"Since that's the case, you'll be the manager for now. I'll be the commander, and you'll be the vice-commander."
Ye Lin patted Xu Qing's shoulder and said.
"Thank you, Commander."
Upon hearing this, Xu Qing bowed to Ye Lin with a grateful expression. He had thought Ye Lin would remove him from his position as soon as he arrived, but instead, his position became even more secure.
Don't underestimate this small position; it holds a lot of benefits.
If he performed exceptionally well in this great battle, he might be noticed by a major power and successfully become a Disciple of that major power.
These Loose Cultivators live precariously, willing to risk their lives for even a tiny bit of resources, which is vastly different from the Disciples of major powers who have resources readily available.
Therefore, he dreamed of becoming a Disciple of a major power.
"Next, I'm giving you a very important task: divide these people into ten teams, with a captain for each team. Then, further subdivide each team into a hundred small groups, based on their skills."
"For example, those skilled in Formation will form one small group, those with strong combat power will form another, and those good at Alchemy will form yet another."
"Each small group should consist of fifty people, and then each small group will select a small group leader."
"That's all for now. I want to see the results tomorrow. Provide me with a list of the leaders, captains, team rosters, group rosters, and detailed information about the subdivided small groups."
"Good luck. I have high hopes for you."
Ye Lin gave Xu Qing an encouraging look, patted his shoulder, and then left.
"Don't worry, Commander, I will definitely complete it."
Xu Qing looked at Ye Lin's retreating figure and affirmed with certainty.
Such a massive undertaking would be a pipe dream for a Mortal to complete in a day, but the Divine Soul power of a Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivator is incredibly formidable.
Their brain is like a top-tier supercomputer, so this task is sufficient for one day.
Then, Xu Qing plunged into his extremely busy work.
After all, this task was a test from Ye Lin. If he couldn't complete such a simple task, he might be completely removed by Ye Lin.
Meanwhile, Ye Lin accelerated his pace towards Diaoya Mountain. His speed was extremely fast, covering a hundred li in an instant.
Diaoya Mountain is a high ground, with the true ground thousands of meters below.
For the Yao Beasts to pass, they must go through the unique terrain of Diaoya Mountain.
Moreover, the Yao Beast horde advances in an orderly and slow manner, not by flying.
Once they fly, chaos ensues, making them difficult to manage. In a great battle, lax discipline is a major taboo.
Upon arriving at Diaoya Mountain, Ye Lin leaped down from the cliff top to the bottom and began a rapid inspection.
The panel indicated that Wang Yang discovered a cave at the bottom of Diaoya Mountain, so this cave should be quite obvious.
"The Spiritual Qi here is extremely dense, several times more so than other places. A medium-grade Spirit Stone mine should be right here."
Ye Lin looked at the mountain wall in front of him, then unhesitatingly raised his fist and punched the incredibly solid mountain wall.
With a loud bang, broken stones began to fall, and a huge cave appeared ahead.
Inside the cave, it was colorful and extremely beautiful.
These lights were produced by Spirit Stones illuminating each other.
Spirit Stones lay quietly on the rock walls, and the entire cave was filled with incredibly dense Spiritual Qi.
Ye Lin stepped into the cave, all his pores opening to greedily absorb the immensely dense Spiritual Qi.
Ye Lin was indiscriminate, using his space ring to collect everything. Not a single Spirit Stone would be left behind wherever he passed.
"Source Spirit, I'm here."
The panel stated that the Source Spirit was located in the deepest part of the cave, which made Ye Lin quicken his steps.
Little Red, on Ye Lin's shoulder, soared within the cave, swallowing Spirit Stones one by one.
However, Little Red was extremely picky, specifically choosing to swallow Medium Grade Spirit Stones, completely ignoring Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Ye Lin could only smile. Little Red was now considered family, and he let it eat as it pleased.
When they reached the deepest part of the cave.
Before them was a small space, filled with lush vegetation. Simply standing in the center of this space was refreshing.
"Where is the Source Spirit?"
Ye Lin's eyes quickly scanned the area until he spotted a blue figure.
The blue figure was incredibly fast, so fast that it almost formed afterimages in Ye Lin's eyes.
However, no matter how fast it was, it couldn't outrun Ye Lin.
"Found you."
Ye Lin chuckled, then reached out, his fingers exerting force. Suddenly, he grabbed a blue creature. It felt incredibly smooth in his hand.
"This is the Source Spirit?"
In his hand was a creature several tens of centimeters tall, entirely blue, with a blue herb growing on its head, a round face, and enormous eyes.
The Source Spirit's eyes looked at Ye Lin, its large, innocent eyes staring at him, blinking, extremely adorable.
"Bad guy, you're a bad guy! Let me go!"
Just then, an extremely pleasant voice entered Ye Lin's ears.
"You can speak?"
Ye Lin said, somewhat surprised.
"Bad guy, let me go, or I'll get angry! If I get angry, the consequences will be very serious!"
The Source Spirit's tiny fingers grabbed Ye Lin's arm and began to struggle violently.
However, that weak strength was negligible to Ye Lin.
"Little fellow, you have two choices now. The first choice is to follow me, and the second choice is for me to kill you."
After speaking, Ye Lin showed an extremely fierce expression.
However, this expression immediately scared the Source Spirit into tears.
"Waaah, don't kill me! I don't taste good! I have no meat on me!"
The Source Spirit's eyes continuously shed tears, and its body began to struggle violently.
And the tears shed by the Source Spirit were actually streams of Spiritual Liquid, emitting an extremely rich Spiritual Qi.
Spiritual Liquid is the concentrated state of Spiritual Qi. When Qi becomes dense enough, it produces liquid.
"Boss, why don't you let me eat this guy? It looks so delicious."
Little Red stood on Ye Lin's shoulder, its bird eyes filled with longing.
This thing in front of him would be a great tonic for him.
"Little fellow, you have three seconds to consider."
Ye Lin continued to threaten.
At this moment, he looked very much like an evil uncle luring a little loli.
"Waaah, don't kill me! Little Ling is willing to follow you!"
The Source Spirit stopped struggling, its big eyes tearfully staring at Ye Lin, occasionally twitching its tiny nose, clearly still recovering from the fright.
"Very good, you've made a very correct choice."
Ye Lin then slowly released his right hand, letting the Source Spirit stand in his palm.
However, this also put him in a difficult position. The preciousness of the Source Spirit was self-evident; taking it out like this would likely attract unwanted attention.
A space ring cannot store living things. Although it is said that the legendary Immortal-grade space rings can store living things, like a small world, he couldn't obtain such a thing.
"You said your name is Little Ling?"
"Mm-hmm, my name is Little Ling. Little as in 'small,' and Ling as in 'spirit.'"
