Feasibility of Mermaids Infiltrating Qilin

Half a month later, after reinforcements from the prefectural city arrived again, the drought demons near Qinghao Town were almost completely wiped out.

However, Su Xingze and his group discovered that the situation in Qinghao Town had not improved; on the contrary, it seemed to be getting worse.

The day after the Tongwu Division's investigation confirmed that the drought demons in Qinghao Town had been cleared, martial artists spotted the drought demons again within the town's boundaries.

The Tongwu Division has confirmed this news.

"Our guess is very likely correct."

Inside the residence arranged for the guards by the Tongwu Division, Su Xingze, with a grave expression, activated the barrier and spoke.

He hadn't expected the two of them to be so lucky, teleporting directly to the location of the Ancestor of Drought Demons. He didn't know whether it was a stroke of luck or misfortune.

There's no need to bother finding out about the ancestor of drought demons, but being so close to him means there's always the danger of facing him directly.

Zhang Shenglin stroked the blade resting on his lap. The horizontal sword issued by the Tongwu Division had been interrupted during his battle with a level three drought demon, and since then he had been using the Star Blade forged for him by the Little Mermaids.

After several battles, the black blade was now stained with a strong aura of killing intent and bloodlust.

"Shall we leave?"

Of course, they will leave. Currently, there is no powerful martial artist in Qinghao Town to take charge of the overall situation. Even the most powerful one, Li Mingzhen, is only one step away from refining his internal organs, but he is still not considered powerful.

Retreating at this point is not out of fear, but rather the best choice after careful consideration of the situation.

Before Yu the Great organized a team to deal with the ancestor of drought demons, Zhang Shenglin's most important task was to strengthen himself.

"Tomorrow we'll go see Li Mingzhen and tell him our guess."

Little Qilin is not a selfish person. There are tens of thousands of people in Qinghao Town. Knowing that the ancestor of drought demons may be near Qinghao Town, these tens of thousands of people are as dangerous as living on the edge of a cliff. He cannot leave without doing anything.

At least Li Mingzhen needs to know about this; we can't let these more than 10,000 people continue to stay in Qinghao Town.

Zhang Shenglin nodded in agreement: "Yes, we'll go tomorrow."

The next day, before they could even go looking for Li Mingzhen, they encountered a grim-looking Li Mingzhen in front of the Tongwu Division.

"Commander Li!" Su Xingze greeted him, and Zhang Shenglin nodded politely in return.

"Where are you going?"

Li Mingzhen walked quickly, and his expression softened slightly when he saw the two of them, but it was still ugly: "Perfect timing, Master Qin has made a new discovery, you two come with me."

And so, before Su Xingze and his companion could even step into the gates of the Tongwu Division, they were summoned away by Li Mingzhen.

Qin Fushi is a spiritual cultivator from the Tongwu Division. He was one of the people who came to Qinghao Town with Li Mingzhen to provide support. He is skilled in various talismans, and the spirit fire talisman used to burn the corpse of the drought demon was made by him.

Su Xingze followed Li Mingzhen forward, somewhat confused, unsure of what Qin Fushi had discovered. Li Mingzhen was vague, only saying that they would find out when they arrived.

After pondering it over in private and discussing it telepathically, the two agreed that Qin Fushi's discovery was definitely not good news.

Given the current situation in Qinghao Town, this news is definitely related to the drought demon.

Over the past month, Su Xingze and his companion had become very familiar with Qinghao Town. As soon as they saw the road Li Mingzhen was taking, they knew that it was the direction to the yamen (government office).

Sure enough, Li Mingzhen led them straight into the yamen.

At this moment, Master Qin was examining a corpse with the coroner. This was a body that the constables had carried back from outside the town after receiving a report that day.

Half of the corpse was bluish-purple with prominent blood vessels and slightly long canine teeth. The nails on the corpse's hands were a strange grayish-black color and were unusually long.

Su Xingze was already very familiar with this kind of corpse; it was a corpse undergoing a transformation.

Qin Fushi inserted the last golden needle into the corpse. When he saw Li Mingzhen arrive, he straightened up and shook his head slightly.

Upon seeing Qin Fushi's actions, Li Mingzhen's expression darkened.

Su Xingze didn't quite understand the subtle exchange between the two. When he saw the little Qilin looking at the corpse with a thoughtful expression, he couldn't help but poke the little Qilin's lower back.

"Something's wrong with that corpse?" Isn't it just a corpse that's going through a zombie transformation? We've seen them before these days.

Zhang Shenglin looked at the corpse and hummed softly, explaining in a low voice, "The speed at which the corpse turned into a zombie was too fast."

Zhang Shenglin had some knowledge of identifying corpses and could tell that the body had been dead for no more than a day.

Of all the corpses they had seen in the past month, the one that turned into a zombie the fastest was the one injured by a level three drought demon.

On the first day, the corpse only showed the unusual phenomenon of its skin turning blue, and it wasn't until the second day that fangs grew out.

But the corpse in front of us, after only one day, showed obvious changes in its fangs and nails.

If it weren't for Master Qin using his golden needle technique to stop the corpse poison from spreading further, perhaps what they would be seeing now would be a newly born drought demon.

"The only explanation is that the drought demon that killed this corpse was of a higher level than the previous level three drought demon."

After hearing the little Qilin's explanation, Su Xingze understood why Li Mingzhen's expression was so unpleasant.

“Young Master Zhang is right.” Master Qin stroked his beard, looking at Zhang Shenglin with admiration in his eyes. “The speed at which this corpse turned into a zombie is indeed unusual. I speculate…”

Under the intense gazes of the surrounding constables and Li Mingzhen, he coughed and continued, "An even more powerful drought demon has appeared near Qinghao Town."

The constables were in an uproar when they heard the news.

The constables in the yamen were all martial artists, but they were all just minor martial artists at the Skin Refining Realm, and one of them had just entered the Rank 1.

For them, even the weakest level one drought demon was difficult to deal with, let alone a drought demon stronger than level three. They simply couldn't imagine how powerful it was.

The mere thought of it is terrifying.

Li Mingzhen's complexion was alright, probably because he had made preparations in advance.

He turned to the county magistrate beside him and said, "Have someone drag this body away and burn it."

The county magistrate gave a wink to the constables beside him, and two constables stepped forward and skillfully carried the body away. Soon after, the faint stench of burning corpses could be heard from behind the yamen.

"Commander Li," the county magistrate said, looking at him with a worried expression, "what are we going to do now!"

Qinghao Town is just a small town. The most powerful martial artist in the town is the former commander of the Tongwu Division. This commander died together with the drought demon that invaded Qinghao Town in order to protect the town.

Li Mingzhen lowered his head and pondered for a while: "Let me think about what to do. Don't worry, Weixiancheng, we will not let this drought demon continue to do evil."

Su Xingze, recalling their previous speculations, gave the little Qilin a look, signaling him to tell Li Mingzhen their guesses.

He had noticed it before, probably because the little Qilin had shown off his leg skills when they first met, and Li Mingzhen, a half-step internal organ refinement expert who mainly focused on leg skills, greatly admired the little Qilin.

He hadn't been wasting his time these past few days. From the martial artists who came with Li Mingzhen, he vaguely learned that Li Mingzhen's identity in the Tongwu Division was not simple. If Little Qilin could get in touch with him, it would be beneficial for Little Qilin's development in the Tongwu Division.

Zhang Shenglin received his gaze, nodded slightly, and looked at Li Mingzhen with a hesitant expression.

"Li Tongwei, Aze and I have made some discoveries to tell you."