Chapter 57: Recruitment

  At this moment, Qi Bei suddenly felt a slight swelling sensation from the Dragon Seal.

  A surge of internal energy burst forth from his dantian, and his entire body's blood and qi suddenly flourished. The lower part of his body, that coiled dragon pillar, seemed to be lifting its head.

  It is obvious that this is the performance after the extreme yang energy has greatly increased.

  His mind suddenly turned, and he abruptly withdrew his hand, staring intently at the "fake belly", from which a thread of energy was absorbed, making his internal strength much thicker. At the same time, the extremely yang energy naturally increased greatly. He didn't dare to continue absorbing it anymore, once the extremely yang energy exceeded control, where would he find an extreme quality yuan yin woman to harmonize with in a short while?

  Although the phantoms around her would leak a thread of extreme yuan yin energy when unblocking her meridians, it was likely that only after completely unblocking all twelve regular meridians on her body would her physique truly become an extreme yuan yin body.

  "Unexpectedly, the Dragon Seal Imprint has such a function. Could it be that there is some kind of extraordinary life sealed within? Is it an ancient life?" Qi Bei thought to himself. In fact, he didn't know that when he had entered the Blood Chapter's brain in the Wraith Mountains, his left hand's Dragon Seal Imprint had absorbed nearly two-thirds of the Blood Chapter's magic core.

  Zi Bei shook his head, feeling a little regretful. If only he hadn't let that special woman escape, it would have been much better.

  "Master, what are you thinking about?" Seeing that Qi Bei was dazed for a long time, Huan Ying asked with concern.

  Qī Bě reached up and grasped the small hand that was pressing on his shoulder.

  Her face flushed slightly, recalling the intimate encounter with Qi Bei in the camp that day, her slender body also began to feel a little heated.

  Qī Běi pulled over a shadow, his big hand slightly exerted some force, and the shadow let out a soft cry as it sat on his thigh.

  "Wha...young master...what do you want to do?" The shadow stuttered, her beautiful eyes darting back and forth, not daring to meet Qi Bei's fiery gaze that made her heart skip a beat.

  "What are you doing? This young master wants to...you!" Qi Bei sneered, reaching out to pinch the sharp chin of Huan Ying.

  Such a crudely straightforward sentence, yet it left the Phantom drained of all his strength, soft and limp like water in Qi Bei's arms, with two rows of teeth lightly biting into Qi Bei's shoulder.

  Seeing the shy appearance of Huan Ying, who was taking things as she pleased, Qi Bei only wanted to tease her, but suddenly his mouth was dry and his tongue was tied. His lower body lifted its head and bumped into Huan Ying's jade buttocks.

  He's playing with fire, Qibei thought to himself, entangled in his mind. If Huan Ying had already transformed into a complete Extreme Yin Body, he would have turned into a wolf and swallowed this little sheep whole by now.

  But isn't it still like this now?

  Qī Běi picked up Yuè Yǐng and walked step by step towards the large bed in the tent.

  "Master..." The phantom called out like a cat, her slender body tense and trembling.

  "Phantom, sit cross-legged and I'll help you unblock your meridians." Qi Bei said seriously as he placed Phantom on the large bed.

  The phantom blinked in confusion, suddenly letting out a soft "ah" and said that she must have misunderstood, feeling embarrassed and at a loss.

  It's all Young Master's fault, he must have done it on purpose. Phantom quickly figured this out and gave Qi Bei a fierce stare before sitting cross-legged.

  Zi Bei helplessly smiled wryly and began to unblock the meridians for Huan Ying.

  The next day at dawn, the wind and snow had subsided a lot, and those merchant teams and travelers set off early one after another like avoiding an epidemic.

  "What did you get out of him?" Qi Bei asked Huo Lie, the Black Armor Army was skilled at extracting information from captured enemy officers through torture.

  "Your Excellency, these three Gothic merchants are soft bones, and they would sell out their ancestors for eighteen generations. However, they truly do not know the identity and purpose of that Gothic couple, and they simply formed a merchant group to head to Xiling City to trade with a force called Blood Wolf." Huo Lie said.

  Blood Wolf, one of the three major forces in Western Spirit City, the other two being Starlight and Allure.

  "What about those guards?" asked Zhi Bei.

  "They are a medium-sized mercenary group from the south, led by a man named One-Eyed, an intermediate warrior with rich experience in fighting against enemies, and they have injured several of our brothers." said Huo Lie.

  "Alright, let Du Yan rely on us. Write a letter and have the rest of his men in the south come to Xiling City." said Qi Bei.

  "Your Lordship, what about those three Gothic merchants?" Huo Lie asked.

  Zi Bei sank into thought for a moment, his eyes gradually brightening as he spoke up: "Bring them along, they still have some use."

  Before long, covered in wounds but still standing upright, Du Yan came before Qi Bei and bowed: "Du Yan is willing to follow Master Qi, this life and the next will never betray."

  Qin Bei looked at Du Yan with a calm gaze and asked faintly: "Don't you hate me for killing so many of your brothers?"

  One-eyed shook his head and said, "We are mercenaries, our lives are always on the line. This merchant caravan hired us, we protect the caravan, it's a cooperative relationship. Brothers who died protecting the caravan, this is the fate of mercenaries, how can you talk about hatred? Now that we have surrendered to the lord, from now on we will be the lord's knife, and a knife will never betray its master."

  Zi Bei burst out laughing and patted the shoulder of Du Yan. Indeed, mercenaries were a special group. Perhaps they had been hired by someone to fight against another force before, but after the employment relationship ended, they would be hired by the force they had fought against in the past. This was a very normal thing among mercenaries.

  "Dugu, you often travel to the northwest border, so you should be familiar with Xiling City, right?" asked Qibei, who had also inquired about Xiling City when he came, but not in detail.

  "Returning to Duke, he is relatively familiar with the Western Spirit City and is very clear about the doors and paths within it." Duanyan said, ordinary mercenaries usually only take a few familiar routes, and naturally they are clear about the various doors and paths involved along the way.

  Duyan began telling Qibei about the situation in Xiling City, including the various forces at play, their relationships with one another, and the connections between them.

  "Your Lordship, that's all I know. Ah, yes, the three spirit girls from the Windbreak Valley just now are people from Xiling City Star." said Duanyan Dao.

  Qī Běi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he noticed the three elf girls who were indeed extremely beautiful, but at that time, he didn't observe them too much.

  It's likely that the major powers in Western Spirit City have already heard rumors about him taking over Western Spirit City. The appearance of the Black Armor Army here will definitely make people think of his identity, and those three spirit girls should have already guessed his identity.

  It's clear that he wants to take over Western Spirit City, so it's inevitable that he'll have to eliminate these forces. Now, he is the common enemy of all forces in Western Spirit City.

  Originally, Qi Bei still planned to disguise himself as a Gothic merchant and trade with the Sky Wolf, then capture the leader first, and dissolve the Sky Wolf's forces. Now it seems that another plan is needed.

  However, just as Qi Bei was thinking this, he saw that the three departed elf girls suddenly reappeared in the Windbreak Valley.

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