Chapter 3528: Temporary Restraint

Du Hansong immediately contacted Du Pinghai, found that, as expected, he also could not be reached, and at once dispatched a squad of guards to Gu Feng Cheng to verify the situation.

The guard squad he sent was led by a Seventh Realm Martial Cultivator, while the others were all at the Sixth Layer. They were only to confirm and investigate the situation; if they found themselves outmatched, Du Hansong would send more guards to reinforce.

As the Gatekeeper Commander of Pingyang Guan, Du Hansong must frequently fight the Demon Race, commanding three hundred thousand troops at Pingyang Guan.

His subordinate guards are all very strong, even including Martial Cultivators of the Eighth Realm. Even the soldiers' realms are mostly at the Third Layer, far stronger than the troops usually led by a typical commander.

Cheng Huofeng, Chen Qinan and other mercenary group leaders have never dealt with someone like Du Hansong. They only know that the stationed forces at Pingyang Guan are strong, that they cannot provoke them, as that place frequently engages in large battles with the Demon Race.

Therefore Ye Liuyun also does not know how strong Du Hansong's subordinates truly are. He could not have imagined that the petty Gan Lin would plot against him so meticulously.

Gan Lin's motive was not only the auction incident that provided intelligence on Ye Liuyun; he also thought Ye Liuyun's power was too great and, being within his jurisdiction, would become difficult to control if not eliminated, so he acted against Ye Liuyun in advance.

Moreover, after Ye Liuyun left, he also took the opportunity to suppress the Ding Family, seizing a number of assets from them.

As for Ouyang He, he is not sure whether they truly ended in a stalemate or if he was controlled by Ye Liuyun. Because after Ouyang He returned, everything proceeded as normal, with no signs of anything amiss.

Ouyang He's strength is too great; he dares not act, nor can he uncover the truth, and can only wait for Du Hansong's men to deal with him.

Gan Lin is even contemplating that, through the Ye Liuyun incident, he could completely seize the Ding Family and the casino into his own hands. As for Ye Liuyun, in his eyes he is already destined to be a dead man.

The guards dispatched by Du Hansong arrived at Gu Feng Cheng via the Teleportation Array, moving quite swiftly. Upon arrival, they first sought out City Lord Gan Lin to learn the sequence of events, then proceeded to the casino to find Ouyang He.

Ouyang He was not afraid of these guards in the casino, but he immediately contacted Ye Liuyun. He also responded to those people according to Ye Liuyun's instructions.

"Ding Yuantang acted first and was slain on the spot by Ye Liuyun; afterwards I also led my guards and fought him to a stalemate. However, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and he probably feared that others would later move against him, so he fled first."

"I figured that even if we caught up with him, we wouldn't gain the upper hand, so we returned. At that time Mo Tu was present, and many others also pursued; I thought Ye Liuyun was certainly dead. Unexpectedly, he came back."

Ouyang He spun the story cleanly; although the guards did not believe him, that was all the information they could obtain.

"Did Master Ouyang not intend to take revenge on him?" the small leader of that guard squad, Mo Qianwei, asked casually as if defending the aggrieved.

Ouyang He knew he was testing him, and immediately retorted: "If he could escape from Mo Tu's grasp, he must be no ordinary foe. If we keep pushing, my modest resources will be exhausted; is that really necessary?"

The guards could do nothing with him for the time being, so they left again to gather rumors, but after canvassing, they still could not discern how truly powerful Ye Liuyun was.

On the surface, Ye Liuyun's strength is only that of the strongest among the mercenary captains at the Fifth Layer, plus a Fifth Layer woman.

Yet Ye Liuyun can easily wipe out those mercenary groups, and even hold his own against ten of Ouyang He's subordinates, which suggests he must have at least two subordinates at the Seventh Realm.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to handle the two guards beside Du Haiping. Moreover, Du Pinghai disappeared; neither he nor those two guards sent any messages, indicating either the battle was so fierce they had no time to use a Transmission Talisman to send out information, or they were instantly subdued. The opponent must have possessed very strong Divine Soul Power.

Mo Qianwei was somewhat troubled by this information.

"A mercenary squad actually has such strength, even Ouyang He's two Seventh—

—layer and eight Sixth Layer guards can be taken down? Moreover, he's so wealthy, why become a mercenary? What identity is he trying to conceal?"

If it wasn't him who did it, but Mo Tu who did, then where can we go to find that demon leader!

He also led people out of the city to inspect the battlefield, but the site had been cleared, and he found no useful information.

"Come with me and chase after it to see the situation!"

In the end, he could only go find Ye Liuyun first, to see if any information could be obtained.

But the information he had already investigated was all reported back to Du Hansong, lest he get into trouble himself and the news not get transmitted.

After Ye Liuyun helped Ouyang He deal with these guards, he also thought they were unlikely to believe Ouyang He's words. Moreover, since they came to investigate, they would eventually locate him.

So he thought it over and immediately released Du Pinghai, first using Soul Search to gauge Du Hansong's strength.

After pondering for a while, he decided it was not yet time to clash head‑on with Du Hansong, so he applied Red Pupil Illusion Technique on Du Pinghai, erased his recent memories, and wove in some false ones.

Thus, in Du Pinghai's recollection, he never fought Ye Liuyun; instead, Ye Liuyun fled after battling Ouyang He, and Mo Tu attacked him and his guards before he could catch up with Ye Liuyun.

His guards were ambushed and slain by Mo Tu, and he surrendered all his resources; Mo Tu also did not intend to let him go. In the end, Ye Liuyun and his subordinates jointly killed Mo Tu, rescuing him.

He now has neither a Transmission Talisman nor any resources, so he plans to follow Ye Liuyun on an expedition, acquire some resources, and then return to Pingyang Guan.

Ye Liuyun fabricated the plan slowly, even considering some details, and only after deeming it sufficient did he let Du Pinghai follow him to continue the expedition.

He also explained the reason for this to everyone, urging them not to let any slip. Du Pinghai's Slave Seal was also completely erased by him.

From then on, Ye Liuyun and his group began to act, treating Du Pinghai as a friend. In front of these saviors, Du Pinghai no longer appeared overly arrogant.

When Mo Qianwei arrived with that pair of guard squads, they naturally discovered Du Pinghai; after learning the events from Ye Liuyun and Du Pinghai, they took him away, citing Du Hansong's orders.

Du Pinghai also learned from Mo Qianwei's mouth that City Lord Gan Lin had found Du Hansong's secret report. Mo Qianwei said that as long as Du Pinghai was willing to go with him, he wouldn't care about selling Gan Lin.

Ye Liuyun did not object and let them take him away directly.

"What a pity, a chance to get rich, just taken away like that!" Lei Ming said after they walked away, still feeling a bit regretful. Recently the transcoding has been severe, giving us more motivation to update faster; please take a moment to exit reading mode. Thank you.