"May I ask how to address you, Young Master?" Elder Buyin asked Xiao Xie with cupped hands.
"I am Xiao Xie, titled the Flame Emperor. From now on, you may address me as the Flame Emperor," Xiao Xie said calmly.
After Elder Buyin and the other two elders exchanged glances, they understood one another's intentions. They knelt on one knee at the same time and saluted Xiao Xie. "The three of us are grateful to the Flame Emperor for saving our lives. From this day forth, we are willing to follow the Flame Emperor's lead!"
Xiao Xie was briefly stunned, then understood. Elder Buyin and the others must have seen that his relationship with Bing Yuan was far from ordinary, which was why they had not suggested killing her. However, they naturally did not wish to remain under Bing Yuan's Ice Soul control, so they directly pledged themselves to Xiao Xie.
After all, becoming Xiao Xie's subordinates was far better than being controlled by Ice Soul and turned into puppets.
Seeing Elder Buyin and the others clinging to Xiao Xie like this, Bing Yuan felt a wave of displeasure, yet she could do nothing about it.
Bing Yuan had witnessed Xiao Xie's overwhelming strength. With a wave of his hand, he could blast straight through a forest. Faced with such a ghostly, godlike being, she did not dare entertain any other thoughts for the moment.
"Very well. Since that is the case, the Three Tribes Beyond the Great Wall shall henceforth be forces under my command. Here are three Greater Revitalizing Pills. Each can increase your inner strength by twenty years. Consider them my gifts upon our first meeting."
Xiao Xie nodded and flicked his right hand, producing three Greater Revitalizing Pills and tossing them to the Three Great Elders.