Chapter 3435: True Face

"Junior sister, how could I lay a hand on you? Your two bodyguards don't know the rules; I just wanted to teach them a lesson!" Qi Shengyu then released the pressure and explained to Chen Yueying.

"My men, it's not your place to educate them; don't provoke me again in the future! Let's go!"

Chen Yueying wasn't really intending to fight him; after warning him once, she called Ye Liuyun and the others to leave.

Qi Shengyu watched them depart, and only after they were far away did he reveal his true nature.

"That scum actually dared to point a sword at me, thinking I wouldn't act against her!" he snarled.

"Senior brother, even if we don't touch Sister Chen, we can still kill those bodyguards to vent our anger!" a disciple beside him immediately suggested.

"Indeed. Just a few bodyguards, yet they dared to mock our senior brother Qi. Senior brother, you needn't act; we can strike while they're on duty, quietly eliminate them, and Sister Chen won't know you were behind it!" another disciple proposed.

"Alright! Then you go, be careful, make it clean and swift, don't let that scum discover it!"

Qi Shengyu nodded, thinking it was a good chance to vent his anger. Killing a few low‑level bodyguards shouldn't cause any major trouble.

The few followers beside him immediately chased after the direction Ye Liuyun and his group had left.

Qi Shengyu, with a sinister expression, turned back toward the inner sect, intending to find trouble for Chen Yueying so she would beg him.

Their expressions and actions didn't escape Ye Liuyun's investigation. He lifted the corner of his mouth and used Transmission Voice to remind Liao Yaotian and the others to be more careful.

At this moment, Chen Yueying was busy explaining to Ye Liuyun: "Sigh, I made you watch a joke. This guy keeps clinging to me…"

"I understand. Such petty people are everywhere! Still, you should be more vigilant yourself; the more petty they are, the stronger their desire for revenge!" Ye Liuyun gently reminded Chen Yueying.

"Does he know about your princess status?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"Qi Shengyu probably doesn't know. Within the Sect, only a few inner disciples and some Elders know my identity," Chen Yueying replied.

"I suspect he knows your identity. No wall is completely airtight. Because he knows, he dares not argue or act against you. You'd better stay cautious!" Ye Liuyun reminded her.

"Hmm. Even if he knows, he wouldn't dare do anything to me, so rest assured!" Chen Yueying said outwardly, but didn't truly believe it.

Ye Liuyun said no more. He didn't want to speak ill of others behind their backs. Anyway, once those people act, Chen Yueying will find out on her own.

"If such petty people seek revenge, their methods become even more covert and vicious; Princess, you must not be careless!" Liao Yaotian reminded Chen Yueying.

Though he hadn't seen Qi Shengyu's group's expressions and actions, his extensive experience dealing with people taught him that offending a petty individual brings endless trouble, requiring constant caution.

"Fine." Chen Yueying agreed, then led Ye Liuyun and the others toward Immortal Herb Mountain, discussing the Shadowless Grass they sought, not wanting Qi Shengyu's matter to affect Ye Liuyun's mood.

Ye Liuyun, while chatting with her, used Spiritual Sense Lock on the few disciples trailing them. He didn't anticipate any major gains from this mission, and still hoped to extract more resources from those people.

There were six of them in total, all at the third or fourth level of Taixu, and all inner disciples, likely not poor, and their realms were just right for him to practice on.

The Thousand Spirits Sect was indeed vast; after two days' travel they arrived at Immortal Herb Mountain. This place isn't the Sect's medicinal herb cultivation base, yet rare herbs often grow here.

The mountain harbored many fierce beasts, but the area they intended to go wouldn't involve beasts of too high a realm. Ye Liuyun let Liao Yaotian and the other two blaze a trail, slaying beasts to practice.

However, the five of them stayed together without splitting up, and the six disciples following them had no chance to strike, and

Their distance remained at least fifteen li away.

They thought that using Divine Sense they couldn't detect Ye Liuyun's group, and were sure they couldn't detect them. In reality, they were constantly within Ye Liuyun's surveillance range.

Liao Yaotian and the other two started off smoothly; the Taixu first‑level beasts were easily slain. Even the Taixu second‑level beasts could be practiced on and killed, and their progress was very rapid.

But they soon encountered Taixu third‑level beasts. Ye Liuyun initially held back, letting the three of them train together. When they could no longer stand it, he casually waved his hand, and with a single palm using Heaven and Earth Power, he smashed the beast to death.

"That easy?"

"That's too crushing!"

Liao Yaotian and the others couldn't help but exclaim.

Even Chen Yueying was very surprised: "Your Heaven and Earth Power has increased that much?"

"I've been focusing on cultivating this lately!" Ye Liuyun modestly replied.

Afterwards, he moved to the front of the squad to clear the way, urging Liao Yaotian and the others to ready their treasures and guard against ambushes.

Once he led the way, the team's speed quickened again. For Taixu third‑level beasts, he dispatched each with a single palm, easily killing them, and collected many beast corpses as meat reserves.

Upon reaching the Taixu fourth‑level beast zone, Liao Yaotian and the others thought he would need a sword, but he still casually swung his palm, using Heaven and Earth Power against the fourth‑level beasts; when facing stronger ones, he also employed Spatial Power for defense and offense.

His use of Spatial Power exceeds that of ordinary martial cultivators, though he still feels it's insufficient. For example, after enlarging himself with Spatial Power, the beasts could hardly block his palm.

He continued fighting while experimenting with various techniques, dazzling the few behind him. At times he shrank the beasts, then teleported them away, and sometimes sliced them open directly with Spatial Power.

The beasts, faced with such sudden attacks, generally couldn't defend.

Later, when confronting even stronger Taixu fourth‑level beasts, Ye Liuyun employed Bloodline Power, suppressing the beasts' realms before smashing them with a palm.

Chen Yueying, watching from behind, was even more astonished. Ye Liuyun's Heaven and Earth Power had caught up with hers; now not only had his Spatial Power matched hers, but his array of techniques was astonishingly extensive.

"I truly didn't misjudge him; his cultivation talent is far stronger than mine! I wonder how much his True Essence and Physical Body have improved!"

She now watched Ye Liuyun's power rise, more delighted than at her own progress, watching intently from behind, even hoping he would cycle through more of his abilities.

She could see Ye Liuyun's Divine Soul Power, far stronger than hers, and he was still refining three soul sources. She guessed that once his refinement finished, his Divine Soul Power would become even greater.

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