"Hahaha! No problem. My wife here was the one who wanted to save you guys. If it was up to me, I wouldn't want to get involved." Leyvi pushed all the credits to Anda.
Lina, Rosa, and Terra became speechless. Aren't you being too honest? Are you supposed to admit that you didn't have any intention of saving us?
The three ladies felt awkward. They weren't sure how to express their gratitude now.
Anda slapped Leyvi's shoulder. "Ei, can you not make the situation awkward every single time? You are making it hard for them to fall in love with you!"
Lina, Rosa, and Terra became even more speechless. Lady, you are making the situation awkward for us too!
"Okay, let's return to the camp first. Lilian is alone there." Leyvi said.
However, the next moment, he noticed that Lilian was heading toward them alone. Leyvi then focused his spiritual sense on their campsite. It turned out that a bunch of demonic plants had swarmed over to where Lilian was and devoured every single mercenary that they caught.
This development was completely out of Leyvi's expectations. Now he couldn't turn them to law enforcement for investigation anymore. What a bummer.
"Uhh, the plan changed. We should find another place to camp."
Soon Lilian arrived at where Leyvi was and explained what happened to everyone. She also gave a pile of space bags she collected before she escaped from the demonic plant swarm.
Half an hour later, Leyvi found another suitable spot to camp for the night. They introduced themselves to the three ladies first.
After getting comfortable, the three ladies also introduced themselves to Leyvi and the group.
"My name is Pipilina. Just call me Lina."
"I'm Rosalinda. People call me Rosa."
"And you can call me Terraria or Terra. Thank you again for saving us. If not for everyone here, we would be defiled already."
"So why are you ladies with that mercenary group, anyway? Did you not investigate them first before joining?" Leyvi asked.
He felt a bit confused. From what he had observed so far, they didn't seem to have much fighting experience. Not to mention, these three beautiful ladies thought it was a good idea to join a group full of men stronger than them and go to an isolated place.
Ladies, you are lacking too much sense of survival! Leyvi criticized in his heart.
Lina, Rosa, and Terra became embarrassed.
"When we were looking for a mercenary group to join, a few women recommended them to us, saying that they were the best at guiding newbies. That's why we joined them. Fortunately, I noticed that they were drugging our drinks, so we escaped." Rosa explained.
"Hmm.. that's pretty bad. They even hired women to draw in unsuspected victims. I wonder this vile scheme had harmed how many women." Leyvi felt disgusted. No wonder women mercenaries here hated men.
"Hmph! I'm sure there are many more mercenary groups just on other hunting grounds, luring women and harming them. We should eradicate them!" Anda's rage meter rose again.
"I'm sorry, guys. It was my idea to come here and become a mercenary. I almost harmed you both." Lina looked dejected.
"So you ladies aren't from the Mercenary City?" Leyvi inquired.
"Actually, the three of us are from the same sect. We left the sect this time to gain some experience together. We are stuck at the peak of the Foundation Building realm and can't progress. So, our senior sister told us to experience real-life scenarios." Terra tucked her wavy black hair behind her ears as she narrated.
"Does that real-life scenario include getting married and making babies? Your senior sister didn't forbid doing these, right?" Anda asked mischievously.
The three ladies were stupefied. Their senior sister didn't specifically forbid those things, but they were out to find opportunities for breakthroughs, not find partners!
"Anda, you are scaring our guests." Leyvi tried to stop Anda's usual recruitment process.
Anda pouted. "What do you mean, I'm scaring them? I'm giving them valid advice, okay? Did you forget that Lilian successfully overcome her bottleneck and breakthrough to the Core Formation realm after she married you? Hmm?"
Lilian, who was sitting next to Anda, nodded her head aggressively, agreeing with her statement.
Leyvi was speechless. He didn't know how to counter Anda's argument.
"Is that true?" Rosa felt intrigued.
"Of course it's true! Let me tell you. The so-called gaining experience doesn't necessarily mean you have to be good at fighting. It means that you have to experience different aspects of life. If one thing didn't work, try to experience something else." Anda shared the worldview that she had formed so far.
Lina, Rosa, and Terra looked at each other. They felt that what Anda said made a lot of sense.
"Hahaha! Come on Anda. Having many battle experiences is also an aspect of life. It worked for many cultivators, that's why it's the most popular way of gaining experience to overcome bottleneck." Leyvi disputed Anda's claim because he suspected that Anda was saying all that to trap these innocent ladies.
Anda stood up. "Husband, why do you keep ruining my plan today? I'm working hard to recruit night battle.....ahem, to expand your harem, okay? Didn't you support me previously? Hmm?" She acted like she was interrogating Leyvi.
Leyvi smiled. "My wife, I changed my mind. You need to change your brainwashing doctrine first before I accept more women."
Anda pouted. "Which part that you don't agree with?"
"The part where they should sacrifice their lives to save mine. I don't like that one." He replied. It was something that was on his mind since what happened in the Homun Family territory.
Anda showed a confused look. "What's wrong with that? You are our pillar. Without you, there won't be a Leyan Family. I don't think that's a bad logic."
Leyvi shook his head. "That's not the kind of pillar I wanted to be. I want to be the kind of pillar that lets everyone around me lead the life that they prefer. If they have to die for my sake, then I'm not a pillar."
"It's a good thing nothing like that happened yet. If not, it might become my heart demon. I would regret it forever." Leyvi expressed his feelings.
Anda trembled. "Is it that serious?"
Leyvi rolled his eyes. "Of course, it's that serious. What kind of man do you think I am? You ladies don't have to worry about me. Look at how tough my body is. Do you think I will die easily?" He started to flex his muscles.
Anda was still hesitant.
"Anda, I'm warning you. If any of the ladies ever tried to sacrifice their lives to save me because of your brainwashing, I swear I will chop off my dick." He threatened, half joking, half serious.
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"Fine! I won't brainwash them with that anymore. I will change it to something less extreme." Anda reluctantly agreed. It would be a world-ending trouble if Leyvi really cut off his holy rod.
Nala and Valenia let out a relieved sigh.
Suddenly, Leyvi realized that they were still in front of other people. He was so into the conversation that he forgot about the three ladies who were listening. How embarrassing!
Lina, Rosa, and Terra were utterly dumbfounded. They just heard the weirdest series of conversations in their entire life.
Just based on this conversation alone, they could accurately deduce the personalities and dynamics between these people. Their saviors might be weird, but they were good people.
Somewhere far above the skies.
A figure was laughing uncontrollably while holding her stomach. However, the sound barrier around her blocked her loud laughter, preventing anyone from hearing her.
"Hehehe! These people are so funny! My junior sisters were saved by a bunch of weirdos! I like them! I hope my junior sisters stick around them for much longer. I want more comedy!"
Hmm? Why do I feel like someone's watching us? Leyvi scanned the surroundings, but he detected nothing abnormal.
Leyvi kept his vigil until morning. Nothing suspicious happened, but he still couldn't shake off the feeling of being monitored by something.
Lina, Rosa, and Terra decided to join Leyvi and the group to hunt for the demonic plants, which was their primary reason for joining a mercenary group in the first place.
Three days later, they decided to return to the Mercenary City. With his spiritual sense, Leyvi avoided any contract with other mercenary groups to avoid unnecessary conflict. He had already formed poor opinions on them.
They hunted a few species of demonic plants and gave the demonic heart crystals to Lilian. She was reluctant to leave Verdant Labyrinth because she wanted to see more demonic plants. Of course, Lina, Rosa, and Terra got to keep the demonic heart crystals that they hunted themselves.
The three ladies were taken aback when Leyvi brought out an airship to return. After all, only the rich families could afford one. They were aware that the Leyan Family was just a newfound family, so the fact that they had an airship made them question things again. Who are these people?
"We are going to a few more hunting grounds this month for training. How about you ladies join us? You don't have to worry about getting tricked again." Anda invited them.
"Anda, my wife, look in the mirror. You are the trickster." Leyvi teased her.