Chapter 1242: Let the Whole World Know

"Yes, time." The most intuitive factor was time; the spread and fermentation of news both required time. He Lingchuan pondered, "But rather than time, isn't it... people?" "People?"

"The people who received the news." He Lingchuan stroked his chin, "The news that Nangong Yan was dead spread long ago, and everyone who should know, knew. Perhaps this is the reason why the Peng Kingdom produced more wish power... one of them?"

And he had killed the Ghost King only a few days ago.

The Boss Situ territory had many mountains and hills but few plains. If it weren't for the war, villages separated by dozens of *li* could go their whole lives without meeting, so the speed of news spread could be imagined.

Although the good news that the Ghost King was dead had explosive potential, it was currently only spreading in a few towns and had far from expanded outward.

The mirror remembered again: "Do you still remember what Concubine Mei said?"

"Which sentence?" Concubine Mei had said many things.

"After you killed Nangong Yan, she said, since you did such a great good deed, you should let the whole world know!"

"The whole world?" He Lingchuan pondered repeatedly. Thinking about it now, Concubine Mei's sentence really wasn't wrong.

Was there any way to make his actions and killings swift and decisive, bringing great satisfaction to the people, without bringing fire upon himself? It seemed there was.

The mirror was very good at speaking from He Lingchuan's perspective: "However, what is the use of wish power?"

"On this new armor, besides repelling ordinary poison, miasma, water, and fire attacks, and being exceptionally sturdy..." He Lingchuan pressed his heart scale, feeling it carefully for a long while, "It can also slightly increase my movement speed."

It was about the same as sticking on a Swift Wind Talisman, but this was long-lasting.

"Eh?" the mirror asked strangely, "When worn by Fu Xiong, it could also summon many armor slaves."

"Not for the moment." At least He Lingchuan didn't perceive it, "At that time, the armor was driven by deep evil karma, which is different from now."

Luo Shengjia followed him, which could be considered washing away its past and becoming armor again.

The original power was gone, and everything had to start over.

"Oh!" the mirror was secretly happy. It could also release mirror slaves and mirror ghosts; this Qianglong Battle Armor had such a great background and name, but it wasn't as good as it for the time being.

"As for wish power." He Lingchuan maintained his consistent optimism, "From ancient times to the present, whether it is an extraterrestrial demon or an immortal of this world, none have mastered this power, and they don't even think it's useful. The only exception is the Black Dragon, the true local 'Heavenly God'."

"The Qianglong Battle Armor can gather wish power entirely because of the Black Dragon, and it has nothing to do with me." He was just a practitioner; how could he have the qualifications to master this power right now? He Lingchuan said sternly, "If wish power were so easily researched and understood, why are demons and immortals still helpless against it?"

Demons build temples everywhere and develop believers, just to carry out ulterior motives in the name of faith, such as launching wars and collecting evil energy. The so-called "wish power" is just their facade, not their goal.

They can't utilize it.

Only the Black Dragon understood this power, but unfortunately, it could no longer speak of it.

So from now on, He Lingchuan had one more thing to explore: wish power.

"But I have an intuition." he said slowly, "This is a good thing. Accumulate more wish power, and the Qianglong Battle Armor will definitely have more changes."

A power that only a true "god" could touch, how could it not be a good thing?

"Besides, being able to discover the distribution and strength of wish power is of great use to my future development!" He Lingchuan's eyes shone, "It seems I have to adjust my plans again."

"Ah?" the mirror asked him, "How so?"

He Lingchuan stopped this topic and turned to say: "This armor is not without changes."

He patted the heart scale on his chest: "Look."

As soon as the words fell, the Qianglong Armor covered his whole body, and black flames suddenly steamed on the surface of the black armor.

These flames were exceptionally quiet, but the black smoke that emerged circled and lingered around the Qianglong Battle Armor. Looking closely, it was like ghost shadows wailing silently, trapped within a one-zhang range of the battle armor.

Looking at it was ominous, making people feel ghostly fear.

If someone looked from a distance, their vision would be disturbed by the black smoke, and they wouldn't even be able to see He Lingchuan's figure clearly.

He was alone in the room, with no one else to see, only the mirror going "wow": "Scary enough!"

Dark flames, black armor, ghost shadows—

If the master went out at night and suddenly did this, how many people would be scared? Strangely, He Lingchuan stood by the table, but the table and chairs were safe and sound; not only were there no burn marks, but the surface temperature didn't even rise.

He walked back and forth in the room, and nothing caught fire.

"Is this flame also a characteristic of wish power manifestation?" the mirror asked him, "It doesn't look kind."

"Of course not." He Lingchuan sighed, "This is evil karma."

The Qianglong Battle Armor's predecessor, Luo Shengjia, gathered too much evil karma, turning it into an evil armor; the current Qianglong Armor washed away its past karma in the chaos of the Great Fanghu, but its ability to collect evil karma hadn't changed. After the battle at Cotton Village, He Lingchuan eliminated the Xuan Lu Ghost King, which could be considered personally opening or ending a series of causes and effects. This entangled evil karma would also be manifested by the Qianglong Armor; he couldn't stop it even if he didn't want it.

Just as General Red said, evil karma cannot be avoided. It will follow you forever, like a shadow.

"Right, right, this armor also collects evil karma!" the mirror clicked its tongue, "Not good, this is not good!"

"You are wrong; this isn't collected by the Qianglong Armor, but evil karma clinging to me on its own." He Lingchuan shook his head, "Everything done must bear consequences. Even without the Qianglong Battle Armor, I would still be stained with this evil karma; there's no escaping it."

"It's just that the Qianglong Battle Armor manifests them, just like wish power, giving me an intuitive perception of it. And—" this was the point he was most satisfied with, "these evil flames will also burn enemies."

Evil flames don't hurt dead objects, but they will burn living people.

The mirror couldn't help but say: "Evil karma will accumulate more and more; if one day..."

It didn't dare to say it, but thinking about it made it shudder.

Sigh, what's good about evil karma manifestation? Better to be confused and not see it.

He Lingchuan didn't make a sound; he didn't know what would happen in the end either.

The road ahead could only be walked one step at a time; thinking too much was useless.

At this time, footsteps came from outside, and his heart moved, putting away the Qianglong Battle Armor.

The flames and black smoke were gone, and the room was quiet.

The person coming reported:

Boss Situ He is visiting.

Boss Situ He brought some gifts to see He Lingchuan and asked him to play a game of double-six chess.

He Lingchuan happily brought out the chessboard, knowing he had something to say.

"Hasn't General Boss Situ retreated yet?"

"The arrow is on the string, it must be fired." Boss Situ He picked up a chess piece with his left hand, his three fingers holding it very steadily, "If we wait any longer, the advantage will be smaller and the enemy will be stronger."

The bandages on his hands had been removed, but the pulled-out fingernails hadn't grown back yet, and his fingers looked a bit strange.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1243 =====