Decaying World

Chapter 233, Part 233 (Thanks to Alliance Leader yublood)

After setting his three goals, Lin Hui continued to attend classes on time and according to schedule, assisting class teacher Song Xinyan in supervising martial arts training. Occasionally, he would punish students who broke the rules.

Before he had fully completed the tempering of the Typhoon Sword Technique, he began to try practicing the Star Breath Sword Manual, but the difficulty was even more baffling than that of the Typhoon Sword Technique.

Despite having acquired all the creation techniques and cultivation experience, Lin Hui felt that this martial art possessed a rather idealistic beauty when he actually started using it.

'Only after entering a state of feeling the planet's breath can one truly begin cultivating this technique.'

On the training ground, Lin Hui supervised several students who were being punished with extra practice while pondering the difficulties he was facing.

One must first enter that wondrous state before one can truly begin cultivating the Star Breath Sword Manual.

When it came to implanting memories, Lin Hui easily entered a state of focus. However, truly controlling it entirely on his own was extremely difficult. He tried for a month, but still hadn't succeeded even once.

'Is the planet's breathing the pulse of the earth? The flow of air? Or the rise and fall of the atmosphere?' Lin Hui recalled the memories he had been instilled with over and over again.

This problem had troubled him for a long time, but he still had no clue how to solve it.

"The weather has been getting colder lately. Yesterday, the roads were covered in frost when I went home, so it was really difficult to get water at night."

Meanwhile, the students being punished were chatting quietly. They practiced and talked at the same time.

"Didn't we just talk about the continued influence of the warm current? How come it's starting to get cold again recently?" another child asked, puzzled.

"The astronomical tower is sometimes inaccurate, so there's nothing surprising about that."

Celestial Tower?
Lin Hui suddenly had a thought.

Black Cloud City has so many new and exciting places compared to Tu Yue.

For example, the Planetarium is one of them.

This place is an agency specifically used by Black Cloud to predict recent weather. For a large city whose core business is maritime trade, weather forecasting is undoubtedly a very important aspect.

Therefore, the Celestial Tower came into being.

The terms "celestial phenomena" and "seasons" inexplicably stirred up a long-standing puzzle in Lin Hui.

The wondrous state that the blood seal had instilled in his memories suddenly became connected with the changing seasons, flashing through Lin Hui's mind like lightning.

season!?
Suddenly, something came to mind, his eyes became unfocused, and he drifted into that strange state from his memory.

In that state, Lin Hui's presence began to diminish infinitely.

He was clearly standing on the training ground, with three students being punished for chatting right next to him.

But as the three of them chatted, they gradually forgot about his presence, as if they had completely forgotten him.

"Hey, have you heard of the recent trend of carving letters on white bamboo?"

"Is it that method where you carve words on a white bamboo tube, and it's believed that your wish might be granted?"

"I've tried it, but it doesn't work. It's all fake."

"But my cousin just tried it recently, and it really worked! She had messed up a small thing and got scolded by the workshop manager for a long time. After using this, the manager actually apologized to her the next day, and his attitude was very sincere. He even invited her to go to Hai Zhi Yuan to play."

"Huh? The Source of the Sea!? That's the place full of handsome men, all kinds of handsome men!?"

"You know about it too? I heard it costs tens of thousands for one night there, it's super expensive!"

A group of fifteen- or sixteen-year-olds began discussing amusing stories about adults that were clearly inappropriate for their age.

At this moment, Lin Hui slowly recovered from that strange state, feeling that his mental strength had greatly increased. Hearing the conversation of the three people, he coughed twice with a bit of helplessness.

The three of them immediately fell silent. They suddenly remembered that there was a teacher supervising them.

Lin Hui smiled with satisfaction and glanced at the huge clock on the tower not far away.

"It's almost time, you can go now. Don't break Teacher Song's rules in class again next time."

"Yes." The three of them respectfully stopped, bowed to him, and then quickly ran away laughing and joking.

Looking at the children's energetic side, Lin Hui suddenly felt as if he had become younger.

He turned around and walked towards the office. He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind him.

"Teacher Lin."

A young girl's voice called out to him from behind.

Lin Hui turned around and stood by the flower bed near the main building of the Martial Arts Academy, looking behind him.

In the white light of dawn, a girl with a ponytail and one eye that was pure white looked at him expectantly, wearing a light gray fitted school uniform dress.

"Fan Lingxi? What's the matter?" Lin Hui asked calmly, looking at her.

"Teacher Lin" Fan Lingxi's features are not actually ugly, but compared to people in the inner city, they are indeed very ordinary. Moreover, her skin is yellowish, one hand is a little longer and the other hand is a little shorter, as if it had been interrupted and re-established.

"Is the other martial arts training method you mentioned earlier, which you tested, true?"

Lin Hui narrowed his eyes.

The martial arts self-test method he deliberately released while fishing was a unique physical test created specifically for these three targets. It can be said that in the entire academy, perhaps only these three people fully meet the requirements.

Of course, there were more than just these three children from powerful and wealthy families in the Fifth Martial Academy. But these three were the ones who best met Lin Hui's needs.

“Of course it’s true,” Lin Hui replied.

He considered secretly disguising himself and contacting the three, but ultimately decided against it.

Instead of hiding things, let's take the most natural and normal path. Naturally release our reputation, naturally release our secret method, and let everyone test it themselves. Naturally let the three of them take the bait willingly.

He neither takes the initiative nor refuses; he simply lets things take their course.

And now, the first one to take the bait is Fan Lingxi, who has the strongest desire to become stronger among the three.

"Teacher Lin, I tested myself using the method you gave me, and it seems that I do meet the highest standard you mentioned!" Fan Lingxi was already looking forward to it.

After all, he was just a sixteen-year-old kid who didn't understand anything. Compared to Lin Hui, a seasoned conman from the information age, he had never encountered this kind of "willing to take the bait" tactic.

"The highest standard? Do you know what you're saying?" Lin Hui gave a disbelieving, amused look.

"Is it true!? Teacher, I can tell you're different from the other teachers. You must be hiding a lot of your strength. The fact that you're willing to stay at the Martial Academy as a teacher must mean you have your own plans. Could it be that finding suitable new martial arts test subjects is your real purpose?" Fan Lingxi guessed.

Lin Hui remained expressionless and stared at the other person for a while.

Suddenly, he clapped his hands lightly three times.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat. I have to go to the indoor martial arts gym this afternoon. I'm just an ordinary martial arts instructor, not as extraordinary as you think. As for the new martial arts techniques, the standards I've set are extremely high. Do you really think you can meet them all?"

He stopped talking, shook his head, and turned to leave.

"Teacher Lin! Take a look!" Fan Lingxi suddenly shouted.

She suddenly drew her long sword from her back and began practicing a rather strange set of sword techniques.

The moves resembled both the Qingfeng Swordplay and the Nine-Section Swift Sword, with some palm techniques mixed in. Some of the variations were quite awkward. Even active disciples of the Qingfeng Sect would find it difficult to execute them fully.

But Fan Lingxi executed every move perfectly.

It is evident that after Lin Hui's casual practice last time, she went back and practiced diligently for a long time.

She was able to grasp even the faintest, most elusive hope with such precision.

To be precise, among the three, Fan Lingxi's desire was already burning intensely even without being ignited.

Lin Hui turned around and saw Fan Lingxi dancing with her sword.

He didn't expect that he still had several more challenges to overcome, and one of the three of them seemed to be actively pouncing on him.

From this perspective, it can only be said that Fan Lingxi never gave up looking for hope. Whenever any opportunity that might help her change her fate appeared around her, she would rush to try it regardless of whether it was real or not.

With this in mind, Lin Hui temporarily put the other two aside. As long as one of the three took the bait, the other two would be dispensable.

After watching Fan Lingxi's sword dance, Lin Hui closed his eyes and remained silent for a moment.

"I never expected that no one would be able to meet the needs of my newly created system. If you have the guts, you can come to Hongshitan this afternoon."

He turned around and said no more, quickening his pace to enter the main building of the academy.

Fan Lingxi was left alone to sheath her sword, a hint of anticipation flashing in her eyes.

For three years, she had wanted to tear the guy who ruined her life to pieces every single moment, but unfortunately, everything she had was destroyed that night.

His qualifications were ruined, he permanently lost sight in one eye, both hands were broken, and the medication he was given for treatment was switched, resulting in his hands being of different lengths.

Her bright future was ruined by that guy.

If her aunt hadn't returned from overseas in time, she might have already lost her life.

Everything that was destroyed was, through my aunt's efforts, exchanged for a paltry three-year prison sentence for the other party.
'Hopefully, this time things will turn around!' Fan Lingxi encouraged herself, watching Lin Hui's departing figure before turning back to the student dormitory attic.

On the other side, Lin Hui packed up his teaching materials and went straight back to his current residence, Qingfeng Courtyard.

Over the course of a year, everyone went their separate ways and integrated into the entire Black Cloud City.

Xia Si's strength has increased again, and even Lin Hui doesn't know the extent of her progress. According to her, her Gale Sword Technique has been tempered to the second rank. However, because her sword technique has developed its own unique path, its power differs from Lin Hui's version.

Su Yaping obtained the true essence of Qingfeng Dao's Dharma Seal, which she treasured greatly, and her strength increased significantly. Now she has become the most fervent defender of Qingfeng Dao.

As for the rest...
Lin Hui returned to the empty courtyard, where Li Yuanyuan, the princess of the Shadow Dog Clan, stepped forward and presented him with an invitation with both hands.

"Master, this is a wedding invitation personally delivered by Senior Brother Wang Hongshi. You weren't here when he arrived, and he left after sitting for a while."

Lin Hui took it, and gently opened the bright red invitation card, inside which was written a line of small print.

Wang Hongshi and Zhao Feiyue respectfully invite Master Lin Hui to attend the wedding banquet at Wanyuzhuang on January 17th.

Your testimony is the most precious blessing we can receive in this lifetime.

Below is a private red seal belonging to Wang Hongshi and Zhao Feiyue.

'Wang Hongshi didn't get married in his hometown, but he did here.' Lin Hui still remembered that Wang Hongshi had been exposed for not being able to resist temptation and for having a messy relationship with women in Tu Yue.

Unexpectedly, things settled down completely once we arrived in Heiyun.

"I won't be there in person. I've received the invitation. We'll meet privately after the wedding banquet," he said via telepathy.

"Yes, thank you for your kind invitation, Master Xie!" Wang Hongshi's joyful voice rang out from the other side.

"Aside from this, what else?" Lin Hui asked Li Yuanyuan.

Now, Li Yuanyuan has practically become his new head housekeeper after replacing Wang Hongshi.

"There's another important piece of news. We learned from the merchant ships that came this year that a serious pollution disturbance broke out in Tu Yue. It's said that the sealed fortresses of Purgatory and Extreme Cold went out of control, and many dangerous giants escaped. They're still providing disaster relief there," Li Yuanyuan said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)