Chapter 2380: Dealt with in Passing

After Ye Liuyun captured the Alchemist, he did not immediately kill him, but used Soul Search to see if there was a chance to approach Zhenxing Wang.

Unfortunately, that Alchemist only made pills for the Royal Mansion and rarely had a chance to see Zhenxing Wang.

Even if he could see him, the defenses around Zhenxing Wang were very tight.

However, this guy knew quite a few famous Alchemists in the Royal City.

So Ye Liuyun left the inn, had that Alchemist guide him, and he and Illusion Hand and others disguised as his guards went to visit several other famous Alchemists, captured them all, then gathered everyone, changed their appearances, and went to the Royal City of the Golden Spear Marquis.

Those famous Alchemists, he handed over to Lin Luoyi to handle.

As for his assassination target, he simply beheaded him and waited to turn in the mission.

Ye Liuyun's next target was the eldest son of the Golden Spear Marquis, Cui Ziheng.

This good-for-nothing spends his days idling about in brothels, making him easy to find.

But what he didn't expect was that, while looking for Cui Ziheng, Ye Liuyun also discovered an important figure—the newly appointed garrison commander Leader Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai was a trusted aide of Golden Spear Marquis Cui Yingwu and naturally acquainted with Cui Ziheng.

He had just taken office and was preparing to conscript troops.

He was currying favor with Cui Ziheng, hoping Cui Ziheng would speak well of him to Cui Yingwu and secure more military funds.

So Jiang Lai had been indulging his preferences these past few days, often going to brothels at night to settle Cui Ziheng's bills.

Each of them had four expert guards by their side.

Especially, the few guards beside Cui Ziheng were even stronger.

Ye Liuyun thought it over and decided to act first against Cui Ziheng.

But fighting inside the brothel would alert its guards, so he came out first and waited outside for Jiang Lai.

However, when Jiang Lai left the brothel, Ye Liuyun keenly noticed that besides him there were four disguised guards secretly protecting Jiang Lai.

Ye Liuyun immediately had his people put on soldier armor, formed a patrol squad, and rushed to intercept Jiang Lai's group.

"Blind your dog eyes, don't even look at who you're stopping!"

A guard shouted angrily.

"Dare to scold our patrol squad, arrest them all!"

The captain disguised as Ye Liuyun directly ordered everyone to attack.

Everyone immediately drew their weapons and surrounded them.

"Don't move!"

Jiang Lai immediately ordered his men, then argued with Ye Liuyun: "Why are you stopping us?"

Ye Liuyun then pointed at those few disguised guards and said: "Those guys are acting sneaky; of course we need to interrogate them! Arrest them all and take them back for questioning!"

"Do you know who I am?"

Jiang Lai felt angry inside, but thought Ye Liuyun's words made sense—interrogating suspicious people is indeed the patrol squad's duty.

"I don't care who you are! In these chaotic times, everything is handled by military law—anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"

Ye Liuyun directly commanded.

"Kill!"

The patrol squad soldiers shouted in unison and charged forward.

"Don't fight back!"

Jiang Lai immediately ordered his personal guards.

Such a conscientious patrol squad, he didn't want to engage.

These people are all his troops.

Moreover, they weren't a match for those soldiers; once fighting broke out, they'd be the ones to suffer.

Thus, several of his guards together with Jiang Lai had their True Essence sealed by Ye Liuyun's people and were tied up.

"You dare help us? You're asking for death! This is our Grand Leader Jiang Lai!"

A guard said resentfully.

Ye Liuyun, however, snorted coldly and first placed a Slave Seal on Jiang Lai.

"You dare!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun's Soul rush into Jiang Lai's Sea of Consciousness, that guard shouted again.

"You talk too much!"

The impostor soldiers posing as his clones immediately also received a Slave Seal.

Then those several guards each received a Slave Seal in turn.

Now those people were all dumbfounded.

Who would have thought they'd actually been tricked by Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun had someone lift the True Essence seal on them, gathered his own people into the Space World, and assigned tasks to those nine individuals.

He and his clone also acted as Jiang Lai's guards, following behind him.

At that moment, another patrol squad arrived to check the situation.

But they recognized Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai, feeling stifled, directly took out his anger on them, scolding those unlucky ones away.

Ye Liuyun also just smiled: "I just want Cui Ziheng.

You're just unlucky, happened to run into me.

So I conveniently took care of you."

Jiang Lai, however, could only endure his frustration no matter how stifled he felt.

Ye Liuyun then brought them back near the brothel to monitor the soon-to-emerge Cui Ziheng.

Dawn was about to break, and Cui Ziheng staggered out of the brothel, reeking of alcohol.

Moreover, the guards around him were more than four.

As soon as he emerged, another four guards followed.

And these guards were all relatively strong Martial Cultivators.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun suddenly noticed that several assassins were still following Cui Ziheng.

"Wait a moment, don't act yet!"

Ye Liuyun immediately ordered everyone not to move, while he watched the situation from a distance.

He actually hoped those assassins would succeed, so he could deal with the assassins directly, which would be easier.

Unfortunately, the guards around Cui Ziheng were highly alert, quickly spotted the assassins, and surrounded the three assassins.

"Attack!"

Ye Liuyun, taking advantage of the battle, immediately sent Jiang Lai to lead his squad over.

The three assassins, seeing soldiers arrive, redoubled their desperate attempts to flee.

The guards beside Cui Ziheng, upon seeing Jiang Lai bring reinforcements, felt more at ease and continued to encircle the assassins.

At this moment, Cui Ziheng was so frightened that he sobered up completely.

"You arrived at the perfect time! Quickly capture all these assassins alive; I will personally interrogate them."

Cui Ziheng ordered Jiang Lai.

"Yes! You who protect the heir, you all go help trap the assassins!"

Jiang Lai replied with a nod and began issuing orders.

Ye Liuyun, his duplicate, and two other guards immediately formed a circle around Cui Ziheng.

Jiang Lai led the others up to assist.

Ye Liuyun and the duplicate, standing behind Cui Ziheng, swiftly used the chaos to plant a Slave Seal on him.

Then they also acted against his two close‑quarters guards.

At that moment, the three assassins were all severely wounded and captured.

The patrol team arrived here immediately.

Ye Liuyun and the duplicate, taking advantage of the confusion as the patrol team arrived, planted Slave Seals on Cui Ziheng's two strongest guards.

"Attack!"

Both of these strongmen's Sea of Consciousness contained a Divine Soul Contract.

Ye Liuyun estimated that once he acted, Gold Spear Marquis Cui Yingwu would notice.

Thus, he immediately ordered others to act, together attacking the remaining guard of Cui Ziheng.

They hadn't expected their own side to launch a sudden ambush; unprepared, three were severely wounded and one was killed on the spot.

Ye Liuyun immediately used Transmission Voice to inform Jiang Lai: "Gather all the forces at your disposal and prepare to confront Gold Spear Marquis!"