Chapter 3475

The natives immediately sent out their divine souls to help as well, and the divine souls of both sides clashed in a chaotic battle.

Ye Liuyun did not make a move. Instead, taking advantage of the opportunity, he used Spatial Force to move the aboriginal chieftain’s tiger head into his own hand. He immediately removed the Jade Divine Bone from inside it, then put the tiger head back.

His covert action did not attract much attention, but the aboriginal chieftain had certainly noticed it.

Although he could not see what was inside the tiger head and had never dared to open it, the moment the Jade Divine Bone disappeared, the tiger head became noticeably lighter.

He held that tiger head in his hands every day. As soon as its weight changed, he immediately realized that the thing hidden inside had been stolen.

However, he assumed that the people on the other side had done it. With a single command, all the natives charged at the mercenaries and bandits like madmen, determined to wipe them out at any cost.

The bandits on the other side had no idea what had driven them mad. They merely released their divine souls one after another and used all kinds of treasures and weapons to attack the native martial artists.

Seeing that too many people on his side had been killed or wounded, the chieftain once again released the mass of phoenix fire spirit from his spatial world.

Ye Liuyun was overjoyed. He had not expected to find it so easily.

He still did not act immediately, instead allowing the fire spirit to kill some of the bandits first. The fire spirit was clearly only half-awake and had not fully regained consciousness, so the chieftain still had to control the direction in which it burned.

Ye Liuyun estimated the fire spirit’s power, which was far inferior to that of his own Golden Crow Sacred Flame. His fire gourd, which he used to collect flames, was more than enough to take it in.

That would also make it easier for him to deal with it slowly after returning. He needed to absorb part of it himself, share some with Qiong Qi and Chen Yueying, and set aside a portion to turn in for the mission.

Once the flames had nearly burned all the bandits to ashes, Ye Liuyun finally made his move. He wrapped himself in the Golden Crow Sacred Flame, took out the fire gourd, and began drawing the flames directly into it.

At first, the aboriginal chieftain was puzzled to see a Golden Crow appear within the flames. But he soon discovered that the phoenix fire spirit was rapidly weakening. Then he lost contact with it, and it was sucked into the Golden Crow.

In reality, Ye Liuyun was simply holding the fire gourd inside the flames and collecting the phoenix fire spirit into it. The fire gourd had the ability to nurture flames. As soon as the half-asleep phoenix fire spirit sensed the gourd’s suction and the power nurturing the flames inside it, it voluntarily allowed itself to be drawn in.

That was why Ye Liuyun’s collection of it went so smoothly. He then immediately merged into the void again, withdrew his own flames, and quietly departed.

The aboriginal chieftain still had no idea what had happened. It was not until all the flames in the sky went out and dispersed that he realized someone had taken away the fire source!

The chieftain immediately began howling as well.

First, the tribe’s greatest treasure had been lost, and now the fire source was gone too. He was practically driven mad, and he led his tribesmen in charging at the remaining bandits, fighting them to the death.

The few remaining bandits were unlucky as well, without even knowing whose blame they were taking.

After obtaining what he wanted, Ye Liuyun stopped concerning himself with them. He immediately returned, boarded the flying ship with Chen Yueying, and left.

As for the natives under his control, he did not keep them either. He directly dissolved their contracts and let them return to their tribe on their own.

“Is the mission complete?” Chen Yueying asked Ye Liuyun.

Although she had not seen the flames just now, she had felt their intense heat. She guessed that Ye Liuyun had succeeded; otherwise, he would not have withdrawn immediately.

“That’s right!”

Ye Liuyun immediately had Peng Lie bring people out to pilot the flying ship. He then took Chen Yueying back to his spatial world and showed her the Jade Divine Bone and phoenix fire he had obtained, as well as the cultivation resources in Wanshitong’s possession.

“You saved me once again. I didn’t help at all; instead, I caused you quite a bit of trouble. I can’t take a share of the resources from you again. Keep these resources for yourself!”

Chen Yueying immediately made her position clear, firmly refusing the resources Ye Liuyun wanted to give her.

Especially whenever she thought of Wanshitong, she felt deeply troubled and regretted having trusted someone so easily. For that reason, she was even less willing to accept those resources.

Ye Liuyun did not force her. He merely advised her, “All right. However, you should still refine a little of the phoenix fire spirit and store it as your own fire source. That way, both your divine soul and true essence will contain phoenix fire, giving you another means of saving your life. There is plenty of this phoenix fire spirit, so a little of it won’t matter. Once you refine it into your own origin, you can slowly strengthen it in the future.”

This time, Chen Yueying did not refuse Ye Liuyun’s kindness. She thanked him and agreed.

Ye Liuyun then divided the phoenix fire. He gave Chen Yueying one strand of fire spirit to refine and set aside another strand of fire source for her to turn in for the mission.

He divided the remaining fire spirit equally among himself, Qiong Qi, and Vermilion Bird. The others who cultivated fire-attribute techniques also received a wisp of fire spirit.

After that, Ye Liuyun began refining the Jade Divine Bone as well. He had always been this way: whenever he obtained resources, he immediately put them to use on himself so he would be prepared for the dangers he would face in the future.

He refined the Jade Divine Bone into his right arm and right shoulder. Although the head, chest, and lower abdomen—where the dantian was located—were all important, he felt that both hands were more useful in battle. The other areas could wait for the time being. Besides, he had the God of War Armor, so he was not in urgent need of greater defensive strength.

Before refining the Jade Divine Bone, Ye Liuyun spent a long time preparing himself before finally gritting his teeth and beginning. The memory of refining the Jade Divine Bone before had left him in unbearable agony.

The result was the same this time. Only after enduring another bout of torturous pain did he manage to refine the Jade Divine Bone into his right arm.

Now his two arms were sturdy enough to withstand head-on clashes with a sixth-level Void martial artist without breaking.

Afterward, he rested for a while and then distributed the resources obtained from Wanshitong to everyone, ensuring that they had sufficient resources for cultivation.

Peng Lie and the others also received a share. Ye Liuyun equipped them all with armor and had them temporarily serve as Chen Yueying’s guards.

After refining the phoenix fire spirit, Chen Yueying stopped cultivating. Instead, she reflected on her own problems every day—especially the fact that she had trusted others too easily twice.

Having experienced it herself, she was left with an even deeper impression, and the shock to her was considerable. It also gave her a clearer understanding of the treachery of human nature in the martial world.

In particular, the words Ye Liuyun had told her—“If you want to help people, you also need wisdom and strength,” and “You can never be too wary of others”—kept resurfacing in her mind.

Ye Liuyun did not disturb her. He simply let her think it through carefully so that she would not suffer another loss next time.

Ye Liuyun had gained quite a lot on this trip: the Space-Time Heart Method, two pieces of Jade Divine Bone that greatly increased the strength of his arms, some fire power and various cultivation resources, as well as three stone puppets with ninth-level strength.