Chapter 2089: Separate Operations

Ye Liuyun, after returning to the Royal City, first arranged to use the Teleportation Array to send all the Dragon Clan people to the Alien Battlefield.

He himself also wanted to go together, but as long as the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance matters aren't resolved, he can't leave.

Xuan Yuan Ling has already arrived at the Royal City.

Ye Liuyun immediately began studying the resources of each faction with Xuan Yuan Ling.

Xuan Yuan Ling quickly locked onto several great families they need to cooperate with.

These families are now all within Ye Liuyun's jurisdiction, but they are forces that cooperate more closely with the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

Especially the Alchemist Alliance and the Refining Artifact Alliance; these two major forces Ye Liuyun still cannot forcefully confront.

"I still have to go to the Profound Heaven Sect and let my master take me to visit some high officials in the Alliance."

Ye Liuyun feels he still has to go out again.

"What about the other forces?

If we wait for you to subdue them one by one, that'll take at least a year! Moreover, our actions will sooner or later be discovered by the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, so the faster the better!"

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, and immediately released the four Martial Cultivators Jin Hui, Ning Fei, Mo Hai, and Bai Sha from the Space World.

At the same time, he summoned Ye Tiandao and Yu Xiaofeng and others, ordering them to gather all strong ones above the Seventh Realm from the army, forming multiple small squads to attack those families separately.

Yu Xiaofeng and Ye Tiandao were somewhat worried about the safety of the Royal City.

Ye Liuyun instantly assigned Feng Hong Xiu, Long Nv, Lei Ming, Vermilion Bird, and the Lion Tiger Beast to stay and guard the Royal City.

Feng Hong Xiu also contacted the Red Luan Pavilion in the Royal City, and they sent experts to help hold the position.

"You've sent all those experts away; what about your own safety?"

Now everyone began to worry about Ye Liuyun.

Because besides Lin Luoyi, an Alchemist, there isn't a single Martial Cultivator above the Seventh Layer by his side.

"Don't worry, I have many tricks, self‑protection is enough!"

Ye Liuyun isn't worried at all because his special Golden Pupil with a duplicate is present.

Thus, Ye Liuyun and the group of experts split up and acted separately, striking everywhere.

Ye Liuyun alone quietly left the Royal City and hurried to the Profound Heaven Sect.

At this time the Eastern Dynasty had just finished its turmoil; many places were still not peaceful, and order had not fully recovered.

Some deserters gathered together and turned into bandits.

The original bandit gangs also became more rampant.

Even some great families organized special squads to rob passing Martial Cultivators, hoping to make a quick fortune.

Ye Liuyun for a while could not exterminate them all, so he could only take it slowly.

Therefore, if the road is crowded or has strong opponents it's fine, but Ye Liuyun alone will naturally become the target of many bandits, deserters and the like.

Ye Liuyun could have used Spatial Power or the Invisibility Cloak to speed his travel.

But he deliberately traveled alone, not even using a Flying Boat.

He planned to collect more strong Martial Cultivators on the road for his own use.

And as soon as Ye Liuyun returned to the Royal City, he was already spotted by Administrator Li Minghao of the local Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

Originally the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance intended to send people to get closer to him while he was back.

But Li Minghao discovered that the Royal Palace had dispatched a large number of experts.

To verify the situation, he first visited Ye Liuyun, only to find Ye Liuyun absent, and that there were Seventh/Eighth Level Realm Martial Cultivator auras inside the Royal Palace.

The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance clearly knows how many experts are around Ye Liuyun.

Li Minghao immediately reported this situation to the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

"By this calculation, there should be hardly any experts left by Ye Liuyun's side?"

The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance also confirmed with him.

Li Minghao also confirmed: "Exactly! Those experts by his side have split into several squads heading out of the city in different directions, probably to exterminate rebels or bandits.

Those guarding the Royal City also include a few Seventh/Eighth Level Realm Martial Cultivators.

By Ye Liuyun's side, it's estimated that even Seventh Realm Martial Cultivators are scarce!"

Several important Elders of the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance immediately began convening a meeting.

They gathered to discuss whether to take this chance to seize the Eastern Dynasty for themselves.

"Heh, truly a youngster! He thinks that with the support of all major forces he can go out carefree?"

"Could it be his ploy to lure enemies out deliberately?"

"The dynasty he fought hard for, if we control him now, won't the whole dynasty become ours?"

After some discussion, the Elders, tempted by huge profit, decided to send some experts to masquerade as bandits and hunt Ye Liuyun.

This way, even if they're discovered, it won't be linked to the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

"There are no strong Martial Cultivators by his side.

Capture him alive if you can; the dead is also acceptable."

The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance gave orders to the experts under their control.

These people are not members of the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, but belong to some forces attached to them.

The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance deliberately didn't use their own people, thinking that even if they fail, Ye Liuyun won't notice any clue.

Ye Liuyun didn't expect that before he could even look for trouble with the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, they had already acted against him.

The people sent by the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance immediately began searching everywhere for Ye Liuyun's trace.

Ye Liuyun hadn't gone far when they discovered him.

However, the first to spot Ye Liuyun was a Martial Cultivator of the Eighth Tier Early Stage, accompanied by two Seventh Realm Martial Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun had just, together with his companions and a Demon Beast, wiped out a small bandit gang.

That bandit gang's strength wasn't strong either; its highest realm was only the Seventh Layer late stage.

They didn't even use the Golden Pupil's duplicate; they simply employed Magic Vine to capture the enemy's strong ones alive.

"It's really chaotic outside right now!"

Ye Liuyun also sighed inwardly.

He had only been away from Royal City for five or six days, yet he had already captured an Eighth Tier Early Stage and seven Seventh Realm Martial Cultivators.

These Martial Cultivators were either aided by Magic Vine or ambushed by him with Spatial Power, and were controlled by a Spiritual Soul Attack.

"Huh?

Three more have arrived! These three are pretty strong!"

Ye Liuyun also noticed those three Martial Cultivators probing him with Divine Sense.

By this point, Ye Liuyun had already retracted the Magic Vine; there were no people around him, not even a Seventh Realm Martial Cultivator.

When the three Martial Cultivators saw this, thinking they had an opportunity to earn merit, they didn't rush to report to the others of Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, but charged straight at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun quietly let the Magic Vine assist again, while he fixed his gaze on the Eighth Realm Martial Cultivator.

That Martial Cultivator bore a Defense Artifact against Spiritual Soul Attack, and Ye Liuyun was preparing to ambush with Spatial Power.

Wu Qingcheng and the others, having all undergone the Death Legion formation training, immediately assumed a defensive formation.

As Ye Liuyun and the Martial Cultivator drew near, he first used the Golden Pupil to unleash lightning and Fire Flame Power to block him briefly, then suddenly vanished, appearing behind the Martial Cultivator and delivering a palm strike laced with poison gas.

The Martial Cultivator hadn't expected Ye Liuyun's Spatial Power to be so strong.

He instantly countered, meeting Ye Liuyun with a palm strike that knocked Ye Liuyun into the air.

Ye Liuyun's arm bone was cracked by his strike.

While being knocked backward, Ye Liuyun also employed Spatial Power on that Defense Artifact, using spatial compression to annihilate the artifact.