Decaying World Novel Chapter 154:

Chapter 154:

"..." A chill ran through Lin Hui’s entire body. He suddenly felt that soone with insufficient looks—like himself—would likely be torn apart on the spot. He wondered if his speed would be enough to dodge it then...

"Let's go. Keep heading up and take a look," Tian Long urged.

Lin Hui was speechless. He really didn't want to believe Tian Long's words, but reason told him they were likely true.

Without constraints, the Truebloods could develop any kind of temperant.

They were the apex of all Tuyue, second only to the Mistborn. There was no power to restrain or check them.

After a brief pause, he continued upward.

As they neared the peak, the Truebloods coming down one after another perfectly demonstrated the situation Tian Long had described.

Anyone slightly blocking the path was killed. Anyone who didn't bow their head fast enough was killed. Anyone making too many movents or looking even slightly ugly was also killed.

There was also an armored woman carrying a hint of fragrance; she was stripped naked on the spot, dragged onto a horse, and taken away.

Scene after scene caused fewer and fewer armored people to remain on the road. The ones left were old hands who followed the rules absolutely. Everyone was deathly silent, daring not to make a sound, move recklessly, or lift their heads. The mont they heard any movent, they imdiately froze like statues.

Only when the commotion faded did they continue climbing.

Lin Hui didn't know why they insisted on going to Cloud Port, even at such imnse risk.

But just like him, everyone had their own reasons. Everyone had their own unavoidable circumstances.

Nearing the mountaintop, he finally stopped.

"Let's go back," he transmitted softly via voice transmission.

"What? Figured it out? Not going to see the real Cloud Port?" Tian Long asked in surprise.

"There's no need," Lin Hui sighed. He glanced around; there had been a dozen or so armored people traveling with him when they started. Now, only three remained, including himself.

"Cloud Port is the only channel to leave Tuyue safely. These people likely have reasons forcing them to leave this place, so they risk death to co up here." Tian Long seed to see through his confusion.

Lin Hui asked no more questions. Under Tian Long's guidance, he turned around and slowly descended the mountain, following the exact thod he had used before.

This ti was much safer.

Along the way, he tried hard to tell himself that he was just a humanoid robot with a fixed speed and posture, caring about nothing but walking.

In this way, he managed to walk all the way to the foot of the mountain without incident.

Once at the bottom, he imdiately stripped off the armor, unfolded his movent technique, and sped away from this oppressive branch road leading to Cloud Port.

He didn't go to the Moon Tower again this ti; instead, he swept directly in the direction away from it.

After witnessing those psychopathic Truebloods, he felt it was best to stay as far away from them as possible.

"Now that you've seen the truth, what are your plans?" Tian Long asked, squatting on his shoulder and raising a wing to block the oncoming strong wind.

"I'm thinking about how to completely avoid danger and have a true sense of security," Lin Hui said calmly.

"The most direct thod is to kill the Truebloods and kill the Mistborn, leaving only the Evil Weapon, the Longevity Wheel, to maintain order in the city district, and rebuild everything anew," Tian Long replied.

"Can an Evil Weapon function without a main host?" Lin Hui asked.

"No, it will go berserk. But we can swap in a Mistborn who is friendlier to ordinary people," Tian Long answered.

"How strong are the Truebloods?"

"Truebloods are born noble, but there are marginalized ones among them, too. Not all children born to them are qualified to inherit the status and power of a Trueblood. Only those who awaken Evil Energy are qualified to beco new Truebloods. And the Evil Energy of the Longevity Wheel is Life-Span Seizure," Tian Long said solemnly.

Turning his head to glance at the intently listening Lin Hui, he continued.

"You should be able to guess the effect of this ability from the na. That is why Truebloods who have awakened Evil Energy are very hard to kill. So of the old ones have lived for at least two or three thousand years. As for Truebloods with Evil Energy, only three have awakened in the last century. The rest were all defects. Defects are discarded from the Moon Tower to live on the ground. That is how the thin bloodlines of many Truebloods ca to be."

"Are there limitations to this ability? Can it be resisted?" Lin Hui asked quickly.

"Naturally, there are. As long as you reach the Luminous Extre Grandmaster realm of martial artists, or the Perfected level of a High Divine Officer in the Call, you can resist it. The will and mind-spirit power at this level have been tempered to the extre, to an unshakable degree, so they can withstand Evil Energy attacks," Tian Long answered.

"Luminous Extre... what level is that?"

"That is the highest realm for martial artists. After crossing the Grandmaster realms of Minor Three Harmonies and Major Three Harmonies, one has a chance to touch upon this level. This realm is also the realm of the strongest Grand Elders within the Three Sects, serving as the supporting pillars and powerful foundation of the Three Sects. They are stronger than High Divine Officers, but slightly weaker than the Palace Master realm," Tian Long replied.

He paused slightly, looking at Lin Hui strangely.

"Aren't you a martial arts practitioner yourself? How do you not know even this?"

Suddenly, he realized, "Oh, right, I forgot you ca from the Outer City. Then indeed, you wouldn't need to know. Since you didn't start cultivating Internal Force from a young age, the most you could reach is below Circulation."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." After seeing so many things, Lin Hui just felt his mind was a bit chaotic and tired.

Truebloods, the Moon Tower, the Deep Domain, the Myriad Blessings at brought by the gigantic Longevity Wheel... one thing after another had completely overturned his entire worldview.

"Then what should we talk about? You know now, right? Only by joining us can we truly create a beautiful future," Tian Long smiled.

"..." Lin Hui was speechless. From what he had encountered so far, the only faction that truly seed to have this intent was the Benevolent Heart Sect.

The others—he had a feud with the Wanhua Sect, and the Clear River Sect looked like an evil cult with problems. Only the Benevolent Heart Sect seed to have no bad track record and was actively recruiting people of insight everywhere.

He really had no reason not to join.

"Fine, I'll join you. But I don't fully agree with your aspirations or guiding principles. The Truebloods are indeed detestable, and Myriad Blessings at certainly has its problems, but if people can't stand it, they can simply leave. They shouldn't enjoy the Mistborn's protection and then refuse to pay any price. That, in itself, is unfair," Lin Hui said in a low, steady voice via transmission.

"You're right. That's why, in the beginning, the strong individuals of our Benevolent Heart Sect all chose to leave and carve out their own territories in the Mist. But everyone who carved out their own territory was wiped out by the Mistborn of the major cities before they even encountered powerful monsters. The casualties were extrely heavy back then. So much so that the foundation and strength of the entire Benevolent Heart Sect were instantly cut down by more than half," Tian Long sighed. "Later, after recovering and investigating, we discovered that all the Mistborn of the Taisu Alliance had an agreent: no new territories outside their agreed scope were allowed to exist in the surrounding areas. If one appeared, it would be destroyed."

"..." Lin Hui had nothing to say.

"So, it's not that we insist on walking this path, but that they forced us; we can only walk this path," Tian Long sighed.

"I can understand now," Lin Hui sighed along with him.

By this ti, he was already far away from the Moon Tower. Behind him, he could only see the Moon Tower in the distance like a white pillar rushing into the mist of the sky.

"Alright, go back and think it over carefully. I should go back too." Tian Long jumped off his shoulder, dusted off his butt, and flew into the distance.

"Wait. May I ask where in the Core Zone I can buy dicinal pills, pill formulas, or precious dicines that enhance energy?" Lin Hui suddenly called out to him from behind.

"Pill formulas and precious dicines? In the Core Zone, seek out the Bailing Residence. They have the most complete selection of dicinal ingredients and the best value," Tian Long said, stunned.

"I've been there. It's still not enough. You have to fight over the precious dicines, and even then, you have to book them far in advance just to get a tiny share. The pace is far too slow," Lin Hui said helplessly.

He had tried his best to raise the ratio of the Blood Seal's evolution ti to reality to six-to-one—that is, six months of evolution ti for one month of reality.

Excluding the various precious dicines obtained by chance, this was already the limit.

It was not only the limit of his channels but also the limit of his physical constitution.

So he urgently needed to get his hands on more precious dicines, such as Spirit-Enriching Reishi, Purple Cloud Reishi, and Phantom Dragon Lotus—good things like that.

"That's difficult. People don't bring good, precious dicines out to sell; the major factions keep them for their own use. If you want so, you can only join them and establish rit... then they might distribute so to you," Tian Long frowned.

"So, didn't you see I agreed to join you? Does your internal organization not have resources in this area?" A asured smile appeared on Lin Hui's face.

"..." It wasn't that Tian Long hadn't seen people recover quickly after learning the truth, but this was the first ti he had seen soone recover this quickly.

"We do have them. There is a dicine Departnt branch within the sect. It's just that you haven't established an inch of rit yet, so it's impossible to give you resources directly. These precious dicines that are hard to buy outside are all scarce resources. You understand."

"Can't we trade? Exchange complentary supplies?" Lin Hui asked.

"You don't understand. Material exchange itself carries the risk of exposing identities. So resources even possess unique characteristics that can be traced back to their place of origin and faction; this is also a risk. The more contact there is, the greater the risk of exposure. The dicine Departnt controls a vast amount of resources and belongs to a level that cannot easily be exposed. You need to establish enough trust and enough rit to be qualified to buy dicine from the dicine Departnt. The currency for buying dicine isn't Feather Blood either, but the 'Great rit' unique to the sect," Tian Long explained.

"Then how do I obtain Great rit?" Lin Hui asked. "By executing missions?"

"More or less. At first, you can only execute solo missions. After three missions, once your preliminary pledge of allegiance is confird, you can attempt team missions. One Great rit per mission. Aside from that, there will be other additional rewards as balance and supplentation."

"Understood," Lin Hui nodded.

"Alright. Go back. I'll apply to your missions. You've seen what you needed to see; this isn't a place to stay for long..." Tian Long instructed.

Turning around, he accelerated and flew away. Suddenly, his figure flickered—seemingly using so secret art—crossing over a hundred ters in a few monts and gradually disappearing into the distance.

Lin Hui turned around. He felt so regret that he ultimately couldn't enter the Moon Tower, but this trip to the Inner City had not been in vain.

With such an environnt and such conditions, one either eats Myriad Blessings at and bears the risk of corruption, or joins the Benevolent Heart Sect to resist it all... There is no other choice.

He turned and headed back in the direction of the Outer Ring.

At the sa ti, he was pondering what he could do using the Blood Seal. Tian Long's words made him realize that in front of Truebloods, only a Perfected High Divine Officer or a Luminous Extre Grandmaster had the qualifications to resist the Evil Energy draining their lifespan.

In the final analysis, strength was the true core. And the core of improving strength lay in Body Tempering cultivation.

The Body Tempering of the Typhoon Sword Technique could strengthen him in all aspects, including his mind-spirit.

Accelerating Body Tempering required precious dicines like Purple Crystals. The Purple Crystals were enough for now, but the speed still felt a bit slow. If he could get more Body Tempering resources from the Benevolent Heart Sect that could be used in conjunction, he could accelerate even faster.

Lin Hui had searched for Body Tempering drugs other than Purple Crystals, but their effects were far inferior and ca with severe dicinal toxicity. As a result, he had to spend additional ti taking dicine to counteract the poison, further burdening the body that was already pushed to its limit and delaying the consumption of other pills—the loss far outweighed the gain.