Chapter 3098: Equipment Upgrade

Ye Liuyun was startled by Chen Lianyu's sudden shout.

"How does she know I'm using illusion technique!"

But he didn't have time to think further; to prevent the Tianhuo Ancestor from striking him early, Ye Liuyun immediately activated Time Power, released his Soul, rushed into the Tianhuo Ancestor's Sea of Consciousness, and planted Slave Seals on each of the Ancestor's two Souls.

Then he began Soul Search and learned that the materials he needed were all in the Tianhuo Ancestor's Space World, and there were plenty, enough to forge the gilded armor.

Immediately, he used the same method on Chen Lianyu.

Through Soul Search he discovered that Chen Lianyu deliberately withheld the truth, hiding the fact that their master had abundant materials, and thus concluded that Ye Liuyun was not controlling them with a Slave Seal but using illusion technique.

If it were a Slave Seal or a Master-Servant Contract, she could not have lied to deceive Ye Liuyun.

However, even though she realized it was illusion technique, she feared her Soul power was no match for Ye Liuyun's, so she dared not expose it, worrying that Ye Liuyun might actually plant a Slave Seal on her or harm her Soul.

So she waited until Ye Liuyun was brought here, then let their master help her deal with Ye Liuyun.

Unexpectedly, their master was also no match for Ye Liuyun and ended up with a Slave Seal as well.

"You're clever!"

Ye Liuyun sincerely praised her, then immediately pulled their master and disciple into the Space World, and teleported via the Black Tower back to the inn.

He had originally intended to capture a few more artificers through Chen Lianyu, but now there was no chance.

When the Black Tower opened the portal, the Chen family already had strong members rushing toward the Tianhuo Ancestor.

However, the Tianhuo Ancestor he captured was already the highest-level artificer in the Chen family, so catching him was more worthwhile than catching ten other artificers.

After returning, Ye Liuyun made them hand over all the various materials from the Space World, but then turned and gave the Tianhuo Ancestor ten drops of Life Spring Water to boost his vitality.

He also passed the Condensation Core Manual to their master and disciple, so they could advance their realms faster and focus on artificing here.

Especially since the Tianhuo Ancestor unexpectedly regained a lot of vitality, and Ye Liuyun promised that whenever needed, ample Life Spring Water would be provided, he also felt that artificing here was just as good.

He just felt a bit regretful that he couldn't serve the Chen family.

"The Chen family doesn't lack a few artificers.

With so many of them.

If you're not here, they'll have to rely on themselves, which might force them to advance faster!"

Ye Liuyun also offered some consolation to the Tianhuo Ancestor.

That does make sense.

Moreover, both the Tianhuo Ancestor and Chen Lianyu are controlled by Slave Seals, so they can only obey.

Besides, the environment here is indeed good, with extremely dense spiritual energy.

Ye Liuyun is indeed fair to them and has no intention of delaying their cultivation progress.

Tong Xin and the other original artificers showed no disrespect toward the captured artificers; they sincerely consulted them, and gradually accepted their fate, staying peacefully here.

The Tianhuo Ancestor first forged Void Tier elixir cauldrons for Lin Luoyi and Lin Xiyao.

Chen Lianyu was busy helping Ye Liuyun forge gilded armor, while other Chen family artificers crafted needed items for Monster Beasts and the women participating in battle.

Chen family disciples and other artificers were responsible for forging armor and weapons for the Ancient Demon Race army.

Tong Xin and the others' artificing skill was still insufficient, so they could only learn by following along, with explanations from the Tianhuo Ancestor.

But soon the quick-learning artificers like Tong Xin could already forge True Tier weapons and treasures.

Ye Liuyun and his group soon all donned True Tier Ninth Grade gilded armor, obtained the high-level weapons they needed, and felt more confident for future battles.

Tang Xinyao's nine companions also borrowed light and swapped to True Tier Ninth Grade weapons and armor.

They all felt inwardly fortunate that following Ye Liuyun had been the right gamble.

Otherwise, in the clan, their realms wouldn't have advanced so quickly nor yielded such gains.

Just these True Tier Ninth Grade weapons and armor could be taken back to the clan as tribal treasures, but here with Ye Liuyun, they can be taken freely.

Weapons and armor, the artificers have already collectively forged many spares.

Tang Xinyao even managed to get a set of True Tier Ninth Grade gilded armor, so her clothes wouldn't be damaged in battle, as she's a woman and it's inconvenient.

Now she wears a double-layered True Tier Ninth Grade armor, making death hardly possible.

Ye Liuyun was generous to the captured artificers, providing them ample cultivation resources so they need not worry about supplies.

These artificers also felt that artificing here was indeed good, without having to consider resources themselves.

With these artificers, Ye Liuyun thought he would never lack True Tier weapons and treasures again, so he retrieved those from the Blue Whale Treasure and let those around him pick freely.

The Void Tier battle sword Ye Liuyun received from the Ninth Prince was given to the Tiger-Head Beast King.

Yu Xiaofeng and his few companions had long followed Ye Liuyun's teachings, cultivated their own destined battle troops, and did not wish to rely on external aid.

The Tiger-Head Beast King didn't mind at all; he loved it immensely, flaunting the sword on his back daily, never storing it in a storage space.

Ye Liuyun and his group's equipment was fully upgraded again, and Leader Yu Xiaofeng and his few also hurried to conduct final training on Black Rock and Sand Shadow, letting them lead the Ancient Demon army in practice battles.

The soldiers also began familiarizing themselves with the equipment.

At this point, the Chen family was in a panic, and the entire clan entered alert status.

They had consecutively lost several renowned artificers, and now even lost an elder ancestor, leading them to suspect that someone was deliberately targeting them.

They also issued a wanted notice for Ye Liuyun, yet received not a single piece of related information.

The Chen family also communicated with the royal court, but the court only replied that they still couldn't locate the Ninth Prince.

Thus the Chen family felt the court was being perfunctory and began to suspect that this series of events might be a royal conspiracy.

But the Chen family currently has no leads, so they can only wait for news of the Ninth Prince while sending people out to hunt Ye Liuyun and locate those artificers.

Ye Liuyun and his clone used this artificing period to accelerate cultivation within the clone's Space World, already advancing their realms to the later stage of Guiyi Fourth Layer and repeatedly refining the Divine Core to its most condensed state.

After Qiong Qi felt his Thousand Illusion Technique was proficient, he also placed Yao Feng and several Formation Masters into the Space World, then rushed to the Wan Hua Sect.

To deal with this sect, Qiong Qi planned to go personally with several Formation Masters.

Before leaving, he went to the Tianhuo Ancestor to forge a few life-saving treasures.

Ye Liuyun wanted to send a clone to follow Qiong Qi, but Qiong Qi thought it unnecessary, so he didn't force it.