Chapter 2133: Showing No Weakness

Ye Liuyun gathered Wu Qingcheng and the other women, and then released the martial cultivators he had newly subjugated.

There were two Ninth Realm Late Stage strongmen, thirty‑eight Ninth Realm Mid Stage, and seven Ninth Realm Early Stage, a total of forty‑seven strongmen of the Ninth Realm.

"From now on, these people will be the force protecting our dynasty!"

Ye Liuyun also appointed the former Hunting Squad captain Jing Yong as the captain of all Ninth Realm martial cultivators, with Zhang Heng as vice‑captain to manage them in daily affairs.

He also had Wu Qingcheng outfit these people in Death Legion armor and masks, so they wouldn't be recognized and leak information.

The women were greatly shocked to see Ye Liuyun bring back so many Ninth Realm strongmen.

"Why did you suddenly capture so many strongmen and bring them back?"

Wu Qingcheng thought Ye Liuyun wouldn't be idle enough to venture out and capture these experts.

So Ye Liuyun recounted the incidents where the Spirit Clan and Zhongxing Wangchao sent people to seize treasure but failed, and the Spirit Clan again plotted against the dynasty.

"Then will our battle with the Spirit Clan start soon as well?"

Everyone asked anxiously.

Ye Liuyun slowly shook his head and explained, "I'm afraid these people alone aren't enough to confront the Spirit Clan! Moreover, we have just stabilized, and it's not appropriate to wage a major conflict with the Spirit Clan now.

These people can only temporarily serve a self‑defense role, merely preventing the Spirit Clan's envoys from acting recklessly.

The Spirit Clan, seeing that we have so many Ninth Realm martial cultivators, will also weigh the cost of a dead‑lock with us."

"What if they don't give up?"

Wu Qingcheng asked Ye Liuyun.

She needed Ye Liuyun's stance clarified so she could make the appropriate adjustments when dealing with the Spirit Clan.

"Then fight!"

Ye Liuyun said directly, "When dealing with such a great power, the more we concede, the more they will push their advantage!"

"Alright, we know what to do now! What about you?

Will you stay in the dynasty for now, or return to the Alien Battlefield?"

Wu Qingcheng asked Ye Liuyun again.

"I still intend to return to the Alien Battlefield; if the Spirit Clan wants to deal with me, they will continue sending disciples to hunt me down.

It's more convenient for me to deal with them there.

Moreover, going to the Alien Battlefield yields more high‑level resources, so everyone's cultivation resources can be resolved."

Ye Liuyun explained to them.

"You don't need to worry about them now; first raise your own strength, and then you can attend to us later!"

Feng Wanru immediately instructed Ye Liuyun.

"Yes! Look at your current opponents; they are already Ninth Realm martial cultivators.

When your own strength improves, we can be at ease."

"Only when you strengthen yourself will others dare not scheme against you, nor scheme against the dynasty!"

The women chattered, all urging Ye Liuyun to first improve his own strength instead of constantly worrying about them.

Moreover, the dynasty is now gradually getting on the right track, and they lack no resources.

Ye Liuyun repeatedly agreed, and after spending a few days with the group in the dynasty, he immediately returned to the Alien Battlefield in his original form, drawing everyone's attention.

At that moment, the three Alien Battlefields had no large numbers of aliens; Ye Liuyun walked around each, and upon seeing Ye Tiandao leading his soldiers, all of whose realms had advanced and who had been tempered, he felt very pleased.

He simply left Lei Ming and Long Nv here as well, to fight alongside Ye Tiandao and the others.

He, however, only took five captured eighth‑layer martial cultivators and Zhu Que and other monster beasts back to Li Hongtao's base, awaiting the arrival of the next wave of aliens.

He also took this time to have Ye Ling stockpile more Divine Crystals.

A few days later, Ye Liuyun had the gold‑plated armor repaired in the Grand Hall sent back.

The black‑clothed persons captured by Ye Liuyun from the Hunting Squad had their gold‑plated armor stripped by Ye Liuyun, and he let Wu Qingcheng distribute...

... one set to each person nearby, keeping the surplus temporarily as reserves.

Therefore, these sets of gold‑plated armor didn't need to be sent back immediately; Ye Liuyun simply kept them for his own use.

He still had dozens of ruined gold‑plated armors in his possession, all stripped from the slain black‑clothed individuals.

Ye Liuyun had already refined them all into a single block of gold, kept as reserve.

Soon, the next batch of aliens arrived at the Alien Battlefield, and Ye Liuyun became busy again.

A few days later, the Spirit Clan's strongman team also rushed to the Dongyun Dynasty.

Among the Spirit Clan's envoys this time, a Ninth Realm Late Stage elder led the team.

The elder, named Luo Yi, was a strongman from the Spirit Clan's era of conquering the world, highly respected within the clan and part of its hardline faction.

He has not left the Spirit Clan for many years.

His understanding of the outside world remains stuck in the era of many years ago.

Seeing the development of the Eastern Region this time, with martial cultivators' realms rapidly advancing, he felt deeply moved.

But his mindset cannot be changed in a short time.

He still believes the Spirit Clan is as powerful as it once was.

The team also included two Ninth Realm Mid Stage, eight Ninth Realm Early Stage, ten eighth‑layer, and ten seventh‑layer martial cultivators, making it a luxurious lineup.

Moreover, the strongmen from various major forces who had supported Ye Liuyun had already withdrawn, so Luo Yi became even more convinced that this mission would be a swift success.

He planned, after entering the Royal Palace, to directly seize the people inside, thereby blackmailing Ye Liuyun to return to the Royal Palace and hand over the treasure.

The Spirit Clan also intended to use this opportunity to strike the Dongyun Dynasty, making everyone know that in the Eastern Region, the Spirit Clan is the supreme existence.

Even a dynasty, they can manipulate at will.

Thus, after arriving at the Royal City, they did not deploy Flying Boats, but instead transmitted a voice directly, inviting Ye Liuyun to come out and meet them.

They knew Ye Liuyun was absent, that some women were managing in his stead, and assumed that a scare would make those women immediately obey their orders.

【61】 However, the response they received embarrassed them.

"If you want to see King Dongyun, just take the Flying Boat into the Royal Palace to pay a visit! The city‑guard soldiers are not responsible for reporting!"

A city‑guard Leader, under Yu Xiaofeng's instruction, replied directly.

Wu Qingcheng had already informed Yu Xiaofeng, and had even had them all prepared for combat.

Even Xuan Yuan Ling, who leads the merchant affairs in the Spirit Clan's area, had already withdrawn early.

The Royal City has long been rearranged, with even the city walls rebuilt.

Originally, the Eastern Dynasty attempted to ambush Ye Liuyun's crystal stone cannons in Mist‑Hidden City, but Ye Liuyun had already equipped the city‑guard garrison with them.

So now, countless crystal stone cannons, filled with crystal stones, are aimed at the Spirit Clan's Flying Boat.

Luo Yi let out a cold laugh and instructed the Spirit Clan Martial Cultivators: "What a Ye Liuyun! I have long heard this fellow is bold and reckless; seeing him today, he truly knows no limits, even daring to ignore our Spirit Clan!"

Since that's so, we'll steer the Flying Boat straight to his Royal Palace and see how they meet their end! The Flying Boat advances slowly, letting everyone witness how our Spirit Clan will deal with them!

Thus, the Spirit Clan's Flying Boat launched again, slowly heading toward the Royal Palace.

"Open fire!"

The city‑guard Leader did not hesitate, directly ordering the crystal stone cannons to fire.