Chapter 2009: Luring Attack

Feng Hong Xiu understood that Ye Liuyun was right.

If she relied only on herself, and the Grandmaster didn't fall for her and wouldn't let people disperse to chase them, she couldn't keep fleeing with Ye Liuyun.

So the next day, Feng Hong Xiu helped Ye Liuyun capture two Seventh Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivators and five Seventh Layer Mid Stage Martial Cultivators.

Feng Hong Xiu also captured an Eighth Tier Early Stage Martial Cultivator, which delighted both of them.

That Martial Cultivator had rushed over from elsewhere, not gathering with the Grandmaster, and was only half a day faster than the Grandmaster and his party.

Unfortunately, when Feng Hong Xiu seized him, she still injured him.

Otherwise, a Martial Cultivator of this level would easily escape.

Ye Liuyun could do nothing else but let him recover his injuries as much as possible.

As for Seventh Layer Early Stage ones, Feng Hong Xiu was too lazy to act, so she let the two Seventh Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivators she had just captured take care of them.

After each Martial Cultivator was captured, Ye Liuyun first placed a Slave Seal on them, and erased any Divine Soul Contracts they had.

All resources inside the Storage Ring, except the weapons and treasures needed for combat, were given to Feng Hong Xiu, which made her feel she hadn't lost much.

Feng Hong Xiu actually didn't want Ye Liuyun's power to become too great.

The stronger Ye Liuyun gets, the fewer chances there are for cooperation with Red Luan Pavilion.

But now there are too many strong enemies, and she can't help it.

In her heart she still hoped that all the captives Ye Liuyun had taken would die in battle.

Ye Liuyun now has one Martial Cultivator at the Eighth Realm, four at Seventh Layer Late Stage, eleven at Seventh Layer Mid Stage, and twenty‑five at Seventh Layer Early Stage.

"These people are enough, right?"

Feng Hong Xiu did the math; together with herself, they should basically be able to handle the Grandmaster's forces.

"Only don't know how many people are currently around the Grandmaster!"

Ye Liuyun felt a bit worried.

"I think you're just trying to trick me into catching a few more people for you!"

Feng Hong Xiu said displeased.

Ye Liuyun didn't mind her suggestion and proposed to Feng Hong Xiu: "Since you're fast, why not rush to meet the Grandmaster first, launch a round of attack on them, which will reveal their numbers and strength and also eliminate a strong opponent.

But you must be careful not to get trapped; after a surprise strike on one, you have to run immediately.

If you get held back, you won't be able to get out!"

Feng Hong Xiu thought Ye Liuyun's suggestion was good and agreed.

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid! Keep moving forward and wait for me! Better to go a bit faster and create some distance!"

After speaking, she rushed through the night to intercept the Grandmaster and his party.

Ye Liuyun immediately ordered Ye Tiandao to lead the Spearhead Squad aboard a Warship straight back to the border battlefield, no longer waiting for him.

He himself prepared to speed up his travel with Sky-walking Boots.

But he didn't expect that just as Feng Hong Xiu and Ye Tiandao left, before he could depart, an Eighth Tier Early Stage Martial Cultivator caught up with him.

The Martial Cultivator had a wing‑like treasure strapped to his back.

Even with Ye Liuyun's Sky-walking Boots at top speed, he couldn't outrun that Martial Cultivator, whose realm was also higher than Ye Liuyun's.

Ye Liuyun could only stop and release a Clone in advance.

The Clone, cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak, emerged and immediately sensed that the Martial Cultivator's Divine Soul Power was strong.

"No wonder Feng Hong Xiu didn't notice him; this one's Divine Soul Power is stronger than Feng Hong Xiu's!"

The Clone told Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun examined the Martial Cultivator and found he carried no treasure that defends against Spiritual Soul Attacks.

He probably was overconfident in his own Divine Soul Power.

The Martial Cultivator also sized up Ye Liuyun and asked, "You kid are only at Fifth Layer Late Stage, yet you let that old man bring so many people to chase you! Did you take something from him?

Otherwise why would he let them capture you alive?"

Ye Liuyun was startled and said, "So this Martial Cultivator isn't a follower of the Grandmaster?"

He didn't rush to answer the Martial Cultivator's question, but first wanted to clarify his relationship with the Grandmaster.

"Who are you?

Not a follower of the Grandmaster?"

The Martial Cultivator smiled, "You kid aren't really stupid.

I am Lin Youxi of the Soul Cultivator lineage, the Lin family.

Although I'm not that old man's subordinate, whether I hand you over to him depends on your performance."

"No wonder he doesn't wear any treasure that defends against Spiritual Soul Attacks!"

Ye Liuyun felt a secret joy.

He kept his composure and circled the Martial Cultivator, saying, "Soul Cultivator?

Then what's your relationship with the Grandmaster?

A shared lineage?

Saying it's a shared lineage wouldn't be wrong!"

Lin Youxi nodded proudly.

"That old man was once a disciple of our Lin family.

Later he gained power and turned against us, using force to hold our ancestor hostage.

So whatever you took from him, you can safely hand it to me; I can help you deal with him!"

Ye Liuyun knew that although Lin Youxi's Divine Soul Power was great, compared with the Grandmaster it was still lacking, so confronting the Grandmaster directly would be no match.

He probably ventured to find Ye Liuyun for that reason.

Lin Youxi saw Ye Liuyun hesitating and said directly to him, "You don't need to dawdle; no one is watching around here, and no one could rescue you! You have no choice!"

"Tch!"

Ye Liuyun deliberately said disdainfully, "You think the Eighth Realm can catch me?"

Lin Youxi laughed, "I have already seen it before; I know there are many Martial Cultivators around you."

"You can try, and see whether the speed at which you release those people is faster, or the speed of my Spiritual Soul Attack is faster!"

Ye Liuyun glanced at him, and suddenly a treasure that defends against Spiritual Soul Attack appeared in his hand.

But before he could equip it, Lin Youxi's two Souls rushed together into his Sea of Consciousness.

"Haha, fool, I've been waiting for you to come in!"

Ye Liuyun let out a hearty laugh at Lin Youxi's Soul.

With a "Puff" sound, opposite Lin Youxi spat a mouthful of fresh blood, and his body suddenly wavered, standing unsteady.

"There's another Soul, but it's weaker!"

The clone said something to Ye Liuyun, immediately released a Soul, rushed into his Sea of Consciousness, and dragged his other Soul into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness as well.

"Lucky! If he hadn't been hit by a Soul backlash and spat blood, if he tried to attack me, one palm strike wouldn't kill me, but it would take half my life!"

Ye Liuyun was also startled in his heart.

He didn't rush to place a Slave Seal on Lin Youxi, but instead began a Soul Search right away.

Lin Youxi's words were all true; the Ghost King's National Preceptor indeed apprenticed under the Lin family.

After completing his studies, he became the National Preceptor of the Eastern Kingdom.

To consolidate his position, he secretly dispatched strong Martial Cultivators, captured many Lin family descendants, and used them as leverage to force the Clan Chief of the Lin family to sign a Master-Servant Contract with him.

From then on, the National Preceptor controlled the Lin family, restricting its development and cultivation resources, turning the once illustrious great clan into a second‑rate small clan.

Lin Youxi is a powerful Elder within the clan.

Before the Clan Chief signed the contract with the National Preceptor, he had already realized the Lin family's decline, and he instructed several Elders to pool resources, train Lin Youxi, so that in the future Lin Youxi could eliminate the National Preceptor and rescue the clan from peril.