Chapter 11

Ye Han understood what he was getting into. He thought for a while and said "You should also know that saving your brother is impossible. You want to kill him, but can you do it in front of that man. I have seen many hesitate when they have to kill someone they know."

"I don't think I am that pathetic. You can kill him if I am not able to. All I want is for that bastard to die." Gui Ling said.

"Fine then, I will first proceed with the changing of the slave seal. Show me where it is." Ye Han said and Gui Ling removed her clothes and showed him her bare back.

"Nice body. Now, let's get to work." Ye Han said and placed his hand on her back. He injected his soul force into her back, but only a little. If anyone's soul force enters the meridians of another person, it creates a blockage in the flow and will permanently damage the meridians.

So, Ye Han was careful in the amount he sent into her. Her back, which didn't have anything a few moments ago, displayed a red tattoo with weird drawings and letters on them.

In the novel, it wasn't like Nie Li didn't know how to break the seal, he didn't know that the members of the dark guild had these seals, until it was used by Shen Hong. (If this is not true, this is what I will assume and go ahead.)

When his soul force made contact with the tattoo, it slowly turned from red to blue. After a few seconds, the whole thing turned blue and started glowing.

It went on for a while and then it died down. Ye Han took his hand back and the tattoo disappeared. Ye Han sat on the bed and said "I finished changing the slave mark. Now, I will give you the cultivation technique tomorrow, after testing the nature of your soul realm. Get a new soul stone from the market tomorrow."

Gui Ling didn't say anything and left the room after removing the silence runes in the room. Imme the after she left the room, Ye Ming entered the room and asked Ye Han "Brat, what happened in the room? I couldn't hear anything."

Now, Ye Han can't tell that nothing happened, because the silence in the room isn't normal, as the spell cancelled out all the sounds. Ye Han couldn't tell that it was normal.

So, he lied "Why do you care about that? I was doing stuff which you don't need to know."

This statement was enough to send the message Ye Han intended. Ye Ming smiled and said "Kids sure grow up fast these days." and disappeared.

After Ye Ming left, Ye Han didn't have much to do the whole day, so he decided to cultivate. He sat on his bed and closed his eyes. He started chanting the technique and the aura around him appeared again.

He could slowly feel his soul force increasing and it was a great thing, as soul force increases slowly and it isn't usually noticeable to anyone. After an unknown period of time, he opened his eyes and fell on his bed.

He was resting after cultivation, stabilising his soul realm and getting used to the increase in soul force. As he was resting, he heard a knock on the door and his maid say "Young master, Lady Ye Shu has summoned you."

"Ye Shu? Isn't she Ye Zong's second wife? What does she want with me? Also, she wasn't even mentioned in the novel. That would mean she didn't do anything noticeable." Ye Han thought and said to Gui Ling "I will be there in a few minutes."

He got up and got dressed up. He opened the door and Gui Ling, who was waiting near the door, led him to Ye Shu's room.

Gui Ling stopped near the door and opened it for Ye Han. He entered the room and saw a woman with black hair, grand clothes and very beautiful face, making tea.

She heard the door open and looked at Ye Han. "For the first time I am jealous of this Ye Zong." Ye Han thought and Ye Shu said "Ye Han, welcome. Take a seat, I am done preparing tea."

Ye Han sat down near the table, which had some snacks on it and two tea cups and occassionally glanced at Ye Shu. Ye Shu came to the table and served both of them the tea. After Ye Shu sat down, Ye Han asked "Mothe.....Lady, may I know why you summoned me?"

Ye Shu took a sip of the tea and said "It's fine. you can call me mother if you want. I just called you here to speak to my son. I haven't met you even tho it has been over a month since you came to the mansion."

"That.... since I heard that you never leave the mansion, I thought that you would feel uncomfortable meeting me." Ye Han said.

"I just don't have any places to visit in the city and I don't have anyone to talk to, so I don't leave this room." Ye Shu said.

Ye Shu looked at Ye Han's face and said "I can tell by your face that you have a lot of questions. Ask what you want to know."

"I know that it might sound weird, but you are very good, both in looks and character. Why did you lock yourself in your room all day?" Ye Han asked

Ye Han wasn't asking this just because she looked beautiful. It is because he read her thoughts immediately when he entered the room and was shocked to know that she called him just to talk to someone.

Ye Shu smiled and said "Thanks for the compliment. I understand what you are asking. City Lord Ye Zong married me after his first wife died. This was after the whole family forced him to do so, just for the successor of the position of the city lord.

It looks like he loved his first wife, so he refused to be with me. It might be because of anger towards the city lord, that I didn't even talk much with Ye Ziyun. Everyone in the family believes that I was the one who didn't allow Ye Zong to touch me.

I guess this answers all your questions." Ye Han clenched his fist. "That foolish father of mine. How can he make such a good person sad." Ye Han thought out loud by mistake.

Ye Shu heard that and chuckled. She said "Thanks Ye Han. I guess I really needed someone to talk to." and then looked at Ye Han's tea cup.

She asked "Why didn't you drink your tea? Is it not to your liking?" and Ye Han replied "It's not that I don't like your tea. I don't like any tea. Sorry for wasting it."

"It's alright. You are just a 10 year old kid. I should have thought about this. I will prepare something else the next time we meet." Ye Shu said.

They then talked for a while and Ye Han left the room. He returned back to his room and he thought "I can understand why she wasn't even mentioned in the novel. She completely locked herself from the world."

He cultivated till night and had dinner with Ye Ziyun. When everyone went to sleep, he went back to the restaurant Yong Wei was running. He convinced Yong Wei to work for him, but she still didn't even bother remembering the name.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Yong Wei's assistant greeted him and took him to Yong Wei. As he was walking towards the room Yong Wei was in, Ye Han asked the assistant, who was also the waitress who is always with Yong Wei, "I never asked your name. What is it?"

She replied "I am Yong Liu, Yong Wei's wife." and led Ye Han to Yong Wei.

Ye Han started drinking with Yong Wei and after a few drinks, Yong Wei said "I hope I am not arrested for drinking with a kid. Master Ye Han, your men have assembled in the basement. I think your speech has got everyone thinking about their future. Only 5 members decided to retire and live far from the city."

"Good, good. Let's go meet them. I will give you guys your cultivation technique." Ye Han said and went to the basement.

When they arrived there, every follower, who were talking before, immediately became silent and focused on Ye Han.

Ye Han climbed onto a box for height, as he was still a 10 year old kid and hardly above 4 feet. He looked at everyone and said "I am happy that you managed to understand the situation you guys are in. I will give you guys the cultivation technique I promised. Before that, I will explain you what you guys are getting into.

I found this cultivation technique after paying a lot to a cultivator. This was found in a very huge mansion and I guess it was used by some noble.

It is a technique where all of you will have a linked soul realm and you need to accept someone as your master. The minute you do that, when you have any ill intent towards each other or towards me, you will die. You are also not allowed to share this with anyone.

I can't make you do anything forcefully though, so you don't have to worry about me killing you. I will give you guys another chance to think this through and decide if you really want to follow me."

Ye Han waited for everyone to come to a decision. When no one responded, he continued "I will take that as an Yes. Now, I will recite the chant. After listening to it, I need you guys to accept me as your master."

He chanted the chant to the technique and when he finished, everyone shouted "Master Ye Han, accept us as your men."

When they said that, he felt the link to his soul realm. What Ye Han gave them was the Spirit Link technique. It is a special technique where the men are connected with their master through a link between their soul realm.

Ye Han decided on this technique because he would get a small amount of Soul force from everyone who uses the technique. After he got the feeling of the link, he closed his eyes and focused on his soul realm.

He then said "You guys can go home and start cultivating. Again, welcome to the gang. I guess I should name this, well, I will come up with a name later."

He stood near the exit of the basement and met with everyone. As everyone was greeting everyone, he started pulling out men to a side and asked them to wait.

Men were confused as to why he was doing that. When there were only Ye Han, Yong Wei, Yong Lui and 10 members.

Ye Han said to Yong Wei and Yong Lui "Stay here and don't move even when something happens."

Ye Han then walked to the 10 men and asked "So, what are your reasons as to not accept me as your master? This technique doesn't work if there is no master."

While three men just stood silently, the rest seven said "I think you just gave us a stupid technique, so I was going to confirm this technique before accepting you as my master."

Ye Han bent down, as he could sense the killing intent from the three silent men. Ye Han said "You should have choosen a better reason." and black flames started spreading out from his hand and this time, it moved way faster than before.

Before they could realise something was wrong, those 10 men started getting sucked into the Black hole. Ye Han thanked the location, as they would have easily escaped if they were in a bright area. Since the basement was poorly lit, they couldn't see the move coming.

Ye Han said "Confess now if you want to live." and they all started telling the truth as to how they were paid by different noble families to infiltrate the group and keep an eye on Ye Han.

Ye Han read their minds and said "I already know your whole bio-data. You just messed with the wrong person. You can expect the warriors of the Snow Wind Family visiting a few people."

This scared everyone, as the three men among them were from the Dark guild and they were worried that they have been compromised. One among them did something and a paper burnt, after which he killed himself. The other two also killed themselves and Ye Han sucked the remaining 7 into the Balck hole.

While this was happening, Yong Wei and Yong Lui were looking at Ye Han in shock. They didn't expect Ye Han to actually use the powers of a demon spirit.

Ye Han said "Spread the news. This will make my followers understand that they are in good hands and also, they are going to be in danger if they try something funny."