Feasibility of Mermaids Infiltrating Qilin

From the stone tablet at the village entrance, they learned that this was a village called Zhao Family Village.

The village has only about thirty households, making it a medium-sized village.

Inside the village, they found several mummified corpses, their blood and vital essence completely drained, which were likely villagers.

The two inspected the entire Zhao Family Village from beginning to end and found that every household was in a mess, with various tools, miscellaneous items and tables scattered all over the floor.

Su Xingze also discovered that the valuables and grain of more than 30 households had been taken away without exception, indicating that Zhao Family Village had received advance notice of the drought demon's attack on the village.

The departure appeared chaotic, but there was still enough time to pack up what needed to be packed.

After a careful examination by Zhang Shenglin, it was found that those people were either disabled or too old to escape. They were likely left behind, either voluntarily or under duress, as bait to hold back the drought demon.

Zhang Shenglin cleaned up a bedroom in the best house in the village, knowing that the little mermaid didn't like using things that other people had used, so he changed all the bedding to new ones.

The two will stay in this village today. Zhang Shenglin's knife is broken and he needs to get a new weapon. They also need time to understand this world, as the system's introduction alone is not enough.

This house seems to belong to a scholar in the village. It is not only a unique brick and tile house in the village, but also contains a lot of books.

There were quite a few books, which showed that the owner was a book lover, but when he was fleeing for his life, he had to painfully abandon these books, no matter how precious they were.

Judging from the marks left on the bookshelf, the owner must have only taken away the most beloved and precious books, which is perfect for Su Xingze and his companion.

Su Xingze picked up a book, and before he even opened it, he knew he wouldn't understand it.

The book cover has several large characters written on it, which are as complex as seal script, but they are not seal script.

Su Xingze: "..."

The system has an automatic translator, but it is limited to language translation; text translation is not provided free of charge.

"Looks like I have no choice but to buy it."

These books are a great starting point for understanding the world, provided you can read the local language.

Of course, they can also buy the books in the mall, which are comprehensive and full of useful information, but the only problem is that they are expensive.

The Yu the Great Language Mastery Package in the store only costs 1,000 points. After purchasing it, you can translate and learn the language and script of Yu the Great in real time. It is not cheaper than various books that cost thousands on average, but it is more practical.

After buying the mastery kit, the two were finally able to understand the contents of the book.

It's easy to imagine that the books in the home of a rural scholar wouldn't be particularly valuable; they would mostly be travelogues, agricultural books, and classics and historical texts, which would be enough for them to have a general understanding of the world.

It is worth noting that they found a booklet on the bookshelf, which had been flipped through until the edges were frayed. It was a basic martial arts book, mainly focusing on body training, and seemed to be a book for children to learn the basics.

In this world, it might be used for laying the foundation, but in another world, the basic body-refining method in this book would be considered extremely excellent.

Zhang Shenglin had a cultivation method given to him by a little mermaid. This basic body-refining method was not very useful to him, but he still memorized it.

Afterwards, they searched through everything they could find in the village that had writing on it, and they actually found an old map, which finally gave them some understanding of the place they were in.

Yu the Great ruled over thirteen states. Zhao Family Village was located in Daze State, which was located to the west of Yu the Great. As the name suggests, this state was full of water and was a famous watery place. However, after the emergence of the drought demon, the reputation of this watery place was probably not worthy of its name.

Zhao Family Village is a remote little village. The nearest town to it is called Qinghao Town, which is said to be a place where the sky never gets cloudy, even when it rains.

Zhao Family Village is 30 li away from Qinghao Town, and the journey involves crossing a small mountain and a small river.

"This is our first stop!"

Su Xingze pointed to Qinghao Town on the map and said this to the little Qilin.

Zhao Family Village is now deserted, and the drought demon in the village is dead. It is indeed a safe place.

If you're new here, it's best to stay and wait until you've fully understood the situation before interacting with the people in this world.

But neither Su Xingze nor Zhang Shenglin were afraid of trouble. Their purpose in coming here was to break through, and both swordsmanship and lightness skills needed to be honed in actual combat in order to grow.

Zhang Shenglin's trial mission requires him to fight against the Ancestor of Drought Demons and obtain a drop of the Ancestor of Drought Demons' blood.

They couldn't even imagine what kind of being the Ancestor of Drought Demons was. Just by looking at the fact that the system would give 100,000 points for causing 1% damage to Him, they knew that the Ancestor of Drought Demons was definitely not someone that Zhang Shenglin alone could deal with.

He couldn't complete this task alone, not even with Su Xingze's help. The system's rules naturally impose certain limitations on the 'system'.

The 'system' cannot interfere too much with the contractor's tasks, and the assistance it provides to the contractor cannot exceed a certain limit.

Moreover, Su Xingze currently does not know whether this ancestor of drought demons is more powerful than him.

Therefore, to accomplish such a task, they need to have a better understanding of the drought demon and its ancestor, and they also need to blend in with the locals and take the opportunity to complete the task while the locals are dealing with the drought demon.

Su Xingze is not worried about having no one to deal with the drought demon.

With drought demons causing widespread devastation, the people of this world will surely organize a force to hunt down the ancestor of drought demons. Otherwise, if this species, which can cause widespread disasters and is also contagious, continues to exist, this world will inevitably become a desolate desert dominated by drought demons.

First, go to Sunny Town to see how this world treats the drought demons. Once you've gathered some information, find more drought demons for Little Qilin to practice on.

Zhang Shenglin had no objection to his arrangement. Just as Su Xingze said, in order to complete the mission, they would definitely need the help of the people in this world.

"Little Qilin, how many white snake scales do you have left?" Su Xingze mentally calculated what other materials he could use. "Your knife is broken. The white snake is, after all, a half-dragon. Its scales are excellent forging materials. While we have time, I'll make you a new knife."

Su Xingze has some forging skills. The scales of the white snake are a top-grade forging material. Even if the technique is terrible, a knife made from it will definitely not be an ordinary knife.

Zhang Shenglin took all the scales out of his personal space, a total of twenty-nine scales. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the scales were of different sizes, indicating that they were not from the same part of the body.

Su Xingze picked up a scale, examined it, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Indeed, a knife made from these snake scales should be very sharp."

He picked up two scales and clashed them together, producing a very clear, metallic sound.

After sending the little Qilin to carefully check the village again for any missed clues, Su Xingze poured out a meteorite the size of a human head from his personal space.

This was brought from his own world, and it's said to have quite a history; he stole it from a strange creature.

He had his own small space where he kept some of his collected odds and ends. If it weren't for the idea of ​​forging a sword for the little Qilin, he would have almost forgotten that he even had such a stone.

After finding some miscellaneous materials, Su Xingze took them into the system space.

He wasn't an expert in forging, but even if he wasn't an expert, it would be impossible to forge a good knife in one night. He probably couldn't even melt that piece of meteorite in one night.

Su Xingze went straight into the learning space, spent points to open a weapon-refining room, and then set the time flow rate to the maximum before he began processing the materials for refining the sword.

After Xiao Qilin opened a new course slot, the maximum flow rate of the learning space was upgraded to 1:100, a hundredfold time difference, which was enough for him to forge Xiao Qilin's new sword tonight.

After Zhang Shenglin returned from inspecting the village, he silently sat down beside him, closed his eyes, and began to meditate and cultivate.

There was no immediate danger in the village, but he was uneasy in this unfamiliar world. Fortunately, cultivation could replace some of his sleep.