Chapter 8: Intelligence? The Demons' Scheme!
As an alchemist, Lin Xin had always possessed the excellent quality of being careful, frugal, and never wasteful.
Upon arriving at the Demon camp, he didn't even look before stowing the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's corpse into his storage ring. This item was implicitly a good thing and didn't require appraisal.
Immediately after, he picked and chose, collecting some Lu Ke Clan corpses.
Suddenly, Lin Xin, the scavenger, discovered something different.
"This feel... there's something good here!"
Lin Xin subconsciously sped up his digging, then pulled out a specially processed parchment scroll.
Lin Xin looked at the Demon script on it, feeling that this item was very important to the Alliance!
"Xiao Ye, come here and look at this!" Lin Xin waved him over.
Lin Ye walked over suspiciously, then saw the parchment scroll Lin Xin was showing.
"Hmm? This is..."
Looking at the Demon script on it, Lin Ye's eyes gradually became serious. Although he didn't understand these characters, someone at Jialing Pass definitely would!
"Let's go back quickly! We must hand this over to the Temple Master!"
As Lin Ye spoke, he had already begun to cast Levitation Spell and Flight Spell on himself and Lin Xin.
"Alright!"
Lin Xin nodded, immediately following Lin Ye's steps.
Not long after Lin Ye and his group left, a Great Bird Demon led a squad of Bird Demons to the shattered camp.
Looking at the messy scene, he left expressionlessly, as if the two dead fifth-rank demons were merely cannon fodder that could be discarded at any time.
"Star Demon God is truly brilliant!"
The Great Bird Demon, as the leader, lightly tapped a corpse with his finger. The next second, a blue light screen suddenly appeared in the camp!
The light screen showed the camp being attacked by magic, followed by Lin Xin entering the camp to scavenge, until Lin Ye also entered the field of view, then the light screen ended.
"Mark the two individuals who appeared as high priority. Once they appear in the Demons' sight, pursue them with full force!"
The Bird Demons looked at each other, then asked in confusion, "What about the cipher that human found..."
"No need to worry, Star Demon God has his own calculations."
With that said, the Bird Demons could only obediently comply.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Under Lin Ye's accelerated travel, they returned to Jialing Pass in less than half an hour.
The old man responsible for supervision also appeared before them.
"The students have indeed surpassed their teachers; the Magic Temple is incredibly fortunate to have you!"
The Inspector looked at Lin Ye and Lin Xin, two young talents, with a cheerful smile. If he weren't so old, he would have wanted to take them as disciples.
"Inspector, let's not talk about that for now. We discovered a Demon cipher."
The smile on the Inspector's face froze, then immediately turned into a serious expression.
"Show it to me quickly!"
Lin Ye gave Lin Xin a look, and Lin Xin quickly took out the parchment scroll.
The Inspector frowned as he looked at the parchment scroll in his hand, his expression changing drastically like a rollercoaster.
"I need to report this to the Alliance! I will also report your deeds to the higher-ups."
"Oh, and congratulations on qualifying for the Demon Hunter Selection."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Inspector urged the wind elements and flew towards the Magic Temple.
Only Lin Ye and Lin Xin, the two brothers, were left standing there, looking at each other.
"Xiao Ye, where do we go next?"
Lin Xin scratched his head, not yet having recovered from the tense atmosphere.
"Let's go back to the Magic Temple to find Grandpa first. Tomorrow, we'll set off for Aimei City to buy some equipment in preparation for the Demon Hunter Selection."
"Alright."
Then, Lin Ye cast Flight Spell, taking both of them back to the Magic Temple.
As soon as he stepped through the main hall's door, Lin Ye brushed past the hurried Inspector.
Subconsciously glancing over, Lin Ye keenly noticed that the Inspector's expression was even more serious than before.
"Grandpa, we're back. What happened with the Inspector?"
Lin Ye came before Lin Chen, curiously asking about the situation. After all, he didn't understand Demon script himself, but he was very curious deep down.
Lin Chen looked at Lin Ye and Lin Xin, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes, then he let out a heavy sigh.
"Alas! The Demons plan to attack the six major passes during the Demon Hunter Selection, but the time on the cipher is vague, and the Alliance doesn't know when they will attack."
"We can only ask the garrison of the Magic Temple and Priest Temple to work harder for a while."
Mages and Priests possess Eagle Eye Technique and Eye of Truth, which are indeed the best means to scout enemy intelligence, though the spiritual energy consumption might be a bit high.
"Alright, then Lin Xin and I will go to Aimei City to prepare tomorrow."
Lin Chen nodded, "It's fine if you have your own plan. I believe you will definitely be the top candidate in this Demon Hunting Group selection."
He was very clear about Lin Ye's talent, and he had witnessed his cultivation over the past four years.
Every time he thought of the elemental turbulence caused by Lin Ye's cultivation, Lin Chen felt a thrill of fear.
He had never seen so many elements fight fiercely for the favor of a single mage!
"Oh, before you leave, I'll give you a Glorious-grade equipment."
"Glorious-grade? Won't that be a bit too precious? I think Spirit Demon-grade is good enough..." Lin Ye's breathing began to become heavy.
(The Alliance's equipment grades are divided into: Common Equipment, Alloy Equipment, Magic Equipment, Spirit Demon Equipment, Glorious Equipment, Legendary Equipment, Epic Equipment, Immortal Equipment (Sub-Divine Artifact), Divine Artifact, Super Divine Artifact.)
Lin Chen waved his hand grandly, "Hey! How can my grandson, Lin Chen's grandson, use such trash equipment? Glorious-grade will be enough for you until the seventh rank."
"This... then I'll trouble Grandpa."
Saying that, Lin Ye took out his fire cloud crystal.
Lin Xin also had one like this.
"Such a large piece of fire cloud crystal? The materials are sufficient then. You go to Aimei City first, and I will send you the finished product before the selection begins."
Lin Chen stroked the smooth, crystal-clear fire cloud crystal, very satisfied with this material.
"See you in the Holy City, Grandpa."
Lin Ye waved goodbye, while Lin Xin had already left the Magic Temple, returning to his small dwelling to organize his alchemy equipment and some useful small items.
"Xiao Ye! Do you need to bring anything? My spatial ring still has space!" Lin Xin shouted from the living room.
Not long after, Lin Ye walked out of the bedroom, subconsciously rubbing the blue forget-me-not on his finger.
"No need, I don't have much. Oh, aren't you going to have your fire cloud crystal carved? At least it would be a Glorious-grade staff, and it could cast one or two more offensive spells."
Lin Xin was tempted by the words, but then he thought that he already had a Fire Rain Spell in hand, so he shook his head.
"One is enough. I'll think about the rest later."
Lin Ye was helpless, at least he wasn't so resistant to offensive magic anymore.
It will get better one day...