Chapter 142

"Is this your so-called trump card? Anything else?" Ye Liuyun asked with a hint of mockery.

"How…… how is this possible? How can you be this strong?" Qin Yuan muttered in disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible! When you sent people to hunt me down back then, did you ever imagine today would come? Today I will kill you—even if the Heavenly King and his old father came, they couldn't save you!"

Saying this, Ye Liuyun walked toward Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan seemed to have already seen his own end, knowing he could not escape death. Yet he still pleaded with Ye Liuyun: "Can you spare my children and give them a way to live?"

"Father!" Qin Ziyuan and Qin Yuan's two sons ran out at this moment, blocking Ye Liuyun's path.

Ye Liuyun, however, coldly asked Qin Yuan: "When you conspired to frame the Ye clan, did you ever think of sparing the Ye clan? When you sent people to hunt me down, did you ever think of giving me a way to live?"

Qin Ziyuan hurriedly knelt before Ye Liuyun: "As long as you spare my father and brothers, I will accept whatever you decide!"

Without even looking, Ye Liuyun raised his hand and slashed with a single blow, directly cutting down Qin Ziyuan.

"You're not anything good either!"

Qin Yuan sobbed as he accused: "Ziyuan! How could you bring yourself to do that?"

Ye Liuyun retorted: "When you wanted to kill me, you didn't show any mercy either—what right do I have to refrain from killing her?"

Saying this, he delivered two consecutive blows, felling his two sons as well.

"Ah! Ye Liuyun, I'll fight you to the death!" Qin Yuan went completely mad, lunging straight at Ye Liuyun.

"Remember, this is you reaping what you sow. You're not worthy of fighting me to the death!" Without even looking, Ye Liuyun swung his blade and directly ended Qin Yuan.

Next, he began a wholesale slaughter, killing every guard of the City Lord's mansion one by one, leaving none alive. Even those who knelt begging for mercy, he showed no mercy.

He bore a deep hatred for these guards, who had repeatedly tried to kill him, nearly costing him his life.

Having endured so many battles, his heart had become much harder than before.

The Ye clan's ancestor watched silently. After Ye Liuyun killed those guards, he did not go on to slaughter the old, weak, sick, and disabled; instead, he looted all the wealth of the City Lord's mansion. Together with Qin Yuan's storage ring on his hand, he took everything and handed it directly to the ancestor.

Then he had everyone return first, while he himself went to Wanbaoge.

Upon arriving at Wanbaoge, he directly found Yu Er and asked with a smile:

"Yu Er! How have you been lately?"

Seeing it was him, Yu Er's eyes reddened slightly: "Young Master Ye, take me away with you! Here I can't compete with the other shop assistants, I can't earn enough to support my family. My parents passed away one after another, and I don't even have money to treat their illnesses!"

Ye Liuyun frowned, not expecting Yu Er to have it so hard, and then asked: "I need to go to the Sacred Martial Academy, so I can't bring you along. However, I can arrange for you to join the Ye clan. But our Ye clan is about to go into exile soon—are you still willing to go?"

"Yu Er isn't afraid of hardship, as long as no one bullies me!" Yu Er said firmly.

"If you want to avoid being bullied, you need real ability. If you aren't afraid of hardship, come back to the Ye clan with me—I'll give you cultivation resources, and you can cultivate too. How about that?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"Ah? I can cultivate too? Will the Ye clan allow me to cultivate?" Yu Er said, somewhat disbelieving.

He also knew that martial cultivation requires a lot of resources.

"Of course, with me around, you can rest easy!" Ye Liuyun comforted her.

"All right, Yu Er is willing to go back with Young Master Ye!" Yu Er also happily agreed.

After her parents died, she had been bullied a lot during this period. Therefore Ye Liuyun's willingness to help her naturally made her happy. Moreover, she knew Ye Liuyun's character and trusted him completely.

"Young Master Ye, what do you want to buy? Let me pick it out for you, then we can leave together," Yu Er asked thoughtfully.

"Sure! I'll buy some clothes—help me pick them out! Then I'll also get some medicinal herbs." So Ye Liuyun wrote another list.

These medicinal herbs were bought on a whim, entirely to prepare cultivation resources for Yu Er. He currently had no body-refining stage herbs or pills left.

After everything was purchased, Ye Liuyun also selected twenty sets of clothing for Yu Er, then directly took her away.

After returning, Ye Liuyun gave Yu Er a low-grade Marrow-Washing Pill for her to take, then began preparing Solid Origin Pills for her, making sure all her body-refining stage medicinal ingredients were ready.

Then he placed the Marrow-Washing Pill, Solid Origin Pill, Blood-Vein Pill, and some healing and detoxifying medicines into a storage ring for her. He also put twenty thousand medium-grade crystal stones inside, along with several swords of different grades.

After Yu Er finished washing her tendons and marrow, he then had her take the Blood-Vein Pill, followed by the Solid Origin Pill.

As a result, Yu Er's cultivation progress was rapid—she immediately reached the middle stage of Body Refining First Layer.

"Yu Er seems to be a little cultivation genius as well. This is for you—inside are all your things."

Upon seeing it was a storage ring, Yu Er was frightened and didn't dare to accept it. After much persuasion, she finally put it on. Seeing the multitude of crystal stones inside, she was shocked again.

Ye Liuyun laughed: "I currently have tens of millions of medium-grade crystal stones in my hand—giving you this amount is nothing! Keep it for yourself. These resources should be enough for you to cultivate to the True Origin realm without problem. Once you reach the True Origin realm, the Ye clan will also value you and provide you with cultivation resources."

Then he took the several techniques he had collected and selected a sword art and a palm technique for Yu Er—both are mid-tier Mysterious Tier, sufficient for her to practice for now.

As for movement technique, he directly passed his Lingkong Art to Yu Er. The basic qi-refining method he transmitted to Yu Er is the Ye clan's version of that method.

Without his bloodline, the Mysterious Origin Breath Exchange Technique might not be the best choice.

Finally, he also placed the Metal Puppet into Yu Er's storage ring. Since he himself has no use for it, it's better to give it to someone who can.

"This was a gift from my aunt. No matter how you chop it, it won't break—feel free to use it without worry. I'm lending it to you for now! When you reach the Sea Transformation realm, you must return it to me!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

"Mm!" Yu Er nodded solemnly.

"All right, now follow me around and let everyone get to know you!"

Ye Liuyun brought Yu Er to greet Ye Tianheng and Ye Mingzhen, asking them to help look after Yu Er in the future, and also sent them some medicinal pills, techniques, and weapons.

The two of them were overwhelmed with gratitude. They were equally shocked by Ye Liuyun's realm—never expecting him to improve so quickly. They themselves had only just reached True Origin Double Layer, which they already considered fast!

Ye Liuyun gave them advice: after they go to the Heavenly Fortune King's side, if they join the training of the Heavenly Guard Battalion, their progress will be faster.

Then Ye Liuyun again brought Yu Er to see the clan chief, asking the chief to look after Yu Er more in the future and let her enjoy the same treatment as him.

To the clan chief, this is merely a trifle. Just the items Ye Liuyun brought back from the City Lord's mansion are enough to support Yu Er for a lifetime.

Then Ye Liuyun produced many more resources and handed them to the clan chief, including Earth Tier techniques.

Moreover, all kinds of pills and weapons of various grades were complete. These resources could at least raise the Ye clan's overall strength by another level.

The clan chief was so moved he almost teared up. He immediately agreed to keep Yu Er by his side and personally instruct her.

However, he never took from the ancestor. The ancestor directly took Yu Er away, also considering letting him focus on family affairs. And with the ancestor personally giving guidance, Ye Liuyun was even more relieved.