Upon realizing this, Lin Hui knew that he seemed to have touched the very edge of a true treasure in this world for enhancing one's own energy.
So he wandered around the shopping mall for a while, and after absorbing three bursts of energy, he discovered the problem.
This aura seemed to dissipate over time. Judging from the time it took to dissipate, he was certain that the aura had only remained for about an hour.
Instead of absorbing the aura, he quickly located a little girl in a white dress who was shopping, based on the time and approximate range of the lingering aura.
The girl was wearing a slightly dirty fitted black tracksuit top and pants, with a white skirt over the pants, a white baseball cap, and black sneakers. She kept her head down as she walked, making it impossible to see what she looked like.
But one thing Lin Hui was certain of was that the golden aura was definitely related to this girl.
Because the color of the golden aura was almost identical to the long golden hair peeking out from under the girl's hat!
There were many blondes on the street, but only this little girl had the exact same blonde color and aura.
Although he had found his target, he did not act rashly.
It wasn't because he didn't want to; the girl clearly possessed something extremely precious, and Lin Hui had already confirmed that it had a miraculous effect on his Blood Seal's evolution.
Even the residual aura can shorten the Blood Seal's lifespan by a year, so truly absorbing that substance might allow one to leapfrog a significant portion of the evolution time.
The key point is that he could sense that there were invisible eyes around the girl, constantly watching the blonde little girl.
This girl, who is no more than fourteen years old, is clearly involved with some special force behind the scenes.
He didn't make a move. If it were before his sparring session with his teacher, Seven Extinctions, he might have risked snatching it, but at this moment, he was much more cautious.
There are many powerful figures in this level of world. The key is to absorb the experiences of those who are currently in a state of Fusheng, and to test the waters again and again.
So he simply followed the girl from a distance, as if taking a leisurely stroll.
But soon, not long after, the little girl's figure disappeared through a side door of the building.
He didn't dare to chase after him openly, and by the time he slowly walked out the side door, the person had already disappeared.
But Lin Hui didn't lose his bearings. He quickly identified the girl's location again after briefly sensing a lingering golden aura not far away.
Walk forward along the shady side of the building.
Suddenly, a muffled groan reached his ears.
Lin Hui paused for two minutes before continuing forward, turning a corner and arriving at a dead end.
In this triangular, dead-end corner, lies a blonde little girl who was just moments ago lively and energetic.
It was the little girl in the white dress who had left behind wisps of golden energy.
The girl lay dying on the ground, her bright blonde hair mostly stained crimson with blood.
She opened her golden eyes wide, her pupils already somewhat unfocused, and her aura was rapidly fading and dissipating.
Life is coming to an end.
Lin Hui stood in front of the girl, watching her approach the end of her life. But the golden aura he could feel was still continuously emanating from her.
However, as the girl's breath grew weaker, it also dissipated more and more slowly.
"Dad's... belongings... belongings..." Even though the girl was dying, she was still thinking about other things.
There was also a bloodstain on her skirt near her abdomen, where the flesh appeared to have been ripped open, and wriggling internal organs could be vaguely seen inside.
Lin Hui also sensed that the other gazes that had been focused on the girl had completely shifted away after she was attacked.
It seems they were only focused on the girl because of other external things she was carrying, and when those things left, their gazes also drifted away.
The dying girl was left behind, but no one paid her any attention.
But Lin Hui is different.
He quickly determined that the golden aura he needed was emanating from the girl herself, and not from any external source.
"You look like you really need help?"
He stood in front of the girl, lowered his head, and his lips moved slightly, the surrounding air precisely carrying his voice into the girl's ears.
"Help... help me..." The girl reached out her hand, opening it with difficulty towards Lin Hui.
She didn't want to die. The revenge for her father, her brothers, and her sisters was still unavenged. How could she die here?!
"Please... please..."
Lin Hui took a step closer and squatted down.
"I ask you, are you willing to follow the rules of this sect, become a member of Clear Jade Mountain, and become my true disciple?"
"I... I wish..." The girl could barely speak.
Her internal organs were ruptured, and more than half of her brain tissue was damaged. The fact that she could still maintain a slight level of consciousness was all because her soul and bloodline were extremely special.
Although she didn't understand why Lin Hui was asking her these irrelevant questions, at this moment, she was willing to do anything to survive!
"Poor child... From now on, you need to forget everything from before and start a new life." Lin Hui extended his index finger and gently touched the girl's forehead.
In an instant, a blue light pattern flashed and disappeared.
At the same time, the gold in the girl's eyes began to rapidly transform, quickly turning into a pale blue with a golden tinge.
Her blonde hair also faded quickly, gradually turning into a pale white.
Lin Hui scooped the girl up in his arms, glanced behind him, and vanished into the shadows not far away.
A few days later...
In the afternoon, in a farmhouse courtyard in the suburbs.
Lin Hui, carrying the nutritious meal he had bought after school, opened the gate and entered the yard.
The first thing I saw upon entering was a little girl sitting cross-legged in the yard, drawing and writing on the ground with a twig.
Hearing the noise, she hurriedly and somewhat clumsily wiped off the makeup she had applied and stood up.
"Teacher... you're back?"
She bowed to Lin Hui very obediently.
This familiar scene involuntarily reminded Lin Hui of his life when he was still in the Mist Man World.
"Yes, I brought you some food. How are you recovering?" Lin Hui placed the food box on the stone table in the courtyard and looked at the little girl.
Xia Mingjuan, that's the name the girl told him. To prevent past troubles from resurfacing, and given the significant changes in her appearance, Lin Hui suggested she change her name.
"Have you decided on a new name yet?" he asked.
"Yes... I've thought about it a lot, and in the end, how about we share the same surname?" the girl said cautiously.
"Lin?" Lin Hui asked.
"Is Lin Yuexiu okay?" the girl asked.
"Whatever you want." Lin Hui surveyed his surroundings. The girl had only become his disciple as a temporary measure to save someone. In reality, his purpose wasn't so simple either; he was after the golden aura that the girl occasionally emitted.
That single wisp of energy could shorten his lifespan by a year, making it more cost-effective than the medicine he used to take.
He spared the girl's life so he could study it carefully and find out what caused that golden aura.
"Can you tell me what happened before? Why were you attacked?" He waited a few days until the girl had sorted out her thoughts and understood her situation before asking this question at this moment.
"Disciple was robbed and robbed because of a family heirloom. In the end, the treasure was taken, and the disciple was seriously injured and died in the robbery. It was only thanks to the teacher's mercy that the disciple was saved..." Xia Mingjuan, or rather, Lin Yuexiu in her current state, did not tell the whole truth.
She didn't want her teacher to get involved in this messy, deep-seated struggle. She had been thinking about it a lot these past few days.
The fact that a fourteen-year-old child could be so mature is partly due to the special bloodline in her body, but also crucially due to the continuous hardships and near-death experiences that allowed her to mature so quickly.
"Since you're unwilling to go into details, let's look to the future. With your current strength, there's no way you can avenge past grievances. Therefore, you need to focus on your cultivation and strengthen yourself," Lin Hui nodded.
He didn't care what kind of story the other person had; he only knew that she possessed something he needed. Until he found another substitute, the golden aura that the girl occasionally emitted was a fairly stable small-scale Precious Medicine.
"Strengthen yourself..." the girl smiled bitterly, which was one of the reasons why she dared not reveal her true situation.
She knew that if she told the truth about the enormous trouble she was in, the kind teacher might turn around and run away in fear, abandoning her.
The Endless Divine Clan, the Dragon Court, Swallow Fort —these Three Greats forces rule the true dark side of humanity.
The dark side, however, is the true essence of this world.
The world in the open is nothing more than a facade, a mere illusion.
Her situation directly involved the Endless Divine Clan and the Dragon Court, two major powers.
With extreme pessimism, Lin Yuexiu slowly began to speak.
"It's useless... No matter how strong I become, I can't possibly be a match for those enemies."
"How will you know if you don't try?" Lin Hui said calmly.
That being said, all he wanted was for the other party to protect him and not die easily; he didn't care about anything else.
As for the martial arts he was going to teach, he directly chose the most basic Seven Section Fast Sword this time.
As he taught her, he corrected the girl's movements and postures.
The Illusion Destruction Eye is extremely powerful; just a few days ago, the girl was already on the verge of death and certain to die.
At this moment, however, they acted as if nothing had happened, with no hidden dangers remaining.
One taught casually, and the other learned casually.
An hour passed before we knew it.
After absorbing two golden energies and shortening his time by two years, Lin Hui left the courtyard feeling relieved.
Lin Yuexiu's discovery seemed to give him a glimpse of the possibility of cultivating and harvesting golden energy in this world.
If he could find someone similar to Lin Yuexiu, he could establish a completely new, self-sufficient, and evolving sect.
Unfortunately, he searched in crowded places after class these past few days, but couldn't find anything similar.
This made Lin Hui understand Lin Yuexiu's special status even more.
He gradually began to pay more attention to it.
On the other side.
On the Ding Family's side, since the last attack, Ding Luo has strengthened various disaster warnings in the surrounding area.
This reinforcement immediately alerted her to something amiss. She hadn't noticed it before, but after checking, she discovered that the surveillance systems in many parts of the city had been blocked or damaged to some extent.
After the renovations were completed, the number of attacks by psionic monsters increased rapidly, and Ding Luo's daily life became increasingly busy.
That's not the most troublesome part. The most troublesome part is the arrival of reinforcements from some extreme God Clan.
To deal with these extreme God Clan, she had to verbally agree with them, saying she didn't care about ordinary people, but in reality, she always protected everyone.
But after this happened so many times, others weren't fools, and they gradually realized that she seemed to have some inappropriate feelings for her family members. It was a special kind of protective affection, similar to that shown to the Xia Family.