Chapter 2756: Temporarily Set Aside

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil spotted the Empire's dispatched Martial Cultivator elite from afar and immediately led the Foreign Tribe to surround them.

"Ah! There are still elite Foreign Tribe members here!"

The Martial Cultivators had not expected it either.

They immediately transmitted a message to the Empire.

Ye Liuyun watched them finish sending the message before ordering the Foreign Tribe to launch a feint attack.

He and Zhu Que then seized the opportunity to plant Slave Seals on those four Sevenfold Sovereign elites, claiming them for themselves.

The four Sevenfold Sovereign Martial Cultivators and the resources they possessed served as compensation for Ye Liuyun's losses.

Meng Wenxiang immediately reported that remnants of the Foreign Tribe had been found, and the three Leaders had each taken troops to pursue.

After the Empire learned the news, it indeed did not intend to kill them outright.

Instead it claimed their battle was unfavorable and that they had not fully eliminated the Foreign Tribe, ordering them to exterminate the Foreign Tribe completely to atone for their failure.

Liu Haotian seized the moment to officially issue an order, letting them continue exterminating the Foreign Tribe, and thus put the handling of their affairs on hold for the time being.

Moreover, Liu Haotian also sent a substantial amount of the Empire's reward resources to them to aid their recruitment expansion.

Although they did not receive the Empire's rewards directly, Liu Haotian still gave them plenty of resources.

The matter was resolved, and it was a happy ending for all, yet Han Qiao and Meng Wenxiang felt extreme disappointment toward the Empire.

Ye Liuyun was pleased to see this; the more the Star Chart Empire wavered in people's hearts, the more advantageous it became for him.

He then bid farewell to Han Qiao and Meng Wenxiang: "We should part ways for now.

Staying here forever would eventually expose us.

I'll return to my domain to develop it, and you should find a place to develop in secret as well!"

"If the Foreign Tribe attacks again, will you come back to fight alongside us?"

Han Qiao proactively asked Ye Liuyun.

"I don't know, it depends on the situation.

I'm not very willing to serve such an Empire!"

Ye Liuyun replied directly.

"What a pity, given all your abilities!"

Meng Wenxiang let out a sigh of lament, but did not press Ye Liuyun further.

Now even Meng Wenxiang and Han Qiao admit they can't be sure whether they'll aid the Empire in future battles.

"Alright, whatever happens, we'll still be brothers.

Keep the Transmission Talisman, stay in touch!"

Han Qiao responded similarly, saying they should keep in contact.

Thus the three part ways and each went in a different direction to develop.

Ye Liuyun directly used the Black Tower to teleport back to Jing'an City, saving time and avoiding detection on the road.

After returning, he found Lu Xiao, An Ran and Ling Yuan, and they studied expanding the domain and covertly developing the Wolf Hunt Mercenary Corps.

He also brought Ye Tiandao's Spearhead Unit over, handing the Martial Cultivator elites to Ye Tiandao for training, expanding her Spearhead Unit.

With these Martial Cultivator elites as troops, the Spearhead Unit's strength naturally surged.

However, Ye Liuyun also told Ye Tiandao to prefer quality over quantity; the Spearhead Unit's killing aura must be preserved.

He also fetched Pei Yong, having him train ordinary Mercenaries using the methods employed to train the Death Legion.

Moreover, after Ye Liuyun returned, he ordered Lu Xiao to conscript all soldiers held by the City Lords within the domain.

Thus, when Liu Haotian recruited through the Empire, he drew few soldiers from them.

Although those soldiers were of low quality, Pei Yong could slowly refine them; even if they remained unfit, they could serve as target dummies for training competent soldiers, so they weren't entirely useless.

Ye Liuyun's Wolf Hunting Legion expanded its control to fourteen Xingqiu.

He thought Liu Zhong's case was closed, but some Empire experts, after carefully studying Liu Zhong's cause of death and the Eightfold Sovereign Foreign Tribe corpse Ye Liuyun had previously turned in, noted that both Eightfold Sovereign elites died from the same type of attack.

Although Liu Zhong transmitted a message before dying, claiming a Foreign Tribe attack, the cause of death of the Foreign Tribe corpse Ye Liuyun submitted was unknown.

At the time, the war was urgent, and no one paid attention to such details.

Liu Haotian also asked Ye Liuyun, who replied that he owned a ferocious beast with a special attack skill that killed the Foreign Tribe elite amid the chaos.

Empire analysis concluded that such an attack must be formidable, capable of instantly killing even an Eightfold Sovereign Martial Cultivator.

Thus they set their sights on the ferocious beast Ye Liuyun mentioned.

This time they did not inform Liu Haotian in advance, but quietly dispatched experts to covertly search for Ye Liuyun.

However, they contacted Lu Xiao to inquire about Ye Liuyun's whereabouts, hoping to see if he had returned.

Lu Xiao immediately relayed this information to Ye Liuyun.

"Why are they still looking for me?"

Ye Liuyun couldn't grasp the crux, but since returning he has remained unseen, making it hard for the Empire to locate him.

He merely issued orders for the Mercenary Guild to watch the experts probing for information, while he continued his cultivation.

That day, Mo Ran suddenly sent him a message saying a Mercenary Guild had recently hosted several high-level Martial Cultivators; they often visited the guild but rarely bought anything, constantly inquiring about the guild's mercenary corps.

Upon learning this, Ye Liuyun altered his appearance, disguising himself as an ordinary mercenary to visit the guild and observe.

The next day, that group of Martial Cultivators returned, asking all sorts of questions.

Ye Liuyun discovered that among the three Martial Cultivators, one was a Sevenfold Sovereign and two were Sixfold Sovereign.

When leaving, they only purchased some ferocious beast meat.

After departing, they appeared to wander near the mercenary base, but were actually using Divine Sense to scout the interior.

Ye Liuyun calmly followed them all the way to their base.

His Divine Sense was far stronger than those Martial Cultivators', and they barely noticed.

He kept following those people into a city, watching them enter a tavern.

Inside the tavern, their comrades numbered more than twenty, all were at the Sixfold Sovereign or Seventh Sovereign realms.

Ye Liuyun thus confirmed that this group was definitely sent by the Empire to find him.

"For a dead Liu Zhong, they wouldn't pursue so relentlessly, would they?"

Ye Liuyun felt deeply puzzled in his heart, suspecting they had another purpose.

So when they sent more people out to scout, Ye Liuyun directly employed Time Power, launched a Spiritual Soul Attack, and seized control of one Sevenfold Sovereign and two Sixfold Sovereign Martial Cultivators.

Under a Soul Search, he learned that they were after the Technique.

But this move also stirred a hornet's nest; these masters all possessed Divine Soul Contracts.

As soon as Ye Liuyun acted, they noticed him.

Although it wasn't certain that Ye Liuyun was the cause, they all guessed that the Mercenary had already become suspicious of them.

Thus the remaining Martial Cultivators immediately withdrew.

"This is troublesome! If they came for a technique, they won't give up easily!"

Ye Liuyun also vaguely felt that this matter would not end here.