I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

"If this village is really as you say, with dozens of walking corpses, then over the years, these walking corpses have already turned into drought demons—"

Mei Xianfu looked at Tian Lin and said, "So, this village probably has dozens of drought demons to help us enhance the Divine Lady Tree. Shall we split them half each?"

Tian Lin thought, what if these dozens of walking corpses were eaten before they transformed into drought demons.

Then the creature that devoured these walking corpses, if it still exists now, what kind of cultivation would it have if the walking corpses have all transformed into drought demons?

And if these dozens of walking corpses were eaten after turning into drought demons, then what kind of abnormal existence could devour drought demons?

In any case, the creature behind eating these dead walking corpses is surely not easy to deal with.

But now is not the time to think about this; the urgent priority is to handle these drought demon skeletons first.

After dealing with these drought demon skeletons, Tian Lin decided he wanted to leave the secret realm.

Perhaps further exploration might yield more rewards.

But considering the dangerous creature that eats walking corpses, Tian Lin didn't want to take extra risks.

"My Divine Lady Tree is only at low-class divine skills level, and it's a very small chance to bear Divine Maiden Fruit. So why not let your Divine Lady Tree absorb these drought demons, then there's a chance we might bear Divine Maiden Fruit, and moreover, high-quality Divine Maiden Fruit."

Upon hearing Tian Lin's words, Mei Xianfu was naturally delighted.

"Alright, once the Divine Maiden Fruit is born, we split them half each."

Tian Lin said, "Even though it's your Divine Lady Tree, the honor from your tree absorbing the droughts benefits the quality of your Divine Lady Tree greatly. I gave up my own opportunity, that should be worth more."

Mei Xianfu was very conflicted, wanting both ends.

But after thinking for a long time, she realized the opportunity to enhance the quality of the Divine Lady Tree was rare and eventually agreed to give Tian Lin two-thirds of the Divine Maiden Fruit.

Therefore, the two began their work, letting Mei Xianfu's Divine Lady Tree extract the 'nutrients' of the drought demons without untethering the ropes. Only when the drought demons were completely absorbed and turned into powder by the Divine Lady Tree did Tian Lin collect the useless ropes.

But the drought demons were not easy to absorb, especially since the drought demons were skeletons, making absorption even more challenging.

Tian Lin and Mei Xianfu stayed in a civilian house for three days until they saw the Divine Lady Tree finally suppressing the drought demons bound by rope.

After suppressing the drought demons, the tree took another two or three days to absorb just one skeleton.

Thus, absorbing a single drought demon took six days.

However, these six days were not without reward. Looking at the six Divine Maiden Fruits on the Divine Lady Tree soothed Tian Lin and Mei Xianfu's impatience.

The two went to the next civilian house, waiting for the Divine Lady Tree to absorb the drought demon skeleton.

"With my Divine Lady Tree's improved quality, the absorption speed will increasingly accelerate. So while the time to absorb drought demon skeleton is long now, it will shorten as we continue."

Mei Xianfu noticed Tian Lin didn't want to remain in the secret realm any longer, so she comforted him with words.

Tian Lin didn't utter words of retreat from the secret realm at this moment; although cautious, he couldn't abandon the wealth before him simply because of dread for the creature eating corpses and walking corpses.

Opportunity knocks once, not retrieved specs to its detriment, he could only choose to strengthen defenses with arrays in the face of danger, and beyond that, he wasn't just going to flee easily.

Subsequently, over half a month, Tian Lin spent days arranging arrays in the village before establishing a magic altar.

Arrays could serve to defeat enemies and safeguard in the event of danger.

If it's that creature devouring dead walking corpses that appears, naturally Tian Lin's Array would have no effect, but Tian Lin isn't the type to be easily oppressed.

Furthermore, he established the magic altar while awaiting absorption completion of drought demons before escaping the secret realm once the flag is lit.

"Thirty-seven drought demon skeletons are now completely absorbed."

The next day while Tian Lin was meditating, Mei Xianfu approached Tian Lin and said, "A total of two hundred and thirty-six Divine Maiden Fruits."

Two hundred and thirty-six Divine Maiden Fruits, deducting the seventeen due to Tian Lin, there were two hundred and sixteen Divine Maiden Fruits.

In the end, Tian Lin accepted only one hundred and fifty Divine Maiden Fruits from Mei Xianfu, and Mei Xianfu viewed these Divine Maiden Fruits as relatively similar in size and quality.

But in Tian Lin's view, these Divine Maiden Fruits belonged to different Dao Seeds.

It was evident that when the Divine Lady Tree absorbed the nutrients from the drought demon skeletons, it also captured their Dao resonance.

Hence, the Divine Lady Tree's fruits could not be exactly identical. The straightforward distinction was the displayed Dao Seed's difference.

However, these differences weren't easily noticed, so people from the Goddess Sect merely regarded it as a treasure able to enhance Divine Soul's power.

"Interested in heading to the next village?"

Upon seeing Tian Lin accept the fruits, Mei Xianfu queried Tian Lin.

Tian Lin shook his head and replied, "I estimate that the creature eating the walking corpses might be human."

"How did you arrive at this conclusion?"

Tian Lin gestured to a wall behind him, prompting Mei Xianfu to look at the wall. Observing closely, silver hooks and iron pens seemed to inscribe a verse: initially, after the capital relocated, one could only survive by eating humans or corpses. But after humans devoured humans and corpses, could we still be called humans? Hence, those who survived are no longer humans;

Our kind of 'humans' can no longer eat corpses nowadays. We can only devour carcasses, eat cultivators thoroughly, until the world's humans are consumed!

"So, all the rotten flesh we've encountered in villages thus far were 'people' eaten alive? Moreover, 'people' eating others aren't only one or two?"

Mei Xianfu showed little interest in the words on the wall, muttered casually, then asked Tian Lin, "If not proceeding to the next village, what do you plan?"

Tian Lin replied, "If not proceeding to the next village, we'll directly exit this secret realm. I've prepared the magic altar; we'll leave immediately!"

Watching Tian Lin ignite incense, Mei Xianfu asked, "Aren't you reclaiming your array set and engraving array stone?"

"That's too troublesome, better to leave them behind."

Actually, it wasn't so complicated, but compared to what they gained from the secret realm this time, those engraving array stones weren't substantial.

Tian Lin was willing to linger in the secret realm for the Divine Maiden Fruits but was unwilling to risk staying for some engraving array stones.

Just as the saying goes: he who travels a hundred miles, walks ninety in the end!

Although nothing has happened before, who could predict a mishap happening in the final seconds?

He's always reflected that after reaching the village post-Nanxi Village, he should have exited the secret realm. Since the villages past Nanxi Village didn't contain rotten flesh, the likelihood of encountering no rotten flesh thereafter, but rather strong evil spirits, would be high!

Sadly, at the time greed clouded his judgment, Tian Lin did not stop when ahead—fortunately, they encountered no danger, or else regret would be too late!

After Tian Lin finished offering incense, a whirlpool emerged, engulfing both of them. Upon reopening their eyes, the two found themselves back in that small courtyard on Gourd Peak in the Wenda Sect.