Decaying World

Chapter 180 180 Future Four

A sect that prioritizes integrity appears very powerful. If they discover their cultivation technique has been leaked, they'll likely investigate immediately. They might even find that the sect's will isn't upright enough.
Lin Hui thought about it carefully and felt that he was a decent and friendly young man, so choosing this option might work.

After all, the special effects in this item are really amazing.

Especially the Righteous Heart skill, and the Formless Calamity Seal which can withstand one instance of death damage. They're practically divine skills!

But just as he had this thought, he suddenly realized that if he looked at the details of the bloodstain description, he might be able to get more information.

He immediately reviewed the introduction to the Wuxiang Sect again carefully.

But this time, the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong.

'What does it mean that the more upright one is, the faster one's cultivation speed and the weaker one's bottlenecks? Does this mean that the top experts of the Wuxiang Sect are all extreme champions of justice? People who can't tolerate even the slightest injustice?'

He suddenly realized this.

If that's the case, then think about everything you've been doing. You could call it kindness, but the alignment with justice might not be very high.
He shook his head and looked at the next item, deciding to leave this one as an option for later.

the fourth.

'Kongming Sect: A sect model of the underworld that extends from the martial arts of Qingfeng Temple.'

All new disciples can receive one Netherworld Transformation. Netherworld Transformation (instantly revives after death, boosting all physical and mental states ninefold for nine seconds; effects are automatically lost upon leaving the sect or betraying the sect).

Sect Special Effect: Netherworld Cave (Disciples who have experienced a near-death experience will gain a 100% speed increase in cultivation. This effect can be stacked and will be lost upon leaving the sect).

Note: Due to the unique nature of its cultivation methods, the Kongming Sect's disciples were driven to a frenzy for near-death experiences, leading to a dwindling number of members until the sect ultimately vanished from the vast universe.

This is also a freakish sect.

Lin Hui had no interest in this mode that encouraged reckless behavior. Although the stackable Netherworld Cave effects were extremely abnormal and exaggerated, too much recklessness would actually lead to death.

He looked at the last one.

'Nine Heavens Sect: Lin Hui, the current abbot of Qingfeng Temple, traces the origins of martial arts in a certain direction.'

Upon seeing this sentence, Lin Hui was taken aback. It turned out that this was still based on his own understanding and comprehension of martial arts, which served as the direction for extending and tracing the origins of the sect model.

'In other words, the inspiration and direction I've sensed happen to resonate with a sect called the Nine Heavens Sect somewhere far away?'

Lin Hui seemed to be deep in thought.

Keep reading.

'. Upon joining the sect, disciples will receive the Qingyuan Seal for enhancement, which allows them to draw upon unknown wind and disaster power to amplify the effects of their martial arts techniques.'

Sect Special Effects: Rectifying the Body, Rectifying the Mind, Rectifying Virtue.

Lin Hui curiously clicked on the three special effects.

'True Body (Joining a sect and obtaining disciple status grants a 50% enhancement to all aspects of the physical body; betraying the sect results in the loss of this effect)'

The other prerequisites for righteous mind are the same, and the effect is to obtain a 50% enhancement of all aspects of mind and spirit.

Zhengde, on the other hand, gained a 50% increase in all aspects of his cultivation insights.

This is very simple, with minimal explanation, and it's purely an instant-on effect—simple and straightforward. It's clearly extremely convenient for developing a large sect.

'This last one is very strong too.'

Comparing all the options, the first one, Wind Sect, is the worst, so it's definitely not the best choice. The boost is too small.

The last two modes, Kongming Sect and Jiuxiao Sect, can greatly enhance the sect's strength in a short period of time. Kongming Sect, in particular, has a terrifying effect of the Nether Transformation. It can unleash a nine-fold all-around enhancement after dying once. Although it can only last for nine seconds, those nine seconds are enough to drag someone down with it and perish together.

The Netherworld Cave is also quite exaggerated. The fact that it can be stacked means that if you're lucky, a sect can always have disciples who have experienced near-death multiple times. Their cultivation speed is simply unimaginable.
However, just like the warning of the bloodstain, the downside is that it can easily lead disciples to seek their own death.

After much deliberation, Lin Hui finally focused his attention on the Nine Heavens Sect and the Formless Sect.

The Wuxiang Sect is clearly righteous, belonging to a major orthodox sect. A sect capable of withstanding a single fatal attack is incredibly powerful. It's like having an extra life.

However, the drawbacks are also obvious. If the ultimate experts of the Wuxiang Sect are all extremely righteous people, then things will get really messy once they discover the situation here.

Lin Hui himself wasn't sure if he hadn't done anything absolutely bad, but no one could really explain what someone with an extremely righteous worldview was thinking.

His final focus fell on the most honest and straightforward Nine Heavens Sect. This sect had no special bias or hidden dangers. Apart from its weak development potential and the fact that its enhancements were all currently available, there were really no other problems.

"This is it." He immediately decided to evolve this one.

I checked the time required for the following five items, and apart from the first item which takes 17 years, the rest all take fifty years.

If medicine is available, fifty years is not unacceptable for him.

After all, this is an enhancement to the entire sect, so it's normal for it to consume more resources.

Once the evolution is complete, the entire Qingfeng Temple will experience an unprecedented and tremendous enhancement.

But Lin Hui put it on hold for the time being and did not start immediately.

However, there are still many things about the Blood Seal that need to be identified, and it needs to be evolved and strengthened in a short period of time.

Only after all the shorter-lived ones had finished evolving did he begin to enhance the entire sect.

Putting away the Ruyi, Lin Hui had no mind to continue practicing his swordsmanship. Now that the Blood Seal was freed up, his first priority was to address the problem of the Purgatory's contamination.

If this thing continues to spread like this, he will eventually be attacked by the masses.

Therefore, we must find ways to offset the pollution. Or we can bring the pollution under our control.

Now that he had access to the medicine, he had a strange feeling that the future was in his grasp on his way back.

He returned to the mansion inside the gate in one breath.

Lin Hui's first task was to think about how to restrain the pollution of purgatory.

Purgatory corresponds to flames, representing the intense burning of energy and the physical body.

Immediately, the first option that came to his mind was the Extreme Cold option, which had appeared in the Blood Seal evolution branch a long time ago.

After wandering around the mansion for a while, Lin Hui quickly found several items that might evolve to counter the Purgatory effect: lamb skewers, chicken legs, and cold-natured medicinal herbs: Cold Ginseng, Nine-Heart Lily, and Anemarrhena asphodeloides.

The first two were branches he had seen during his previous evolution, while the latter were his own guesses.

Soon, Lin Hui brought these items into the pharmacy, chased Chen Meng out, and began testing the bloodstains one by one.

The lamb skewers and chicken legs are the same as before, but the ginseng, lily bulbs, and anemarrhena are different.

Cold ginseng has two branches: Extreme Cold Heavenly Ginseng King and Cold Jade Heavenly Ginseng King.

The Nine Hearts Lily consists of three varieties: Ice Machine Lily, Extreme Cold Heaven Lily, and Aurora Lily.

Like ginseng, Anemarrhena asphodeloides also has two varieties: Anemarrhena asphodeloides var. sarcodactylis and Anemarrhena asphodeloides var. sarcodactylis.

Lin Hui carefully examined the differences between the Extreme Cold Heaven and the Cold Jade Heaven.

'Extreme Cold Heaven Ginseng King: A century-old ginseng king that grows in the extreme cold. Consuming it allows one to absorb the aura of the extreme cold and transform their entire body. It also grants an additional extreme cold attribute to one's internal energy.'

'Cold Jade Heaven Ginseng King: A century-old ginseng king that grows in the Cold Jade Heaven. Consuming it can increase one's ice-cold attribute internal energy by a century and extend lifespan by ten years.'

'Clearly, the Extreme Cold Heaven is a polluted place akin to purgatory, while the Frosty Jade Heaven doesn't mention any aura modification, so it's probably a more orthodox extreme cold place that can even extend lifespan.'

Lin Hui immediately stopped hesitating and chose to evolve into the Extreme Cold Heavenly Ginseng King.

He only ate a single, evolved lamb skewer and gained the abnormally powerful Purgatory Pollution ability, which has now become one of his major trump cards in battle.

This shows how exaggerated it is.

Such easy acquisition of power must come at a huge, unknown cost.

Otherwise, if everyone just kept killing each other and getting stronger indefinitely, Purgatory would probably have ruled everything long ago.

Lin Hui had not yet discovered the cost, so he had to plan ahead.

After confirming that the Blood Seal had evolved into the Extreme Cold Heavenly Ginseng King, a notification was quickly sent.

The evolutionary period was nine years.

For him, who still had four purple fungus plants, this amount of time was just a drop in the ocean.

Lin Hui simply ate all four Zi Yun Zhi plants at the pharmacy in one go.

The evolution time was immediately reduced to only one year.

For him now, a year is just a little over a month of taking his medication as prescribed.

After completing this evolution, he also plans to try out evolution relics, such as the silencer stone provided by Tao Xuehai, and precious medicines like Ziyunzhi that can enhance energy.

He had wanted to try it for a long time, but he couldn't resist using all the precious medicines he had obtained to shorten the evolution time.

In addition, he has some immature ideas about the Blood Seal that he needs to try out.

If even concepts can evolve, then is it feasible to directly evolve the land and the air?

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Qinghemen Headquarters.

In the dark cracks of the stone wall.

A row of black stone pavilions forms a small complex of buildings, which is the true headquarters of Qinghemen in the inner city.

At this moment, in front of a pavilion, two disciples in black robes and white masks waited helplessly outside the gate.

"Wasn't he supposed to come to headquarters today to report for duty and receive a new assignment? Why hasn't Sect Leader Cao arrived yet?" someone couldn't help but complain via telepathy.

"Perhaps he was delayed by something. Sect Leader Cao is always dedicated and is the busiest person in the sect. Sect Leader Situ doesn't manage things much, so he's the one who runs the sect. It's understandable that he was delayed a bit," another person comforted him.

"I understand, but the problem is that I have urgent business here, and if I get back any later..."

Before the telepathic communication was finished, both of them simultaneously noticed that someone had opened the door to the attic ahead.

Looking up, I could vaguely see a tall, strong figure through the window. He slowly walked to the door, placed his hands on the doorknob, and then stopped moving.

one second.

Two seconds
five seconds
Seeing that the other remained motionless, both of them couldn't help but become impatient.

Judging from the silhouette, although it was somewhat strong, one could still discern the figure of the Deputy Sect Master.

They guessed that he had probably practiced some secret technique.

"Sect Leader Cao, it's getting late. I have to return to the outer city to carry out my mission. May I ask if you could process my report first? There are two things I need to report to you in person!" someone said loudly.

"Okay, sure," a muffled voice came from inside the door. "Lu Zhengyuan, right? You come in alone first."

"Yes!" The person who spoke immediately relaxed and quickly walked to the attic, opened the door and went inside.

The door slowly closed, and time ticked by, but the person who went in never came out, and there was no sound from them.

The other person waiting outside the door frowned, a hint of doubt in their eyes.

"Sect Leader Cao? May I come in?" he asked.

no respond.

The person outside the door sensed something was wrong.

He slowly approached, his internal energy and spiritual force mixing together to form a special protective barrier.

This is something he can only achieve through a special divine technique he has cultivated.

But they had only taken two steps closer.

puff!
In an instant, a red figure burst through the door, shattering the defenses with lightning speed, grabbed his neck, and pulled hard.

The person returned to the attic in the next instant and disappeared without a trace.

Everything fell silent, as if the two of them had never been there in the first place.
(End of this chapter)