[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents":3,"chapter-embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-152":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},589982,840,"Chapter 152 - 25: Afraid of Death! But Even More Afraid of Being a Tool for Life_3","embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-152",152,"\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, just after finishing his own case and coming back, someone from Fanlou reached out to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Liuyun nodded, planning to visit Fanlou tomorrow, no need to rush over right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheng Lanzhi nodded understandingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she didn’t know what Ye Liuyun had asked Fanlou to find, it didn’t matter. Some things she ought to know, Ye Liuyun naturally wouldn’t keep from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Ye Liuyun didn’t say anything, Sheng Lanzhi sensibly didn’t pry further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this respect, Sheng Lanzhi was indeed very clever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that you’re back, sir, to celebrate your promotion to Lord Thousand Households, I’ll have people prepare some fine food and drink!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Liuyun did not refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it’s been a while since his promotion to Lord Thousand Households, if they wanted to celebrate, so be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xing’Er, you come too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ye Liuyun hadn’t refused, Sheng Lanzhi smiled and agreed, calling out to Xing’Er at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing Ye Liuyun’s relationship with Xing’Er was different, Sheng Lanzhi would no longer treat Xing’Er merely as a maid as she had before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ye Liuyun’s side was filled with warmth and joy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the atmosphere was far more oppressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside a mansion, Southern Governor Qi Yuanliang—so dazzling and impressive in front of others during the day—was now kneeling on the floor, his face anxious and uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him, a middle-aged man was calmly leafing through a dossier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This dossier was the very one Si Nan had written upon returning to the Embroidered Uniform Guard earlier that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he could guess that its description likely differed from reality, when combined with his own collected intelligence, it was easy enough to deduce what probably happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly unexpected, this newly appointed Lord Thousand Households is quite bold, even daring to move against the Brahma Sect!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the forces within Yunkong Temple were not strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the Brahma Sect’s name there, even within the Dynasty, few truly dared to cross Yunkong Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Ye Liuyun made his move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did he make his move, but in the end he even succeeded—really hard to imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle-aged man’s view, even if he acted himself, the result might not be any better; to have made the Brahma Sect swallow such a loss, there are few in the world who could do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it were you, could you have gone this far?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set down the dossier and looked toward the kneeling Qi Yuanliang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh! Please punish me, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Yuanliang didn’t stubbornly insist that he could have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it would be pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also knew clearly that he had failed at many things recently, and if these were blamed on him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking of it made Qi Yuanliang tremble all over, as if recalling something truly terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Punishment is merely an excuse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man seemed utterly casual about Qi Yuanliang’s answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone as calm and carefree as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I dislike punishing others the most. If you’re useful, you live; if you’re useless, you die. Why bother with punishment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle-aged man’s eyes, useless people should just die—there was simply no need for something as time-wasting as punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So can you tell me, are you useful?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes, yes! Sir, I am useful!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Yuanliang nodded repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying no now would be a death sentence, wouldn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, sir. I will bring Ye Liuyun over to our side in the shortest possible time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original mission given to Qi Yuanliang was recruiting Ye Liuyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qi Yuanliang had grown too arrogant, accustomed to smooth sailing over the years. He never expected his domineering, suppressive recruitment tactics would have zero effect here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Yuanliang’s words made the middle-aged man chuckle softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s no longer necessary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-no longer necessary?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does that mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does it mean Ye Liuyun no longer needs recruiting, or that he himself was no longer needed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Yuanliang dared not speculate, just bowed his head lower, not daring to utter a word more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s clear that this Ye Liuyun is quite bold and daring. Recruiting someone like him isn’t always a good thing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had plotted so much himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want a single recruitment to disrupt his plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Qi Yuanliang was slightly relieved inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it only meant Ye Liuyun wouldn’t be recruited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank goodness it didn’t mean he himself was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hesitating a moment, Qi Yuanliang still asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, with Ye Liuyun at Innate Perfection, if he can’t be used by you, should I eliminate him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That level of strength—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could indeed affect future plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Qi Yuanliang didn’t dare claim he could definitely defeat Ye Liuyun, wishful thinking could stay in the heart, but he would never show it on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Qi Yuanliang put on a serious face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if dealing with Ye Liuyun was an easy task for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, the other party didn’t actually make Qi Yuanliang do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though there’s no need to recruit him, it doesn’t mean he can’t be used by me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer recruiting him, but still using him? How?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Yuanliang couldn’t quite understand, but obediently kept his head down in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sometimes, the blade doesn’t have to be in your own hand—as long as you can control who it strikes, that’s enough, isn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Yuanliang was a smart man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The parts he didn’t quite get just now—now that it was said this way, he instantly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected of you, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Praising with an admiring face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man didn’t care about such flattery, only waved his hand dismissively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soon, there’ll be something for you to do. Take this ’blade’ with you when you go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember, if you fail again this time, don’t bother coming back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",974,"2026-05-30T16:57:06.164Z","2026-06-01T04:31:44.368Z",1,"novelbin.me","b817a66598ef1c15c8e5b87c3bce3f4bb572a4c7eff71591efbbae2832e013ec","embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-153","embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-151",471,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fembroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-cover.jpg"]