Chapter 155
It seems I should first try the Benevolent Heart Sect’s channels to see if I can obtain resources to accelerate Body Tempering. Aside from that, it’s ti I entered the Mist Zone myself.
Although he could defeat a Divine Officer, Lin Hui still had no clear concept of the High Divine Officer level. After all, his eldest brother's previous demonstration was rely that—a demonstration. It was impossible to know how a real battle would play out without actually fighting one.
Perhaps going to the Mist Zone to find corresponding monsters to practice on would be a good choice.
On the way back, Lin Hui considered many things.
For instance, after the Blood Seal completed its evolution, he could carve out a small, safe territory of his own in the Mist Zone. As long as he didn’t accept outsiders or attract attention, secretly establishing a small safe house shouldn't be a big problem. It could serve as a retreat.
Another idea was to disguise his identity and visit the treasuries of the major clans. You won't bring them out to sell? Then I’ll just co over and take a tour myself.
Given his speed and movent techniques, this was actually feasible, though it carried significant risk. If he were discovered, the trouble would be imnse.
It’s safer to start directly with the Mist Zone. I’ll compile resource information into a handbook, pinpoint where the resources for accelerating Body Tempering are, and then go harvest them personally. At the sa ti, I need to push forward with the Benevolent Heart Sect.
Tian Long had ntioned earlier that soone was watching him, just as they were watching the Benevolent Heart Sect. Lin Hui was quite concerned about this, but since Tian Long said they could handle it, Lin Hui could only choose to trust them a little.
After all, he couldn't even detect who was watching him or where they were.
It seems I’m still too weak...
Lin Hui sighed inwardly. The inability to detect them ant his Mind Intent perception was poor and needed to be redied. He needed to allocate more energy to the mind tempering thods he hadn't prioritized before.
Although he tempered it every day... the progress had never picked up. Clearly, he needed to invest more resources into it.
However, his constitution’s tolerance for dicine had reached its limit for now.
Everything had to return to Body Tempering.
Cultivating as he traveled, Lin Hui returned to the Clear Wind Temple in the Outer City two days later, safe and sound after dispatching several groups of highwayn. He once again resud his daily routine of frantic cultivation.
His Internal Force continued to grow. Because the improvent of his constitution constantly increased his body's capacity for Internal Force without pause, his Internal Force also increased daily with his practice.
The Typhoon Sword Technique for Body Tempering also advanced steadily. Under the amplification of the Purple Crystals, it had only just entered the First Rank, yet it began to continuously upgrade his overall constitution, strength, and speed. Since this improvent couldn't be quantified, he couldn't see the growth in data.
To address this, Lin Hui used the reserve of knowledge from his previous life to define basic quantitative data based on his daily comparisons.
He divided his bodily changes into five categories: Strength, Speed, Defense, Resistance, and Recovery.
Taking Strength as an example: for ease of calculation, he borrowed from the novels he read in his past life and roughly used the weight of items he could lift as a standard of asurent.
Although this was sowhat biased, extrely unrigorous, and incomplete, it was sufficient to reflect one aspect of his physical changes.
Since the Blood Seal didn't give him specific quantification, he tested himself and created his own classifications.
Speed was the sa, calculated by the ti required to run a thousand ters. The test distance was a specific, fixed stretch of road to reduce variables. Finally, he divided the distance by ti to calculate his speed per second.
Defense was harder to manage. Lin Hui used a vague thod, encompassing simple range tiers. For example, if his skin and flesh could defend against ordinary weapons attacks with the strength and speed of an ordinary person, that was one level. He nad it "Ordinary Weapon Grade."
Above that, if he could defend against high-quality weapons like the Clear River Sword wielded by an ordinary Body Tempering martial artist, that was "Body Tempering Grade."
Further up, defending against attacks from high-quality weapons covered in Internal Force was "Internal Force Grade."
And so on, categorizing upwards according to the realms of Martial Artists and Called Ones. Although crude, it instantly determined the level of attacks he could withstand.
The gaps between these levels were large, so Lin Hui was currently still only at the Ordinary Weapon Grade.
Then ca Resistance.
This was a category Lin Hui listed separately after so thought. It referred to resistance against various diseases, toxins, and corruption. This attribute couldn't be leveled or digitized; he could only determine his resistance degree to each category through individual tests. He would need to record them specifically after later experints.
For example, how he resisted certain toxins, Inner City radiation, fire burns, etc.—these all needed separate records.
It was similar to the percentage resistance against various elents in gas from his previous life.
Finally, Recovery.
After thinking it over, Lin Hui calibrated this according to two dinsions: the ti required for recovery, and the upper limit of recovery.
The forr was easy to understand—simply the duration needed to heal.
The latter referred to what kind of injuries he could recover from on his own without dicine, and at what degree of injury he could no longer self-heal and required external help.
Thus, Recovery had two data points.
This would have to wait until he was actually injured to be recorded properly.
Three days later.
After Lin Hui completed all his planning and most of the testing, just as he had predicted, the Blood Seal underwent a synchronous change.
In the lower part of his vision, a corresponding attribute panel belonging to him appeared.
[Lin Hui]
[Strength: 1013 jin]
[Speed: 113 m/s]
[Defense: Ordinary Weapon Grade (Total: Ordinary Weapon, Body Tempering, Internal Force, Void Force, Divine thod)]
[Resistance:?]
[Recovery: Ti—?, Upper Limit—?]
Does this count as
thoroughly digitizing my own life?
Standing in the courtyard of the manor behind the Clear Wind Temple, Lin Hui sheathed his sword and gazed at the attribute panel, satisfied.
But with this, everything is much clearer. I can clearly define where my daily progress lies... I won't be as muddled as before, knowing nothing. Even if my cultivation technique progress stalls, I’ll be able to notice it imdiately.
"Master."
Just as he was savoring the attribute panel he had painstakingly created, a figure suddenly flashed at the courtyard gate.
Tao Xuehai—no, the current Lin Wuhai—suddenly appeared before the door, bowing his head as he spoke.
"The Mist Zone Handbook you asked for is ready."
He took a few steps forward and presented a thick, white illustrated book to Lin Hui with both hands.
"You’ve worked hard. Consolidating information from the governnt, your family, the Rain Palace Inspectorate, and other sources is no easy task. I’ll count this as one Common Mission contribution for you," Lin Hui said with a faint smile.
He had assigned Lin Wuhai this task the mont he returned.
Given the Clear Wind Temple's current connections, obtaining these illustrated materials wasn't difficult. The difficulty lay in integrating the overlapping parts properly. Within the entire Clear Wind Temple, there weren't many people with the education and logical ability to do this.
And factoring in trust, the number was even fewer.
So he chose Lin Wuhai.
"It was manageable. I also included information on corresponding levels that my sister had morized before; she helped
a great deal," Lin Wuhai said in a low voice.
He was always this solemn now. His family feud drove him to train frantically every day. As a result, his strength and cultivation progressed much faster than before.
"How is your cultivation coming along?" Lin Hui asked casually.
"I am now Rank 5. I can clearly feel the Clear Wind Body Tempering strengthening my body. It has also significantly improved my Internal Force, making it much faster in terms of speed. However, regarding strength and defense, it has actually weakened sowhat," Lin Wuhai explained in detail.
His words gave Lin Hui a new understanding of the Clear Wind Sword cultivation. It turned out that the Clear Wind Sword Technique's Body Tempering would actually affect Internal Force cultivated from other techniques, transforming it into a super-speed type that prioritized velocity while weakening other aspects.
"This has pros and cons. The good part is that you are more compatible with our sect’s sword technique, and your combat style will change. The downside is that you are weaker in other areas. Many of the killing moves and martial arts you practiced before will be affected, and their lethality will decrease," Lin Hui said, nodding.
"This disciple understands. This is this disciple's own choice." Lin Wuhai nodded solemnly.
"Alright, you may go. Reach Rank 9 soon. When that ti cos, I will teach you the Wild Wind Sword Technique. I am also looking forward to seeing what the Wild Wind Sword looks like when executed with your current Circulation Realm Internal Force," Lin Hui smiled.
Speaking of which, even he hadn't broken through to the Circulation Realm. His Internal Force had been forcibly diverted into the linked Body Tempering system of the Wild Wind Sword and Typhoon Sword from the mont it reached Perfection.
While tempering his body, his Internal Force was also being slowly strengthened along with it. Now, even he didn't know how his Internal Force compared to the Circulation Realm in terms of power.
But one thing he could be sure of was that his Internal Force was not like the Circulation Realm's—endless and inexhaustible.
Considering this point, a thought suddenly struck Lin Hui.
"Wait, Wuhai. Let us test our Internal Force against each other. I have had a slight breakthrough recently and want to test my progress in Internal Force," he said.
"Yes." Lin Wuhai always respected his teacher and the Dao, so he naturally had no objections.
He stepped forward, extended his hand, and a soft white light lit up on his fingertip.
That was a wisp of Internal Force belonging to the Circulation Realm.
Lin Hui also raised his hand. A glimring white light lit up his fingertip—also a wisp of Internal Force.
Fingertip to fingertip, they approached and touched each other.
Puff.
The Internal Force on Lin Wuhai's finger exploded like a soap bubble.
He froze for a mont, quickly retracted his hand, and looked up at Lin Hui.
"Master, why is your Internal Force power so great? Let
try again."
Without waiting for an explanation, he extended his finger once more. Previously, he had used the weakest output, about one percent, which was the minimum he could control.
But realizing he couldn't block it, he decisively doubled it and pressed forward again.
Puff!
The second ti, the Internal Force on Lin Wuhai's fingertip shattered once more.
His expression changed slightly. He looked at the Internal Force on his Master's fingertip. It was still just that glimr of fluorescence; from the outside, it didn't seem to have increased in volu.
"Again!" Lin Wuhai's face turned solemn. For the third ti, he increased it directly to four tis the Internal Force.
He extended his finger. The white light on his fingertip was almost like a small light bulb, illuminating a small circle on the ground around it.
This was four percent output, or one-twenty-fifth of his total Internal Force volu. For him, this was no small amount; it was the basic amount required for ordinary combat moves. Unless it was a killing move, normal attacks used roughly this amount. After all, the Circulation Realm couldn't explode with full power in every move; the ridians, blood vessels, and muscles wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Once a fight started, dozens of moves would be exchanged within a few seconds. Therefore, a single move couldn't use too much power, and ordinary attacks couldn't expend too much either. Otherwise, after a few exchanges, the Internal Force would be exhausted. Without Internal Force, the protective barrier would be useless, and one could only wait for death.
This ti, Lin Wuhai stared intently at the point where the Internal Forces collided.
Puff.
Another soft sound.
His Internal Force exploded once again... while the Internal Force on his Master's fingertip only dimd a tiny bit. That was all.
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