Chapter 1760: No Choice

Xuan Yuan Hong has been trapped in Jinmen Guan for nearly a year, being eroded by Demon Qi more and more severely; he hasn't laughed in a long time.

Now that the Demon Qi has been cleared, he laughs especially openly.

But he soon calmed down and continued chatting with Ye Liuyun: "Let's talk about another deal?"

"As long as it doesn't exceed my ability, and you can afford the payment, everything is negotiable!"

Ye Liuyun didn't refuse either.

"My younger brother has a few subordinates, called the Eight Great Vajras."

"The highest realm among them is mid Fourth Layer, the lowest is late Second Layer."

Saying that, he paused.

"Do you lack manpower, or is it inconvenient for you to act?"

Ye Liuyun asked casually.

Upon hearing the opponent's realm, he knew this was feasible.

"As long as he can obtain the resources he needs, it doesn't matter even if he's used as a blade."

"But the power of Xuan Yuan Tower is certainly not small; taking action would definitely be difficult."

"As for the reason Xuan Yuan Hong doesn't act personally, it's surely also because he fears exposing himself and being discovered."

"He's so wealthy, he certainly isn't short of manpower."

"So the difficulty of this matter lies in doing it cleanly and neatly, leaving no clues."

"I can't go to Royal City, and I also can't let people know it was me who did it!"

Xuan Yuan Hong explained.

Ye Liuyun nodded and asked, "What about the payment?"

"What price does Young Master Ye think is appropriate?"

Ye Liuyun however laughed, "I don't understand the situation, so it's better for you to name the price."

"Anyway, although I'm not as rich as you, I'm not short of money either!"

"Haha, that's right—the resources of the fourteen major powers are all in your hands! Even I envy you!"

Xuan Yuan Hong laughed, inwardly assessing the difficulty of this matter.

"This is just a bit of petty cash! It definitely can't compare to Xuan Yuan Tower!"

Ye Liuyun also replied offhand.

He had run a chamber of commerce, knowing how large its income was.

Xuan Yuan Hong thought, then said to Ye Liuyun: "Eight Great Vajras, two pieces of that-sized Intent Crystal Stone each—how about that?"

Upon hearing that price, Ye Liuyun knew the difficulty was not small.

"Is there a time limit?"

He asked.

"Within one year!"

Xuan Yuan Hong said.

Ye Liuyun also said: "Then all eight need to be in Royal City."

Moreover, I can't guarantee I can take out all eight.

"If someone hides and doesn't come out, I can't do anything about it."

"Of course."

"You don't need to finish them all."

"Take out however many, then go claim the corresponding Spirit Stones!"

Xuan Yuan Hong agreed.

"Do I still need to come here to collect?"

Ye Liuyun asked.

"That round trip would take too much time."

"No need."

"Go to Xuan Yuan Tower in Royal City, using the gold card I gave you, and find my sister Xuan Yuan Ling."

"No need for heads or Yuan Dan; as long as one of the Eight Great Vajras dies, you go take two Crystal Stones."

"She'll give them to you directly."

Xuan Yuan Hong explained.

"What if someone else kills them?"

Ye Liuyun asked, somewhat surprised.

"If they were really that easy to kill, then you'd just be getting a bargain!"

Xuan Yuan Hong laughed.

"Then I think I'm getting a bit shortchanged!"

Ye Liuyun laughed.

"Hahaha!"

Xuan Yuan Hong also laughed, then said: "No problem, I'll have someone send you more later."

"One thing for another! Healing is healing, trading is trading!"

Ye Liuyun stated clearly.

The two chatted and laughed, like they were gossiping about family matters.

At this moment, Old Han also took back Lan Xin's servitude contract and handed it to Ye Liuyun.

Xuan Yuan Hong looked at Lan Xin.

Ye Liuyun directly said: "I'll handle it well!"

Xuan Yuan Hong nodded, bade farewell to Ye Liuyun, and left with Han Lao.

After they left, Ye Liuyun directly set fire and burned Lan Xin's indenture contract.

Lan Xin excitedly watched her indenture contract turn to ashes, finally feeling a sense of relief.

"You still need to trouble you to stay in my Space World for three years.

I just signed a Divine Soul Contract with Xuan Yuan Hong; I must fulfill what I promised him.

This indenture contract is my compensation for you.

How about that?

Ye Liuyun asked Lan Xin.

"Lan Xin understands, young master, you also had no choice to save me!"

Lan Xin said.

Actually, she was quite satisfied with this outcome in her heart.

Not only did she gain her freedom, but she also had a place to go.

She also felt deep gratitude toward Ye Liuyun.

At that moment, if Ye Liuyun had hesitated even a little, she might have lost her life.

It was Ye Liuyun's insistence that saved her.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun could, for her sake, resist great profit; from this it can be seen that Ye Liuyun is worthy of her trust, even to entrust her life to him.

"You understand, that's good! We're the same; often we have no choice!"

Ye Liuyun also sighed, letting Lan Xin relax, and took her into the Space World.

Man Shu and the others were doing skin bright cultivation inside the Xuan Kong Shi; she temporarily saw no one.

However, the resources in Ye Liuyun's Space World shocked her greatly.

Especially the billions of Divine Crystals.

Ye Liuyun's previous few hundred million Divine Crystals, plus the several major powers he recently robbed, piled together already formed a mountain, roughly around three billion.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun also returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

Just now, Xuan Yuan Hong gave him a crystal stone imbued with the Heaven and Earth Power artistic conception.

Such crystal stones are uncommon even among artistic conception crystals; their starting price is far higher than those of Space and Fire Flame artistic conception crystals.

Ye Liuyun immediately began to comprehend it together with his clone, continuing to improve in the Heaven and Earth Power aspect.

Over the next few days, Ye Liuyun did not leave the Xuan Kong Shi.

He also raised his realm to the middle of the second tier.

His Flame Power also increased after he comprehended the Flame artistic conception crystal.

He improved the ratios of Qi-refining, body-tempering, and soul-condensing pills, and can now produce second-tier sixth-grade pills.

However, he is not entirely satisfied, feeling there is still room for improvement.

He and everyone else have already started taking third-tier pills; for the second-tier pills, he simply let Lan Xin take them as she pleased, using them purely as practice in her spare time.

Lan Xin is also quite content; these pills are enough for her to advance for a while.

Afterward, Lan Xin also saw Ye Liuyun's clone, the Magic Vine, Man Shu, etc., and then understood why Ye Liuyun bought so many pills and even refined them himself.

Lei Ming, Long Nv, and the Black Panther eat second-tier pills like candy, grabbing a handful at a time.

Only when they take third-tier pills do they restrain themselves a bit.

Moreover, she never expected that many of Ye Liuyun's artistic conception crystals were actually meant for others.

Gradually, she became familiar with Lei Ming and the others, and thus came to understand Ye Liuyun better.

Even the matters of Ye Liuyun in the Central Continent, she has also heard from Lei Ming and the others.

As she came to know Ye Liuyun more, her admiration and affection for him grew.

Finally, she directly found the clone and expressed that she wanted to always follow Ye Liuyun, even if it meant doing chores, she would be willing.

Ye Liuyun also felt helpless; for now he couldn't drive her away, so he could only let her stay in the Space World to help organize some resources.