Chapter 2595: with translation of chapter title

Lingxiao led the rebel forces, always vigilantly watching the movements of Ye Liuyun and his people.

They had seen Ye Liuyun's group's strength, knowing that if they attacked, they'd have no chance of survival.

"Who are you?"

Lingxiao took the initiative to ask Ye Liuyun.

"We come from the Southern Alliance; I am Qin Peng."

Ye Liuyun gave a brief introduction, using Qin Peng's false name.

"Lingxiao."

"We are the rebel army of the Jin tribe."

"Initially, the Zhou tribe allied with the foreign tribe and forcibly annexed us into the Zhou tribe; we refused to accept it." Lingxiao also briefly explained their origin to Ye Liuyun.

"I'm worried the Zhou tribe will still send strong fighters; we should first relocate, find a safe place, and then discuss in detail?"

"If possible, I also hope to form an alliance with you."

Ye Liuyun reminded Lingxiao.

"Good!"

Lingxiao and his group immediately began the relocation, having the troops scatter and move to avoid being discovered by the tribe.

Ye Liuyun, walking and talking with Lingxiao, said: "Our alliance also feels that last time we were tricked by the Zhou tribe."

"So they sent me to investigate the situation."

"We also know about this matter."

"Zhou Qiang is absolutely a despicable villain."

"I heard you lost five to six hundred thousand troops?"

Lingxiao also began chatting with Ye Liuyun, recounting many secret events of how the Jin tribe was wiped out, many of which even Luan Feng'an didn't know.

Ye Liuyun also said: "Yeah, last time we indeed suffered heavy losses."

But it also counts as killing the foreign tribe; at least the soldiers didn't die in vain.

But hearing you say that, there are indeed quite a few foreign tribe spies within the tribe!

Lingxiao also confirmed: "Indeed, at least these are what we know; there are many more deeply hidden. I estimate that the leadership of the Zhou tribe has already fallen into the hands of the foreign tribe."

"That's why we refuse to acknowledge the tribe's merger and will not accept its leadership."

Ye Liuyun, however, secretly thought: "With so many foreign tribe spies, it's unlikely that Zhou Qiang, as the clan chief of the Zhou tribe, wouldn't have noticed."

"But he accepts this situation, which suggests that Zhou Qiang might himself be a foreign tribe member."

Ye Liuyun, thinking this, had his clone perform a soul search on the human martial cultivator he had captured, who had been contaminated by the foreign tribe.

However, this martial cultivator didn't know whether Zhou Qiang was a foreign tribe member, but he did know an elder who, although lacking foreign tribe aura, was also assisting the foreign tribe.

Moreover, they had received orders from the foreign tribe and were also required to obey that elder's commands.

Ye Liuyun immediately released that martial cultivator, letting him speak all the information he knew.

"It seems that the clan chief or elders of the Zhou tribe are all suspect of defection to the foreign tribe."

Lingxiao finally reached the same conclusion.

But this result also worried the rebel forces, for with their own strength they had no hope of overthrowing the Zhou tribe.

The information they knew could not be disseminated.

Even if they spoke out, others would think they were slandering the tribe's elders.

Therefore, Lingxiao also felt they needed to ally with Ye Liuyun in order to rescue their own clansmen.

Ye Liuyun and they also hit it off immediately, both parties signing an equal alliance Divine Soul Contract.

Thus, Ye Liuyun, in his opposition to the foreign tribe, gained an additional three thousand powerful martial cultivators.

After arriving at their new base, Ye Liuyun discussed the next steps of the action plan with Lingxiao and some other strong individuals.

Eventually they all agreed to Ye Liuyun's plan; after the commotion dies down, they will first go assassinate some foreign tribe spies.

Ye Liuyun took responsibility for assassinating elders and experts above the Zhuanzai Jingjie, using soul search to gather more information.

The rebel forces, meanwhile, dispatched some Zhuanzai Jingjie experts to assassinate martial cultivators below that realm.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun also became acquainted with some of the rebel forces' members.

The rebel forces are also short on resources; Ye Liuyun additionally produced plenty of beast meat, medicinal pills, and Divine Crystals to support them.

A few days later, Ye Liuyun first returned to check on Luan Feng'an and Luan Ping.

What surprised him was that Luan Ping had actually managed to practice a thousand chops each day, spending a great amount of time training his chopping technique.

Moreover, when he returned, Luan Ping was still practicing.

After more than ten days of practice, his arm strength had increased considerably; a single chop now went deeper and was easier to withdraw.

"This kid is obsessed, practicing desperately every day, and hardly comes to help me with work!"

Luan Feng'an also said to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun first handed some food seeds to Luan Feng'an, letting him plant food, and then summoned Luan Ping over.

"How does practicing chopping feel?"

He asked Luan Ping.

"My strength has increased! I feel that as long as I train hard, I will become stronger."

Luan Ping said to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun nodded: "This is actually the process every martial cultivator must go through.

To become stronger, one must engage in such tedious practice every day.

If you want to walk the path of a martial cultivator, you must be prepared for this mentally.

If you lack the determination to become stronger, you might as well not be a martial cultivator.

People who have not cultivated are actually much safer than martial cultivators.

Once you set foot on the path of cultivation, you will encounter all kinds of dangers and battles, all of them life-and-death struggles—are you afraid?

"I'm not afraid! I don't want Grandfather to be killed by bad people just like my parents were!"

Luan Ping said firmly.

Ye Liuyun nodded approvingly and solemnly said to Luan Ping: "Since you've made your decision, I will take you as my first disciple."

Thus Luan Ping became a disciple under Ye Liuyun's guidance.

Ye Liuyun also told Luan Ping his name and asked him to keep it secret for now.

He has now become someone's master, so he naturally needs to pass on some basic cultivation methods to his disciples.

Thus Ye Liuyun carefully selected various cultivation methods for Luan Ping and passed on the Overlord Blade Technique, the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, and the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra to him.

Next, he helped Luan Ping cultivate his initial soul, and had Lin Luoyi refine pills suitable for each stage of Luan Ping's cultivation.

Qiong Qi helped Luan Ping forge a war blade, letting Luan Ping nourish it with his divine sense.

Tong Xin then forged a set of gilded armor for Luan Ping, which adjusts with his height, allowing him to wear it into adulthood.

One could say that Luan Ping's cultivation resources are far better than those Ye Liuyun had when he started.

Ye Liuyun also told Luan Ping that, having given them so many resources, the rest would have to be obtained by Luan Ping through his own opportunities.

He will not keep providing resources to Luan Ping, for that would only make him dependent and cause him to lose the fighting spirit to strive and contend.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun also gave Luan Ping a storage ring, storing all the resources he had given him inside it.

He also placed the beast meat prepared for him and Luan Feng'an inside it.

Luan Ping was also very happy; he had finally become a martial cultivator.

Afterward, Luan Ping began his arduous cultivation.

With the support of resources, his progress turned out to be very fast.

Even Ye Liuyun looked on with envy; he himself might not have had such a fast cultivation speed back then.