Chapter 2346: Internal Collapse

The Administrator and Steward of the Qingyun Merchant Guild may have Divine Soul Contracts, so Ye Liuyun dares not act directly and first takes control of the receptionists.

The guild's receptionist guides are basically young women temporarily hired by the guild, earning mainly commissions, since the guild does not sign Divine Soul Contracts with them to restrict their freedom.

After Ye Liuyun took control of those receptionists, he discovered a female receptionist who is having an affair with the Administrator.

"Finally found a breakthrough!"

Ye Liuyun immediately orders the female receptionist to engage the Administrator in conversation, to learn which Stewards have Divine Soul Contracts with the guild and how many guild resources the Administrator controls.

Then Ye Liuyun also slips back to his residence, having Liang Xue use the Thousand Illusion Technique to take Ye Liuyun's appearance, standing in for his clone at the residence to draw the attention of Cao Qingyun, the Martial Cultivator.

The clone, seizing the moment when the servants of Cao Qingyun's manor go out to buy goods, pulls Cao Qingyun into the Space World, impersonates him, and slips into Cao Qingyun's manor.

Ye Liuyun prepares to act from within, searching for a breakthrough.

Soon the female receptionist returns with information that, within the guild, aside from the Administrator, the other Stewards have no Divine Soul Contracts.

The Martial Cultivators who have Divine Soul Contracts have already been recalled to Cao Qingyun's manor, and the remaining Stewards are mostly artifact forgers and Alchemists, not Martial Cultivators proficient in force.

They also think that with a garrison present, no one would dare move against the guild.

The Administrator originally held only half of the guild's resources, while the other half was in Cao Qingyun's own hands.

But now Cao Qingyun cannot conveniently come to the guild, so he places the half of the resources he holds into the Administrator's hands.

After receiving the news, Ye Liuyun immediately begins to act against those Stewards, controlling each of them one by one.

The clone also discovers that beside Cao Qingyun are two of the strongest Martial Cultivators, whom Cao Qingyun hired from outside at a high price to deal with an assassination attempt.

These two strong ones have only signed an equal contract with Cao Qingyun.

If Ye Liuyun controls them, as long as he prevents them from taking actions that would harm Cao Qingyun, they will not be discovered by Cao Qingyun.

However, those two strong ones possess relatively strong Divine Soul Power, and the clone does not have absolute confidence to risk it.

So Ye Liuyun again slips invisible to cooperate with the clone, preparing to, when the clone goes out to buy something, pull him into the Space World and bring him into Cao's manor.

What Ye Liuyun did not anticipate is that once the clone left Cao's manor, he was spotted by several Black Kill assassins.

These assassins also intend to act against the servants of Cao's manor, to gauge the situation inside and see if there is any information about Ye Liuyun.

"The marker‑delivering person has arrived!"

The clone feels delighted and deliberately lures the assassins to a sparsely populated spot.

Ye Liuyun acts beforehand, first planting a Slave Seal on the assassins with weaker Divine Soul Power.

Since Ye Liuyun also merged with the Foreign Tribe's three eyes, he can readily see each Martial Cultivator's Divine Soul Power.

Quickly, of the six assassins, he controls half of them.

For the other three with strong Divine Soul Power, to avoid risk, Ye Liuyun directly uses white light to kill one.

The remaining two, after realizing, try to flee; Ye Liuyun and the clone jointly control one, while the other is subdued by the three newly‑controlled assassins, after which Ye Liuyun plants a Slave Seal on him.

With this, Ye Liuyun gains control over five more Black Kill members.

Adding the Black Kill members he previously controlled, Ye Liuyun now controls twelve assassins.

He also obtained four markers of direct‑subordinate assassins.

Now that the hired Black Kill assassins are present, he is too lazy to act against them.

After controlling them, Ye Liuyun directly sends them back to Black Kill, having them all help accumulate Pure Essence Brew.

Then he follows the clone back, plants Slave Seals on the two strong ones hired by Cao Qingyun, and then lets the clone bring them out, preparing to strike the guild first.

The guild's Stewards are now all Ye Liuyun's men.

That day he has an Alchemist Steward bring him into the guild's VIP room, then has the Alchemist claim a huge business deal, tricking the Administrator into entering.

When the Administrator steps into the VIP room, Ye Liuyun uses the Golden Pupil's white light to slay him, pulling both his body and Storage Ring into the Space World.

He then assumes Cao Qingyun's appearance and appears in the guild.

Cao Qingyun immediately notices the Administrator has been killed, and promptly dispatches a strong associate of his, along with several Martial Cultivators, to check the situation.

The leading strong one has already been controlled by Ye Liuyun, so Ye Liuyun only gives him a minor command to delay a little, which does not breach the Divine Soul Contract he has with Cao Qingyun.

But when they arrive, they discover that the Cao Qingyun altered by Ye Liuyun has already arrived.

"Something's happened at the guild; I couldn't wait, so I came to take a look first."

Ye Liuyun explains to them.

Seeing that "Cao Qingyun" has arrived, they naturally relax and fully obey the president's instructions.

"The guild is in trouble; everyone must destroy the Transmission Talismans and must not transmit messages outward!"

Ye Liuyun then also orders them to destroy all the Transmission Talismans.

Under Ye Liuyun's supervision, these Martial Cultivators have no choice but to fully cooperate.

After they have destroyed all the Transmission Talismans, Ye Liuyun consecutively orders the Stewards to temporarily close the guild, send the receptionists home temporarily, and then gather all supplies and take them away.

Then he takes all these Martial Cultivators and rushes to Mistcoming Valley, informing them that the Administrator has fled there with the resources.

At the same time, he also notifies Gu Xing, Hu Zi and other assassins he can control to rush to Mistcoming Valley.

After leaving the city a short distance, Ye Liuyun erases the Divine Soul Contract in the Sea of Consciousness of the strong one he had already marked with a Slave Seal, then suddenly strikes the Martial Cultivators sent by Cao Qingyun, wounding them all.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun again changes his appearance, assuming the Administrator's looks.

"Hahaha, you all fell for it!"

Ye Liuyun says deliberately.

He does this so that these Martial Cultivators, through the Divine Soul Contract, will report the situation to Cao Qingyun.

Cao Qingyun also immediately learns the situation here.

Although he cannot figure out how the Administrator survived or how he betrayed him, he still immediately contacts the local garrison.

However, the garrison's duty is to guard the city and patrol within; they will not leave the city to chase fugitives for the guild.

Moreover, this is an internal guild matter, not within their scope of responsibility.

Cao Qingyun, helpless, seeing that the Administrator holds all the guild's resources, cannot give up, so he has another strong one lead most of the strong ones out of the city to chase Ye Liuyun.

At this time, only three Supergod Realm powerhouses remained in the mansion.

As soon as the martial cultivators in the mansion moved, Ye Liuyun instantly killed the few martial cultivators sent by Cao Qingyun, then gathered everyone else into the Space World, and returned invisibly to the Cao Manor.

On the way, he first encountered those assassins, informing them of the enemy's numbers and strength, and then met those martial cultivators who had gone out in pursuit.

However, Ye Liuyun remained hidden and motionless; they detected nothing and simply continued rushing toward Mist Come Valley.

Ye Liuyun no longer bothered with them, but instead had his clone fetch them into the Cao Manor.