Decaying World

Chapter 208 208 Radiance II

Lin Hui understood that Qingfeng Temple, having developed to its current state, couldn't possibly be without spies within its ranks. After all, they recruited openly, making it very easy for someone to infiltrate.

The current process of granting official seals is precisely a process of screening and cleaning up internal processes.

Wang Hongshi quickly tallied up the numbers and found that there were still five people in the temple. Lin Hui didn't discriminate; since there weren't many people, he simply had all the formal disciples who were still in the sect come over to participate in the blood seal identification.

Just as the temple began to notify Lin Hui of his transfer, the news brought back by Chen Sui's team that had set off ahead left Lin Hui, who was making preparations, somewhat stunned.

"Someone actually dared to attack our sect's team?!" He found it hard to believe. But his expression quickly turned serious.

Given Qingfeng Temple's current public background, influence, and strength, anyone who dares to launch an attack under these circumstances is definitely not a small force.
"This is a battle report written by Senior Brother Chen himself. Please take a look." The disciple who delivered the letter presented the letter with both hands.

Lin Hui took the letter, opened it, and read it.

"So it's our old friend Xiaoyao Pavilion. And the Su family, and the Liu family's main branch." After a brief analysis, Lin Hui immediately concluded that this was an operation targeting his elder brother, Liu Wujun.

“Master, they have already made their stance clear. Is it too conservative to stick to the previous arrangements? Shouldn’t we notify Amamiya immediately?” Wang Hongshi still prioritized a cautious approach.

“Of course we should tell our eldest brother first, but there’s no rush. Our eldest sister should have written to him as well,” Lin Hui replied, putting down the letter. “Besides, with Xia Si there, there shouldn’t be any major problems.”

“Senior Sister Xia Si is indeed very reliable.” Wang Hongshi nodded. “Then what does the Abbot mean?”

“Since the Xiaoyao Pavilion has made its move, then…” Lin Hui pondered for a moment. “If this kind of operation fails, they certainly won’t be able to mobilize stronger experts, otherwise it would be a direct internal war between the two Rain Palace factions, which the Palace Master would not allow. So Xia Si’s side is capable of handling all the dangers on the surface.”

Now that the maze base is on the agenda and there is hope, Lin Hui is somewhat reluctant to manage Qingfeng Temple in the outer city.

This unexpected turn of events presents an opportunity.

"Let Xia Sichen handle things outside. We'll continue with our own business."

Lin Hui considered whether to go directly into the city and eliminate the Xiaoyao Pavilion, but he abandoned the idea. First of all, the Xiaoyao Pavilion was different from the Qinghe Sect. It was a legitimate new martial arts alliance with complex and intertwined internal relationships among its experts, involving many people within the three major forces.

Some of the core members of the three major organizations even hold important positions within the Xiaoyao Pavilion.

If a surprise attack were to be launched, it might be able to kill the enemy in one blow and annihilate most of them. However, Xiaoyao Pavilion is just a cover. The real Su family and Liu family behind it are far from easy to deal with.

These two families are both powerful clans with top-tier high priests, and may even harbor immortal beings at the level of palace masters. These immortal beings, coupled with powerful relics or powerful evil weapon tomes, would be formidable.

Their combined strength is absolutely dangerous.

Therefore, Lin Hui chose to remain inactive. Because this was not his battlefield, but his elder brother's.

Just as he was waiting for the core disciples to gather, someone from the inner city of Amamiya sent a message.

The eldest brother, Liu Wujun, had already urgently arranged for men to go to Xiaoyao Pavilion. A fight broke out between the two sides on the way. After mediation by the Palace Master's faction, a temporary truce was reached.

However, an intercity exchange activity that Liu Wujun was participating in was indeed affected after receiving the news, resulting in him losing two games. This caused considerable losses for his mentor.

In the letter, Liu Wujun instructed that as long as they stayed at Qingfeng Temple, they would be safe. Qingfeng Temple had already gained some reputation in the inner city and was on the cooperation and exchange list of the Supervision Department. Because of the Supervision Department, many Moon Tower Blood Origin members had already taken notice of this place.

Therefore, it is essentially a semi-peripheral official cooperative organization.

Lin Hui immediately understood that this was all thanks to Inspector Hong Ling. This mother was an elder of the Extreme Desire Heaven, with a higher rank than the Su and Liu families, so they wouldn't even dare to touch her.

He never expected that, by a twist of fate, Hong Ling would protect him.

"Master, what are the next arrangements?" Wang Hongshi continued to wait.

"Dispose of those elders who deserted during the war according to the rules for betraying the sect, including the welfare of their families, and deal with them all at once," Lin Hui instructed.

"And what about their disciples?"

"One."

"it is good."

"Then, the disciples who died in battle and those who were seriously wounded will be dealt with strictly according to the rules. As for the rest, we'll talk about them after the matters within the temple are settled."

"Yes!"

Before long, the core disciples who were still able to quickly gather in the temple entered the courtyard.

The number of people who can still be considered core disciples at Qingfeng Temple has now expanded to thirty.

Each of these thirty people enjoyed free body tempering resources, martial arts instruction, family protection, welfare benefits, and so on.

Of course, in accordance with the contract, they also had to devote time and energy to Qingfeng Temple and complete a certain number of tasks within the stipulated period.

"Apart from Chen Sui and others who were on a mission, everyone else who could come has arrived here."

When everyone came in, there were exactly twenty people in total, including Huang Shan, Qiu Yiren, Xiao Hu, and other former disciples of Qingfeng Temple.

Later additions included Princess Li Yuanyuan of the Shadow Dog Clan, the genius Xue Yanxiu, and other later geniuses.

Finally, it was Mingxia who came to watch the commotion. No one could stop her; hearing the noise, she thought someone was about to teach her some new martial arts technique, so she rushed over to check what was going on.

"Greetings, Abbot." All twenty people bowed to Lin Hui in unison.

"Very good." Lin Hui's gaze swept over everyone. "I've gathered everyone here today for a very important matter. Because the team we dispatched was ambushed halfway, we've preliminarily determined that there must have been an insider secretly tipping us off and passing on detailed intelligence from within the temple. Therefore, I'm going to conduct an internal screening this time."

Upon hearing this, most of the people present changed their expressions slightly. Several people, like Xue Yanxiu, felt their hearts skip a beat.

Especially Xue Yanxiu, when he and Li Yuanyuan were summoned for questioning because of their extraordinary talent last time, Lin Hui mentioned that they had to wait for a while until new methods were used to verify the situation before they would be taught the subsequent martial arts.

I thought Lin Hui might have forgotten about it long ago. I didn't expect to be suddenly summoned for an internal screening today.

Lin Hui's perception is now quite strong, and after examining him, he had a vague idea of ​​what was going on.

"I cannot disclose the specific screening methods, but I can guarantee that I can determine the true nature of certain individuals 100%. No one will be wrongly accused."

"So, who wants to go first?" Lin Hui looked at the twenty people in the courtyard.

No sooner had the words been spoken than Wang Hongshi was the first to step forward.

"I'll go first, Abbot."

As a core disciple, he was naturally included in the screening process.

"Okay. Stand in front of me, close your eyes, and wait a moment," Lin Hui instructed.

"Yes." Wang Hongshi trusted Lin Hui completely, so he immediately stood up, walked to Lin Hui's side, stood a meter away, closed his eyes, and remained still.

Lin Hui sat cross-legged on the futon, his gaze fixed on Wang Hongshi, the bloodstains on the back of his hand gathering and dispersing once.

Wang Hongshi: Human, 28 years old, head steward of Qingfeng Temple, internal energy martial artist, practicing the perfect version of Qingfeng Sword Technique, and other secret cultivation methods.

What followed was a series of related martial arts training techniques. Besides practicing the Qingfeng Sword Technique and the original Black Dragon Claw of the Black Dragon Sect, this guy had actually also practiced a bunch of hard-skill techniques. But...
Lin Hui glanced at them and found that he hadn't mastered any of them; he was only half-baked, a mediocre player.

Moreover, the information observed by the Blood Seal also indicated that the drug toxicity and drug resistance had reached their highest levels, clearly indicating that this guy was also secretly taking large amounts of drugs, following in the footsteps of the abbot and wanting to follow the same path.

Lin Hui was speechless, knowing he had set a bad example, and didn't know what to say.

Finally, he looked at the place where evolution should have branched out.

Sure enough, it was 0 there.
And there is an additional warning.

'Warning: The higher the intelligence of a life form, the more distracting thoughts it has, the greater its changes, and the more demanding its evolutionary conditions. Furthermore, after evolution, its mind will be reshaped by the imprint, becoming completely loyal to the blood seal's original entity. This may result in a loss of some growth potential. Please decide carefully.'

"Master, is there something wrong with this disciple?" Wang Hongshi saw Lin Hui staring at him without blinking, his face serious, and his heart began to pound.

Abbot Lin Hui has always been extremely mysterious, never showing any emotion or hesitation in the face of trouble. Yet now, just by checking his own condition, he reveals such an expression.
"You have too much drug poisoning in your body. You can't take any more medicine in the future, otherwise it will definitely affect your lifespan," Lin Hui replied.

"This...disciple understands." Wang Hongshi blushed, realizing he had been seen through. He had only tried it himself after seeing the abbot grow stronger with each dose of the medicine, and now he had no idea...
"Also, reduce your contact with men and women," Lin Hui transmitted his voice.

Among the information provided by the Blood Seal was even Wang Hongshi's reproductive status. Due to excessive sexual activity with the opposite sex, his reproductive ability had dropped drastically, and coupled with his frantic drug use and cultivation, he was almost infertile.

"Yes!" Wang Hongshi was startled and immediately lowered his head. He hadn't expected that Lin Hui would see through his use of his position to go out and make friends.

As the head steward of Qingfeng Temple, his current status and power in the outer city are far greater than many people imagine, by a great deal.

He simply couldn't resist the temptation.
"Alright, you're all set. Stand aside. You'll be in charge of keeping a roster for everyone afterwards. Write down everyone who's clear," Lin Hui instructed.

This time he is going to formally confer the seals, but he will confer them on one person first. He cannot confer them on all at once; he will bestow them in stages, step by step.

There's a very peculiar thing about this seal-granting ceremony: if the recipient doesn't truly consider themselves a disciple of the sect, then the seal can never be passed on.

This is also a method that can be used to identify spies.

"Yes." Wang Hongshi breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the side, called his disciple to bring paper and pen, and began to prepare to write.

What he didn't know was that from this day forward, Qingfeng Temple might be entering a completely new era, a truly transformative change.

The granting of the Three Seals plus the General Seal of Qingyuan Dharma Seal will greatly enhance the power and influence of the entire Qingfeng Temple.

As for how far a monster like Xia Si, who is already abnormal, can reach by relying on the Four Great Seals, even Lin Hui cannot judge.

While he was preparing for the screening process.

Xia Si's team, which had gone to deal with Hongfei Sect, finally arrived at their destination—Huangjia Town.

That is, the location where Qiu Yiren and the other party had their last conflict.

Meanwhile, Hongfei Sect had already arranged for many skilled men to wait for a long time on the road outside the town.

Fu Chunxing, who had escaped, was also there, along with another mysterious man dressed in full silver armor and wearing a metal can.

(End of this chapter)