Chapter 2176: Crossing the Border

"Don't just stand there like a fool, step in and help!"

Ye Liuyun immediately used a Slave Seal to control the leader he had just captured, forcing him to attack some of the rebelling Martial Cultivators.

The Soul Cultivators Ye Liuyun brought first attacked the Martial Cultivators who were not wearing defense artifacts, and then, with their cooperation, a few of them teamed up to attack the Martial Cultivators who were wearing the artifacts.

These people were suddenly assaulted by Ye Liuyun, especially the Technique that Ye Liuyun released, which threw them into a panic.

After subduing their leader, Ye Liuyun also drew the Item and kept aiming at some of the rebelling Martial Cultivators.

Only at the crucial moment of rescuing his own people would he fire an arrow to kill the enemy.

Soon, some of these Martial Cultivators could not hold on and began to retreat.

Ye Liuyun looked at their numbers and saw that only a little over twenty remained.

Meanwhile, they had already captured more than forty prisoners, giving them a complete advantage in strength.

"Chase! Don't let a single one get away!"

Ye Liuyun immediately led all the Soul Cultivators and prisoners in pursuit.

He had Meng Changjun cooperate with him; the two joined forces to break through the opponent's Soul Defense Treasure, continuously controlling those Martial Cultivators.

His clones kept firing the Technique, eliminating the Martial Cultivators who tried to flee quickly.

With this kill-and-capture method, in less than an hour, the more than twenty fleeing Martial Cultivators were completely dealt with.

All the Ninth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivators came before Ye Liuyun and were marked with Slave Seals by him.

Afterward Ye Liuyun returned to the battlefield and also placed Slave Seals on the few injured, captured Ninth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivators, bringing the total number of prisoners to fifty‑seven.

However, more than thirty of the Soul Cultivators he brought were also killed.

Overall, it was still a slight advantage.

He also collected all the storage from these Martial Cultivators and sold three of them to the City Lord of Muyang City as a reward for them.

The rest, he prepared to return to the robbed civilians.

"I still have to rush to the ferry crossing; I'll leave the cleanup here to you!"

Ye Liuyun said to him.

"Yes! Rest assured, King Ye, I will handle it!"

The City Lord replied.

"Thank you for your effort! What's your name?"

Ye Liuyun asked.

"I am Mu Qingcheng!"

The City Lord answered.

"I see you still have some potential to command troops; it would be a pity for you to remain just a City Lord.

Would you be willing to serve in my army?"

Ye Liuyun asked.

He saw that this City Lord not only was at the Mid-Eighth Realm but also possessed some command ability.

However, the troops he brought were too weak.

If he had brought the Death Legion, the result would certainly have been different.

"I was once a Leader of the Eastern Kingdom; I wonder if King Ye would look down on me..." Mu Qingcheng said awkwardly.

"Ha ha, isn't this place also part of the Eastern Kingdom now?

You are defending your own home; why would I despise you?"

Ye Liuyun, however, did not care that he was a surrendered general.

He solemnly told Mu Qingcheng: "Now Zhongxing Wangchao covets our resources and will surely launch frequent invasions in the future! The East Cloud Dynasty needs capable Leaders to lead troops against Zhongxing Wangchao's incursions!

We are all people of the Eastern Kingdom now; we speak as one family. If you want to help protect our home, give me a straightforward answer!"

"Fine! I, Mu Qingcheng, am willing to serve the Eastern Kingdom!"

Mu Qingcheng also agreed.

Ye Liuyun immediately used Transmission Voice to inform Yu Xiaofeng to pick up Mu Qingcheng along the way.

Ye Liuyun then continued rushing toward the ferry crossing.

Since the Eastern Kingdom dared to attack him, he would certainly retaliate, at least destroying all their ferry boats.

The cities he passed along had already been ruined beyond recognition by Zhongxing Wangchao's Martial Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun could not spare time to help rebuild their homes, so he accelerated to avoid delay that might allow the opposite ferry crossing to fortify.

When he arrived at the ferry crossing, he found an ordinary ferry still docked there, with its Administrator and crew aboard.

He immediately released those Soul Cultivators, who seized control of everyone on board.

After commandeering the ferry, he produced an even better ferry.

It was a high‑grade ferry seized from Chen Bà Tiān.

He intends to sail back to Zhongxing Wangchao.

Crossing the Boundless Sea with this ferry will make them much safer.

Ye Liuyun also re‑applied Slave Seals to all the Administrators and crew on the ferry for easier control.

"Set out!"

At Ye Liuyun's command, the ferry set sail into the Boundless Sea.

As soon as it left the shore, the deep‑sea suction lifted the ferry to the surface, turning it into a real ship.

The ferry's material was highly corrosion‑resistant, and after activating its shield, it could even withstand the Boundless Sea's erosion.

Moreover, this high‑grade ferry was twice the size of a regular one, and its cabin felt no sway.

The ferry's speed across the Boundless Sea was far slower than a Flying Boat's aerial travel, estimated to take half a month to reach the opposite shore.

Moreover, the Divine Crystals consumed increase by five to six times, used to resist the suction of seawater and to support the protective shield.

Ye Liuyun calculated that, at this rate, it would be less cost-effective than directly using the Black Tower teleport.

The key is that the Black Tower teleport is far safer than the ferry.

So he decided that, after reaching the Central Region, he would record a coordinate in the Black Tower teleport for future trips.

During the voyage, the first few days were relatively calm, but soon the ferry began to rock.

"What's happening?"

Ye Liuyun immediately asked the Administrator.

"It's normal; the ferry hit a spacetime turbulence! Rest assured, master, this high‑grade ferry can endure even the strongest spacetime turbulence; it just feels a bit bumpy."

The Administrator explained to Ye Liuyun.

"Then what would happen to an ordinary ferry encountering this kind of spacetime turbulence?"

Ye Liuyun asked him.

The Administrator replied, "A ferry can still hold up against turbulence of this scale! But if it were twice as strong, it would come down to luck!"

But as soon as the Administrator finished speaking, the ferry grew even more turbulent.

Ye Liuyun was now very worried; he had already filled the Black Tower teleport with energy, ready to teleport straight back to the Dongyun Dynasty if anything went wrong.

Fortunately, the ferry held on and gradually returned to normal.

"We have already passed through that spacetime turbulence!"

The Administrator reassured Ye Liuyun.

During the subsequent voyage, they frequently encountered spacetime turbulence, even twice with stronger turbulence that made the ferry rock more, yet they emerged unharmed.

They also suffered two monster attacks.

The monster's long tentacles hammered the ferry's protective shield with a clanging sound, causing the ferry to sway side to side.

Ye Liuyun used his Divine Sense to probe and found that the monster possessed a Demon Race body and octopus‑like tentacles, its shape was very strange, and it emitted no Demon Qi.

He tried to control the monster with Nine Nether Prelude, but saw no response.

Yet each time it managed to calm the monster slightly, making it less violent than before, and it soon retreated.

Therefore, Ye Liuyun still did not know what these beasts were or which race they belonged to.