Chapter 323: Being Blackmailed

Ye Liuyun only now called everyone back.

"Given your poor attitude and your continued resistance, as punishment I'll increase your compensation. Hand over your Storage Rings and the finances in your family Treasure Vault. If you don't, I'll kill you all!" Ye Liuyun pretended to threaten fiercely.

"We'll hand them over, we'll hand them over!" The clan head, to save his people, could no longer worry about anything else. He immediately ordered his clan members to take off all the Storage Rings. The Treasure Vault's gate was opened, letting Ye Liuyun take whatever he wanted!

"It was already so easy, why bother! Once people are dead, you can't even keep the wealth! If you hadn't resisted, I wouldn't have wanted this much in the first place!"

Ye Liuyun said, led the group onto the Flying Boat, and left directly, heading for the next destination.

The next minor force was the same; they first thought of resisting, and as a result Ye Liuyun inadvertently wiped them out.

They were simply too weak; before Ye Liuyun could even call a halt, they were all killed outright.

But Ye Liuyun didn't care; he took their wealth and kept moving toward the next.

Any family he targeted, as long as they paid the compensation gladly, remained unharmed. Those who resisted were almost always killed so they could no longer fight back, and all their wealth was seized!

Not long after, before the news of the Jin Family withdrawing the bounty had even spread, the news of Ye Liuyun's extortion began to circulate in the Central Region.

"What kind of person is Ye Liuyun? What power does he have? Even the Jin Family fears him. And he dares to openly extort every household in the Central Region!"

For a moment, rumors swirled, and no one dared to act against Ye Liuyun. Even the major families instructed their disciples not to provoke him.

And the families he had extorted dared not resist any longer; wherever he went, they paid the compensation outright.

In an instant, Ye Liuyun became a celebrity throughout the region—known by everyone!

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun's route kept changing—one moment he'd appear in the east, the next in the west, then circling around, with no pattern at all.

Jin Lei, with a maid and five or six Elders of the Heavenly Gang Realm, had already set his sights on Ye Liuyun. But Ye Liuyun was too slippery to be predicted. Moreover, his Flying Boat was extremely fast; they were either left behind or missed him entirely, being toyed with by Ye Liuyun.

That day, Ye Liuyun was looking at a map again. The blue circles on it had been mostly erased.

"Next! We'll start the official robbery!" Ye Liuyun announced to the group.

"What do you mean by an official robbery?" Lin Feier asked.

"Robbing the Jin Family's assets," Ye Liuyun explained.

When he performed Soul Search on several Jin Family Elders, he already located a map of the Jin Family's assets and branch distribution within their Sea of Consciousness.

"Since they won't let me go, how could I let them have it easy!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

Thus, he turned his direction again, heading toward a Jin Family branch.

Upon arrival, without a word, he launched the raid, targeting mainly the Treasure Vault's wealth and the Storage Rings on the Elders and others. After the plunder, he didn't linger and boarded the Flying Boat to leave.

When Jin Lei arrived with his men, Ye Liuyun slipped a surprise attack on a Jin Family Dan Hall that sold elixirs, looting it completely.

Afterwards Ye Liuyun kept frequently changing routes, sometimes targeting the remaining minor great clans for compensation. In short, the Jin Family was thrown into chaos, yet they could not locate his whereabouts.

And the news of Ye Liuyun's feud with the Jin Family spread throughout the Southern Region.

The Jin Family's prestige was challenged; assets and wealth were seized, branch holdings and the elite forces guarding their commerce were eliminated, and their strength no longer qualified them as one of the Four Great Clans.

By then, Ye Liuyun had returned to Tianxing County, collected the Crystal Core, paid the Crystal Stone, and then moved into Shuiyue Tower to enjoy himself.

They truly made a huge profit this time and were in good spirits.

Lin Feier also reaped a great harvest. The Crystal Cores and Crystal Stones were more than enough for her!

Just as they were enjoying themselves in a private room of Shuiyue Tower's restaurant, someone knocked on the door and came straight to them. The person was a third‑tier Heavenly Gang Realm strongman.

"Young Master Ye, I've discovered that you bought all the Crystal Cores from Wanbaoge; is that true?" the man asked directly.

"Who are you? Why should I answer your question?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"Just because my realm is stronger than yours!" the man smiled coolly.

"Scram!" Ye Liuyun spat.

The man, still unflinching, said, "Young man, don't be so hot‑tempered! If this news reaches the Northern Alliance, you can imagine how many will want to kill you for the treasure."

"Oh? You're from the Northern Alliance?" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but be startled.

The man produced a Token of the Northern Alliance.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Elder Huo Yunfei of the Northern Alliance. You bought all the Crystal Cores, leaving us, who live off Crystal Cores, without resources. I'm also forced into this!"

Then he cheerfully advised Ye Liuyun: "You've already offended every Southern Region clan. If you can't stay in the Northern Alliance, even this vast world may not have room for you. The minor sects in the north probably lack the strength to protect you! Think it over carefully."

His words caused everyone's expression to change. They had just extorted others, and now they themselves were being blackmailed!

Only Ye Liuyun remained unfazed, staring at the Heavenly Gang Realm strongman named Huo Yunfei.

"This man is unshaken by honor or disgrace, extremely hard to deal with. If I compromise, I fear I'll be caught by him for life and become his Kuailei!"

He thought to himself, already harboring murderous intent, wanting to eliminate this trouble.

Huo Yunfei smiled, then said, "I know you have a Kuailei nearby. But don't think you can get rid of me; I didn't come alone, I have two companions. If something happens to me, they'll immediately send the news back to the Northern Alliance! Moreover, this is Shuiyue Tower, where violence is prohibited!"

Ye Liuyun, with a smirk, launched a Spiritual Soul Attack on him!

Ye Liuyun didn't expect that the guy was also a Soul Cultivator, whose Soul was far stronger than ordinary people's. After pulling his Soul into the Thunder Fire Domain, his two own Souls, plus the Hell Mingshe's, somehow didn't kill him in an instant!

"You have such nerve, daring to act in Shuiyue Tower! My companions won't spare you either; you kid, just wait to die!" Huo Yunfei's Soul struggled while threatening Ye Liuyun.

"I have to admit, you're very calm. But you underestimated me, undervalued my resolve to kill you! I hate threats the most; anyone who dares threaten me, I won't spare a single one." Ye Liuyun's Soul attacked while saying this.

"I'm not just taking your Crystal Cores for free; I only want you to give up a portion!"

This sounded as if Huo Yunfei were explaining to Ye Liuyun, but in fact it meant he was already conceding to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun simply didn't believe his nonsense. A scheming person like Huo Yunfei would gradually ensnare him.

As long as Ye Liuyun compromises, he will first buy a little at full price or half price to test Ye Liuyun, then gradually increase the offer, eventually trapping Ye Liuyun completely.