Decaying World

Chapter 184 184 Infiltration Part 4

'It's not as polluting as Purgatory, so it's alright. It's just that the freezing power is a bit too domineering.' After testing the power of his internal energy, Lin Hui decided that in the future, he would use as little internal energy as possible. He would only use his internal energy to draw out the unknown energy outside the net to create wind.

In reality, internal energy is rarely used for direct combat these days. The real deciding factor is the wind generated by unknown external forces.

Utilizing the Ruyi's unparalleled hardness, combined with its terrifyingly high-speed impact, there are few situations he cannot handle.

"Come to think of it, why has Qinghe Sect been so quiet lately? They even sent people to cause trouble before. It's so quiet now, I'm not used to it." Lin Hui suddenly felt a bit itchy and wanted to find an opponent to test his sword skills. After training so hard for so long, he always had this strange urge to see how strong he was.

Qinghe Gate is undoubtedly the best testing ground; you can kill anyone without worrying about the consequences.

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Qinghemen Headquarters.

Amidst the charred buildings, intense heat waves spread everywhere, accompanied by the flames.

The crimson flames, like red lotuses, danced and bloomed, devouring everything and everyone they touched.

The ground was covered with corpses, all of them charred beyond recognition.

Huff. Huff.
In the corner, a struggling figure staggered out of the flames; it was none other than Situ Ye, the master of Qinghe Sect.

Behind him followed a long-haired woman who had lost both hands. Her body was covered in charred wounds; her once beautiful face, veiled, was now covered in blisters. Her alluring figure was also covered in large, charred scars. Half of her long hair was burned into dry, curly yellow, making it extremely unsightly.

"Black Demon... What on earth happened?! How could he...!" the woman said through gritted teeth.

"This is the power of purgatory. It's the purgatory fire that was sealed for hundreds of years. It was completely gone back then!? Why... why is it resurfacing now!?" Situ Ye's eyes were filled with confusion and hatred for Hei Sha Cao Xianzhong.

He paid a heavy price to finally kill Cao Xianzhong on the spot. However, after Cao Xianzhong underwent the Purgatory Transformation, his power doubled and his regenerative ability increased dramatically, which also brought him a huge backlash.

And because he was ambushed, he was seriously injured.

"What do we do now, Sect Master?!" the woman behind him asked through gritted teeth. "Go to the Moon Tower?"

"We can't go! We can't let Jiyutian know. If they find out we were injured by Heisha, we'll both be wiped out!" Situ Ye said hatefully.

"Mist God, why?! Why is this happening?" The woman closed her eyes in anguish, realizing what the sect leader meant.

The power of Purgatory is far too corrupting. Once it is discovered that they have been injured by the Black Fiend Purgatory, in order to prevent further spread, these two remaining survivors will be destroyed by the Extreme Desire Heavenly Human Path, leaving not even ashes, thus completely preventing the spread of Purgatory.

"The key now is to leave here as soon as possible. We can't stay here any longer. Let's go! To your place! The headquarters of the Fog God Cult outside the Fog Zone. Let's go!" Situ Ye made a decisive decision.

"Okay!" The woman nodded, immediately took the lead and walked ahead, quickly disappearing into the distance.

The two figures disappeared not long after.

Soon, new men in white robes appeared at the entrance of Qinghe Gate, noticed the unusual situation, and hurriedly reported it.

Soon, a massive sweep of the forces of Purgatory will begin.

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Time flies. Two weeks have passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Hui continued to cultivate his body in seclusion, practicing the Typhoon Sword Technique and the Virtual Demonstration Technique every day.

Qingfeng Temple remained as peaceful as ever.

But the place was peaceful. Instead, the members of the Inspectorate, who had come from the inner city to learn body techniques (team building and having fun), brought some rather exaggerated news.

"A large-scale purgatory-like contamination has occurred in the inner city?" Lin Hui asked, looking at Inspector Hong Ling sitting opposite him with some surprise.

“Yes, your elder brother was also ordered to thoroughly investigate it. He found that several people within the Rain Palace had been corrupted by Purgatory without their knowledge. He killed countless people in one go this time, at least over a hundred.” As the head of the Inspectorate, Hong Ling rarely left the city. This time, he came out to investigate the forces of Purgatory.

Because the Inspectorate and Qingfeng Temple have a long history of cooperation in body movement training, they came to check on the situation.

Speaking of which, he and Lin Hui only got to know each other because of Wu Zhaoming, the leader of the Chimi Gang, stirring things up last time. Of course, this was only Hong Ling's side of the story, and Lin Hui smiled to himself and didn't delve into whether it was true or not.

"Your elder brother has broken through and risen again, his cultivation has improved, and he's probably already on the verge of becoming the Palace Master. From now on, your status will rise accordingly, and things will be different for you. I'm here to congratulate you as well." Hong Ling smiled and clasped his hands in a fist salute. "Elder brother broke through?" Lin Hui was taken aback. Liu Wujun was already one of the best among the high priests, and now that he had broken through again, it was no wonder that Inspector Hong Ling, who had never been here before, would take the initiative to come to Qingfeng Temple and adopt such a humble attitude.

"Indeed, your elder brother is a low-key person. Although he was unrestrained and challenged others for a period of time, he has been diligently cultivating ever since. Now he has finally reaped the rewards. Congratulations! He truly deserves to be one of the top geniuses of the Rain Palace! This is also inseparable from the careful cultivation of Vice Palace Master Jiang Zhixia."

"Thank you for the news, Minister Hong." Lin Hui smiled and returned the greeting with a fist and palm salute.

"No need to thank me. My inspection department and Qingfeng Temple have been cooperating for so long, but I've never invited you to my home. Why don't we do it today? I just finished my report and need to go back. Why don't you come with me?" Hong Ling said warmly.

"Where does Minister Hong live?" Lin Hui asked.

“Yes, I am of the original bloodline, and my home is in the Third Moon Tower, on the 1400th floor,” Hong Ling said casually.

"This Moon Tower, I'm just an outsider, can I enter?" Lin Hui's heart skipped a beat. He had been thinking about when to enter the Moon Tower to see it for himself, but he didn't expect the opportunity to suddenly and proactively come to him.

"I can just give you an invitation. What's wrong with the outer city? Your older brother has a bright future, and no one will dare to say anything if you, his younger brother, wander around the Moon Tower. Do you think that everyone in our Original Bloodline is a top expert, an Awakened Evil Energy, or a Bloodline Awakened, and that everyone can enter the Extreme Desire Heaven or the Primordial Plain at will? No, that's not true." Hong Ling laughed.

"The Primal Blood is a very large group. Only those who have awakened Fel Energy are truly qualified to be called Primal Blood Nobles. I live here because my mother awakened Fel Energy and lives in the Moon Tower. I myself have not awakened Fel Energy. There are actually quite a few Primal Blood like me. The rumors that there are only two hundred Primal Blood Nobles refer to the number of those who have awakened Fel Energy. In fact, there are at least several thousand more Primal Blood."

He paused, "People like us can't hold positions in the Extreme Desire Heaven, so we can only be transferred to other positions in the core area. Of course, in the eyes of many people, we marginal original bloodlines are not even considered original bloodlines."

He smiled and waved his hand.

"Besides, the Moon Tower isn't as mysterious as you imagine. Most of the places on the Moon Tower are just like the outside world. Food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are all the same things. It's just that you live at a high place, so your location is different. But the Extreme Desire Heaven is different. It's too easy to fall into a state of extreme bliss once you enter that place. It's used to counteract the negative states of top experts, so it's not prepared for normal people. Don't overthink it."

"What do you mean? The extreme bliss of the Extreme Desire Heaven is used to counteract the negative status of top experts? Do all top experts share similar negative statuses?" Lin Hui poured tea for the other party and asked curiously.

"Yes, above the Palace Master level, there will be a great deal of decay. In order to combat decay, experts at this level need to constantly mobilize their mental power to counteract it. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the Tai Su Federation discovered that only the mental power of extreme bliss can safely counteract this decay that is constantly taking place. Therefore, almost every city has a Heaven of Extreme Desire, which is to gather the mental power of extreme bliss from all living beings to help experts above the Palace Master level counteract the decay and prevent self-destruction."

"Because the power of the Longevity Wheel is relatively suitable for counteracting this, our Tu Yue has developed quite well in this regard. Xing Dao, on the other hand, is not good at it. Their core evil weapons and evil energy are mainly for killing and violence, which is not suitable for refining the Blissful Mind. Therefore, they have been having trouble since the city was built."

Hong Ling was an insider of the original bloodline, and he spoke frankly and openly, revealing the situation of the Moon Tower's higher-ups in one breath.

This also allowed Lin Hui to fully understand the structure of the Moon Tower's core.

The original blood nobles beneath the Mist People, though powerful, also suffer immense pain from decay and erosion.

"I've also heard of Wanfu Meat." Lin Hui nodded slightly, but didn't finish his sentence.

“Oh, that’s true. The Wanfu meat is indeed used to help with decay.” Hong Ling didn’t try to hide anything. “You’ll be able to enter the inner city sooner or later to enjoy the life extension benefits, so it’s okay to tell you. I’m looking forward to the future when we go fishing together in the inner city. I don’t have many hobbies, but I like fishing. I think you’re a patient person, so it’s perfect that we can go together.”

"Okay," Lin Hui nodded helplessly.

"Then it's settled!" Hong Ling said with a smile. This guy had white hair, white eyebrows, and white clothes, and looked cold and domineering, but once you got to know him, you would find that he was a person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

"Speaking of Wanfu Meat, we don't actually intend to suppress its effects. After all, if you don't want to, you don't have to eat it. It's just that it will be cleared out and driven away at fixed times. Since you're not willing to share our decay, we naturally can't allow you to still be freeloading on the sidelines, right? People like the Benevolent Heart Sect and the Myriad Flowers Sect always use the banner of injustice in the world to cause trouble and rebel against us everywhere. Isn't that just looking for trouble? If you think it's unfair, then go and establish your own city. Nobody's stopping you."

"But I heard that the city building meeting..." Lin Hui hesitated, then stopped.

"Do you believe that? You just wander into such a huge foggy area, who the hell can find you? You insist on building your city in the Federation's safe zone, isn't that just asking for trouble? Do you think we're wasting our time clearing out and destroying monsters just to be your safety net?" Hong Ling said irritably.

From his perspective, he could clearly sense the attitude of the original bloodline members towards the resistance forces such as the Benevolent Cult.

Both sides felt it was unfair. Each acted according to their own beliefs.

In fact, if you look closely, the original bloodline concept of people like Hong Ling is just a survival of the fittest, a system of natural selection.

The "kind-hearted" teacher is more loving, but clearly also has his own selfish motives and shady dealings.

As Lin Hui listened to Hong Ling's casual conversation, a thought suddenly came to mind: perhaps neither of them was wrong, they just had different perspectives.

In his view, the real mistake the Primal Bloodlines made wasn't any of these things, but rather their disregard for human life. That was the greatest evil.

(End of this chapter)