System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

After resting briefly in the tomb, Zhang Hao and his companions returned along the same route.

More than an hour later, they were back at the bottom of the cliff.

At that moment, a system notification sounded in Zhang Hao's mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have completed exploring the General's Tomb. You have been rewarded with 10 fusion attempts. You also defeated 12 enemies, for a total of 22 fusion attempts.]

It seems the system only gives rewards after the ancient tomb is fully explored.

There were no hints or rewards when we went down into the cave.

This time, he was fortunate to have the help of the ancestor of Xijiang Miao Village, who sent more than a dozen Gu Masters to give him more than a dozen extra fusion attempts.

Previously, there were 52 fusion attempts remaining. With the 22 additional attempts from this bonus, there are a total of 74 attempts.

There are two thousand special items in the storage space, which can be recombined once the All Things Fusion System is upgraded to level 10.

When the time comes, there will be dozens of rare and unusual items that will require fusion attempts, which will consume most of the remaining fusion attempts.

By incorporating so many rare and unusual items, my strength will increase significantly.

At that time, it wouldn't have been difficult for one person to wipe out the Wang family.

Wang Canghai's consciousness had occupied countless bodies. Since he knew that the Zhang and Wu families had special bodies and that keeping them around would always be a hidden danger, he decided to eliminate this hidden danger first.

"Ouch, this feels so bad! I feel like I'm suffocating!"

The fat man's shout brought Zhang Hao back to his senses.

He looked up at the sky, which had already darkened, and the area below the cliff was filled with miasma.

Apart from himself and Zhang Qilin, who were unharmed, everyone else's bodies immediately reacted upon smelling the miasma.

"Let's rest in the mountain tonight and go back tomorrow morning."

"Yes, that's the only way."

The fat man responded and pulled Wu Tianzhen and Ding Yudie along, covering their mouths and noses as they searched for firewood near the cave entrance.

They only returned to the mountainside after gathering enough firewood to start a fire.

Several people gathered around the fire and ate dry food and drank water for a meal.

"Squeak..."

Suddenly, the mountain-digging creature called out behind Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao turned around and saw several highly venomous centipedes, each about half a meter long.

Looks like this guy is hungry too.

"Go."

At Zhang Hao's command, the Mountain-Digging Armor shot out like lightning, lunging forward and aiming one claw at the centipede.

With a "plop," the centipede's head was crushed by its claws, leaving a piece of its body writhing on the ground.

The mountain-digging beetle grabbed the centipede's body and stuffed it into its mouth, devouring it in just a few bites, like eating a spicy snack.

It ate four or five sticks in a row before stopping, then rushed back and quietly stayed at Zhang Hao's feet.

The fat man looked on with envy: "This thing must be sentient, it can even understand human speech."

"Not only that, it is also loyal; it wouldn't dare to act without my uncle's permission."

Zhang Hao patted the head of the mountain-digging creature twice: "Indeed, Fatty is more obedient than you."

"Brother Zhang Hao, why are you criticizing me? Although my occasional foolishness has caused some trouble, it has also led to the discovery of crucial clues many times."

……

At night, with the mountain-digging armor guarding the area, and with the Qilin blood on Zhang Hao's body, no poisonous insects dared to approach.

After resting overnight, the group set off back to Xijiang Miao Village at dawn the next day.

……

Two days later, in a stilted house deep in the Xijiang Miao Village.

The ancestor of Xijiang Miao Village was shocked to see Zhang Hao, Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, and Zhang Qilin appear before her unharmed.

"It seems I underestimated you. To venture deep into Bottle Mountain and return unscathed, I wonder if you obtained the mature Flying Blood Seed?"

Zhang Hao smiled slightly and said, "Of course I got it."

After saying that, he took out a red fruit with scales.

"What?! You actually got the Flying Blood Sword, and it's even fully matured!"

"Ancestor, is there any problem with me getting it?"

"The Flying Blood Seed can only mature by absorbing the corpse energy from the Corpse King. Your luck is too good."

"You old hag, stop rambling. We've already met your demands, so shouldn't you agree to break the mountain and extract your gall?"

Zhang Hao glared at the fat man: "You have no manners, apologize to your ancestors."

"It's alright. I'm just being a bit long-winded. It's getting late, so you can rest here in the village for the night. I'll bring the token to you tomorrow."

"Then thank you very much, Ancestor."

The ancestor of Xijiang Miao Village clearly did not want them to break through the mountain to retrieve their gall bladders. Not only did she obstruct them along the way, but now that her request had been fulfilled, she was unwilling to hand over the token immediately.

If it weren't for the mountain spirit's requirement that nine ancestors be alive before she could break through the mountain and extract the gall, she would have been a corpse long ago.

Since that's the case, we can only let her live for a couple more days.

After the group returned to the accommodations she had arranged, Fatty, Ding Yudie, and the others grumbled and cursed.

"I think she did it on purpose!"

"The Mountain Spirit is the same. What kind of ridiculous rules are these? There's a traitor in the team, and we can't do anything to her."

"I don't think she had any good intentions in asking us to stay; who knows what she might do tonight."

"Alright, I was just afraid she wouldn't make a move. Only when she does will I have a reason to deal with her."

The fat man smiled upon hearing this: "Brother Zhang Hao, tell me what your plans are?"

"Yes, Uncle, what exactly is your plan?"

"Boss, tell us already!"

"My plan is to have no plan at all; I'll deal with whatever comes my way."

"The boss is right. All schemes and tricks are futile in the face of absolute strength. Let's not sleep too soundly tonight, otherwise the boss will take care of the show and we won't get to watch it."

……

In the middle of the night, when the entire Miao village had fallen silent.

A familiar stench of corpses suddenly filled the air, and the smell was very pure—it was the scent of water essence.

The aroma spread throughout the Miao village.

Soon there was some commotion in the village.

Zhang Hao emitted sound waves in all directions, using his sound wave positioning ability to probe.

Soon, images of the surrounding area within a few hundred meters appeared in his mind.

At this moment, everyone in the Miao village walked towards the stilted house where Zhang Hao and his group lived.

Their eyes were lifeless, and they held various weapons in their hands, all looking fierce and menacing.

It was obvious that the people in the village had been controlled by the water spirit.

Killing these people is simple; just offer them as sacrifices.

However, if they take action and kill everyone in the Miao village, they will fall into the water spirit's trap.

In that case, the mountain spirit would definitely not agree to break the mountain to extract the gallbladder, and the water spirit would not be threatened.

Of course, Zhang Hao would never allow such a thing to happen.

He had already devised a way to deal with the water spirit.