Chapter 2991: Prepare Early

Ye Liuyun rushed over at this moment.

"That's about it, withdraw!"

When that strong one pursued the thief cat just now, all the oppressive pressure on his body was released, and the Martial Cultivators nearby sensed it. Some Martial Cultivators have even started moving toward here to investigate.

So the three of them immediately withdrew, sprinting back to their residence inside the city via Spatial Power teleportation.

Ye Liuyun handed all the corpses over to Lan Xin for disposal, and also gave Lan Xin the Storage Ring taken from the captured Guiyi Sixth Layer strong one.

"Give the corpses to the Magic Vine!" he instructed, then began a Soul Search on that Guiyi Sixth Layer strong one.

"It turns out the scout was placed by the Dragon Head Bandit Gang!"

After the Soul Search, Ye Liuyun obtained information, which was somewhat unexpected.

The scout, named Gao Hong, had already obtained information; the First Star Bandit Gang's external support this time includes more than three Guiyi Sixth Layer strong ones. Just the ones he knows already exceed ten, and all these external allies have signed Divine Soul Contracts, so they won't betray them.

And that's only the external support. According to his analysis, the leader of the First Star Bandit Gang should have also broken through to the Guiyi Sixth Layer.

Moreover, the First Star Bandit Gang already possessed some Guiyi Sixth Layer strong ones, but they usually don't stay within the gang, instead living hidden across the lands. Otherwise, who would have the power to keep those bandit strong ones in check?

Gao Hong's mission was to wait here, ready to lead some bandits in seizing a city. Many of the Guiyi Fifth Layer Martial Cultivators that Ye Liuyun killed tonight have already submitted to the Dragon Head Bandit Gang, and they will be commanded by him later.

The Dragon Head Bandit Gang has confirmed that when the First Star Bandit Gang emerges from the Secret Realm, they will launch an attack on them. Whether or not they have found the treasure, they will intercept and kill them, and also occupy the city while it is empty.

Ye Liuyun doesn't care about the conflict between the two gangs. He is merely amazed by the true strength of the First Star Bandit Gang and feels that the pressure on him when he goes after the treasure will be considerable.

"Just the external allies number over ten; their own strong ones must be at least that many. If I wanted to take advantage now, my available power is indeed lacking a lot!"

He thought it over and still felt he should capture more people as preparation. The captured strong ones could be used against the First Star Bandit Gang, and also against the strong ones in the Wasteland Sea World.

With that in mind, he and his duplicate took the thief cat out of the city again, heading in another direction. This time, Ye Liuyun let the thief cat steal some Guiyi Fifth Layer Martial Cultivators on its own, while he and his duplicate used Spatial Power to approach Guiyi Sixth Layer Martial Cultivators and captured six of them.

However, there aren't many Guiyi Sixth Layer Martial Cultivators here, so they didn't have that many to capture.

Thus he, his duplicate, and the thief cat sped through the void toward other cities. This place had been messed with enough, so they could only turn their attention to other cities.

When they reached another city, Ye Liuyun and his duplicate attacked the Guiyi Sixth Layer strong ones from the outskirts, while the thief cat went to steal Guiyi Fifth Layer Martial Cultivators. After capturing twelve more strong ones, they returned to their residence before dawn.

"Seventeen Guiyi Sixth Layer Martial Cultivators can roughly hold off a formation. We'll capture the others later; there should be even stronger Martial Cultivators in the Wasteland Sea World."

Ye Liuyun ceased further action, handing all the stolen resources to Lan Xin for her to sort out first.

The resources the strong ones possessed indeed included many valuable items. Ye Liuyun divided them into four portions: one for himself and each of his two duplicates, and one each for the Monster Beast, the woman, and Tang Xinyao.

Then he didn't rush to cultivate, but took Tang Xinyao and Tang Hao to the local merchant guild.

【5】 They entered the guild, and Pang Mu Xi spotted them, immediately greeting them.

As soon as they entered the merchant guild, Pang Muxi discovered them and immediately went up to greet them.

"Young Master Ye, coming to our guild—are you here to buy something?"

Ye Liuyun replied directly, "I want to use Primordial Power to exchange for some Archaic World Primordial Power."

Pang Mu Xi knew they possessed a fair amount of Primordial Power and had recently slain many bandit squads, so he wasn't surprised.

"No problem, a one-to-one exchange rate,

just pay a little fee. Do you need anything else? The Wasteland Sea World is fraught with danger; aren't you making some preparations?"

Pang Mu Xi took the opportunity to promote his goods.

Ye Liuyun also used the chance to inquire about the local resources, found the exchange rate quite reasonable, and ultimately exchanged for a thousand units of Archaic World Primordial Power and some high-end resources with special attributes.

However, what he offered didn't exceed the resources they had openly looted, to avoid arousing Pang Mu Xi's suspicion.

Even so, Pang Mu Xi sighed, subtly remarking that their haul these past days was substantial.

"Alas, it's all spent at once! It was also for our cultivation preparations on the road. Future resources will have to be earned slowly," Ye Liuyun modestly added a few words.

But he was worried inside, feeling that Pang Mu Xi was suspecting them of killing those strong ones.

Sure enough, Pang Mu Xi, seeing that Ye Liuyun showed no obvious signs, directly asked Ye Liuyun, "Do you know that something happened outside the city last night, and many strong ones disappeared!"

"Disappeared?" Ye Liuyun feigned puzzlement, then asked Pang Mu Xi, "What cultivation realms were the strong ones?"

"All of them were at the Guiyi Fifth and Sixth Layers!" Pang Mu Xi said, while watching Ye Liuyun and his companions' expressions.

"Such high‑realm strong ones? What happened?" Ye Liuyun also pretended surprise.

Pang Mu Xi smiled and retorted, "Don't you also have the strength to contend with Guiyi Sixth Layer strong ones?"

Ye Liuyun was startled, "It seems they've already learned the information from our previous battles with strong ones."

So he didn't deny it, merely giving a wry smile, "Then we'd have to act as a whole, employing a combined Formation. We lack that capability to proactively provoke such strong ones!"

Tang Xinyao and Tang Hao both cooperated well. Tang Hao remained expressionless, while Tang Xinyao acted in concert with Ye Liuyun's performance; Pang Mu Xi couldn't discern anything.

He thought again and concluded that Ye Liuyun's group's strength made it unlikely to silently whisk away so many strong ones, so he asked no further.

He only made small talk with Ye Liuyun, "Your strength is already sufficient. With your power, you'll never lack resources! When you join us, go out on more missions and you'll earn them back instantly!"

"It seems he knows about my joining the expedition team and the protection matters. The First Star Bandit Gang's news spreads quickly. Fortunately I was cautious; this time I didn't exchange too many resources, otherwise it would surely raise suspicion."

Ye Liuyun thought to himself, gave Pang Mu Xi a few casual replies, and then left the guild.

Later they went to a tavern for a meal, bought extra wine and dishes for stock, and also tried to gather rumors, seeing how the Martial Cultivators here were discussing the matter.