblock; the Seed of the Eye cannot get past it to erode the martial artist and can only stare helplessly.

This kind of power struggle is usually linked to authority and does not involve direct loss of strength.

Scarlet pollution and domination usually involve positional conflict, and with the blessing of the [Scholar], Wei Miao has gained some new insights into this.

Rank is directly related to power.

To put it more simply, the higher one's essential life force, the higher one's rank. And regardless of the cultivation system, the process of increasing power is accompanied by an increase in the essential life force.

If Wei Miao advances to the makeup level, judging from the description of the level breakthrough, her life essence will also undergo a qualitative leap.

Wei Miao recalled the fashion class "The Crowned One," which she had once considered to have extremely limited job opportunities. Its accessory, "Thorn Iron Crown," could temporarily borrow some future potential to improve one's rank, which now seemed like a remarkable tactic.

When facing a high-ranking opponent, one can gain an unexpected advantage.

Unfortunately, he has been loaned indefinitely to Eufia Itno.

Otherwise, by using the Thorn Crown, one might be able to try to break through the Heart Seed's positional blockade.

Wei Miao lay on the soft mattress, closing her eyes to rest.

At the Seventh Level, rest is not essential; the body and mind have a high tolerance for fatigue. Except for conserving energy before a major battle, one or two hours of sleep each day is sufficient to meet the needs of daily activities.

The next morning, Wei Miao specially changed her sword to Night Cutter, which hung at her waist and was faintly visible under her cloak as she moved.

She saw a message in the system notification when she woke up. It had happened while she was falling asleep.

[Note: The Seed of the Eye has shattered; control has failed.]

The eye implant she planted in the prisoner's body also failed, unsurprisingly.

Judging from the timeline, that martial artist trained very diligently.

He had completed his task as an experimental subject, and to reward his diligence, Wei Miao decided to release him today.

The fishpond in front of the prison is a nice place to visit.

In this world's unique system, the crimson pollution and domination manifest as the abolition of cultivation.

This is a skill that would make people quite wary; if word got out, some people would definitely be restless and unable to eat or sleep.

The position of Grand Master of Ceremonies is a powerful and influential one, attracting numerous enemies, both overt and covert.

To give the enemy more surprises, it's best to keep this news secret for now. Besides, Pei Wenwei won't have the relevant abilities after she leaves this instance, which will put him in a very awkward position.

Unless the host threatens her interests, Wei Miao considers herself a considerate person who thinks of others and would consider her "afterlife" as "rent" for occupying this body.

However, from another perspective, she can also suppress the loss of control caused by the imbalance between her inner demons and the progress of the God of Freedom.

Most of them are top-tier martial artists; those who can cultivate to this level are obsessed with power. In other words, unless they are aiming for further improvement, there is no risk of imbalance.

In this situation, having Wei Miao erase the progress of their visualization practice, which they had gained through the torment of their inner demons, would be incredibly destructive and could potentially cause their Dao heart to collapse.

When Wei Miao arrived at the study, she saw a middle-aged man standing in front of the door.

He stood respectfully at the door of the study, wearing the dark blue official robes standard for the Secretary of the Imperial Secretariat, holding a stack of documents in both hands.

There were no guards in the study, but in reality, there were eyes and ears everywhere in the front yard, and everyone had to follow the rules.

“Xie Yinyao.” Wei Miao retrieved his information from her memory.

In today's world, the imperial court, martial arts sects, and powerful families are the main forces. The imperial court represents the will of the state, martial arts sects roam the martial arts world, and powerful families are local tyrants.

All three possessed idols, thus restraining each other.

The relationship of subservience and antagonism between the imperial court and powerful families became more complex.

The royal family itself is the largest aristocratic family and the leader. It has to both give up benefits and seize them, and the local and central governments have long been in a state of tug-of-war and checks and balances.

However, when imperial power was strong, the emperor could use this leadership relationship to his advantage and, when he got angry, slaughter powerful families like pigs.

When Lu Shaoqing first ascended the throne, his power was at its zenith. He used this momentum to eliminate many powerful families and reshuffle the power structure.

Many officials in the imperial court came from aristocratic families, as these families had more access to learning resources and were more advantageous in the imperial examinations, military examinations, and recommendations.

Lu Shaoqing killed many officials who had chosen the wrong side, and also suppressed their families while supporting a new group of elites.

Xie Yinyao comes from the Yinhong Xie family, one of the fallen aristocratic families.

The Xie family certainly possessed religious statues, but they were a family of civil officials. They were known for their literary achievements, having produced famous painters and poets, making them quite renowned among all families of civil officials.

Given Pei Wenwei's status, he doesn't need to know too much about a declining aristocratic family, but this family is somewhat special.

In the early years of the dynasty, after the death of the Xie family elder, Xie Bianhan, the head of the Xie family, repeatedly failed the imperial examinations. Later, his daughter Xie Xunyi married into the imperial harem. According to the unspoken rules of the court, it was difficult for members of the head of the family to serve as officials in the court, in order to prevent interference in politics by relatives of the empress.

Later, during the struggle for the throne between the two emperors, all the concubines in the harem were executed, including Xie Xunyi.

The Xie family held a high position among civil officials, and their number of protégés was not to be underestimated. In matters of great importance like the change of emperors, in terms of influence, it was necessary to first choose sides.

Among the prominent families who either presented poems or sent people to show their support, the Xie family chose to remain silent, which was seen as a form of silent opposition.

Even without the imperial court's statement, Lu Shaoqing's ruthless and intimidating methods caused former allies to distance themselves from him.

With this, the Xie family declined and fell out of the ranks of prominent families.

It is a microcosm of a declining aristocratic family.

The Xie family faced numerous obstacles in their quest for official positions. Secret investigations within the court revealed that the Xie family, while claiming to be upright and honest, secretly gossiped and believed Lu Shaoqing's ascension to the throne was illegitimate, and that both the Superintendent and the Grand Supervisor were traitors.

Anyway, there's no way to turn things around.

Xie Yinyao's ability to join a secret service like the Dianmiyi under such circumstances speaks volumes about his capabilities.

(End of this chapter)