Chapter 3504: Infiltrating the Marquis's Mansion

Ye Liuyun went to the tavern, found an idle table and sat down, ordered some food and drink, leisurely ate and drank while listening to the martial cultivators chatting, just to relax himself.

What he heard were martial cultivators discussing what had happened at the marquis's mansion.

"The marquis's mansion can't keep the news sealed anymore. I heard from a servant of the mansion that something indeed happened there; reportedly the heir died!"

"That's very possible! I also heard that in just one day, many experts' divine senses left behind in the royal mansion have dissipated! Haven't you seen they've been recruiting sixth- and seventh-layer experts lately?"

"What's so strange about that? I've long heard that the heir went to the outer region to kill Ye Liuyun, but ended up being counter-killed!"

"This Ye Liuyun is no ordinary fellow! He threw the Western Region into chaos and still managed to escape unharmed! No wonder he's the princess's personal guard. It's said he's only at the early stage of the third layer..."

Often, these people's rumors are quite well-informed.

Ye Liuyun also thought: "The news of Hou Yuanqi's death, the Marquis of Tianyu wanted to suppress it, but finally couldn't block it, so it's only now leaking out. Better to act quickly, lest the marquis's mansion keeps recruiting more experts!"

After finishing his meal, Ye Liuyun sat a while longer, heard no more useful news, then got up and returned to the inn. That night, he again left his dwelling from the void to go scout the several targets he planned to attack.

Patrols in the outer city are much looser than in the inner city, making it more convenient for Ye Liuyun to act against them here.

Some guards and servants of the marquis's mansion go to the outer city to spend money; they can't afford to spend in the inner city. Moreover, most of their families live in the outer city and often return home to visit.

He went to several places in a row, found no one, guessing those people just happened not to have returned. According to a guard's memory, he then wandered to a casino and indeed met that guard's nephew, Qi Wei there.

Qi Wei's cultivation level is the same as Ye Liuyun's; in the marquis's mansion he's merely an ordinary patrol guard, addicted to gambling, and was introduced to the royal mansion through connections by a high-ranking guard whom Ye Liuyun had captured.

Inside the casino there were many sixth- and seventh-layer martial cultivators holding down the floor; Ye Liuyun did not act rashly, but mixed into the casino, staying with Qi Wei at a gambling table, waiting for him to leave.

However, his aura was definitely different, and each time he placed a small bet, Ye

Liuyun also didn't care about winning or losing at all; he was just killing time.

So he attracted Qi Wei's attention. Qi Wei saw that Ye Liuyun seemed to be a wealthy patron, so he deliberately tried to get close. Ye Liuyun also appeared very fond of making friends, got along well with him, and even lent him a hundred pieces of medium-grade divine crystal.

Until dawn approached, Qi Wei lost everything, and left the casino together with Ye Liuyun.

"It's fine, just a bit of divine crystal, and you don't need to pay me back! Come on, let's find a tavern to grab a drink; I'm also a little hungry!"

Ye Liuyun generously waived the loan and still invited him to eat and drink together; such a kindness, Qi Wei naturally wouldn't refuse. He also thought his marquis's mansion guard uniform had played a role, that Ye Liuyun wanted to ask him for something.

He still felt lucky in his heart, having run into a deep-pocketed fool; maybe later he could borrow money from Ye Liuyun again to gamble.

But he wasn't happy for long; before they even reached the tavern, Ye Liuyun went to a secluded spot and directly attacked him.

Relying on Ye Liuyun's divine soul power, controlling him was easy. After a soul search, he stored him in the space world, then changed his appearance, donned his clothes and storage ring, and returned to the marquis's mansion.

Now when he enters the city, he no longer needs to show a token. The city gate guards all recognize those guards of the marquis's mansion.

The leading soldier also greeted him: "Sir Qi, how's your luck today?"

The guards of the marquis's mansion have higher status than these city gate soldiers, so they are all referred to as "sir".

"Ah, don't mention it! Today I'm terribly unlucky!" Ye Liuyun also greeted him, then directly entered the inner city.

Seeing he wasn't in high spirits, the soldier guessed he had lost again, and didn't dare go up to flatter him, lest he provoke his displeasure.

After returning to the marquis's mansion, the guarding guards recognized him, gave a casual greeting, and let him in.

"Not bad, everything went smoothly!" After entering the marquis's mansion, Ye Liuyun, based on Qi Wei's memory, returned to his own lodging to wait for an opportunity.

Qi Wei wasn't on duty today, so he couldn't immediately wander about inside the royal mansion.

So after Ye Liuyun sneaked into the royal mansion, he rested a day, then caught up on duty, patrolling together with a few other guards inside the royal mansion.

During this patrol, many places that previously had formation defenses, Ye Liuyun also ascertained the situation

He saw everything clearly. Even the Marquis of Tianyu who was cultivating, he saw him.

The Marquis of Tianyu's cultivation is at the sixth layer of Taixu, his divine soul power is fairly ordinary, not considered a strong martial cultivator; usually he's also busy with affairs and can't find time to cultivate.

Outside the Marquis of Tianyu's cultivation chamber, there is a martial cultivator wearing an invisibility treasure standing guard. Ye Liuyun couldn't see the person, but could perceive his divine soul form. It's estimated that this invisible guard's strength is considerably greater than the Marquis of Tianyu's.

His cultivation chamber also has formation defenses; Ye Liuyun definitely cannot act under these circumstances, he needs to find another opportunity.

Inside the marquis's mansion, there really aren't many strong martial cultivators—only twenty or so. Ye Liuyun transmitted their appearance information to the captives inside the space world for them to see; they also confirmed these people were all newly recruited.

After Ye Liuyun made a round, he roughly understood the information and strength of these people.

"Not bad, the difficulty isn't great; there aren't any martial cultivators with notably strong divine soul power!"

He then on the spot selected a martial cultivator with relatively weak divine soul power as his target. As they were on their third patrol round, Ye Liuyun prepared to act.

"Huh?" As he walked, he suddenly seemed to have noticed something, and involuntarily stopped.

"What's wrong? What did you discover?" The other guards immediately spoke up to ask.

"I feel there's a fluctuation of spatial power in that direction; it doesn't seem to come from inside the room, but rather from outside entering." Ye Liuyun was referring to the residence of the target he had selected.

The other guards also frowned, and one said to him: "Could it be that you've lost too much lately and are hallucinating? Offending such an expert could get you lightly beaten or even cost your life!"

"This... that feeling just now was clearly there, but now it's gone!" Ye Liuyun also pretended not to dare be certain.

Several other guards also looked at each other, unsure whether to believe him.

"How about this: you wait here, I'll go inquire; surely nothing major will happen!" Ye Liuyun also made this suggestion.

The other guards immediately agreed: "Alright, you stay sharp and watch your words so you don't offend anyone!" They were afraid of being implicated.

Thus, Ye Liuyun went there alone.