Chapter 1217: Cooperating with the Kidnappers

The blue-eyed woman's cultivation level was completely unable to resist before Ye Liuyun.

She looked at Ye Liuyun in terror, not knowing what he would do to her.

"Don't be afraid; as long as you cooperate with me, I won't hurt you!"

Seeing her trembling, Ye Liuyun couldn't help comforting her with a sentence.

"What are you going to do?" the woman still asked nervously.

"What's your name? What's the situation with your family? Where...?" Then Ye Liuyun began to inquire about the situation here.

Through questioning, Ye Liuyun learned that this world was not small either, and the place they were in was called Yunxia Continent.

The woman was Yun Mengyi. Her Yun Clan was the greatest power on Yunxia Continent, and she was the sole daughter of the Yun Clan Chief.

At first, the woman remained on guard against Ye Liuyun.

But as Ye Liuyun's questions continued, she also learned that he was not from their world, and she became curious about him.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun kept his distance and did nothing excessive in action or speech, so she felt he was not that kind of wicked person.

So she gradually forgot her nervousness.

"Why did you kidnap me?" Yun Mengyi directly asked Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun directly replied: "Back then it was to escape the Yun Clan; having a hostage meant that if others discovered me, they'd hesitate to act, giving me protection."

"So can you let me go now?" Yun Mengyi asked again.

"There's also something I need you to help with. I have some companions who, I heard, were captured by your Yun Clan; I must rescue them." Ye Liuyun said to Yun Mengyi.

"Those demons?" Upon hearing Ye Liuyun wanted to rescue those demon cultivators, Yun Mengyi immediately grew tense again.

"That's your misunderstanding!" Ye Liuyun explained to him: "In our world, demonic cultivation is just one kind of normal cultivation method; many people practice it! It doesn't mean that practicing demonic cultivation necessarily leads to evil deeds!"

"Really?" Yun Mengyi said, somewhat doubtful.

"Then have you seen them do any bad deeds?" Ye Liuyun countered.

"I heard they came to steal the mineral vein!" Yun Mengyi replied.

"That's their sect's assignment; they go to various secret realms to search. It's just that I didn't expect there to be humans here as well. To them, it's not theft but rather like exploring and treasure hunting in secret realms!" Ye Liuyun continued explaining.

Yun Mengyi thought for a moment and still said: "Anyway, they came to our clan to steal things!"

Ye Liuyun also didn't want to argue with him. Martial arts cultivation is inherently about seizing resources—whether by theft or fraud, as long as one obtains resources, it's skill.

"No matter how you understand it, I must rescue them!"

"If you can't rescue them, you won't let me go?" Yun Mengyi guessed and asked.

Ye Liuyun didn't respond; he also hadn't decided how to finally deal with Yun Mengyi.

Yun Mengyi still thought she had guessed right, and asked Ye Liuyun: "If I cooperate with you to rescue them, will you let me go?"

"Of course!" Ye Liuyun replied firmly this time.

"Do you dare swear on your martial arts future?" Yun Mengyi pressed.

People here don't sign divine soul contracts; they directly swear on their martial arts future. If anyone breaks the oath, they curse themselves to make no progress in martial arts.

Ye Liuyun also didn't know whether swearing this oath would really affect him, but since he had no intention of breaking it, he immediately swore as Yun Mengyi taught him.

Only then did Yun Mengyi believe Ye Liuyun.

"Alright, I can help you!"

Only then did Yun Mengyi tell Ye Liuyun the location and mechanism layout of the Yun Clan's imprisoned demon cultivators, etc. But she didn't know the exact numbers and other specifics.

Moreover, to rescue them, Ye Liuyun still had to enter the Yun Clan again.

"If I follow you wearing that invisibility cloak, will the Yun Clan's strong ones detect me?" Ye Liuyun asked Yun Mengyi.

After thinking, Yun Mengyi told Ye Liuyun: "I have a cousin named Yun Mengxiong. He also has blue eyes and can detect you! Other strong ones might not detect you, but there are many formations within the clan that will surely detect you!"

Upon hearing that, Ye Liuyun felt he still couldn't enter the Yun Clan; otherwise, if discovered, he might get trapped.

In the end, the only option left was to have Yun Mengyi help him rescue them, which for Ye Liuyun was actually the safest approach.

However, Yun Mengyi is too innocent; she might make mistakes during the rescue.

"Why don't you let me go back, and I'll help you rescue them? If you don't trust me, I can swear!" Yun Mengyi also proactively suggested.

Ye Liuyun wasn't sure if Yun Mengyi was just fooling him, and he didn't believe in the efficacy of their kind of oath.

"I already swore according to your customs just now. Shouldn't you now, according to our customs, make an agreement with me?"

Ye Liuyun still felt that signing a divine soul contract was safer. At least if someone breached it, the contract would take effect— the breaching party's soul would be obliterated.

"Okay!" Yun Mengyi didn't ask what form it would take and directly agreed.

After he and Ye Liuyun signed the divine soul contract, Ye Liuyun then told her: "If you violate the contract, your soul will be directly obliterated!"

"Ah? Your contract is that powerful? Can you teach me?" Yun Mengyi was very surprised.

However, what surprised her wasn't the penalty for breaching the contract; she was surprised that Ye Liuyun's devised contract seemed even more binding than their oaths.

Ye Liuyun smiled and replied: "Once you help me rescue them, I can pass it on to you—consider it a reward for you."

Next, Ye Liuyun told her that they could transmit information via the divine soul contract, which made Yun Mengyi even more eager.

"Wait for my news; I'm heading back now!" Yun Mengyi, wanting to learn the method of signing the divine soul contract, was about to leave immediately.

"Wait, you need to think of what to say when you go back! Otherwise, if your family asks who kidnapped you, how will you explain? Once you expose the target, rescuing them becomes difficult!"

Ye Liuyun didn't rush to let him go; instead, he first had him fabricate the lie he would tell upon returning.

"Wouldn't telling the truth work?" Yun Mengyi asked innocently.

"If you told the truth, your family would be on guard—then could we still rescue them?" Ye Liuyun said helplessly: "Our divine soul contract only works on you; it's useless on others."

Yun Mengyi thought it over and also felt that telling the truth wouldn't do.

But she never lied, so Ye Liuyun could only ask her about other matters to help him find an excuse.