I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong
Chapter 349 313: The Ledger in the Village

Tian Lin was willing to wait, but the female corpse was not.

She wasn't sure if her husband was still alive, so she was extremely eager to save his life.

However, Tian Lin had already persuaded her with kind words, and therefore he stopped paying attention to the female corpse, choosing instead to return to the village with Fairy Mei.

"The village is big and looks like it has been here for quite some time."

Fairy Mei pushed open the door of a dilapidated house, stepping on a ground full of pits.

"I think, the village is as old as the Great Qi dynasty has disappeared."

Tian Lin spoke while entering the Peach House with Fairy Mei.

The Peach House was equally rundown, and the ground inside was also full of beehive-like holes.

These beehive-like holes were not unfamiliar to Tian Lin.

When they first encountered the tree demon's root attack in the secret realm, they saw a large number of beehive holes being formed.

Hence Tian Lin and Fairy Mei both knew that the walls and floors of the entire village being beehive-like was simply the work of the tree demon.

In other words, the tree demon's roots had once drilled countless holes here, covering the entire village.

"What deity does this village worship?"

As soon as she entered the Peach House, Fairy Mei's eyes were drawn to the shrine atop it.

They visited several houses successively, and regardless of the size of the house, each one had a deity statue inside.

Unfortunately, only the lower half of the earthen statues remained, while the upper halves had all vanished without exception.

Tian Lin's gaze, however, was not on the shrine but on the banner behind it.

The banner bore the words 'Heaven, Earth, Sovereign, Parent, Teacher', sharing the offering with the shrine.

It can be foreseen that many years ago when the Great Qi dynasty still existed, the villagers of this village were offering tribute to it.

It's just that, unknown events led to all the villagers dying, likely due to the influence of evil spirits.

And when the villagers died, the deity statues and the banners in the shrines no longer enjoyed incense offerings, completely cutting off the tribute.

"There's nothing much to see here, let's go elsewhere."

Fairy Mei passed through the Peach House, heading next into the kitchen and the villagers' bedrooms.

The kitchen had stoves and pots and pans, while the bedroom was dusty with tattered clothes.

But Tian Lin had an unexpected find in the bedroom; he picked up a ledger on the table beside the bed.

Despite being dusty, the writing in the ledger was fairly complete.

"February 28, Year Thirteen of Tianbao, the temple priest divided incense money: 27 guan."

"March 1, Year Thirteen of Tianbao, Lady of Fertility temple grand festival."

"March 2, Year Thirteen of Tianbao, Lady of Fertility temple grand festival."

"March 3, Year Thirteen of Tianbao, Widow Zhang from Tan Village came seeking a child, temple priest divided incense money: 10 guan."

"March 7, Year Thirteen of Tianbao, bought Qi Refinement powder from Tianyuan Town, purchased 'Wise Sayings for Childhood Education'."

"March 9, Year Thirteen of Tianbao, the village chief wanted to invite a teacher to hold a private school, but the temple priest refused."

Looking at what seemed like both a ledger and a diary, Tian Lin's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Fairy Mei took the ledger from Tian Lin and quickly browsed through its repetitive content, finally saying:

"It seems this village worships Lady of Fertility—haven't you heard of Lady of Fertility?"

How could Tian Lin not have heard of Lady of Fertility?

You could say that all Yu Family Village people died at the hands of Lady of Fertility.

"Lady of Fertility is an evil god! It's said that those who are infertile, as long as they offer tribute to Lady of Fertility, she will send you a baby. Similarly, because she is an evil god, normal people cursed by her will give birth to ghost babies."

"No wonder this village is full of ghost babies!"

After Fairy Mei spoke, her expression suddenly changed, and she touched her own belly.

Tian Lin glanced at Fairy Mei and shook his head: "I estimate you haven't been cursed by Lady of Fertility. Besides, Lady of Fertility was eliminated long ago by Conception Guanyin in the land of mass burial."

Fairy Mei sighed in relief upon hearing this, then she suspiciously looked at Tian Lin: "Who told you Lady of Fertility was eliminated by Conception Guanyin?"

Tian Lin patiently recounted to Fairy Mei what happened in Yu Family Village, but after listening, Fairy Mei's brows did not relax; instead, she questioned:

"According to Elder Ran's statement, that suspected grand sedan of Lady of Fertility inexplicably appeared in a Chaotic Burial Forest. And the villagers offering tribute to that sedan also died or disappeared.

So, could it be that the villagers offering tribute to that sedan were the ones from this village in the secret realm? Could the vanished village actually be this village?"

"That's hard to say," Tian Lin said. "If this village was originally the one offering tribute to Lady of Fertility, then who moved it into this secret realm, and why did the person who moved it leave the grand sedan outside? And also, what's the deal with the tree demon in the village?"

"You just said Lady of Fertility was eliminated by Conception Guanyin, then what's the matter with the continuously spawning ghost babies in this village?

Are you sure it was really Lady of Fertility that was eliminated by Conception Guanyin?"

Tian Lin was stunned by the words, and he asked Fairy Mei, "If she wasn't Lady of Fertility, then who is this unknown evil god?"

Fairy Mei sneered, "Throughout, Nine Lives True Man never said she was Lady of Fertility, right? And that Conception Guanyin never said she was Lady of Fertility, right?

It was just that old man Ran who told you she was Lady of Fertility—but the fact is, how old was that man Ran during the fall of the Great Qi dynasty? He probably didn't even know whether he was a pig or cow then."

"No, that evil god claimed to be Lady of Fertility."

After Tian Lin spoke, Fairy Mei laughed again: "It was only an evil god with a bit of fertility magic, does claiming to be Lady of Fertility necessarily mean it is?

Since ancient times, countless evil spirits have tried to usurp divine titles. Just like that so-called Lady of Fertility, if her skills were greater and her luck better, she could very well impersonate Conception Guanyin."

Tian Lin was momentarily speechless, as he knew that divine titles and names could indeed be usurped.

Just like in the worldly dynasties, there is always only one emperor.

But worldly emperors don't live long, so typically they are replaced every hundred to hundreds of years.

Although these people are replaced, their titles and positions don't change; they remain emperors.

"You're suggesting that the person who claimed to be Lady of Fertility in the land of mass burial was an evil spirit who stole the true title of Lady of Fertility,

and the real Lady of Fertility might actually be in this secret realm?"

Tian Lin understood Fairy Mei's meaning.

"That's just my guess, and the truth is hard to ascertain. But what is certain is that the tree demon in this secret realm clearly possesses 'fertility' divine power; how else could it produce so many ghost babies."

"Whatever kind of evil god it is, we can't defeat it now. Let's search around more, maybe we can find something useful. If not, we can patiently wait for the Sect Elder to come save us."

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