I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong
Chapter 350 314: Female Corpse Core Formation

Tian Lin wanted to wait safely in this village for rescue, but this idea was quickly vetoed by Mei Xiangu.

As soon as the two stepped out of the house, it seemed like the whole world was shaking.

When Tian Lin looked up, Mei Xiangu's voice sounded beside him: "The tree demon is too powerful, I'm afraid my Divine Lady Tree won't be able to maintain control over this village for just a few more days."

"So, in a few days, we'll have to face the tree demon's attack directly?"

Tian Lin's face looked a bit troubled, as without the protection of the Divine Lady Tree, relying solely on the Divine Candle wouldn't protect them for long.

If Elder Xue doesn't come to rescue them in time, they would be in extreme danger.

At that moment, Tian Lin thought once again of the painting he had drawn of the Nine-Life True Man.

"Simply avoiding it may not be a solution, what do the two companions plan to do now?"

The voice of the female corpse echoed, she didn't venture into the bamboo forest rashly either, but came to Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu after noticing the disturbance with the Divine Lady Tree.

Tian Lin asked the female corpse, "The tree demon is at least at the Nascent Soul stage, while we only have Foundation Establishment cultivation, there's nothing we can do. Do you, Senior Sister, have a way to deal with the tree demon?"

The female corpse looked in the direction of the bamboo forest: "I have two methods to try, one is to offer incense for blessings, and the other is to invoke divine power.

The former requires knowing the origins of the tree demon, while the latter requires a statue."

"As far as I know, this village used to offer tribute to the Lady of Fertility. But whether this Lady of Fertility is in the form of a tree demon still needs investigation.

And as for the statue needed for invoking divine power, I for one don't have any."

Tian Lin looked at Mei Xiangu, and Mei Xiangu shook her head.

She herself hadn't cultivated the art of invoking divine power, nor did she have a so-called statue.

The female corpse patted her own storage bag, and a wooden carving of the ancestral master of the Xiangxi Sect appeared in her hand.

Tian Lin recognized this as the ancestral master of the Xiangxi Sect because he had seen it before when the short elder invoked divine power.

He glanced curiously at the wooden carving, then turned his head away, and murmured, "Could this statue also be a Dao Artifact?"

The female corpse said: "Just like the Divine Candle, this statue is also a secret treasure used for navigating the secret realm. The only difference from the Divine Candle is that it can be used continuously."

Upon hearing this, Tian Lin looked again at the wooden carving, indeed feeling the pressure emanating from it, and an unusual sensation that made one dizzy just by staring at it.

"I wonder if Senior Brother Xiao has a statue of your sect's ancestral master? If Senior Brother Xiao has such a statue, then he wouldn't be harmed by the tree demon either."

The female corpse shook her head: "Statues of the ancestral master are incredibly rare. My Senior Brother doesn't have one—but he does have a Dao Artifact, that coffin not only serves for travel but can also protect oneself.

So, even without a statue of the ancestral master, my Senior Brother should be fine."

Tian Lin said: "If that's the case, then why risk invoking divine power? As long as we hold your sect's ancestral master's wooden carving, we can endure here for a month; the elders from our two sects will definitely come looking once they notice our prolonged absence.

By then, the elders will naturally deal with the tree demon."

The female corpse interrupted Tian Lin's daydreaming with a cold laugh:

"This wooden carving is great in that it can be used for a long time, unlike the Divine Candle, which is consumable; however, there is one downside, and that is it can only protect one person.

I think with this wooden carving, perhaps I can wait for the elders of the two sects to come to rescue. But can your Divine Lady Tree help you survive until the two sects' elders arrive?"

Tian Lin was moved, and in his mind, he heard Mei Xiangu's secret transmission: "If the two of us work together, we can kill her and seize the wooden carving."

Mei Xiangu's idea was bold, but Tian Lin wasn't willing to take such a risk.

Not to mention whether the wooden carving of the ancestral master from the Xiangxi Sect would be useful if it fell into their hands.

Just considering whether he and Mei Xiangu together could defeat the female corpse who had the wooden carving's support.

"I've seen the short elder invoke divine power, so I know its potency. But I wonder if you, Senior Sister, can successfully invoke divine power, and what its power will be then."

While Tian Lin secretly vetoed Mei Xiangu's suggestion with a transmission of thoughts, he also openly questioned the female corpse's strength.

"I've been suppressing my cultivation with great effort and can break through to the Golden Core stage at any time. Once I break through into the Golden Core stage, and then consume a 'Rashamon Pill.' Through the medicinal power of the Rashamon Pill, I can briefly attain the cultivation of the late Golden Core stage.

At that time, invoking divine power will allow me to briefly acquire the strength of a Nascent Soul expert."

The female corpse said to Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu: "I've finished speaking. Do you think we should offer incense and pray for the tree demon's 'forgiveness', or invoke divine power and fight the tree demon?"

Tian Lin speculated that the female corpse's sudden breakthrough into the Golden Core stage might hinder her future cultivation.

Fortunately, the cost needed to be paid by the female corpse had nothing to do with Tian Lin.

"Perhaps we can try offering incense and praying for blessings first. If that doesn't work, then we'll have to invoke divine power."

After some discussion, the three finally decided to try finding the statue of the Lady of Fertility first.

But having searched the entire village, they couldn't find a complete statue of the Lady of Fertility.

Offering incense and praying for blessings became a fantasy, and they had no choice but to venture directly into invoking divine power.

But invoking divine power would have to wait until the female corpse's cultivation broke through to the Golden Core stage, so the female corpse went to the Divine Lady Tree to start her breakthrough.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and on this day, Corpse Qi instantly pervaded the entire village.

The already dilapidated houses were immediately corroded and began to grow mold everywhere.

Tian Lin wasn't afraid of the Corpse Qi and could see from a great distance the female corpse from whom the Corpse Qi originated.

At this time, the female corpse's face was full of wrinkles, looking as if she were a thousand-year-old mummy.

And her black hair had also turned silver-white at this moment.

Those green, ghostly eyes made it impossible to look directly at her.

Tian Lin knew that the female corpse had reached the early-stage Foundation Establishment level.

Tian Lin wasn't afraid of the Corpse Qi, but Mei Xiangu couldn't resist it.

Fortunately, the female corpse retracted the external Corpse Qi into her body in time after breaking through her cultivation.

But even so, those moldy, furry houses turned into pus in an instant.

In one night, the entire village was destroyed.

At the threshing ground, Mei Xiangu used True Qi to expel the Corpse Qi from her body. She also waved her hand to dispel the corpse stench lingering in her nose—

She suddenly narrowed her eyes, looking at the flattened village, where a piece of yellow cloth was buried in the dust and tree pus.

Tian Lin also noticed Mei Xiangu's peculiar look and strode toward the yellow cloth.

But the female corpse moved faster than the two of them, appearing before the yellow cloth just as Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu approached.

She didn't care about the foul stench of the pus on the ground and bent down to pick up the yellow cloth.

This yellow cloth was dust-free, looking quite strange.

"All the houses and ordinary magic artifacts couldn't withstand the erosion of my Corpse Qi, but this piece of rag remained unscathed under my Corpse Qi, proving that it's something extraordinary."