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Chapter 583: Xiao Yan Registers the Mercenary Group!

Chapter 583: Xiao Yan Registers the Mercenary Group!

"Old Gu, next, let’s establish four more branches in other parts of the Black Horn Territory. This will make it easier for clients to assign tasks, and for the mercenaries to accept them. Each branch should send several elders to oversee operations," Liu Ling said suddenly as he looked at the elderly man before him.

"Understood, President!"

The old man, who appeared quite aged, nodded respectfully at Liu Ling’s command.

After the elder left, Liu Ling exited the main hall of the mercenary guild and headed toward a courtyard less than two li away.

...

"Liu Lang, you’re back!"

In the courtyard, Yue Mei immediately came forward happily upon seeing Liu Ling return.

Since leaving the Serpent Tribe, Yue Mei had changed her style of dress quite a bit. Unlike the revealing clothing she wore in the desert, she now usually wore a red dress when outside, her hair elegantly pinned up, adorned with some jewelry. Her movements looked much more graceful. Yet, within the courtyard where Liu Ling and Yue Mei lived, she was more casual.

Approaching Yue Mei, Liu Ling showed a row of bright white teeth and smiled. "Yue Mei, the mercenary guild’s reputation has finally risen. I plan to immediately build four more branches to protect the headquarters, making it easier for clients to assign missions and for mercenaries to take them."

"Husband, since everything is going so smoothly, we should have a proper celebration tonight!"

Yue Mei knew how much effort Liu Ling had put into establishing and developing the mercenary guild. Seeing his success made her genuinely happy.

"Mm!"

Liu Ling nodded slightly at her words, then glanced around the courtyard and asked, "Has Xiao Jin come back yet?"

"Not yet. Xiao Jin has been gone longer this time—seven days already," Yue Mei replied to Liu Ling’s question.

Hearing this, Liu Ling’s brow furrowed slightly, and he murmured, "Seven days and still no return? With his speed, that’s not right."

"He should be back soon. Doesn’t he have the Void Jade Talisman that his master gave you? It should keep him safe," Yue Mei comforted the somewhat anxious Liu Ling.

"Yes, Xiao Jin took the Void Jade Talisman. Nothing should happen to him!" Liu Ling breathed a sigh of relief at her words. With the talisman, if he faced great danger, crushing it would summon Gu He and resolve any crisis.

"If nothing goes wrong, Xiao Jin will be back tonight. You should have them prepare a banquet. When Xiao Jin sees such a sumptuous dinner upon his return, he’ll definitely be very happy," Liu Ling gently said, stroking Yue Mei’s cheek.

"Alright, I’ll send people to prepare it now!" Yue Mei smiled and turned to order the maids to get the feast ready.

"Liu Gege, I’m back!"

As expected, by evening Xiao Jin returned just before dinner was ready.

Seeing Xiao Jin come back, Liu Ling’s face instantly lit up with a smile. He reached out to stroke Xiao Jin’s cheek, then pointed to the richly laden table in the hall and said, "Xiao Jin, I knew you’d be back tonight. Look, all this is for you!"

"Wow, so much delicious food!"

"I won’t hold back then!"

Following Liu Ling’s gesture, Xiao Jin swallowed hard and quickly ran toward the feast.

Watching Xiao Jin devour the food greedily, his mouth dripping with oil, Yue Mei smiled and said, "Xiao Jin, eat slowly!"

"Alright, Sister Yuemei!" Xiao Jin responded to Yuemei, then took another big bite of the roasted meat.

"Hehe, it’s fine. Eat however you want!" Liu Ling didn’t care about Xiao Jin’s eating manners at all.

After more than ten minutes, when Xiao Jin slowed his eating pace, Liu Ling slowly asked, "Xiao Jin, when you went out this time, did you encounter any other enemies?"

Hearing Liu Ling’s words, Xiao Jin paused briefly, then quickly swallowed his food and nodded.

"Yeah, this time when we went, we met not just one Dou Ancestor. He also had two Dou Ancestor-level subordinates, but only one was a One-Star Dou Ancestor and the other a Two-Star Dou Ancestor!"

"I see!" Liu Ling suddenly understood.

At first, he was worried hearing there were two Dou Ancestor helpers, but since they were only One-Star and Two-Star Dou Ancestors, their threat to Xiao Jin wasn’t significant.

Xiao Jin’s cultivation was officially said to be at the peak of Four-Star Dou Ancestor, but in truth, he had already reached the early stage of Five-Star Dou Ancestor.

Coupled with some treasures gifted by Gu He before and his powerful magical beast physique, his combat strength was among the top within the Five-Star Dou Ancestor realm.

Although Xiao Jin’s combat power was very high, these were still three Dou Ancestors.

Together, defeating them completely would take some time, so Xiao Jin’s journey was delayed.

"The mercenary guild is still too weak.

Xiao Jin, you defeating three Dou Ancestors at once will definitely cause a sensation.

The mercenary guild’s reputation will spread further.

This time, you’ll earn great merit.

I’ll reward you properly later!" Liu Ling smiled and praised Xiao Jin.

"Alright!" Hearing this, Xiao Jin was happily pleased.

…

The next morning, outside the mercenary guild, a group of young people with strong cultivation arrived.

They were students from Jia Nan Academy.

Inside the mercenary guild headquarters, in the mercenary hall, the leader of these Jia Nan Academy students, a young man in black clothes, came to the counter to register their mercenary team.

"Hello, we’re here to register a mercenary team!" The young man in black spoke politely to the counter staff.

"Name?"

As soon as the young man finished speaking, someone inside the counter responded.

Inside the counter sat three people: an old man in blue robes and two young men.

The two young men had ordinary cultivation, only possessing the strength of Nine-Star Great Dou Masters.

But this was only ordinary compared to the elite disciples present.

Compared to peers, their cultivation was quite good.

"Xiao Yan!"

The young man in black replied.

This was Xiao Yan, who had been studying at Jia Nan Academy for nearly two years.

At this moment, his cultivation had reached the Three-Star Dou Spirit realm.

Clearly, in these two years, with the dual resources of Jia Nan Academy and Yao Chen, Xiao Yan’s cultivation advanced rapidly.

Now among new students in the inner academy, he was fairly well-known, though still somewhat behind the senior students.

"I didn’t expect that even the old man registering the mercenary guild rank had reached the peak Dou King realm.

That’s quite impressive!" After Yao Chen’s hint, Xiao Yan felt moved.

[End of chapter]

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