Chapter 174: Lei Ming Traps People

"No matter what, it's somehow related to me, making you suffer! Go quickly retrieve the items, their Storage Rings are also yours now." Ye Liuyun smiled at the two of them. He wasn't interested in those people's belongings.

"Junior brother, golden soul herb helps boost Soul power; you need it for your Soul cultivation. My senior sister and I have two here, enough for us. Take those two for your Soul cultivation," Han Feng said to Ye Liuyun.

"Fine! One each is enough for us. Extra ones are useless; it's just right for you," Leng Yue agreed.

At this moment, Han Feng had already taken off those people's Storage Rings and handed the two golden soul herbs to Ye Liuyun.

"Then I thank senior brother and senior sister!" Ye Liuyun said, not holding back his gratitude.

These two golden soul herbs turned out to be saint‑level medicinals. He needed them exactly.

Moreover, one each for the two of them was indeed sufficient. They had all obtained many Spirit Stones from the Blood Demon Sect Secret Realm, so they weren't short of money. Thus he accepted the golden soul herbs.

But he didn't take them for free; he gave each of the two ten lower‑grade Healing Elixirs of Heaven Tier and Crossing Origin Pills.

The two didn't decline and took them outright.

"Junior brother, the Secret Realm will close in less than two days; we plan to return to the entrance and wait. What about you?" Leng Yue asked.

"I'm about to leave as well; shall we go together?" Ye Liuyun invited. Walking with him would make the two much safer.

"Alright! We'll go with you. It's far safer following you!" Han Feng laughed, patting Ye Liuyun's shoulder, clearly not treating him as a stranger.

So the group returned together to look for Bai Hu.

Ye Liuyun also used the Divine Soul Contract to summon Qiong Qi and Shi Yuan back.

Han Feng and Leng Yue had seen Bai Hu before; now seeing Bai Hu break through to the Holy Realm, they were full of admiration.

"Junior brother Ye, you not only cultivate quickly yourself, but even your pet beast cultivates so fast! What about Qiong Qi, Shi Yuan, and the fire wolf?" Han Feng asked.

"I sent the fire wolf back to its clan. The others have been let out to roam."

Afterwards, they all sat down to cultivate, waiting for Qiong Qi and Shi Yuan to return.

After Qiong Qi returned, seeing Bai Hu's breakthrough, he couldn't help but feel happy for him.

Qiong Qi hadn't been idle these days; he killed many ferocious beasts and even devoured an exotic fire, though it wasn't as strong as the Golden Crow Holy Fire.

Ye Liuyun also asked him to see if the Grand Hall could absorb more of the wild qi here.

Qiong Qi entered the Grand Hall and churned for a while; the amount of wild qi absorbed increased considerably, though likely still insufficient for their needs. With no other method, they could only make do with what they had.

Simultaneously, Ye Liuyun pressed his cultivation time. Before Shi Yuan returned, his realm had advanced to the later stage of Sea Transformation First Rank. At this pace, breaking through to Sea Transformation Second Rank before leaving should be no problem.

When Shi Yuan came back, everyone was astonished again, because Shi Yuan had also broken through to the Holy Realm.

He had found an even greater opportunity here.

After leaving Ye Liuyun, he didn't go far before encountering a primate ferocious beast, which led him to a hidden place—remnants left by the ancestral ape.

There he obtained three drops of the ancestral ape's essence blood, instantly breaking his realm, also receiving some inheritances and a staff made from four of the ancestral ape's leg bones.

Ye Liuyun tested it with the Demon Slaying Sword. His Demon Slaying Sword could not break the ape leg bones.

Everyone envied Shi Yuan's good luck.

Ye Liuyun cheerfully patted Lei Ming's head, "You've all broken through to the Holy Realm; the rest is up to you. Keep pushing, don't slack off after a single cultivation!"

Lei Ming twitched his nose and reluctantly agreed with a sound.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun stored the Grand Hall and the ferocious beasts into Storage Rings, and the group rose to rush toward the entrance.

Ye Liuyun kept cultivating on Lei Ming's back. Upon reaching the entrance, his realm had risen to First Rank Peak, and a second vortex within his Qi Sea was slowly forming.

He instructed Lei Ming that if anyone tried to make a move on him, they should be killed all, none left. Then he brazenly sat down to cultivate.

Soon, some disciples returned one after another. A few, upon seeing Ye Liuyun, immediately plotted, even trying to rally other disciples to prepare an attack on him.

Lei Ming observed all this, but it stayed crouched in front of Ye Liuyun, watching without striking hastily.

Quickly, the returning dozen‑plus disciples reached a consensus and surrounded Ye Liuyun.

Lei Ming acted at once, its massive body swelling, its whole form flashing with thunderlight, several bolts of Blood Thunder spewing out, blasting the dozen disciples to ash.

At its Sea Transformation Eighth Rank, cleaning up these Sea Transformation Second to Fourth Rank Martial Cultivators was evidently a breeze.

Then Lei Ming shrank again, collected those people's Storage Rings, and crouched back in front of Ye Liuyun, continuing to pose as his pet beast.

Han Feng and Leng Yue laughed heartily at the sight.

This pet beast is way too good at trapping people!

Then a few more disciples returned, but this time only one showed hostility toward Ye Liuyun.

He and his allies were isolated, unable to act. Only after later groups returned did they together entangle three Sea Transformation Fourth Rank disciples, four Sea Transformation Third Rank, and two Sea Transformation Second Rank, surrounding Ye Liuyun.

The other disciples, though not cooperating, didn't intervene, merely watching the spectacle from afar.

"Ye Liuyun, what treasures did you obtain in the Secret Realm?" one disciple asked pretentiously.

Suddenly, the ferocious beast before Ye Liuyun erupted with a powerful aura and fierce breath, and without a word it spewed several bolts of lightning at them.

As before, after Lei Ming collected the Storage Rings, it crouched back again.

Only this time, there were a few more witnesses.

"Ye Liuyun's pet beast is actually that strong?"

"I recall it used to be a chubby blue monster, right? How did it change?"

"This pet beast is so clever, even knows how to disguise. Look, it crouched back again and suppressed its entire aura."

The crowd murmured, all waiting to continue the spectacle, watching whether the returning folks would again go to their deaths.

They wouldn't kindly warn others, lest they anger the ferocious beast before Ye Liuyun.

After a while, among those who returned, indeed some intended to kill Ye Liuyun, but seeing no one respond, they could only wait for others; after half a day, they only gathered three people.

"Where did everyone go? Where's Guo Kai? Where's Chang Hao? Weren't they all supposed to kill this kid?" one curious person asked.

"Perhaps the time hasn't come yet; they're still on the way back. Let's wait a bit longer!" another replied.

Yet at that moment, the air around Ye Liuyun became chaotic, with surrounding air surging toward him.

"He's about to breakthrough? That's a great chance!" one person nearly shouted, quickly glancing at the two companions.

The other two exchanged looks and both nodded.

Thus the three walked toward Ye Liuyun. But before they had taken two steps, Lei Ming lunged forward, and a bolt of Blood Thunder instantly wiped out all three of them.

Ye Liuyun was in the midst of a breakthrough; he would not let these people disturb Ye Liuyun.

Afterwards she snatched up the three people's storage rings in one grab, then lay back down.