Chapter 2883: Evading Capture

Qin Mengxi only glanced at Ye Liuyun's Storage Ring and found that the herbs inside were indeed plentiful.

She didn't take them. "You keep them to report back! I'm not lacking cultivation resources, how could I take your stuff!"

In her mind, she always thought foreign Martial Cultivators were relatively poor. If resources aren't lacking, who would come here to adventure? So she believed those herbs could let Ye Liuyun exchange for many cultivation resources, and therefore she wouldn't ask for his things.

However, she did accept the beast meat. The locals don't kill beasts in large numbers; it's the foreign Martial Cultivators who hunt them and sell to the guild for profit, so this meat is also a relatively rare resource.

The last time Qin Mengxi couldn't resist hunting a beast, she encountered danger and never wanted to go again.

After accepting the meat, she told Ye Liuyun and the others: "Since you can't leave for now, just cultivate here in peace! And don't go into the Xingkong, lest you get caught!"

Ye Liuyun kept nodding in agreement. After she left, Ye Liuyun returned to his clone's Space World and accelerated the refinement of those Xingqiu's Primordial Power.

Qin Mengxi gave him those resources; after he carefully inspected them and memorized them, he handed them all to Li Daoyuan for refinement.

Afterwards, strict inspections began across the lands, first targeting the foreign loose cultivators staying outside; those not residing in local households were seized for review.

Then the foreign Martial Cultivators living in local homes were examined, and Ye Liuyun also became a subject of review.

However, he produced the harvested herbs and hunted beasts, and Qin Mengxi testified for him, so he passed the check. Moreover, among the reviewers was an Elder of the Qin Family, so they weren't overly serious.

But at that moment, a team of Martial Cultivators from the Wan Family suddenly arrived, seized all the Martial Cultivators previously inspected, performed another Soul Search, then captured everyone and gathered them onto a Warship, waiting to be dispatched together.

Since these people are all foreign loose cultivators, no one cares where they're taken or what fate awaits them.

Some of these Martial Cultivators tried to resist, but as soon as they emerged, they were killed outright, and no significant situation developed.

Subsequently, the Wan Family's team of Martial Cultivators also demanded that the foreign Martial Cultivators living in local households also undergo

a Soul Search inspection.

This naturally provoked opposition from the local Martial Cultivators. After all, the outsiders staying in their homes are their guests; how could they hand them over for Soul Search?

Yet the Wan Family's Martial Cultivators were overbearing; they not only barged into each household to forcibly Soul Search those cultivators, but after the search they also seized the people.

After the Qin Family received the news, they immediately ordered Qin Mengxi to inform Ye Liuyun and hide him.

So Qin Mengxi, through the night, led Ye Liuyun back to the mountain range where they first met, to hide within it.

After being taken by Qin Mengxi, Ye Liuyun asked in confusion: "Soul Search is one thing, but why do they capture people after the search?"

If it were only a Soul Search, he wouldn't worry. He could erase from his clone's Sea of Consciousness the memory of gathering that planet's data, then fabricate a false memory of herb gathering and beast hunting to deceive the review.

But now, even if the Soul Search is fine, they also take people, so he dares not stand his ground.

"Alas!" Qin Mengxi sighed, telling Ye Liuyun: "The Great Clan thinks there are too many foreign Martial Cultivators here, damaging our Xing Xi. They're using this chance to clean up. The captured people are being sent to war!"

"War? Where to war?" Ye Liuyun guessed they were sending the outsiders to the expeditionary army as cannon fodder.

"I don't know either! This is the first I've heard that our Xing Xi is at war with people! Moreover, I heard the Elders discussing that it seems we are the ones invading another Xing Xi!"

They are really outrageous. Even foreigners shouldn't be arbitrarily taken to die!

After Qin Mengxi finished speaking, she let out another heavy sigh.

Clearly, this information starkly contradicted the Xing Xi she had imagined, leaving her unable to accept it for a while. They have become invaders, indifferent to life, capturing outsiders to send them to battle to die! This is completely opposite to her previous beliefs.

Ye Liuyun watched her looking despondent and didn't know what to say to counsel her. He wanted to say that the world is like this, but he held back, unwilling to shatter the beautiful world in her mind, and let her gradually come to understand it herself.

Ye Liuyun released his Divine Sense and discovered that the mountain range still concealed many people, and

their numbers kept growing; they all seemed to have rushed here to hide.

Moreover, many of them were accompanied by locals, clearly indicating that some local forces like the Qin Family were also protecting their guests by hiding them here.

"If this continues, this place will eventually be discovered!" he thought grimly, and had already ordered Ye Tiandao to prepare troops for battle.

Once fighting starts, they will immediately eliminate the Wan Family's Martial Cultivators and all the strong ones on this Xingqiu.

The Wan Family's team of Martial Cultivators surged into the local families but failed to find the outsiders; they quickly realized the families were covertly protecting them, having already hidden the people.

"Hmph, can this stop me?"

The leader of the Wan Family's team was an Elder of the Unity Realm, and he knew that the Xingkong beyond the planet was sealed, so those people couldn't escape and must be hiding in a nearby mountain range.

So he led the Wan Family's Martial Cultivators straight toward the mountain range where Ye Liuyun's group was hiding.

Their team comprised over ten Unity Realm elites and over ten Martial Cultivators who dominate the eighth and ninth layers. Though not as strong as all local Martial Cultivator families combined, they were sufficient to handle each family alone. Moreover, given their status, no family dared to oppose them singly.

But now that they were searching this mountain range, the Great Clan grew anxious. Soon, the Wan Family's Martial Cultivator squad discovered some hidden cultivators.

This time they performed no Soul Search nor arrests, but opened fire directly. They even spared no one from the families.

The wailing cries of the Martial Cultivators and the booming of True Essence echoed across the entire mountain range.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense probed far, and Ma Shan reported to Qin Mengxi that the Wan Family's Martial Cultivators had been killed in the mountain. Qin Mengxi immediately used a Transmission Talisman to contact the Qin Family and relay the information.

The family members discovered by the Wan Family also hurried to seek aid from their clans. Soon, families arrived, pleading with the Wan Family's Martial Cultivators.

The families whose clan disciples had been slain were incensed, demanding an explanation from the Wan Family.

"You betray the Xing Xi, defy our Wan Family's orders, and still demand an explanation? We didn't report to the families; we sent people to wipe you out, which is already taking care of you!" the Wan Family Elder sneered.