I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

[—Carry a medicine bottle with you when you are sick, so as not to repeat the same serious mistake.]

"This……"

Looking at the results section, Uesugi Tetsuya was momentarily speechless.

Can it cure all diseases?

Isn't that a bit too much of a statement?

But when he thought about how this was a special item of no grade that had fallen from the source of the plague, Suffering, Uesugi Tetsu felt that it might not be impossible.

And what would happen if that food were given to some dying old monster during the next two hours?

A temporary second life?

Uesugi Tetsuya didn't dare to think about it.

He took out the small porcelain bottle containing the panacea, reached out and pulled off the small stopper at the top, and peered inside.

Inside the bottle, three crystal-clear, liquid-like, bluish-green spheres lay quietly at the bottom.

From the outside, it looks quite ordinary, exactly like the water hyacinths that many people used to keep as pets when they were young.

"If this also works on things beyond ghosts and gods..."

Uesugi Tetsu's thoughts began to wander: "Doesn't that mean that I've finally found a way to define the boundary of my Qi Sea?"

Or it could be a more complete breathing technique that can complete both the Sea of ​​Qi and the Palace of the Flesh stages.

If the panacea truly has the same effect on beings beyond the realm of gods and spirits...

Then perhaps these are not just fantasies!

Uesugi Tetsuya stuffed the panacea back with great satisfaction: "There's a reason for this, there really is a reason."

As for the true effects of the panacea... the Special Affairs Bureau always has ways to detect it. Do you think they would let a drug of this caliber get away?

Then, countless notifications of soul ash and soul points appeared one after another.

Uesugi Tetsu waved his hand and deleted them all, then directly brought up the data panels for both of them.

In an instant, the two somewhat exaggerated numbers made Uesugi Tetsuya catch his breath.

【Soul Ash: 6122】

Soul Points: 2188

I'm a fool.

Uesugi Tetsu rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

The two thousand Soul Points are secondary; they'll be used up after upgrading one or two effects.

But... six thousand points of soul ash?

Before I knew it, I had become a Soul Ash Tycoon?

This is a huge sum of money, enough for forty consecutive draws in the Edo Castle gacha pool. It should be enough to get the Hyakume Incarnation no matter what.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Tetsu suddenly remembered that he still had a lot of unnecessary items and props in his backpack.

—With so many items, if we sell them all to Sheng Hai, we can earn at least a thousand or two thousand Soul Ashes.

In that case, wouldn't he have the divine power of fifty consecutive draws?

"Then we just need to wait for Hyakume to evolve into [Epic+] quality..."

As Uesugi Tetsu was speaking, he realized that there was a huge, densely packed, compound eyeball in his bag that would trigger trypophobia in anyone who looked at it.

These were his gains after arriving in Nishio Castle, most of which were obtained after he killed Bingku and Lianguang.

"I almost forgot to feed these eyeballs to Hyakume-ki."

When Uesugi Tetsuichi opened the Edo Castle gacha page, he discovered that the Hyakume-ki loli was so bored that she had started playing barefoot in the mud puddles.

With each light step, another heavy one was taken, leaving him covered in sticky mud, making him look like a little tabby cat from afar.

She seemed unaware of her arrival.

After thinking for a moment, Uesugi Tetsuya took out a single eyeball and threw it into the gacha pool.

pat.

An eyeball fell from the sky, smashed into the pit, and landed right in front of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Loli.

Mud and water splashed up, leaving her staring at the eyeball for a long while.

After a long while, Hyakume suddenly looked up, and several completely different expressions appeared on her fair and translucent face.

Shock, astonishment, shame, anger...

Finally, unification turned into a vicious threat.

Uesugi Tetsu chuckled: "Are you embarrassed because you got caught?"

Without saying much, he simply waved his hand and instantly emptied the eyeballs from his backpack.

The next moment, in the background of Edo Castle, the falling raindrops were instantly replaced by compound eyes that gave one goosebumps.

Eyeballs rained down like a storm, pelting down on the face of the Hundred-Eyed Demon.

what?

The previously fierce little face froze, momentarily confused about what was happening around it.

But no matter what she thought, her eyes just kept going down.

Crackling crackling crackling.

The compound eyes of thousands of Vision Insects were enough to completely fill the area beneath the feet of the Hundred-Eyed Demon, even reaching up to her calves.

Soon, Hyakume realized that what was happening in front of him was not an illusion.

—To have achieved so much in such a short time!?

A look of shock appeared on her face.

Realizing this, she scooped up the eyeballs at her feet, no longer having time to threaten or be angry at the guy who happened to be spying on her at that moment.

Quack quack, quack quack.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the Hyakume-ki on the gacha page, which was pouncing like a hungry tiger, and then at the ever-increasing quality upgrade progress bar.

He then revealed a hearty smile, like that of an old father celebrating a bountiful harvest.

"Eat up, eat more..."

Although it was rather bizarre to see so many eyeballs piled together, Hyakume's "eating habits" were especially tempting, so Uesugi Tetsu patiently watched her mukbang.

Minutes later, like a demon descending from the heavens, the Hundred-Eyed Demon, having swept away thousands of eyeballs in a whirlwind, collapsed onto the Bone Throne.

She patted her stomach contentedly, which had bulged out in a high arc, indicating that she hadn't fully digested yet.

For the first time, Hyakume-ki narrowed his eyes, and a look of "happiness" appeared on his small face.

She waved her hand casually, indicating that the previous matter was wiped clean.

Uesugi Tetsu saw that the long and narrow progress bar was firmly stuck at the [80%] position.

"Still a long way off..."

The remaining 20% ​​would require at least a thousand compound eyes of the Vision-Destroying Insects to fill.

During the Warring States period, it would be difficult to collect all these eyeballs by searching everywhere one by one.

It seems I'll definitely have to make a trip to Shizuoka Prefecture.

Once he gets the high-quality big eyeballs over there and feeds them to Hyakume, he can use his 50 pulls to forcibly marry her!

However, the time between drawing the card and actually drawing it should be quite long, so it's not good to just leave the Soul Ashes lying around; they should be put to good use...

Spending 2000 points to unlock the third "Fishing Master" event, or buying Qi Hai's Five Elements Limitation Items from Sheng Hai when selling items, are both good options.

In particular, we can ask Sheng Hai if he has any way to rescue Master Erchi.

With a smile, he bid farewell to Hyakume in the gacha pool, and then, with a heart full of joy, he turned his gaze to the still bottomless sea of ​​hints he had seen so many times.

Wow, there are so many hints here.

Not bad, not bad.

Looking further ahead, prompts related to the natural flow of mind suddenly burst forth!

Your swordsmanship, Natural Mind Style, has been upgraded to Expert level!

[Natural Mind-Body Flow (Expert 0/10000) (198 unused proficiency points remaining)]

[Effect: The foundation is laid; the path to becoming a swordsman lies at your feet.]

[Your Natural Mind Flow has been upgraded to Expert level, your Physique +5!]

[Because your Natural Mind Style has been upgraded to Expert level, the damage of all your sword moves has been greatly increased!]

[Because your Natural Mind Style has been upgraded to Expert level, your Willpower +10, and your Swordsmanship Mindset has been greatly enhanced!]

[Because your Natural Rinpoche style has been upgraded to Expert level, you have learned the Natural Rinpoche style's ultimate technique, the Sword of No Ignorance!]

Your understanding of stances has deepened significantly!

Your understanding of swordsmanship has deepened!

Your understanding of swordsmanship has deepened!

[Note 1: Because your inner potential has not yet fully formed, your mental state cannot be improved temporarily.]

[Note 2: Since you have not yet chosen a focus for the Natural Mind-Body Flow, proficiency is temporarily unavailable.]

Please choose the future focus of your swordsmanship, Natural Rishin-ryu, as soon as possible.

After the prompt, only two options remained in Uesugi Tetsu's mind: one gold and one silver.

Sword skills][Sword principles

Please select your future focus within the Natural Flow of Mindfulness.

Two avenues leading to the heavens were laid out before Uesugi Tetsuya.

It was as if, even though no axes had fallen, a kind river god suddenly sprang out of the river, holding an axe in each hand, and benevolently asked him...

"Excuse me, did you drop the golden axe or the silver axe?"

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the two glittering options, lost in a long silence.

Finally, puzzled, he asked in return,

"Why can't I have both?"

Chapter 203 focuses on directional techniques and principles, the invisible blade! Effect Eight: Pandemic, Breathing Techniques Completed Again

Since the river god was so kind, he placed both the gold and silver axes in front of him.

Does Uesugi Tetsuya have any reason to refuse "wanting it all"?

"It's a bit petty to present two options but only let people choose one."

Therefore, Uesugi Tetsuya stared at the gold and silver options for [Sword Skills] and [Sword Theory], and said matter-of-factly, "I don't want to give up either the path of sword skills or the path of sword theory."

"I'm leaving."

A moment later, a notification flashed before his eyes again—

[Detection has been detected that you have met the hidden conditions for the swordsmanship style: Natural Mindfulness.]

[You have triggered the hidden choice: Skill and Reason!]

[Skill and Theory]

The colorful, shimmering options floated above the gold and silver pieces, finally bringing a satisfied expression to Uesugi Tetsu's face.

This is right.

—As Ririko once said, most of the monks who have received the full transmission of the sword, the teachers of the training school, and even the teachers of small dojos, only have an expert-level level of swordsmanship.

—And the vast majority of them will only choose one of swordsmanship and swordsmanship theory as the path they will continue to take from now on.

This is the most unwilling, the most resigned, but also the most down-to-earth choice.