I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

"Do you think there might be decayed flesh of sealed-junior-level Evil Spirits here, given we've found two pieces of Day Patrol Deity's decayed flesh already?"

Mei Xianfu's eyes were blazing with excitement in her tone.

In fact, sealed-junior-level shouldn't be used to refer to Evil Spirits, as a sealed-junior would at least have some territory.

And from ancient times, only True Gods have territories.

Generally speaking, the sealed-junior-level is at least on the level of a Land God, similar to a Nascent Soul Powerhouse.

"Perhaps, there should be!"

Tian Lin also desired sealed-junior-level decayed flesh. If there was such flesh, the Divine Lady Tree might bear even better fruits.

However, the fear is not finding the sealed-junior-level decayed flesh, but encountering a genuine sealed-junior Evil Spirit—

Reason told Tian Lin to quit while ahead, but Mei Xianfu had promised him twenty Divine Maiden Fruits.

Until now, he had only received three, still seventeen short of twenty.

If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to find this place again on their next adventure into the secret realm, nor would there be Day Patrol Deity-level decayed Evil Spirits for them to absorb at will.

And without absorbing Day Patrol Deity-level Evil Spirits, the Divine Lady Tree would struggle to bear Divine Maiden Fruits.

Merely absorbing Night Patrol Deity Evil Spirits, who knows how many would need to be defeated to bear one fruit?

"So what's the plan now, shall we head to the next village?"

Mei Xianfu noticed Tian Lin was tempted, so she didn't need to provoke him with talk of how the bold get rich while the timid starve.

Sure enough, after hesitating for a moment, Tian Lin said, "Let's head to the next village and take a look!"

Mei Xianfu laughed and said to Tian Lin, "That's the spirit—Cultivators go against the natural order; if you hesitate when opportunity knocks, why bother Cultivating at all? Might as well go home and farm!"

The two said no more, with Mei Xianfu taking the lead, and Tian Lin closely following behind her.

When they reached a slope, Tian Lin's expression changed slightly.

Mei Xianfu seemed to have eyes in the back of her head and did not miss Tian Lin's expression. She turned her head and asked Tian Lin, "So, have you been here before?"

"Back when I and Master Listening Rain entered the ten-thousand-year-old world, the first place we appeared was here. Though times have changed, this area hasn't changed much—if my prediction is correct, ten miles ahead there's a deserted village."

Tian Lin's prediction was apparently wrong, as the village ahead was not deserted, but full of decayed flesh and Evil Spirits.

But his prediction was not entirely incorrect, as the village full of Evil Spirits was indeed ten miles ahead.

"Taohua Village? The name's quite nice, yet not a single tree in sight!"

Gazing at the dilapidated village gate, Mei Xianfu's eyes moved away from the plaque above it.

"At the end of the Daqi Dynasty, the starving people had long gnawed away all edible bark. At the time, heaven's punishment descended, and peach trees, which could be used to stave off hunger, could no longer grow!

Before all this, there certainly was a grove of peach trees here."

As Tian Lin finished speaking, a hand suddenly stretched out from the ground, grabbing at Tian Lin's ankle.

But before Tian Lin needed to act, Mei Xianfu waved her hand lightly, severing the hand instantly.

She then snatched across the air, and the owner of the hand, along with the severed hand, 'sprang' out of the ground.

It was a Night Patrol Deity-level skeleton!

It's of not too low a grade, but only equivalent to the combat strength of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Not even mentioning someone like Mei Xianfu, a Golden Core Cultivator, even Tian Lin could easily crush it.

"What an ugly thing, my Divine Lady Tree wouldn't even bother with it!"

Mei Xianfu was quite vexed by such skeletons, as they had combat strength no less than ordinary Evil Spirits, yet contained little flesh and didn't provide much nourishment.

But Tian Lin wasn't as particular; skeletons that Mei Xianfu's Divine Lady Tree had no interest in, were still a feast for Tian Lin's Divine Lady Tree.

Especially when Tian Lin summoned the Divine Lady Tree, the skeleton was immediately enveloped by the tree's roots, unable to move.

"Are there more skeletons? Is this place going to be all skeletons with no decayed flesh?"

Gazing at the skeletons crawling out of the yard, Mei Xianfu furrowed her brows even tighter.

However, she did not act against these skeletons, instead leaving all the skeletons to Tian Lin and striding toward a residential house.

Those skeletons, whether already upon the ground or emerging from it, were all suppressed by Tian Lin using the Sealing Earth Skill.

Instantly, the village was dotted with dozens of raised sealed earth mounds.

The skeletons were suppressed under the sealed earth mounds, with only half of their bodies exposed, becoming 'meat on the chopping block,' savored by the roots of Tian Lin's Divine Lady Tree.

As the Divine Lady Tree consumed these 'delicacies,' Tian Lin also started following Mei Xianfu into the residential house.

The house had fallen into ruin, with the furniture inside scattered as if looted.

As Tian Lin entered the house, Mei Xianfu had already emerged from the kitchen, and she said speechlessly, "I thought we might find some Day Patrol Deity's decayed flesh, but not only did we not find any, we didn't even come across any roaming soul-level decayed flesh."

In fact, after entering the village, there had been no whispering sounds.

And whenever there's decayed flesh, whispering sounds are always intermittent.

So before entering the village, both had a bad premonition. Now seeing it with their own eyes confirmed their suspicions. Their sighs were merely an expression of unwillingness.

"Things never go perfectly, though there's no decayed flesh, at least there's no danger either."

Tian Lin consoled, "Let's check out the other houses!"

Without needing Tian Lin to say more, Mei Xianfu went to another house again.

This time, in the other house, they didn't find decayed flesh but came across a few bound skeletons.

The ropes seemed to be made of vines, yet despite the years, they hadn't weathered away.

"Didn't you say there was no Spiritual Energy in that era? I see this vine, after prolonged exposure to Spiritual Energy, has actually become a Magic Artifact."

When Tian Lin entered the room, Mei Xianfu commented.

Tian Lin frowned at the three vines; from his perspective, these vines were not Magic Artifacts, but rather ingredients.

[Millennium Vine, contains Time Water, consuming it may allow one to gain insight into the Power of Time]

What is the Power of Time? Tian Lin didn't quite understand.

But what he did know was that these vines were edible.

"Speaking of which, aren't you a Class A disciple of the Wenda Sect? Such Magic Artifacts are abundant in the sect, aren't they?"

Watching Tian Lin go up to untie the vines, Mei Xianfu couldn't help wrinkle her nose with disdain.

Evidently, she found these vines, tied to the skeletons and keeping company with them day and night, disgusting, and wouldn't use them even if they were given for free.

But Tian Lin didn't mind getting his hands dirty. After untying the vines, he pressed down on the skeletons and casually tossed the vines into his Storage Bag.

Gazing at the irregular knife marks on the skeletons, Tian Lin commented, "These three skeletons seem to have been bound, and their flesh was cut and eaten, hence the irregular scrape marks on their bones."

"I'm afraid before they were bound, they weren't human. Judging by the scrape marks on their bones, it's plausible their flesh was difficult to cut—perhaps some kind of dried corpse."

Who would dare to eat a dried corpse?