Chapter 1149: No Ambition

Within the Imperial Family Secret Realm, the number of ferocious beasts is still not small.

Ye Liuyun and his group encounter a herd of beasts every time they travel a stretch.

Later, Ye Liuyun stopped releasing the ferocious beasts altogether, instead having Zhu Youfu use a Formation Plate to encircle those beasts, then he went to subdue them one by one.

Ye Liuyun, of course, would share them with Zhu Youfu.

But Zhu Youfu only selected a few Earth Sovereign‑realm beasts for self‑defense, taking none of the others.

Mainly because he can't afford to feed them!

A single ferocious beast consumes a huge amount of food. Zhu Youfu is reluctant to feed them his own jerky.

So after he requested six Di Zun First Rank beasts, even when Ye Liuyun offered more, he refused.

Ye Liuyun doesn't mind.

In his arena, someone is dedicated to feeding the ferocious beasts.

And for the beasts he raises himself, he has ample food reserves. The corpses of ferocious beasts obtained last time in the Cheng Clan Secret Realm are enough to feed these beasts for a year or two.

Ye Liuyun's performance has already been observed by Emperor Xia and others outside.

They didn't witness Ye Liuyun and Zhu Youfu's earlier encounter inside the Cave, nor know how many treasures Ye Liuyun obtained this time.

However, when the little white fox equipped those three thousand Metal Puppets, they saw it crystal clear.

Left Prime Minister laughed helplessly: "Ye Liuyun's speed in gathering troops is truly fast! First there were three thousand Metal Puppets. Now this ferocious beast army is nearly three thousand!"

Emperor Xia nodded: "My Prince Consort is indeed lucky! His speed in gathering troops is truly fast. The army in his hand has now reached five hundred thousand, but it hasn't continued to expand."

"Not expanding is good! It shows his ambition isn't that great!" another minister said.

"Hmm! So far we haven't seen any ambition from him!" Emperor Xia confirmed.

Through several contacts with Ye Liuyun, he found that Ye Liuyun has no intention of replacing the dynasty.

Moreover, even if he wanted to replace, he currently lacks the ability.

What Emperor Xia now worries about is Ye Liuyun targeting princes in the Secret Realm.

If that were the case, he would certainly not let Ye Liuyun go.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun truly has no such thought. Since he has already promised Emperor Xia, he naturally won't kill the Crown Prince.

He can also see that Emperor Xia still places great importance on these princes.

Although he doesn't know anyone is watching him, he believes that if any prince dies, the Imperial Family will be the first to suspect him.

So even if it's troublesome, he is willing to bring Zhu Youfu. Should a prince encounter trouble, he will then have personal evidence.

Over at the Crown Prince's side, he has already discovered three of his subordinates dead.

Moreover, these three subordinates evidently all died at the hands of the same person or group.

He can sense that the three Tokens are located together.

"It must be Ye Liuyun!"

The Crown Prince said confidently to the two Martial Cultivators beside him.

At this moment, the three of them have all advanced to Di Zun First Rank.

"Your Highness, are you that certain?" one Martial Cultivator questioned.

The Crown Prince replied affirmatively: "Besides Ye Liuyun, who could eliminate both of us yet prevent any news from getting out? Who would dare bring three Tokens and lead us to chase?"

"Is Ye Liuyun really that formidable?" another Martial Cultivator expressed disbelief.

The Crown Prince said helplessly: "More than just formidable! Didn't I tell you that the shadow and the Qian Long Academy disciples once besieged him? Back then he was at what realm? Now he's reached Zao Hua Qi Chong! Moreover, he has a horde of ferocious beasts!"

"What should we do then? Is there any hope of defeating them?" a Martial Cultivator asked cautiously.

"Until the end, we must never give up! We're not his match, but we can use the dangers of the Secret Realm against him. Let's follow him. Perhaps he can lead us to that Stone City."

After speaking, the Crown Prince informed the others, then led the two of them, using golden Tokens to sense, and pursued toward Ye Liuyun's direction.

After they left, a Martial Cultivator of Di Zun First Rank hidden in the shadows also took out a Token and notified the Seventh Prince.

It turns out the Seventh Prince had also sent someone to tail the Crown Prince.

However, he didn't dare send anyone to tail Ye Liuyun, fearing detection.

And the Crown Prince also didn't send anyone to tail him. In the Crown Prince's eyes, the Seventh Prince poses no threat.

Upon receiving the news, the Seventh Prince immediately ordered everyone to chase after that tailing Martial Cultivator.

The eleven of them split into two groups; aside from the one tailing, each group had five members. Thus both groups promptly changed direction to pursue the Crown Prince.

Ye Liuyun and Zhu Youfu hadn't expected that his few Tokens could draw both other squads here.

They traveled with ease; whenever Ye Liuyun felt like it, he would spar with the ferocious beasts for a bit of exercise.

The next day, a towering mountain rose before them.

The peak was strewn with bizarre rocks and extremely steep.

The only path through the mountain was a single canyon within it.

The canyon was only a few zhang wide, making combat hardly convenient.

Ye Liuyun examined the canyon, thoughtful, and said: "This canyon is a one-man pass, ten thousand cannot breach. It's also an excellent spot for ambushes."

Zhu Youfu looked at him and said: "Since you say that, there must be an ambush inside!"

"I only said maybe, not certain!" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"I've encountered this many times. Bad things usually happen!" Zhu Youfu said confidently.

Ye Liuyun didn't know whether his words were true or false, but scouting was still necessary.

He first used Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to scout a stretch, found no major issues, then released over ten Zao Hua Realm ferocious beasts.

He dispatched these beasts, spacing them out, so each could scout forward and backward. If danger arose, the rear beasts would quickly return to report.

Finally, Ye Liuyun also sent the shadow to the rear to observe the beasts' condition.

Ye Liuyun and Zhu Youfu waited for news in front of the canyon.

After waiting a while, Zhu Youfu grew a bit impatient. He asked anxiously, "It's been so long; nothing will go wrong, right?"

Ye Liuyun shook his head: "The Slave Seals controlling these ferocious beasts are still active; they haven't died!"

Ye Liuyun had planted Slave Seals on those ferocious beasts and that shadow. If they died, he would at least sense the disappearance of the Slave Seals.

But those Slave Seals are still present now.