522: Don't be afraid, child, I don't kill.

"Hey, why are your legs trembling?"

Chen De pointed at Qi Gui's legs, which were clearly struggling to stand, and asked curiously.

"It... it's nothing," Qi Gui stammered. "I've been sickly since I was a child, and this happens if I stand for too long."

Chen De nodded in understanding. "So that's how it is."

"My lord, please don't kill me." Just then, Qi Gui tried to take the opportunity to kneel again, but fortunately, Chen De held him back.

"Oh my, what are you doing? I've told you so many times, there's no need for this."

"Then can you let me go?" Qi Gui pleaded.

Chen De smiled. "Look at you, overthinking things again, aren't you?"

"I've already punished you, and your punishment is over. Why would I still kill you?"

"Re-really?" Qi Gui felt a secret joy in his heart and asked tentatively.

"Of course it's real!" Chen De said solemnly. "What are you thinking? Would I lie to you?"

He patted Qi Gui on the shoulder. "Child, don't be afraid, I don't kill."

He doesn't kill?

Recalling the miserable deaths of his subordinates one by one, Qi Gui suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Th-th-th-then can I go now?"

Not daring to think about it any further, he turned to ask Chen De ingratiatingly.

"Of course you can." To such a reasonable request, Chen De naturally agreed. "Go on then."

He's actually letting me go?

Qi Gui felt a secret joy in his heart, so he turned around respectfully, his eyes becoming extremely venomous.

He noted down today's great humiliation; he had never suffered such grievances since he was a child.

He swore that everything would be avenged sooner or later.

But just as Qi Gui turned around, without him noticing, Chen De's expression changed drastically, and he shouted in a hurry, "Oh no, get out of the way!"

Oh no? What's wrong?

But he had no chance to ponder this question, because now Qi Gui only felt his vision spinning at an extremely fast speed.

Every time he turned toward Chen De, he could see the anxiety and annoyance on his face.

It turned out that Qi Gui's head, affected by some external force, had spun around three times, finally stopping while facing Chen De.

His face was flushed purple, his mouth wide open, and his eyes bulging as he stared forward.

Chen De finally rushed to Qi Gui's side, but despite using all his might, he could not stop a life from fading away.

He wailed to the sky in a breakdown, "Why, why!"

"Why must the lives around me fade away one by one? Why must you let me watch lives fade away while I am powerless to do anything? Why..."

"It's because I couldn't save you; I am too useless."

As he spoke, Chen De grabbed the knife beside him, seemingly about to commit suicide.

"I've had enough of my own incompetence. Since I can't save you all, let me join you."

But at the critical moment of his suicide, the knife in his hand suddenly stopped.

Chen De casually tossed the knife aside, clasped his hands together, and said, "Supreme Holy Mother, I have attained enlightenment."

"This is what the righteous path of heaven and earth is trying to tell me: my fate is determined by me, not by heaven. When faced with an opportunity to defy heaven and change fate for others, one must firmly grasp it."

Today's events were a lesson for Chen De, for this Supreme Holy Mother.

Now that the lesson had been received, it was time for Chen De to continue with his business.

He came before Yuan Yi once again. To make it easier for him to speak, he took the sock out of his mouth and put his teeth back in one by one.

Finally, after doing all this, he woke him up in the same gentle manner as before.

The first thing Yuan Yi said upon waking up was, "I'll talk, I'll talk, I'll say everything!"

Chen De asked with a smile, "Did you enjoy the little game we just played?"

"Yes, yes." Yuan Yi no longer had any thoughts of defiance; he shouted, "Please ask quickly, ask quickly."

"Good child." Chen De patted his head and began to ask his questions. "The thing you cultivate..."

Following that, through Yuan Yi's exhaustive and unreserved account, he learned everything the other knew.

The Magic Armor Master System!

The philosophy of this system is that through cultivation, everyone can awaken the power hidden within their bodies.

When this power is awakened, it condenses into a set of armor, which is known as magic armor.

And those who awaken magic armor are called Magic Armor Masters.

However, the principle behind the formation of magic armor is unknown.

It does not require the awakener to subjectively shape it; instead, it naturally condenses into a form based on the awakener's own characteristics.

It is just like a person's appearance; whatever you are born with, that is what you have, each with its own unique characteristics.

Therefore, no matter what, there will be subtle differences between different people, so the magic armor that condenses will also be different.

However, according to Yuan Yi's classification, the larger the area covered by the magic armor upon initial awakening, the better the talent.

Magic Armor Masters are divided into the following seven realms: Bronze, Silver Rank, Gold Rank, platinum, Diamond, King, and Legendary Level!

When the magic armor area can cover the whole body, it means one has officially stepped into the Bronze realm.

Therefore, many people with good talent might be Bronze Rank Magic Armor Masters right from the moment they awaken.

The color of the magic armor on Magic Armor Masters of different realms is also different. Most Bronze Rank are bronze-colored, most Silver Rank are silver, most Gold Rank are gold, and platinum...

But why say "most"? Of course, there are exceptions.

Some characters with powerful or special talents have magic armor colors that are different from the norm when they first awaken.

For example, some are gold upon awakening, but the magic armor hasn't covered their whole body yet, so they clearly don't even count as Bronze Rank.

Others have magic armor that is cyan, purple, green...

But there is no denying that these Magic Armor Masters with special colors mostly have aspects that differ from ordinary people.

They might be stronger than ordinary people in some aspects, and they might also be weaker than ordinary people in other aspects.

There have been many cases in the past where those with special-colored magic armor were one-in-a-ten-thousand-year trash.

As the native system of this world, Chen De's choice was naturally to learn it.

When he was in the Lower Plane, he could research various systems while in the Heavenly Imperial Realm and deploy them into various Small Worlds.

As an Ancestor Wuguang at the Immortal Law Realm Fifth Transformation, Chen De believed he was not that incompetent.

Even a system created casually should be stronger than those researched by the Earth Immortal Realm in the Lower Plane.

Therefore, arranging such a system in this world must have had a deeper meaning.

Although everyone who came in actually had the ability to create a system adapted to this world.

But Chen De dared to bet that they would also choose to cultivate the Magic Armor Master System.

No one is a fool; for many things placed in plain sight, what Chen De can think of, others can think of as well.

In this vast universe, those who can cultivate to the Heavenly Imperial Realm, who hasn't spent hundreds of thousands or millions of years of effort?

Even if they were stupid, they couldn't be that stupid.

Chen De mostly relied on information asymmetry; in terms of pure intelligence, he was actually just an ordinary person.

When everything is placed in plain sight, perhaps there are some things others can understand that Chen De cannot.