Chapter 3431

The gray apes lost all courage to contest Ye Liuyun for control of the place once they saw what was happening. They immediately scattered and fled.

Chen Yueying and the few martial cultivators were completely dumbfounded. The aura of death from the Netherworld Hell and the appearance of the Gate of the Netherworld had already been shocking enough, to say nothing of the army of over ten million yin souls.

Although the yin souls were not very powerful individually, there were simply too many of them! Moreover, their sinister aura alone was enough to instill fear.

What happened next shocked Chen Yueying and the others even more. The yin souls lying dormant across the entire planet all surged toward this place. Soon, the yin souls on the distant planets also began converging here. The largest number came from the direction of the exile planets.

The Gate of the Netherworld remained open for more than a day before nearly all the yin souls outside had been collected. Ye Liuyun called out to Zhuge Feiyu and the others, telling them to return to the Netherworld.

Ye Liuyun then used his Divine-Soul Crimson Eyes to cast an illusion on the few martial cultivators. After taking control of them, he searched their souls and erased their memories of what had happened.

Chen Yueying immediately settled the payment for the people she had hired and had them leave first.

“Aren’t you leaving with them?” Ye Liuyun was rather curious as to why Chen Yueying was not leaving with these guards.

“You’re about to take this planet away, so wouldn’t it be safer to follow you?” Chen Yueying smiled as well. “Besides, my divine soul was injured, so I need to cultivate and recover before leaving. That would be safer.”

Ye Liuyun thought that this woman was truly quite bold—and clever, too.

“Then stay here and cultivate. I’m going to collect this planet. Remember to set up the defensive formation disks properly. Those gray apes might come back!”

After giving her those instructions, he went to where the origin power was and collected the planet.

This was Ye Liuyun’s first time collecting a planet from the Void World, so he had Ye Ling help establish communication. The process went remarkably smoothly. In less than a quarter of an hour, the entire planet began to tremble.

Soon afterward, Ye Liuyun collected the entire planet, leaving Chen Yueying outside staring in stunned disbelief.

“You collected it that quickly?” Chen Yueying could not help asking.

“What else?” Ye Liuyun asked in return.

“I thought it would take at least a month or two!” Chen Yueying murmured.

“My cultivation method is somewhat special. It doesn’t take that long!” Ye Liuyun could only explain.

Chen Yueying realized that she had been asking too many questions and did not pursue the matter further. She merely said to Ye Liuyun, “Now that no one else is here, you can change back to your original appearance!”

Ye Liuyun thought she had a point, so he returned to his original appearance. He then brought out his flying vessel and took Chen Yueying with him back to the exile planets.

Chen Yueying took out a Interspatial Ring and handed it directly to Ye Liuyun. It contained three portions of origin power from the Void World, as well as a drop of Soul-Congealing Water, which could be used to refine divine-soul power.

“I don’t have many good things either, so take these as my thanks. Besides, I still owe you a favor. If you ever need anything in the future, I’ll do my best to help you!”

As she spoke, Chen Yueying also took the initiative to give Ye Liuyun a voice transmission talisman.

Ye Liuyun did not stand on ceremony and simply put it away.

“You’re really strange. When you weren’t given any payment, you never thought to ask me for any. But once I gave it to you, you accepted it without the slightest hesitation!” Seeing him put it away, Chen Yueying began chatting with him.

“I was just lending a hand. It wasn’t anything major! Whether you wanted to show your gratitude was up to you. Since you gave it to me, why wouldn’t I accept it?”

“Besides, I just arrived in the Void World, so I do need resources—and a great deal of them. There are still quite a few people in my spatial world who lack cultivation resources and identities!”

Ye Liuyun chatted with her as well and even roasted some meat for her.

“My divine-soul power hasn’t recovered yet. Can I return to the military camp with you and cultivate there for a while before leaving?” Chen Yueying asked Ye Liuyun.

“I won’t be returning to the military camp for now. I have a two-month leave, so I want to use this time to fight and temper myself. I’ll go to the exile planets to find people to practice against. If you aren’t afraid of danger, you can come with me. I have no objection,” Ye Liuyun said.

“Of course I’m not afraid of danger if I’m with you. Your strength is completely out of proportion to your cultivation realm!” Chen Yueying laughed as well.

But she then asked Ye Liuyun, “Why do you insist on practicing against people on the exile planets? I know several secret realms that are suitable for honing one’s skills. Would you like to try them? You might even obtain quite a few resources along the way. Besides, those places are far less dangerous than the Gray Ape Gorge!”

Ye Liuyun smiled when he heard this. “Don’t tell me you want me to serve as your guard and accompany you on an expedition so you can save the money you’d otherwise spend hiring guards?”

Chen Yueying laughed too. “Hehe, you’re going to temper yourself anyway, so what difference does it make where you do it? I can conveniently benefit from your protection along the way, too! But if you don’t want to go, I won’t force you.”

“All right, then let’s go. You can show me the way!”

Ye Liuyun agreed. In any case, he had to temper himself, and it was indeed the same wherever he did so. From what Chen Yueying had said, he might even find some resources there. Why not?

Moreover, as an inner disciple of the Thousand Spirits Sect, Chen Yueying had casually taken out three portions of origin power from the Void World. Since she said there were resources to be found, they should not be too poor.

As he thought this, he handed Chen Yueying some freshly roasted meat. She praised it highly after taking a bite and ended up eating quite a lot with Ye Liuyun.

The two of them chatted about many things, including the soldiers and demons still living in Ye Liuyun’s spatial world.

Chen Yueying clearly had extensive knowledge, so Ye Liuyun wanted her help thinking of a way to obtain identities for all his demons and soldiers.

“Once you have some authority, obtaining identities for the soldiers will be very easy. At that time, you can simply send troops to attack an extraterrestrial planet, then claim that the prisoners you brought back have been enlisted in the army. That will give all those soldiers identities.

“As for the demons, you’ll probably have to look for opportunities in the demons’ territory in the southern dynasty. I don’t know much about their situation, so I don’t dare speculate.”

Chen Yueying indeed offered Ye Liuyun quite a few suggestions, greatly broadening his horizons and giving him a much better understanding of the Void World.

The two of them traveled while chatting. They first hurried to the exile planets, then used a teleportation array to travel to other cities before taking a flying vessel to their specific destination.

With Chen Yueying serving as his guide, things became much more convenient for Ye Liuyun. This time, he also got to see the prosperity of the cities in the Void World, which were far livelier than the exile planets where he had been staying.

Ye Liuyun also went to a merchant association and bought some high-end resources for body refinement to take back and cultivate with.

He used the Soul-Congealing Water Chen Yueying had given him while they were traveling. Finding its effects excellent, he exchanged some bloodline cultivation resources with Chen Yueying for more, and refined all three of his divine souls.