Chapter 1 Evening

Chen Luo arrived at the Jin Yuan River around dusk.

Yin Ling was panting, having been carried there by Chen Luo.

Yin Ling had never imagined that someone could be so fast.

Chen Luo introduced her, "This is my disciple, Yin Ling."

Yin Ling politely said, "Uncle Jin, Uncle Xia."

Xia Haoran looked awkward. He was only 25, yet he was already being called "Uncle."

Jin Yuanjiang looked at Yin Ling in surprise. She had risen to the heavens in a single bound.

Chen Luo took out eight dishes from his supernatural space. He used to be secretive about his supernatural space, but now he held nothing back in front of his core members.

"Ma Yu isn't here either, so let's make do with what we have."

Make do?

Was he really calling this "making do?"

Yin Ling couldn't tell if her master was being deliberately humble.

The group sat down, and Chen Luo said, "Yin Ling, we'll talk about our matters. You just eat."

Chen Luo asked, "How is the progress on your side?"

Jin Yuanjiang pondered for a moment. "After the chief warned Ye Yu that day, Ye Yu chose to keep the news under wraps, after all, it's not something to be proud of."

"But with so many eyes watching, and Ye Yu's base having spies from other bases, the news still leaked out."

Jin Yuanjiang smiled. "It was a bombshell that stirred up a hornet's nest. The survivors in this area never imagined someone would dare to warn Ye Yu to his face. People from Ye Yu's side are also avoiding us."

"However, I haven't spread the news about our abundant supplies and sufficient food."

"Supplies are too powerful these days."

Jin Yuanjiang smiled wryly. "If we reveal this news, our sub-base would probably experience an explosive surge in numbers, easily reaching a thousand, maybe even two or three thousand."

"We only have five hundred people. If things get out of control, it will be difficult to manage. We've only recruited seventy new people recently, and who knows how many spies there are among them."

As time goes on, there will be more and more Level 6s, especially now that Level 6 crystals are appearing in large numbers.

Chen Luo pondered. Jin Yuanjiang was right. It would be a joke if there were more spies than members in the sub-base.

Chen Luo thought for a moment. "We still need to promote our brand, but we need to raise the standards. Level 6 is the minimum requirement. We need to comprehensively assess their aptitude and combat experience, and be strict about it. After a while, we'll only accept Level 7s."

"I'll arrange for the new members to go to Shendu, and transfer the old members here. We won't have to worry about spies."

In Shendu, Hai Ji and Ning Shuang, two King-level experts, were stationed. Even if Chen Luo the Dharma King wasn't there, no amount of spies could cause any trouble.

Could these spies withstand sugar-coated bullets?

If there were any hard-headed ones, it wouldn't be too late to kill them.

Chen Luo smiled. "Lao Jin, your strength should also be improved. You're still at Level 7."

Chen Luo gave Jin Yuanjiang the Earth-type Level 8 crystal that the Dharma King had obtained.

"Don't refuse. It won't do for the strength of you, the person in charge, to be too weak."

Jin Yuanjiang gratefully accepted it.

Xia Haoran then handed the Level 9 flesh-type crystal he had obtained earlier to Chen Luo and smiled. "I've already advanced to Level 8, Big Brother. Take it back to Da Zhu."

Chen Luo nodded with a smile. In the future, he would give the Level 8 and 9 crystals he obtained to these core members.

He had been working hard to improve himself, which had led to these core members not absorbing any good crystals.

Yin Ling listened from the side, hearing Level 8 and 9 crystals being given away casually. Her master was really generous.

It was nothing like what she had encountered before, where a Level 6 crystal could make a group of people kill each other.

Chen Luo said, "After we finish eating, prepare yourselves. We'll go find some trouble for Yin Ling. We can't establish our prestige without killing someone. We can't let people think we're easy to talk to."

Jin Yuanjiang smiled, wondering which unlucky person it would be.

Half an hour later, Chen Luo, along with Yin Ling, Jin Yuanjiang, Xia Haoran, and three hundred members, went to find trouble for Yin Ling's enemies, Li Liang and Ning Feng.

...

It was a particularly coincidental day, Li Liang's birthday, and Li Liang and Ning Feng were throwing a grand banquet.

At the subordinates' tables, they were still eating the same food as usual, but with a large bowl of rice for each person.

The main table had twelve dishes.

They were...

Roasted sweet potato, steamed sweet potato, fried sweet potato fries, dried sweet potato, shredded potato, potato cakes, baked potato, mashed potato, a portion of stir-fried green vegetables, peanuts, braised eggs, and the signature dish, hand-shredded roast chicken.

As soon as the roast chicken was brought out, there was a slightly unpleasant, fishy smell. It was pre-packaged food, and some of it was expired.

But it was attractive enough.

The guests who came to attend were all shocked. "Brother Liang, you're generous and magnanimous."

Li Liang laughed heartily. "Brother Ye Yu is coming in person today. How can I not bring out something from the bottom of the box to entertain him?"

Ye Yu was coming?

Everyone wasn't surprised. This news had been revealed earlier, and it was because they heard that Ye Yu was coming that they gave him face and attended.

However, Ye Yu usually looked down on them. Why had he changed his nature?

Ning Feng smiled slightly, understanding perfectly. The base from the outside was putting pressure on Ye Yu, and Ye Yu wanted to win them over.

Mutual benefit.

Ye Yu hadn't arrived yet, and everyone began to chat.

A bald man asked, "I heard that a while ago, a little girl killed your people. Seven or eight Level 6s were killed. Level 6s were instantly killed in her hands. Is this true?"

Ning Feng snorted coldly. "That's right, but she's already dead. Anyone who dares to offend us won't even have a corpse left."

Li Liang and Ning Feng had personally seen the mutant leave Yin Ling behind. What else could it be but death?

The bald man asked again, "What level was that little girl? How could she instantly kill Level 6s?"

Li Liang sneered. "She was a space-type, and her ability was quite special. I heard it was called Space Severance. She could definitely instantly kill anyone below Level 7, but it has no effect on Level 7s. Everyone can rest assured, any Level 7 could easily beat her."

"It's truly magical, able to kill people from a distance, as if with a single glance, a person would die, and after they died, there would be no blood flowing out."

The speaker didn't mean anything by it, but the listener took it to heart. A young man trembled and muttered, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is. We were all deceived by Chen Luo."

Someone asked, "What Chen Luo?"

Everyone knew about Chen Luo warning Ye Yu, but Chen Luo and Ye Yu's self-introductions weren't loud, so not many people knew it was Chen Luo.

The young man was called Wang Lei, and he said resentfully.

"I came from Shendu. I moved here before the heavy rain. I couldn't survive in that area. There's someone called Chen Luo who's too strong."

"At the time, he said he was Level 8, and to demonstrate his power, he looked at a Level 6 esper and caused his corpse to be separated."

"We were really scared at the time. Level 6 was a top expert then, and he killed him with a single glance."

"That incident was called the 'Eye-Killing Incident,' and it scared who knows how many people. He became famous in Shendu because of it."

"I never thought, never thought, he can only kill those below Level 7. Damn it, I'm going back to expose him."

Wang Lei was furious. So Chen Luo was just fooling people. Damn it, I must expose him. Now that I'm Level 7, I don't need to cower before him anymore.

With a "boom," a loud noise came from outside the base, and the base's gate was kicked open.