Chapter 2452: Divine Sword Mountain Villa

You're that strong already, yet you still can't complete this mission?

You Ming smiled and retorted.

We're a team; we should take missions according to our average strength!

Ye Liuyun explained.

You Ming, however, said: 'If you earn another thousand points, you'll become a Black Kill rank-one member.'

By then you can be promoted to Steward! I, too, with another thousand points, can reach Black Kill rank one!

What use is there after reaching Black Kill rank one?

Ye Liuyun asked You Ming.

By then we can live at the headquarters and also take some secret missions.

Or we can do nothing and still earn ten points each month.

You Ming said.

Wow, you guys have that many points?

Does that mean our little team is going to disband?

Kuang Sha complained.

The other three of them are only rank three and don't have that many points.

But they also know they won't block Ye Liuyun and You Ming's promotion just because their own points are insufficient.

We two can accompany you on a few more missions!

You Ming explained.

Ye Liuyun ignored their chatter, took the mission and examined it carefully.

The main target in the mission, the Sword God, hasn't come out of seclusion for many years.

But his sword intent is quite famous in the Holy Land Dynasty.

Ye Liuyun estimated that such a renowned expert's sword intent surely cannot be matched by an ordinary martial cultivator.

He himself wasn't sure whether his blade intent could match up.

The number of people at Divine Sword Mountain Villa isn't particularly large—just over five hundred.

But the members there are basically disciples and servants of the Sword God, and their strength is not weak either.

Such a mission can be said to be of considerable difficulty.

If Ye Liuyun and a silent-kill expert like that teamed up, the odds of completing it would be higher.

You Ming taking this mission clearly intends to have Ye Liuyun use his captives and army, etc., to quickly boost his own points.

So Ye Liuyun also furrowed his brows, wondering whether to refuse this mission.

At this moment You Ming sent a voice transmission to Ye Liuyun: 'These sword cultivators, whether in soul or combat strength, are the strongest among martial cultivators.'

I think taking them as targets can further enhance your strength.

Even if we take the mission and fail to complete it, we needn't bear any psychological burden; you can give it a try.

If there's no opportunity, we can just switch to another mission!

We few are no match for them; going along would just assist you, posing no danger, so you needn't worry about us.

Ye Liuyun lifted his head to look at You Ming; he felt that if You Ming was doing this to boost his strength, it would be understandable.

You Ming's face flushed slightly as she gazed at Ye Liuyun.

He was completely clad in black, so others couldn't see her complexion, but Ye Liuyun's golden pupils were unaffected.

Could it be that she… has feelings for me?

Ye Liuyun couldn't help thinking that.

'Hmm, hmm…' Kuang Sha feigned clearing his throat and said to the two of them: 'You two are exchanging glances—shouldn't you take turns?'

Anyway, are we taking this mission or not?

Ye Liuyun and You Ming immediately averted their gazes.

You Ming's face grew even redder.

Tian Yan and Yi Dao glanced at each other and also chuckled on the side.

Ye Liuyun then said flusteredly: 'Let's give it a try; I'm not very confident either, and I don't know how strong the opponent is!'

After they confirmed the mission, they then emerged from the secret realm.

Along the way, Ye Liuyun and You Ming were also rather embarrassed.

'This can't go on; from now on I can't take missions together with You Ming anymore.'

Afterwards I'll just go take missions on my own.

He thought that to himself.

So Ye Liuyun also prepared to treat this mission as his final one to complete.

Once his points are sufficient, he'll have ample reason to go to headquarters and become a Steward, making it easier to explain to others.

They several people rushed to Divine Sword Mountain Villa via the teleportation array, and upon arrival they gathered information near the villa.

Having just come out of the Journey of Death, this was also his first time coming out to relax, so upon arriving here he didn't rush to gather information but instead began to stroll around this small town.

The town's population isn't large, but many martial cultivators go about with swords on their backs, indicating they are swordsmen, apparently under the influence of Divine Sword Mountain Villa.

The merchants' guild sells mostly swords, and the tavern also has many martial cultivators discussing sword intent.

Ye Liuyun, idle and with nothing to do, asked a sword‑bearing bearded martial cultivator in the tavern about Divine Sword Mountain Villa.

'You're from out of town, coming to Divine Sword Mountain Villa to become a disciple, right?'

The bearded man asked Ye Liuyun.

'How do you know?'

Ye Liuyun deliberately retorted.

"Alas! There are far too many outsiders like you who come to Divine Sword Villa to take disciples! Let me tell you, most of them get nothing."

Da Huzi said mysteriously.

"How should I put it?"

Ye Liuyun pressed further, and even had the shop clerk pour an extra pot of wine for Da Huzi.

When Da Huzi saw Ye Liuyun offering him wine, he instantly perked up and began to talk more.

He told Ye Liuyun, "If an outsider has no one to recommend them, they can't even pass through the mountain gate of Divine Sword Villa."

Even for us locals, finding a recommender isn't enough; the recommender must think highly of you.

The older are rejected, the untalented are rejected, those with weak Divine Soul Power are rejected—there are countless conditions, and only a few get selected.

And even if one is chosen, it isn't necessarily taught by the Sword God himself; most are taught by his disciples as proxies.

They also demand a tuition of 10 billion Crystal Stones.

Moreover, that 10 billion is only the surface cost; arranging the proxy senior brothers and other Crystal Stones cannot be omitted.

Thus you need not only strength but also a background; ordinary people cannot afford it.

Every year tens of thousands aspire to learn the sword, but only one or two being selected is already good!

"What exactly is the Sword God's power?"

Ye Liuyun asked Da Huzi again.

"I don't know that, the Sword God hasn't appeared for ages; legend says he's been in seclusion cultivating."

"Anyway, the Holy Land Dynasty has hardly anyone who could defeat him!"

Da Huzi said.

"Is the Sword God currently at Divine Sword Villa?"

Ye Liuyun inquired.

"Of course, the Sword God has always been at Divine Sword Villa!"

Da Huzi confirmed.

Ye Liuyun then learned many more people and affairs of Divine Sword Villa from him.

According to Da Huzi, the Sword Cultivators in Divine Sword Villa generally have personal strength far surpassing Martial Cultivators of the same realm, and it's not just their Sword Intent that's strong.

What surprised Ye Liuyun even more was that Divine Sword Villa has its own Formation Master and pill‑and‑artifact alchemists, and they grow spiritual rice and spirit fruit and raise ferocious beasts, with almost no contact with the outside.

Thus, it would be very difficult for him to capture even a few people from Divine Sword Villa.

Moreover, the area around Divine Sword Villa is dense with Formations, and many who try to sneak in fall into the traps.

Divine Sword Villa shows no leniency toward outsiders; once caught, they are killed.

For a while, Ye Liuyun could not devise any plan to break into Divine Sword Villa.

He then went to the merchant guild to learn about artifact and pill refining materials.

He thought that even if Divine Sword Villa could forge artifacts and refine pills itself, the materials still have to be procured from outside.