The Ambitions to Conquer the Official Career
Chapter 505: Holding the Handle

Chapter 505: Chapter 505: Holding the Handle

The soldiers all became excited at once, suddenly having acquired so many weapons—a good turn of events for them as they could soon recover their original strength.

Of course, they held Ji Yang in awe. A man with such immense power—should someone like him lead, it would indeed be a boon for them.

Now, no one was unwilling to follow Ji Yang’s commands.

Ji Yang had not expected these men to have such thoughts and called Le Qin over, "Le Qin, how many people know about your force, or rather, how many people know you are part of an anti-government armed group?"

Le Qin replied, "My brother was the leader of this army and died in a conflict. I took over his position as leader, but actually, all of us are just villagers. At first, it was only my brother who was involved, and I’m not exactly clear on the details; we’re just leading everyone in search of survival. You wouldn’t believe the chaos around here, without the power to protect oneself, it’s impossible."

Knowing that not many people were aware of their force, Ji Yang started to formulate some ideas.

"From now on, drop that title of Liberation Merit Army. From here on out, when dealing with outsiders, just say you’re workers from Hua Country, employed by us."

"Are we to follow you back?" Le Qin seemed to be indifferent about this arrangement.

"Since you all are from the villages nearby, just say you were employed by me to defeat those abductors and are now escorting my people back home."

"Alright."

Le Qin immediately agreed.

Observing Le Qin and assuring himself that the other man was truly willing to heed his command, Ji Yang privately breathed a sigh of relief; he was indeed worried about revealing his capabilities.

"Also, you must not leak any information about my power, and no one must know that you are taking orders from me."

Although unclear about the situation, Le Qin was obviously a smart man and quickly nodded, "What you command, I will tell them. I guarantee not to speak of you to anyone else."

"As long as you work with me, there will be advantages for you."

"I’m aware," Le Qin said, looking a bit excited, knowing that sticking close to such a powerful person would ensure a bright future.

"My name is Ji Yang."

Le Qin nodded firmly.

Just then, one of Le Qin’s subordinates hurried over, "Boss, there’s a basement here, and we’ve found our people, along with some from Hua Country."

Le Qin looked towards Ji Yang, "We found the people we wanted to rescue."

Ji Yang headed toward that place.

In fact, Ji Yang had known about the location but had simply not yet visited the detained individuals.

"Leader," the man called out again to Ji Yang.

"From now on, address Le Qin as ’Captain’ and refer to me as ’Mr. Ji’."

"Yes, Mr. Ji. Our people said those Hua Country women, to fight for their lives, slept with the locals and were even made into their playthings."

What?

Ji Yang was surprised.

Cautiously, the man added, "This phone we seized contains the content they captured."

Ji Yang took the phone and saw it could be powered on immediately, indeed containing some recorded content.

Clearly, after capturing Lu Wanli and the rest, these people wanted to secure leverage over Ji Yang’s group, recording all the details, including the betrayals and their competitive relationships.

As Ji Yang viewed the content, his expression turned sour—he hadn’t expected Lu Wanli to be so disgusting at the brink of life and death, despite her external facade.

Le Qin, however, was a clever person. He didn’t stay to watch but stepped aside instead.

After Ji Yang watched for a while, he quickly regained his composure. This, after all, was an opportunity to restrain Lu Wanli.

Similarly, having leverage over the rest was also beneficial for himself.