Propagation II

"Of course there are, but most people have chosen to accept it. In fact, the reason why everyone is willing to join us is largely because they have this slight thought in their hearts," Lin Yuexiu interjected to explain.

"Your reputation is very good right now, and as a result, our Clear Jade Mountain's cultivation techniques are extremely popular. Many of our basic, widely used techniques are believed to have enhancement functions and have spread to other parts of the Black Domain. According to our investigation, the Seven Emotions Merchant Alliance is also involved in this," Su Yaping said.

"... Merchants are profit-driven, I can understand..." Yun Xiazi couldn't help but laugh from the side.

"The teacher is clearly innocent... but the more she tries to clarify, the more it backfires. And there's no way to prove it. After all, at the material level, anything can be fabricated at will..." Lin Yuexiu sighed.

"It's also related to the teacher's large collection of aphrodisiac treasures. Who would waste so much of these resources for no reason? Especially after everyone started practicing the Clear Jade Mountain technique, they all know that the technique doesn't consume Potency Medicine at all. So..." Xia Si added a precise remark.

"Forget it, let's leave it at that..." Lin Hui was tired. To be honest, this was an unexpected success. Although it didn't sound good, at least it achieved the most troublesome first step of the plan to Thought Endures Eternally ahead of schedule.

To achieve the first step of Thought Endures Eternally, one must understand the required range of imprint dissemination based on its inherent size.

The No-Thought, No-Mind Canon Scripture further subdivides this energy level into three levels.

The first step is to combine specific images and information for widespread dissemination. The standard for dissemination is to reach the point where the soul can gradually receive fragmented information.

Furthermore, the stronger the entity, the wider and more numerous the range of its spread and the number of living beings it can reach.

He reached the passing grade as soon as he entered this stage, undoubtedly by touching on a hot topic of gender issues that many people are interested in.

Any group that needs to Propagation places great importance on this ability. This led to Lin Hui's reputation spreading widely and spontaneously from a very early stage.

After achieving the first level, the next step is to consolidate and deepen the understanding, and then move towards the second level of conceptualization and symbolization.

This requires Lin Hui to incorporate self-imprinting into some basic concepts and symbols, and then spread them.

"Alright, let's not talk about that. Senior Brother Su, could you please report the progress of the investigation into Liu Xuezhen to the teacher?" Yun Xiazi reminded him.

"Okay." Su Yaping nodded. "Based on Liu Xuezhen's departure from Clear Jade Mountain and her joining the Drought Disaster Movement as Fusionist, we conducted a detailed investigation."

Seeing that Lin Hui's eyes were slightly closed and he did not respond, he knew that this meant the teacher was listening, so he continued.

After leaving her sect, Liu Xuezhen's cultivation speed plummeted and she remained stagnant. Later, she lingered in the mortal realm and, four hundred years later, married a member of a mortal royal family, giving birth to a daughter named Liu Chengyuan.

Because of her excessive indulgence and pampering of her daughter, Liu Chengyuan suffered a violent attack at the age of seventy-two, sustaining severe injuries and falling into a coma on the verge of death.

Afterwards, Liu Xuezhen sought help everywhere without success, and came to Clear Jade Mountain, only to be refused and forced to leave. She and her daughter then offered to hand over the entire core cultivation technique of Clear Jade Mountain in exchange for aid from the Drought Disaster- stricken, fused force, Blood Desert. Now, both mother and daughter have completed their transformation into Fusionist. Their specific cultivation levels are unknown, but they are unlikely to exceed the fifth ring. After all, the cultivation level of Fusionist, unless they are exceptional geniuses, is mostly at its peak the moment they join.

"Teacher, this Blood Desert is a new force that suddenly emerged after you wiped out the Heart Exchange Gate. It seems to be plotting against Clear Jade Mountain in various places. Why don't we take action and use this as an excuse to thoroughly wipe it out?" Xia Si became excited as soon as she heard that there was an opponent.

Although people are much more stable now that the Disaster Energy has stopped affecting their minds, they are still belligerent, easily angered, and their emotions still dominate.

This is also the fundamental reason why her cultivation gradually slowed down and she was slowly surpassed by others.

"It's alright... let her be." Lin Hui said calmly. The leaked Typhoon Swordplay Technique and the like can only be cultivated with Wind Energy or Wind Disaster Energy. Incorporating other powers is of little use and will only cause one's strength to become weaker due to the incompatibility.

"But the core martial arts of Clear Jade Mountain have been leaked, such a major matter..." Xia Si said unhappily.

"Seal technique, Devil Incense, Illusion Destruction Eye —this is the foundation of Clear Jade Mountain. Cultivate diligently." Lin Hui said no more.

The others, however, were quite displeased. After taking their leave, they secretly left the courtyard and sent a telepathic message, intending to teach Blood Desert a lesson together.

Lin Hui didn't take the matter to heart. Instead, he felt that with the Existence Force accumulated over the years, it was time to make another push forward.

He sealed off the courtyard and drew up the Blood Seal.

Then he took out a small purple cube that Chongli had given him earlier.

Of these two small cubes, one had been mostly absorbed by him, while the other remained intact.

Begin identification.

Forgotten Core: A mutated product formed by the long-term attrition of those Fusionist have merged with the power of Thought Endures Eternally Venerables in the Forgotten Belt. It can be used to counteract the attrition and erosion caused by the Forgotten Belt for a period of time. It can also be absorbed to accelerate one's own imprint growth. After absorption, it can increase the possibility of advancing to Celestial Venerable by one ten-thousandth.

Evolvable branch: 2.

This thing is of a very high level... No wonder it was made by a Celestial Venerable.

Lin Hui sighed inwardly, realizing that at his current level, many things were no longer of any use to him.

Treasures can be easily created, and the resources of Clear Jade Mountain are almost inexhaustible. Only specific resources that are not rapidly eroded by time are the targets of the disciples' acquisition.

As for other resources, such as thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and ten-thousand-year-old Precious Medicine, anything less than one hundred thousand years old is a matter of Lin Hui's divine soul. This is also the fundamental reason Clear Jade Mountain is on a completely different level with and without him in charge.

Open the two evolution branches.

1. Forgotten Star Insignia: The perfect form of the Forgotten Core, which can greatly increase the imprint diffusion speed and increase the possibility of advancing to the Celestial Venerable level by one percent.

This first evolution filled Lin Hui with joy. From one ten-thousandth to one hundredth, the leap was indeed impressive. He glanced at the cost; it required one hundred billion units of Existence Force.

It's alright, I can afford it. He has saved up for many years, and although the rent in the surrounding area has fluctuated, he still has more than six thousand Myriad Stars Fruit in his possession. This is the fundamental reason why he dares to use the gift from the Celestial Venerable to evolve.

After all, Clear Jade Mountain has become powerful, so the rent in the surrounding area should also increase.

It can be said that most of the surrounding Existence Force has gathered in his hands.

2-- Original Object Projection: All things in the world are reflections of the original object. As the most authentic reality, absorbing this object can greatly correct the distortion of the imprint and grant a chance to fuse with a lifeless imprint. It increases the probability of advancing to the Celestial Venerable level by nine percent.

The description of this second evolution made Lin Hui narrow his eyes; he couldn't quite understand it.

The concepts of "original object" and "degree of distortion" were all new to him. He did know about the opportunity to fuse with a lifeless imprint, but this... was something Chongli had mentioned—the true core of advancing to the Heavenly Venerable realm.

The biggest difference between the Celestial Venerable and the Thought Endures Eternally lies here.

The Thought Endures Eternally still needs to rely on living beings to spread and imprint it, which is actually somewhat similar to the common God of all living beings.

Where there are legends, there is a basis for existence.

However, the Thought Endures Eternally does not depend on legends, but on the legends of life itself to maintain its immortality, so that it can survive no matter what harm it suffers.

The fusion of lifeless imprints means that they are not passed down in the memories of living beings, but are directly imprinted and integrated into the basic operation of all things in nature.

This is somewhat similar to the nature deities in many stories. However, those nature deities are based on a single world, while the Celestial Venerable is based on all worlds and all matter and energy.

Lin Hui suddenly realized that the Thought Endures Eternally " and "heavenly deity" were actually very similar to the man-made deities and nature gods in Earth's mythology.

The difference is that gods only die, while the Thought Endures Eternally, and as long as the imprint remains, they will never perish.

Both sides share commonalities in their essential existence.

Although the latter is far more powerful than the former, he has never seen any Earth deities. Perhaps those legends and myths are themselves Thought Endures Eternally their mark and spread their teachings?

After all, Chongli also mentioned that one way to leave a trace is to establish great achievements, create psychological fear, or even become a certain conceptual symbol.

The second option requires 400 billion units of Existence Force, several times less than the former. However, its value far exceeds that of the former.

Without hesitation, Lin Hui selected the second option and began absorbing the Myriad Stars Fruit.

Countless Existence Force surged into his body like a tidal wave.

The resources accumulated over many years were quickly reduced by more than half in this moment. More than ten minutes later, the last Myriad Stars Fruit was absorbed. The purple cube in Lin Hui's hand suddenly flashed and transformed into a blurry circular mosaic.

It wasn't that he couldn't see the object clearly, but rather that the evolved Original Object Projection was itself a vague and unclear concept.

It keeps changing; it looks like a sphere, but upon closer inspection, it feels like a cube, a rhombus, or any other shape.

Just by looking at it, the Supreme Omniscience Seal in Lin Hui's soul instinctively took effect, and a large amount of insights and inspiration surged out.

This item is of immense benefit to my understanding of the essence of all things... Simply using it for absorption would be a terrible waste...

He didn't absorb it immediately, but instead manipulated the object to float in front of him, quietly sensing its existence with his divine soul.

From those layers of distorted blur, he vaguely seemed to see a colorful particle that was extremely complex and multifaceted.

The particle projected countless translucent threads, which spread and shot in Four Faces, forming a huge cage that enveloped itself.

These threads are constantly changing, twisting, shaking, and flowing.

Just looking at these threads, Lin Hui felt his vision begin to blur, and the threads turned into countless particles, and sometimes into countless lumps.

Some threads disappeared, some emerged, and some even split and Propagation. Eventually, all the threads on the outer layer became a blurry mass.

Time passed, Lin Hui secluded himself to comprehend the Original Object Projection. In the blink of an eye, another ten thousand years had passed.

With the aid of the new treasures, his Thought Endures Eternally was extremely rapid. In just ten thousand years, he reached the middle stage of the second level and created many imprinted techniques that were passed down.

What surprised him most was Liu Xuezhen's side.

The Typhoon Swordplay that Liu Xuezhen learned was actually a simplified version that Lin Hui improved upon later, and it already carried his strong imprint. When her cultivation level was lower, the imprint was not yet fully formed, so it didn't have much of an impact, but now that she has entered the stage of Thought Endures Eternally, the imprint has taken shape.

The martial arts techniques that Liu Xuezhen spread in the Drought Disaster area immediately had a huge impact.

Blood Desert itself absorbed many of the escaped members of the Heart Exchange Gate from back then, which is why it is so hostile to Clear Jade Mountain.

Now that I've obtained Lin Hui's cultivation technique, I naturally have to study it madly and understand it thoroughly.

This changed Lin Hui's mind, who had initially thought that the Fusionist wouldn't be of much help to the Imprint.