Chapter 348
"I honestly didn't want to come," Du Qiankun said with a sigh. "Unfortunately, my daughter insisted. She is the last remaining bloodline of my branch. If something were to happen to her..."
Lin Hui's expression remained calm, his eyes closed as he cultivated the Grand Yin-Yang Time Reversal Sword Art. This technique was something altogether singular—an advanced iteration of the Star Breath Sword Canon. Its essence lay in drawing vast quantities of stellar energy and transmuting it, dramatically fortifying the body and mind-spirit to press one's speed toward its absolute ceiling.
Because this absorbed energy was unlike anything else in the world—occupying an exceptionally high tier—it was consumed entirely in the tempering process, leaving not the slightest trace to leak outward.
So even with Du Qiankun standing nearby, he remained wholly unaware that Lin Hui had been cultivating without pause.
Even the radiation naturally emitted from tempering his physical body was drawn back and absorbed by the Indestructible Holy Pupil.
This was an innate aura-concealing ability inherent to the core disciples of the Clear Wind Dao. With their radiation entirely internalized, only the barest biological functions remained—heartbeat and breath—things that any moderately accomplished Divine Officer could suppress at will.
As a result, Clear Wind Dao disciples were, by nature, exceptional assassins.
The group sailed across the Jade Sea for two months. Flying the banner of a minor merchant vessel, the ship held a moderate pace and maintained its disguise until it finally arrived at the Royal City, Biqiu.
Yuanhe and six others entered in the guise of petty merchants come to restock supplies, spinning a tale of having squandered their family fortunes on one last gamble for a fresh start in Biqiu. Due to the dense, rigorous array of surveillance encircling the Royal City, Lin Hui and the remaining members could not slip in undetected. Instead, they landed at intervals, assumed new identities, and entered as wandering travelers.