Chapter 1427: Alchemist Luo Yun

Meng Zhangxing also took out his token to avoid inspection, allowing Ye Liuyun to smoothly enter the imperial capital.

Aside from the city being larger, Ye Liuyun didn't find anything special about the imperial capital.

It seemed to be pieced together from several cities. Only the imperial palace was much taller than other buildings.

Ye Liuyun glanced at them and had no interest in those palaces.

"Hurry up and find Yun, let her disguise you—you're too conspicuous!" Meng Zhangxing said, urging Guo Da to pilot the flying boat straight to Yun's residence.

"Who is Yun?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"Luo Yun is our alchemist! He also has a kind of pill that, when taken, can change one's appearance!" Meng Zhangxing explained.

"Is she a woman?" Ye Liuyun only now realized that the alchemist was a woman.

"What's wrong with her being a woman? We value ability. I can tell you, don't have designs on Yun—she's already been earmarked by me!" Meng Zhangxing warned Ye Liuyun.

"Oh? Haha, now that you say that, I really ought to give it a try!" Ye Liuyun teased him on purpose.

"Exactly, we're competing fairly!" Guo Da also joined in.

"You're going too far!"

The two of them left Meng Zhangxing so angry he was lost for words.

After chatting a while, Ye Liuyun asked Meng Zhangxing, "Aren't you going back home to take a look?"

"Just treat me as homeless like you!" Meng Zhangxing also glanced at the palace but merely swept past it, with no thought of returning.

Ye Liuyun could understand, though: in the imperial family, there's little affection among the offspring, and they're constantly fighting each other.

"It's better to be unrestrained like us!" Guo Da also sighed.

"You're the same as him?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"Otherwise? Do you think you can learn formations without family influence?" Meng Zhangxing retorted disdainfully.

Guo Da chuckled: "Like Zhangxing, we don't want to stay in our families and scheme against each other! As for you, we can't tell which family you're from!"

Ye Liuyun also smiled and said, "I'm being hunted by enemies; I fled to avoid implicating my family."

"Who could still be hunting you? Haven't you already wiped them out?" Meng Zhangxing asked, puzzled.

He thought Ye Liuyun's strength and wisdom meant few could hunt him down; not going after others would already be good!

Ye Liuyun slowly shook his head: "A Divine Realm expert!"

At that, both Meng Zhangxing and Guo Da fell silent.

"There are no Divine Realm experts in this world!" Meng Zhangxing said, looking at Ye Liuyun.

Guo Da also looked at Ye Liuyun dubiously, both wondering whether Ye Liuyun was even from this world.

Ye Liuyun also realized he'd slipped up, and hastily explained: "My cultivation hasn't reached the Divine Realm yet, but my strength is about the same!"

Meng Zhangxing also doubted: Ye Liuyun is very strong, but he knows far too little about this world—that in itself is abnormal!

"Experts of that level—I could count them on one hand!" Meng Zhangxing continued.

"That just means your experience is still lacking!" Ye Liuyun said slowly.

He suddenly recalled Man Shu of the Snow Kingdom—isn't she at the ninth level of the Heavenly Sovereign realm? At least the Snow Kingdom should have had many such experts before.

"That's right!" Meng Zhangxing said upon hearing that, and felt relieved.

Indeed, there are many experts he doesn't know about.

He just didn't want to delve into Ye Liuyun's background; even if Ye Liuyun came from outside, he didn't care.

"It doesn't matter; even if you're from outside, we don't care!" Guo Da also said.

Meng Zhangxing, Guo Da, and the others are well-informed and know about the outside world, so they aren't particularly curious.

"Exactly! As long as it's not the Foreign Tribe deliberately coming to cause trouble, it's fine!" Meng Zhangxing added.

"Of course not!" Ye Liuyun also said, sidestepping the issue.

But he also knew Meng Zhangxing and Guo Da had surely guessed.

Because the Empire has placed a bounty on Ye Liuyun, they would certainly investigate his background, yet they can't find anything.

Even with the Empire's vast power, they can't trace Ye Liuyun's origin, and instead assume he's from the Southern Region—which in itself is suspicious.

Add to that Ye Liuyun's understanding of this place and his strength, and it's easy for them to guess.

However, Ye Liuyun doesn't really care either; knowing wouldn't affect him.

Soon, the flying boat arrived at a medicinal garden. They disembarked and immediately smelled a fragrant herbal aroma.

As they were about to enter the courtyard, the gate creaked open, and an ugly old woman leaning on a cane poked her head out, asking, "Who are you? What do you want?"

"I've come to find Luo Yun!" Meng Zhangxing replied.

Ye Liuyun sized up the old woman; she looked quite ordinary, leaning on her cane and trembling a bit, yet she was actually at the third level of the Earth Sovereign realm.

"Looking for Luo Yun? You've come to the right place. I'm her servant. She's out right now—come in and wait for her!"

The old woman said this, then strained to fling the gate fully open to let them in.

Seeing this, Meng Zhangxing and Guo Da hurried over to help.

"Granny, we can handle it ourselves—step aside!" Meng Zhangxing said.

"Who are you calling granny? Am I really that old?" The old woman retorted, displeased.

"No, no, not old at all!" Meng Zhangxing hastily apologized.

Ye Liuyun, however, wondered in his mind: "What's this old woman's agenda? Hiding her cultivation level and still pretending to be young!"

Immediately, he activated his Golden Pupil again and scrutinized the old woman closely.

"He possesses a reserve of yin fire and is still a fire-attribute martial cultivator." Upon seeing his fire, Ye Liuyun was not surprised.

That yin fire is considerably weaker than his Nether Ghost Fire, but it's still much stronger than ordinary fire-attribute energy.

Moreover, the flame's color is white; it should also be a kind of strange fire.

Next, he unintentionally discovered that the old woman's skin was smooth, delicate, and full of elasticity, which did not match her age at all.

Upon closer inspection, he couldn't help but blush a little.

"This is no old woman; she's clearly a young lady!"

Afterward, he recalled what Meng Zhangxing had said—that Luo Yun possessed a pill that could alter one's appearance.

"Could this be Luo Yun? Refining pills requires pill fire, so it shouldn't be wrong."

Ye Liuyun doubted in his heart, carefully observing Luo Yun's face, yet he could not detect any disguise even with his Golden Pupil.

And just as Ye Liuyun was scanning Luo Yun, the "old woman" also felt his gaze, as if she were instantly seen through.

She was about to flare up, but that feeling vanished.

She glanced at Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil, felt doubtful in her heart, yet said nothing.