Decaying World

Chapter 155 155 Savings Part 1 (Xie Heng, Alliance Leader)
'Looks like I should try using the Benevolent Cult's channels to see if I can get some resources to accelerate body tempering. Also, I should probably head to the Fog Zone myself.'

Although he could defeat the priest, he still had little concept of the level of the High Priest, after all, his elder brother's previous demonstration was just that—a demonstration. The outcome of a real fight was unknown.

Perhaps going to the foggy area to find the corresponding monsters to practice against is a good option.

On the way back, Lin Hui thought about many things.

For example, after the Blood Seal evolves, you can go to the Fog Zone and carve out a small safe haven of your own. As long as you don't recruit outsiders or attract attention, you can use it as an escape hut and secretly carve out a small territory without much problem. It can be used as a backup plan.

Another example is disguising oneself and visiting the treasure vaults of various powerful clans. You say you're not selling them? Then I'll take the initiative to visit them.

With his speed and agility, this might actually be possible, but it would involve considerable risk; if he were discovered, he would be in big trouble.

"It's safest to start directly with the foggy area. Compile resource information from the foggy area into a map, first pinpointing where the resources that can accelerate body tempering are located, then go and collect them ourselves. Meanwhile, we also need to make progress on the Benevolent Sect's side."

Previously, Tianlong mentioned that someone else was also watching him, just like they were. Lin Hui was quite concerned about this, but since Tianlong said they could handle it, Lin Hui could only choose to trust them a little.

After all, he couldn't even perceive who was staring at him or where they were.

'Looks like I'm still too weak.'

Lin Hui sighed sincerely, realizing that the inability to perceive things indicated a deficiency in mental perception, which needed to be addressed. He should also devote more energy to mental training methods that he hadn't been able to improve before.

Although I practice every day, progress hasn't been made. Clearly, I need to focus more on resources.

However, my body has now reached its limit in terms of medication.
Everything still comes down to body tempering.

He cultivated all the way back, and two days later, after dealing with several bandits on the road, Lin Hui returned to Qingfeng Temple in the outer city without any trouble, and resumed his daily life of frantic cultivation.

Internal energy continues to grow because the improvement in physical constitution constantly increases the body's capacity for internal energy, without stopping. Therefore, internal energy also increases continuously with each day's practice.

The Body Tempering Typhoon Sword Technique was also progressing steadily. With the amethyst's amplification, it had just entered the first rank, but it had also begun to continuously improve his physical strength and speed. This improvement was impossible to quantify and could not be shown through data.

To this end, Lin Hui specifically used his knowledge from his previous life to divide the data into basic quantitative categories based on his daily growth comparisons.

He divided the various changes in the body into five categories: strength, speed, defense, resistance, and recovery.

Taking strength as an example, in order to make calculations easier, he learned from the novels he had read in his previous life and used the weight of objects he could lift as a rough standard of measurement.

Although this is biased, extremely unrigorous, and incomplete, it is sufficient as just one aspect of bodily changes.

Since the Blood Seal didn't provide him with specific quantification, he tested it himself and created his own definition.

The same applies to speed, broken down into the time required to run one kilometer. The test distance is a specific, fixed stretch of road to minimize variables. Finally, divide by the distance to calculate the speed per second.

Defense is more difficult to define, so Lin Hui used a vague method, which was to use simple range levels to encompass different aspects. For example, if skin and flesh can defend against attacks from ordinary weapons at the strength and speed of an ordinary person, that is one level, which he named the "Ordinary Soldier Level".

If one can defend against a superior weapon like the one used by Qinghe, and launch an attack while wielded by an ordinary body-tempering martial artist, then one is at the body-tempering level.

Moving up further, the ability to defend against attacks from superior weapons after being covered by internal energy is considered the internal energy level.

Following this logic, the classification is based on the martial artist's level and the realm of spiritual awakening. Although it's a bit rough, it allows you to quickly determine the level you can handle.

The leap in this range is quite large, so Lin Hui is still only at the mortal soldier level.

Then resistance.

This is an item that Lin Hui listed separately after careful consideration. It refers to resistance to various diseases, toxins, and pollution. This item cannot be ranked or quantified; it can only be determined through individual tests to assess the degree of resistance to each type. Further experiments and data recording are needed later.

For example, how resistant they are to certain toxins, how resistant they are to radiation from the inner city, how resistant they are to burning flames, etc., all of these need to be recorded separately.

Similar to the percentage of resistance to various elements in a game from my previous life.

Finally, there is recovery.

After thinking it over, Lin Hui approved it based on two dimensions: the time required for recovery and the upper limit of recovery.

The former is easy to understand; it simply refers to the required recovery time.

The latter refers to the type of injury he can recover from on his own without medication, and the extent of the injury at which he cannot recover on his own and requires external assistance.

Therefore, there are two sets of data to recover.

This can only be recorded after the specific injury is identified.

three days later.

After Lin Hui completed all the planning and most of the testing,

As he had predicted, the bloodstain also changed in sync.

Below his field of vision appeared the corresponding project attribute panel, which belonged to him personally.

'Lin Hui—

Strength: 1013 jin

Speed: 113 m/s

Defense: Ordinary Soldier Level (Common Ordinary Soldier, Body Tempering, Inner Force, Void Force, Divine Technique)

Resistance: ?

Recovery: Time—?, Maximum—?

'Would you say I've completely digitized my life?' Standing in the courtyard of the mansion behind Qingfeng Temple, Lin Hui sheathed his sword, gazing at the attribute panel with satisfaction.

'But this way, everything is much clearer. I can clearly see where I'm improving each day. I won't be as confused and clueless as before. Even if my progress in cultivation stagnates, I can detect it immediately.'

"teacher."

Just as he was contemplating the attribute panel he had painstakingly created, a figure suddenly flashed at the courtyard gate.

Tao Xuehai, no, the current Lin Wuhai, suddenly appeared at the door and spoke in a low voice.

"Your fog area map is ready."

He stepped forward and presented a thick white picture book to Lin Hui with both hands.

"You've worked hard. Compiling information from the government, your family, and the Amamiya Inspectorate, among others, is no easy task. This time, you'll receive a lower-level mission point," Lin Hui said with a smile.

The first thing he did upon returning was to have Lin Wuhai do this.

Given the current connections within Qingfeng Temple, obtaining these illustrated materials isn't difficult. The challenge lies in properly integrating the repetitive parts. Within the entire Qingfeng Temple, there are actually very few individuals with the knowledge and logical ability to do this.

If we consider trust levels, there are even fewer people.

So he chose Lin Wuhai.

"Fortunately, my sister also included the corresponding level information that she had memorized before, and she helped me a lot," Lin Wuhai said in a deep voice.

He's always so serious and unsmiling now; the family feud drives him to train himself relentlessly every day. As a result, his strength and cultivation have improved much faster than before.

"How's your cultivation level?" Lin Hui asked casually.

"Now that I'm at the fifth rank, I can clearly feel the strengthening effect of the Breeze Tempering Technique on my body. It has also greatly improved my internal strength, making me much faster, but it has actually weakened my power and defense somewhat," Lin Wuhai explained in detail.

His words also gave Lin Hui a new understanding of Qingfeng Sword cultivation. It turns out that the body tempering of Qingfeng Sword Technique can actually affect the internal energy cultivated by other techniques, causing it to be converted into a super-speed type of internal energy with the highest speed and weakened in other aspects.

"This has its advantages and disadvantages. The good thing is that you are more in sync with our sect's swordsmanship, and your combat style will also change. The bad thing is that you will be weaker in other aspects. Many of the killing moves you practiced before will be affected and their lethality will be weakened," Lin Hui nodded.

"This disciple understands. This is my own choice." Lin Wuhai nodded solemnly.

"Alright, go down now. Reach the ninth rank as soon as possible, and I will teach you the Gale Sword Technique. I am also looking forward to seeing how you will perform the Gale Sword Technique with your current internal energy." Lin Hui smiled.

To be honest, even he himself hadn't broken through the Zhou Tian internal energy barrier. Now, his internal energy had been forcibly diverted from the moment it reached perfection to the linked body tempering system of the Gale Sword and Typhoon Sword.

As his body was being tempered, his internal energy was also being gradually strengthened. He himself was not sure how his internal energy compared to Zhou Tian's.

But one thing he was certain of was that his internal energy was not as inexhaustible and boundless as Zhou Tian's.

At this point, Lin Hui suddenly had a thought.

"Wait a moment, Wu Hai, let's test our internal strength. I've recently made a slight breakthrough and would like to test my progress in internal strength," he said.

"Yes." Lin Wuhai always respected his teachers and valued their teachings, so he had no objection.

He stepped forward, reached out his hand, and a soft white light shone from his fingertips.

That was a trace of internal energy belonging to Zhou Tian.

Lin Hui also raised his hand, and a faint white light shone from his fingertips, which was also a trace of internal energy.

The two touched fingertips together, drawing close from afar.

puff.

The internal force in Lin Wuhai's fingers suddenly exploded like a soap bubble.

He paused for a moment, quickly withdrew his hand, and glanced at Lin Hui.

"Why is the teacher's internal strength so great? Let me try again."

Without waiting for a reply, he pointed his finger again, having previously used only about one percent of his internal energy, which was the lowest output he could control.

But when he realized he couldn't stop it, he decisively doubled the speed and clicked it again.

puff!
The second time, Lin Wuhai's internal energy dissipated from his fingertips once again.

His expression changed slightly as he looked at the internal energy at the teacher's fingertips. It was still the same wisp of light as before, and from the outside, it seemed that there had been no increase.

"Again!" Lin Wuhai's expression was solemn. The third time, he directly increased his internal force to four times.

He stretched out his finger, and the white light at his fingertip was almost like a small light bulb, illuminating a small circle of the ground around him.

This is four percent of his power, or one twenty-fifth of his internal strength, which is already quite a lot for him. This amount is also the basic amount he needs when making a real move. Unless it's a killing move, this is the amount he normally uses. After all, it's impossible for him to unleash his full power in every move, because his meridians, blood vessels, and muscles couldn't withstand that.

Once a fight breaks out, dozens of moves can be exchanged within seconds, so it's impossible to exert too much force in a single move. Such ordinary moves also mean that it's impossible to exert too much force, otherwise, after a few exchanges, one's internal energy would be exhausted, and recovery wouldn't be that quick. Once the internal energy is depleted, the protective barrier becomes useless, and one can only wait to die.

This time, Lin Wuhai stared intently at the point where the internal forces clashed at his fingertips.

puff.

There was another soft sound.

His internal energy shattered once again, while the internal energy at the teacher's fingertips only dimmed slightly. That was all.

(End of this chapter)