Chapter 250
"Vice City Lord, there's no need for concern—if anything, your reputation is excellent. Many women competed for this position; I only secured the spot through the advantages of my figure and constitution," Ouyang Yining replied swiftly.
She wasn't speaking out of flattery. Lin Hui's reputation among the Blood Ancestors was genuinely excellent. He had a taste for women but no tyrannical streak; his temperament was steady, and he showed no signs of dangerous side effects from his abilities. He spent most of his days cultivating and generally kept to himself.
Many Blood Ancestors hoped their descendants could stay by Lin Hui's side to cultivate a close bond with him.
That said, the most compelling factor was Lin Hui's seemingly exceptional aptitude. Coupled with the fact that Liu Xiao appeared unable to withstand his bloodline essence and had failed to conceive after all this time, others had begun to see an opening. If they could seize the chance to acquire even a trace of his bloodline...
"Alright then. You know the exact location of the pantheon of gods' abnormal movements, right?" Lin Hui didn't ask further, cutting straight to the point.
"Yes. In the Jade Sea region, about forty thousand li northwest of Black Cloud, the Minglan pantheon of gods appears to have conducted some form of large-scale ritual. It turned thousands of li of surrounding sea black, the region now permeated with red lightning and an oppressively dense mist that blots out all visibility," Ouyang Yining continued.
"According to reports from passing merchant fleets, the area has since transformed into a dead zone of Black Mist—mist that no wind can disperse. An Elder was sent to probe it previously, but returned with nothing. Now the Black Mist's range appears set to expand further, and if left unchecked, it will eventually cut across the main shipping lane between Black Cloud and Tianchong City. The impact on trading fleets would be severe."
"We'll go take a look first," Lin Hui said with a nod. "Does the Extreme Desire Heaven have a contingency plan?"
Every urban district maintained an Extreme Desire Heaven and a Taisu Primal Disk. Since Mistborn City Lords generally didn't handle administrative affairs, the bulk of daily operations fell to these two institutions working in tandem. For an incident of this magnitude, the Extreme Desire Heaven—as the administrative body—should have already exhausted several approaches. That was why he asked.