Gu Yan took out a small notebook, looked at it, and saw a dragon shape engraved on the cover. Then he opened it and checked the photo and name inside.

"Untie her," Gu Yan said.

Then he put the notebook back, something most people wouldn't normally do, and walked to the sofa, crossing his legs.

"Speak, what do you want from me?" Gu Yan said, gesturing for Xiao Mingyue to come over for a massage.

Akabane put on his tattered leather coat and said, "I came to discuss some things with you, but I was captured by them, and my companion was injured."

After saying that, his face turned red. He was captured before he could even finish speaking. He was furious but had no way to say anything.

"I understand, Qingyue. Take her away first," Gu Yan said.

"You, you, you, don't think you can get away with killing us. The higher-ups of the Dragon Group will avenge us, ugh ugh ugh." Before he could finish speaking, the towel was stuffed into his mouth again.

Gu Yan took out a bone-setting herb and some herbs to replenish qi and blood.

He simply tossed it into the air to refine it, intending to make several bone-setting pills. If the dosage was sufficient, he thought it could reattach the severed arm.

The women looked at their master, who was lighting a fire in the void, and a sense of pride welled up in their hearts.

Gu Yan lazily refined the herbs. Since they were for low-level martial artists, it wasn't difficult, and he finished in about ten minutes.

Then, in a flash, he walked into the courtyard and gave each of them a Body Tempering Pill.

The one who was thinner was fine, there wasn't much of a problem. Then, he took the severed arm in his hand, cleaned it with the medicinal liquid, crushed a bone-setting pill into powder, and applied it to the arm.

He gave the burly man another one, then reattached the severed arm to his body and used his spiritual power to help him heal for a few minutes.

Feeling that the wound was slowly healing, and that it should be fine after a few more days of rest, I went inside, sat on the sofa, and enjoyed the massage.

"Bring that woman over here," Gu Yan said lazily.

A few seconds later, a series of "hmm" sounds were heard.

With a flick of his finger, Gu Yan removed the towel from her mouth.

"Your men have recovered."

Upon hearing this, Akabane ran outside and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two team members whose breathing had become much more stable.

She walked into the house, after all, she had come with a purpose. Gu Yan looked at Chi Yu, whose anger had subsided, grinned, and then said, "Get her a chair."

"No need, I have my own legs." After saying that, Akabane found a chair and sat down.

"Your Immortal Elixir is not only free of bacteria, but also rich in life energy. Many warriors need your Immortal Elixir."

"I've come to discuss the Immortal Elixir with you. I hope you can provide some to the military at a low price," Akabane said.

"Well, as long as it's not free, how about I give you 800 dragon coins per bottle?" Gu Yan said, glancing sideways at the ample bosom.

"This is still too expensive for the military. We need a lot of them. How about 100 Dragon Coins?" Akabane said, her face flushed. She wasn't good at this either.

The ancient saying makes no sense at all.

A few minutes later, Akabane gritted his teeth and said, "Three hundred dragon coins, that's the limit. If you agree, our Dragon Group can protect your factory."

They can also offer you positions within the Dragon Group, which will give you face when you travel domestically.

Gu Yan heard what he wanted, glanced at her, and then said, "Alright then, it's settled then. But the position can't be too low. If you give me a lowly stable boy, I'll refuse to offer him anytime."

“We can offer you the position of captain of the Dragon Group. Although it’s just a nominal position, everyone will give you face,” Akabane said.

She was just a squad leader; if it weren't for her special status, she wouldn't have been chosen to carry out the mission.

"What is a squadron leader? Is he an officer?" Gu Yan asked. He wanted a general's rank; he didn't care about those other miscellaneous ones.

"Our Dragon Group has ten battalion commanders, a hundred company commanders, and countless squad leaders like myself."

"The squad leader is already equivalent to a Earth Realm expert." Chi Yu said to Gu Yan, "How dare you look down on the squad leader of the Dragon Group! It's outrageous!"

Gu Yan waved his hand, then sat up. Hua Qingyue immediately understood, then blushed and knelt down at Gu Yan's feet, her two small hands pulling on Gu Yan's zipper.

Gu Yan leaned against Xiao Mingyue's soft body and said lazily, "A mere ant in the Earth Realm, does he deserve the title of a strongman?"

Go back and talk to them. If I were given a battalion commander position, I might be able to accept it, albeit reluctantly.

Chi Yu looked at Hua Qingyue, completely bewildered. As a cultivator at the Earth Realm, she was doing such a lowly thing for Gu Yan. Her fair and smooth face immediately turned ugly.

It seems this guy's strength needs to be reassessed. He might be even stronger than a Heaven Realm expert. You know, even an Earth Realm expert would never do something like this for a Heaven Realm expert.

There is only one explanation: he must have transcended the Heavenly Realm. Otherwise, how could he have willingly become a slave?

"I'll try my best to apply when I get back. In short, I won't treat you unfairly," Akabane said, taking a deep breath.

Gu Yan was still enjoying the massage with her eyes closed, without saying a word.

Akabane snorted and left with her two companions.

Half an hour later, Gu Yan shook his body and opened his eyes. He stroked Hua Qingyue's increasingly beautiful face and said, "Qingyue, you should teach them well in the future. You must teach them everything you know and not hold back."

"Ahem, this servant will do her best," Hua Qingyue said, her throat moving slightly.

"Okay, go cultivate, everyone," Gu Yan said, patting her head.

He also needs to rest. His body was already weakened, and he had just given that Akabane a hard time, which made him even weaker.

Then he went into the hut, poured himself three bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills and one bottle of Body-Tempering Pills, and started chewing them, refining them for a while.

Then I took out that tiger penis. I almost forgot, isn't that supposed to be very nourishing?

Hmm, I'll have them make some soup for lunch to help them recover.

After feeling the surge of power in his body, he took out the blue spirit stone and continued cultivating.

Although he can only cultivate the Spirit Guiding Technique up to the seventh level, he is only at the early stage of the seventh level, so reaching the peak should not be a problem.

A faint blue mist drifted to Gu Yan's side again, some following his breath, some following his pores. In any case, it was all going into his body, so it couldn't do any harm. Gu Yan didn't pay much attention to it.

It wasn't until noon that Gu Yan stopped, because he had just broken through a minor realm and reached the mid-stage of the seventh level, but he only had 60% of the blue spirit stone left.