Chapter 1137: Against the Rules

The Fourth Prince also found it inconvenient to say too much in such a setting, only saying to let them investigate Ye Liuyun's deeds a bit more.

"This guy has hidden his strength!"

Emperor Xia found it boring.

Actually, even if Ye Liuyun didn't hide his strength, he still didn't take Ye Liuyun seriously.

Even if Ye Liuyun were stronger, he would only be at the Sixfold Creation realm, posing no threat to the imperial family.

Ye Liuyun stood on the platform at that time, not stepping down, but instead letting the remaining three also go up to accept the challenge.

The three glanced at each other, consulted via voice transmission, and then went up onto the platform together.

"Since you insist we go up together, we might as well obey respectfully!"

They no longer cared about face; they would first take out Ye Liuyun and then talk.

Ye Liuyun didn't care at all.

Among the three, one had slightly stronger spatial power, so they weren't too worried about Ye Liuyun's archery.

But as soon as the match began, Ye Liuyun directly used a soul attack and took him out.

Then followed a spatial lock, one arrow each, ending the fight.

The two originally wanted to surrender, but one was affected by Ye Liuyun's golden pupil, which cast an illusion, causing a slight delay.

By the time they shouted, the arrows happened to hit.

The last one had actually already shouted, but Ye Liuyun still shot true.

He had already made up his mind; even if someone blamed him, he could say he didn't have time to hold back.

If he didn't shoot them all dead and be a bit ruthless, there would still be people daring to say behind his back that his strength was lacking.

Everyone saw that Ye Liuyun had violated the rules, yet no one went to blame him.

No one would punish a prince over a dead man who had surrendered.

The former emperor merely smiled while watching Ye Liuyun.

He expressed no stance, his expression showing neither anger nor dissatisfaction, simply acknowledging the result.

He certainly wouldn't cause a conflict with Ye Liuyun over a dead man who had lost the battle.

The elder judge hesitated, looking toward Emperor Xia.

Thus the judge cleared his throat and announced Ye Liuyun's victory.

Ye Liuyun also put away his bow and arrow, stepped down from the platform, and went to find Zhu Youfu to continue chatting.

At that moment, the people beside the Fourth Prince realized his words surely carried a deeper meaning.

Ye Liuyun dared to violate the rules in Emperor Xia's presence without punishment, showing his status is certainly not that of an ordinary prince or prince consort.

Emperor Xia, seeing the match had ended, finally spoke a few words: "Having witnessed your splendid battles, I am truly delighted! Your strength is enough to be called the pride of our Great Xia Dynasty!"

"I hope that upon entering this secret realm, you each encounter your own opportunity, further enhance your strength, and become the pillars of our Great Xia Dynasty!"

He spoke two polite sentences, giving these heavenly prodigies a bit of face, and then directly left.

Afterwards, the remaining ten people each followed the prince they supported back to the prince's residence.

Inside the grand hall, the banquet had been rearranged; this time there were only eleven tables.

Besides Ye Liuyun and Zhu Youfu, the others had no mind to eat, waiting for the upcoming arrangements.

"We will enter the secret realm in ten days, for a period of one month. During these ten days, for safety's sake, you may stay in my palace.

"Of course, this is not compulsory; it's voluntary. It's just that before, a confirmed candidate was killed after leaving the palace, so I make this suggestion.

"Moreover, after we reach the secret realm, we still need to fight side by side. This period is also a good time to get to know each other."

These people also understood that the slain candidates were not killed by other princes, but by martial cultivators with a chance to substitute who found someone to do the deed.

Therefore, most of them decided to stay, temporarily residing in the imperial palace.

"Boss Ye, what about you? Are you staying or going home?" Zhu Youfu asked Ye Liuyun.

Fourth Prince Xia Tian Yuan also advised from the side: "You should stay too, get more familiar with everyone, and let me fulfill my duty as host."

"Alright, then I'll impose on you!" Ye Liuyun readily agreed.

He knew this matter concerned Xia Tian Yuan's fate, he valued it greatly, and could not allow any slip.

Moreover, he indeed needed to familiarize himself with these people, so that later, not knowing others' traits would not cause problems in coordination.

"What courtesy! If you can stay here, I welcome you more than I can express!" Seeing Ye Liuyun agree so readily, the Fourth Prince also knew Ye Liuyun was sincerely helping him.

He immediately sent people to notify the Feng Clan, lest they think Ye Liuyun had met with some mishap in the palace.

Fourth Prince Xia Tian Yuan also immediately arranged to bring everyone back to their lodgings to rest.

Each of them had their own cultivation room, fully equipped, with maids and servants attending; anything they wanted to eat could be ordered at any time, the arrangements were very thorough.

After Ye Liuyun arrived at his residence, he found it quite satisfactory, and immediately entered the cultivation room to train in seclusion.

As for Zhuge Feiyu, he immediately sought out the Fourth Prince to discuss matters.

"These people each have their own thoughts; even if gathered together, they would not readily reveal their pasts and strengths.

I suggest you organize their traits, see what can be said and what cannot, then I will convey it to them; that would be better.

The Fourth Prince, upon hearing this, nodded in agreement.

"That's fine. Having you speak is better than me speaking to them; they'll be more open.

Thus, the Fourth Prince told Zhuge Feiyu all he knew about the people's deeds and traits.

This was also to let him understand their strengths, so he could make suitable arrangements.

After Zhuge Feiyu heard the Fourth Prince's account of Ye Liuyun's deeds, he couldn't help but feel moved repeatedly.

"What kind of person is he, to accomplish all this!" He thought, and couldn't help but become curious about Ye Liuyun.

Finally he still asked the Fourth Prince: "Just how strong is Young Master Ye's strength? What level of expert can he deal with?"

The Fourth Prince shook his head: "I'm not sure either. His strength cannot be measured by realm. He's also the one I find most inscrutable!"

After a moment's thought, he added again: "I only know that the assassins at the early Tianzun stage didn't manage to kill him! The Cheng Clan subsequently had two early-stage Tianzun realm experts; one was killed by him, and one's shadow was captured alive by him and even sent to the imperial palace."

"Even the shadow of a Tianzun realm expert was captured alive by him?" Zhuge Feiyu felt increasingly that Ye Liuyun was simply too amazing as he listened.