Chapter 1747

Then they would only need to pay some intel or money, and could be released, or wait for a prisoner exchange.

Meng Meng wept again, "We're all just trying to make a living. Even if you have the advantage and ambush us when you fight, you're bound to have some lords captured. If it were your friend, or even your partner-lord captured, wouldn't you go ransom them?"

That really is a problem.

If Su Qin were captured, Zhao Chi would definitely try every possible way to rescue her.

Even using "Tribe Summon" requires first knowing that Su Qin has been captured. If the other side just executes Su Qin on the spot, it really would be very hard to rescue her in time.

Zhao Chi asked, "If I had just killed you on the battlefield earlier, then none of this would have happened, right?"

Meng Meng said, "If I'd died in battle, of course there'd be nothing to say, but you didn't kill me. If you're willing to let me go, willing to keep your word, your reputation will only grow. And if you lose a battle later, the Heavenly King Army will let you off too — it's mutual. The World-Breaking Army and the Heavenly King Army are enemies, but we as mid-level lords don't need to fight this hard, do we? Letting me go is letting go of your future self when you're the one defeated."

Damn, he actually has a point.

Zhao Chi didn't want to admit Meng Meng was right, but thinking it through according to Meng Meng's words, it really was no problem.

Zhao Chi nodded: "I said I wouldn't kill you, that I'd hand you over."

Of course Zhao Chi wanted him dead.

Handing him over to Li Ruanyu wasn't for his own future either, but to catch a traitor.

Zhao Chi absolutely could not afford to fail.

Absolutely not!

If he failed, Gu Qing and the others definitely wouldn't be kept safe.

By then, even if he could stay alive, it would probably be worse than dying in battle.

So Zhao Chi absolutely could not lose.

Not even once.

Meng Meng asked in a small voice, "Then… could you just let me go? I'll give you this intel, and on top of that another 1,000 gold coins. Just let me go, how about it? Anyway, I'm in your hands now — kill me or let me go, it's up to you. Would the merit points you get for handing me over to your superiors even be worth 1,000 gold coins?"

Zhao Chi gave a cold laugh and asked, "You mean, you want to take your territory and your subjects and leave?"

Meng Meng nodded rapidly: "Yes, yes, yes. You've killed so many of my people anyway, my strength has already dropped to town-level, and I can't threaten you at all. Let me go."

Zhao Chi smiled but did not answer.

Instead, he walked over to a nearby table.

Zhuang Ya said, "Those are everything taken out of his spatial storage, all right there."

There was quite a lot, and Zhao Chi put it all into his system space.

【You have obtained items】

【Gold Coins】 ×902

【War-Free Talisman】 ×21

【Voice-Transmitting Talisman】 ×29

【Body-Strengthening Pill】 ×18

【Strength-Enhancing Pill】 ×18

【Pacify-People Talisman】 ×68

【Overseer Talisman】 ×42

【Odor-Removing Pill】 ×78

【Berserker Potion】 ×33

【Long-Lasting Odor-Removing Pill】 ×232

【Lianühen Improvement Manual】 ×1

【Ladies' Short Skirt Improvement Manual】 ×1

【Pangu Axe Fragment】 ×1

Oh ho.

There really are quite a few good things.

Zhao Chi had seen most of them before, but he really hadn't looked closely at their specific effects.

Let's take a look quickly.

【Pacify-People Talisman】 — Functional item. After use, increases the target's Loyalty by 1 point, lasting 1 day.

【Overseer Talisman】 — Functional item. After use, increases the target's Obedience by 1 point, lasting 1 day.

They're all decent enough.

Too bad they're all single-target boosts.

Their effect is limited against large numbers of villagers and prisoners, but they're not bad for certain single targets.

For example, if he captured a fairly strong prisoner, like that 4-meter-tall Frenzied Corpse Ghost, Zhao Chi could use an Overseer Talisman to raise its Obedience by 1 point.

The boost really isn't large, but that 1 point of Obedience might be crucial.

And if he had enough Overseer Talismans, it would be as if that 4-meter giant Frenzied Corpse Ghost already had a basic level of Obedience toward Zhao Chi.

That was certainly good.

After all, once Obedience reaches 3 points, it won't casually attack Zhao Chi.

If it reaches 4 points, Zhao Chi could simply drive it.

So these items were still useful.

But the Pacify-People Talismans weren't needed for now — he'd see how things went when converting large numbers of Flower Demons, and use them if it didn't work out.

There were also two improvement blueprints, which Zhao Chi looked at in surprise.

Lianühen Improvement Manual?

This kind of potion was too niche, and Zhao Chi really hadn't paid it any attention.

He had always assumed this kind of potion was obtained from treasure chests — he hadn't expected there to be an improvement version too.

What's there to improve?

The short-skirt improvement book, though, is pretty good.

The current outfits really are missing a bottom piece — the female soldiers are all just wearing ordinary clothes right now.

Too bad there's only the improvement book.

"Meng Meng, where did you get these two improvement books? Do you have any others?"

Meng Meng shook his head: "No, those two are all there are. The Fierce Woman's Grudge improvement book was opened from a treasure chest, and the short-skirt improvement book was captured earlier. There really aren't any others."

Alright then.

Looks like I'll still have to take the time to post a commission.

The blueprints and super-improvement book for the short skirt might come a bit faster, but there's no telling when the Fierce Woman's Grudge one can be obtained.

Besides, Zhao Chi has never made a potion before.

He'd have to start from scratch.

We'll talk about that later.

Zhao Chi pulled out the Pangu Axe fragment again.

It really does look like an ordinary scrap of copper — completely unremarkable.

Toss it by the roadside and probably no one would even glance at it.

"Meng Meng, is this Pangu Axe fragment what you were just holding?"

"Yes…"

"How were you going to perish together with me using this? Can the Pangu Axe fragment just chop people directly?"

"No… but you can use it to damage the territory and let the demonic beasts outside pour in."

It can be used like that too?

Zhao Chi grew interested: "Tell me in detail."

"How do you not know anything?" Meng Meng blurted out instinctively.

But the moment he saw Zhuang Ya's icy gaze, he immediately said: "Th-that-that-that… the Pangu Axe fragment can expand the territory's range, and it can also split open the territory's protective mist straight through to the Sea of Worlds — then a huge number of demonic beasts would flood in, and wouldn't we all perish together?"

There's such a thing too?

Today really is a good day.

Not only was the battle an easy victory, he also picked up quite a bit of new knowledge.

Zhao Chi hadn't learned any of this back when he was in school either.

Most of what they studied was territory development and combat-related courses.

Those are the real basics for a lord.

As for other things, like the unwritten rules… those are only encountered once you actually get out into society — of course a school wouldn't have courses like that.