"Keep calculating, don’t give yourself away!"

Ye Liuyun directly activated the Slaving Seal to control Chen He.

Chen He spoke as he was calculating, "Master, although I’m the Chen’s manager on the border, I still can’t escape from a check on my Divine Soul to make sure I’m not being controlled. Your plan won’t work!"

He didn’t expect Ye Liuyun would really make a move on him. But he also quickly realized that it was too late for regrets now.

Since Ye Liuyun had already made his move, he could’ve take his life if he couldn’t help him achieve his goal. So, he had to help Ye Liuyun, to consider all the risks and ensure his own safety first.

"Hmm!" Ye Liuyun was also thinking about this issue at the moment.

He didn’t expect such strict precautions against spies in the Chen family.

But it wasn’t entirely no way out.

"When you’re back, immediately find an excuse to ask the Chen family for help and transfer the strongest seventh-level martial practitioner over. Best if you could bring the Chen’s eldest son as well."

"He mainly deals with the major clients of the family. I can’t get him over without a deal big enough!"

"What if it’s the biggest chain commerce association in the south?"

"That would work! But he will definitely verify it!" Chen He thought Ye Liuyun was making it up.

"That’s alright, I will take care of everything. In three days, you can just go and tell him."

"So... I’ll reach out to him after three days and ask him to bring along the strongest martial practitioner?"

"Sure." Ye Liuyun confirmed.

"Master, the steward I brought along should also be branded with your Slaving Seal. There must be a steward to examine on my Divine Soul once I’ve return back, so he must cooperate with me!"

"I have overlooked this point indeed. Your family is indeed cautious!" Ye Liuyun promptly beckons to the steward.

Bemused, the steward runs over immediately, and is directly sealed and controlled.

The guards were inattentive, thinking it was another order to be made.

Thereafter they talked for a while, pretending to finalize a few issues, before bidding their farewells.

Ye Liuyun, without offering to stay, ushered them out of the city.

An outer disciple of the family complained to Chen He, "They didn’t return our Interspatial Rings!"

"Enough! It’s a good thing they didn’t ask us for ransom! You were eager to deliver your heads, aren’t you embarrassed enough? Go back and cultivate at once!"

Chen He rebuked them, releasing some resentment harboured from Ye Liuyun’s control, before heading back to the Chen family with the steward and guards on a flying vessel.

Upon their return, he reported to the elders with the steward, both confirming that their soul has not been controlled.

The two then sit down to speculate Ye Liuyun’s intentions.

However, through their Slaving Seal, Ye Liuyun could find out all their thoughts.

He sends a voice transmission, "You should stop your needless guesses. You’re both wrong! I can see all your thoughts crystal clear from here.”

The sudden emergence of Ye Liuyun’s voice in their Ocean of Consciousness gave them a fright.

They hadn’t anticipated Ye Liuyun would still have control over them from this far.

After finishing his speech, Ye Liuyun cited a few examples of things they had thought about along the way, including their strategies for getting out of his control, the potential downfall of the Chen family, and the possibility of them being viewed as traitors to the family.

"Do what you’ve been told! The Chens will not fall apart. After the deal is settled, I’ll remove your seals and set you free before explaining everything to him."

"Yes, master!" They replied in one voice, and returned to their own residences.

They were also shocked to notice that Ye Liuyun really knew what they were thinking. Hence, they dared not to have extra thoughts anymore.

He reminded his clone to keep an eye on their thoughts, so as to prevent any slip-ups.

He then made contact with Xuanyuan Ling to have her help in drafting a procurement list.

"If the price is reasonable, we could actually negotiate with them to purchase some mineral resources!" Xuanyuan Ling remarked.

She then disclosed the list as well as their current prices to Ye Liuyun, "You can let Lin Luoyi help with the negotiation."

Taking Xuanyuan Ling’s advice, Ye Liuyun learned from Chen He about the current selling prices of these materials in the Chen family. He indeed noticed some potential for cooperation.

"Not a bad idea!" Immediately, Ye Liuyun summoned Lin Luoyi and Wu Qingcheng to familiarize themselves with these materials and prices so they could negotiate a good deal as representatives of the Celestial Cloud Emporium.

Ye Liuyun told them, "Let’s play pretend, but make it real! Not only do we want to seize control over him, but we genuinely intend to cooperate with them!"

Xuanyuan Ling also completed the preparations, releasing the news about her potential purchase of the weapon-refining materials from the east.

Ye Liuyun then handed the procurement list to Chen He to make the arrangements.

With such a large order, the Chen family naturally took it seriously. The eldest son, Chen Taihe, indeed used his connections to verify this piece of information.

Chen He also reported on the situation of the Dark Legion on the battlefield, mentioning that Ye Liuyun was too powerful and suggested Chen Taihe bring along the seven-realm expert as a backup.

With his persuasion, the expert joined Chen Taihe and hurried to the border battlefield.

At this time, Kong Chenglin sent another message to Ye Liuyun that the 300 martial practitioners who had previously been sent to explore the Goldragon Hill had all fallen.

It was not entirely fruitless. They had managed to locate the key area within the secret realm. This time Kong Chenglin hoped that Ye Liuyun would send five fifth-tiers and twenty fourth-tiers to continue the exploration.

Furthermore, this time they would be accompanied by their employer.

"Typically, in such a situation, once the location of the resources has been locked down, we’ll make a final attempt to break through the danger and seize the resources straightaway!

But this final danger is, of course, substantial. At least for the common martial practitioners, it’s impossible to break through!" Kong Chenglin analyzed for Ye Liuyun.

"What kind of resources can you get there?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"Rumours said that there are several dragons inside. But this is only based on the news relayed midway by those who went last time, claiming to have discovered a dragon’s lair and heard dragon roars. But those men are dead now and we can’t confirm."

"Hmm, I’ll personally lead a team to explore then, that place seems interesting to me." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

It would take nearly 3 months for Chen Taihe to arrive. This would be enough time for them to go on for this exploration.