Chapter 140 - 139: Drenched in Dog Blood

Chapter 140: Chapter 139: Drenched in Dog Blood

Thanks to the immense influence Li Ye brought, the roll of paper’s Demon Qi surged, and it was increasing almost every moment.

Having tasted immense benefits, the roll of paper completely let itself go, no longer caring about being used as a sanitary napkin. If it could, it was willing to stoop even lower.

’The Primordial Golden Dipper wouldn’t be bad either.’

"Li Ye, you were right. I shouldn’t be limited by being the Chaotic Heaven Silk," the roll of paper’s voice said, full of pride. "If things keep developing like this, my reputation will surpass the Chaotic Heaven Silk’s as long as I experience a few more worlds. Power! With power, you have everything. People can live without the Chaotic Heaven Silk, but they can’t live without the Purifying Cloth."

"Yeah."

Li Ye gave a distracted "uh-huh," his attention on the Derived Skill he had just awakened.

Drenched in Dog Blood: When a foul object you throw hits a target, it is guaranteed to enrage them and temporarily lower their Luck Value. If the target is an evil being, its abilities will also be weakened to a certain extent.

’Another skill with limitations. First, what I throw has to be a foul object.’

’Second, it has to hit the target.’

’On one hand, it’s a powerful Control Skill.’

’On the other, where am I supposed to find so many foul objects? I can’t just carry them around with me!’

’After my body was transformed by Demon Qi, I no longer need to eat, drink, or excrete. I can’t even produce my own supply...’

’Besides, even if I could, I can’t just stop to take a piss in the middle of a fight!’

’This world doesn’t even have a single storage-type Magical Treasure!’

’However, the Skeleton Monarch is an evil being, so this skill should theoretically be somewhat effective against it, but...’

’Sigh!’

’The Derived Skills I’m awakening are getting more and more underwhelming.’

’Before this, I actually thought I might awaken a Derived Skill like "Champion of Women" or something similar.’

After all, the Purifying Cloth had saved countless women and even liberated their way of thinking.

In the places Li Ye had passed through, Alchemists were already beginning to research substitutes for the Purifying Cloth.

No matter how strong the paper’s Rebirth ability was, it was still finite. There was no way to supply it to everyone.

And both women and soldiers had an extremely high demand for the Purifying Cloth.

Women needed the Purifying Cloth to clean their bodies, while soldiers wanted to use it to bring themselves good luck and bring their enemies misfortune...

’Perhaps when toilet paper becomes widespread throughout this world, I’ll awaken a skill like that!’

...

At this moment, Li Ye was enjoying the Captain America treatment. Every place he passed, he received a warm reception.

The town’s leaders would then invite him to display his power. They used his reputation to bolster their own and recruit more people into the army to fight the Undead on the front lines.

After all, opportunities to fight alongside an Ancient Forbidden Mage were rare. Moreover, Aragon was destined to lead humanity in expelling the Undead and reclaiming their lost lands.

Now, Aragon and his Twelve Saintesses were famous far and wide.

...

After leaving the fortress and entering the cities in the rear, Li Ye had a new task: identifying the Children of Destiny.

The Dukes, Counts, and Marquises from various regions would send their pre-selected, outstanding youths to Li Ye, asking him to pick the Children of Destiny from among them.

Most of these candidates were young women.

They had already received orders from the royal family to get into Aragon’s good graces by any means necessary.

Even the royal family had acknowledged his status, so Aragon was destined to become one of the most powerful people in the world. Plus, he possessed formidable Martial Force.

’So, investing in him early is definitely the right move.’

’Since Aragon likes young women, we’ll just send young women his way.’

’As for who is a Child of Destiny... well, that’s for us to say, isn’t it?’

’It’s not shameful to give a man what he wants.’

To cover up their true intentions, they would mix in a few handsome young men among the candidates.

Each of these selected youths was outstanding, but none of them were who Li Ye was looking for. After all, what he was really searching for were bearers of Demon Qi, not these talented youths of the Mortal World.

Of course, Li Ye didn’t reject them all. He would choose the most exceptional among them to become his followers.

’Geniuses are always favored by fate. The fact that these nobles chose them to follow me is proof enough of their good luck.’

’If I gather a group of lucky people around me, maybe some of their luck will rub off on me!’

’Who knows, maybe there really is a Child of Destiny among them!’

’Sometimes, a little superstition doesn’t hurt.’

Besides, these people were a symbol of his friendship with the powerful nobles of this world.

One more friend is one more path. In the future, Li Ye would need the help of these nobles to popularize toilet paper in this world.

Otherwise, no matter how strong he became or how much authority he wielded, it would all be for nothing if his initiatives couldn’t be implemented.

In the last world, without the Wenda Alliance, it would have been impossible for him to popularize the wristwatches across the world in such a short time and obtain a large amount of Demon Qi.

Without the support of a large amount of Demon Qi, he might have already been killed in his battle with the Puppet Silk.

You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours.

The nobles would offer beautiful women, and Li Ye, in return, would give the Holy Purifying Cloth as a gift to the dignitaries.

Thanks to the powerful propaganda campaign, the nobles of this world were already proud to own a piece of the genuine Purifying Cloth.

They would roll the paper into flowers and pin them to their chests, use it to replace bow ties, or wrap it around their canes as decoration. Some would even use a long strip of the paper as a scarf, wrapping it around their necks to show off their divine favor to outsiders...

Except for the young women who followed Li Ye, very few people actually used it as a sanitary napkin.

Even the princesses and young ladies from noble families would only occasionally, when their Moonlight Water came, use the Purifying Cloth to wipe themselves a bit, to experience its softness and purify their bodies...

In short, the Purifying Cloth had become hard currency in this world.

It was sought after for a fortune at auctions, and even a palm-sized piece of the Purifying Cloth could fetch an astronomical price.

They didn’t even disdain the pieces of the Purifying Cloth that Aragon wiped his hands on and threw at his enemies during duels. They would still pick them up to use, even though legend said that a used Purifying Cloth was tainted with Bad Luck...

...

"Your Excellency Aragon, please let me witness the magic of ancient times and your great power! Let me feel the holiness of the Purifying Cloth!"

「Bright Moon City.」

The dean of the Magic Academy, the Fire Mage Reuben, held his Magic Staff and bowed respectfully to Li Ye.

His eyes shone with anticipation. He had fought hard to get this opportunity.

The Forbidden Mages were all on the front lines. He was just a high-ranking Mage, responsible for training new Mages in the rear, his power far inferior to that of a Forbidden Mage.

But Li Ye needed to build his reputation, and Bright Moon City wanted the Purifying Cloth.

Thus, this battle was unavoidable.

’After all, once I’m defeated, His Excellency Aragon will wrap his captive—me—in the Purifying Cloth.’

’And those lengths of Purifying Cloth are quite long! Aside from the portion I’d have to hand over to the City Lord of Bright Moon City, I could keep more than half for myself!’

...

The duel was set on the Magic Academy’s training grounds, and the spectator stands were filled with people.

The gazes of the audience toward Aragon were fervent. They were cheering for him, as if they weren’t the ones whose lands had been seized and whose families had been slaughtered by the Undead.

A courtesan knows not the pain of a kingdom’s fall; from across the river, she still sings for a new patron’s call. It seemed that in any world, there was never a shortage of people who would indulge themselves while their nation teetered on the brink of ruin.

’Taking in the expressions of the crowd, Li Ye shook his head inwardly. But what did any of this have to do with him? He was just a Time Traveler struggling to survive!’

’If the Skeleton Monarch would just leave me alone, I could coast for a year, easily pick up a few Derived Skills, and I wouldn’t even want to fight it...’

"Of course." Li Ye smiled and nodded. He tore off a piece of the paper, wiped his already clean hands, and tossed it onto Reuben.

Actually, Li Ye really wanted to try out his new skill on him.

But in front of such a large crowd, throwing a blood-stained sanitary napkin was really going too far.

He also couldn’t bring himself to ask the young women for one, even though he knew that Elsa and the others had saved their used Purifying Cloths, planning to use them against enemies...

FLOP!

When the piece of paper landed on Reuben, his initially joyous and expectant expression suddenly changed.

He shot the paper a look of disgust, his brow furrowing. Even his voice grew cold. "Your Excellency Aragon, let us begin! I will do everything in my power to defeat you..."

’Huh?’

Li Ye froze for a second. ’Did the skill actually work?’

’Does a piece of paper I wiped my hands on count as a ’foul object’?’

’Well, all right!’

’I guess no one wants a tissue someone else just used to wipe their hands thrown at them. It really does count as something dirty!’

’That makes using this skill surprisingly simple!’

Li Ye’s mood suddenly improved. "Dean Reuben, please."

WHOOSH!

Reuben raised his Magic Staff, and a Fireball shot toward Li Ye’s face as he quickly retreated.

A Mage and a Warrior shouldn’t be this close in a duel, but this was a friendly sparring match, so the conventions weren’t strictly followed.

But Reuben, his anger ignited, felt insulted and was bent on defeating Li Ye, so he subconsciously pulled away to press his advantage.

But just as he was retreating, the belt holding up his pants suddenly snapped. Freed from the belt’s restraint, Reuben’s pants slid down uncontrollably.

He froze in astonishment, not having time to pull his pants up.

Li Ye’s fist was already there, smashing into his face. He passed out, resentful.

As Li Ye reached out, lifted him up, and prepared to bind him with the roll of paper, Reuben’s wide trousers, which had fallen to his ankles, shifted. His Magic Robe fell open, exposing his large buttocks to everyone. It turned out Reuben didn’t have a habit of wearing underwear...

The crowd gasped, then erupted into uproarious laughter.

’Well, what do you know!’

’Looks like his Luck Value abandoned him too.’

Li Ye’s eyes lit up. The roll of paper flew out, quickly wrapping Reuben up like a white rice dumpling to preserve a shred of his dignity. Only then did he turn to the audience in the stands and announce, "The Holy Artifact’s power is gradually reawakening! It has begun to bring Bad Luck to our enemies..."