After Long Yuyin left, Nie Li immediately started cultivating.
Even Long Yuyinâs cultivation had already reached 5-fate. If he didnât catch up soon, heâd be left behind in the dust.
Nie Li entered the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting.
Deityâs Lakes were floating all around inside the painting. Soon, theyâd start producing an endless supply of spiritual stones.
Nie Li looked towards, Yu Yan who was cultivating in the distance. The golden flames on body were blazing more than ever, looking like a cloud of golden fire in the sky. Nie Li had no idea how far Yu Yanâs cultivation had reached. Since she was still in the middle of cultivating, he didnât want to disrupt her.
As for Jindan, that little guy was already twice his original size. It kept up with its routine of eating and sleeping. This Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting was like a utopia for it.
Nie Li settled down and began cultivating. But unlike before, he was absorbing pure spiritual stone essences, instead of spiritual stones.
The Heavenly Energy contained in spiritual stone essences was purer by several folds.
A single piece of spiritual stone essence was equivalent to a thousand spiritual stones. Ordinary cultivators couldnât enjoy such goods; but for a moneybag like Nie Li, it wasnât much.
After absorbing three spiritual stone essences, his cultivation returned to 3-fate. However, he continued to absorb even more spiritual stone essences.
For now, Nie Liâs fate soul was still unstable, so he didnât think about heading to the outside world for the time being. Instead, he cultivated and continued to raise his strength in peace.
Time pass quickly. five days later, Nie Li had already used dozens of spiritual stone essences and his cultivation had finally stepped into 4-fate. Heâd finished forming his fourth fate soul, and it was black in colour.
Red, blue, yellow and black. Then what would color of his fifth fate soul be?
Nie Li was a little bewildered.
However, he didnât stop cultivating once he reached 4-fate. Instead, he continued on.
Meanwhile, in the outside world, Gu Bei and Lu Piao led the Demon League and finally took down a Deityâs Lake. This was their first Deityâs Lake since the leagueâs establishment. Although it was just an ordinary low grade Deityâs Lake, it was a pretty good start for them.
With that Deityâs Lake as a base, theyâd be able to recruit more experts than ever, especially since they werenât lacking in funds. After all, the terms that they provided were several times better than those of the other factions.
As they were cultivating by the Deityâs Lake, a subordinate hurried in.
âMaster Bei, thereâs a faction called the Ancient Jade League thatâs come to join us!â
âAncient Jade League? Where are they from?â Lu Piao frowned as he asked Gu Bei. Ever since they came to the outside world, Lu Piao had become even more cautious.
âTheyâre a small faction in the outside world with roughly sixty men who are all around the Heavenly Fate Realm.â Gu Bei continued, âHowever, they donât have any associations with other factions!â After reaching the outside world, Gu Bei had conducted a few investigations on all the large and small forces out there. Gu Bei also had an amazing memory. As long as the faction had a name in the outside world, Gu Bei would know of them.
âDid you ask why theyâd like to join us?â Gu Bei asked after pondering for a brief moment.
âThey said that wandering the outside world is too tough for them. They said that, theyâve come in contact with some of the major factions, but those major factions didnât give them any regard and werenât willing to take them. After hearing that Master Bei was establishing your own force, they decided to quickly pay a visit and ask!â that underling reported.
Under normal circumstances, those major factions wouldnât be willing to take them; their strengths were too ordinary. After all, it was quality rather than quantity that counted. Having more people would mean that theyâd have to spend more spiritual stones to maintain the force. After those major factions weighed the factors, of course they werenât willing to accept those who were weak.
âAre we going to take them?â asked Lu Piao as he looked at Gu Bei. This was the first time an entire faction had decided to join them!
âOf course! Nie Li is a moneybags anyways, so we can afford it!â Gu Bei smiled as he continued, âOther factions have to worry about having too many burdens, so they arenât willing to take them. But thatâs not a problem for us, since Nie Li already told us to recruit as many people as possible!â
A short while later, the group that called themselves the Ancient Jade League appeared before Gu Bei and Lu Piao.
âMaster Bei, my name is Heng Yan!â The leader of the Ancient Jade League cupped his hands towards Gu Bei. He was a youth in his twenties and didnât have any family background worth speaking of. However, he acted neither humble nor pushy as he stood before Gu Bei and Lu Piao.
âIf you join our Demon League, youâll have to follow our rules. Will you comply?â Gu Beiâs face turned serious as he looked at Heng Yan.
Heng Yan immediately bowed and said, âI understand.â
Joining the Demon League would require them to sign a contract. Once the contract was set, they wouldnât dare to betray him, especially with Gu Beiâs family background. After all, Gu Bei was the first-in-line successor of the Gu Clan!
âGood! Then sign the contract!â Gu Bei lightly smiled.
Heng Yan looked at Gu Bei as he asked, âMaster Bei, we control a low grade Deityâs Lake. Although itâs nearly dried up, there are still dozens of people guarding it right now. Do you want it?â
Gu Bei straightforwardly said, âNaturally! After joining our Demon League, we will send some men over to collect your Deityâs Lake. Since youâve decided to join us, youâll be treated the same as everyone else whoâs in the Demon League.â
Hearing Gu Beiâs words, Heng Yan and his group had their eyes light up. According to the rumors, the Demon Leagueâs monthly salary was equivalent to their former yearly income! How could they possibly be unwilling?
Very quickly, Heng Yan and his people disbanded the Ancient Jade League. Once everyone present signed the contract, they became a part of the Demon League.
To Heng Yan, exchanging a nearly dried up Deityâs Lake for the generous treatment of the Demon League, was a profited for them. As far as Nie Li was concerned, it was a profit for him as well. All he had to do in exchange for a nearly dried up Deity Root, was pay Heng Yan and his group a tiny allowance every month.
The news travelled quickly. The Ancient Jade League had disbanded and its members had joined the Demon League.
The other smaller factions were also deliberating. Guarding a Deityâs Lake was bitter work. And in return, they received only a dozen or so spiritual stones per year. But if they chose to follow the Demon League, then they could get dozens of spiritual stones every month!
Some of the bosses of the smaller factions werenât willing to disperse their own factions. However, they saw their brothersâ hearts shaking and understood that their factions couldnât hold out for much longer. They too, disbanded and joined the Demon League.
In just a single month, dozens of factions had disbanded and joined the Demon League. The league itself was swelling and growing at a ferocious pace. Aside from accepting large numbers of new members, the Demon League had also received and controlled dozens of Deityâs Lakes. However, Nie Li had quickly removed the Deityâs Roots from all those lakes.
After taking dozens of factions, the Demon Leagueâs size swelled to over three thousand experts. However, not everyone had a high cultivation. There were only a few dozen Heavenly Star Realm experts. However, their expansion was already extremely shocking, given the league was only a few months old.
The major factions of the outside world were extremely puzzled. How could the Demon League possibly afford the massive quantity of spiritual stones required daily to support? If any other force spent so much just to maintain so many people, then theyâd have crumbled a long time ago!
However, what they didnât know was that not was Nie Li capable of supporting them all, the amount of spiritual stones in his possession was still madly increasing.