I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

"But one Drought demon can destroy a single soldier Evil Spirit. How many Drought demons are there in the village?"

Zhou Ting frowned, his voice heavy: "At this rate, the soldier Evil Spirits won't be enough to consume."

"So we can't rely on the soldier Evil Spirits to consume the dried corpses. We must first find all the Corpse Wells and find a way to destroy those dried corpses that haven't turned into zombies yet."

Zhou Ting nodded, raising the bamboo clapper and gong in his hands.

Perhaps from too much force or frequent use, the bamboo clapper and gong seemed to show signs of cracking.

"We can't use this much longer, which means we won't be able to stay in this village until the tribute time arrives."

At this time, Sister Mei spoke: "If we account for each household having a Corpse Well, we've already found most of them. However, finding the Corpse Wells is easy, the challenge is destroying the dried corpses inside."

It's essential to know that among the dried corpses in the Corpse Wells, there are no few Drought demons.

Based on Tian Lin and the others' current cultivation, even if the Drought demons were lying completely still, they wouldn't be able to severely wound them.

At this moment, Zhou Ting looked at Tian Lin and said: "Junior Brother Tian, can't you absorb Corpse Qi? Those Drought demons are just filled with Corpse Qi. If you could absorb all the Corpse Qi from the Drought demons, I think it would weaken them."

Tian Lin nodded and then shook his head, unable to resist saying: "There are too many Drought demons in the village, and time is too short now. I'm afraid that before I finish absorbing all those Drought demon corpses, the tax day will arrive."

Zhou Ting replied: "I have a friend from the Xiangxi Sect who once gave me an Array Plate. This Array Plate is used for Corpse Nourishment and has the effect of condensing Corpse Qi—if junior brother can endure more Corpse Qi, I can give this Array Plate to you."

In the Cultivation World, every sect has a Spirit Gathering Array, but Tian Lin had never heard of a Corpse Gathering Array.

Not having heard of the Corpse Gathering Array doesn't mean it's worthless.

On the contrary, because it's not available on the market, it shows how rare and precious this thing is.

Tian Lin wasn't greedy for the so-called value of the Corpse Gathering Array, he was simply aware that now, except by absorbing the Corpse Qi himself to stop those non-zombie Drought demons from committing evil, there was no other way.

Thus, he took the small Compass handed over by Zhou Ting, hesitated for a moment, then said: "I'll try, but don't hold too high expectations."

Zhou Ting, however, said: "It will work, I really think it will work."

At this moment, the sounds of fighting outside seemed fiercer than last night.

The aftermath of the battle made the whole house shake, forcing those inside to reinforce the building.

After several hours of endurance, just as the house was about to give up, Zhou Ting struck the gong.

"Then, let Junior Brother Feng go with me to the pond, Junior Brother Tian, you take the others to the Corpse Well."

Over there, Tian Lin didn't show much reaction, and soon saw the old Village Chief leading several people to knock at the courtyard door.

The two Red Coffins opened yesterday clearly didn't contain the old Village Chief's body.

But the two men behind him were obviously covered in wounds and exuded a rotten smell.

"Officials, shall we go open the coffins and inspect the corpses now?"

The old Village Chief had a smile on his face, though he and the other two villagers were injured, though thrice schemed against by Tian Lin and the others, he showed no anger, but instead a confident air.

Zhou Ting didn't want to waste words with the old Village Chief anymore, so he bluntly asked: "Two dried corpses appeared yesterday, how did the battle go?"

The old Village Chief replied: "Both dried corpses were wounded, but the four Evil Spirits didn't fare any better. One of the Evil Spirits died in battle, and two were severely injured. I imagine a couple more encounters like this, and the Evil Spirits will be wiped out. At that time, villagers can move freely at night, no longer fearing the Evil Spirits."

He didn't hide his pride, as if to say to Tian Lin and the others: bringing more tricks won't help, you'll escape eventually.

In truth, both sides had long since shed any pretension of mutual hostility, so Zhou Ting didn't bother with courtesy toward the old Village Chief, he straightforwardly asked:

"Who knows how many more of such dried corpses are hidden in that pond?"

The old Village Chief said smugly: "About seven or eight, but I believe in just a few days, three or four more can be added."

Zhou Ting drew a sharp breath—

He initially thought another one or two would be the most, but the old Village Chief said there were another seven or eight.

Seven or eight, if not addressed, by tomorrow, they could easily wipe out all the soldier Evil Spirits.

Once the soldier Evil Spirits are eliminated, what else do they have to resist the reviving Drought demons?

"Then let me congratulate you in advance on achieving your goal. Well then, lead the way!"

Zhou Ting, accompanied by the True Disciple with the surname Feng, followed closely behind the old Village Chief as they left.

After they left, Tian Lin asked Sister Mei beside him: "Where is the nearest Corpse Well?"

Sister Mei wasted no words, quickly flying ahead to lead the way.

The group arrived at the first household in the village.

In the small courtyard of this household, there was one or two Evil Spirits at that moment.

These two Evil Spirits were both old people, one was an elderly woman, the other a young wife. As for the men of the household, they should be over at the pond hauling dried corpses.

In fact, over these two nights of battle between the soldier Evil Spirits and the dried corpses, many villagers had been affected. Consequently, there were significantly fewer able-bodied villagers who became Evil Spirits.

Tian Lin and the others boldly approached the Corpse Well, only to see a large amount of Corpse Qi starting to rise up from the well.

Tian Lin stood by the Corpse Well but wasn't in a hurry to go down. Instead, he turned his gaze toward the door over there.

"The old gatekeeper is dead, isn't that door plank wasted? Who will bring that door plank to me?"

Sister Mei said: "I'll go!"

She quickly turned around, shortly returning with two door planks covered in cloth.

Tian Lin took the door planks and said: "Under normal procedures, before we eliminate all the Drought demons, I'm afraid those few soldier Evil Spirits will already have been wiped out by the dried corpses. Since that's the case, we'll need to make good use of nighttime.

Once I'm down the well, you'll seal the well with the door plank. Besides that, go to each village household and find door planks to seal the well openings."

Wang Yanyu frowned and asked, "Are you planning to stay in the well?"

Tian Lin nodded: "I have no choice—though it's somewhat risky, if we want to eliminate all the Drought demons, we can't keep hiding in the guest room."

The male True Disciple beside him said, "Junior Brother Tian, rest assured, many villagers' Evil Spirits have died now. Many of those door planks are no longer in use by Evil Spirits, and we'll definitely find a way to help you seal those Corpse Wells."

At this point, Sister Mei asked Tian Lin, about to descend the well, "Do you need my company down there?"

Tian Lin shook his head. With Sister Mei and Wang Yanyu there, he believed the two women would definitely find a way to carry out what he instructed.

But if the two women weren't there, others might not necessarily follow instructions.

In short, Tian Lin did not trust outsiders.

With the plan set, Tian Lin no longer wasted words with the others.

He put one door plank into his Storage Bag and as he flew down the well, personally sealed the well opening with the other door plank.

After Tian Lin disappeared, the people outside the well looked at each other in dismay. Sister Mei glanced at the others and said, "What are you waiting for? Now go collect door planks!"