My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 190 - 188: The Army of Monster Soldiers and Demon Beasts

Chapter 190: Chapter 188: The Army of Monster Soldiers and Demon Beasts

As expected, Prince Henry was indeed wealthy. The storage brocade pouch owned by the Bat Taoist was enormous, stuffed full with various high-grade treasure materials that were neatly arranged and categorized. At a glance, Owen Bertram noticed that they were of a higher grade than the materials he had used to craft his Mechanical Dao Soldiers.

The only thing he didn’t have was Dandelion Killer.

Prince Henry didn’t have this item.

Owen Bertram estimated that with the Bat Taoist’s level of craftsmanship in making three apprentices, this batch of treasure materials could create an elite group of 300 Mechanical Dao Soldiers!

If he were making them himself, the number would be even greater.

"Big brother, I don’t need to craft so many Mechanical Dao Soldiers. Most of these treasure materials can be fed to my second brother." Owen was very proud of his find: "Look, my brother is so lucky!"

However, he decided to keep this good news a secret for now, as the moment he told his second brother, he would be pestered all day to consume them, causing him to be unable to move for several days.

The gains this time were even greater than that from the Ghost Cave. Owen felt that joining the Guardian Hall and investigating Prince Henry’s case had been a wise decision.

In addition to these gains, there was also the soul of the Bat Taoist.

Owen released it from the Commander’s Token, then used the Three-part Spirit Technique on it.

The liveliness in the Bat Taoist’s eyes gradually turned dull, and he was completely controlled. Owen examined all his memories.

The guy was pitiful. He was an orphan who had been abandoned at the entrance of a tea house when he was a baby. The owner of the tea house took pity on him and raised him, even having him help out by pouring tea and serving when he was only seven or eight years old.

However, after the owner passed away, the mean-spirited daughter-in-law kicked him out, leaving him to fend for himself.

He then wandered for several years, drifting in and out of various martial arts sects but never achieving anything. His cunning nature allowed him to survive, however.

At around the age of sixteen, he was taken in by an old wandering Taoist priest who taught him cultivation techniques. However, the old priest was an unaffiliated cultivator with a very low level of inheritance, and even kept some secrets for himself. By the time the old priest suddenly died from a relapse of his old injuries, the Bat Taoist was only at the level of spiritual veins.

He then wandered the world for a long time, his progress in cultivation moving at a slow pace. Fortunately, the old priest had left him a notebook containing insights on crafting Dao Soldiers.

The Bat Taoist showed talent in this area, managing to teach himself the art and make a name for himself.

In his thirties, he sought refuge with Prince Henry, possibly for a long-term meal ticket. But he was clever enough to know his limits, and over the years, he had crafted a Dao Soldier army for Prince Henry.

The soldiers were made from a material obtained from a first-tier magical creature—the Wolf-headed Bears—found near Nine Caves Lake.

The total number of soldiers was 1200!

Owen learned from the Bat Taoist’s memories that these Monster Soldiers were several times stronger than ordinary cultivation soldiers, and Prince Henry valued them highly. They were meant to serve as an assault force that would tear through enemy lines during confrontations between armies.

After the completion of this elite Dao Soldier army, it was promptly taken away by Prince Henry’s men. The core magical instrument for controlling the Dao Soldiers was handed over to Prince Henry as well.

It was only when there were issues with the Dao Soldiers that Prince Henry would send word for the Bat Taoist to come and repair them.

However, every visit, his senses would be sealed, so he did not know the exact location of the soldiers. He just knew that the Dao Soldier army was stationed in a huge cave.

As a safety measure, the Bat Taoist secretly crafted a talisman that, when crushed, would make all the Dao Soldiers completely paralyzed.

At the same time, the Bat Taoist had a calm self-understanding: he knew that someone like him, an "oddity of the jianghu", would not truly be close to Prince Henry. The Dao Soldier army he had crafted probably wasn’t the prince’s real trump card!

Owen had his suspicions about this as well.

After conquering the Ghost Cave, Owen and Nathan Lane had discussed the case and concluded that the flaws of the Ghost Soldiers were too apparent. Prince Henry should have valued the Dao Soldiers more in comparison.

However, upon arriving at the Wind and Rain Mountain, they discovered that Prince Henry’s care for the Bat Taoist was only limited to the Broken-Star Sect, which wasn’t part of his own faction. This showed the Bat Taoist’s actual standing in Prince Henry’s forces.

If the Bat Taoist hadn’t managed to craft the three apprentices, he probably wouldn’t have received any more help from Prince Henry.

He had traveled all the way to Darnell Manor without even seeing the real Prince Henry...

"This vassal king is more difficult to deal with than I initially expected."

Owen then carefully studied the Bat Taoist’s insights on crafting Dao Soldiers. The notebook was in his storage brocade pouch, and although the Bat Taoist’s skills had surpassed those recorded in it, they still paled in comparison to Owen’s. However, his ideas were quite clever and held some reference value for himself as well.

How should he deal with the soul of the Bat Taoist? Owen pondered for a while.

While this fellow was an opportunist, he was essentially a grey character who had never committed any significant evils in his life. His acts of swindling while he was in the jianghu didn’t harm the heavens or people.

"Pretend to be, then put it into the Ten Percent Pawn in the Ghost Market. It could serve as a helper, mainly to keep an eye on treasure materials."

Owen relaxed his control through the Three-part Spirit Technique, and the Bat Taoist’s soul slowly regained some of its own consciousness. He then realized the predicament he was in.

After examining himself, he sadly came to the conclusion that he wouldn’t be able to break free from the control.

Being naturally slippery, he could adapt quickly and immediately knelt down, "I’ve seen the master."

Owen waved a hand and told him the arrangement, "You should be grateful that you didn’t commit any great evil in your life; otherwise, your soul would have been scattered by now."

"In the future, do your job well and try to accumulate merit and virtues. Perhaps there will come a day when I will release you so you can reincarnate and have a chance at a new life."

The Bat Taoist resignedly kowtowed again, "Thank you for your grace, master."

Owen waved his hand to send him off, and then thought about writing an official document to Orson Everett.

Since he had already made a breakthrough in Prince Henry’s case with his consecutive captures, it was time to report his achievements.

He couldn’t be the kind of person who worked hard without boasting, or his merit would be reduced by a third.

Owen picked up his pen, and the old ghost appeared beside him, smilingly grinding ink for him.

Owen’s hand, holding the pen, was suspended in midair, feeling utterly embarrassed: he didn’t even have a charming little maid to grind the ink, just an old ghost!

"You, go away!" Owen resolutely refused, and the old ghost left, looking wronged.

Owen finished writing the official document, detailing the progress of Prince Henry’s case, the clues he had discovered, and his future ideas. In the end, he gave himself a small amount of praise for his hard work.

The document could be directly sent to Orson Everett via the Communication Talisman that he had left behind. The talisman could only transmit lightweight items like documents and command tokens.