Feasibility of Mermaids Infiltrating Qilin

The Tongwu Division was probably really short of people. As soon as Su Xingze and the other person told Li Mingzhen about their decision to join, Li Mingzhen immediately completed the formalities for them.

Upon joining the Tongwu Division and receiving the standard-issue sword and a secret manual, the two immediately went on a mission with Li Mingzhen.

Having joined the Tongwu Division for half a month, they hadn't even spent five days in Qinghao Town.

With a flash of light, the blue-faced, fanged head fell to the ground. Zhang Shenglin wiped the blood off the blade and casually sheathed it.

Seeing that he had finished fighting, Su Xingze walked over and threw the burning talisman in his hand onto the drought demon's corpse.

Flames burned the drought demon, but Su Xingze didn't even glance at it. He smiled and praised, "Little Qilin is getting more and more powerful. I think it won't be long before you can handle a level three drought demon on your own."

Zhang Shenglin's lips curled slightly as he glanced down at the drought demons emanating a foul odor from the ground. His voice was deep and calm: "The drought demons in the vicinity have been cleared out."

Su Xingze replied happily, "According to the intelligence, this is the last drought demon in the vicinity."

After joining the Tongwu Division, their first task was to eliminate the drought demon.

According to intelligence obtained by the Tongwu Division, there are a total of thirteen villages under the jurisdiction of Qinghao Town, and each village has at least one or two drought demons.

Those lucky enough to escape half of the village, like those in Zhao Family Village, are ultimately a minority; in most villages, escaping two or three people is considered fortunate.

In addition to the drought demons that were already present in the village, people who were injured by drought demons would turn into drought demons within two to three days if their corpse poison was not removed in time.

Meanwhile, corpses that die from the poison of corpses will also transform into new drought demons. Even corpses whose cause of death is unrelated to drought demons will, under some mysterious influence, transform into new drought demons.

In this situation, the number of drought demons is increasing.

To prevent these drought demons from gathering and besieging Qinghao Town, the Tongwu Division and the warriors of Qinghao Town all received a mission issued by the Tongwu Division.

Clearing out the drought demons within the territory of Qinghao Town will earn you 100 to 300 merit points per drought demon, depending on its level. Of course, for warriors who do not belong to the Tongwu Division, the merit points will be converted into contributions.

Both merits and contributions can be exchanged for resources within the Tongwu Division.

Don't underestimate the 100 merit points a level 1 drought demon is worth. These merit points are very valuable in the Tongwu Division. 100 merit points are enough to exchange for a Yellow-rank martial arts manual in the Tongwu Division. Of course, it's just a manual, not a cultivation method.

But the secret manual alone is enough to tempt ordinary martial artists who lack cultivation resources.

After all, many martial artists become martial artists by relying on ordinary body-refining techniques. Such martial artists cannot even be called rank-entry martial artists. In the eyes of true martial artists, they are just stronger than ordinary people.

Because they lack secret manuals, mental cultivation techniques, and the like, relying on that basic body-refining technique, it might take them ten years to break through to the ninth rank of martial artist.

Secret manuals and mental techniques are almost impossible for ordinary people to obtain unless they join other forces, such as some martial arts gangs in Qinghao Town, in order to acquire one or two secret manuals.

After Su Xingze and his companion joined the Tongwu Division, the division issued them a martial arts manual.

According to Li Mingzhen, this is a benefit shared by all military guards who join the Tongwu Division. The secret manuals cover many aspects, and the Tongwu Division can choose one of them to distribute to newly joined military guards.

It was only because of the current drought that Li Mingzhen saw that the two of them were not lacking in martial arts, so he took it upon himself to give them this martial arts manual.

The movement technique manual issued by the Tongwu Division to the Martial Guards was mediocre. According to Li Mingzhen, this manual could be rated as a Xuan-level manual, and there were even higher-level manuals that could perfectly replace it.

This movement technique manual, which is said to be infinitely close to the Heavenly Rank, can be obtained by exchanging 10,000 merit points within the Tongwu Division.

The movement technique manual issued by the Martial Arts Bureau was no less advanced than the lightness skill Zhang Shenglin had previously learned, and was even more refined.

After learning this secret manual, his movements became faster and more agile, making his battle against the drought demon much easier.

Su Xingze picked up the drought demon's two sharp teeth. Over the past few days, he had also learned how to judge the drought demon's level.

That's right, it's thanks to these two sharp fangs. The longer the fangs, the higher the drought demon's rank. In addition, the fangs' property of not melting in fire also made them a token for the Military Command to calculate the merits of the military guards.

Having dealt with the drought demon in their area, the two, who had been out for two days, decided to return to Qinghao Town first.

On the one hand, they could exchange the drought demon's fangs for merit points; on the other hand, the two of them had accumulated more than a thousand merit points and wanted to see if there were any secret manuals worth exchanging for.

According to the algorithm of this world, Zhang Shenglin is now roughly at the initial stage of bone refining.

In this world, martial artists are divided into nine ranks. The first three realms are skin refining, flesh refining, and bone refining, which are the lower three ranks. The middle three ranks are organ refining, skull refining, and acupoint opening.

As for what the Upper Three Ranks are, even Li Mingzhen doesn't quite understand. He only said that the Upper Three Ranks have entered another realm, which is beyond their comprehension.

Zhang Shenglin's goal is to break through to the middle third rank in a short period of time. The cultivation method he cultivates mainly uses the power of his bloodline to strengthen himself. However, the cultivation of martial artists in this world is different. They use the tempering of their blood and qi to strengthen their physical body. The strength of a martial artist's physical body is such that it can split mountains and break seas.

The two have some things in common in their cultivation methods, and Zhang Shenglin wanted to study whether he could also cultivate the martial arts manuals.

The two packed their things and returned to Qinghao Town. After being checked and found not to be carrying the corpse poison, the refugees in front of the town had been temporarily allowed to live in the town under the arrangement of the government.

Thanks to the efforts of the martial guards and free warriors of the Tongwu Division, most of the drought demons in Qinghao Town have been eliminated, but the situation in Qinghao Town has not improved much.

The plants are still dying, the temperature has risen several degrees, and it is almost fifty degrees. The whole land is filled with yellow sand, resembling a desolate desert. But who would have thought that just a month ago, Qinghao Town was a beautiful place?

The marshes, lakes, green hills and clear waters disappeared in just one month.

The residents of Qinghao Town looked bewildered, unable to comprehend how their hometown had changed so drastically in just one month.

Recalling what he had seen along the way, Zhang Shenglin's expression darkened.

"Something's wrong."

Since the drought, the number of pedestrians on the road to Qinghao Town has been gradually decreasing, and the streets have become desolate and dilapidated. If an unsuspecting person came here, they would definitely mistake it for an abandoned town.

Su Xingze felt that the sandstorms had been getting worse lately, and the air was so dry that he desperately needed to get back into the water for a good soak.

Upon hearing this, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Shenglin glanced at the unidentified plants that had withered to the point of having only a few stems left on the desolate street and replied in a flat tone, "The situation in Qinghao Town has not improved."

This drought was caused by a drought demon. When the drought demon was killed in Zhao Village, the environment changed noticeably.

The drought was not limited to Qinghao Town. According to intelligence from the Tongwu Division, the drought was raging throughout the entire Da Yu region, although the drought in other places was not as severe as in Daze Prefecture.

The Tongwu Division already has experience in dealing with drought demons.

Once the drought demon is eliminated, the areas affected by it will gradually return to normal.

However, in the past two weeks, despite the Tongwu Division and others clearing out half of the drought demons in Qinghao Town, the environment of Qinghao Town has not changed significantly; the only difference is that the temperature has stopped rising.

This isn't right.

"Hmm..." Su Xingze pondered for a moment, "Oh right, why is that?"

The two exchanged a glance, a vague unease rising in their hearts.

"not……"

They both saw the other's suspicion in each other's eyes.

"We need more information to verify this hypothesis."

Zhang Shenglin nodded: "Let's observe whether the environment of Qinghao Town will begin to recover after the remaining drought demons are eliminated."