Chapter 141: The So‑Called Trump Card

The Ye Clan patriarch, upon seeing Ye Liuyun's cultivation level, felt tenfold relief.

"Family matters are now yours to worry about! Go back and cultivate properly. Even if the Ye Clan ends up with only you, we old bones will have no regrets!"

"Patriarch, you say that, but the Great Zhou Dynasty is despicable and shameless; I'm afraid they'll act ruthlessly against the clan. You can't just watch the clan and leave me alone!" Ye Liuyun urged.

"What do you suggest?" the Clan Chief asked Ye Liuyun.

"I propose the whole clan relocate," Ye Liuyun said boldly.

"I suggest that before the Great Zhou Dynasty makes any overt move, the whole clan should relocate and seek refuge under King Tianyun. Before moving, we should loot the Chengzhu Fu. Moreover, I've already brought enough resources to sustain the Ye Clan's development for many years!" Ye Liuyun said.

Upon hearing this, the Ye Clan patriarch and the Clan Chief both frowned.

Relocating is indeed a massive undertaking. Moreover, after years of building the family estate, how could they bear to abandon it?

"Patriarch, Clan Chief! King Tianyun is a cautionary tale. I've experienced it firsthand. If we don't move, the Ye Clan cannot escape this annihilation disaster! Would you let the younger generation be slaughtered by the Great Zhou?"

Ye Liuyun personally witnessed the battle at the county city and knows the Great Zhou Dynasty's ruthlessness.

In the end, the patriarch coldly made the decision, hammering it home. "Move! Do as Ye Liuyun says. I trust his judgment! You go arrange the attack on the Chengzhu Fu, and call me when the time comes. After battling the Chengzhu Fu for so many years, it's my turn to vent my fury!"

"Understood!" the Clan Chief and Ye Liuyun replied, stepping back.

"How shall we arrange it?" the Clan Chief and Ye Liuyun asked after returning to the Council Hall.

The Clan Chief was at a loss for a while. The decision was too huge and sudden; he had no mental preparation at all.

"Swift action is essential!" he announced, giving only one day before withdrawing that night. At the same time, they'd attack the Chengzhu Fu. If the Mo Clan dared to aid the Chengzhu Fu, they'd wipe out the Mo Clan as well.

"What? Do we have that kind of strength?" the Clan Chief asked in shock.

Ye Liuyun immediately released a Fire Wolf and Shi Yuan. "Are these two enough?"

The Clan Chief couldn't discern the cultivation levels of the two.

"They are Sea Transformation, eighth rank," Ye Liuyun explained.

The Clan Chief swallowed. "Enough, that's enough. Those two alone suffice; we don't need to send anyone!"

Thus they settled on it; the Clan Chief went to reply to the patriarch, while Ye Liuyun went to confer with Songtao.

On the way, Songtao told Ye Liuyun that he had brought a Warship capable of carrying fifty thousand people, and the soldiers operating the Warship had already arrived and were lying in wait in Fengyang City.

Ye Liuyun couldn't help but admire King Tianyun's wisdom for having anticipated the possibility of relocation.

So he had Songtao bring the soldiers in overnight to the Ye Clan, temporarily lodging them in the Back Hall of the Instrument Hall.

The Back Hall of the Instrument Hall had always been reserved for Ye Liuyun. After returning, he saw little change inside and was reminded of his aunt.

Seeing his aunt's lounge chair still there, he simply took it. "I'll keep it as a gift for my aunt when I see her again!" Ye Liuyun muttered to himself.

Early the next morning, the patriarch personally went to the Back Hall, bringing several Elders to meet Ye Liuyun, and they rushed straight to the Chengzhu Fu.

After they had been gone a short while, the Clan Chief also gathered all important clan members, announced the relocation to evade the Great Zhou Dynasty's retaliation, granting the whole clan only one day of daylight before departing that night.

In an instant, the entire Ye Clan was in chaos, a complete mess.

Even the Chengzhu Fu was messier than the Ye Clan.

Ye Liuyun, the patriarch, and others said nothing; upon reaching the Chengzhu Fu they launched an attack, charging straight inside.

Residents outside saw it and immediately spread the news.

"Who dares to storm my Chengzhu Fu?" City Lord Qin Yuan roared, bursting out from the inner hall.

"Hahaha! Qin Yuan, your account with our Ye Clan ends today!" the Ye Clan patriarch's voice boomed like a bell, heard by half of Fengyang City.

The outside residents, having heard, began to gossip.

"Fengyang City, something big is happening! The Ye Clan actually attacked the Chengzhu Fu!"

"Now it's entertaining! I wonder who will finally win!"

The Mo Clan also received the news instantly; the Clan Chief hurriedly gathered a few Elders to discuss a response.

The Mo Clan Grand Elder said, "The Chengzhu Fu has the support of the Great Zhou Dynasty, while the Ye Clan has King Tianyun and Ye Liuyun of the Holy Martial Academy behind them; we cannot offend either side. Therefore, the best approach is to observe quietly and act as if we know nothing."

The Mo Clan Clan Chief asked, "But how can the Ye Clan fight the Great Zhou Dynasty? That kid Ye Liuyun is only a branch academy student. If we don't show loyalty now, will the dynasty later wipe us out too?"

"Clan Chief, your words are mistaken! The Chengzhu Fu is ambitious; regardless, if the Ye Clan falls, they will strike us. Even if we curry favor and beg for mercy, that's only a temporary measure; the Mo Clan is destined for obscurity. So even if we help, we must help the Ye Clan, not the Chengzhu Fu!"

The Grand Elder's words seemed reasonable to the others. In the end, the Mo Clan held their positions, offering no aid to either side.

At that moment, inside the Chengzhu Fu, Qin Yuan let out a laugh. "Who do I think I am? So it's the Ye Clan patriarch! I was afraid you'd come today and never return!"

"Is that so? Then what about me?" Ye Liuyun asked coldly from the side.

"Hmph, you think your True Essence, eighth rank, can intimidate me? You all must stay here today!" Qin Yuan said disdainfully.

"Is that so? Then hurry and reveal your Trump Card, don't waste each other's time!" Ye Liuyun sneered.

His Divine Sense had long detected that within the Chengzhu Fu there was a Martial Cultivator of Sea Transformation, first rank. That was likely Qin Yuan's backing!

Qin Yuan then respectfully addressed the Martial Cultivator, "Lord Cui, I must trouble you to act!"

The so-called "Lord Cui" pretended, saying, "What a hassle! Such a petty figure still needs my intervention!" and then shuffled out.

Ye Liuyun saw this and almost laughed out loud.

"What kind of person do you think I am? Turns out I'm just a dog of the royal family!"

The man wore the royal guard uniform, clearly just an ordinary guard, yet he pretended to be a dignitary here—utterly ridiculous.

"How bold you are! To disdain the royal guard—are you trying to rebel and failing?" Lord Cui shouted.

"So what?" Ye Liuyun retorted deliberately.

"You... do you know what that sentence implies?" Lord Cui was momentarily at a loss for words.

"I only know the Great Zhou royal family is wayward and unworthy of the Ye Clan's loyalty, that's all! Is this world only the Great Zhou royal house?" Ye Liuyun shot back.

"Rebel! Rebel! City Lord Qin, the Ye Clan has rebelled! Mobilize troops and suppress the Ye Clan!" Lord Cui shouted.

"Hmph, you should mind your own affairs first!" Ye Liuyun said, drawing the Demon Slaying Sword from behind and slashing down.

Lord Cui had initially sneered at Ye Liuyun, but when the blade came down, he instantly realized the danger. Trying to dodge was now too late!

He threw his full strength, a fist meeting the blade, but it was as if made of paper; Ye Liuyun's downward slash split him in two.

"Qin Yuan, do you have any other Trump Card?" Ye Liuyun asked coldly.

On the blade's tip, fresh blood kept dripping down.