Chapter 1678: Knowing How to Be Grateful

When Ye Liuyun acted, his clone immediately seized Li Haoran and Li Xiaoyu.

He then used a blood‑thirsty demon bow to start hunting Tianzun Realm strongmen.

Ye Liuyun practiced Heaven and Earth Power with the Qiankun Palm, while also employing the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to directly strike Martial Cultivators' Core Pills.

Ye Liuyun's Primordial Spirit Secret Technique can now, against Tianzun Seventh Layer and below Martial Cultivators, control the opponent's Core Pill's True Essence to gush everywhere, causing the Core Pill to explode outright.

Against Tianzun Eighth Layer Martial Cultivators, it can prevent the opponent from mobilizing True Essence, leaving them only to await death.

Against Tianzun Ninth Layer Martial Cultivators, it can control half of their True Essence, preventing them from unleashing their full power.

It can be said that, relying solely on this Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, Ye Liuyun is already invincible within the Tianzun Realm.

So he single‑handedly challenged two Tianzun Ninth Layer Martial Cultivators and fought with great relish.

And he eliminated the two in one go; after using the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, he also practiced the Qiankun Palm.

The Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, honed by his continual practice, has grown ever stronger; once this battle ends, Ye Liuyun will be able to directly slay Tianzun Eighth Layer Martial Cultivators.

Where Man Shu, Wu Qingcheng and their companions passed, everything turned into a field of ice sculptures.

Lei Ming manifested his true form and fought alongside the Demon Beast army.

Huo Wu, Xiao Lan Bing, Black Panther and other Monster Beasts had long vanished, their whereabouts unknown.

The others stayed with Ye Liuyun and his clone, and under Ye Liuyun's protection, battled opponents of comparable realm.

Two days later, Lan Ruo Bing personally led nearly a hundred Martial Cultivators to Xinghe City.

On the way, some Martial Cultivators under Lan Ruo Bing voiced discontent toward Ye Liuyun.

"We're all princes, how can a single word from him mobilize us!"

Before Lan Ruo Bing could speak, his subordinate Lao Gui scolded, "Fool! You think we've come this far by our own strength?"

Lan Ruo Bing also nodded and told all his subordinates, "Lao Gui is right; we must be grateful. Ye Liuyun has indeed been kind to us—ever since, he's never caused us trouble, but has constantly looked after us.

The things we have now, he can grant us and can take back at any time. Even if he lets us come as reinforcements, I think it's not a big matter. If it truly were a big matter, he wouldn't need us! Who knows, we might still get a lot of benefits!"

Lao Gui also instructed the men below, "Don't think that because our influence has grown, our wings have become hard! Our strength, compared with Ye Liuyun now, is getting farther and farther behind!"

"Is he really that strong?" someone asked skeptically.

Many of Lan Ruo Bing's subordinates felt that their influence already spanned the Zhongyang Dalu and was quite strong.

"What do you think?" Lao Gui sneered, "All of us combined are still weaker than a single Demonic God Sect!"

As they were chatting, their Divine Senses suddenly detected Xinghe City surrounded by Yin Souls.

"What's happening?" Lao Gui exclaimed in surprise.

"He's already acted ahead of schedule!" Lan Ruo Bing, upon seeing the Yin Souls, guessed that Ye Liuyun had already moved in advance.

She immediately took out a Transmission Talisman to inform Ye Liuyun that they had arrived.

"I'm about to finish here, wait a moment. Then you all take over Xinghe City. From now on you'll have your own territory on the Zhongyang Dalu! The Southern Region is reviving, so establishing a long‑term base here would be fine!" Ye Liuyun said while acting, sending a Transmission Voice to Lan Ruo Bing.

Lan Ruo Bing smiled, then led the men to wait on the outskirts of Xinghe City.

"What's up?" Lao Gui, seeing her smile, knew there was another good thing coming.

"My estimate is correct! You arrange the manpower and prepare to take over Xinghe City!" Lan Ruo Bing told Lao Gui.

"Take over… Xinghe City?" Lao Gui was momentarily stunned.

Lan Ruo Bing nodded, "From now on we'll make this our base! Transfer half of the city's garrison here, and recruit the rest!"

The Imperial Family currently adopts a hands‑off stance toward the Southern Region, allowing the local families to develop freely. As long as they seize it first, it becomes their territory.

Only then did Lao Gui catch on, laughing heartily as he produced a Transmission Talisman and began rallying troops.

This city is so large that their roughly one hundred men are simply insufficient.

After Ye Liuyun and his companions eliminated the city's strongmen, they began selecting several major powers to gather resources.

The smaller factions they couldn't attend to were all left for Lan Ruo Bing to clean up.

Even so, they spent more than a day before finishing the cleanup.

The corpses were stored by the Demon Beasts.

"What shall we do with these two?"

The clone at this moment also threw Li Haoran and Li Xiaoyu before the crowd.

The women had almost been destroyed by them; now, seeing the two, they were naturally angry.

"Ling Shuang!" Ye Liuyun called Ling Shuang, ignoring the two's pleas for mercy.

He only restrained Li Haoran's Core Pill, preventing him from using True Essence, then instructed Ling Shuang, "To cut the grass, you must uproot it! For such trash, show no mercy. They're yours now!"

"Got it!" Ling Shuang replied, slicing both heads off with a single sword. He then retrieved the Storage Rings from their hands.

Only then did Ye Liuyun nod with satisfaction and toss the corpses to the Demon Beasts.

"That's about it! You all continue your training; I should return to cultivation."

After speaking, Ye Liuyun recalled the Demon Beasts, then waved the Soul Banner, gathering the Yin Soul army and all Yin Souls within the city back.

Man Shu and the others, without waiting for Lan Ruo Bing's party to enter the city, left directly.

After Lan Ruo Bing entered the city, Ye Liuyun explained the situation here and the previous friction between Lin Feier's group and the Formation Guardians.

"The city's forces and resources, I've taken some; there's also some I haven't had time to search for individually, so you go collect another round! From now on this place is yours!"

Having given instructions, Ye Liuyun let them activate the Teleportation Array and return directly to Yi Cheng.

Looking at the empty Xinghe City, the men under Lan Ruo Bing finally dared to voice their thoughts.

"The whole city was slaughtered? Ye Liuyun is harsher than a bandit!"

"If this spreads, the entire Zhongyang Dalu would be set ablaze!"

"Will taking over here make us the scapegoats for Ye Liuyun?"

The crowd argued wildly, making random guesses.

"Stop speculating; none of that is our concern. Scatter quickly, search each house for resources, then guard the walls until the main army passes."

Lao Gui didn't like listening to their nagging, and immediately assigned them tasks, keeping them busy.

He then went together with Lan Ruobing, rushing to Chengzhu Fu, preparing to live there from now on!

After that, they also kept busy nonstop; the large army and many Martial Cultivators were summoned by them. Then they opened the city gates, issued announcements, gathered the residents, and restored all kinds of business.