Chapter 2007: Practical Battle Training

After the battle at Blood Cloud City, Ye Tiandao's Spearhead Unit reported the combat situation to Yu Xiaofeng and others, drawing their attention.

They immediately began selecting high‑realm soldiers from the army to form elite troops.

From the 300,000 troops, they chose the strongest 50,000, with Yu Xiaofeng personally leading and He Lian Xiu as his deputy.

They conducted small‑scale battles with surrounding cities to hone the new unit.

The remaining 250,000 were led by Xiao Yunfang, who held the City of Death while continuously training and improving to supply reserves for the elite corps.

Pei Yong, the Leader who specializes in subduing Reinforcement Troops, arrived with some capable subordinates, rendezvoused with Yu Xiaofeng, and prepared for battle.

During this period, Ye Liuyun, whenever passing a city, sent Ye Tiandao to assault and test the results; the people, monster beasts and ferocious beasts around him also joined the fights, boosting strength and gathering resources.

The captives taken from Chengzhu Fu, including three Seventh Layer Martial Cultivators, were handed over to Ye Tiandao by Ye Liuyun after their injuries healed.

Thus, in half a month Ye Liuyun's forces only attacked two cities; their advance was not swift.

The remaining captive soldiers numbered fewer than a thousand.

Only then did Ye Liuyun release the original Spearhead Unit, allowing everyone to train and be screened together.

Wang Tianqing once tried to ask about his children's whereabouts, but Ye Liuyun could not bring himself to tell him, thinking it better that he remain unaware.

Since the Slave Seal was on him, Wang Tianqing dared not resist.

Along the way, Ye Liuyun and his clone took turns cultivating during this period, and Feng Hong Xiu did not notice any issue.

Ye Liuyun found that his current Yuan Dan was like a bottomless pit—no matter how much he filled it, it never satisfied; the Mysterious Origin required for a realm breakthrough was simply too much.

His Dual Yuan Dan also greatly slowed his realm advancement.

Ye Tiandao's realm has already risen to the early Sixth Layer, while Ye Liuyun, Lei Ming and Man Shu, who have cultivated Dual Yuan Dan, remain at the late Fifth Layer, still not far from breakthrough.

Wu Qingcheng and others, starting from lower realms, progressed quickly; most have already reached the late Fourth Layer.

To speed cultivation, Ye Liuyun and his clone, when outside the Xuan Kong Shi, began using Wang Tianqing as a training dummy, practicing the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique.

On days without cultivating or using the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, that strength stalled again.

At first, he could not even control a tenth of Wang Tianqing's True Essence with the technique.

After continual practice, his technique could only control two tenths of Wang Tianqing's True Essence.

Moreover, Wang Tianqing himself is a Sixth Layer Martial Cultivator, still far weaker than Seventh/Eighth Level warriors.

"This Primordial Spirit Secret Technique still needs strengthening; otherwise against Seventh/Eighth Level foes it may be useless!"

Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

After this half‑month, the Grand Preceptor's forces should soon be able to catch up with them.

Ye Liuyun no longer intends to assault cities; he wants Ye Tiandao to train the new recruits, preparing for the Grand Preceptor's arrival.

Although they avoid cities and do not initiate attacks, the soldiers inside the city this time launched a proactive assault on them.

"Probably the Grand Preceptor doesn't want you idle, and fears you're moving too fast!"

Feng Hong Xiu analyzed.

Ye Liuyun nodded and added, "It may not stop there.

He can also use this to confirm my location.

I guess he won't fully trust Wang Tianqing!"

Ye Tiandao replied, "That's better; the soldiers get real‑combat training without the losses of a siege, exactly matching my training criteria."

"Fine, you take full command! Wang Tianqing is useless; send him to be cannon fodder!"

Ye Liuyun agreed, letting Ye Tiandao arrange the response himself.

He merely released the Vermilion Bird, waiting to devour Yin Souls and enlarge its Divine Soul Power.

For everyone else, Ye Liuyun had them focus on cultivation, preparing for the upcoming great war.

Ye Tiandao truly inherited Ye Liuyun's authentic teachings; thereafter, each battle annihilated the enemy with minimal casualties.

They endured three successive attacks, yet the soldiers' deaths numbered fewer than three hundred.

Wang Tianqing died on the battlefield.

Even Feng Hong Xiu, after seeing Ye Tiandao's record, was deeply impressed by her command and the unit.

"With these soldiers, you could sustain a great clan in any city!"

"Hmm!"

Ye Liuyun merely replied with a nod, not paying much heed to her words.

"Seems your ambition is considerable! Not even a great clan can satisfy you.

Perhaps in the future there will be chances to cooperate with our Red Luan Tower!"

Feng Hong Xiu read the situation and saw that Ye Liuyun's goal was more than merely becoming a major power.

"Ha ha, you do know how to do business!"

Ye Liuyun laughed, "I also hope to keep cooperating! I just fear I can't afford that much money!"

Feng Hong Xiu laughed, "President Ye, don't be modest! From Blood Cloud City to now is less than a month, and I've seen you plunder plenty! Like a bandit, you've seized several Chengzhu Fu. I'm even envious!"

"All that is for the soldiers.

The resources and gear needed for a few thousand cultivators, when averaged, aren't that much!"

Ye Liuyun hurriedly explained.

Feng Hong Xiu smiled, "I didn't ask you for money, why are you nervous?"

Ye Liuyun laughed with Feng Hong Xiu, lamenting, "I'm just afraid you'll think I'm rich and later squeeze me hard in cooperation! You don't know, I still have hundreds of thousands of troops to sustain.

Calculate it— even ordinary soldiers at the Third Layer consume that many resources daily!"

Feng Hong Xiu thought and agreed; with so many, not to mention weapons and gear, even just cultivation resources are a huge daily expense.

"No wonder you never stop gathering resources wherever you go; tens of thousands of people indeed consume a lot! But do you really have that many troops?"

"No wonder you never forget to gather resources wherever you go—several hundred thousand people indeed consume a lot! But do you really have that many troops?"

Feng Hong Xiu, still unaware of Ye Liuyun's follow‑up army, had already entered Death City.

"Just on this border battlefield there are already nearly four hundred thousand troops! The Death Legion alone has three hundred thousand, and there are also some Mercenaries, half‑beasts, and Reinforcement Troops of the Eastern Kingdom, together adding another one hundred thousand!"

Ye Liuyun explained.

"Four hundred thousand?"

Feng Hong Xiu almost shouted.

She had originally thought the tens of thousands Ye Liuyun mentioned were exaggeration, at most a little over a hundred thousand, but she didn't expect Ye Liuyun to actually have four hundred thousand troops.

Ye Liuyun nodded.

Feng Hong Xiu, seeing Ye Liuyun's demeanor, didn't think he was lying.

"Seems I still underestimated you! With four hundred thousand people, aren't you able to claim the throne and dominate?"

Feng Hong Xiu sighed.

Ye Liuyun only smiled and retorted, "How about replacing the Eastern Kingdom?"

Feng Hong Xiu was startled at first, then immediately realized that Ye Liuyun might not be joking; he truly intended to march against the Eastern Kingdom.