After the Young Master Jian had recovered somewhat, he, along with Ye Liuyun and the others, started to retreat.

After all, he didn’t know if there were any other dangers here. All he could do was withdraw and heal at the same time.

On the other hand, Ye Liuyun and the others were very relaxed. They were eating and drinking while heading back.

By the time they left the Yellow Dragon Ridge, Kong Chenglin, following the instructions of Ye Liuyun, was waiting for them outside with a group of people.

Losing quite some men, Kong Chenglin didn’t find it strange.

When Ye Liuyun roughly explained what had happened, Kong Chenglin felt regret and said: "If the young master had heeded the mercenaries’ words, such heavy losses could have been avoided," blaming all the responsibility on Young Master Jian.

Lastly, Kong Chenglin went through the routine inquiry: "Young Master, were you satisfied with these mercenaries?" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Young Master Jian, under the watchful eyes of Ye Liuyun and others, dared not to express dissatisfaction.

Even though he was angry at Ye Liuyun, he did not blame all the deaths on him.

Thus, the deal was confirmed. Kong Chenglin paid the fee to Ye Liuyun and others, and then went to collect the fee from Young Master Jian.

Out of helplessness, Young Master Jian said: "Inform your grand elder, I’ll pay him later."

Kong Chenglin immediately asked the First Elder. Only after getting a response, he then let Mr. Jian and Gong Wanting leave.

"Goodbye, Captain Ye!", Gong Wanting voluntarily bid farewell to Ye Liuyun.

Her survival and the access to some resources were all thanks to Ye Liuyun.

"Until we meet again!" Ye Liuyun responded courteously.

After they separated, Ye Liuyun also brought the others back to his spatial world, and allowed them to start utilizing every sort of resource to cultivate.

He followed Kong Chenglin rushing to the Kong’s Family located outside of the border of battlefield.

Kong Family’s First Elder, Kong Jiaxiang, had already made ample preparation, waiting for Ye Liuyun to help him ascend to the Kong family’s patriarch’s throne.

“Master, all preparations are in place. I have already informed the stronger members of the Kong Family that you are the leader of the greatest mercenary group in the border battlefield, and they need to show you some respect. You can meet him whenever you wish.” Kong Jiaxiang reported to Ye Liuyun.

“We should go right there then!” Ye Liuyun did not wish to waste time.

He subtly released his clone, following Kong Jiaxiang directly, onto the land of cultivation for this powerful entity.

Kong Jiaxiang led Ye Liuyun to the site and then left directly, so that he would have a way out if Ye Liuyun was not successful.

Ye Liuyun did not care about his cautious plan, instead, he was observing the old man in front of him.

The elder was tending his garden, his entire body void of any genuine energy fluctuations. Ye Liuyun could tell just by his feeling that this old man’ s power of heaven and earth was quite extraordinary.

The elder also gave Ye Liuyun a look, inadvertently peeking at the position where his clone stood.

“Chief Ye is quite remarkable to have such control over the border battlefield at your tender age. You are not simple at all!”. While praising Ye Liuyun the old man also invited him to sit down and have some tea.

“There is no need for formalities sir, if you have anything to say, just instruct!” Ye Liuyun did not move and stood in place, preparing to make a move.

The elder smiled, not minding it. He continued to speak with Ye Liuyun, “The dispute for the position of the Kong Family leader has not been a day or two. As talented as Jiaxiang is, his mind is not broad enough. If he becomes the leader, I fear the Kong family will gradually decline.”

Ye Liuyun was taken aback; it seemed that this powerful figure had already figured out his intentions with Kong Jiaxiang.

The powerful figure then poured a cup of tea for himself, sighing, “My life’s state of the realm, has reached the limit and has no more room for improvement. Even if I die, I will have no regrets. But I just don’t want to see the decline of the Kong Family!”

Ye Liuyun listened silently, unsure of the meaning behind the elderly man’s words.

The elder looked at Ye Liuyun again, saying with a chuckled, "Chief Ye is only interested in getting more business from the Kong family. I can assure you, no matter who becomes the patriarch, your business will not diminish. The Kong family will always be your stronghold. Isn’t it better to maintain the current status of the Kong family?"

Ye Liuyun then realized that the old man saw through his intentions, and was aware of the Kong family’s secret moves.

However, he had clearly underestimated Ye Liuyun’s power and ambition, hence he laid out terms to peacefully resolve the issue.

"What if what I care about is beyond the small business of the Kong family?" Ye Liuyun countered.

"Hahaha!" The elder chuckled, shaking his head and said, "Greater power allows for greater ambition. I offered gentler words in hope of not changing the structures of the boundary wars. Now, the mercenaries are rather unified, which is beneficial for our Kong family. It makes the employment process a lot easier!"

Ye Liuyun nodded and admitted, "Without concealing from the elder, indeed, I’m a man of great ambition. As for whether I have the power to back it up, you’d have to verify it yourself."

The elder furrowed his brow, slowly threatening, "Chief Ye should think about the consequences. There’s no turning back once you started this. Once some matters escalated to physical confrontations, they are beyond the point of turning back. Even if it’s just the two of you, you’re no match for me!"

He acknowledged the existence of Ye Liuyun’s clone and even looked directly at its location.

"Elder’s cultivation of Heavenly Earthly Power is indeed admirable! However, there are always higher skies and greater people in the world, nothing is absolute!" Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

"Since Master Ye insists on pursuing this, then I guess I should start moving too?" The elder asked Ye Liuyun for the last confirmation.

But before his words fell, a white beam, as thick as a forearm, shot towards him instantly.

The white beam was too swift and before he could react, it already hit his chest.

At this moment, his body started to become ethereal. It was meant to fade into the void, but due to the impact of the white light, it became clear again very quickly.

Ye Liuyun and the 3 Divine Soul of his clone worked together to pull out the elder’s Divine Soul, drawing it into Ye Liuyun’s ocean of consciousness.

"The arts of the Three Eyes from the foreign race, are you people from the foreign race?" The old man’s soul was still in shock.

"What a fuss you’re making! We have refined the Three Eyes of the foreign race. We have nothing to do with them!" Ye Liuyun made it clear to the old man.

"Indeed, there are no absolutes in this world. I underestimated you!" The old man sighed, then was fully swallowed by the Universal God Token’s gold beam.

The absorbed divine soul power was all used to cultivate new divine souls.

"There’s still a lot to go! I’ll try to get it back from the Kong family!" Ye Liuyun made his move, directly cutting off the elder’s head, taking away his virtuoso and Interspatial Ring. He then burned the body to ashes.

Then Ye Liuyun called Kong Jiaxiang over and tossed the head to him.

"Find me a set of Kong family guard clothes, I will follow you when you make a move! I need to absorb the divine soul power of these men to replenish myself," Ye Liuyun directly ordered.

"Yes, Master!" Kong Jiaxiang excitedly pocketed the head and went to arrange it immediately.

Then Ye Liuyun and his clone followed Kong Jiaxiang, directly plotting against the clan leader, framing the original clan leader for killing the strong man.

Ye Liuyun and his clone took the opportunity to strike, killing the clan leader along with his guards, absorbing their divine soul power.