Chapter 2369: Close Surveillance

Although Ye Liuyun controlled the refinement speed of that golden fruit, it was still much faster than he had originally anticipated.

After staying inside the Xuan Kong Shi for five days, his cultivation had already broken through to the Ninth Layer Late Stage, and he had also stabilized his realm.

With more than ten times the energy, he almost directly broke through to the Ninth Layer Summit.

"Close call! Fortunately I didn't first use other resources to cultivate, otherwise this alone could have let me break through to the Supergod Realm!"

However, after Ye Liuyun went out and looked at that fruit tree, he also felt that the fruit it bore were too few.

Next, Ye Liuyun again took out the Magic Vine to practice.

Although he still couldn't match the Magic Vine in a head-on clash, he was no longer as embarrassed as before.

Then he took each of the newly captured soldiers out one by one to practice.

After the practice, he also asked those soldiers: "Your strength is not weak, why is your reaction so slow in battle?"

Those soldiers also said helplessly: "We haven't fought in a long time, and we usually encounter no danger, so our combat ability must have declined somewhat!"

Ye Liuyun also nodded, letting Zhao Hu have them practice combat drills every day to improve their combat ability and reaction speed when facing the enemy.

At that moment, Marquis Wanwei also summoned Ye Liuyun again.

Ye Liuyun also noticed that a middle-aged martial cultivator was standing in the hall.

Marquis Wanwei also spoke first: "I have found you an assistant for suppressing bandits.

His name is Wang Wei; he is familiar with the situation of those bandits and can serve as your guide.

Moreover, whenever you need resources, you can ask him for them."

"So it turns out you found someone to monitor me!"

Ye Liuyun immediately understood Marquis Wanwei's meaning.

Moreover, with this intermediary, if anything happens to Ye Liuyun, Marquis Wanwei can also push all responsibility onto himself.

However, he wasn't worried either, and simply asked Marquis Wanwei: "Can you guarantee he will faithfully convey my meaning?"

He was afraid that during communication with Marquis Wanwei, this intermediary would act against orders behind his back.

Marquis Wanwei also understood Ye Liuyun's concern and directly told him: "Of course, he has a Divine Soul Contract with me; he will not betray me!"

"Good! Then thank you for your trouble!"

Ye Liuyun also readily agreed and greeted Wang Wei.

"Brother Ye, don't be polite! I'm just providing some information and the needed resources; later you'll still need to make the decisions!"

Wang Wei also returned the courtesy, expressing that his position is merely a middleman bridge and he will not participate in Ye Liuyun's command.

"Haha, great, you two cooperate well; the rest of the matters I won't interfere with!"

Marquis Wanwei also said a few words urging them to cooperate well, then let them go downstairs to study on their own.

Ye Liuyun brought Wang Wei back to his residence and listened to Wang Wei recount the local bandit situation.

"Within Marquis Jinqiang's territory, there are three bandit gangs!"

As Wang Wei just began speaking, Ye Liuyun felt somewhat surprised: "There really are bandits?"

Wang Wei gave an embarrassed laugh: "Of course, but their numbers are few, just squads of twenty or thirty each.

I have their contact information and can find them anytime."

Next, Wang Wei also told Ye Liuyun the characteristics of the leaders of those three bandit gangs and other information.

Ye Liuyun didn't pay much attention to it.

With such a small number, they basically can't play any significant role.

"It seems Marquis Wanwei still underestimated me!"

Ye Liuyun also realized that Marquis Wanwei probably hadn't set any major goals either.

"Then let's take it step by step!"

Thinking this, Ye Liuyun immediately stored the Song Girl in the Space World, letting her cultivate well, then went with Wang Wei to meet those three bandit gangs.

Although their numbers are few, their information about their locations is much more familiar.

These three gangs are also all near a small town; obviously, this small town is the target Marquis Wanwei prepared to attack.

After seeing these people, Ye Liuyun, without a word, immediately had Zhao Hu bring some soldiers to surround them, then simply went one by one to implant Slave Seals.

Then he had them give a detailed account of the situation inside the city and the strength of the major forces.

After repeatedly studying for several days, Ye Liuyun finally prepared to take action.

"You three squads, go directly to loot the merchant guild, then meet me at the City Lord's Manor.

Zhao Hu will lead troops with me to the City Lord's Manor, eliminate the martial cultivators inside, then after the garrison arrives, wipe out the Imperial Guard."

Ye Liuyun assigned them these tasks.

But Wang Wei and those three bandit leaders were all dumbfounded.

"How?

you over sixty people still can't take down a single merchant guild?"

Ye Liuyun asked in puzzlement.

Those three dared not speak, but repeatedly agreed.

But Wang Wei interjected to remind Ye Liuyun: "The City Lord's Manor is easy to attack, but the garrison here also has three thousand people; if they surround us..."

Wang Wei was obviously worried that Ye Liuyun and his group couldn't escape.

"Oh, right, Wang Wei go find a teahouse to help us monitor the outside situation; you don't need to come with us to the City Lord's Manor."

After Ye Liuyun arranged Wang Wei, he immediately had those people take action.

He also brought Zhao Hu and rushed straight to the City Lord's Manor.

The people in his Space World had also long been assigned tasks and made combat preparations.

But after he arrived at the City Lord's Manor, he merely walked around outside once, first waiting for those bandits to act.

When those bandits finally made a move, Ye Liuyun released the Song Girl, Liang Xue, Lei Ming, Long Nv, Vermilion Bird, Shi Yuan, Bai Hu, Ice Blue, Yu Yao, Lin Wu, Liu Tianfeng and the other Martial Cultivators he had previously captured, and they all charged toward the manor.

Ye Liuyun tried to capture only the strongest Martial Cultivators, while the others were just practicing.

Magic Vine also slipped quietly underground, set an ambush, and waited for the defending soldiers to take the bait.

The battle roar and aftershocks of the Super God Realm strong ones plunged the entire small city into panic.

No one knew what had happened, and several major powers immediately concentrated their manpower within the manor to guard their own families, daring not to send anyone out to investigate.

Even within this small city, the major powers did not have many strong cultivators at hand.

They all feared that if they allocated troops elsewhere, their own household's defensive strength would be insufficient.

Wang Wei, seeing Ye Liuyun and his group rush in so recklessly and fight at an unhurried pace, was left speechless.

Moreover, his Divine Sense detected that a nearby patrol team had already rushed over.

Once those people arrived, the handful of men beside Ye Liuyun would immediately be at a disadvantage.

"What on earth is this guy trying to do?"

Wang Wei harbored doubts in his heart, yet did not report to Marquis Wanwei.

Because Marquis Wanwei had previously instructed him clearly that whatever Ye Liuyun did must be obeyed, and that he could not report during the operation lest it affect Marquis Wanwei's judgment and thereby affect Ye Liuyun's actions.

He only needed to report the outcome.

But he still informed Ye Liuyun.

Moreover, he discovered that the defending garrison was also beginning to gather.

Obviously, such a massive battle was already a monumental event for this small city.

The garrison would certainly come to check the situation.