Chapter 1134: Not a Joke

Then I'll follow you, and from now on I'll call you Boss Ye!

Zhu Youfu's chubby face broke into a smile, his eyes narrowing to slits.

……

Faced with such a thick-skinned guy, Ye Liuyun was also speechless!

After a while, Ye Liuyun said, "Here I have the lowest cultivation level; are you sure you want to follow me?"

"Luck has nothing to do with cultivation level! I've never misjudged a person; following you, I'll definitely not die!"

Zhu Youfu said confidently.

Ye Liuyun chuckled, thinking he was just trying to get close with a joke, and didn't take it to heart.

Who would have thought, Zhu Youfu really followed Ye Liuyun like a lackey.

Meanwhile, Zhuge Feiyu, who had been walking ahead, saw Zhu Youfu following Ye Liuyun, deliberately slowed his pace, waited for them to catch up, then went over to greet Ye Liuyun.

"Prince Ye, I'm Zhuge Feiyu! Youfu, long time no see!"

Zhu Youfu greeted Zhuge Feiyu with a hehehe, and also showed off to him.

"This is my newly recognized boss; from now on I'll follow him!"

Ye Liuyun also didn't want to reject their enthusiasm, and proactively said, "Brother Zhuge, just call me Ye Liuyun, no need for formalities! This Brother Zhu likes to joke, don't take it seriously!"

Zhuge Feiyu, however, solemnly told Ye Liuyun, "Zhu Youfu doesn't casually pick a boss; since he chose you, it shows your fortune is surely rising!"

He spoke slowly and deliberately, refined and cultured.

Ye Liuyun looked at him and felt he didn't seem like someone who was just joking around with Zhu Youfu.

He also glanced at Zhu Youfu.

"Hehe!" Zhu Youfu returned a simple, honest smile.

Ye Liuyun also couldn't be bothered to tell whether they were serious or just joking.

"No matter what, after all they're showing goodwill, so I shouldn't take it too seriously!"

Thinking that, Ye Liuyun didn't dwell on the issue any further, and instead chatted with them a few sentences.

During the chat, he also knew that these two people were both from different great clans.

Zhu Youfu's family runs a jewelry business, while Zhuge Feiyu's family is a renowned instrument-refining house.

Although not as powerful as the Cheng or Feng clans, they are still well-known.

The three of them chatted on, and then entered the imperial family's martial arena together with the crowd.

The martial arena wasn't large; the surrounding stands could only hold a few hundred people.

The Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince had already brought their own retinues and were seated on the opposite stands.

The Fourth Prince led his people and also took a seat on one side of the stands.

At this point, everyone began sizing up the strength of the other two sides.

Ye Liuyun opened his Golden Pupil and saw some stronger opponents.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince, upon seeing Ye Liuyun, both furrowed their brows.

The Crown Prince knew Ye Liuyun's strength, so he immediately decided not to let his men challenge Ye Liuyun.

As for the Seventh Prince, he didn't dare provoke Ye Liuyun.

He estimated that even if those fifty-plus people were all thrown out, they wouldn't be enough for the magic vine beside Ye Liuyun to absorb.

However, many in their troop didn't know Ye Liuyun.

"Huh? How is there still a Sixfold Creation martial cultivator?"

"Yeah! Isn't the Fourth Prince unable to find anyone?"

Immediately someone spoke up sarcastically, drawing others to look at Ye Liuyun and join in the laughter.

Even on the Fourth Prince's side, someone disdainfully glanced at Ye Liuyun, disliking that his low cultivation brought shame to the troop.

Ye Liuyun, however, sat down indifferently and continued chatting with Zhuge Feiyu and Zhu Youfu.

"This preliminary match can be considered the Heavenly Pride Battle of the Central Continent!" Zhuge Feiyu said after sizing up the opposing crowd, unable to hold back his sigh.

"Good!" Ye Liuyun agreed with his statement: "This match truly deserves the name Heavenly Pride Battle!"

The Seventh Prince sat far away, his face changing color.

He was worried Ye Liuyun would take revenge on the people he'd brought and kill them all later.

So he immediately sent a voice transmission to others, telling them definitely not to challenge Ye Liuyun.

Someone asked the reason. He only said Ye Liuyun is a prince consort and also the sect leader of the Demonic God Sect.

Those people didn't care about the prince consort title, but they had recently heard of the Demonic God Sect and were all worried about suffering Ye Liuyun's revenge.

The Crown Prince's side also sent voice transmissions, forbidding his people from challenging Ye Liuyun later.

However, his order was simpler: "Those who challenge Ye Liuyun will have their clans exterminated!"

After a while, those two sides had no one left mocking Ye Liuyun; instead they all cast him strange looks, sizing him up.

Zhuge Feiyu sat beside Ye Liuyun, and even he felt the strangeness of those people's gazes.

Zhu Youfu, however, was oblivious, and took out plenty of beef jerky to present to Ye Liuyun, with Zhuge Feiyu also getting a share.

"Boss, try my homemade beef jerky!"

Ye Liuyun tried it and found the beef jerky actually had its own unique flavor.

"Not bad! Did you make it yourself?"

Zhu Youfu immediately began to proudly boast.

"Of course, this is my secret recipe! Not bad, right? I've always felt I'm better at making these foods, but my old man insists I sell jewelry!"

He said while handing Ye Liuyun a lot, telling him to keep it and eat slowly.

Ye Liuyun immediately also shared it with everyone inside the Space World, receiving unanimous praise.

Ye Liuyun also laughed and praised, saying, "I don't know about anything else, but this jerky is really well made!"

They were chatting when suddenly a squad of Imperial Guard appeared around the empty Zhan Tai.

Immediately after, Emperor Xia appeared on the Zhan Tai with some ministers.

Emperor Xia said nothing, then an Elder stepped forward, began explaining the preselection match rules, and then announced the start of the competition.

"Please have the Crown Prince first send someone to challenge the other princes' representatives."

In this match, the princes themselves need not act; it is purely a screening among their attendants.

The Crown Prince's main target is the Fourth Prince, so their respective forces are destined to fight the fiercest.

As soon as the Crown Prince came up, he sent a somewhat stronger Martial Cultivator to challenge a somewhat weaker Martial Cultivator on the Fourth Prince's side; in a single move he beat the opponent helplessly, winning the first bout.

Next, it was the Fourth Prince's turn to send someone, using the same strategy, and he struck back.

The Seventh Prince, daring to offend neither side, alternately challenged the Crown Prince once and the Fourth Prince once.

The battles on the field raged fiercely, and Ye Liuyun and Zhuge Feiyu occasionally commented on the strong fighters.

Zhu Youfu completely ignored the battles, instead telling Ye Liuyun what foods he could make.