Chapter 289: Shock in the Northern Region

At this moment, within the Blood Demon Sect, battles were raging everywhere.

The Skeleton Puppet went off to seek out Heavenly Gang Realm strongmen to fight; after wiping out those strongmen, it returned directly, handed over the Storage Rings of those strongmen to Ye Liuyun, and Ye Liuyun took them in.

In this battle, the Skeleton Puppet almost consumed half of Ye Liuyun's Spirit Stones. Ye Liuyun felt great distress over this. He could only hope that the Blood Demon Sect wasn't too poor, so he could recoup some.

For the remaining people, those who have surpassed the fifth tier of the Primordial Core realm were handled personally by Ye Liuyun. Those at the fourth tier were dealt with by Lei Ming, Bai Hu and others. The others were left to the ferocious beasts and the disciples of the Holy Martial Academy.

Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er and Ru Yue each had three second‑tier Primordial Core ferocious beasts protecting them, and they also joined the fight, killing with great relish.

After wiping out all the Blood Demon Sect disciples, Ye Liuyun began using the Nine Dragons Mountain‑flipping Seal, leading Holy Realm ferocious beasts and disciples to focus attacks on some mountain peaks that had Formations, smashing the Formations apart, then charging in to slaughter and seize resources.

When encountering medicinal resources, he directly stored them in the Storage Ring. The pills were left for the Iron Army to distribute.

Finally, deep within the Blood Demon Sect, he discovered a white‑bone Altar. The Altar had not yet been activated. Yet Ye Liuyun found there a large amount of Spirit Stones prepared for powering, which somewhat compensated for his Spirit Stone consumption.

Lei Ming secretly plucked a blood‑colored Crystal Stone from the Altar and covertly gave it to Ye Liuyun.

"Inside are the bloodline powers of bloodline strongmen!" Lei Ming told Ye Liuyun with Divine Sense.

"No wonder there's no blood pool built here; they were planning this! This works in my favor!" Ye Liuyun thought smugly, then immediately smashed the Altar apart and burned it down.

Afterward, he used his Golden Pupil to scout the Blood Demon Sect's source of spiritual energy, and finally, deep underground, found a modest Spiritual Stone Vein.

Ye Liuyun then loaded the entire vein into his own Storage Ring.

"Now it's finally not a wasted effort. Though I didn't earn much, it's certainly not a loss!"

The Blood Demon Sect still had a few treasure sites, which Ye Liuyun did not ignore. One blood pool that could enhance bloodline power—Ye Liuyun and the others descended to absorb it, continuing until the blood pool was drained and turned into a pool of clear water, then they stopped.

From the Blood Demon Sect's phantom spirit liquid pool, Ye Liuyun directly took away a little less than half a pool of water; the remainder was let to Lin Xueying and other practitioners cultivating Soul to divide.

The Blood Demon Sect's Dan Hall, Artifact Hall, Hall of Merit and other treasure sites were all looted clean by Lingyun Pavilion. Even the True Fire inside the Dan Hall was completely absorbed by Ye Liuyun together with his fire‑affinity disciples.

The corpses of those Blood Demon Sect disciples were all given to the ferocious beasts; even the tens of thousands of bodies previously loaded onto the Warship were directly allocated by Ye Liuyun to the beasts' Storage Rings, letting them stock food themselves.

As for the Storage Rings, Ye Liuyun himself gathered a large bunch and handed them to Wu Qingcheng for prompt handling.

Only after he felt nothing was missed did he lead everyone back aboard the Warship.

On the way back, he first went to the Holy Martial Academy's Northern Branch, leaving there many supplies organized by Wu Qingcheng, and also left five hundred Sea Transformation‑realm ferocious beasts to help the academy defend against Corpse Demon attacks.

Afterward, he hurried back to the Ye Clan, leaving plenty of resources and ten Holy Realm ferocious beasts for the clan, then he felt at ease to depart.

Before they even returned to the Holy Martial Academy, news that the Blood Demon Sect had been annihilated by Ye Liuyun spread throughout the entire Northern Region.

In an instant, the Northern Region trembled.

"That kid! He really dares to act!" Even the Dean of the Holy Martial Academy, upon hearing, sighed for a long while, unable to recover.

"Hahaha! No wonder he's my disciple!" Grand Elder, upon seeing him, couldn't help but praise, having already glorified him to the heavens these past two days.

The other major sects, upon learning this news, were all dumbfounded!

"Is this news true? It sounds so unreliable!"

"That kid is too ruthless, he actually wiped out the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Blood Demon Sect!"

"We once pursued and killed him; could he also strike at us!"

In an instant, among the major sects some were joyous, some were worried.

The Water Moon Sect, Ancient Demon Sect and Lingyang Academy all dispatched people rushing to the Holy Martial Academy, each without exception sending Ye Liuyun a grand gift. Moreover, the gifts from Water Moon Sect and Ancient Demon Sect were clearly far more substantial than those from Lingyang Academy.

Even the Qitian Dynasty, which usually had little contact, conveyed its goodwill through Qitian Yue.

For someone capable of easily wiping out a dynasty and a sect, showing goodwill is always appropriate! The surrounding dynasties did the same, immediately declaring a severance of ties with the Blood Demon Sect and beginning to eliminate its remnants.

In an instant, all Blood Demon Sect disciples abroad fled to territories of barbarian tribes occupied by Corpse Demons. All Blood Demon Sect branch temples were cleared. The Blood Demon Sect was completely expunged from the Seven Sects. Henceforth, the Seven Sects became Six Sects.

Ye Liuyun's name spread throughout the major sects. White Garb, Black Blade, Golden Pupil, little monster became his symbols.

After Ye Liuyun and his group returned to the Academy, the Academy's disciples, seeing so many of them come back together, curiously came out to watch the commotion.

Just the one hundred fifty Holy Realm ferocious beasts alone made those disciples recoil in awe. Not to mention the five hundred Sea Transformation‑realm beasts.

Ye Liuyun instructed the senior brothers and the disciples of Lingyun Pavilion to first return and allocate resources.

He himself, however, led the ferocious beasts back to be settled first. Since storage space could not hold so many beasts, he could only temporarily station them at Tianqian Feng.

The Elders of the three major sects waiting for him at Tianqian Feng, upon seeing Ye Liuyun return with so many Holy Realm ferocious beasts, were all greatly astonished.

"No wonder this kid could subdue the Blood Demon Sect. This is beyond heavenly principle! The kid has innate talent, and on top of that he's a beast‑tamer! Which sect could withstand the impact of so many ferocious beasts? Even if not destroyed, they'd be severely weakened."

They now only realize how terrifying it is to provoke Ye Liuyun, the Killer Star.

Only the Elder sent by Water Moon Palace wore a grim expression. If Ye Liuyun learned that news, who knows what disaster it would cause!

Ye Liuyun, being perceptive, immediately caught the fleeting expression of the Water Moon Palace Elder.

He also did not reject the goodwill of the major sects; he accepted the gifts and promised to coexist peacefully with them. He did not wish to be at odds with the whole world.

He first sent away the other two Elders, leaving only the Water Moon Palace Elder, and asked, "Elder, how is Liang Xue lately?" m.

Ye Liuyun found that the recent messages sent to Liang Xue via Transmission Talisman had received no reply.

The Elder first frowned, thinking to himself, "What's there to be afraid of, come on!"

She then pretended to smile, looked at Ye Liuyun and said, "The Young Master is all well, and asked me to convey his regards to you!"

"Oh? Really?" Ye Liuyun heard and immediately realized the Elder was lying!

"Liang Xue has no need for a Transmission Talisman, so why would the Elder be the conduit?" He initially thought Liang Xue was cultivating, so didn't reply promptly. Now it seems something happened to Liang Xue.

Ye Liuyun then slowly said, "Elder, I know a Soul Searching Technique that can probe another's memories without damaging their Sea of Consciousness. If you have something you're unwilling to speak of, may I try it? I assure you I will not harm you."

Some versions of the Soul Searching Technique circulating outside cause damage to the target's Sea of Consciousness after the soul is searched, turning them into a fool or killing them outright.