[Wow, she's really stripping! This is inappropriate for children, streamer!]

Close your eyes, everyone. So you don't get a sty later.

[Isn't this a bit too cruel, streamer? These are human lives at stake. You used to be so kind.]

[Let's not impose moral judgments, okay? First, look at who they are! What's so pitiful about a bunch of Japanese pirates? Besides, the streamer was just trying to scare them, okay?]

Before Watanabe attacked Gencho, he had always heard people say that Gencho was a land of etiquette.

Even if they capture him and take him prisoner, it won't be a big deal. If he can find that person now, he'll definitely smash that person's head in!

Let's leave aside the Right General, who was ruthless and could stab people as easily as killing a chicken.

The three men in the cell next to his are now riddled with holes and on the verge of death, yet they are still alive, screaming in agony every day.

This woman!

This seemingly beautiful woman actually wanted to strip them naked and throw them into the swarm of stingrays?!

Watanabe couldn't imagine what would happen, let alone their few dozen men. He had personally witnessed twice as many soldiers, without any protection, being dragged into the water by those things when they crossed the bridge!

"No, no!" he shook his head frantically. "You can't do this! You can't do this!"

No one listened to him. They didn't have much on them to begin with, and soon, dozens of them were stripped naked, leaving only a pair of underpants to cover their private parts.

Gu Zhan raised his hand to cover Xu Nian's eyes and gave the Right General a look.

The other party immediately understood and led the group towards the river. With each step, they had to be urged on with a whip for a long time.

But no matter how much Watanabe and the others screamed and cursed, the right general showed no sign of stopping, as if he had already made up his mind to throw them down!

The crocodiles in the river slowly surfaced upon hearing the commotion, likely having sensed their intentions.

The entire river began to stir. When it was only a finger's width away from the formation, Watanabe could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

No matter how much the Right General urged him, he dared not take another step forward. "I'll talk! I'll talk, I'll tell you everything, don't make me go down!"

The others weren't in much better shape than him. Xu Nian silently covered his nose with his hand, but he couldn't block out the stench of urine that filled the air.

He simply made a hand seal with one hand, directly shutting off his sense of smell.

Gu Zhan glanced at her silently without saying a word, but his meaning was clear. Then, the couple listened to Watanabe and the others' testimonies without changing their expressions amidst a group of soldiers who were frowning and gagging.

He truly earned the respect of a large number of people.

“That’s it, that’s it.” Watanabe scrambled to the pile of clothes and pulled something out. “The wizard gave this to us, and then those crocodile dragons acted like they couldn’t see us.”

In the darkness, something shaped like a medicinal herb was gleaming with golden light.

The Right General stepped forward, took the object, and glanced at it. Apart from emitting golden light, it seemed unremarkable. "Is what you're saying true? Why can't we see any light when it's on you?"

It was nearing midsummer, the air was sweltering, and summer clothes were even thinner. Yet, after a long interrogation in the cell, they found this thing on the man.

Xu Nian held it in her hand, playing with it, while listening intently to Watanabe's speech.

Suddenly he remembered that he still had a yellow talisman from the truth-telling spell he had brought with him. "I'll stick this on its forehead, and it'll be guaranteed not to lie."

Upon hearing this, the Right General did as instructed and affixed the yellow talisman to the center of Watanabe's forehead.

Xu Nian chanted a spell, and the thing began to glow faintly. Watanabe said, "It's all true. This thing is called Golden Light Grass. It can ward off evil spirits and cover up your aura. I heard that those crocodile dragons hate the smell of this thing the most. As long as you carry one with you, those things will avoid you when you pass by."

Xu Nian: "You each only brought one plant?"

"Just one plant will last a long time. This herb won't wither. It can be easily hidden in a clothing pocket without being noticed."

The Right General ordered his men to search the area several times, and sure enough, they found these items among the remaining clothing. Watanabe said that they only had these in their camp, and they had taken them all; now the other side didn't have any of these items either.

Xu Nian fiddled with the item in her hand for a moment. She vaguely remembered that when the virtual gifts in the live stream reached a certain amount, she could exchange them for something.

Back in his room, Gu Zhan was still frowning, deep in thought about how to make this thing work to its fullest potential.

Xu Nian closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep, and scrolled through the gifts she could exchange with her silver coins in the live stream.

"What's this?"

The small white cartoon bottle clearly displays the three characters "Growth Water," and its effects are enhanced when used with Heavenly Soil.

The price? Three hundred thousand taels of silver?!

Holy crap, how can this thing be a robbery?!

She flipped through the pages again, looking at the so-called "Heavenly Court Special Soil," which cost another 300,000 taels. Adding it all up, wouldn't that be 600,000 taels?!

It wasn't that she couldn't afford it, Xu Nian glanced at her current assets. During that time in the capital, the emperor had been giving her rewards, and after the wedding, she had been spending Gu Zhan's money.

She really hasn't touched that money; it's already worth over a million taels.

Xu Nian felt a pang of regret; all her hard work over the past few hundred days had been for naught. Even so, she gritted her teeth and bought those two items.

[The host is so generous!]

[Extravagant beyond belief!]

[Rich lady sister, let's get together!]

With the cheers and donations from the comments section, Xu Nian's resentment subsided considerably.

The next day, I got up very early and locked myself in the room to test the practicality of this thing with a flowerpot!

Sure enough, you really do get what you pay for. She buried the so-called Golden Light Grass in the soil. Just one drop, and instantly a large clump of golden-glowing plants sprouted!

Good heavens! Even Guanyin Bodhisattva's sweet dew isn't this effective!

It's almost overflowing the flowerpot!

She took out a pair of scissors, cut off one, and compared it with the ones held by the Huns. Not only were they exactly the same, but the quality was even much better than the others!

Just bury them all in the soil and add a drop of growth water! Then you won't have to worry about the 100,000-strong army of Golden Light Grass!

Xu Nian was so excited she almost jumped up. She remembered the description of the Growth Water Killing Sin and pulled over the flowerpot next to her that contained soil specially used by the Heavenly Court.

Bang!

A loud bang!

As soon as Gu Zhan stepped into the city lord's mansion, he heard the sound and immediately rushed to the room where Xu Nian was.

"What's wrong?!"