I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

The village chief is dead?

Forget it, die and die.

It only slightly increases the difficulty of communication; this kind of situation will always occur.

Uesugi Tetsu gathered his inner energy and proclaimed loudly, "I am a physician from the Imagawa family! I have come here to treat the sick and save lives after hearing of the plague that has broken out in Mikawa Province!"

Looking at the villagers who were hesitant and starting to discuss among themselves, but who didn't know when they would reach a conclusion, Uesugi Tetsuya didn't bother to say anything more.

He made a move to leave.

"If no one in the village is suffering from disease, I will move on to the next village!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers' differing opinions suddenly dwindled to just one.

"Please wait a moment, Doctor!"

Many villagers immediately turned around, picked up their broken weapons, and ran back into the village.

Uesugi Tetsuya dismounted and waited at the village entrance.

Imagawa Yoshimoto and the Mountain Whale King remained silent on horseback.

Soon, six or seven unconscious people with flushed faces and closed eyes were carried over and placed on the straw mats that had been temporarily laid out.

Men, women, young and old.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced around casually and noticed that all of them were suffering from the same ailment.

He had a fever all over his body, and ulcers began to appear in different places on his skin.

Miasma.

—The sick family he had seen on the road in Totomi Province earlier seemed to be able to bring such illnesses to people.

However, the illness is relatively mild; a few bursts of internal energy should be enough to dispel the evil energy within them and completely cure them.

"Doctor...please take a look."

Is there any hope for this?

The surrounding villagers nervously gathered around.

Uesugi Tetsu asked, "Are there any other patients with other symptoms?"

The villagers looked at each other, and after a brief exchange, they all shook their heads.

"Then things are very simple."

Uesugi Tetsuya condensed seven pure white, blazing streams of energy at his fingertips and shot them into the unconscious person's body.

In just a moment, the feverish aura that had just appeared and had not yet taken root was swept away!

"All right."

He addressed the villagers who were waiting for him to "practice medicine and save lives," saying, "Next, take me for a walk around the village. I need to clear out the source of the lesions."

The villagers were clearly not in a hurry to react.

Some people were stunned.

Some people even subconsciously asked the same question.

"This, is this good?"

"Could this be a con artist trying to make fun of us...?"

"Judging from the doctor's attire, it doesn't seem that bad."

The lively discussion around them abruptly disappeared when the first patient groggily opened his eyes and asked where he was.

In an instant, the way all the villagers looked at the nonchalant Uesugi Tetsuya changed.

Shock, surprise, respect, and... awe.

Because the village chief was one of the seven who had fallen unconscious, upon waking up and hearing what had happened, he immediately bowed deeply to Uesugi Tetsuya.

"Sir, please come with me."

What followed was unremarkable.

Uesugi Tetsu only found one half-star [Miasma Demon] in the village, and after killing it with Kaga Kiyomitsu, the matter was essentially over.

This is incredibly fortunate compared to the villages previously slaughtered by Fu Yan and the Shan Jingu Village, which was forced to leave Mikawa Province.

It appears that the circumstances of illness and suffering among family members vary from village to village.

He obtained several more protective charms, infused them with a bit of thunderous power, and tossed them to the village chief, saying they could ward off evil spirits.

Finally, he asked the village chief to gather all the villagers who were available at the village entrance—

Uesugi Tetsu mounted his horse and then spoke, making sure his voice reached the ears of every villager.

"Fellow villagers."

He bowed slightly, extended his hands towards Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had remained silent and had a stern expression from the very beginning, and said...

"The one who sent me to save you all is none other than the great and generous lord of Mikawa Province, the head of the Imagawa family, Lord Imagawa Yoshimoto!"

Imagawa Yoshimoto surveyed the emaciated villagers and calmly took a breath: "From this day forward, those demons that spread disease, and the current turbulent environment, will cease to exist!"

"I will make sure everyone can live a better life than before!"

"Because—I, the lord of Mikawa Province, Imagawa Yoshimoto, have arrived!"

She raised her hand high and declared forcefully, word by word.

As soon as she finished speaking, a bolt from the blue exploded behind her, causing the villagers to kneel down in panic, their expressions a mixture of surprise and fear.

……

After doing all this, Uesugi Tetsuya and Imagawa Yoshimoto rode away, hurrying to the next village.

On horseback, Uesugi Tetsu glanced with some concern at the prompt after he had just killed the miasma demon and instead of choosing to obtain soul ash, he chose to obtain soul points.

[Your Kaga Kiyomitsu - Blade of Parting has gained 1 Soul Point.]

After this notification appeared, seven of the eight effects in Kaga Kiyomitsu's panel lit up with a faint glow.

It's as if she's twisting her waist while saying—

Click on me.

Come on, call me!

Chapter 186 First Soul Enhancement! The Ticket to the Path to Power. May I ask if this is from Arakawa Special Affairs Department?

Uesugi Tetsuya certainly wouldn't tolerate it.

With a snap, he used his mind to strike hard at the glowing [Effect 1: Thrust Enhancement - Extreme].

Then a further prompt immediately appeared—

[500 Soul Points are required for Thrust Enhancement/Ultimate Enhancement.]

500 Soul Points are equivalent to 500 Soul Ash?

Maybe.

However, this is not yet certain. Uesugi Tetsu only killed one miasma demon and got 1 Soul Point, and he has not yet figured out the pattern of Soul Point drop.

Uesugi Tetsuya looked down again and found that apart from the [Soul Drain and Soul Severing] effect, which could generate Soul Points, all the other effects could be enhanced.

This includes the unique effect of the Separation Blade, which only appears when a lover is separated from their loved one.

This makes sense.

If Soul Points can be used to enhance [Soul Drain and Soul Severing], thereby further increasing the efficiency of Soul Point production, then this effect would be too unreasonable.

Uesugi Tetsuya checked each one and found that the upgrade costs for Thrust and Slash were the lowest, both requiring only 500 Soul Points.

Next is the "Refined as One" skill, which requires 800 points.

Then there are the two effects I just obtained, Blazing Blessing and Spirit, each of which requires 1500 Soul Points to enhance once.

Finally, there's the terrifyingly expensive Separation Blade—

[5000 Soul Points required to upgrade the Blade of Separation (Unique)]

[Note: The number of Soul Points required to enhance the Uniqueness effect has been greatly increased.]

The rarer and more powerful the effect, the more Soul Points are required to enhance it, and the more expensive it is.

This is still reasonable.

"To enhance the blazing blessing once, or to enhance Xiao Jia's own spirituality, it would probably require the soul ash needed for a ten-pull."

Uesugi Tetsu fell into a subtle state of mind.

But is it worth it?

A moment later, Uesugi Tetsu answered in his mind.

That's definitely worth it.

Unlike pulls where the rewards are unknown, where a ten-pull might only yield a bunch of useless cards, the benefits of using Soul Points to strengthen Kaga Kiyomitsu are guaranteed.

At the same time, Kaga Kiyomitsu, who has high growth potential, will also serve as his main weapon and continue to advance alongside him.

It can be said that no matter what, or when you invest in it, it is a choice that will never result in a loss.

While the possibility of a miracle from a single pull represents the allure of gacha pools, in most cases, Uesugi Tetsu is the unlucky player who only gets the pity system.

Therefore, it's temporarily impossible to draw cards from the gacha pool—like right now.

Alternatively, if the need for demonic incarnation is not so strong at the moment, converting the soul ash obtained from slaying demons into soul points that can be confirmed as one's own combat power is naturally a very good choice.

Speaking of which…

With a thought, Uesugi Tetsuya took out ten portions of Soul Ash from his storage backpack.

Tap the hilt of Kaga Kiyomitsu again to make him spring out of the scabbard and press the blade against the soul ash.

Under Uesugi Tetsu's expectant gaze, Kaga Kiyomitsu bounced away with considerable disdain, then shrunk back after making two dissatisfied buzzing sounds and remained motionless.

The mountain whale king, lying on the back of the saddle, stared at "Uesugi Tetsu, who was trying to make Kaga Kiyomitsu a fan," and took a half step back.

—This human seems a bit abnormal.

Uesugi Tetsu watched this scene and sighed inwardly.

"It seems that the attempt to exploit the bug failed; the existing Soul Ash cannot be directly converted into Soul Points."

In that case, we can only rely on pure hard work.

"I don't know if the improved effect will simply enhance the original effect, or if it will create new effects on top of it..."

So, in the next few days of sweeping through the surrounding villages, let's accumulate some soul points by dealing with sick and suffering relatives.

Seeing that Imagawa Yoshimoto had already mentioned seeing the shadow of the next village, Uesugi Tetsu suggested,

"Lord Yiyuan, while we are not in the city, you can also use carrier pigeons to send messages to..."

He was halfway through his sentence when he realized that in the current environment, there was no way a pigeon could come from, so he changed his words.

"Or we could try to communicate with the Matsudaira family of Yoshida Castle in a similar way, so we can find out what the situation is like inside."

Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at him out of the corner of his eye with slight surprise, then nodded calmly.

"That's what I meant."

—Over the next five days, Uesugi Tetsuya spent time with the navigational mountain whale king, who was well-versed in the surrounding geography, and Imagawa Yoshimoto, the key figure who was able to raise the flag.

They cleared out most of the villages surrounding Yoshida Castle, as well as the small towns under their vassal rule.

Upon arriving at the location, he identified himself as a doctor, then summoned the patients, cured some of them, and used heavenly lightning to exorcise the demons in full view of everyone. Finally, he announced the arrival of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

so repeatedly.

The reason it is said that he cured some people is because Uesugi Tetsu could only use his internal energy or spiritual energy to remove the evil energy left behind by the suffering relatives of the patients.

For patients whose lesions have penetrated deep into the body and have actually developed into a real disease, Uesugi Tetsuya is helpless.

After all, he's not a real doctor.

Even so, his "unprecedented medical skills" could cure dozens or even hundreds of people with just a wave of his hand.