Chapter 1754: Nighttime Activities

Only at night did Ye Liuyun come out of the cultivation room.

Lan Xin was still a bit worried, thinking Ye Liuyun had something else in mind.

But she had already decided to devote herself to Ye Liuyun, so she didn't avoid him, just feeling a little nervous.

"I'm going out for a while; I'll be back before dawn."

"During this time, don't go out, and don't lock the door!"

Ye Liuyun instructed Lan Xin.

"Ah?"

"Oh."

"Okay!"

After reacting, Lan Xin quickly agreed.

Then Ye Liuyun went to the living room, put on the invisibility cloak, and left his residence.

Lan Xin watched Ye Liuyun disappear, then the door opened and closed again.

"What kind of treasure is this?"

Lan Xin wondered for a moment, but then thought, maybe she lacked charm and Ye Liuyun wasn't interested in her.

"Maybe I acted too casually, making him think I'm an easy woman!"

Lan Xin couldn't cultivate either, her mind wandering aimlessly.

Even now, at night, the commercial hub was brightly lit, with people still conducting transactions.

Places like inns and taverns also saw constant traffic, extremely lively.

Ye Liuyun avoided the crowds and slipped out of the commercial hub silently.

Suddenly, he felt the divine sense of a fourth-realm martial cultivator from Mysterious Origin Tower probing him.

Ye Liuyun immediately halted, not daring to move.

"His divine sense is so strong; I don't know if he can detect me."

That cultivator's divine sense lingered on him for a while before withdrawing.

"He detected me! But I haven't done anything wrong, so he can't do anything to me!"

Thinking that, he immediately sped up, moving away from the commercial hub.

His target tonight was a local faction colluding with bandits.

According to Lan Xin's information, this major force had a third-realm martial cultivator stationed there.

Ye Liuyun didn't rush in; he first used his divine sense to scout, confirmed the situation, then threw the magic vine in before leading his people in to charge.

The fluctuations of true essence from the battle and the shouts of killing, the screams, shocked half of Jinmen Gate.

Yet no one came to intervene.

The City Lord's mansion also didn't send troops to investigate.

Even the patrol units never appeared.

After clearing this place, Ye Liuyun immediately went on to a slightly smaller force, wiping it out completely, gathering the resources, then withdrawing at once, leaving no corpses.

Wearing the invisibility cloak, when he returned to the commercial hub, the soul of that fourth-realm martial cultivator detected him again.

This time Ye Liuyun didn't stop at all, directly entering the commercial hub and returning to his residence.

Inside the headquarters on the third floor of Mysterious Origin Tower, the lights blazed.

A young man was listening to a report from an old man beside him.

That old man was a martial cultivator at the early stage of the fourth realm.

While that young man was merely at the mid-stage of the second realm.

"Young Master, according to the information provided by Alchemist Liu, it's definitely him! He possesses an item that can turn invisible."

The old man confirmed.

"Wait a few more days to see what he's been up to!"

The young man ordered.

After speaking, he couldn't help coughing twice, the breath he expelled tinged with demonic qi.

"It's just some banditry! Do I need to follow him?"

The old man asked.

The young man smiled, "No need."

"Now we are asking him to do something; if he finds out, he'll be offended."

"You don't need to keep watching him either."

"Believe me, he won't stay idle."

"Soon there will be news, and then we'll naturally know!"

"Yes."

The old man acknowledged, then retreated outside the room to sit and cultivate.

"Why are the people from Mysterious Origin Tower watching me?"

Ye Liuyun also wondered in his heart.

He also asked the magic vine whether it could defeat a fourth-realm martial cultivator.

"It depends on whether he's early or late stage! Early stage is quite possible; late stage would be a real challenge!"

The magic vine replied.

Ye Liuyun didn't ask further, because the fourth realm is far above him.

Just looking at his divine soul power, he couldn't tell whether that person was early or late fourth realm; he'd have to wait until they met to find out.

Lan Xin saw the door opened and then closed, and guessed that Ye Liuyun had returned, so she immediately stood up.

Ye Liuyun took off his Invisibility Cloak, put it away, and went straight back to the Cultivation Room without greeting Lan Xin.

In the morning, Ye Liuyun handed the resources organized by Man Shu to Lan Xin, asking her to help exchange them.

They received another three Intent Crystal Stones last night, all of them fire-attributed Intent Crystal Stones.

Thus Ye Liuyun had Lan Xin exchange all the resources for Blade Intent and Fist Intent Crystal Stones.

When Lan Xin went out to exchange crystals in the morning, the news had already spread.

Last night, the two forces at Jinmen Guan vanished completely in a single night.

Although there were sounds and traces of battle, when someone went to check afterward, they found not a single corpse nor any resources.

News from outside the city also came in at this time.

The seven bandit forces were all looted clean, all with the same result.

Lan Xin speculated a little and roughly guessed that Ye Liuyun was the one who did it.

So she returned the exchanged Intent Crystal Stones and Divine Crystals to Ye Liuyun, and also told him all that news.

"Now the several major forces inside Jinmen Guan have each hired some strong experts to garrison and strengthen their defenses."

This sentence is the main point she wanted to remind Ye Liuyun of.

Upon hearing it, Ye Liuyun immediately understood that Lan Xin had guessed it was him who did it.

However, he didn't mind, knowing the matter had nothing to do with Lan Xin and she wouldn't spread it.

Thus, he directly gave Lan Xin another one million Divine Crystals.

"Thank you for your help!"

Ye Liuyun said tactfully.

"This... this is too much!"

Lan Xin was somewhat at a loss.

"You've already given me more than enough before! I'm just relaying some outside news.

Moreover, I'm tight-lipped; it's not my business, and I won't gossip!"

Lan Xin immediately explained.

She was afraid Ye Liuyun would give her so many crystals and then kill her to silence her.

Ye Liuyun smiled: "Take it, I've gained a lot lately and don't lack this bit!"

"..." Lan Xin hesitated to take it.

"Rest assured, I won't target you!"

Ye Liuyun guessed she might be worried he would silence her, so he directly said that to comfort her.

"You still have your indenture contract at the City Lord's Manor, right?

You don't want to redeem it?"

Ye Liuyun tempted her with another sentence.

"Alright then!"

Upon hearing that, Lan Xin still put those crystals away.

Ye Liuyun smiled and asked again: "How much more money do you still need for your indenture contract?"

"With these, I still need less than three million!"

Lan Xin said somewhat happily.

Ye Liuyun nodded and didn't say anything.

He just thought in his heart that if he had the chance, he could help her raise the money before leaving.