System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing a rare item. Your Qilin bloodline advancement progress has increased by 1. Current advancement progress: 11/60.]

Zhang Hao was still basking in the joy of his storage space expanding several times over when the system notification sounded again.

Compared to rare items, which can increase the evolution progress of the Qilin bloodline by 10 points with each fusion, special items only add one point to the evolution progress, which is not enough.

While both consume one fusion attempt, rare items have ten times the effect of special items.

Relatively speaking, fusing rare items is much more cost-effective.

Of course, this fusion of mesospaces was not a loss; in fact, it could be said to have been a huge profit.

After all, it has gained the effect of storage space growth. Every time the level of the All Things Fusion System is upgraded, the storage space can increase by 100% on the original basis, which is 52500 cubic meters.

While 50,000 cubic meters may not seem like a huge amount, the cumulative increase from system upgrades is still quite alarming.

By the time Zhang Hao finished the fusion, the water in the cave had receded considerably, leaving only enough water to reach everyone's ankles.

At this moment, Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, and Zhang Qilin also noticed the strangeness in the cave.

"Where are the bodies?"

"It must have been washed away by the river!"

"The Yin-Yang Reincarnation Bell is also gone. It's so big, weighing at least tens of tons. That little bit of water couldn't have washed it away. How could it have disappeared?"

Everyone looked bewildered, wondering why such a change had occurred.

Zhang Qilin glanced at Zhang Hao thoughtfully.

Zhang Hao thought to himself, "Oh no, could it be that he's seen through something?" Fortunately, Zhang Qilin didn't say anything in the end.

At this moment, Zhang Hao noticed a bulging black bag not far away.

He quickly changed the subject when everyone began to suspect him.

"Everyone, look what that is!"

"Water Ghost Bag!"

Yi Sa and Ding Yudie exclaimed in unison when they saw the bag.

"What water ghost bag?"

Zhang Hao asked curiously.

"Boss, the water ghost bag is a tool used exclusively by us water demons to carry special tools and materials. It is made of a very rare fish skin, which is waterproof, tough, and can hold a lot."

While Ding Yudie was explaining, Yi Sa had already gone over and picked up the water ghost bag.

Zhang Hao noticed that her emotions changed drastically after seeing the water ghost bag, and her eyes were filled with sadness.

Seeing that Yi Sa was in low spirits, Ding Yudie asked:

"SaSa, is this water ghost bag your sister Yi Xiao's?"

"Yes, it belongs to my sister. Back then, she led the elites of the Yi family to open the ancestral Golden Soup Cave. An accident occurred along the way, and the Yi family was almost wiped out. That's when I became a mutated water demon."

"The water ghost bag is so well preserved, there might be some clues left by your sister inside. Hurry up and open it to take a look!"

Yi Sa nodded. She used a dagger to cut her finger and squeezed out a drop of blood, which fell onto the water ghost bag.

When the blood drips onto the water ghost bag, it is instantly absorbed, and then the water ghost bag opens automatically.

The surrounding crowd crowded forward to look inside the water ghost bag.

There was nothing inside except a notebook and a pen.

Yi Sa reached in, took out the laptop, and opened it.

"The lifelong dream of everyone in the three families is to become a water demon, and I am no exception."

I am very fortunate to be the only water demon in the Yi family, and to have the ability to breathe underwater and to inherit the six arts of the water demon.

I was initially very excited, but as time went on, I realized that things were not as simple as I had imagined.

Later, through a secret investigation, I discovered that the reason I was able to become a water demon and gain special abilities was because my body was possessed by a consciousness with special abilities.

From the very first day you become a water demon, they enter your body and begin to fight for control of it.

This consciousness is extremely powerful, and ordinary people simply cannot resist it.

Because of the various experiences I went through in my childhood, my willpower is stronger than that of the average person, which is why I was able to prolong the process for a longer period of time.

However, I know that my consciousness can no longer hold on, and recently I have been able to occupy my body for shorter and shorter periods of time.

I know my time is running out.

I hope to find a way to eliminate this consciousness before I completely lose my body. I don't want the rest of the Yi family to experience the same pain as me.

......"

Yi Sa flipped through the notes and read the contents aloud.

The first half of the densely packed text in the notebook mainly describes how Yi Sa discovered the anomaly.

In the middle, she was fighting against the consciousness inside her body, but she was helpless when faced with the consciousness that wanted to take over her body, and could only watch helplessly as her consciousness was eaten away day by day.

Fortunately, she was determined and did not immediately allow her body to be possessed, which is why she was able to leave behind the following text.

"Through investigation, I discovered that the ancestors of the Three Surnames Water Demons escaped from the Khmer Emperor. I went to the royal tombs of the Khmer Empire to conduct a secret investigation. In the end, the clues pointed to the ancestral stronghold, which led to the subsequent actions."

I overestimated my strength. I encountered mutated corpses here, and I couldn't deal with them at all.

After I was killed by them, the soil that formed the cave absorbed my genes, giving it my memories.

Before my consciousness completely dissipated, I discovered that Jiang Jun was not the real Jiang Jun; he had already died, and what we saw was merely a body possessed by the consciousness of another person.

It was Jiang Jun who secretly tampered with the corpses, causing my accidental death.

I don't have much time left!

The truth behind the water demon's mutation is related to a powerful being. I must investigate the truth and free the Yi family from being controlled by others..."

The writing at the back of the notebook was clearly messy, indicating it was written in a hurry.

In other words, Yi Xiao knew his time was running out and wanted to leave behind crucial information through this method.

Who is Jiang Jun?

Zhang Hao asked.

"Jiang Jun is the Jiang family's water demon, and also my sister's fiancé. However, the Jiang family's ancestral tablet was lost a thousand years ago, and it ended up in your hands."

Zhang Hao nodded. The ancestral tablet in his hand was something he had picked up from a person whose body was possessed by the consciousness of a god when he was in the Lu Palace.

It seems that person must be a member of the Jiang family.

"Jiang Jun is too ruthless! He actually killed his fiancée!"

"Naive. The notes say that Jiang Jun is dead. The person Yi Xiao saw was not the real Jiang Jun."

"What do you mean by 'dead'? It's not really true. It's too complicated."

The matter is indeed strange. Without knowing the origins of God, it's hard to understand what it means to die and be resurrected.

Simply put, Jiang Jun's body was possessed by the consciousness of a god when he became a water demon.

Then, through Jiang Jun's relationship with Yi Xiao, he learned that she was investigating the truth behind the water demon mutation.

So he pretended to help and went with Yi Sa to the Ancestral Golden Soup Cave, and then took the opportunity to revive the corpses and kill Yi Xiao.

Afterwards, Yi Xiao was absorbed by the Breath of Earth, and his consciousness did not dissipate so quickly.

So she kept the information from the notebook.

"SaSa, didn't your sister figure out why she mutated either?"

Yi Sa shook her head: "No."

After saying that, she continued flipping through her notebook.

The notebook was blank in the middle, with only the last few pages containing a series of numbers.

"This is the password my sister and I used to communicate. The fact that she uses this password means that she has been being watched and does not want to expose the investigation results."

This code means that all my investigations point to a mysterious ancient kingdom deep in the Qinling Mountains, a kingdom that, from its emergence to its disappearance, was constantly building a bronze tree.