Chapter 134 - 133: Holy Artifact—The Purifying Cloth

Chapter 134: Chapter 133: Holy Artifact—The Purifying Cloth

Michael was an invader?

The group of young women stared at each other, suddenly stunned.

Their mission was to find Michael’s shattered Angel’s Heart, coalesce his Divine Format, and expel the Undead. Yet, according to Aragon, Michael might actually be an invader?

"What’s with those expressions?" Li Ye chuckled. "It’s all just my speculation. After all, I don’t know how the War of the Gods started either.

It’s possible that, just like on the Ounide continent now—with the Undead invading and the humans, elves, and beastmen uniting to fight them—the Vela Divine Race and the Angels formed an alliance. As I recall, aside from a few Fallen Angels, most Angels were good."

"I know," said Philry, the sharp-eared Elf Archer. "I’ve read records about the Fallen Angels. Lucifer led a third of the Angels in a rebellion and was cast out of the Celestial Kingdom, but I don’t know what happened after that."

"..." Li Ye glanced at the elf. "There are many Fallen Angels. Lucifer is just the most famous one, so it’s not surprising you know of him. There’s also the Charming Angel, Checia; the Slaughter Angel, Xila; the Desire Angel, Sasum; and so on. Each of them has their own story..."

"Your Eminence, you know so much," Elise said, looking at Li Ye with adoration.

"I was just fortunate enough to have lived through that era," Li Ye said with a smile. "Though I’m called the man closest to the gods, I’m not a god myself. My greatest dream in life is to become a Maia like my teacher and serve a true Divine Spirit."

"Your Eminence, could you tell us more stories about the Ancient Divine Spirits? Especially about Michael," Elsa asked. "After the War of the Gods, we lost too many records about them. Perhaps through Michael’s story, we can find where his Divine Fragments have been scattered."

"Of course." Li Ye smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly twitched his nose and looked at a quiet, blue-haired girl in the crowd. "Laila, I remember your name is Laila, right?"

"Yes, Your Eminence Aragon." Laila blushed and bowed to Li Ye.

"There’s a scent of blood on you. I think you might need my help," Li Ye said, looking at her with a gentle smile.

The scent of blood?

Laila froze. Her face, which had been only faintly pink, suddenly flushed crimson.

Tears welled in her eyes as she frantically apologized to Li Ye. "I’m so sorry, Your Eminence! I didn’t know my Moonlight Water would come early... For an unclean thing to have offended you..."

"Unclean thing?" Li Ye was taken aback. "You call it an unclean thing?"

"Your Eminence, Moonlight Water has always been seen as a symbol of uncleanliness," Elsa explained, blushing. "During these days, we are most susceptible to illness, our combat strength weakens, and we have to wear red clothes to ward off the impurity."

"Your Eminence, I’ll go take care of it right away," Laila said tearfully.

"Wait." Li Ye stopped her and took out the paper roll.

’Li Ye, what are you trying to do?’ the paper roll asked in terror, its voice echoing in his mind, having keenly sensed something was wrong.

Li Ye ignored it. He tore off a large section, folded it into the shape of a simple sanitary pad, and handed it to Laila. "There is no such thing as an ’unclean thing’," he said softly. "In our era, this is a very normal phenomenon.

As long as you handle it properly, you can completely avoid illness and pain, and just like anyone else, you can always show the world your bright and happy side."

"Your Eminence, what is this?" Laila asked, her face red.

"It’s for absorbing blood." Li Ye matter-of-factly explained how to use it, trying his best to appear natural and calm.

He had seen a movie back on Earth about some Indian Partners.

The protagonist revolutionized the lives of women in India by developing sanitary pads, earning a hero’s ending.

Originally, this wasn’t part of Li Ye’s plan for developing uses for the paper roll.

But when the paper roll mentioned it liked being dyed red, it suddenly gave him an idea. This was also why he had insisted to Luo Ao that his companions had to be girls.

Women make up half the world’s population. If he promoted the paper roll this way, its influence would definitely surpass that of the wristwatches.

After all, a watch isn’t a necessity, but a sanitary pad is.

At least half the population needs them. If he could develop a few other uses for it, its influence would be absolutely off the charts.

As for how to fold a sanitary pad?

Before Demon Qi invaded Earth, there had been a huge uproar over the quality of sanitary pads, and all sorts of videos were teaching women how to make their own.

Li Ye had glanced at one or two of them.

He had originally forgotten about it, but after becoming a Demon Hunter, his past memories had become crystal clear in his mind. He could even remember the color of the underwear of the kid he shared a bed with in kindergarten, let alone some videos he had scrolled past.

"This..." Laila took the simple sanitary pad, at a complete loss. Her face grew even redder. She never imagined her first close interaction with His Eminence would be... this.

Elise and the others never expected His Eminence Aragon to be concerned with such a matter. They were all dumbfounded, their gazes filled with disbelief as they looked at Li Ye.

The stark contrast completely overturned their perception of this man who was closest to the gods.

’His Eminence Aragon really is a pervert!’

This was the shared thought in everyone’s heart.

Facing the stares of so many young women, Li Ye could suddenly empathize with the awkwardness and embarrassment of the protagonist from *Indian Partners*.

’If it weren’t for the Derived Skills, I’d never do something this stupid!’

But Li Ye never gave up halfway on anything he set his mind to.

Besides, promoting sanitary pads in a world that didn’t have them would definitely bring him enormous benefits.

For profit, a capitalist would sell the rope to hang himself. What was a mere sanitary pad in comparison?

’Li Ye, you bastard! I’ll never forgive you!’ the paper roll roared furiously in Li Ye’s mind. ’I am the great Chaotic Heaven Silk, and you’re using me for something like this!’

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Li Ye ignored the paper roll roaring in his mind and frowned slightly. "Isn’t this a perfectly normal matter?"

He held up the paper roll in his hand. "Do you know what this is called?"

"What?" Elise asked, blushing and averting her gaze.

After learning what it was used for, she couldn’t even bring herself to look at the pristine white roll of paper. She remembered that when they first met, His Eminence Aragon had that same white paper wrapped around his hand.

"The Purifying Cloth," Li Ye said. "It was invented by my teacher, Gandalf, for the benefit of all women, to cleanse all the filth in the world and make everyone purer. To be precise, it’s a Holy Artifact."

"A Holy Artifact?"

"Invented by Gandalf?"

A series of incredulous voices rose up.

"That’s right," Li Ye said with a straight face. He didn’t want to take the blame for this, so he pinned it on Gandalf. "My teacher is a Demigod, an assistant to the Vela. He has had many incarnations in the Mortal World.

Among the Elf Race, he was called Mistlandir;

Among the Dwarf Race, he was called Ta Kong;

In the West, he was once called Orolin...

He has taken thousands of forms, walking the world to relieve the suffering of all races.

The Purifying Cloth is a Holy Artifact he invented when, in the form of a woman, he witnessed the great pain and inconvenience women suffer every month.

My teacher put so much effort into this, and you dare to scorn it?"

"We didn’t!" Elise retorted reflexively.

"No, I saw scorn on your faces." Li Ye frowned. "A Divine Spirit did this for you, and you feel ashamed of it. I don’t understand your way of thinking. Do you believe that what my teacher, a Demigod, did was wrong?

If you don’t even love yourselves, who else can you expect to love you? Frankly, I’m very disappointed in you..."

"..." Elise and the others were all speechless.

"Your Eminence, we...?" Elsa opened her mouth to explain but didn’t know what to say.

"Your Eminence, we were wrong," Laila quickly apologized. She hurried off to the side, running into the roadside woods. "I’ll go put it on right now."

’Li Ye, I’m sullied,’ the paper roll’s voice was filled with despair. ’I hate you.’

"Primordial Golden Dipper," Li Ye said, trying to soothe the paper roll. He was worried it would go berserk, lose its sanity, and suddenly corrode him.

"What Primordial Golden Dipper?" Elsa asked.

"Another Holy Artifact." Li Ye looked in the direction of the Undead Race. "Just now, I sensed the aura of another Holy Artifact, but the aura vanished in a flash. After the fall of the Gods, many Holy Artifacts they left behind must still remain in the world.

These Holy Artifacts possess immense power. Finding them can also help us fight against the Undead Calamity..."

A sliver of Demon Qi quietly grew.

Perhaps sensing its own power growing, the paper roll’s complaints gradually subsided.

It began to whisper in a near-despairing voice in Li Ye’s mind, hypnotizing itself: ’Primordial Golden Dipper, Primordial Golden Dipper... my future achievements will be no less than the Primordial Golden Dipper’s... One must suffer the greatest hardships to become the greatest of demons... A hero’s origins don’t matter...’

A moment later, Laila ran back and bowed to Li Ye, her face red. "Thank you, Your Eminence."

"How does it feel?" Li Ye asked.

"It’s very comfortable," Laila whispered, her little face burning hot.

"Of course it is. That’s the Purifying Cloth invented by my teacher," Li Ye said with a smug look. "Everyone, I now know what I must do next."

"Isn’t it to find the Child of Destiny?" Elise asked.

"This can be done at the same time as we search for the Child of Destiny," Li Ye said. "After the fall of the Gods, you all have lost too many things. First, I will promote my teacher’s Purifying Cloth."

"You’re going to promote the Purifying Cloth?" Elsa’s eyes widened. "But doing so will affect your reputation."

Li Ye frowned and shook his head at Elsa. "Why can’t I do what my teacher did? I cannot allow something my teacher worked so hard to create to be lost to history after ten thousand years.

Moreover, your way of thinking is wrong.

I think I know why you haven’t been able to find the Divine Fragments.

Only pure maidens can sense the Divine Format, but deep down, you don’t believe yourselves to be clean. You even feel ashamed of your own bodies. How could maidens like you possibly find the Angel’s Heart?

True purity must be from body to soul, from the inside out.

Only by washing away the world’s prejudice against you—washing away the stigma that the world, including yourselves, has placed upon you—can you truly become pure maidens."