Snap...

"Hi!"

Seeing the little rascal still so respectful even after being beaten, Yuwen Yingying was also shocked...

"Why didn't you look more clearly? You're such a useless piece of trash!"

After slapping her, Li Zhu angrily scolded, "Whether you know it or not, it's your fault!"

"How many of you have entered the Central Plains?"

Li Zhu felt it necessary to understand the actual situation; otherwise, these shameless samurai would always like to burn, kill, and plunder the coastal people, and if it became a Japanese pirate scourge, the consequences would be endless…

"A few... maybe..."

Snap...

A slap landed on his face, and Little Baka covered his cheek, saying in pain...

"Dozens..."

Snap...

Another slap landed, and Li Zhu thought to himself, "I'll beat you to death for telling the truth..."

"I'm not sure either. There were several hundred of us when we set off, but we encountered a hurricane at sea, and only about one in ten survived. I don't know exactly how many made it ashore..."

Little Baka replied quickly without even breaking a sweat; he was truly terrified of Li Zhu…

Where did you agree to meet?

Upon hearing Li Zhu's question, Xiao Baga hesitated. He could tell that Li Zhu seemed to dislike his people. If he told Li Zhu the agreed location, they might be wiped out by Li Zhu and his men...

"It seems you're not very willing to cooperate..."

A cold smile crept across Li Zhu's lips. He didn't mind if the other party resisted a little; that way, he could justifiably take action...

"They are all my people... I cannot betray them..."

Little Baka mustered his last bit of courage; perhaps this was his bottom line!

"Is he really that principled?"

Li Zhucai couldn't believe that someone with such a strong sense of national inferiority would truly value the lives of others more than his own...

"My lord, you have a connection with our Great God Orochi. For the sake of the Great God Orochi, why do you press us so hard..."

Little Baga tried to appeal to emotions, but while this tactic might work on others, it was completely ineffective against Li Zhu…

Recalling the time before he traveled back in time, and the harm and suffering this nation had inflicted on the land of China, he felt absolutely no sympathy for them…

"Since you're so full of backbone, then take your backbone with you and die..."

Li Zhu said coldly, and then he circulated his internal power, intending to slap this bastard to death!

Little Baka suddenly noticed a token on Li Zhu's waist, and his expression immediately changed. Without saying a word, he knelt down...

Seeing this, Li Zhu was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, "Is that all? Is this all the backbone of Bushido? Their kneeling is so smooth..."

"Your Majesty, the Divine Envoy, Takeda Shingen awaits your command!"

Snap...

Li Zhu slapped him across the face and said angrily.

"Speak properly! I'm not one of your so-called 'ghost messengers'..."

He felt this was an insult to him. Even if he were an ordinary citizen of China, he would never become a divine messenger of an island nation; that was his bottom line…

"You possess a divine messenger token, the symbol of the Orochi God's messenger. I witnessed the token's true form during the sacrificial ceremony, and the aura emanating from yours is even more powerful, indicating that you are indeed the Orochi God's messenger..."

Upon hearing Xiao Baga's words, Li Zhu looked at the token at his waist, the very one the fortune-telling Taoist had given him. It was because of this token that Tianmiao and the others were willing to follow him.

Now even the Japanese recognize this token, which forces Li Zhu to re-evaluate its importance!

"You're saying this token is a symbol of your divine envoy's identity?"

Li Zhu held the token the old Taoist priest had given him and asked, "..."

"Your Excellency, this is the symbol of your status. Please guide us on our way..."

Little Baka knelt on the ground and said respectfully!

Li Zhu stroked the token in his hand. He had never expected this outcome. He guessed that it might be related to Xu Fu, who had sailed east to find the Penglai Immortal Island and seek the elixir of immortality for the First Emperor…

Historical records indicate that he fled to Japan. Xu Fu was a Taoist priest, and given his status at the time, which allowed him to communicate with the First Emperor, it's not surprising that he possessed a high-level identity token.

This so-called divine messenger should be a descendant of Xu Fu who brought five hundred boys and girls with him...

It seems that this so-called Yamata no Okami was also created by this group to control the Japanese!

Having figured all this out, Li Zhu looked at the little bastard kneeling there and said...

"You little bastard, you are inherently lowly and unworthy to serve the messenger of the gods. I am now giving you this opportunity. Think carefully about whether you want to follow me. I have a bad temper and like to hit and scold people..."

"My Lord, I, Baka, am willing..."

Upon hearing Li Zhu's words, Little Baka immediately abandoned the name Takeda Shingen and happily accepted the name Little Baka, knowing he could later boast that it was a name bestowed by a divine messenger…

"Brother Zhuzhu, he's too ugly..."

Yuwen Yingying didn't want to have someone like that around; it was just too much of a mood killer!

When you're in a bad mood, do you especially want to vent?

After hearing Li Zhu's words, Yuwen Yingying thought about it and couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"You can't just hit someone at this time, so you can only suppress yourself. Isn't that very uncomfortable?"

Li Zhu continued to ask, patiently and persuasively.

This time, Yuwen Yingying didn't hesitate; instead, she nodded in complete agreement!

"If someone stood in front of you right now and let you hit them as much as you wanted, and then treated you with utmost respect afterward, making you feel right at home, wouldn't you be very happy? Wouldn't you feel good after venting your emotions?"

"Yes, that's right..."

Yuwen Yingying nodded frantically in agreement…

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Li Zhu pointed at Little Baga, a warm smile on his face…

"Hi!"

Little Baka bowed respectfully, his gesture undoubtedly proving that Li Zhu was right and that he could do it…

"Is it okay for us to stay now?"

"All right…"

Yuwen Yingying was clearly still somewhat unable to accept that this person who had shattered her worldview was staying, but when she thought about the many benefits there would be, she wasn't so resistant anymore...

Li Zhu didn't actually want to keep the little baka; he just felt it was necessary to properly train it to be a loyal dog, so it wouldn't cause trouble for China in the future…

"Little bastard, now that I am your divine messenger, can you tell me your gathering place now...?"

Li Zhu looked at the little rascal like a wolf in sheep's clothing and asked with a smile that concealed a knife!

"Reporting to the Divine Envoy, our assembly point is in Taiyuan Prefecture..."

Taiyuan?

Li Zhu looked at the little bastards in surprise, feeling that something was amiss with them. Taiyuan Prefecture was Zhu Wen's stronghold, and they were supposed to be monitoring the Central Plains, yet they were gathering in Taiyuan Prefecture. This was clearly ill intent...

“Yes, Your Excellency…”

"It seems you lost souls really do need divine guidance, otherwise you'll go astray..."

Li Zhu said solemnly, feeling it necessary for him to act as the divine messenger to guide the lost people of the island nation…