thanks. it would be time to approach the alchemy guild and make profits, as well as a link that helps him a lot. Not to mention that in my opinion she should take Yang Xin (harem) for herself, she is a very devoted woman as well as extremely intelligent.
the mc has only 2 years max to rise to the higher realm, so i think it's too little time for him to raise an army of his own and kind of a waste of time.