Chapter 1856: Power Soars

Ye Liuyun patted her shoulder and comforted her: "This is the real martial world; there's no Martial Cultivator who doesn't kill! If you don't kill them, they'll kill you! You've lived too comfortably before, so you're not used to it yet!"

When Ye Liuyun tried to comfort her, it only made her sob uncontrollably, and she threw herself into his arms, crying loudly.

Ye Liuyun didn't have the heart to push her away, so he let her vent.

He also thought that He Lian Xiu's rise from a pampered princess to her current level was already hard‑earned.

She had been a bit arrogant before, but her nature was good and her talent was high.

He Lian Xiu sobbed for a while, pouring out the suffering and grievances of recent days, and only then gradually calmed down.

She felt especially safe curled in Ye Liuyun's arms and didn't want to leave.

Ye Liuyun saw her still, then joked, "Are you planning to just fall asleep now tonight?

Or do you want to stew a bit more and get ready to cry again?"

"Pfft!"

He Lian Xiu also laughed, her face flushed as she snuggled into his chest, not daring to look up at him.

At that moment she realized that Ye Liuyun's clothes had already been soaked in a patch by her tears.

"Ah!"

She let out a startled cry and stepped back.

Ye Liuyun didn't mind and simply used True Essence to dry the clothes.

"Go train quickly! I don't want the person who kills me in the future to be you!"

Ye Liuyun said to her.

"Mm!"

He Lian Xiu, cheeks reddened, was led by Ye Liuyun into Xuan Kong Shi.

After that, He Lian Xiu came to Ye Liuyun's place every night to train.

Each visit began with a chat with Ye Liuyun about how her training felt that day, and occasionally she would act coquettishly toward him.

She truly enjoyed being able to see Ye Liuyun every day and chat with him.

He Lian Xiu's strength was also soaring upward.

Her second Soul had already coalesced into a human shape.

Moreover, in battle she had begun to target those with weaker Divine Soul Power, practicing soul‑devouring.

At first Ye Liuyun paired his Soul with hers a few times, then let her practice on her own.

Inside Xuan Kong Shi she also filled her second True Essence Pill.

Hence in future fights she would have more True Essence than others, making her combat power more enduring.

And after these days of tempering, her True Essence became increasingly compact.

Ye Liuyun estimated that after fighting a bit longer she could advance her realm.

He Lian Xiu also listened to Ye Liuyun closely.

She wasn't in a hurry to raise her realm.

Even though many people around her had already advanced.

But she found that once her True Essence solidified, her actual strength was not far behind those people.

And once she breakthroughs, she expects to leave those people behind.

From then on she began cultivating Blade Intent and practicing the Shadow Concealment Technique.

Ye Liuyun also taught her how to nurture a blade, feeding Divine Sense into the sword so they could grasp Blade Intent together.

He Lian Xiu mischievously named the fifth‑grade divine sword Elegant Cloud, meaning the two of them would never part.

He Lian Xiu not only had high talent but also worked extremely hard when cultivating the sword technique.

She saw that Ye Tiandao's Blade Intent was already so strong, and he practiced swinging his sword nonstop each day, so she set a daily quota for herself and wouldn't rest until she met it.

Half a month later, He Lian Xiu officially became a member of the Death Legion and was appointed captain of a hundred‑person squad.

Her Blade Intent finally produced a Blade Intent seed, and her realm began to surge into the Late Stage of Second Doubling.

The remaining cultivation was basically no longer Ye Liuyun's concern.

She even proactively asked Ye Liuyun if there was anything else she could learn.

Ye Liuyun let her study Spatial Power.

Coincidentally, He Lian Xiu also greatly envied Ye Liuyun's Space World and began training it.

However, cultivating Spatial Power isn't as easy to pick up as other powers, but with Ye Liuyun guiding her, she progressed quickly.

At this point Ye Liuyun's Spatial Power could already breach the third‑layer Void barrier; after letting He Lian Xiu experience the Void a few times, he let her investigate on her own.

Ye Liuyun had many duties and couldn't always stay with her.

They had recently fought several major battles, all going smoothly.

Tong Xin forged a Giant Mega Rhino.

It was designed to smash city gates and was almost unstoppable.

That rhino was nearly as tall as a city wall.

Once released, the opponent was already terrified.

Even the stoutest city gate could be rammed open.

Tong Xin also completed the third‑tier armor and weapons the soldiers needed.

All the soldiers donned the new gear.

Previously the equipment was insufficient, and some soldiers never received third‑tier armor and gear.

Ye Liuyun's Death Legion now expanded to sixteen thousand members.

The other soldiers were either eliminated or killed in battle.

Ye Liuyun's army also arrived at the scheduled time and place and made a transaction with Xuan Yuan Lou.

Besides the army's supply exchanges, Ye Liuyun also exchanged the surplus pills for medicinal herbs.

Next, Ye Liuyun and his clone took turns refining pills, and Tong Xin spent half a day each day forging the third‑tier armor for sale.

The army had trained enough, so they stopped fighting and instead boarded Warship, rushing to the border battlefield in the Southwestern Region.

During this time, He Lian Xiu continuously cultivated inside Ye Liuyun's Xuan Kong Shi, breaking through to the late Second Tier, then began absorbing Magic Crystal, refining Buddha Demon Power, while also comprehending the Essence Crystal, refining blade intent and practicing Spatial Power.

Ye Liuyun also led Lei Ming and others to break through to the mid Fourth Tier, fully preparing for the upcoming battle.

A month later, Ye Liuyun and his group hurried to the next trading spot with Xuan Yuan Lou, selling pills and equipment to Xuan Yuan Lou in exchange for a large amount of medicinal herbs and refining materials.

Ye Liuyun also specially bought some highly toxic medicines for He Lian Xiu to boost her poison source.

Another month passed, and Ye Liuyun led the army onto the Warship.

After two months of cultivation, the soldiers also needed some movement.

In this mountain range where ferocious beasts gather, Ye Liuyun ordered the soldiers to disperse in hundred‑person squads to capture the beasts on their own.

Ye Liuyun then led Lei Ming and others deeper into the mountains to find suitable beasts for practice.

The clone, cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak and equipped with a Metal Puppet and a Demon Wolf, covertly protected He Lian Xiu.

This was He Lian Xiu's first solo command, and Ye Liuyun felt somewhat uneasy.

Thanks to the clone's past escort, He Lian Xiu might otherwise not have returned.

He Lian Xiu's team started off very smoothly, even hunting down several Second Tier and two early Third Tier beasts.

Just as He Lian Xiu was deciding whether to press deeper into the mountains to slay a mid‑Third Tier beast, she suddenly realized they were surrounded by a squad of soldiers.

These soldiers also wore the uniforms of the Xiliang army, but their armor was all gold.

Their numbers matched theirs, also forming a hundred‑person squad.