Chapter 1759: Keeping Secrets

"What does this mean?"

Ye Liuyun immediately asked.

"This matter must not be known by anyone else!"

The old man said coldly.

As he spoke, he raised his hand and seized Lan Xin's neck.

"Stop!"

Ye Liuyun shouted.

Xuan Yuan Hong also directly sent a Transmission Voice to the old man, asking him not to act forcefully for now.

"Just a Fengchen woman, Young Master Ye, are you really that concerned?"

He asked Ye Liuyun.

They had already investigated Lan Xin's case thoroughly, and Ye Liuyun had not known her before.

So for them, they thought it was merely a silencing, and Ye Liuyun wouldn't care.

Unexpectedly, the aura Ye Liuyun just unleashed seemed as if he were about to act.

"When you ask someone for a favor, you must have a requesting attitude! Don't threaten me with unrelated people!"

Ye Liuyun said coldly.

Xuan Yuan Hong laughed: "Young Master Ye has misunderstood! A woman of no importance, how could we use her to threaten you?"

"If you can resolve it and promise to keep the secret, I will reward you further."

As he said, he produced three Crystal Stones larger than a fist and a golden card.

The three Crystal Stones were, respectively, Heaven and Earth Power, Space Power, and Flame Power.

"This golden card works in all Xuan Yuan Lou, and any purchase is at half price."

"It is anonymous and its source cannot be traced."

Xuan Yuan Hong merely explained the card's usage.

Ye Liuyun calmly said: "I can agree to you, but I can also kill you!"

"Oh?"

"Young Master Ye, do you have that ability?"

Xuan Yuan Hong did not expect Ye Liuyun to dare claim he could slay a Fourfold Martial Cultivator.

"If she dies, you will be buried with her!"

Ye Liuyun said affirmatively.

"Are you threatening us?"

The old man said disdainfully.

"I'm just speaking the truth!"

Ye Liuyun didn't look at the old man at all, but faced Xuan Yuan Hong and said calmly.

Xuan Yuan Hong stared at Ye Liuyun for a moment, then said to the old man: "Old Han, release her first; Young Master Ye and I will sit down to discuss."

The old man, hearing the words, released Lan Xin and pushed her aside.

Ye Liuyun also slightly reined in his aura.

Xuan Yuan Hong laughed: "Since ancient times heroes have struggled with the beauty's snare; I never expected Young Master Ye to give up resources for a Fengchen woman!"

Ye Liuyun said calmly: "That's different."

"Resources are a trade for your life."

"She is my person; you may not meddle with her life casually!"

Xuan Yuan Hong continued chatting with Ye Liuyun as if making small talk: "I have a younger brother who always fights with me over stuff."

"He hurt me, thinking I would have no strength to resist."

"So imagine, if I recover and give him a surprise, do you think he'll be overjoyed!"

Ye Liuyun continued calmly: "Your family affairs, I'm not interested in hearing."

"But I can guarantee not to disclose it."

Xuan Yuan Hong nodded, continuing: "You and I can trust each other."

"But her?"

"In a place like Shanghui Zhongxin, if a dream slips out someday, it could be spread."

"The dead, actually, are the best at keeping secrets."

Ye Liuyun sighed helplessly: "So that means I have implicated her?"

"Just a woman, Young Master Ye, why must you care so much! With your strength, what kind of woman don't you have?"

Xuan Yuan Hong also advised.

Ye Liuyun shook his head: "Two different matters! If she gets implicated because of me, I won't be at peace! Starting tomorrow, for three years, I will keep her out of the Western Region, okay?"

Xuan Yuan Hong tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a moment, then said: "That could work!"

Ye Liuyun smiled: "Hmm, when you ask for a favor, you need some attitude!"

"Haha, Young Master Ye, you're quite humorous! However, I still don't know whether you can truly manage it!"

Saying that, he produced a pill formula and handed it to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun glanced at the formula and understood his intention.

After they entered, Ye Liuyun, with his Golden Pupil, surveyed them and immediately noticed that Xuan Yuan Hong's body was already permeated with Demon Qi.

Not only were his five organs and six viscera being eroded, but even his Nascent Core was being devoured by Demon Qi.

Hence they concluded he would not survive more than seven days.

And Xuan Yuan Hong naturally knew his own situation, immediately thought that Ye Liuyun might have a way to save him, so he let Old Han temporarily let Lan Xin go.

And the thing Ye Liuyun said about being able to kill them, he also thought it possible.

After all, when Ye Liuyun wiped out other forces, there were always signs of destruction from a many‑legged monster.

The pill formula he gave Ye Liuyun was an elixir that required Demon Qi to forge, the only method he knew to dispel the Demon Qi inside him.

Xuan Yuan Hong planned to counter the Demon Qi with poison‑for‑poison.

So he sent people to search everywhere nearby for Demon Cultivators.

And Ye Liuyun is not only a Demon Cultivator but also a pill‑refiner, which conveniently meets his needs.

Ye Liuyun smiled and pushed the formula back: "If you use this method, you'll incur a great sin; if things go wrong, you might even become a Demon Cultivator."

"Oh, does Young Master Ye have a better method?"

Xuan Yuan Hong heard the hidden meaning in his words, and his eyes lit up.

Ye Liuyun nodded in agreement, but said, "However, I need to sign a Divine Soul Contract with you.

I don't want to save you and then have to fight you again!"

"Ha ha! Good!"

Xuan Yuan Hong also agreed.

Afterwards, the two of them, according to their agreement, signed a Divine Soul Contract.

After the contract was signed, Xuan Yuan Hong then asked Ye Liuyun, "Young Master Ye, you just said you could kill us—was that true?"

Ye Liuyun said with a half‑smile, "Of course it's true!"

He deliberately made that expression so that Xuan Yuan Hong could not guess his true strength.

But Xuan Yuan Hong believed him.

"In that case, perhaps we can have even more cooperation!"

Xuan Yuan Hong laughed.

"First, let's deal with the Demon Qi inside you."

Have your subordinates retrieve Lan Xin's servitude contract."

Ye Liuyun also knew they wouldn't care about an extra five million Divine Crystals.

He just found Old Han unsightly and didn't want him present.

Xuan Yuan Hong nodded toward Old Han.

Then he turned and left.

Ye Liuyun directly began absorbing the Demon Qi inside Xuan Yuan Hong.

"Is this also acceptable?"

Xuan Yuan Hong was greatly startled.

But the result he felt was that the Demon Qi in his body was indeed decreasing rapidly.

"Anything is possible!"

Ye Liuyun tossed him a careless reply.

After absorbing most of the Demon Qi, Ye Liuyun switched to Buddha Light Power and cleared the remaining Demon Qi hidden in the Primordial Pill and the concealed corners of his body.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he gathered the three Vision Crystals and the Gold Card.

"I accept the reward!"

Ye Liuyun bowed his hand to Xuan Yuan Hong.

"Ha ha, with such means, I think the reward is a bit low!"

Xuan Yuan Hong examined internally and found that the Demon Qi in his body had indeed been completely cleared.

All that remained was for him to recover his injuries.

Ye Liuyun also smiled, "If you think it's insufficient, you can have more Vision Crystals sent over; I'll reluctantly accept them!"

"No problem!"

Xuan Yuan Hong's mood brightened, and he laughed heartily as well.