Chapter 2370: Seizing the Small City

When Wang Wei scanned Chengzhu Fu again with Divine Sense, it was found that the situation had shifted, and Ye Liuyun at that moment had already taken control of an increasing number of Martial Cultivators in Chengzhu Fu.

The City Lord had also already had his Soul directly devoured by Ye Liuyun, and the remaining Martial Cultivators in Chengzhu Fu had lost all fighting spirit, all gathered in the middle by Ye Liuyun and his followers.

Ye Liuyun was at this moment planting Slave Seals one after another.

A few Martial Cultivators who tried to resist and flee were immediately slain by Zhao Hu, Lei Ming and others.

The timing was perfect; just as these people had been subjugated by Ye Liuyun, the patrolling soldiers also charged in.

Ye Liuyun glanced at their realms, first seized control of their captain, and then the group eliminated the soldiers below the Super God Realm, leaving six Super God Realm soldiers.

He immediately had others put on those armors.

Then he released the soldiers he had captured, prepared an ambush, and also activated Chengzhu Fu's Defense Array.

The more than sixty bandits, still nervous after robbing the merchant guild, ran here to report to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun gathered the resources they had looted and ordered them to disperse and prepare for battle.

Soon, squads of garrison troops rushed toward Chengzhu Fu.

Ye Liuyun used Divine Sense to scan and found that there were only a thousand soldiers here above the Ninth Realm.

Among them, the Super God Realm soldiers numbered fewer than two hundred.

"This is way too weak!"

Ye Liuyun was still somewhat dissatisfied.

These few people don't even need Magic Vine to handle.

He opened a gap in the Defense Array and let those soldiers in.

The garrison Leader immediately led the strongest five hundred soldiers to charge in, and then Ye Liuyun began to shut the gate and strike, surrounding those people.

"What are you?"

The Leader, seeing that Ye Liuyun's side was composed entirely of Super God Realm elites, most of whom were soldiers, was stunned.

This Leader's Divine Soul Power was not strong, nor was his strength the greatest; he likely rose through connections.

So Ye Liuyun immediately used Red Eye to seize control of him.

"You're our own people, drop your weapons!"

The Leader immediately ordered those soldiers to lay down their weapons.

Seeing this, the bandits and Wang Wei finally relaxed.

Ye Liuyun looked at these people and thought the numbers were too great; planting Slave Seals one by one would waste too much effort.

"We'll form a Lingyun Corps; I'll act as Leader for now, and you become Deputy Leader, which will also make it easier to control these soldiers."

Ye Liuyun said to Zhao Hu.

"No problem! It's a good chance for me to indulge my official cravings!"

Zhao Hu laughed.

Thus Ye Liuyun established the Lingyun Corps, had the Leader bring out some armors, and equipped the captured Martial Cultivators with them.

As for his own companions and Yu Yao, he equipped them with armors forged by Tong Xin, far superior to their previous armors.

The Martial Cultivators Ye Liuyun captured, the previously seized soldiers, and the garrison within Chengzhu Fu, regardless of former positions, were made to collectively swear allegiance to the Lingyun Corps and become ordinary soldiers.

Ye Liuyun, as Leader of the Lingyun Corps, had Yu Yao and Zhao Hu as Deputy Leaders.

Zhao Hu was decent at leading charges, but lacked patience in training soldiers, so Ye Liuyun also appointed Yu Yao as Deputy Leader, handed him the training manuals compiled by Yu Xiaofeng, and let Yu Yao train the soldiers.

He calmly reorganized his army inside Chengzhu Fu, while the outside soldiers, clueless, gathered around the perimeter of Chengzhu Fu.

But seeing the harmonious scene inside and everyone in uniforms, they assumed nothing serious was happening.

Unexpectedly, after Ye Liuyun finished his tasks, he ordered the Lingyun Corps: "Kill all the soldiers outside, collect the armors, Storage Rings, and corpses, then we will rob some of the major forces here to amass resources needed for the army."

"Yes!"

The soldiers answered in unison, and when Ye Liuyun opened the Defense Array, they surged out like wolves and tigers.

These people were the strongest of their realms; killing lower‑realm soldiers was a piece of cake.

The soldiers outside, terrified, turned and fled the moment they could still run.

And Ye Liuyun's Lingyun Corps chased and slaughtered those soldiers throughout the streets.

"So the garrison has turned!"

Some major forces in the city, seeing soldiers killing each other, felt a little relieved.

But when the Lingyun Corps had killed all the soldiers, they could no longer escape.

The Lingyun Corps then began to rob house by house.

For those who dared not resist and were highly cooperative, they forced the Martial Cultivator elites to join the Lingyun Corps, then seized all resources without wanton killing.

Only the forces that cared only for money and not their lives would prompt Ye Liuyun to let the Lingyun Corps act.

And when they acted, it was a complete extermination—root and branch, leaving none.

At the Teleportation Array, Ye Liuyun released Liu Jing, who completely destroyed the formation here.

Even other cities, upon hearing the news and attempting to send aid, could not arrive within ten days.

Two days later, all major forces within the city had been thoroughly robbed by Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, together with Yu Yao and Zhao Hu, went to the city walls to observe the terrain.

Wang Wei, who had been watching Ye Liuyun all along, now admired him immensely.

He never could have imagined that Ye Liuyun would pull off something so massive!

He reported the situation he witnessed faithfully to Wan Wei Hou.

Lord Wanwei was also overjoyed.

However, he did not command Ye Liuyun, only had Wang Wei continue to cooperate with him.

"What are your plans for the next step?"

Wang Wei also came to ask Ye Liuyun what his next move would be.

"Wait for reinforcements to arrive, then seize the soldiers!"

Ye Liuyun said decisively.

"What if the Golden Spear Marquis sends a large army?"

Wang Wei hasn't yet adapted to Ye Liuyun's fighting style; he's a bit worried.

"No matter how many come, we'll wipe them all out!"

Zhao Hu said domineeringly.

Ye Liuyun knew Wang Wei was worried, and explained to him: "At first, he won't send too many people."

"We'll try to capture as many soldiers as we can first."

"If they send a large army, we'll retreat then."

Ye Liuyun also didn't want to reveal too much of his strength.

He wanted to try following conventional tactics to see if he could bring this army under his control.

But he also hadn't forgotten to ask Wang Wei for military funds; he didn't want to spend his own money to support this army for others to work.

"Soldiers need training and upkeep."

"Please trouble you to apply to the Marquis of Ten Thousand Might for these people's expenses."

"Expenses that should be spent, if they're not large, don't need to be applied for."

"The Prince had already instructed me on that."

Wang Wei wasn't stingy either; he directly gave Ye Liuyun a month's military pay for these soldiers.

Ye Liuyun looked, then laughed: "These funds can't raise elite troops! You should apply to the Marquis Lord instead; my troops need ten times the military pay!"

Wang Wei was also taken aback, but he still first paid Ye Liuyun.

He also knew the Marquis of Ten Thousand Might basically didn't care about these resources.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun had earned merit, so the Marquis of Ten Thousand Might would certainly agree to his request.

As for the future, we can first see how Ye Liuyun's training turns out before deciding.