Chapter 547: Aftermath & Rest

Certainly, when the situation was put under control once again, they immediately sent their tracking squads, but the problem was that the trail spread too wide.

Still, as long as there was a trail they wouldn't give up, so they continued for as long as they could, but it turned out that this decision was a terrible mistake.

Not only did these trails crossed more than one kingdom in Soul Land, but at the same time their tracking squads were hit by these Kingdoms armies.

They were like mice following a damn cat when suddenly their way was blocked by many cats. It was needless to talk about the result of these confronts.

In just a short amount of time, the Earth Faction had lost more than 20% of their strength, and more than 50% of their resources.

It was quite the big hit for them, as the true leaders of the different organizations immediately recalled back their people that were trying to destroy the barrier around Rock Fortress City.

They couldn't afford any more losses, and they didn't know just what kind of tricks Tianlong Yun might play with those guys there, and cause them even more casualties.

Needless to say, they didn't recall everyone, as they needed to refresh the United Settlement, and put it as a sentry tower over Tianlong Yun's head, but still, a big number of those people turned back.

That marked the end of the hope for the Young Masters and Young Misses caught by Tianlong Yun, who started regretting more and more ever meeting such a dark star.

Even in those moments though they still thought that this was the fault of Tianlong Yue, and Lu Bing as they hadn't given in to them, and tell them those secrets, but nobody cared anymore.

The humiliation, pain, torture, and suffering they went through would be later recognized as the 'Devils Punishment'. The winner writes the story always.

Those happenings marked the creation of a new independent power in Soul Land, one that didn't belong to either of the previous two factions, but that had connections to both sides.

After all, it was well known that Tianlong Yun and his organization had their roots on Earth, but at the same time, he seemed to know a lot of secrets that even Soul Land King's didn't.

While the lower rows didn't understand how this was possible, the true powerhouses behind the Kingdoms had an idea of how could that be possible.

In fact, it was more of a certain possibility that made their blood boil, and at the same time angered beyond belief.

Those guys were most probably the only ones to know that there was an original version of their cultivation technique, that was much more complete, and powerful than their own.

Not only that, but most probably it also contained a lot of knowledge over their formations, and the world they were living in.

Their biggest fear though remained on the fact, that the one who inherited it, could cultivate beyond them, and then take control over them.

As Kings that had lived their whole lives as rulers, there was no way they were going to accept someone else above them.

This was a dog eats dog world, so they were going to do whatever they had to do, in order to get that technique in their hands.

The only problem was that barrier covering Rock Fortress City, they knew better than those guys from Earth Faction, that the barrier was indestructible.

In all their lives, and history there hadn't been many cases of such a barrier getting destructed, and in order to take it down they needed a lot of preparations, and negotiations.

Everyone wanted the cake, and no one would willingly give it away, forget about other kingdoms, they had many troublesome factors inside their own houses.

Everyone knew that it was time for deep and detailed cleaning, as new war and conflicts would start shortly, turning Soul Land into a place of blood and chaos.

Soon that information would pass even to the Earth Faction, as those guys had managed to plant their seeds amidst the kingdoms, making the situation even more dangerous.

As everyone had these thoughts in their minds though, the one who was at the center of all these interests, was resting at his Mansion with his head over Lu Bing's thighs.

After the humiliation and torture for more than two weeks of those idiots that he had managed to capture, and releasing quite a bit of his anger, and rage, he was now resting to recollect himself.

Beside Lu Bing, Tianlong Yue was slowly feeding him with some small exotic fruits that they had come across in this Soul Land.

Even though the food was less and less important the more one climbed the ladder of cultivation it was still a necessity once in a while.

Rock fortress city was built over a rocky area, and it was quite a barren land, which hadn't been really used in a long time.

It was used more of a trap than a City after all and it would take a while in order to be a productive and lively place like it should be.

According to the best estimations from Tianlong Yun, it would take at least 50-100 years for this place to be like it should be.

The biggest problem was that for cultivator's normal food was nothing more than useless cotton, or paper, they could eat it, but there was no obvious benefit to them, or to their system.

They needed food that was grown and fed with the energy of Heaven and Earth for tens of years in the least.

Tianlong Yun had already started the plantation of the place, and also the growth of necessary facilities, but until this place started to become productive he had to maintain it with his own resources.

If it were only for his people, and army it wouldn't have been a big problem, but there were thousands of free cultivators in his place, and he couldn't quite let them die.

Not that he cared much about their wellbeing, but because they were a resource for him, in order to increase his forces and army.

In his eyes these guys were the same as sheep, the more he had, the better it would be for him. Not to mention that right now he had a large need to rebuild his forces.

It was a good thing that his other plan had been extremely successful, and he had managed to haul quite a bit of resource from the generous hearts of the big organizations of the Earth Faction.

His actions had started scrutiny towards the smaller organizations, and their resources, but he didn't care about it.

Right now, there were much more important issues on his mind, for example, the 13 Kingdoms of Soul Land, and the eyes of their rulers towards him.

At the moment the fact that he had received the inheritance and the full cultivation technique was an unverified rumor.

Once those guys verified the rumor or were able to find proof, then the current three-way stalemate that he had just managed to achieve would be destroyed in a second.

And then he would have the whole Soul Land, and the whole Earth faction on his back, trying to destroy him and then steal everything from him.

This was human nature, or to be more exact the natural human greed, and ambition found inside people that worked to reach the peak.

If people didn't have that greed and ambition it would be impossible for them to reach beyond what they had.

Tianlong Yun was no exception either, if it wasn't for his greed for revenge, and the greed of wanting to live a long and happy life at the peak with his women and his family he wouldn't be working so hard.

It was part of everyone, the bigger and deeper the greed, the bigger and deeper the resolve to reach the destination.

Tianlong Yun knew this well, and he had no intention of rejecting the thought, it was precisely because he accepted that in himself that he was able to understand those fogies.

He had failed to acknowledge this in his previous life, and the result was already known to him, he had been trapped and betrayed by people he never expected, and had been thrown and killed like a dog.

Greed was necessary to reach the top, and he knew that perfectly well, so he had no intention of letting go of his greed.

Even what he was living right now was a type of greed for him, the greed of having internal and external peace around him, as he was able to fully relax himself.

Relax was as important as hard work was, one had to know when to become hardworking, and when to laze around like he did.

But just because his main body was lazing around it didn't mean that he was totally lazing at that moment, as there were important missions he had to take care of.

One of the most important missions in reach was finding a way to spread his tentacles, and reach in other kingdoms besides the Soulania Kingdom.

At the same time, he had to do the same in the Earth faction. The winner of the war would be the side that had the most information.

Of course, he couldn't forget even the fact that he needed to increase his strength and his army. In fact, he had already started to move with respect to the last objective.

As he was resting and enjoying himself his people outside were announcing the new rules, and conditions of Fortress Rock City…