"Are you really alright? Is your memory intact?" Cao Meng also stepped forward to ask Master Wei.

Master Wei checked his memory again, and sure enough, he didn’t find any loss.

However, Ye Liuyun laughed and said, "My Soul Searching Technique is special. It won’t harm you or erase your memory. Don’t worry!"

Upon hearing this, everyone laughed with excitement.

"So, does this mean you’ve agreed to stay?" Master Wei was more concerned about Ye Liuyun’s decision.

Ye Liuyun then affirmed, "I’ll stay and help y’all!"

Actually, he made this decision because he saw that these people were kind-hearted and united.

After saying this, he even took out a lot of meat and said, "You guys haven’t eaten meat in a long time, right? Come on, let’s eat and talk!"

Seeing the amount of meat that Ye Liuyun took out, some people were almost drooling.

Most of them, except Bucktooth and Orchid, usually depended on their genuine energy or some cheap spiritual grain to survive. They rarely had the opportunity to eat meat.

"Haha, okay. Guys, come and greet our new leader, Mr. Ye!" Master Wei laughed, hurrying everyone to greet their new leader, afraid that Ye Liuyun might change his mind.

Ye Liuyun merely smiled and said, "You seem quite honest and simple, but you’re astute too, huh!"

"Hehe, no choice, it’s for survival! Let’s just say these are the lessons learned from getting tricked," Master Wei laughed.

Afterward, everyone gathered to grill meat, and Ye Liuyun got to know each one of them in turns. Even the guards outside were called in by Ye Liuyun because his Divine Soul could detect the situation outside.

Master Wei, who had witnessed Ye Liuyun’s Divine Soul strength, knew he was powerful, so he didn’t refuse.

Later, Ye Liuyun also introduced He Lianxiu and Ye Tiandao to them. Upon Ye Liuyun’s affirmation, Ye Tiandao finally let down her guard and joined them in their meal.

"Mr. Ye, we have three days left before we head out for the mission. What should we do now?" Master Wei asked Ye Liuyun.

"Wait. We just wait for the Poison Dragon Mercenary to come to us. If they come in groups, we’ll take them out in groups, until we kill them completely!" Ye Liuyun replied calmly.

The Poison Dragon Mercenary he mentioned was a major force in this region, overseeing a large buffer zone, including five villages and more than twenty mercenary groups and bandit groups.

However, this Poison Dragon Mercenary was only comprised of two strong martial practitioners in the beginning of the Fourth Realm.

The entire power system was like a food chain. The big fish eat the small fish while the small fish eat shrimps. If Tiger Mercenary was considered as shrimps, then Poison Dragon Mercenary was merely a small fish, something that Ye Liuyun didn’t need to worry about.

"Well, if they come in batches, with the strength of three of you, it’ be easy to deal with them," Master Wei then added.

"Y’all can’t just rely on us three, you need to have abilities to protect yourselves. Starting tomorrow, Tiandao will begin training all of you. Everyone must participate!" Ye Liuyun told them.

"Alright!" Everyone agreed unanimously.

"What about me?" Orchid piped up and everyone burst into laughter at her question.

Ye Liuyun also laughed but then said, "You follow me, I’ll personally train you!"

It seemed as if he was joking, but in reality, he was rather intrigued by this little girl.

Typically, the power of sealing was the inheritance left by the strong. Sealing one’s Divine Soul was usually for protection.

Moreover, the force and Divine Soul observed by his clone were likely to have been left by a martial practitioner at the Ninth Realm. So, he didn’t dare to directly attack that Divine Soul Force.

"Wha’s this girl’s identity, that such a powerful person would leave her a legacy and protect her? Or could it be, that the Divine Soul is waiting for her to become powerful and take over her body?"

Ye Liuyun couldn’t say for sure now, so he decided to keep a close eye on the situation.

Everyone had their fill of food, and they all had a favorable impression of Ye Liuyun, the new leader.

Later, everyone went back to rest. Their dwelling place was some caves dug at the foot of a mountain.

Those two women who had offered themselves to him earlier came over again to ask if Ye Liuyun needed their service and invited him to live with them. Yet, Ye Liuyun refused all their invitations.

Ye Liuyun simply took He Lianxiu and Ye Tiandao to a slightly bigger cave that he had carved out for them to live.

"Do we really need to investigate the situation with them?" He Lianxiu asked, puzzled.

It wasn’t that she lacked empathy, but she felt they couldn’t possibly stay here long term.

Ye Liuyun immediately conveyed all the information he knew to He Lianxiu and Ye Tiandao.

"From the looks of it, if our army wanna proceed with a direct attack on the border battlefield, we’d likely face resistance from the martial practitioners. We have to establish our presence here for a while, looking for the key to make a breakthrough," Ye Liuyun explained.

After he finished, he updated Yu Xiaofeng on the situation, advising him not to rush in bringing their troops over. Even if they did come, they would have to wait outside the borders.

"What shall we train tomorrow?" Ye Tiandao asked.

Ye Liuyun replied, "Let’s just follow Dark Legion’s training plan. However, some of them are quite inexperienced in combat, the progress might be slow. Don’t worry, just go at their pace."

"And what about me, what should I do?" He Lianxiu questioned.

Ye Liuyun chuckled, "Stay by my side to watch over me, lest I get seduced by those women!"

Upon hearing this, He Lianxiu chuckled, "That’s an important task indeed. I should definitely keep an eye on you."

The three of them chatted for a while before they all started cultivating. Meanwhile, the clone was wandering outside the valley, watching out for danger while also checking the power distribution and passing by martial practitioners in the vicinity.

After a night, Ye Tiandao immediately started training these mercenaries.

"Hey, I want to train too!" Orchid voluntarily came to find Ye Liuyun.

"Well then, tell me, what can you do now?" Ye Liuyun asked her with a smile.

"I know how to cultivate!" With that, Orchid started demonstrating.

Seeing her genuine energy circulating through his Golden Phantom Eyes, Ye Liuyun realised she was indeed cultivating. It seemed like there were readily available cultivation methods in her Ocean of Consciousness.

"Is it done like this?" Orchid asked Ye Liuyun after her demonstration.

"It’s indeed correct. But can you first tell me what cultivation method was that? And who are your parents? How did you get separated from them?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"This cultivation method? I know it, it’s on the tip of my tongue. The same goes for my parents, their name just can’t seem to come to my mind.

They got into a fight with some people, then said it was dangerous and had someone take me away. But that person was eaten by a feral beast. After that, I met Mr. Mo who brought me here."

Orchid tried her best to explain to Ye Liuyun. She actually knew many things, but she just couldn’t say them out no matter how, including her parents’ name and appearance. In fact, she remembered them all.

"Maybe some of her memories were blocked!" Ye Liuyun immediately thought of that. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"It’s okay!" Ye Liuyun also immediately comforted her.

"Do you know any other cultivation methods, or just this one?" Ye Liuyun asked her again.