Decaying World

Chapter 111 Reputation Part 111 (Thanks to Alliance Leader Xie Shuizhongyue)

He led a group of people back to Qingfeng Temple. On the way, the procession attracted many townspeople who came out to watch the excitement.

Townspeople with curious expressions kept walking out from in front of the rows of bungalows on both sides.

“Everyone’s seen expedition teams before, but this is the first one flying the Qingfeng Temple flag. I bet everyone’s curious about what good stuff we brought back,” Chen Sui said helplessly.

Lin Hui walked alongside him, slowing down to accommodate everyone.

He nodded in agreement.

"There are still too few exploration teams in the outer city. This kind of thing is actually common in the inner city, and nobody finds it strange."

He looked at Zijing, who was being protected by everyone in the group.

"You've used this amethyst, how did you find it?"

"As long as you hold it in your hand, it can accelerate your cultivation speed. It is useful for both external and internal martial arts cultivation, and it is especially effective for external martial arts cultivation," Chen Sui replied.

As he spoke, he handed Lin Hui a small piece.

Lin Hui took the amethyst and carefully felt its texture. This thing seemed to have its own temperature, warm and soft to the touch, unlike the texture of crystal.

Holding the amethyst, he circulated his inner energy and immediately felt a difference.

If his internal energy circulation speed is normally 1, then at this moment it is close to 2.
"It really works." Lin Hui's spirits lifted. Although his internal energy had already reached the sixth level and he could no longer advance, this thing was more effective for external martial arts. The third stage of the Gale Sword Technique for body tempering was his next core skill.

If it can be effective for the third stage of body tempering, then the significance of this amethyst to him will be completely different.

"It's good that the Abbot approves. Then, how can this be exchanged for contribution points?" Under everyone's watchful eyes, Chen Sui earnestly asked the most crucial question.

After truly experiencing the power of Qingfeng Temple's martial arts, he and the rest of the team were extremely envious of Lin Hui's subsequent perfect Qingfeng Sword and the legendary Gale Sword Technique.

Especially the Gale Sword Technique. The previous seven-section and nine-section fast sword techniques were already so powerful. I wonder how powerful the Gale Sword Technique will be.

He wasn't the only one with this idea; Huang Shanqiu, Yi Ren, Chen Xiangzhi, and others also shared it.

All eyes were on Lin Hui.

"I'll decide after I go back and test it carefully, but judging from its effect on internal energy alone, it's worth at least two units per pound."

There are at least twenty kilograms of these, which can be exchanged for at least forty contribution points. Adding these to the base contribution points they already have from leaving the expedition team, plus the little they have accumulated before, it's enough for everyone present to exchange for subsequent martial arts and secret techniques.

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly calculated their approximate gains and immediately cheered.

Even Chen Sui's face was flushed. He had done the most tasks, so he knew best how hard it was to earn contribution points. The main problem wasn't that the tasks gave few contribution points, but that there were too few tasks.

Often, you have to fight for a task when it comes out, so not many people actually exchange for subsequent martial arts skills within the temple.

Of course, this was Lin Hui's original intention. The slower exchange process would allow him more time and energy to hone the seven-section and nine-section fast swords, thus increasing the strength of his foundation.

They quickly returned to the temple, where Lin Hui counted all the amethyst crystals. There were a total of twenty-eight jin (43 catties). According to Chen Sui's description, one jin of amethyst crystals could probably last for three days.

The effect is good, but it is consumed quite quickly.

Fortunately, they had already recorded the terrain location, which will make it much easier to go there later.

"The Red Rice Gang definitely knows about the amethyst; if the location of the ruins is discovered..."

Inside the council chamber, Chen Sui spoke with some concern.

"It's alright." Lin Hui said calmly. "Hasn't everyone who knew been dealt with? There's only this so-called Hall Master Yuan. He didn't have time to coordinate with anyone, so he probably doesn't know the location of the ruins."

Xue Meng and the others present were all taken aback, realizing why Lin Hui had risked angering the Red Rice Gang to forcibly silence the opposing expedition team.

Perhaps Lin Hui had this idea back then.

"Master is wise!" Chen Sui quickly clasped his hands in a fist salute. "Then, according to the calculation, my contribution points have now exceeded twenty. I would like to exchange them for the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword!"

"I want to change too!"

"Me too!"

Huang Shan, Qiu Yiren, and others also spoke up.

"Alright, since you all want to change, come with me." Lin Hui smiled and stood up.

Nowadays, some disciples are able to master the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword, which is also beneficial to the overall strength of the Qingfeng Temple.

"I wonder if I can?" Xue Meng was also a little itchy to ask. He also had contribution points, which he had accumulated quite a bit without ever using them.

"Just exchange it for contributions. I rate the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword a 10 out of 10," Lin Hui said with a smile.

"Then I'll change mine too!" Xue Meng slapped his thigh and declared decisively.

He felt increasingly unable to discern Lin Hui's strength lately, and his curiosity and longing for the perfect Qingfeng Sword grew stronger day by day. Now that Lin Hui did not object, he naturally did not hesitate to change it!

Flying Dragon Hand and Mad Leg, standing to the side, were somewhat envious, but they hadn't joined long and hadn't done many missions, so their contribution levels were far behind. They remained silent.

"Come with me to the training ground at the back of the mansion."

Lin Hui stood up, his figure flashed, and he appeared in front of the door. After opening the door, he flashed again and disappeared.

After one hour.
Lin Hui left the training ground, feeling somewhat helpless.

Judging from the teaching results, even the most talented Huang Shan Qiuyiren encountered considerable difficulties in mastering the perfect Qingfeng Sword.

No matter how they tried to simulate it, they could never achieve that perfect, eerie attraction, and the effect of body tempering was far inferior to what he had experienced back then.

The second tempering of the Qingfeng Sword aims to generate internal force. Now that Chen Sui has broken through to the internal force realm, the effect in this aspect is weaker for him. The key is still to temper the body and the power of the sword technique itself.

Fortunately, the only consolation is that the Perfected Qingfeng Sword is indeed much stronger than the original.

With the amethyst in hand, Lin Hui quickly entered a state of body tempering cultivation.

In just three days, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his progress in tempering his body with the Gale Sword Technique was more than twice as fast as before!
Having only broken through to the fourth level of Body Tempering in just two weeks, some bottlenecks have already loosened again.

This rapidly increased his regard for amethyst.

Chen Sui was initially put in charge of integrating all the expedition team members' descriptions and collecting information on the Amethyst Ruins, including information on the monsters within.

Just as he was continuing his cultivation with the amethyst, Wang Yueheng arrived.

"The expedition team got something good but didn't tell me? That's not very nice of them." Wang Yueheng pointed at Lin Hui from the pavilion.

"I've saved this for you. According to the agreement, you also have a share of the profits," Lin Hui said casually. "It's mainly because this thing helps with both external and internal martial arts, but since you've already maxed out your internal martial arts, its usefulness isn't that obvious anymore."

“There’s still a lot of demand for Purple Iris Crystals. They’re not sold in the inner city market; you can only find them in the exchange market. We don’t need them, but we can exchange them for other things.” Wang Yueheng clearly recognized the item.

"Iris crystal?"

"Yes, it's a kind of relic, or artifact for short. It's a unique resource of the surrounding relics, but it's often accompanied by amethyst elements, which makes it a bit troublesome." Wang Yueheng nodded.

"Amethyst elementals are those special monsters that roam within ruins, with semi-transparent bodies, capable of transforming into illusions or solid forms?" Lin Hui had previously gathered some information on this, and now he asked solemnly.

“Yes, amethyst elements are generally divided into ordinary elemental humans and elemental beasts, then higher-level elements, and finally elemental lords. Most elemental monsters are classified into these levels. Usually, the lowest level for this type of monster is dangerous, and the lord level can reach the high-risk level. It’s very troublesome,” Wang Yueheng said simply.

This information was only known to the powerful clans of the inner city, but he was willing to befriend Lin Hui, so he casually mentioned it.

"In the five-level classification, the danger level generally corresponds to the Inner Force Realm to the Zhou Tian Realm. This is manageable, but once it reaches the high-risk level, it is from the Divine Officer to the Grand Divine Officer, which is extremely dangerous. This is why no one has ever mined Purple Iris Crystal."

“The priests and high priests probably don’t need this thing anymore, right?” Lin Hui nodded in agreement.

"That's right, those who need it can't afford it, and those who don't need it are too lazy to even bother collecting it. So the Qingfeng Temple expedition team only lost eight lives this time to bring out these Purple Iris Crystals, which is considered lucky," Wang Yueheng sighed.

"It seems we'll have to put it on hold for now. I was also wondering if we could achieve long-term, stable mining," Lin Hui said regretfully.

"Don't overthink it. By the way, did you know that the Wanhua Sect and your older brother's side had another fight?" Wang Yueheng said.

"I don't know, what happened?" Lin Hui's heart skipped a beat, but he asked calmly.

"It seems there was a conflict before. Your brother killed some of their people, and it was a very unpleasant situation. Your brother was criticized by the Vice Palace Master in person. Afterwards, the two Vice Palace Masters led a team and wiped out the Wanhua Sect's forces, probably thinking that since they had offended them, they might as well go all the way. The support from above for Liu Wujun is still very strong. After all, he is one of the top geniuses who has become famous in recent years." Wang Yueheng's tone was tinged with a hint of envy.

"What about your sister?" Lin Hui knew that the other person had an older sister who was also a top genius and had always been at odds with his older brother and sister.

“My sister is still a bit lacking. To be honest, among the high priests, Liu Wujun’s strength is still in the top ten.” Wang Yueheng answered honestly, though she was somewhat reluctant.

"High Priestess!? Your sister is a High Priestess?? Then my brother is too!?" Lin Hui exclaimed in surprise.

He only now noticed that the other person's previous wording seemed different from his own estimation.

"That's right, didn't you know? Ever since your family and the Liu family became related by marriage, You Ying recently took the initiative to visit your father, retrieved the mark, and started treating everyone as equals. Your Lin family has really made it big by connecting with this family!" Wang Yueheng said in surprise.

"I really don't know, I don't go back much anymore." Lin Hui was speechless.

"Have you gone mad from practicing your kung fu? Your internal energy has reached its limit, what are you still practicing so hard for? Hurry up and start having kids! Have ten or eight, and if one of them is Liu Wujun, then everyone in the family will rise to prominence!" Wang Yueheng said speechlessly.

"And aren't you a sex fiend? You've taken so many drugs and haven't had a single child? Is there something wrong with you?"

"I was just using that medicine to suppress the side effects of practicing martial arts! I didn't do anything wrong!" Lin Hui explained.

"Not messing around? Then how about I play matchmaker for you?" Wang Yueheng's eyes darted around, and she smiled mysteriously.

"Don't do anything rash. I just want to live a quiet life by myself. Don't cause me any trouble!" Lin Hui quickly said.

“How is this causing trouble? Let me tell you, with your current situation, if you don’t settle on someone, everyone will want to set you up with people. There will be a lot of problems,” Wang Yueheng said with a smile.

"Then how do you suggest we solve this?" Lin Hui frowned. This was indeed a problem. His older sister had been planning this before, and now Wang Yueheng seemed to be doing the same. His mother, Yao Shan, had also been trying to get information out of him.

"I have an idea, hehehe. Oh no, I wasn't laughing, it's just, it's a great idea!" Wang Yueheng wiped her drool, with a strange expression on her face as if she had thought of something brilliant.

(End of this chapter)