This person was quite clever, knowing that even the contents of their storage bags could not sway Mu Jinyu.

So, probably only a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure could buy back their lives.

But they didn't have any heaven-reaching spiritual treasures!

What should they do?

In that case, only their combat power could barely equal a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

Thus, he decided to pledge allegiance to Mu Jinyu, at the cost of becoming a servant, to survive.

Although from now on, he would have to obey Mu Jinyu, and his life would be controlled by him!

But as long as he didn't anger Mu Jinyu, he felt he wouldn't die inexplicably and might even gain a powerful ally, which seemed quite a decent bargain!

The other two, upon seeing this person's decision, were initially stunned, but then clenched their teeth and followed suit, kneeling down with the same willingness to become servants in exchange for survival.

"Alright."

Mu Jinyu gave them a deep glance, as if seeing through their very souls, and then said softly.

After speaking, he swept his divine sense into the sea of consciousness of one of them, engraving a mark on their soul before withdrawing from their sea of consciousness.

In the future, should this person betray him, Mu Jinyu could extinguish him in both body and soul just with a thought!

Subsequently, Mu Jinyu did the same with the other two.

The three of them could feel the brand on their souls. Although it felt very awkward, they sighed in relief and also felt a lot closer to Mu Jinyu, losing their previous sense of restraint.

"Master… how should we leave now…"

Before recognizing Mu Jinyu as their master, they were eager to escape from this wretched place and dared not ask more questions since Mu Jinyu made no move. Now, as they were all on the same side, they had fewer scruples.

Mu Jinyu said calmly: "Let's wait for a bit."

After speaking, he looked at the lost souls that, following his appearance, no longer attacked Jing Haosi and others.

These lost souls possessed some spiritual wisdom and could sense the Divine Silkworm Princess inside his cauldron, so they dared not take random actions to avoid harming the princess.

Watching these half-beast lost souls, Mu Jinyu sighed deeply, then took out the Soul-Suppressing Bell, played the Soul Soothing Melody, and sent them to eternal rest.

The trio observed this scene with complex emotions.

They couldn't have imagined that so many troublesome lost souls of the Half-Beast Spirit tribe, which had cost the lives of a dozen powerful individuals at the Merging Paths stage to subdue, could be sent away with just a shake and a melody of the bell by Mu Jinyu.

If they hadn't come in pursuit of Mu Jinyu but had explored the relics along with him, many of them wouldn't have died and they could have shared in the astonishing fortune in the depths of the Ice Cave.

How did it come to this, with so many dead, and even the Supreme Sect Leader of their sect had to acknowledge Mu Jinyu as master to survive?

After putting these souls to rest, seeing the Little Ice Silkworm still asleep, Mu Jinyu chose not to wake her, allowing her a good rest and sweet dreams.

He looked up at the three men and said calmly: "Tell me, what sects are you from?"

One man replied respectfully: "Replying to master, this old servant is from Baiyang Palace in the Eastern Region."

"This old servant is from Wuji Sect in the Northern Region!"

"This old servant is not from a sect but from a noble family, the Southwest Chen Family!"

"The Chen Family?" Upon hearing the last person's words, Mu Jinyu's expression shifted, and he turned to look at him, asking: "I recall someone from the Chen Family participating in the Hidden Dragon Conference, named..."

As Mu Jinyu spoke, he frowned, struggling to recall the name.

The old man sighed and said: "He was called Chen Huaiyu."

"Yes, Chen Huaiyu." Mu Jinyu nodded and asked: "Is he from your family?"

The old man said with a complex expression: "Master guessed right, he is my great-grandson."

At this moment, his emotions were extremely complex and pained.

Just a while ago, Mu Jinyu was competing against his great-grandson in the Hidden Dragon Conference, merely an outstanding young talent of the younger generation.

He wasn't qualified to be in the sight of someone like him, a powerful individual at the Unity Realm Stage.

But who would have thought, shortly after offending the Wu Family of the Central Domain, this Dragon Head Leader, who was anticipated to meet an early demise, inexplicably survived and leapt into the Merging Paths stage.

Even entering the Merging Paths stage, being just a young man at the First Layer Hedao Realm wasn't enough to compare with them!

Yet his potential was undoubtedly terrifying, prompting a necessary caution, so over a dozen elite forces, wielding six heaven-reaching spiritual treasures, joined forces to hunt him down...

Yet who could have foreseen, in the end, only three survivors remained, while others, including Wu Xiongfei, Jing Haosi, and other top-grade elites, all perished at Mu Jinyu's hands!

Reflecting on the moments not so long ago when Mu Jinyu sparred with his great-grandson, whom now was still striving for the Ninth Layer of the Fanxu Realm.

While he himself had to acknowledge Mu Jinyu as master for the sake of survival!

What an ironic situation it was!

"Mm." Mu Jinyu didn't concern himself with Old Chen's discomfort, nodding and indicating he understood, before inquiring about their standings in the Heavenly Palace and any leads on the four spiritual medicines he was missing.

The trio honestly disclosed their positions in the Heavenly Palace. Since they did not possess heaven-reaching spiritual treasures and were only in the Fifth and Sixth Layers of the Hedao Realm, their status in the Heavenly Palace was not considered top-tier.

As for the spiritual medicine clues Mu Jinyu sought, they admitted they weren't aware but could send someone to look when they returned.

"Very well, you can tell me the locations of all the sects who joined in hunting me down when the time comes, and I'll go settle accounts with them." Mu Jinyu nodded without disappointment.

He didn't intend to annihilate all those sects and noble families but planned to visit their Treasure Pavilions to see if there were any good things and the remaining four spiritual medicines he needed.

After all, if the Dragon Elephant Sect could provide him with four spiritual medicines, those sect sects and noble families, with their accumulated wealth over thousands of years, should be able to gather these medicines.

When Mu Jinyu obtained four spiritual medicines from the Dragon Elephant Sect, he already considered specifically searching the Treasure Pavilions of those great sects, but at the time, he was too weak, only at the Seventh Layer of the Fanxu Realm, lacking both courage and strength for such an endeavor.

But now things were different!

The leaders of these major forces had already fallen, and if he couldn't still manage to squeeze compensations out of these sects, it'd be pointless for him to reach the Unity Realm Stage!

"Good!"

The three men perked up upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, secretly delighted.

Although Jing Haosi, Wu Xiongfei, and others were dead, they still felt this wasn't satisfying enough, thinking it was too easy for them to just die like that. They had to serve Mu Jinyu now.

They weren't resigned to such a fate, continuously pondering on persuading Mu Jinyu to take over all these forces!

Now that Mu Jinyu proposed the idea himself, they no longer needed to nervously make a suggestion.

This was much better, for they had surrendered to Mu Jinyu, and because they were still alive and had greater utility value, the forces behind them becoming Mu Jinyu's subordinates would not be as tragic.

Unlike the Divine Formation Sect, Wu Family, and other forces where the Supreme Sect Leaders had died, these forces, after submission to Mu Jinyu, would undoubtedly be in a far worse situation than the Chen Family, Wuji Sect, and Baiyang Palace they backed.

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