Chapter 26: Stepping In to Rescue

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense discovered that among the people driven away by the Black Python, a man had returned, while the other fleeing man and woman were nowhere to be found.

That man hid at a distance, surveyed the area, and after finding that the Black Python and the medicinal herbs were gone, he immediately withdrew.

These people were all wearing identical uniforms, looking like the offspring of some great clan.

Ye Liuyun's curiosity flared, and he wanted to follow them to see what they were doing.

So he rose to the surface, used Spiritual Sense Lock on that man, and followed him from afar.

He didn't go far before Ye Liuyun saw that the man had reunited with the other two; however, all of them were injured, especially the woman, whose wounds were the worst and who was still unconscious.

The man said, "Senior Brother Wuyou, that Black Python and the medicinal herbs have disappeared!"

"Damn it! Someone must have taken the medicinal herbs while the chance arose!" the Senior Brother Wuyou cursed.

"Then what should we do?" the man asked.

"Of course we find the little thief who stole the herbs and take them back," Wuyou said.

They now also realized that someone must have deliberately shot that arrow, provoking the Black Python to fight them, and then profited from it.

"What about the Black Python?" the man asked again.

"That Black Python is seriously wounded, surely it hid at the bottom of the water to heal. I have already notified Sect experts; soon someone will come to support us, and then we will kill that Black Python.

You go quickly to search for the person who stole the herbs; if you can't find them, don't come back!"

"Yes," the man replied, and set off to search in the distance!

At this moment, Senior Brother Wuyou looked at the woman lying on the ground and showed a lecherous expression!

"Hmph, you vile woman, daring to reject me repeatedly! See how you will escape my grasp this time. When the rice is cooked, you'll see if you accept your fate!"

Although Ye Liuyun was far away, he heard everything clearly.

He originally didn't want to cause more trouble, but since he encountered this situation, he couldn't ignore it. Otherwise his heart wouldn't be at ease, and it would leave an inner demon in his martial heart.

He thought for a moment, then a plan suddenly formed in his mind.

He slipped away, stripped the clothes from a guard's corpse, put them on himself, drew a dagger, and returned.

At this moment, Senior Brother Wuyou was unbuttoning the woman's clothes, and she, startled awake, was resisting while cursing.

"Jin Wuyou! You beast! How dare you do this to me! When I return, I will report to the master and have you torn to pieces."

Jin Wuyou laughed heartily. "Go ahead and report! When it spreads throughout the whole courtyard, I doubt you'll still have any face left!"

At the same time, he pressed his body onto the woman, holding her hands, and was about to kiss her.

The woman, severely wounded and with her hands restrained, was powerless to resist, tears of humiliation streaming from her eyes.

Ye Liuyun, seizing the moment when Jin Wuyou was overconfident, flashed behind him and thrust the dagger.

However, Jin Wuyou, being of the True Origin Triple realm, reacted swiftly, sensed the sound behind him, and immediately struck back with a palm.

Ye Liuyun suddenly launched a Divine Sense attack.

"Ah!" Jin Wuyou hadn't expected his Soul to be attacked, so his Divine Sense was pierced directly!

Ye Liuyun raised his foot again, kicked his Qi Sea, and completely disabled him.

Ye Liuyun did not kill Jin Wuyou; instead, he intended to use him to call for help from his companions, prompting them to hunt the Black-clothed Person.

Then he lifted the woman from the ground and sprinted away.

After running for a while, he removed his Black-clothed attire, stored it, then turned and ran back to the pool.

"Miss, you need not worry; I won't harm you. Do you have any Healing Elixir on you?" After returning, Ye Liuyun asked aloud.

"Thank you! But I didn't bring any Healing Elixir," the woman replied cautiously.

"Then wait a moment; I will refine a Healing Elixir for you."

Having said that, he took out a Formation Plate and a furnace, and refined another batch of Healing Elixir.

This time he refined two Mysterious Tier low‑grade pills and eight Yellow Tier supreme pills. He kept half for himself and gave the other half to the woman.

"I am Lin Xueying, an inner‑door disciple of the Holy Martial Academy. What is your name, benefactor?"

The woman, seeing that Ye Liuyun could still refine pills and had rescued her, developed some goodwill toward him and no longer doubted him. After taking the pills, she voluntarily introduced herself.

"Ye Liuyun!" He only said his name, daring not to mention his clan, fearing trouble for his family.

The Holy Martial Academy, capable of cultivating disciples of the True Origin Triple realm, clearly shows that this academy is far stronger than the Ye Clan.

Then he asked, "In the Holy Martial Academy you mentioned, are all inner‑door disciples at the True Essence Realm?"

"No," Lin Xueying explained sheepishly, "Our academy's outer‑door disciples must at least reach the Sea Transformation realm. I was taken as a disciple by an Elder since childhood, so I entered the inner‑door early for cultivation."

Ye Liuyun heard this and was even more astonished.

The outer‑door disciples are all at the Sea Transformation realm!

He could hardly imagine how powerful that Holy Martial Academy truly is!

That means even a single disciple could wipe out Fengyang City!

At this moment, Liang Xue also completely refined that Golden Yuan Fruit and leapt out of the water.

Lin Xueying was startled, thinking it was the Black Python emerging, but seeing a beautiful woman, she found it very odd.

Liang Xue was also shocked upon seeing her. Seeing her in disheveled clothing, she looked at Ye Liuyun with further confusion.

Ye Liuyun gave her an explanation and introduced them. Liang Xue's emergence was timely; with her caring for Lin Xueying, things became much easier.

Ye Liuyun found a secluded cliff, carved out a cave, and provided a dwelling for several people.

"There's a Black Python underwater! We should leave here quickly," Lin Xueying said to the two of them.

"That Black Python is my pet! You injured it, and I haven't settled the score yet!" Ye Liuyun blurted out.

"Huh? We truly didn't know that the Black Python had an owner! I will compensate you! But since the Black Python is yours, what about the medicinal herbs?" Lin Xueying asked.

"The medicinal herbs are obviously mine. What, you still want to snatch them?" Ye Liuyun paused his work, somewhat worried that his rescue might cause trouble.

Lin Xueying truly possessed the True Origin Triple realm, and Liang Xue's combat ability might not be her match.

"No! Could you give me a Golden Yuan Fruit? I need it to save someone! I can pay you!" Lin Xueying, sensing Ye Liuyun's concerns, quickly explained.

"Golden Yuan Fruit?" Ye Liuyun didn't know that this golden-colored fruit was the Golden Yuan Fruit.

Lin Xueying explained to him a bit, then said: "My master was beaten into serious injury by someone; the Alchemist said that the energy of the Golden Yuan Fruit is needed to clear the blocked meridians."

"I only brought twenty thousand medium-grade Crystal Stones, I'll give them all to you, okay?" Lin Xueying said, almost pleading.

"Twenty thousand medium-grade Crystal Stones?" Ye Liuyun subconsciously repeated it, feeling a bit dazed.

Ye Liuyun never expected that this Golden Yuan Fruit could actually be sold for twenty thousand medium-grade Crystal Stones.

Twenty thousand medium-grade Crystal Stones—he had never even heard of such a huge sum before! This disciple of the Sacred Martial Academy seems really rich!

Lin Xueying thought he found it too little, so she took off her own Storage Ring and poured out everything inside.

"You can take whatever you like from inside. Including this ring, you can take it away. Please, give me one—my master is waiting for it to heal his wounds!"

medium-grade Crystal Stones, a top-grade Mysterious Tier treasure sword, plus several high-grade Mysterious Tier treasure swords, several kinds of medicinal herbs and high-grade Mysterious Tier elixirs, two cultivation manuals, and some clothes and miscellaneous items.

Ye Liuyun and Liang Xue were both shocked seeing what she took out. This girl is young, yet truly wealthy! I'm afraid her status in the Sacred Martial Academy is not simple either!