Underworld entries, starting with ghost stories.

A beautiful woman in a jade-green red blouse and pleated skirt returned carrying a roe deer.

She skillfully skinned and gutted the roe deer in the stream behind the temple and carried it into the temple.

Inside the temple, the boy had already lit a fire in the stove with charcoal, placed a porcelain pot on it, and the water was almost boiling.

She then used her left hand to lift the roe deer by the leg, and with her right hand drew her sword, swish, swish, swish.

Wu Qing sat on a wooden stool on the other side of the stove.

At the moment the beautiful woman drew her sword, a blue label appeared on her left hand: "Wind and Willow Sword (Seventh-Rank Martial Art)".

The sword light danced in the air like willow branches, while bits of meat fell into the pot like willow catkins.

"Please help me, take it and bury it." The beautiful woman handed the remaining deer carcass to the boy. "It's pitiful that it was robbed for no reason."

Wu Qing took it, went outside to bury it, and then came back.

The beautiful woman opened the package and put some spices inside.

Wu Qing knew very well that in his previous world, spices like these were everywhere, but in this world, all of these spices were extremely valuable.

Even while doing such work, the beautiful woman still looked very elegant.

She caught her prey, skinned and gutted it, and chopped it into a pot, all with practiced ease.

Yet it remains spotless, still as beautiful and elegant as ever.

The beautiful woman carried in a stone bench from outside, sat down gracefully, and chatted with him while waiting for the meat soup: "How many people were originally in Wuji Village?"

"More than six hundred, including many women and children." Wu Qing didn't intend to hide it from her.

"What do you do in the mountains?" The beautiful woman looked at his hands.

"Master!"

"The advisor?"

Unlike Kong Fengjiao, the beautiful woman did not scoff.

Instead, she glanced at him and said, "You can read? You were a scholar before?"

"I recognize a lot of them!" Wu Qing nodded earnestly.

If he hadn't inexplicably transmigrated, he would be a high school sophomore by now.

The beautiful woman nodded.

Although the boy was skin and bones from hunger, it was clear that he actually had a good constitution.

His fair and delicate skin suggests that he has not actually suffered much hardship since childhood.

It was purely due to the sudden shift from a life of plenty to one of hunger and cold, resulting in rapid weight loss and a distorted appearance within just a few months.

"Since you're the advisor, can you tell me why Wuji Village was so easily wiped out?" the beautiful woman asked, looking at him.

"Their strength is too weak. They claim to be mountain kings, but they are actually just ordinary people who have been forced to gather here. There are very few who know martial arts. They can only make a few weapons by smashing iron pots and hoes to make spearheads."

Wu Qing picked up a broom, pulled out a twig and drew on the ground. "Actually, this place is not bad. It is backed by the Yanyin Mountains, and there is only Cheng'an County outside. But there is no way around it. There are no martial arts masters, no weapons, and all the people are starving. There are not enough people."

"They easily wiped out the soldiers and officers of just one county town."

The beautiful woman pondered for a moment and said, "If someone has weapons and settles down here, what advantage will they have?"

Wu Qing looked at her with a puzzled expression.

He still doesn't know what this beautiful woman is doing in a place like this.

He said, "On this side of Wuji Mountain, as long as we can block the government troops from the front, we are surrounded by mountains on all sides, with water and land. There are also many valleys deep in the mountains, which not only make it easy to hide troops, but also allow us to cultivate land and support ourselves."

"Sigh! All we really wanted was to guard this village, farm our own land, and not have to pay rent or taxes, but we became bandits."

The beautiful woman looked at him with surprise and said, "It seems you have indeed read books and know quite a lot."

"Let's hide here for another month. Since we're scholars, perhaps we can really be of use here..."

Suddenly, she turned her head slightly, listened intently, and said, "Excuse me, young man! You should hide in the back first."

Wu Qing got up and went to the side and behind the statue. He didn't hide, but just stood there.

Having died once, he felt there was nothing to fear anymore.

Three people suddenly appeared outside the temple, forming a semi-encirclement around the beautiful woman.

The three men were all dressed in black.

A tall, thin man holding a knife.

A short, stocky man holding a hammer.

A man carrying a gun, with a sleazy appearance and a sinister gaze.

"Dou Xianniang!" The tall, thin man drew his knife. "You have nowhere to hide now. You'd better surrender and come with us now."

"So they're just lackeys of the imperial court," Dou Xianniang said calmly, sitting by the stove. "What a pity about this pot of meat soup; it seems we won't have much of a chance to eat it."

Suddenly, he drew his sword and flicked it, sending the entire porcelain pot, along with the boiling broth, cascading down onto the tall, thin man.

The tall, thin man drew his sword and slashed, unleashing a burst of energy that shattered the porcelain pot, but some of the broth still splashed onto him, causing him to wince in pain.

"You're asking for death!" he roared. "Capture him if you can, kill him if you can't."

The three attacked Dou Xianniang simultaneously.

Wu Qingli stood behind and saw that the label on the beautiful woman was no longer "a woman", but "Dou Xianniang (Seventh Realm Warrior)".

Her sword moved like a shuttle, and it was called "The Wind-Walking Willow Sword".

The steps were light and agile, and the position shifted unpredictably in this narrow space; the entry indicated "Smoke Step".

Meanwhile, the three constables who were fighting against her were respectively wearing "Stone-Splitting Blade (Official Martial Arts, Rank 8)," "Mountain-Pressing Hammer (Official Martial Arts, Rank 8)," and "Yin Snake Spear Technique (Rank 8 Martial Arts)."

Wu Qing thought to himself, "These stone-splitting knives and mountain-pressing hammers both display martial arts of the government. It seems that one has the opportunity to learn these martial arts once they become a government constable."

"This user's Yin Snake Spear Technique doesn't include the words 'public sect,' does that mean he mastered it himself before joining the public sect?"

Although the three constables outnumbered each other, they were all slightly weaker than Dou Xianniang.

Among them, those who wield knives are powerful, those who wield hammers are domineering, while those who wield guns hide in corners that are difficult for Dou Xianniang to see. Guns are like venomous snakes and are difficult to defend against.

Dou Xianniang seized the initiative by sneaking in with the meat soup first, and began to suppress the three of them.

Wu Qing observed that as they used more and more moves, the specific moves of each martial art were displayed as small blue entries.

For example, Dou Xianniang's Whirlwind Willow Sword Technique has begun to show minor changes in terms of phrases such as "weak willow and strong wind", "fairy wind comes", and "a sword whirlwind" depending on her different moves.

That's interesting!

Perhaps I could become Wang Yuyan in this world?

Even if Wu Qing didn't understand martial arts, he could see that Dou Xianniang's advantage was growing.

He calmed down, looked around, and suddenly noticed that there was also a small blue text floating above the temple roof.

—"Splitting mountains and splitting oxen!"

"Watch out for the mountain-splitting bull above!" Wu Qing shouted.

Boom! The ceiling above cracked open, tiles flew off, and a man burst through the roof, slashing down with his broadsword at Dou Xianniang.

He used the "Stone-Splitting Blade," a martial art from the official sect, specifically the Mountain-Splitting and Ox-Splitting technique!

Dou Xianniang retreated first, her sword flashing.

The man above not only missed his target with his sword, but was also instantly struck, crashing to the ground along with his sword.

His hiding place was revealed, and even the moves he was about to use were told out beforehand. His fate was predictable.

Dou Xianniang held her sword, secretly surprised.

If the boy hadn't shouted it out first, she would have been caught off guard.

At the same time, the other three constables looked at the boy standing behind the statue and were all moved... Just who is that kid?

Not only can they know in advance that there are people on top, but they can even shout out the attacker's moves before they're even there?

Looking at the mysterious and unpredictable young man, they were secretly shaken.

[Mystery Level +4]

Wu Qing quickly glanced at the system notification.

So this is how you gain experience points?