Chapter 2216: Capturing the Vajra Alive

The old man was playing the Chinese fiddle, while the girl was singing a cappella.

Perhaps due to the need of their disguises, neither of them carried any treasure for defending against spiritual soul attacks.

"Qin master, song girl!"

Ye Liuyun immediately knew that these two were members of the Eight Great Vajras.

With a sweep of his golden pupil, he immediately discovered that the girl's primordial core was actually more solid than the old man's.

So when they and Qiong Qi entered the door, his red pupil immediately cast an illusion on the girl.

And the old man who was playing the Chinese fiddle, the sound he produced next, instantly changed.

In Ye Liuyun's sea of consciousness, golden light suddenly blazed forth.

Ye Liuyun immediately acted, at once putting his clone and Qiong Qi into the Space World.

"Too late!"

The old man chuckled, speaking unhurriedly: "How about we exchange one for two?"

He didn't rush to act, but instead set down his Chinese fiddle and held the little girl in his arms.

It looked like he was being affectionate and caring, but Ye Liuyun felt he was afraid Ye Liuyun would control the girl to attack him.

That's fine; he also didn't have to worry about the old man attacking him.

Ye Liuyun's soul then used the red pupil on the old man again, yet the old man's soul power was actually unafraid of his red pupil.

Ye Liuyun glanced around and saw that everyone in the teahouse was slumped over the tables, as if asleep.

At that moment, his clone and Qiong Qi were also slumped inside the Space World, sleeping so deeply they were unresponsive.

Ye Liuyun immediately pulled the souls of his clone and Qiong Qi into his own sea of consciousness, using the golden light of the Ten Thousand Gods Command to awaken them.

"Hypnosis technique!"

Qiong Qi told Ye Liuyun.

"How should we deal with it?"

Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

"I don't know!"

Qiong Qi said helplessly.

If Ye Liuyun acted himself, he would surely lose; if someone else acted, they'd be hypnotized by him.

Ye Liuyun also had no choice but to contend with the old man himself.

"Your hypnosis technique is useless against me."

Ye Liuyun said disdainfully.

"Your red pupil is also useless against me, right?!"

The old man still spoke calmly: "Using your pet and your clone's two lives in exchange for my granddaughter's life, you won't lose."

"I guarantee, after the exchange we'll leave! How about it?"

"I want to see first how you break the hypnosis technique!"

Ye Liuyun pretended to hesitate for a moment, then took his clone out of the Space World.

The clone still pretended to be asleep, except its eyes were facing the old man's direction.

"Hehe!"

The old man, however, smiled blandly: "In my life, I've traveled south and north, seen all kinds of people."

"We don't need to beat around the bush; first sign an equal contract, then we'll both be at ease, right?"

"Alright!"

Ye Liuyun ultimately had no choice but to feign resignation and agree.

But just as they were about to sign the soul contract, the old man suddenly felt a threat from his clone.

By the time he paid attention to the clone again, a black light had already shot toward his soul.

The clone took advantage of his momentary distraction, opened its eyes, and shot out a black light.

After Ye Liuyun destroyed the old man's soul, he collected the corpse and Chinese fiddle, then thoroughly implanted a slave seal on the little girl and placed her into the Space World.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun learned via soul search why his red pupil illusion technique was ineffective against the old man.

Because the old man had hypnotized his own soul, making it immune to any illusion.

"The cultivation methods in this world really are myriad."

Ye Liuyun also sighed.

"Master, may I have my grandfather's Chinese fiddle to use?"

"I have also cultivated the law of music!"

Ye Liuyun thought it over, but still gave the Chinese fiddle to the girl.

Actually, according to Ye Liuyun's original intention, he didn't want to give it to her.

Although the girl is young, influenced by her grandfather she has killed indiscriminately since childhood, treating human lives as grass.

In her eyes, if you don't kill, you will be killed.

If this Chinese fiddle were given to her, she might kill even more.

But through the slave seal, Ye Liuyun also learned that the girl merely wanted to commemorate her grandfather.

She also bears no grudge against Ye Liuyun; in her view, Ye Liuyun being able to kill her grandfather shows he's stronger, and following him would be safer.

Moreover, he is now the girl's master, having killed her grandfather; comforting her a bit is also fine.

"Thank you, master!"

The girl also repeatedly thanked Ye Liuyun.

This is also the first Guardian of the Nation Vajra of the Zhongxing Dynasty that Ye Liuyun captured alive.

It's actually a little girl!

Ye Liuyun also shook his head helplessly.

He wanted to explain to the girl, but felt that saying anything would be futile.

Moreover, even if he said it, she might not understand.

So he let the girl stay by his side, hoping to let her understand that this world is not just about killing.

But he is also currently fighting against the Zhongxing Wangchao, not knowing what this girl will ultimately learn.

Of the eight Guardians of the Nation Vajra, he has already killed three, captured one alive, leaving four, and moreover two are on the Alien Battlefield.

The two Vajra that can come now are difficult for others to deal with, but for Ye Liuyun they are quite ordinary.

Because the remaining two individuals, one is called 'Thousand Faces', also a martial cultivator with a secret art for changing appearance.

The other person is called 'Tiger Head', a skilled commander who leads troops in battle.

So Ye Liuyun is not worried about the special abilities of these two people.

He merely harbors some suspicion in his heart that 'Tiger Head' is Yuan Hao.

"I estimate that the Zhongxing Wangchao probably won't risk sending people again, right?"

"They didn't dare send anyone to kill me this time; they merely suspect there are strong experts around me."

Ye Liuyun asked toward Qiong Qi.

"Who can say for sure? I'm not a roundworm in Mo Xiaotian's stomach; just wait!"

Qiong Qi said.

Ye Liuyun had no choice but to cultivate while waiting.

Liu Yang and Mo Shaowen's two forces also proceeded very smoothly; they came back once midway, sending back to Ye Liuyun over six hundred Ninth Layer mid-to-late stage Martial Cultivators, and over a thousand Ninth Layer early stage Martial Cultivators.

But the twenty thousand they previously brought have also been almost exhausted; Ye Liuyun then had Pei Yong allocate another twenty thousand each for them, letting them advance together toward the Western Region.

The captured Martial Cultivators, Ye Liuyun handed all over to Ye Tiandao and Yu Xiaofeng for distribution.

Ye Tiandao kept three hundred, and the rest were replenished into the various armies.

Inside Qiming City, Mo Xiaotian no longer sent people to gather news about Ye Liuyun.

In the garrisoned troops and the various occupied cities, the Zhongxing Wangchao also didn't send people to cause trouble; both sides seemed to have reached a stalemate.

But actually, Song An's guess was correct; the Zhongxing Wangchao indeed took advantage of Ye Liuyun's opportunity to go suppress bandits in various places, winning over many rebel forces, and gradually organized a 60,000-strong army.

Moreover, this army, shortly after being formed, began to launch attacks.

They did not directly attack Ye Liuyun's army, nor besiege cities, but went to intercept Liu Yang's force.

Xia Tianqiong also, through various intelligence networks, timely received the news, earlier informed Liu Yang, and also told him of the progress and direction of this 60,000-strong army.