Chapter 1724: Impersonating the Grand Steward

Xiao Bingxin was enjoying the pleasure of tormenting Ye Liuyun.

However, when his Soul rushed into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood.

His Soul was struck by a backlash.

His Soul was immediately devoured by the Ten Thousand Gods Command, and could no longer make contact.

Xiao Bingxin then realized Ye Liuyun was no ordinary opponent, withdrew his hand at once, and ceased feeding Ice Power.

He had spent half of his True Essence, yet failed to freeze Ye Liuyun, and saw no need to try further.

When he withdrew, Ye Liuyun immediately stepped back a few paces to guard against a sudden attack.

"What have you done to my Soul?"

Xiao Bingxin asked the question, then suddenly felt a severe pressure in his chest and, with a "pfft" sound, coughed up a mouthful of black blood.

Startled, he used his Divine Sense to look inward and discovered that his five viscera and six bowels, together with his pill core, had turned black.

Moreover, the black toxin was spreading rapidly.

"You... poisoned me?"

Xiao Bingxin only now realized he had been poisoned.

Ye Liuyun immediately sent a duplicate, cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak, out of the Space World; together they employed the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to manipulate the True Essence within Xiao Bingxin's pill core.

At this point, Xiao Bingxin no longer had the strength to attack Ye Liuyun.

The poison Ye Liuyun administered took effect extremely quickly; in a short while, he turned black from the inside out.

Affected by the poison, the True Essence in his pill core was also seized by Ye Liuyun through the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique.

His Divine Soul Power dared not attack Ye Liuyun again, fearing another trap.

"I truly never expected that I, an old man, could be defeated by the hands of a young brat like you!"

Xiao Bingxin never imagined that in the blink of an eye, he would be utterly powerless against Ye Liuyun.

He had only intended to seize an Alchemist on the way back, but ended up killing himself.

Seeing black smoke rising from his body, Xiao Bingxin realized that persisting any longer was meaningless.

He immediately released another Soul of his, sprinting straight toward the Mysterious Ice Palace, still hoping to return and find someone to avenge him.

However, the duplicate and Ye Liuyun's four Souls simultaneously burst out, releasing Nether Ghost Fire that instantly ignited his Soul.

Then the four Souls together dragged his Soul into the duplicate's Sea of Consciousness, devouring his Divine Soul Power while commencing Soul Search to learn the memories within his Sea of Consciousness.

When Ye Liuyun's Soul returned to its own body, it immediately extracted Xiao Bingxin's pill core, cleansed the infiltrated toxin, and then handed it to Long Nv and Ye Tiandao for cultivation.

He then retrieved Xiao Bingxin's Storage Ring and inspected its contents.

"No wonder the Grand Steward of the Mysterious Ice Palace has quite a fortune!"

Inside Xiao Bingxin's Storage Ring, Ye Liuyun found over sixty thousand Divine Crystals and some newly purchased pills and other cultivation resources.

Ye Liuyun immediately collected the Divine Crystals, and distributed the pills to everyone, urging them to take them quickly to boost their strength.

Ye Liuyun had just learned through Soul Search that Xiao Bingxin's visit to Xuan Yuan Tower was to purchase pills for the disciples of the Mysterious Ice Palace.

Besides the nearly ten thousand pills he could afford, he also custom‑made a batch, all of which were Ice Power cultivation pills.

Xiao Bingxin, after all, is the Grand Steward who oversees all cultivation resources of the Mysterious Ice Palace, including the Ice Spring.

Holding the key to the Ice Spring, Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and, without hesitation, used Thousand Illusion Technique to assume Xiao Bingxin's appearance.

He didn't want to miss such valuable resources.

It also coincided with the strongest of the Mysterious Ice Palace being absent; with the palace master gone, Xiao Bingxin now ruled the palace, and no one dared to question him.

However, his current realm is insufficient; if he uses Mysterious Origin to mimic Xiao Bingxin's Divine Realm Second Stage Late aura, he can only sustain it for half an hour before the Mysterious Origin is exhausted.

Thus, he can only forgo mimicking the realm and, based on Xiao Bingxin's memory, rush to the Mysterious Ice Palace.

He kept Xiao Bingxin's corpse, preserving it for future escape purposes.

To prevent decay, he even froze the corpse.

The journey proceeded smoothly.

Before entering the Mysterious Ice Palace, Ye Liuyun began expending Mysterious Origin to impersonate Xiao Bingxin's aura.

He has half an hour to return to Xiao Bingxin's residence.

But as soon as he returned, several Elders surrounded him, asking about his pill purchases.

Ye Liuyun, imitating Xiao Bingxin, faced the Elders and said, "Xuan Yuan Tower's pill stock is low; I haven't bought any for now, only placed an order, and will retrieve them from the merchant guild in half a month."

The Elders exchanged glances, showed helpless expressions, and could only step back.

Before Ye Liuyun could reach the residence, a Steward Elder from the Mysterious Ice Palace approached him again.

"Grand Steward, the Black Tiger Gang has acted again, plundering Qing Stone Village!"

The Elder respectfully reported to Ye Liuyun.

In Xiao Bingxin's memory, the Black Tiger Gang is a notorious bandit force in the area, with over a thousand members.

Although in recent years they have begun to engage in commerce to shed their bandit reputation, their nature remains unchanged, and they still occasionally raid nearby villages.

The Mysterious Ice Palace had previously turned a blind eye to the Black Tiger Gang.

Because the gang leader's strength matches that of the palace master's, both being in the Second Stage Late of the Divine Realm.

Qing Stone Village is a large village under the jurisdiction of the Mysterious Ice Palace, with several thousand villagers.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and decided to seize the opportunity, using the Mysterious Ice Palace's might to eliminate the Black Tiger Gang and acquire their resources.

At that thought, he immediately told the Steward Elder, "Relay my command: the entire palace prepares for battle, depart in three days to eradicate the Black Tiger Gang!"

"Ah?"

"This... Grand Steward?"

"For such a major matter, should we wait for the palace master to return?"

The Steward Elder also jumped in surprise.

Previously Xiao Bingxin had always opposed duels.

Now his attitude has suddenly changed, and the Steward Elder is still a bit unaccustomed.

More importantly, after the Palace Master went to the Western Liang Royal Mansion and has not returned, Xiao Bingxin may not be a match for Black Tiger Gang leader Ma Wanhao.

Ye Liuyun stared at him with a cold face and said calmly, "Since the Palace Master is absent, Xuanbing Palace is under my command!"

"Yes, yes! I'll go down right away to give the order!"

The Steward, seeing Ye Liuyun's displeased expression, dared not speak further, turned and left, fearing Xiao Bingxin would punish him.

They all knew Xiao Bingxin's temper; he has always been straightforward and dislikes idle talk.

Only then could Ye Liuyun return to Xiao Bingxin's residence, let out a sigh of relief, and withdraw the double aura of the Divine Realm.

In just a short while, his Mysterious Origin had already been consumed more than half.

Ye Liuyun immediately took out a Storage Yuan Stone, replenished the Mysterious Origin to full, then continued to disguise Xiao Bingxin's aura and rushed toward the Ice Spring, where the most precious resource of Xuanbing Palace lies.