Chapter 2004: Taking Advantage of the Vacancy

Ling'er originally thought that after telling the truth, she would be released.

But she discovered they were going to throw her back into prison, so she hurriedly pleaded with Miss Wang Yufi: "Miss, I haven't told a single lie; I've said everything I know. Please let me go!"

Wang Yufi, however, examined Ling'er with great interest: "Let you go?"

"I'm not sure how to know whether what you're saying is true or false."

"How does the Miss need to confirm?"

Ling'er asked doubtfully.

Wang Yufi, however, coldly snorted: "Of course I'll interrogate you again!"

After saying that, she had people directly take Ling'er away, and she herself went to the prison as well, wanting to indulge in interrogating a prisoner, trying all those tortures from the Royal Mansion on Ling'er.

Poor Ling'er's screams continued nonstop; tortured by Wang Yufi, she fainted several times, on the brink of death.

Only when Wang Yufi grew tired of playing did she leave the prison.

As she was leaving, she also gave Ling'er to a few of the prison guards as a plaything, and in the end she was actually tortured to death.

After Wang Yufi learned that the person had died, she didn't care either, merely having the guards burn the corpse, leaving no evidence.

Meanwhile, at the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, no one paid attention to a sales clerk.

Here, the sales clerks earn only commission; if they don't come to work, they have no income, and the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance suffers little loss.

Wang Tianqing and Wang Yuxing had almost gathered all the experts from the Chengzhu Fu near the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

These people all disguised themselves, surrounding the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance in several layers, fearing that Ye Liuyun would escape.

Besides cultivating, Ye Liuyun often took Feng Hong Xiu to wander the slave market and the feral beast market, hoping to pick up bargains and also to take the opportunity to observe the surrounding situation.

"It seems your news has already leaked out! Outside, they've already surrounded us in several layers!"

Feng Hong Xiu told Ye Liuyun.

"Hmm."

Ye Liuyun also noticed the outside changes; his Divine Sense is now not much weaker than Feng Hong Xiu's.

"The Chengzhu Fu has sent out so many experts; isn't this a perfect chance to take advantage of the vacancy?"

Ye Liuyun asked Feng Hong Xiu.

Feng Hong Xiu also confirmed: "Pretty much; there shouldn't be many experts left!"

"Alright, then let's first take the Chengzhu Fu!"

Ye Liuyun said confidently.

Feng Hong Xiu also felt some anticipation, wanting to see how Ye Liuyun would deal with the Chengzhu Fu.

Over the next three days, the man Ye Liuyun had bought, who was at mid‑Seventh Layer, not only detoxified him but also directly advanced his cultivation to late Seventh Layer, almost breaking through to the Eighth Realm.

"Master!"

He finally called out "Master" to thank Ye Liuyun for saving his life.

"What's your name?"

Ye Liuyun asked him.

"I'm Mo Hai!"

He replied truthfully.

"Your grudge with the Spirit Clan and my situation—we'll talk about them later.

"First prepare for battle; we have a tough fight coming up right away.

"The opposition is not small; there are three Martial Cultivators at the Seventh Realm.

"From now on you don't need to call me Master; you can call me Chief or Ye Leader."

"Yes, Chief!"

Mo Hai this time said it quite smoothly.

He felt that calling "Chief" was much smoother than calling "Master".

The Shadow's shapeshifting also went very smoothly, transforming into the form of a man in his forties or fifties.

However, it is still not accustomed to a human physical body.

But this does not hinder it from participating in battle.

Even in the form of a ferocious beast, it can still kill opponents.

Moreover, the Shadow's cultivation level is high, and its invisibility technique is even stronger than that of the Black Tortoise.

He can even directly assassinate a Martial Cultivator at the early Seventh Realm.

The clone also arrived on time, transforming into the appearance of an ordinary Martial Cultivator and entered Blood Cloud City.

Moreover, as soon as he entered the city, he rushed straight to the Chengzhu Fu.

"The show is about to begin!"

As soon as the clone entered the city, Ye Liuyun summoned Feng Hong Xiu and the werewolf together, having them get ready.

"You two can wait for the outside Martial Cultivators to withdraw, then rush to the Chengzhu Fu."

Ye Liuyun told Feng Hong Xiu and the werewolf.

"And what about you?"

Feng Hong Xiu countered.

"I'm going to the Chengzhu Fu!"

Ye Liuyun laughed.

"You're just going out like that?"

Feng Hong Xiu was a bit puzzled.

Ye Liuyun smiled and had the werewolf call the waiter from the tavern.

But this time, Ye Liuyun knocked the attendant unconscious, took him into the Space World, then used Thousand Illusion Technique to transform into the attendant's appearance, leaving Feng Hong Xiu and the wolf-man dumbfounded.

Ye Liuyun arranged for them to wait until he left, then had them loiter at the doorway pretending to look around, as if they were about to go out, to draw the attention of those Martial Cultivators, after which he simply walked out.

After leaving, he first found a secluded spot, then changed again into an ordinary person's appearance, woke the attendant, gave him some Crystal Stones as compensation, and then directly left the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

The few Martial Cultivators monitoring Ye Liuyun in the Side Courtyard next door were only responsible for keeping an eye on his movements, and they didn't pay any attention to an attendant at all.

Outside the City Lord's Manor, his doppelgänger also met up with Ye Liuyun.

"There are still over five hundred Martial Cultivators inside the manor, most of them at the Fourth Layer or below."

"The Grand Hall has the aura of the Sixth Layer Realm, but there definitely aren't many of them; it's likely Wang Tianqing."

His doppelgänger also told Ye Liuyun everything about the situation inside the City Lord's Manor.

Immediately, he then transmitted the manor's internal map to Ye Tiandao, letting Ye Tiandao begin deploying personnel.

After Ye Tiandao finished his deployment, Ye Liuyun immediately released the entire Sharp Dagger Squad and charged straight into the City Lord's Manor.

He didn't release Mo Hai for the time being, only sending out a shadow to let him stay hidden and follow him.

His doppelgänger released the Demon Wolf and the Ox-Lion, following Ye Liuyun as they rushed to the Grand Hall; then the doppelgänger donned the Invisibility Cloak and hurried to the Treasure Vault, aiming to seize the resources before the City Lord's Manor's reinforcements could return.

Inside the City Lord's Manor, Wang Tianqing had just received the news, saying that there was movement on Ye Liuyun's side, possibly indicating he was about to leave.

Considering the timing, it was about the time Ye Liuyun was supposed to leave the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, so Wang Tianqing immediately ordered all Martial Cultivators to surround the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

Wang Yuxing also stationed heavy troops at the city gate to prevent Ye Liuyun from escaping.

However, before any movement could be detected at the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, Ye Liuyun, leading the Sharp Dagger Squad, had already stormed into the City Lord's Manor.

The remaining guards of the City Lord's Manor were no match for the Sharp Dagger Squad's soldiers; in a single encounter they were outright slaughtered.

Wang Tianqing had originally intended to go outside the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance to oversee the battle.

He had just brought Wang Yufen out of the Grand Hall when he realized something was amiss inside the manor, and before he could get a clear picture, he encountered the charging Ox-Lion and Demon Wolf.

The Ox-Lion and Demon Wolf struck together, and Wang Tianqing couldn't dodge; Wang Yufen was right behind him.

If he dodged, the combined blow of the two demon beasts would surely smash Wang Yufen to pieces.

Left with no choice, he could only resist with all his might.

"Boom," Wang Tianqing was blown backward, crashing into Wang Yufen behind him, and the two of them rolled back together into the Grand Hall.

Ye Liuyun also rushed in after them and directly performed a Soul Search on Wang Tianqing.

"So it turns out he captured Ling'er!"

Only then did Ye Liuyun realize that Wang Tianqing had captured Ling'er, which was how he obtained the information.

The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance had not leaked his whereabouts.