Westwood City, in Scale Clan territory.
As for the mission Xiao Li and Li Yunshu had accepted,
it required them to investigate the west scale wood produced in abundance in Westwood City.
This west scale wood was not as important as the Heavy Water Mine Jiang Yan was supposed to destroy.
Vast, densely growing stretches of it stood just outside Westwood City.
"Brother Li, it looks like we should be able to finish this Yearly Examination mission a little faster."
Wearing a Scale Clan Painted Skin, Li Yunshu raised her brows slightly.
Beside her, Xiao Li also wore a Painted Skin.
But the scales on both of them looked somewhat mottled; their original owners had presumably possessed impure bloodlines.
Hearing her voice transmission, Xiao Li surveyed their surroundings, his lips moving slightly.
"We were lucky this time. We should hurry with the investigation."
Hearing this, Li Yunshu lowered her raised brows and quickened her movements.
Here in Scale Clan territory, two "mixed-scale commoners" like them, possessing Ninth Grade cultivation equivalent to the Scale Clan's Awakening Realm, could hardly fail to stand out.
After all, for an ordinary member of the Scale Clan, reaching perfected flesh already counted as the fruit of hard work.
Any further progress in cultivation required their bloodline to revert to its ancestral form.
The two tucked the Jade Slips used for recording into their sleeves, leaving only a corner exposed to record the surrounding scenery.
Occasionally, Scale Clan members entered the woods to fell trees and work, much like Old Genluo, whom Jiang Yan had encountered.
Although Xiao Li and Li Yunshu had mottled scales, they carried a certain presence. As they walked into the woods, no one dared interfere.
Just after rounding a tree so thick it would take several people to encircle it, Xiao