Chapter 3516: Becoming a Mercenary

Withdraw everything!

Ye Liuyun immediately sent a Transmission Voice to all Monster Beasts, telling them to gather, and had Qiong Qi dismantle the Formation.

He also seized Cheng Huofeng's Storage Ring and examined the cultivation resources inside. He found that the fellow had a fair amount of wealth, but no high-end resources; any high-end resources had already been used.

"Again, no high-end resources!" Ye Liuyun sighed, collecting all the resources.

"If the master needs high-end resources, you can attend the city's auction; I hear many high-end resources are for sale!" Cheng Huofeng, under the Slave Seal's control, immediately began to flatter.

"Hmm, I'll go to the merchant guild tomorrow!" Ye Liuyun agreed, letting Lan Xin in the Space World lead the women to organize all the unneeded resources.

He recalled the Monster Beasts and Cheng Huofeng into the Space World, left Lei Ming and Long Nv outside, and escorted them along with Chen Yueying and Luo Yu back to the city inn.

After Cheng Huofeng was pulled into the Space World by Ye Liuyun, he saw over a hundred Taixu sixth- or seventh-layer Martial Cultivators inside and was startled again. The lingering resentment he felt finally gave way to complete obedience.

He had previously thought Ye Liuyun and his followers were of too low a realm, that they had been carelessly wiped out, and felt a bit resentful. Now he realizes Ye Liuyun wasn't actually attacking them, just using his people for practice.

After returning to the inn, Ye Liuyun promptly released Cheng Huofeng and consulted him about the Southern Region.

Cheng Huofeng began to explain: "The Southern Region actually has two Heavenly Kings. One oversees Human Martial Cultivators, Heavenly King Song Qing, who is said to be a Demon Cultivator; the other oversees the Demon Race, Heavenly King Sha Mu Qiang, a Demon Race Leader. The region is divided north-south. Our area is the northern zone, under Heavenly King Song's jurisdiction. Please download the AiYue app for the latest content."

But Song Qing is merely a money-obsessed individual, only concerned with amassing wealth. With enough money, any official post can be bought, even a marquisate, which he can sell and use to manage some planets.

The City Lord of our Gu Feng Cheng was originally a mercenary; after making a fortune, he found a way and bought the City Lord position.

Ye Liuyun nodded and asked, "What about the Demon Race side? Have you been there?"

"The Demon Race side is even more chaotic, a realm where strength is supreme.

For us Human Martial Cultivators, going there yields no good outcome; we would become their cultivation resources."

Both sides impose no restrictions on personnel travel; as long as one is strong enough, one can still go. I haven't been to the Demon Race area. Just reaching the north-south border to carry out a mission, I could feel the chaos there and my own insufficient strength.

Cheng Huofeng's information about the Demon Race side is limited. After all, he's not even a Demon Cultivator, making it harder for him to go.

Ye Liuyun didn't trouble him, but asked about forming a Mercenary Corps, even expressing his desire to establish one to avoid standing out.

Cheng Huofeng approved his idea: "That could work. A Mercenary Corps can indeed conceal one's intentions; under normal circumstances, no Mercenary Corps would plot against you."

However, mercenaries are of mixed quality; while the Mercenary Corps identity can save a lot of trouble, competition with other Mercenary Corps is unavoidable.

But he immediately recalled the strong ones in Ye Liuyun's Space World and said: "But the master has so many strong ones, surely can handle it. Just be careful of those Mercenary Corps using underhanded tactics."

Ye Liuyun nodded, gathered more information about mercenaries, and discussed with Lei Ming and Long Nv the establishment of a Mercenary Corps and the matter of dressing as mercenaries.

Lei Ming and Long Nv both supported it; by dressing as mercenaries they wouldn't have to consider anything and could act at any moment, so they were very agreeable.

Early the next morning, Ye Liuyun dispatched Cheng Huofeng to procure mercenary attire. Not only the women and Monster Beasts around him needed them, but the guards also required new outfits, and he didn't have enough clothing.

After the clothes were bought, they spent half a day selecting and trying them on, and finally everyone had essentially changed.

However, Cheng Huofeng told Ye Liuyun: "Master, your subordinates' armor grades are too high, not matching their avatars!"

Ordinary mercenaries earn little and cannot afford Seventh Tier armor. Even I, as a Mercenary Corps leader, only have a Fifth Tier armor.

Generally, mercenaries wear armor whose grade matches their realm. If you all go out like this, it's tantamount to telling every Mercenary Corps to loot you!"

Ye Liuyun also agreed with Cheng Huofeng's words.

Thus, he immediately ordered everyone to swap their armor for grades matching their own realms.

If suitable armor was lacking, they'd seek a smith to forge a set immediately. He has many smiths at hand, and forging second- or third-tier armor, which are lower grades, is trivial for them.

Chen Yueying and Luo Yu each had suitable armor; Lei Ming and Long Nv currently had none and were not in a hurry to wear any. Tang Xinyao had also advanced to the Taixu second layer and wanted to join the outings, so she also switched into mercenary attire and had a smith forge armor for her.

"Too many women make it easy for people to mock, giving schemers an opening!" Cheng Huofeng promptly warned Ye Liuyun.

Thus, Ye Liuyun also released Qiong Qi, Bai Hu, Shi Yuan, and Xuanwu to round out the numbers. Then this party left the inn, hurrying to the Mercenary gathering task posting point.

Within many cities of the Southern Region, there are dedicated task posting points where many gather to post task information; mercenaries also come here to accept tasks and negotiate with employers. For more private missions, employers arrange separate meeting locations.

"Master, what shall we call our Mercenary Corps? Should we continue using the Huo Hu Mercenary Corps name?" Cheng Huofeng asked Ye Liuyun on the road.

Ye Liuyun thought it over and decided a new name would be better.

"Use the Wolf Hunt Mercenary Corps name; your Huo Hu Mercenary Corps reputation is too terrible. When you reach the task posting point and encounter other Mercenary Corps, promote that the Huo Hu Mercenary Corps has disbanded and that you've joined our Wolf Hunt Mercenary Corps."

"From now on, you don't need to call me master in front of outsiders; just call me by the nickname 'Hunter'."

"Yes, Leader Hunter!" Cheng Huofeng immediately switched his address. Though his character is questionable, his reflexes are swift.

When they arrived at the task posting point, they naturally drew much attention.

"Chief Cheng, where did you recruit so many newcomers? And so many beauties? Are you planning to switch to running a brothel?" someone joked with Cheng Huofeng.

However, most Mercenary Corps were aware of the Huo Hu Mercenary Corps' strength and dared not openly mock Cheng Huofeng, though they would make snide comments that made the women blush.

Cheng Huofeng promptly, per Ye Liuyun's instructions, gave them an explanation.