Archdemon

In the following period of time, the nobles and powerful families who were to be married slowly sent their girls here.

Many families were not even to be considered as marriages, they simply sent girls here.

Among these girls, even the three legendary families, Huo Ling did not go to greet them.

Huo Ling was now a person of status, a legendary magician, and could ignore these red tape.

These girls who were to be married, one by one, brought their own troops and maids, and moved into the manor that Huo Ling built near the group.

This manor was given by Gu Zhengyuan, and it was considered to be fully utilized.

The families of Governor Gu Zhengyuan, Chiyuan County Master Zhao Ziming, and Nanhe Earl Ren, each sent three girls to the marriage, including one legitimate daughter and two concubine daughters.

This directly added nine wives to Huo Ling, and the other powerful noble families also sent one or two.

All of a sudden, the number of Huo Ling's wives almost doubled tenfold.

These girls did not come alone. They were accompanied by several maids and servants. For example, the legitimate daughters may have more than a dozen maids.

In addition to the maids, there are also guards.

The Gu family has the most. The three girls have more than 500 guards. The other girls have at least hundreds of guards.

Among these guards, some are humans who are attached to these families, and there are also alien guards.

Alien guards are not a strange thing for these big families. Just like Huo Ling, if he is willing to spend money, he can summon the Purgatory Demons under his command.

But there is no need for this now. It costs too much to summon from Purgatory. Most of these alien guards are some indigenous races in the spirit world.

The strength of the guards of these girls' guards is mostly black iron level, and a small number of them are silver level guards.

Just these guards directly gave Huo Ling more than 3,000 elite soldiers. If they are organized, they are at least equivalent to a force equivalent to the level of a Type B combat regiment.

Most of these alien guards were born as slaves, and the slave contracts have been transferred to these girls.

Those human guards are also the guards of the family who have been trained since childhood. These are not necessarily slaves, but they have also signed magic contracts, and their reliability is extremely high.

...

In a temporary office, Huo Ling saw an acquaintance here, Ren Jingchen.

"So, the Ren family gave you to me?" Huo Ling looked at a magic contract in his hand.

This is a magic contract for thirty years, and the terms on it have been filled in. As long as Huo Ling leaves his soul mark, he can become Ren Jingchen's boss.

Within the scope of the contract and the agreement, Ren Jingchen must obey Huo Ling's orders and perform his work, and Huo Ling needs to pay him the corresponding resource salary.

The magic contract is not equal to the purgatory or abyss contract. The cost of violating the contract is not death, but it will also cause serious harm to the violator.

If Huo Ling left his soul mark, even if Ren Jingchen did not betray him later and just wanted to terminate the labor contract, he would still need to pay a lot of resources.

It can be said that this is a low-profile, not very fatal indenture.

Ren Jingchen's face was bitter, and he said: "Yes, Lord Huo Ling, the family is very optimistic about your development prospects, so I was ordered to serve under you and provide some help to my unborn nephew."

"Hahaha! Nan Hebo is really... too polite!" Huo Ling laughed and shook his head in admiration.

After laughing, Huo Ling put down the magic contract in his hand, and did not rush to sign it. Instead, he asked with interest:

"It seems that your situation in the family is not very optimistic. Tell me your own thoughts. Are you really willing to serve under me?"

"Sir, you have a keen eye. My situation in the family is indeed not good. It has been like this since my eldest brother died..."

Ren Jingchen sighed for a long time, and he continued: "The family believes that I am the one who murdered my eldest brother. Some people even want to kill me, and punish me in a fair way to suppress the restless hearts of other branches."

Huo Ling nodded slightly. Huo Ling had guessed this situation a long time ago. It doesn't matter how Ren Jinggen died. For these people in the main branch of Nanhe Earl, Ren Jingchen, the bastard, is the ultimate beneficiary, and he is still alive, which is not allowed.

It is well known that the main branch of Nanhe Earl suppresses the branch. How can the branch have no complaints in their hearts?

"In the past few years, I have been serving in the family's private army, fighting in the most difficult and dangerous places. I have not received the rewards I deserve for my military exploits. Instead, I have accumulated a lot of hidden injuries. I know that this is the family's punishment for me.""Coming under your command is a relief for me, and I am also willing to serve you. Your road to rise is the goal that I don't know how many young people in Tiannan Province look forward to. I am honored to be under your command, which is also what I want!"

Ren Jingchen said this with sincerity on his face.

Huo Ling's eyes cast a faint red light, looking up and down at the young man in front of him. Although he is called a young man, Ren Jingchen is more than 20 years older than Huo Ling.

Under the eyes full of rule power, Ren Jingchen felt that his whole body was seen through. Except for the secret hidden in his heart, I am afraid that nothing can be concealed under such eyes.

Huo Ling retracted his gaze. Ren Jingchen's talent is stronger than imagined, and he does not have many hidden injuries on his body as he said. On the contrary, his body is well maintained.

This shows that serving in the private army of Nanhe Bo is a battle that Ren Jingchen can handle with ease.

Huo Ling grabbed the magic contract on the table, looked at it again, and said lightly: "Brother Ren, I will give you two choices."

"Sir, just call me Xiao Ren, please speak!" Ren Jingchen hurriedly bowed slightly.

"First, I signed this contract. In the remaining thirty years, you will be treated fairly by me. I will give you as much as you pay. After the contract ends, you can choose to stay or leave. But..."

When negotiating the terms, everyone was most worried about this turn.

Huo Ling continued: "But you also know that you are from the Nanhebo family. The position or training I arrange for you cannot be the best.

On the contrary, the work and tasks you perform are the most dangerous. Because you will eventually choose to return to Nanhebo's home, I can't do a business that will throw away money, what do you think?"

Ren Jingchen's throat suddenly became dry. He took a deep breath and nodded silently: "Yes, Lord Huo Ling, you are right."