Chapter 2870: Untroubled Waters

Ye Liuyun again released Li Xinran, Lin Qing'ao, Pang Yuan and the others.

"This Secret Realm has already been taken by me. In a moment I will teleport you to the Secret Realm's entrance. First, let me discuss with you how to deal with Li Daoyuan when you return."

After they discussed, Ye Liuyun prepared to directly teleport them to the Secret Realm's entrance.

But Li Xinran sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun: "Do you have a refinery master? I want to modify my father's Soul-Restraining Bell so that it can't be used at a crucial moment!"

"……" Ye Liuyun had nothing to say; Li Xinran truly is a prime example of a troublemaker.

He immediately handed that Soul-Restraining Bell to Tong Xin and Qiong Qi, letting them study it.

Soon, Qiong Qi altered the Formation on the Soul-Restraining Bell, making Ye Liuyun the primary user. When others input Divine Sense, they only obtain usage rights to the Bell. Although it feels unchanged, when actually used, whether the Bell functions is ultimately decided by Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun injected a strand of Divine Sense into the modified Soul-Restraining Bell, then gave it to Li Xinran. Li Xinran also input Divine Sense to test it, and let Ye Liuyun control the Bell as a test. Satisfied with the result, they bid Ye Liuyun farewell and left.

After Ye Liuyun directly sent them away, he had his clone take the group to the Body‑refining area. Now the entire Secret Realm is under his control, and everyone can stay here at will.

As for this Secret Realm, he will wait until Li Xinran and the others have deceived Li Daoyuan, and after Li Daoyuan sends people to verify, he will withdraw everyone outside. Only then will he take back the Secret Realm, so as not to arouse Li Daoyuan's suspicion.

Ye Liuyun only realized after mastering the Secret Realm that this canyon is also supported by a metallic Primordial Power, which allows the continual blade‑wind and sword‑rain.

No one was in a hurry to leave; everyone was seizing the time to boost various strengths.

Since entering this ancient Secret Realm, everyone's strength has risen quickly. Long Nv and Shi Yuan have just broken through the Dominant Eightfold realm and are consolidating.

Chi Lian took Hei Shan, Hei Hu, Zhu Que, Xiao Lanbing and three Xuanwu to hunt ferocious beasts for practice and to increase Bloodline Power.

The women and other Monster Beasts were refining their bodies in the canyon. The clone was in the canyon's central area, refining the body.

while simultaneously absorbing the ancient aura here.

Ye Liuyun guarded the canyon entrance and also organized his gains from the past few days.

Although his realm did not advance, after absorbing the ancient aura and Heaven and Earth Power here, the quality of his Mysterious Origin became incomparable, allowing him, even in the Unified Realm, to challenge across multiple realms.

The clone's Soul, Bloodline Power, and Physical Body have almost caught up. Letting the clone continue cultivation here for a while, once the clone's Heaven and Earth Power also rises, their Mysterious Origin will be synchronized again.

After absorbing a large amount of Demon Qi, his Buddha Demon Power was multiplied. In future confrontations with the Demon Race or Foreign Tribes, he will be more confident.

Moreover, he now controls this Secret Realm, so everyone can come here at any time to strengthen themselves. The mere ancient aura here can accelerate the growth of Monster Beasts such as Long Nv and Shi Yuan.

Now his combat strength can actually stand toe‑to‑toe with Li Daoyuan. Who would win, though, is still uncertain.

This is different from fighting those demons formed from Demon Qi; after all, their attacks are inherently limited, and he possesses many abilities to suppress them, which does not prove he can contend with Martial Cultivators of that level. However, at least in terms of Soul and Physical Body, Li Daoyuan would not find it easy to kill him. Biquku

After Ye Liuyun finally considered his overall strength, he thought that once he dealt with Li Daoyuan, he should be able to return to confront the Demon Race.

In the following period, Ye Liuyun began to consolidate his Soul, Bloodline Power, and various strengths, then drew forth Primordial Power to start cultivating Mysterious Origin.

Li Xinran, Lin Qing'ao and the others, after returning, also responded to Li Daoyuan according to the script they had prepared beforehand.

Li Daoyuan, upon seeing the corpse, immediately ordered the Unified Realm strongman guarding outside the Secret Realm to re‑enter the Secret Realm for another check, to see if anything was missed.

Ye Liuyun is now the controller of this Secret Realm; when they entered, Ye Liuyun detected them, so he naturally prevented them from discovering the Body‑refining canyon. Thus the few strongmen took a quick tour, found no one, and left directly.

Li Daoyuan, upon receiving the news, was naturally pleased and had little doubt. Although a few Unified Realm strongmen died, the opponents were also eliminated.

Moreover, Li Xinran's realm has risen, and their Physical Body is also strong.

..., and they also brought back a massive white ape that dominates the Ninth Layer. These gains made him think that Li Xinran truly went on an expedition.

Therefore Li Daoyuan gave Li Xinran a lot of resources again, allowing them and the white ape to continue strengthening.

Li Xinran also returned the Soul-Restraining Bell to Li Daoyuan, and in his presence withdrew the Divine Sense inside it. Li Daoyuan, not being well‑versed in artifact refinement, input Divine Sense and found the Bell functioning normally, then removed his substitute Defense Artifact, confidently letting the Soul-Restraining Bell guard his Sea of Consciousness.

They successfully deceived Li Daoyuan. He would never have dreamed that his daughter and Lin Qing'ao and Pang Yuan would conspire to trick him.

After waiting a few more days, Ye Liuyun finally changed back into his Alchemist robes and returned to the Alchemist Alliance. He directly transferred this Secret Realm into the Space World, leaving the others inside the Secret Realm to continue cultivating and improving.

Back at the Alchemist Alliance, he casually picked some ordinary herbs from the herb garden and submitted them, counting as completing the mission. Many people in the Alchemist Alliance who knew him had not expected him to return alive; they thought he had died inside.

Thus many people asked him about the inside situation. He fabricated a story, saying he spent most of his time fleeing dangerous beasts or healing, that the pressure inside was huge and the beasts were very strong. In short, he painted himself as miserable; surviving was a great fortune.

Those people were curious about how he survived; upon learning he had fared poorly, they were satisfied and stopped probing further.

As for that Secret Realm, few entered it initially, so no one immediately noticed its disappearance. Later, when people realized the Secret Realm was gone, they thought it had simply been taken by some strongman, and it did not cause much of a stir.

Afterwards Ye Liuyun resumed his former Alchemist life, refining elixirs daily, strolling about, living an unambitious life, and no one paid him any attention.

Li Xinran, Lin Qing'ao, and Pang Yuan, after a period of stabilization, prepared to make a move against Li Daoyuan.

According to the plan they had previously agreed on with Ye Liuyun, Lin Qing'ao, Pang Yuan and some Martial Cultivators controlled by Ye Liuyun began to gradually find excuses to go out to meals with other Martial Cultivators. Each time they dined, Ye Liuyun would appear nearby and plant a Slave Seal on each of those strongmen.