I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

Li Lin coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention before speaking in a self-deceiving manner.

"So, even though the Shogunate army drowned villagers, the rebels destroyed the town's treasures, and Narukami Taisha turned a deaf ear to the Shin-oka Great Exorcism, we all have a bright future."

236 It's all Orobas's fault for being so useless.

It can only be said that there has never been such a wonderful start. If Li Lin were the first division commander, he could only cheer and applaud.

However, given Li Lin's personality, he's more likely to become Li Yue's guide...

"In short, the maggots from Sunba shouldn't try to compete with the maggots from Anti-Pressure and Blame-Taking Bar to see who is more like a fly."

A few minutes later, Kujo Masahito, who looked as if he had been beaten hundreds of times, finally managed to get up and stared at Li Lin with a complicated expression: "This information is so serious that I can't make a decision on it. I will pass it on to the Tenryo magistrate."

Li Lin didn't care about this.

In any case, the reaction speed of the three magistrates can only be described as tragic. By the time they decided to take action, Li Lin had already stormed into the castle tower and was sparring with the Thunder General.

"I also want to discuss this with Lord Coral Palace Heart Sea."

Goro kept looking back, still not giving up on his plan to bring Orobas back to Umijima.

Although Orobas has regressed from a demon god to a demon beast, it doesn't matter to the islanders of Haiqi Island. The news that Haiqi Omikami is still alive is like raising a banner for all the Haiqi Islanders who are still resisting.

The problem is that their Umi no Omikami is entangled with someone else. Is that good? No, it's not.

Goro felt he should argue his case and bring Omikami back to Umijima, but the matter of Omikami was not yet resolved, and given Omikami's nature, he would not give up so easily.

Just as Li Lin said, the shogunate army drowned its own residents, and Umijima Island also destroyed the talisman of the snake god.

The entire Bayun Island was decimated by this pair of clowns, with nine out of ten houses empty. The villagers who managed to survive were either sacrificed by their own people or drowned in the sea.

It can only be said that the people of Inazuma live in dire straits, and their quality of life is far worse than that of the residents of Liyue and Mondstadt.

Now that both the shogunate and Umijima have leverage over each other, war is unlikely to resume anytime soon. Instead, the focus will be on verbal battles over public opinion.

"Are you really not coming to Haiji Island with me?" Goro said earnestly to Li Lin before leaving. "You will definitely become the most honored guest on Haiji Island, and any request you make will be fulfilled."

Li Lin yawned and said something nonsensical: "Can you give me some Original Recipe Chicken?"

Goro had no idea what Original Recipe Chicken was, and besides, the land on Haiji Island was barren, making it difficult to grow crops.

"But I don't understand why you insist on going to Narukami's land. You know, Lord Orobas's presence will only attract the covetousness and malice of Narukami's retinue," Goro asked, puzzled.

"So what?" Li Lin retorted.

Li Lin took a few steps in front of Goro, pointing to Orobas on his shoulder: "He was first defeated by Morax in the Demon God War, then by the twins Baal and Balzeb, and subsequently fled into the Dark Sea, where he was forced to his death for peeping into secrets he shouldn't have—"

"But the demon god always has his pride."

"What do you get in return for running away and giving in time and time again?"

“The land of Coral Palace is barren and cannot grow crops; the land of Sea God Island is too narrow to accommodate the ever-increasing population; and more importantly, Orobas cannot tolerate his own cowardice.”

Goro felt his heart pounding violently, as if it were about to leap out of his chest.

His mouth was dry: "So, so...you want to—"

Goro almost blurted out that possibility.

“Yes, just like you think.” Li Lin nodded. “I’m going to go and have a go at Beelzebub. Sooner or later, I’ll plunder her dreams and make a mess of her tricolor dumplings and dumpling milk.”

Fun fact: Balzebub is a transliteration of Beelzebub, so the movie "Ray" can also be called Beelzebub.

Li Lin, in front of the surrounding Shogunate soldiers, boasted arrogantly: "I am invincible among men, if I don't fight against the gods, who will I fight against?!"

"Alright!" Goro wagged his tail excitedly, his ears standing up high. "Then I wish you and Omikami good fortune in battle!"

Kujo Masahito could only snort coldly from the sidelines. He wanted to say something, but with Li Lin present, making threats would obviously be punished.

The Coral Palace rebels returned to their camp by boat. Goro vowed to arrest Nathan and the soldiers he had misled as soon as possible, and to extract details from them about the destruction of the town's structures.

The actions of the shogunate army were largely the same: first, they suspended all the transportation of residents and switched to registering them on the spot, distributing land to gather the displaced people, in order to prevent Umijima from having any pretext.

"What are you going to do?"

Kaedehara Manyo is now basically tied to Li Lin; if he leaves, dozens of shogunate soldiers will surround him.

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. The problem is that when he goes to the toilet, dozens of people in full armor follow him, as if they're afraid he might pull a sword out of his crotch like Li Lin.

Heaven help me, not everyone can have a four-dimensional crotch like Li Lin!

"I don't know." The division commander was somewhat dazed; he wasn't even an adult yet.

If he could still be optimistic and cheat others without knowing the reason for his parents' accident, and raise travel expenses by selling crystallized bone marrow, he is now numb.

The desolation that plunged the entire island into death was actually caused by the resistance army on Umijima Island; and the shogunate army not only failed to help the affected villagers, but also lured them and then drowned them.

Are there no good people left in this world?

Despite the sweltering heat, Nagatsugu felt chills all over, his hands and feet were ice-cold, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably. "Will Inazuma ever recover? How are we commoners supposed to live before you people are satisfied?"

"Don't worry, your mother is probably not dead." Li Lin preemptively shifted the blame onto someone else, "It's all Orobas's fault for being so useless."

The white viper perched on Li Lin's shoulder stared wide-eyed.

Changci looked up in confusion.

“Think about it this way: if Orobas had completely taken over Hachiyun Island back then, then this place would belong to Kaiji Island.” Li Lin started talking nonsense. “If he hadn’t taken over Hachiyun Island, then this place would still be under the rule of the shogunate.”

"The problem is that Orobas, that lousy snake, only occupied half of Bayun Island, and then it was turned into a taste snake by Lei Movie. So at least half of your Bayun Island once submitted to the Great God of the Sea."

“If you kneel down quickly during wartime, be careful you don’t face the consequences later.” Li Lin said earnestly, “This is a historical mistake. Compared to the rebellious Haizhi Island group, your ancestors were all corrupt and wicked, so using you as sacrifices is no problem at all.”

The division commander felt that Li Lin was indirectly insulting his ancestors, but he had no evidence.

Seeing that things were looking promising, Li Lin pressed his advantage: "So it's all Orobas's fault for being so useless."

“That makes sense.” Kaedehara Manyo understood.

"Huh?" Li Lin was surprised. I hadn't even finished speaking and you were already making sense. "Wan Ye, when did you become so eloquent? I never would have guessed."

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment, and everyone stared at each other blankly. Even Changci no longer felt sad.

Kaedehara Manyo rubbed his forehead: "I just think what you said makes sense..."

Does he have to admit outright that he's flattering Li Lin?

"Where did I make a valid point?" Li Lin persisted.

Helpless and resigned, Kaedehara Manyo said, "Every word makes sense."

"Really?" Li Lin scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly. "Hehehe, it makes me feel a little embarrassed by what you're saying."

237 Could you perform that again?

Kaedehara Manyo painfully shifted his gaze from Li Lin's maliciously cutesy demeanor to Nagatsugu.

"Since you don't want to go to Umijima Island, nor do you want to stay here and deal with the shogunate, then come with us."

Kaedehara Manyo advised Nagatsugu, "Your mother has boarded a ship bound for Sumeru. If you come with us, we can at least save up for the journey."

Among the seven continental nations, the Inazuma Islands are isolated overseas. To reach other countries, one must travel by ship. However, they are too close to the Dark Sea. Without someone skilled in swimming, one could easily be attacked by the creatures of the sea halfway there and dragged into a realm outside the order of the Seven Gods.

For the Inatsumi people, the most reliable ships were not the Shogunate's Kancho Magistrates, but great pirates like Hayashiro and Ako Hyakume-ki, even surpassing the islanders of Umijima.

Choji's mother boarded a pirate ship and headed towards Sumeru by water.

As if seeing that Nagatsugu was still hesitating, Kaedehara Manyo sighed: "This is also an opportunity. When you go to Sumeru to find your mother in the future, you will have to learn to grow up. The road ahead is long, so let's start with Inazuma."

"Take a good look at the good in this country, and also take a good look at the evil in this country. Learn to remember the good, and also learn to guard against the corrupt tricks."

"Hmm." The division commander's worries were relieved by Kaedehara Manyo's words, and his eyes regained their light.

"By the way, Brother Wanye, what country are you from now?" the chief division commander asked seemingly casually.

The surrounding shogunate samurai also pricked up their ears, paying close attention to Kaedehara Manyo's answer.

"Uh... this—" Kaedehara Manyo looked around awkwardly, and when he saw Li Lin's suddenly interested eyes, his heart skipped a beat, and he knew that he couldn't escape.

"Could you perform that again?" Li Lin asked.

Kaedehara Manba pouted, looked at the expectant, excited, or puzzled eyes around him, sighed, and stared blankly up at the sky.

"I, Wan Ye, have long been a Liyue citizen!"

......

On the east side of Hachiyeon Island, the shogunate army's position, the Kujo Jinya.

The Kujo family, as the head family of the Heavenly Regency, is not without reason. Their ancestors once fought against the Thunder General and won the recognition of the earthly ruler with their swords.

Therefore, the Kujo family has always considered themselves the sword in the hands of the Thunder God, and always appears on the front line of war. If the Tenryo Magistrate is the sword of the Thunder General, then the Kujo family is determined to be the sharpest inch on that sword.

As for the Kujo Jinya, it was a military fortress built overnight by the current head of the Kujo family when the dark calamity surged out of the abyss five hundred years ago. With weak human bodies and weapons, it protected the Narukami land. Since then, the Kujo family has enjoyed even greater glory, and the Jinya, as a form of military fortress, has been preserved and has become a common confrontation method used by the Inazuma army.

A black feather fell from the sky, followed by a flash of tiny lightning.

The soldiers in the nine-man camp instantly went on alert, but they all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the figure falling from the sky.

The lightning in the air disappeared, and the tengu retracted its dark wings.

Clad in nine layers of armor, she landed lightly on the ground, her white tabi socks, which were unusually tall, showing no sign of wobbling. The Thunder Element God's Eye at her waist glowed slightly.

"General, you've finally returned." Tongxin, who was in charge of guarding the Kujou garrison, stepped forward. "I am in armor and cannot greet you properly. Please forgive me, General."