Chapter 1398: Know When to Stop

Qu Wanying and the others stared in surprise at the prone barbarian bear.

Its fierce aura made them dare not even breathe, let alone speak to ask.

Not long after, Ye Liuyun returned with the wolf pack.

On his arm was still coiled a green snake with red spots.

Though the little snake was small, Qu Wanying and the others dared not meet its gaze.

Its sinister gaze made their hearts tremble.

Ye Liuyun collected the red-spotted green snake, the barbarian bear, the wolf pack, and his clone one by one, then led the way back.

"Let's go, we're heading back!"

Upon hearing the two words "go back", everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief and ran hard behind Ye Liuyun.

After running out of the ferocious beast area of the Tianzun Realm, Qu Wanying dared to ask Ye Liuyun: "Were the barbarian bear and the red-spotted snake just now also captured by you?"

"Yes!"

Ye Liuyun answered affirmatively.

"In just a short while you've caught thirty or forty ferocious beasts of Tianzun Third Layer or higher—why not keep catching?"

Qu Wanying grew curious.

She felt Ye Liuyun had the ability to catch even more ferocious beasts for his own use.

She didn't yet know that the barbarian bear was of Tianzun Fifth Layer, and the red-spotted green snake was even of Tianzun Sixth Layer.

"Enough is enough—just take what you've got!"

Ye Liuyun laughed.

Ye Liuyun felt they were still at least half the distance from the center of the Beast Mountain Range.

But the ferocious beasts' cultivation had already reached Tianzun Sixth Layer.

One can imagine how strong the beasts inside must be.

Moreover, when he just dealt with that red-spotted green snake, even after using a Spiritual Soul Attack, he was still bitten.

That red-spotted green snake possesses extremely strong venom.

Although the bite didn't break his skin, the venom corroded it.

Had he not been immune to poison, that bite would surely have killed him.

He hadn't expected the red-spotted green snake's soul power to be so strong.

Fortunately, he won in the end.

But through this incident, he had already sensed the danger.

So he decided to quit while ahead.

These gains were already considerable, and he felt content.

If he grew greedier, not to mention the Beast King here, even a random high-level ferocious beast could put his life at risk.

"You're actually not greedy!"

Qu Wanying praised.

Ye Liuyun didn't really care about her opinion.

Anyway, no one else gets to tell him what to do.

On the way back, Ye Liuyun didn't make a move either.

Most of the time, he just used his aura to scare off approaching ferocious beasts.

In the end, Fan Gang and Qu Wanying together caught a Zao Hua First Layer elk, leaving it for Qu Wanying as a mount.

But Ye Liuyun also noticed a group of masked people lying in ambush on the mountaintop.

He then released Ye Tiandao, letting her strike and wipe out those people.

By the time he brought Qu Wanying and the others to the mountaintop, Ye Tiandao had already cleaned up the battlefield and was waiting for them there.

Ye Liuyun opened his Golden Pupil from the mountaintop and looked down.

Down below was a Di Zun First Rank martial cultivator guarding with over ten Zao Hua Realm martial cultivators.

They probably didn't want to climb up or feared the ferocious beasts here, so they simply waited down below to strike at leisure.

Ye Liuyun didn't even warn Qu Wan Ting and the others, just brought them down the mountain.

"Young Master Ye, if you do good to the end, could you send us back to the Town Royal Mansion?"

Before descending the mountain, Fan Gang asked Ye Liuyun.

"Saving you isn't enough; you also want me to send you home? What's in it for me?"

"What's in it for me?"

Ye Liuyun asked directly.

"If what you say is true, I will have Father King petition the Empire to cancel your warrant!"

Qu Wanying continued.

"Tch! No need, I didn't care anyway!"

Ye Liuyun said indifferently.

Never mind whether a prince has that ability; just contacting a wanted fugitive is already not easy to handle.

If mishandled, even the Prince Zhen Shan could be implicated.

So Ye Liuyun understood that even if Qu Wanying truly wanted to do this, the Prince Zhen Shan would find it difficult.

Moreover, the Prince Zhen Shan's situation isn't great either.

He didn't believe that letting the Prince Consort seize the prince's military authority would happen without anyone backing the Prince Consort.

"Even if we can't cancel the warrant, we can guarantee that in our city, no one will dare to arrest you!"

Fan Gang added.

Ye Liuyun laughed again.

He retorted, "Do you think you could stop me if I wanted to leave?"

"Then what do you want?"

Qu Wanying retorted.

Ye Liuyun, hearing that, sized up Qu Wanying.

"What do you mean?"

Qu Wanying covered her chest and took a step back.

"Haha," Ye Liuyun burst out laughing: "Calculate how much you're worth, then turn it into beast meat for me! I've raised many ferocious beasts; I need at least enough meat to feed them for ten or twenty years!"

Qu Wanying let out a breath, lowered her hand, and gave him a white look: "Five hundred elephants—is that enough?"

Ye Liuyun sized up Qu Wanying again and said, "Looks like you're not worth much either!"

Hearing that, Qu Wanying almost vomited blood from anger.

She fiercely asked Ye Liuyun: "Then tell me, how much do you want?"

"I think you must be worth at least ten thousand elephants."

Ye Liuyun said.

"Where am I supposed to find ten thousand elephants for you?"

Qu Wanying got angry, feeling Ye Liuyun was deliberately making things difficult for her.

"I didn't say it had to be elephants! An equivalent amount of meat would do!"

Ye Liuyun laughed.

Qu Wanying thought it over and still felt it was a bit too much.

"Can we reduce it a bit?"

"My father may be a prince, but he's usually clean and honest, never extorting the common folk."

"How about an amount of meat equivalent to five thousand elephants?"

"Nine thousand! Considering your father doesn't extort the populace!"

Ye Liuyun replied.

"How about six thousand?"

"I'll also treat you to a meal!"

Qu Wanying and Ye Liuyun began to haggle.

"Eight thousand—can't go any lower!"

Ye Liuyun said.

"Seven thousand! Can't go any higher!"

Qu Wanying insisted.

"Fine! It's a deal!"

Ye Liuyun readily agreed.

Upon hearing that, everyone tried not to laugh and ended up hurting themselves internally.

Qu Wanying also felt she had been tricked.

Seeing how readily Ye Liuyun agreed, she guessed that even if she had said five thousand, he would have agreed.

However, the final price was what she shouted, and she felt embarrassed to change it.

"I accept! It's just an extra two thousand elephants' worth of meat—I'm not unable to provide it!"

She thought to herself.

They walked and talked, soon arriving at the foot of the mountain.

Before they even reached the mountain base, the area below had already been surrounded by people.

"Who exactly are you, and why are you chasing me?"

Qu Wanying stopped and asked the people downhill.