Chapter 3462: Early Discovery

"Huh? Could I have misheard?" Ye Liuyun also found it unbelievable.

So he immediately contacted Peng Lie via the Master-Servant Contract.

After Peng Lie understood the situation, he also confirmed to Ye Liuyun that the Wan Shi Tong definitely hadn't sent out a Transmission Voice. After Ye Liuyun left, Peng Lie kept watching Wan Shi Tong and noticed nothing unusual.

But Peng Lie also reminded Ye Liuyun: "If it's not just similar voices, then he must have a clone!"

Ye Liuyun also suddenly realized: "That Wan Shi Tong is the leader of this bandit gang, and he also has a clone mixed into the expedition team as an insider."

Peng Lie also confirmed: "That's probably right. However, it's not clear yet whether he's the biggest boss; maybe there's someone behind him."

"Then you keep an eye on him, and absolutely don't be careless. I'll go take out some indigenous martial cultivators, and meanwhile use Soul Search to gather some information. If anything happens, contact me right away!"

After Ye Liuyun gave Peng Lie that instruction, he went after those indigenous martial cultivators.

The indigenous martial cultivators' souls are relatively weak, making it easy for him to ambush them with Divine Soul Power. Moreover, he worried that the mercenaries' Seas of Consciousness all had signed contracts, so if he acted, Wan Shi Tong would notice.

Ye Liuyun felt that the bandit mercenaries probably wouldn't sign contracts with all the indigenous martial cultivators, so he targeted the ordinary indigenous cultivators; this way he could gather information without them noticing in advance.

His tactic indeed worked. He followed a group of indigenous martial cultivators, blending into the void; not only were they unaware of him, but when he launched a Spiritual Soul Attack on the last indigenous cultivator, he also didn't draw anyone else's attention.

These indigenous cultivators' Divine Soul Power was indeed weak; they didn't even notice the momentary fluctuation of Divine Sense. They never expected someone to act so brazenly on their turf.

The martial cultivator attacked by Ye Liuyun was instantly given a Slave Seal by him, and then through Soul Search he confirmed his guess.

The youth called Wan Shi Tong, in their eyes, is the leader of that mercenary band, and he has cooperated with them for a long time. Each time he mixes into the expedition team as an insider, luring the team into the indigenous ambush, and the resources obtained are finally split evenly between them and the indigenous people.

For teams that don't hire a guide, they arrange their own team to follow and monitor. Even if a guide is hired, the guides here are all members of their bandit gang in disguise.

Others eventually always find various excuses to fail to reach an agreement with the expedition team, ensuring that only this Wan Shi Tong can become the expedition team's guide.

At this moment, these indigenous people have already received Wan Shi Tong's notice, knowing not to kill the women in the team, saying that the woman can be exchanged for a large ransom.

"Has Chen Yueying already exposed her identity?"

Ye Liuyun learned via Soul Search that here, he was also quite astonished, feeling that Wan Shi Tong really had talent; although Chen Yueying had chatted with him a lot, she would absolutely not reveal her background, yet he hadn't expected Wan Shi Tong to have figured it all out.

However, these indigenous people don't know that Wan Shi Tong has a clone. So Ye Liuyun can only speculate about this for now.

He also immediately told Peng Lie the information he had gathered, so Peng Lie wouldn't let his guard down.

"Should we notify the others?" Peng Lie asked Ye Liuyun.

"For now, don't tell them, lest that guy become on guard. He's quite a shrewd individual. When we reach their ambush site, we'll reassess; I'll try to take out as many indigenous people as possible on my side first."

Ye Liuyun merely had Peng Lie monitor Wan Shi Tong, while he followed behind the indigenous team, first controlling them one by one.

According to the memories of those indigenous people, their team leaders also have Divine Soul Contracts with the clan chief. So he tailed three teams in succession, but he didn't go to control their leaders; instead, he controlled most of the members.

Then he used the Thousand Illusion Technique to transform into the appearance of an indigenous person, posing as an indigenous patrol, loitering near the mercenaries who had already set up an ambush.

The mercenaries saw that it was just an ordinary indigenous martial cultivator coming over, didn't think much of it, and even assumed he was deliberately putting on an act, and they all cooperated with him.

Chen Yueying

Their team was also heading this way, about to enter their ambush circle. They soon also discovered Ye Liuyun disguised as an indigenous martial cultivator.

Wan Shi Tong immediately suggested to Chen Yueying: "A lone indigenous martial cultivator is absolutely safe to attack, and it's also a good chance for you to practice—what a rare opportunity! Chen Jiejie, your luck is really good!"

Chen Yueying walked for half a day, also having chatted enough with Wan Shi Tong; hearing him say it was absolutely safe, she immediately rushed toward that indigenous martial cultivator. Peng Lie also immediately led people to follow, and only then did he transmit a voice to everyone, explaining Wan Shi Tong's true purpose.

After Ye Liuyun also discovered Chen Yueying, he pretended to flee, luring them into the trap the bandits had prepared.

By the time Chen Yueying noticed the mercenaries' encirclement, they actually couldn't escape anymore.

"Are these mercenaries ambushing us? That indigenous person just passed by them—why didn't they intervene?" Chen Yueying also saw the problem.

But she trusted Wan Shi Tong too much; a few casual words from him were enough to deceive her.

"I estimate they're familiar with the indigenous people and don't want to clash with them! Those mercenaries' strength is far inferior to yours—how dare they ambush you!."

"I estimate they're probably here to hunt fierce beasts, and we just happened to run into them. I'm somewhat acquainted with them, can talk; let me go ask them about the situation!"

Wan Shi Tong also coaxed Chen Yueying to go with him.

At this moment, Peng Lie stepped forward directly, blocking Wan Shi Tong and Chen Yueying.

"No, the boss has ordered that Miss Chen must not go adventuring!"

Then Peng Lie directly took out a Formation Plate and set it up: "Miss Chen, the boss wants you to enter the Formation Plate. He also told me to remind you to learn from last time's lesson!"

"Huh?" Wan Shi Tong immediately sensed something might have changed, and relying on Chen Yueying's support, he said to Peng Lie: "What do you mean? Don't you trust me?"

"Chen Jiejie, speak a word for me—do you think I would harm you?" He also had Chen Yueying speak for him.

Chen Yueying actually also felt that Wan Shi Tong was trustworthy. However, Ye Liuyun's reminder to her did indeed give her an extra thought.

"How could I not trust you! I guess Liuyun thinks the situation ahead is unclear, so he wants me to stay in the Formation for safety!"

So although she verbally said she believed, she didn't step out of the Formation.

Peng Lie then confirmed: "Not bad. The boss said if you leave the Formation, you'll be in danger! Since those mercenaries came to ambush us, we should strike first!"

Then he waved and called to the others: "Follow me, kill those mercenaries!"

The others immediately rushed out, leaving no one to protect Chen Yueying. This was Ye Liuyun's deliberate arrangement, just to see whether Chen Yueying could resist others' temptations and step out of the Formation again.

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