Decaying World

Chapter 237 Meeting 237
“Since it is Master Lin who wants this person…” Wang Hongshi’s family recognized Lin Hui, so they took the initiative to communicate with the bride’s family and quickly handed the lecherous thief over to the people from Qingfengdao.

Lin Hui wasn't in a hurry. He continued to pretend to be a relative or friend and only left after completing the main procedures.

Before leaving, he met privately with Wang Hongshi and Zhao Feiyue, gave them some small wooden carvings he had made as tokens, and then led the lecherous thief back to the Qingfengdao compound.

Bang.

In the courtyard, Lin Hui looked at the lecherous thief lying on the ground with a sack over his head.

With a wave of his hand, a gentle breeze blew by and untied the sack.

"You're free now. Go ahead, but don't be so foolish next time, rushing into someone's house without even asking around."

The sack on the lecher's head tore apart and fell to the ground. Caught off guard, he was blinded by the surrounding lights and it took him a while to adjust before he came to his senses.

His bruised and swollen face showed an expression of disbelief.

"You really want to let me go!?"

"Of course, Heaven cherishes life. You should go. After all, you didn't succeed, did you?" Lin Hui said gently.

The lecherous thief paused, then stared at Lin Hui for a moment.

Suddenly he sprang to his feet, his figure flashed, and he leaped into the air toward the courtyard gate.

Bang!
The door was suddenly opened a crack, revealing a solid gray fog wall outside.

The lecherous thief stood frozen in place.

It's nighttime, and it's completely foggy outside!!

He turned around and looked at Lin Hui, who was showing a strange expression on his face.

'There really is a pulse of life!?' Lin Hui was both surprised and delighted. He was surprised because this pulse of life didn't care about moral issues; as long as you saved people, you could get a reward.

The good news is that this expands the ways to obtain the pulse of life.

"My lord, may I stay here until tomorrow morning?" The lecherous thief revealed a smile that was more like a grimace.

Unfortunately, his response was Lin Hui's nonchalant wave of the wrist.

laugh.

A gentle breeze swept by, and the lecherous thief was sent flying, crashing into the gray night fog outside and disappearing from sight.

The gate was about to close.

puff.

Suddenly, a large, gray-black hand covered in scales emerged from the mist and blocked the door.

next moment.

A black, humanoid monster resembling a lizard, with a single, enormous black eye, slowly entered the courtyard.

What new species is this?

Lin Hui looked on in surprise as the night fog continued to pour into the courtyard. He flashed to the door and pressed down with one hand, forcibly closing the door.

The humanoid black lizard monster was left in the yard.

hiss!
It roared and pounced on Lin Hui, smashing a claw into his chest.

This attack was surprisingly fast, comparable to that of a martial artist named Zhou Tian. This surprised Lin Hui.

Compared to the Night Fog Monsters on Tu Yue's side, the monsters here seem to be significantly stronger.

Swish!
The black lizardman's hand swept across the air, creating a trail of black energy.

Numerous distorted ghostly faces appeared out of thin air in the airflow, accompanied by some kind of faint wailing sound, which was quite eerie.

Just as the lizardman's move was closing in on Lin Hui, and he was about to rely on the surrounding wind to withstand it,

Swish.

Suddenly, Lin Hui's figure blurred for a moment.

Then the lizardman's attack actually passed right through him.

It was as if Lin Hui had become semi-transparent and blurred in that instant, causing this move to completely lose its target.

"!?" The lizardman stumbled forward a few steps due to inertia, then turned around in confusion, seemingly wondering why nothing had happened when he had clearly hit the target.

Lin Hui was also experiencing the changes that had just occurred with a sense of novelty.

For a fleeting moment, he seemed to tremble slightly. Then the opponent's attack passed right through him.

I felt nothing; not even the surrounding wind could transmit a subtle tactile sensation.

It's important to understand that while the surrounding wind is a special effect, when it comes into contact with and blocks an attack, no matter how strong or weak the attack is, the main body can still feel the feedback.

But he didn't feel anything just now.

hiss!
The lizardman, enraged and defiant, pounced again, this time waving its arms wildly.

A black wind howled, turning into a vast expanse of mist, accompanied by a mournful black human-faced ghost mask, which enveloped Lin Hui.

but.
laugh.

All the black winds seemed to pierce through Lin Hui, passing right through him. It was as if he, standing there, was merely a phantom, without any real substance.

Lin Hui then saw the whole process clearly.

'This is a micro-dodge? A subtle dodge? What's the limit of this dodge? If it's just for dodging weak, ordinary attacks, then it's meaningless to me.'

Lin Hui pondered for a moment.

He simply stood still, letting the black lizardman attack him at will.

Time passed slowly.
Two hours later.
The black lizardman's chest heaved violently, and black sweat dripped continuously from his body.

It stared at Lin Hui as if it had seen a ghost, retreating step by step towards the courtyard gate. It had fought for so long, using every trick in the book, but its opponent was like a phantom, impossible to touch.

Fortunately, Lin Hui didn't do anything until it opened the door and retreated into the night fog, disappearing completely.

Because at this point, he had already roughly tested the specific effects of the micro-flicker effect.

'A tiny, absolute dodge? Any attack slower than half my speed can be automatically dodged with a tiny dodge. The cost of this dodge is negligible, and because of the sheer speed, it appears as if I haven't moved at all.'

"The range and activation conditions tests are complete. Next, we will test the upper limit."

Thinking of this, Lin Hui's gaze fell on the courtyard gate leading into the night mist.

Even after awakening his innate wisdom, he had never actually ventured into the Night Fog to explore.

The most troublesome thing about the Night Fog isn't actually these monsters. These monsters are indeed dangerous, after all, there's no telling what kind of monster might possess a toxin that could even affect the Palace Master.

There is precedent for this.

Lin Hui had overheard his elder brother mentioning in casual conversation that in the history of Tu Yue, a palace master once explored the night fog and died from poisoning.

However, he now believed he was slightly stronger than the Palace Master. Furthermore, the level of the wind disaster seemed extremely high, which gave him considerable confidence.

'Just wandering around the entrance shouldn't be a problem,' Lin Hui thought to himself.

The biggest problem with the Night Fog is that it's easy to get lost once you enter. The Night Fog is filled with all sorts of strange and unusual things, and those who enter can be teleported to any other place at any time. Therefore, those who go in directly are more likely to disappear.

However, if it's only near the entrance or exit, it's generally not a big problem.

This is the experience Lin Hui gained from his older brother and Su Yaping.

In fact, all the powerful beings in this world have explored the night fog out of curiosity.

They each have varying degrees of experience.

After all, no one can ignore such a mysterious threat that changes every day.

I walked out of the courtyard gate step by step.

Lin Hui stood at the door, gazing at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar wasteland outside.

The area surrounding Qingfeng Taoist Temple is an uncultivated wasteland, usually overgrown with weeds, and frequented by insects and small animals.

The weeds here have grown to waist height because no one has tended to them. They are yellowish-green in color, with some old and some new. Some of the old, yellowed stalks that are about to peel have even been broken off by the wind and hang down on the edge of the grass.

As soon as Lin Hui stepped out, he saw several blurry black human figures standing up from the weeds directly opposite the door.

Each of these humanoid figures was two meters tall, with long, black, root-like structures trailing behind them.

"I might as well start recording the types of monsters that appear in the night fog from today. I'll record them myself, and then search for similar notes and records to compile them. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has this idea."

As Lin Hui looked at these two-meter-tall black humanoid figures, a thought arose in his mind.

next second.

The black figures in the grass silently pounced on him.

Hiss hiss hiss hiss!
Dozens of dark figures passed right through him.

This speed is almost faster than Zhou Tian's, reaching the level between a priest and a high priest.

Putting aside its strength and destructive power, the speed of its attack alone is something that most people cannot react to.

Basically, seeing this means the extent to which something has been attacked.

But the next moment.

Lin Hui's figure automatically blurred and flickered.

At that moment, he felt as if he had detached himself from the real world and entered another unknown and mysterious realm.

Only a blurry, semi-transparent shadow remained in place.

Shadows passed right through him, but they didn't touch anything.

'Interesting.' Lin Hui mentally raised his assessment of the effect of the micro-flash.

'Testing like this won't give us enough information to get the ultimate details. We can test it later when I'm sparring with Su Yaping and teaching her swordsmanship.'

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At this very moment, Su Yaping, who had just come out of Wang Hongshi's house, was at home studying the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword Technique.

Like Yunxiazi before him, after receiving the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword Technique, he was greatly fascinated by the strange and perfect feeling that naturally arose within it. Now that he has obtained the True Body Seal, he studies the special characteristics of this sword technique almost every day.

As a result, his martial arts skills have been greatly optimized and improved. Purely in terms of martial arts, his current physical attributes as a Grandmaster of the Bright Extreme are 40% stronger than before when he didn't activate his magic seals. This is the power of the perfect version of the Qingfeng Sword Technique.

Even a martial arts expert like him, who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts, had gained something from this sword technique. It was laughable that the ordinary disciples of Qingfeng Dao possessed such a treasure without even realizing it.

Whenever she thought of this, Su Yaping felt a pang of regret. If he had met Daoist Lin Hui earlier, his strength would probably have increased several times over!
At this time, the sky outside was just beginning to lighten, and the awning made of fish skin allowed a faint glimpse of the sky outside.

Having not slept all night, Su Yaping sheathed her sword, wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, and prepared to wash up and go back to her room to rest.

He has now officially joined the Black Cloud Shipbuilding Association, serving as its vice president.

As a highly capable outsider, he continued his management style from his time in Xingdao, maintaining a very peaceful demeanor. He was also adept at handling affairs and quickly integrated into the local Black Cloud faction.

Black Cloud Shipbuilding is the largest bridge between the local government and independent fleets. It is backed by one of the three major families of the Inner City Moon Tower.

The three major families of Black Cloud refer to the direct bloodline families descended from the three Mist People. Two of these three Mist People are male, and the remaining one married into the family, so their family surnames are not as varied as those of Tu Yue.

With some official connections, Su Yaping thrived even more, her status steadily rising. Now, she has quietly become a force to be reckoned with in the outer city, attracting many struggling small and medium-sized forces to come and join her.

Just as he was pondering the important matters he needed to attend to at Black Cloud Shipyard the next day.

Click.

Suddenly, the heavy gates of the mansion opened automatically.

(End of this chapter)