Chapter 2158: Nurturing Essence, Storing Sharpness

When Ye Liuyun and the last batch of Soul Cultivators arrived, he immediately ushered them into the Space World.

Only ten City Lord guards who can operate the Teleportation Array were left, and their realms were only at the seventh and eighth layers, and they teleported Ye Liuyun and his party back to the Dongyun Dynasty.

Afterwards, the remaining people altered the Formation, completely erasing any trace of the Dongyun Dynasty, then used the Teleportation Array to rush to the Alien Battlefield, and after passing through the Alien Battlefield, they went to the Dongyun Dynasty.

Thus, Ye Liuyun's journey through the Central Region came to a halt, bringing back to the Dongyun Dynasty over two hundred Soul Cultivators at the eighth and ninth layers, and more than six hundred Martial Cultivators of the Ninth Realm.

These people were all assigned by Ye Liuyun to the Black Armor Guard, under the unified command of Jing Yong, each equipped with a treasure that conceals their realm, and they cultivate covertly within the Dongyun Dynasty.

To prevent these strong individuals from being discovered, Ye Liuyun also specially allocated two Secret Realms for them, one for Soul Cultivators and one for Martial Cultivators, allowing them to meditate and train inside without disturbance.

Ye Liuyun also temporarily settled down, using the Teleportation Array setup to control the incoming and outgoing Martial Cultivators.

He and his clone also began to calmly advance their realms.

His Divine Soul Power is now sufficiently strong; only his realm still needs to be elevated.

The Zhongxing Wangchao also learned that Xu Mulin had encountered trouble; when the dispatched party arrived, they found the City Lord's residence empty, and Xu Mulin and his companions were nowhere to be found.

They simultaneously stationed troops to guard Du Hun Mountain and sent people to search everywhere.

Of course, they also considered the possibility of the Spirit Clan and the Dongyun Dynasty, dispatching some Martial Cultivators of modest realms through the Alien Battlefield to investigate the Eastern Region, yet they still could not find any clues.

Ye Liuyun also has not left the Royal Palace for several consecutive months.

In addition to cultivation, he entered the Space World to spar with an Illusion Demon Mirror; after expending his Mysterious Origin, he resumed cultivation, continuously raising his realm to the mid Seventh Layer before stopping.

He finally had time to inquire about the affairs of the Dongyun Dynasty, listening as the women gave him a report.

"The merchant guild's operations have gotten on track, and all resource supply channels are stable.

The Spirit Clan recently procured a large amount of daily supplies, clearly stockpiling to prevent us from cutting off their provisions."

Xuan Yuan Ling first gave an overview of the merchant guild's situation.

"The fighting on the Alien Battlefield is still ongoing.

The soldiers who went onto the battlefield suffered over half casualties, but the remaining troops have seen their strength increase dramatically.

Ye Tiandao has already returned with that batch of soldiers and is currently cultivating recovery.

Yu Xiaofeng has already dispatched another batch of soldiers for honing.

The merchant guild's and various resources' income has already exceeded military expenditures; resource supplies are now abundant, and the treasury has a surplus.

The army's strength continues to rise.

"He Lian Tian Yuan has already advanced to the Royal City in the northern region, and is expected to subdue the north soon."

Wu Qingcheng also briefed Ye Liuyun on the various situations.

The Dongyun Dynasty's progress in all aspects is proceeding smoothly; it has already established a foothold in the Eastern Region, and its cooperation with major powers is very close.

During this period, the Spirit Clan has deliberately avoided friction with Ye Liuyun; no battles have occurred within its territory, and even the anti‑bandit campaign is nearly complete.

The entire Eastern Region now enjoys a peaceful and prosperous era, with the populace living and working in contentment.

Regarding He Lian Tian Yuan's ambition, Ye Liuyun knows that achieving the goal is still far off.

When he secures the north, it is expected that he will begin training soldiers to send to the Alien Battlefield.

His current power gap with the Zhongxing Wangchao is too large; he must devote all effort to strengthening himself.

These pieces of information are nothing special; they were all within Ye Liuyun's expectations.

Only the intelligence obtained by Xia Tianqiong and Xia Lingshuang caught Ye Liuyun's attention.

"The spies sent by the Zhongxing Wangchao have been continuously monitoring the Royal Palace and the Spirit Clan's movements and have not withdrawn yet.

Red Luan Pavilion has recently been frequently striking the Spirit Clan, assassinating many of its strong members.

I worry that the Spirit Clan will think we ordered Red Luan Pavilion to act, and ultimately charge the bill to us."

Ye Liuyun also wondered why Yao Hong harbored such enmity with the Spirit Clan and kept targeting them.

"What exactly does this Yao Hong want to do?

Has the Spirit Clan ever offended Red Luan Pavilion?"

Ye Liuyun asked Feng Hong Xiu.

Feng Hong Xiu shook her head and said, "The pavilion master has always been targeting the Spirit Clan in secret."

Ye Liuyun thought it over but took no action, merely instructing Xia Tianqiong to continue monitoring the Zhongxing Wangchao spies as well as the movements of Red Luan Pavilion and the Spirit Clan.

"Red Luan Pavilion helped us a great deal when we needed assistance the most! No matter Yao Hong's motives, as long as she isn't deliberately sabotaging us, that's fine.

The Spirit Clan also has investigative capabilities.

Even if they insist on misunderstanding us, it doesn't matter.

After all, we will eventually have a battle with them; for now we are merely gathering strength.

Red Luan Pavilion striking at this time to cause trouble for the Spirit Clan does no harm to us.

We shall for now observe the situation quietly."

After Ye Liuyun finished arranging the dynasty's affairs, he also urged those women not to delay their cultivation; he then returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to continue practicing the Divine Sense Secret Technique Soul-Shaking Wave he obtained from the Soul King.

For other aspects of power, he and his clone train alternately each day, maintaining synchronized improvement.

In particular, Spatial Power and blade intent are his daily compulsory lessons.

The Book Demon, seeing that Ye Liuyun could now cultivate peacefully and that his Divine Soul Power had recently risen rapidly, was very pleased; it even gave him considerable guidance, helping him quickly elevate the Soul-Shaking Wave Secret Technique to Minor Achievement level.

Now, using only Divine Sense, Ye Liuyun can annihilate Martial Cultivators of the Sixth Layer, and those of the seventh and eighth layers also suffer great effects.

Ye Liuyun's Spatial Power has also brushed against the ninth-layer Void Barrier, far surpassing his realm of mid Seventh Layer.

His blade intent cultivation had lagged considerably before, but now Ye Tiandao can already match Ye Liuyun's blade intent.

Therefore, Ye Liuyun often practices blade intent duels with Ye Tiandao within the Space World.

Ye Liuyun's rate of power increase is already far faster than that of ordinary people, yet he still feels the speed is insufficient, as if stuck and unable to accelerate.

The Book Demon reminded Ye Liuyun: "It may be that your Bloodline Power hasn't increased for a long time, so the cultivation speed of other aspects cannot rise either.

I know of a Divine Blood Tree whose Divine Blood Fruit can boost Bloodline Power, but I'm not sure whether you can find one here!"

Even if you can't find heavenly talent earthly treasure, you can also first use some elixirs and high-grade beast blood to try boosting your Bloodline Power, see if it will improve your cultivation speed.

A few words from the Book Demon reminded Ye Liuyun, and he immediately had Xuan Yuan Ling help purchase Divine Blood Fruit, and also had Lin Luoyi and Jin Qing Song inquire at the Alchemist Alliance.

He himself also went to the Alien Battlefield to inquire of Li Hongtao.

Li Hongtao had heard of the effects of Divine Blood Fruit, but had never seen it, and the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance temporarily also didn't have such a thing.

Thus the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance and the Spirit Cloud Business Association both helped him spread the word, buying Divine Blood Fruit at a high price.