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Rustle~

In the forest, Lin Zheyu stepped on the fallen leaves and branches, making a rustling sound.

His pace was slow, with a hint of leisure on his face, as he patrolled while enjoying the scenery of the forest. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, bringing a touch of brightness to the dim forest.

"The yin energy here seems off, much denser than in other places."

Lin Zheyu suddenly halted.

He carefully sensed again, confirming he hadn't made a mistake.

The uneven distribution of yin energy usually meant a source of yin energy had appeared nearby, affecting the concentration of yin energy in the air.

"This place isn't far from Wuling City, yet there's a source of yin energy here; something seems wrong."

"Could it be that something is about to happen again?"

Lin Zheyu pondered silently.

As per his understanding, every city and its surrounding areas were enveloped by the radiance of the Great Wei Kingdom's destiny or belief.

To his senses, the yin energy in these areas was extremely thin, and he'd never found a suddenly appearing source of yin energy.

This was the first time he sensed the presence of a suspected source of yin energy so close by.

Without hesitation, Lin Zheyu moved in the direction where the yin energy was denser.

After advancing over six hundred meters, Lin Zheyu stopped.

"Indeed, there's truly a source of yin energy here."

Lin Zheyu looked towards the half-human height bushes, where the yin energy was the densest, continuously emitting a breath of yin energy to the surroundings.

Even in broad daylight, it relentlessly released a faint yin energy, influencing the local concentration of yin energy.

Slowly approaching that spot, a purple blade light slashed like lightning.

A sudden halt in the roar from the half-height bushes accompanied the sound of a head hitting the ground.

"A magic puppet actually hid here, interesting."

"Perhaps, this time I can find a more perfect excuse to break through to the Huajin Level."

Lin Zheyu's lips curled slightly into a smile.

Something was off.

The appearance of the source of yin energy indicated that the Great Wei Kingdom's destiny or belief's influence on its radius was diminishing.

This was the reason a source of yin energy began appearing in the forest so close to the city.

Picking up the magic puppet's head.

It was a Bone Marrow Refining Realm-level magic puppet, good for 10 contribution points, not bad.

After marking the spot, Lin Zheyu continued to patrol near the city guard's defensive line with the puppet's head in hand.

After more than an hour.

Crackle~

Sound of burning firewood came from where Lin Zheyu leisurely roasted beast meat.

For more than half a month, influenced by Lin Zheyu, Li Yin also began, in her free time, to roast some beast meat to pass the time.

Rustle~~

A familiar sound came from the forest; it was Lin Zheyu returning.

She looked up, asking softly, "I roasted some meat, would you like..."

"Hiss..."

"What did you do, sneaking off and hunting three magic puppets?"

Li Yin stood up in surprise, interrupting her own words.

Lin Zheyu emerged from the forest, walking leisurely, with three ferocious magic puppet heads in hand.

"Lucky me, went out for a patrol and ran into three magic puppets coming to their doom," Lin Zheyu said with a smile.

"No way, we cleared out the nearby magic puppets last night. In the daytime, magic puppets are suppressed and instinctively seek hiding spots."

"How could magic puppets appear nearby!"

Li Yin frowned, her expression turning grave.

She realized something was amiss.

"Like I said, lucky me."

Lin Zheyu chuckled.

After a joke, he put away his smile and said seriously, "I'll go submit the task first, you tell Guo Yu and Zheng Mountain about this."

"I just patrolled the nearby area without going too far and found three magic puppets. You should search again; there must be more."

Lin Zheyu reminded, "Be careful."

"Okay."

Li Yin nodded.

She casually discarded the half-roasted beast meat and, holding her longsword, entered the forest.

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Returned to the nearest registration point to submit the task, earning another thirty contribution points.

Over half a month of task execution, though Lin Zheyu was relaxed and not actively hunting magic puppets, his gains were comparable to others'.

Lin Zheyu's perception was too keen.

With his strong perception and ability, he easily detected areas with high concentrations of yin energy, followed, found hidden magic puppets, and killed them.

Over half a month, he accumulated 136 points of contribution.

Including today's newly earned 30 points, he had a total of 166 contributions.

"A bottle of third-tier Spiritual Liquid only requires 30 contribution points, really cheap."

Lin Zheyu couldn't help but sigh.

The Great Wei this time, had spent heavily, offering exchange rates far cheaper than within the Sect.

If not concerned about being targeted by the forces behind the unknown Demon God, Lin Zheyu would have long been vigorously hunting magic puppets everywhere.

After submitting the task, Lin Zheyu returned to the forest and resumed his daily meat roasting activity.

The nearby magic puppets by the defensive line were all found by him, and within a three-kilometer radius, there should be no other magic puppets unless something unexpected happened.

Beyond that three-kilometer distance, Lin Zheyu was reluctant to search.

The accumulated Source Power was still insufficient, and Spiritual Liquid was somewhat lacking.

Even if pushing himself into a crisis seeking a breakthrough to the Huajin Level, it would be when he's fully prepared.

[Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence]

Name: Lin Zheyu