Chapter 1744: Ruthlessly Cashing In

Ah?

Ye Liuyun?

Li Yuanyang doubted that he had heard incorrectly!

He could give anyone now, except Ye Liuyun; he had already said it wouldn't count.

"That's right, it's that lowborn who won first place in today's martial contest!"

Bai Muyu nodded.

Li Yuanyang then confirmed that Bai Muyu truly wanted Ye Liuyun.

And whether dead or alive, both would do; from his words it seemed he harbored a deep grudge.

Ye Liuyun still needed to give him alchemy, so he could never hand Ye Liuyun over.

So he immediately asked, "Young Master Bai, do you know how Ye Liuyun offended you?"

"Hmph, Miss Yuan was originally to marry into our Bai family, yet she worries about a lowborn.

It must be that Ye Liuyun met Miss Yuan at some point and seduced her!"

Bai Muyu said so, as if it were obvious.

Li Yuanyang, upon hearing, understood what was going on.

Thus he had no choice but to explain to Bai Muyu, "Ye Liuyun has already been noticed by the inspector of the Western Liang Royal Mansion, and has even been reported to the Prince; now even I dare not move him.

Young Master Bai, I advise you not to fuss about it.

Anyway, he's about to leave, and might even die on the Alien Battlefield.

And Miss Yuan will still marry into your Bai family as planned; why would you offend the Prince over a lowborn?"

"Hmph! This old thing, actually using the Royal Mansion to pressure me! How could a great Western Liang Prince care about a lowborn?"

Bai Muyu thought in his heart that this was all Li Yuanyang's excuse.

"Since City Lord Li can't bear to let go, I won't force it either!"

Bai Muyu said that and left in anger.

"Young Master Bai, it's not that I can't bear it…" Li Yuanyang explained while escorting Bai Muyu out of Chengzhu Fu.

But no matter what he said, he could never hand over Ye Liuyun.

Bai Muyu held his breath, passed a tavern, ran into a few rascally friends drinking, and they dragged him back inside.

Seeing his gloom, the others asked the reason and immediately offered to help him assassinate Ye Liuyun.

"Just a lowborn; if we kill him, we kill him. Even if the City Lord finds out later, what can he do to us?"

One of them said.

These people are forces with some background; though not as big as the Bai family, they aren't afraid of Chengzhu Fu's prosecution—at worst they spend some money, find a scapegoat, and that's an explanation.

Bai Muyu thought for a moment and found the method feasible.

"But Ye Liuyun is at a late‑stage First Rank realm; if you go, it could be dangerous."

Bai Muyu told them.

"Then it's simple! Hong Tao!"

A wealthy young man called out and summoned a guard.

The guard had a face of flabby flesh, slanted eyes, a hawk‑hook nose, exuding killing aura, looking like a ruthless character.

"Go to Chengzhu Fu and assassinate a man named Ye Liuyun!"

The wealthy young master ordered.

"Yes!"

Hong Tao asked nothing more and turned to leave immediately.

"Assassin?"

Bai Muyu saw his style and thought he indeed resembled an assassin.

"Exactly! He's a new subordinate I recruited!"

The wealthy disciple said proudly, "Hong Tao handles business, you can rest assured… you just wait for news, let's drink first, and tomorrow I'll have him deliver Ye Liuyun's head to you!"

The seven wealthy youths present drank until midnight before dispersing.

At the same time, a Black Shadow flashed into Ye Liuyun's courtyard.

Hong Tao knocked out a Chengzhu Fu person and took them away, just after interrogating for Ye Liuyun's whereabouts.

"Hm?

Assassin?"

Although Ye Liuyun was refining elixirs inside the Space World, his Divine Sense had become accustomed to still probing his residence and surroundings.

As soon as Hong Tao entered the courtyard, Ye Liuyun spotted him.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun had once trained in that shadowy assassin organization, and was very familiar with the aura of assassins.

Hong Tao's skill, in his eyes, was merely average.

Ye Liuyun flashed, exited the Space World, and before Hong Tao could approach his house, he immediately launched a Spiritual Soul Attack.

His Soul was far stronger than Song Tao's, capable of devouring and then Soul Searching, grasping all information.

"Li Manfu!"

Ye Liuyun opened the door and called Li Manfu in.

Li Manfu had been standing outside the whole time, never noticing Hong Tao's entrance.

When he entered the courtyard and saw Hong Tao lying on the ground, he was startled.

"Go tell Li Yuanyang that this man is Hong Tao, an assassin.

He also killed a guard of your Chengzhu Fu, and the corpse was thrown into the Mi Lin outside West City."

"Yes!"

Li Manfu immediately lifted the corpse and reported to Li Yuanyang.

Li Yuanyang also rushed over at once.

"Li Fengxiang... Bai Muyu and these people are together; this assassin is Li Fengxiang's man.

He also doesn't know why he came to kill me."

Ye Liuyun told Li Yuanyang.

"Bai Muyu?"

Li Yuanyang, upon hearing this, immediately told Ye Liuyun about Bai Muyu coming to see him during the day.

"I see! These people are all the major forces here?"

Ye Liuyun asked.

"Yes! I think we should just drop it! After all, you'll leave in a couple of days.

I'll send more troops and just strengthen the guard here!"

Li Yuanyang thought it was better to settle the matter peacefully.

These families gathered together, I can't afford to provoke them.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, smiled and said, "Before I leave, I'll give you a big gift, how about that?"

He was worrying about having no money to buy a Crystal Stone, when someone came to his door.

Since he was leaving anyway, he might as well make a hefty profit before departing.

"Big gift?"

Li Yuanyang was somewhat puzzled.

"I'll help you eliminate the forces behind these people, and then you can take over their business; isn't that a big gift?"

Ye Liuyun retorted.

"You?

Eliminate these major forces?"

Li Yuanyang found it unbelievable.

"You don't need to worry about that! After all, Chengzhu Fu is also responsible for the city's security.

If you find these families in trouble, just bring people to take over their assets!"

Ye Liuyun said that and went straight back to practice cultivation.

Li Yuanyang heard it and was bewildered.

"Could this kid really have that strength?"

Li Manfu also stood nearby, listening in a daze, staying there.

"What are you doing standing there?

Send more troops to protect Young Master Ye's safety!"

Li Yuanyang glared at him and scolded, "Useless, you didn't even notice the assassin coming in!"

"Yes!"

Li Manfu quickly replied, "Yes," and went out to gather the guards.

After Li Yuanyang left, Ye Liuyun put on the Invisibility Cloak and walked straight out of Chengzhu Fu.

In Hong Tao's Sea of Consciousness, he had already located the positions of those families.

He first went to the Li Family, stormed in with Lei Ming and others, and let the Magic Vine strike, leaving nothing alive.

Li Fengxiang hadn't even sobered up when Ye Liuyun, with Yi Dao, cut his head off and devoured his Soul.

The clone and Lei Ming also fought while devouring Souls, strengthening Divine Soul Power.

Lei Ming's Divine Soul Power grew stronger, and his boldness increased as well.

The clone protected her for a while, then began to lead Long Nv in devouring Divine Soul Power.

Ye Liuyun's ability was to take Man Shu, helping her strengthen Divine Soul Power.

Ye Tiandao and Black Panther could only wait for the next family.

Even counting the entire Li Family population, it's only a few thousand people.

If Chengzhu Fu weren't so weak, they wouldn't have shown up at all.

Ye Liuyun and his companions had just broken through their realms, so they treated it as practice.