Chapter 1118: Steering the Ship Personally

After more than ten days since the Cheng Clan disciples emerged, Feng Changming was nearly despairing.

Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation emanated from the Formation, and then Ye Liuyun appeared before everyone with the entire team, none missing.

Moreover, each of them wore a smile, clearly having gained a lot.

Just by looking at their expressions, they were completely different from the Cheng Clan members.

"How's it going? Any gains?"

When Feng Changming saw that Ye Liuyun and the others had all returned, he excitedly asked straight away.

Ye Liuyun replied calmly, "We'll discuss it back at the clan later! We didn't really gain anything; we just all survived."

He said that specifically for the Cheng Clan, fearing their jealousy.

Feng Changming quickly realized he shouldn't have asked about gains here.

"As long as we're alive, that's enough! Let's go!"

After speaking, he led the disciples onto the Flying Boat and hurried back to the Feng Clan.

The Cheng Clan Elders, seeing that all their disciples had returned, were already jealous. Seeing the smiles on their faces made them think the disciples had gained a lot.

But they had no excuse to block them. Their agreement stipulated that whoever gained benefits kept them, and they wouldn't hold each other accountable.

So they could only watch them leave with open eyes.

After leaving not far away, Ye Liuyun secretly recorded the external coordinates in the Black Tower.

On the way, Feng Changming was very excited, asking several times about the gains, but Ye Liuyun and the team kept tight lips, revealing nothing.

When the Formation was activated, Ye Liuyun had already warned the others that everything would be discussed after returning to the clan; no one was allowed to disclose any details of the Secret Realm while en route.

Thus Feng Changming was speechlessly amused at that moment, not expecting Ye Liuyun's standing in the disciples' eyes to be higher than his.

Actually, that is easy to understand. Ye Liuyun fought side by side with them, sharing life and death. In critical moments, he could still consider their safety, so the disciples felt naturally closer to Ye Liuyun than to a cultivation‑teaching Elder.

After returning to the Feng Clan, all fifty disciples were summoned to the Grand Hall for a report.

Only then did everyone begin recounting the events.

When asked about Ye Liuyun's solo scouting, he merely said that he vaguely reached a city inside, but a Formation guarded it, preventing entry. It was no different from what Mo Tianheng had said.

Moreover, a team member corroborated Ye Liuyun's account.

After the ferocious beasts were relocated, some Feng Clan disciples approached that city, but indeed a Formation blocked them; they couldn't get in at all.

However, why the beasts fought and where their corpses went after the battle remained unclear to everyone.

Ye Liuyun also knew that the Feng Clan Clan Chief wouldn't readily trust him.

Moreover, his subsequent plan to open a Beast Arena still required the Feng Clan's experiential support.

So he directly sent a Transmission Voice to the Clan Chief: "I killed some of those beasts, and relocated others to a breeding base. Now we can compete with the Cheng Clan over the Beast Arena's operation."

Only then did the Clan Chief believe Ye Liuyun.

He kept Ye Liuyun while sending the other disciples to rest, leaving the Grand Elder and the Second Elder behind.

At this point, Ye Liuyun recounted the events again, merely omitting the part involving him and Mo Tianheng.

After finishing, he advised the Clan Chief: "I reckon that Formation is unbreakable for them. In the future they'll still invite you to co‑develop that Secret Realm!"

"Oh? You understand Formations?" the Clan Chief asked curiously.

"The truth is I don't understand Formations, but I have someone who does!" Ye Liuyun replied honestly.

All the events Ye Liuyun narrated were truthful, only a segment was omitted. That made it easier for people to believe.

The Clan Chief and others saw no flaw and let Ye Liuyun go back.

At the same time they comforted Ye Liuyun: "Don't worry about the Spirit Stones for the relocated beasts; we'll increase our investment proportionally to the number of beast bases!"

"Thank you, Clan Chief!"

After thanking, Ye Liuyun returned to rest.

Meanwhile, the Cheng Clan's representative in Yi Cheng reported back that the beast base matter had been confirmed.

However, there were now too many beasts being relocated; the exact numbers and levels required time to tally.

Only then could they calculate how many additional Spirit Stones were needed.

But the representative estimated it wasn't a small sum. Even if they contributed only twenty percent, a rough estimate still ran into thousands, tens of billions of investment.

The Cheng Clan Clan Chief, Grand Elder, and Second Elder exchanged glances and immediately laughed.

They're not afraid of large investment; they're only afraid of having nowhere worth investing in!

"This kid is really capable, didn't leave any trace for the Cheng Clan!" the Second Elder praised.

"Indeed! And that Secret Realm has no value now. If the Cheng Clan wants to open that city, they'll have to cooperate with us."

"Two birds with one stone! Relocated the beasts and stocked resources for the Beast Arena! This kid is truly exceptional!"

The Clan Chief also sighed in admiration.

He admired Ye Liuyun's boldness.

Moving so many beasts with Formations, just imagining it reveals how massive Ye Liuyun's expenditure must have been!

Those lacking wealth or courage would never dare such a deed.

"Probably we need to prepare more funds and manpower to help him set up the Beast Arena!" the Grand Elder immediately thought.

"Alright, go prepare and negotiate with him so we can invest a bit more and claim an extra ten percent share!" the Clan Chief ordered.

"Yes!" the Grand Elder replied, heading off to make arrangements.

After returning, Ye Liuyun began researching the Beast Arena with Du Yan, Liang Xue, and others.

The Beast Arena's security can be fully handled by the Demonic God Sect, so they now have resources, venue, and personnel; the only lacking parts are experience and publicity.

"I believe the Feng Clan will be very interested!" Ye Liuyun reassured everyone to wait a bit longer.

Then he began discussing with everyone who should manage the Beast Arena.

"The Beast Arena is a battlefield directly competing with the Cheng Clan; I suggest you take charge yourself, others probably lack the ability!" Liang Xue suggested.

"Not bad. I also think that way!" Du Yan also thought the same as Liang Xue.

Ye Liuyun thought it over and also felt the pressure was too great; entrusting it to his own woman, he couldn't bear to; entrusting it to outsiders, he couldn't rest easy.

"Alright, I'll do it myself!" Finally, Ye Liuyun also made a decision.

Du Yan helped him find a Secret Realm large enough to serve as an arena for beast fights.

And Ye Liuyun sent his clone, Wu Qingcheng, and Su Miaoyin back to Yi Cheng.

Qiong Qi and the senior rank's amnesiac shadow member also followed the clone back to Yi Cheng. The shadow is responsible for protecting the clone. And Qiong Qi went to help set up various formations.