Time flowed on; the years slipped away.
Ever since You Ying's group had passed by the Clear Sword Sect and nearly caused a tragedy, Mingde had cut down on his drinking. He often stayed atop the Taoist temple's roof, gazing at the hazy sun beyond the mist.
Wei Wei, meanwhile, simply took Xiao Hu and Little Fat and expanded the elderly training class, truly treating it as a career and starting to make money from it.
Since Lin Hui had perfected the Seven Section Fast Sword's perfect version, he was directly given a twenty percent share of the profits.
Lin Hui declined several times to no avail, so he accepted it.
He himself remained busy taking medicine every day, steadily advancing the Clear Sword's evolution progress.
With the All Essence Powder continuously sent over by Old Man, combined with materials Lin Hui gathered himself, batch after batch of All Essence Powder rapidly shortened the evolution time for his Blood Seal.
In the blink of an eye, another three months passed. At last, the Clear Sword finally completed its evolution.
Lin Mansion, training ground.
Within the square martial arena, Lin Hui listened to the voice of Lin Family head Lin Chaoyi coming from the central courtyard outside. The humble, pleading tone made him frown slightly.
This was already the sixth time Lin Chaoyi had come to Lin Mansion.
At first, Father had refused to even let him through the door. Later, it was only after Eldest Uncle—Lin Hongzhen's father—personally pleaded for him that things eased somewhat.
After that, Lin Chaoyi learned his lesson. Every time he came, he brought Lin Hongzhen's father along. Lin Shunhe was too embarrassed to drive him away and could only let him in.
"Ding Ning, get things ready. I'm going out," Lin Hui ordered in a