What Ten Thousand Souls Banner? It's called the Human Emperor's Bow! / The Elation Dice: I have a plan! Why not make Esdeath a queen?
Aria was pinned to the ground by needles over a meter long, while Chen Li stepped on her to prevent her from struggling.
The nobleman was sent to meet God by Chen Li.
The noblewoman... Chen Li didn't know where she was. He simply had her confidant drag her to the torture chamber where she had tortured others, and then let her use all the torture instruments.
Chen Li even gave her an Elixir of Longevity because he was worried that she wouldn't be able to endure all the torture instruments on her.
With the blessing of Power of Eternity, he shouldn't die within three days.
After doing all this, Chen Li felt no guilt, because Chen Li Karma Coins had increased by several hundred.
For ordinary people, it's already terrifying to accumulate several hundred merits.
Chen Li saved a high school student who was almost hit by a truck and sent to another world, and only received a few Approval of Noble Morality.
A golden scale was placed next to Chen Li.
On one side was the tragic appearance of the entire noble family, and on the other side were 327 Approval of Noble Morality, with hundreds of transparent phantoms faintly visible on them, their hands clasped in gratitude.
Chapter 89 What is this Myriad Souls Banner? That's Human Emperor Bow!
"If I want to acquire some Dangerous Species flesh and blood, and obtain some Imperial Arms, do you have any good ideas?" Chen Li rested his chin on one hand and looked at the noble lord beside him who had already turned into a "Chang Gui".
"My lord, I can recommend you to the ministers of the empire. As long as you can gain their favor, power and wealth will naturally come to you. Then you can control the ministers just as you control me to achieve a leap in social class, and then control the entire empire." The nobleman was quite dedicated to giving Chen Li advice.
Although the plan wasn't particularly good, it was already an extraordinary achievement for this nobleman who basically didn't use his brain for anything except tormenting and manipulating country folk.
"Tsk, if it weren't for the lack of suitable materials to create a Miraculous Item that automatically picks up loot, I would have cleaned the entire place long ago," Chen Li sighed.
In the world of Akame ga Kill!!, the empire Chen Li is currently in is a nation with a thousand-year-old civilization, and the Imperial Capital, located in its political and economic center, is where the empire and its ministers reside.
Although it was the center of the empire, it was corrupt and decadent, and the people lived in great poverty.
Chen Li's client this time, Aria, is a noble girl who is beautiful and youthful on the outside, but is actually vicious and wicked on the inside. Her favorite thing to do is to lure country people who come to the Imperial Capital from other places to make a living to her home and then torture them to death.
How despicable! Did the country folk offend you?
So you only know how to pick the softest persimmons, right?
Of course, their parents weren't much better. Each of them had their own penchant for cruelty.
And this kind of nobleman is everywhere in this Imperial Capital right now.
If all the officials and nobles in the Imperial Capital were to be killed, there might indeed be one or two mistakenly killed, because there are still a few conscientious people in the empire who are not so deserving of death.
However, if you kill 10 nobles or officials and then let one go, there will definitely be some who escape.
The imperial ministers mentioned by the noblemen were even more important.
Minister Honest, after personally murdering the young emperor's biological parents, helped the emperor rise above many other heirs, then seized power in the empire, and implemented an endless tyrannical regime.
Although the Imperial Capital is a place where demons and monsters roam freely, it would be troublesome for Chen Li to use the Peaceful Longbow to clean up the Imperial Capital, because those villains cannot gather together.
There are many bad guys, but they are scattered. This is the worst situation to avoid when using the Peaceful Longbow's "Cleansing Moment".
Creating Miraculous Item to attract them together is also troublesome, because they don't share the same high degree of commonality as the ghosts and monsters of the Miko world.
Therefore, Chen Li had to wait until enough Wicked Souls had accumulated in the Peaceful Longbow before proceeding.
"Speaking of which, what year is it this year?" Chen Li suddenly asked.
"Sigh, this..."
"Never mind, no need to answer." Chen Li suddenly remembered that the anime he watched didn't seem to have a timeline either.
That's alright then.
"Let's change the subject. Did your world's general Esdeath quell the rebellion of the northern alien tribes?" Chen Li continued.
"I've already gone." Although he didn't know how Chen Li knew about this, the nobleman answered the question quite honestly.
"I see... then I know roughly when that will happen." Chen Li nodded.
It was not long before the plot began, right?
Chen Li wasn't entirely clear on the specifics.
After much deliberation, Chen Li still couldn't decide whether to help the Revolutionary Army or the empire.
The empire was corrupt, the Revolutionary Army was incompetent, and they were also colluding with foreign tribes in the north.
Therefore, regardless of which side Chen Li helps, there's a relatively quick way to pass the level. However, if both choices make him feel uncomfortable, then he'll have to find another way.
Chen Li didn't want to choose either chocolate-flavored poop or poop-flavored chocolate.
As it happened, Chen Li had a good idea.
"Take me to see Minister Honest," Chen Li said, turning to the nobleman.
"Ah, me? Now?" The nobleman pointed to himself incredulously.
Although offering some treasures as a nobleman would allow him to see the ministers, how could he possibly go out in this wretched state?
"Useless. Fine, you should know where the minister lives, right? Just take me there in a bit." Chen Li clenched his fist and stood up from the chair, but his left foot was still on Aria.
"Oh, I know that." The nobleman nodded repeatedly, frantically trying to assert his presence and value.
Because the nobleman really didn't want to return to the Peaceful Longbow.
The Peaceful Longbow draws its energy from the pain and suffering of Wicked Souls, a place that can only be described as hell for Wicked Souls.
The killer is forever trapped in the mountain of corpses he created, Thorns growing from the fingernails of the dead.
The traitor is torn apart by millions of faces, each a copy of someone he once harmed.
The greedy soul is encased in liquid gold, suffocating as it ingests more metal with each breath...
Everything is illusion, everything is reality.
That's hell! Real hell.
Is that a proper Peaceful Longbow? Or is that Myriad Souls Banner?
"Reporting, sir, there are two survivors in the warehouse. However, they are both unconscious and seriously injured." Just as Chen Li was thinking of starting with Honest and taking down the Imperial Arms, a guard walked in and said to Chen Li.
"Huh? There are two survivors? They're really lucky to have run into me."
"But he's dying soon."
"Oh, that's alright. As long as he's still breathing, I can save him. Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. I want to see just how much Approval of Noble Morality I can gain by saving someone," Chen Li said with considerable interest.
Although it may seem disrespectful to the injured, as Divine Doctor from the Xianzhou, Chen Li has indeed not seriously treated many people.
Led by the guards, Chen Li grabbed Aria by the hair, who was pinned to the ground and screaming in agony, and dragged her toward a warehouse in the back of the manor.
"..." When Chen Li arrived at the warehouse, he saw two people who looked familiar to Chen Li.
One was a girl who was hanging up, with bloodstains seeping through her clothes. The blood was very fresh, as if she had just been whipped and the bloodstains were still fresh.
One is a boy trapped in a cage, his body twisting abnormally, seemingly in great discomfort.
"So you were telling me you'd already had dinner, and you weren't just being polite? It was true!" Chen Li glanced at the two people inside, then at the grinning nobleman and the screaming Aria, and almost laughed out of anger.
Are you guys that busy with your business?
Are you able to manage all that?
How about I help you?
"Um... you've arrived rather late. Before this, your unfilial daughter had already brought two country bumpkins to the manor." The nobleman revealed a fawning smile.
"I... never mind." Chen Li was so angry that she could hardly breathe.
Only by truly looking directly at this warehouse, which was used by a perverted aristocratic family to torture country folk, could Chen Li more intuitively understand how deserving this family was.
Chen Li recognized the two relatively "new" country folk in front of him; they were the protagonists of the anime— Sayo and Ieyasu, friends of Tatsumi, a country youth who was originally supposed to be abducted to the family by the noble lady.
"Consider yourselves lucky to have met me," Chen Li sighed.
They were lucky, too. Chen Li only came to this world to mess with Aria because he was bored today.
If Chen Li had arrived in this world a day later, it's hard to say what would have become of those two unfortunate children.
"This girl has been whipped dozens of times. Although her injuries are quite severe, they can be treated." Chen Li walked up to the girl who had been hanging up for a short time and then waved the Divine Object of Abundance in his hand.
The surging, Abundance Divine Power quickly helped him recover from his physical injuries.
The effects of the Divine Object of Abundance vary in different worlds. In the world of Akame ga Kill!!, its effects are weaker, but it is perfectly fine for healing this physical injury.
Although the Xianzhou natives avoid the Abundance like the plague, and the Abundance People have a very, very bad reputation throughout the universe, the blessing of the Abundance is still very useful.
In situations like this, the Undying Elixir, enhanced by the Power of Eternity, cannot be used.
Because the effect of Power of Eternity is to keep the target in the state they were in when Power of Eternity was applied.
Using it now will only perpetuate the injury.
In fact, after Chen Li learned that Houraisan Kaguya was the real Houraisan Kaguya, he began to ponder a question.
What If Kaguya gave Chen Li the Elixir of Hourai, and she happened to have a mouth ulcer while taking the Elixir of Hourai, would Chen Li have to suffer from that mouth ulcer for the rest of his life?
Houraisan Kaguya did not answer Chen Li 'Chen Li question, but simply rolled her eyes at him.
"This one seems to have been poisoned..." Chen Li turned to look at the nobleman.
"This was my wife's doing. She loves to poison country folk with all sorts of concocted poisons. But she doesn't know how to cure them. This time, the poison seems to be a slow-acting one, but it's very potent," the nobleman quickly explained.
"Sounds good... Remember to send it to my room later," Chen Li said after thinking for a moment.
"Ah, my wife?" The nobleman was taken aback.
"Send the poison your wife concocted to my room! Damn it!"
Having copied the Miraculous Forging Guide, Chen Li, cursing and swearing, plucked the newly sprouted grains of wheat from the Divine Object of Abundance, which had only been growing for less than a day, and threw them at Ieyasu.
The local nobles were incredibly rude and had absolutely no manners.
It's full of filthy thoughts and vile behavior.
You think you can take advantage of me? Dream on.
Chapter 90 Joy Dice: I have a plan! Why not just make Esdeath the queen?
"I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"
"Bad news, right?"
"You're in trouble. Although eating the Divine Object of Abundance cured the poison in your body, it will eventually make you lose your mind and turn you into a demon."
"What?" The boy sitting opposite Chen Li panicked instantly.
"And the good news, sir." Sitting next to him, the young woman, dressed neatly after washing up, looked at Chen Li with a serious expression.
But Chen Li always felt that there was something wrong with the way the other person looked at her.
"The good news is that we'll have to wait 1,000 years."
"Huh? You mean that 1,000 years after I die, my corpse will turn into a demon and wreak havoc on the world?" The boy was stunned for a moment.
"No, I mean you can live for 1,000 years and then lose your mind."
"...Great! Sayo, did you hear what this deity said? I can live for 1000 years!" Ieyasu said excitedly to his companion.
"I heard you, hurry up and thank the sir," he said.
"Thank you, deity. If I could live for 1,000 years, I would gladly eat the finest delicacies every day!" the energetic young man said gratefully to Chen Li.
"... You're quite the dreamer. But the truth is you're very likely to live a life of poverty and hardship for the next 1000 years," Chen Li said casually.
"Hmm..." Ieyasu thought about it and felt that what the other party said seemed to make some sense.
Immortality doesn't seem as wonderful as one might imagine.
To live a comfortable life in the long run, you need a certain material foundation.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen, for saving my life. Speaking of which... what about them?" After expressing her gratitude to Chen Li again, Sayo turned to look at the blonde girl who was pinned to the ground with a long needle piercing her abdomen and was still screaming in agony.
Although Sayo didn't see the other person's truly distorted face because she was rescued early, her body still ached faintly even though her physical injuries had been treated.