Chapter 2460: Rogue Extortion

Has that young master ever considered how to finally resolve this issue?

The elder continued to ask.

Ye Liuyun, however, laughed and said: 'If we can beat them, we'll kill them all; if we can't, we'll just run!'

He actually spoke his true thoughts with that sentence.

He had originally planned to do that.

Hehe, young master, you really think too simply.

By then, you probably won't even be able to run away!

The elder's words already carried a threatening tone.

Ye Liuyun, however, replied indifferently: 'Then we'll talk about it later.'

If I really wanted to run, you might not even be able to stop me!

Do you young master know our manor lord?

If he makes a move, do you think you could escape?

The elder continued to ask.

Ye Liuyun pondered a moment, then deliberately said: 'It's possible I'm not his match.'

But I think he probably won't make a move!

Actually, he had already figured it out: when dealing with the Sword God, he wouldn't clash head-on; he would just use the Golden Pupil's Technique.

The elder also laughed and said: 'The manor lord is indeed in closed-door cultivation.'

But you've killed over two hundred of his disciples; he certainly won't just stand by and do nothing!

Ye Liuyun also spread his hands and said roguishly: 'So I say, the decision is in your hands! If you want to interrupt his cultivation, I'll just accept my bad luck—worst case, I die!'

If you want to spar with me yourselves, but your strength isn't a match for mine.

The Divine Sword Mountain Villa will end up with its reputation ruined, and thereafter it won't be able to bully others by relying on its power!

If you neither want to alarm the Sword God nor suffer greater losses, you can also send me some resources to let me leave quietly.

You can outwardly claim that you killed me or that I fled, and you can also restore your reputation!

Ye Liuyun deliberately acted the rogue with him, beginning to extort.

Upon hearing that, the elder nearly choked on the tea he had just drunk: 'Haha, young master, your idea is too ridiculous.'

How could our esteemed Divine Sword Mountain Villa be extorted?

We've lost so many people, yet we're supposed to produce resources to send you away?

Where is there any sense in that?

He thought Ye Liuyun was joking.

There's no such shameless person in the world.

After killing people, not only does he not compensate, he even tries to extort them.

But Ye Liuyun said seriously: 'Maybe you think it's laughable now, but after a while you won't think so!'

After all, as you said, this is a world where the weak are prey to the strong.

As long as your Sword God doesn't leave the mountain, you have no strong ones, and thus no right to choose.

And for you, even if he does come out, at most he'd kill me to avenge; you'd gain nothing.

Outsiders can only say that aside from the Sword God, the Divine Sword Mountain Villa is just a bunch of good-for-nothings!

Upon hearing that, the elder thought it over and indeed found it to be the case.

If they interrupt the Sword God's cultivation to make him emerge, he could kill Ye Liuyun, but the Divine Sword Mountain Villa would lose face and also be rebuked by the Sword God, who would say they are all good-for-nothings.

But if the Sword God does not make a move.

They would have to pay a greater price to deal with Ye Liuyun.

This brat came to extort us!

The elder suddenly thought.

He then immediately confirmed with Ye Liuyun: 'Young master, are you serious about what you said?'

Ye Liuyun went along with his confirmation: 'I'm just making a suggestion; you decide for yourselves.'

The elder, looking at Ye Liuyun, immediately sent the message back via Transmission Talisman.

Actually, since he arrived, every action and every word of his has been maintaining communication with the elders of the Divine Sword Mountain Villa, letting them instantly understand Ye Liuyun's thoughts.

The elders of the Divine Sword Mountain Villa, after Ye Liuyun's confirmation, also fell silent, each pondering his proposal.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun also noticed that a disciple beside the elder was scratching his palm.

This is a sign that the toxin has already permeated his whole body; the area that contacted the toxin source has begun to react.

Thus Ye Liuyun likewise gathered up the tea set.

'We've chatted this long; it's about time. Senior, you can go back first and discuss with the other elders.'

Ye Liuyun also started to drive them away directly.

'Alright then! We'll take our leave first!'

The elder, having obtained the result, also ought to leave.

From their communication with Ye Liuyun, they all believed Ye Liuyun wasn't coming for the Sword God.

Because he basically hadn't paid attention to the Sword God at all, and even used the Sword God's not leaving the mountain as a threat against them.

Thus Ye Liuyun had successfully shifted their focus, making them all think Ye Liuyun was coming to extort them.

And facing Ye Liuyun's extortion, they now have no good recourse.

Thus the elder, with two disciples in tow, directly left Ye Liuyun's Side Courtyard.

Outside, those observing Martial Cultivators, many still unwilling to give up, were still waiting here to watch the spectacle.

But seeing the Elder of Divine Sword Mountain Villa come out with only two disciples and no battle taking place, everyone felt a bit disappointed.

Now they thought even more that Divine Sword Mountain Villa did not dare to act against Ye Liuyun.

In an instant, many people's opinions of Divine Sword Mountain Villa were filled with disappointment.

Their whispered discussion did not escape that Elder's ears, and he reported all this information back.

Not long after they left, Piao Yu, who had squeezed to the front, also scratched their arm.

They also felt their arm a bit itchy, and likewise didn't pay it any mind.

But soon, they noticed something abnormal.

Their arm actually became increasingly itchy.

This also made them feel wary.

Because a Martial Cultivator's True Essence inside their body makes them rarely fall ill, and their body normally wouldn't develop such a special condition.

They immediately used Divine Sense to look inward.

But upon looking, they couldn't help but be greatly startled.

They discovered that the entire arm had turned black.

Using Divine Sense to examine the Core and True Essence only made their heart turn cold.

"When was this poison administered?"

Having squeezed their way in all along, they really couldn't tell when they had been poisoned.

But they still, taking the last bit of time, immediately reported to the Elders that they had been poisoned.

This news at least shows that Ye Liuyun still has helpers outside.

But at this time, the Elder and disciples who had already gone halfway also encountered trouble.

The two disciples beside him also noticed abnormalities on their hands.

Upon further inspection, they found that they had all been poisoned.

"Damn it! That brat didn't put poison in the tea, but on the cup!"

That Elder, being experienced, immediately guessed Ye Liuyun's method of poisoning.

He immediately took a Detox Pill and simultaneously sent the message back to the mountain villa.

But the poison in them kept getting worse.

The Detox Pills they took also had hardly any effect.

If this continues, they won't even be able to return to the mountain villa.

Piao Yu also realized they couldn't hold out, and rushed into Ye Liuyun's Side Courtyard to fight him to the death.

But Ye Liuyun directly activated the Defense Array, preventing them from even entering.

Piao Yu frantically attacked the Defense Array, but before they could land two blows, the poison had already filled their Core.

Once the Core was sealed, they couldn't use even a bit of True Essence.

Thus, Piao Yu finally collapsed from the poison under Ye Liuyun's gaze.