Chapter 3826: Alone Facing

Qin Peng's army is recuperating, conscripting locally, and also sent the Demon Race soldiers they had brought back.

At this time, the Demon Race and Yu Xiaofeng's army are also resting; they have each captured a Xing Xi and need Ye Liuyun to use the Black Tower to hurry over and help lay the Teleportation Array, taking over those dynasties.

But the Demon Race has no external troop replenishment, so they can only have Qin Peng send the Demon Race soldiers he brought back to replenish the Demon Race, and then recruit anew here.

Each time Ye Liuyun takes over a dynasty, he receives a boost of fortune. His fortune naturally grows stronger. As long as one is within these Xing Xi, trying to kill him is as hard as scaling the heavens.

He also orders the various armies not to rush to break through far away, but to circle the Lingyun Xing Xi, first sweep the surrounding Xing Xi, creating a ring of buffer Xing Xi for Lingyun Xing Xi.

Meanwhile, they also obtained a large amount of resources. Ye Liuyun let many Primordial Power be used by Clone Puppet to upgrade the planets brought from the Mortal Realm, raising most uninhabited planets to the level of Taixu World planets, and then he reclaimed them into his Space World.

The tenfold accelerated planet in his Space World is also beginning to gradually slow down, starting early to prepare for his breakthrough to the Cave Heaven Realm.

Ye Liuyun is not idle; he leads the female army to set out again, hurrying to a nearby slightly tougher Xing Xi.

That Xing Xi is called Jin Feng Xing Xi; its regular soldiers are one realm higher than the Death Legion, so Qin Peng placed them at the rear, intending to wait until the soldiers, through combat training, advance to the First Realm before attacking.

Ye Liuyun feels the casualties of a total war are too great, so he wants to first test whether he can directly seize their control.

The highest authority in Jin Feng Xing Xi is not a dynasty but a great Sect called Jin Feng Sect. Their branch academies are spread across various Xingqiu, also bearing administrative duties.

Here, any Martial Cultivator who joins Jin Feng Sect immediately attains the status of royal offspring from other Xingqiu, a higher standing, and no longer worries about cultivation resources.

The ordinary commoners fare worse: not only must each household annually surrender nearly half of its cultivation resources to Jin Feng Sect, but also each household must send one person every three years to serve a year of hard labor at Jin Feng Sect, doing mining, cleaning, and other dirty, arduous tasks.

Ye Liuyun, with Tang Xinyao and Ye Tiandao, lands on the coast of a Xingqiu, and happens to encounter a few fishing households returning from sea, so they go forward to greet them.

"Outsiders? You'd better change to another Xing Xi, lest you throw your lives away here!" an elderly fisherman kindly told them.

"Yeah, hurry away; meeting us is your great luck! If you run into those of the Blood‑Drinking Sect, you're doomed!" another burly fisherman shouted.

"Alright, alright, say a little less, lest someone hears and reports us!" another fisherman reminded them.

"Gentlemen, we truly are outsiders, just arrived here and still unfamiliar with the situation. Is there any danger here?" Ye Liuyun politely inquired.

However, those fishermen dared not make small talk with him and all stepped back.

The elderly fisherman, seeing Ye Liuyun and his party not leave, had to say: "We have a great Sect here called Jin Feng Sect; they will capture outsiders like you, using them as forced labor or hunting them as prey.

Considering our kind warning, you should hurry away. Otherwise, if we don't report you and the Jin Feng Sect learns of you, it will also implicate us."

After he finished speaking, the numerous fishermen hurried to a nearby tavern, leaving Ye Liuyun and his two companions standing dumbfounded.

"It seems this place isn't very friendly to outsiders! How about Tiandao and I return to your Space World first; you'll find it easier to gather information yourself," Tang Xinyao suggested.

She worries that the three of them have a target too big, easily spotted by the Jin Feng Sect, whereas if Ye Liuyun acted alone it would be much simpler.

"Fine, then be cautious; let me first finish gathering the situation before we proceed!" Ye Liuyun agreed.

He thought the fishermen's words sounded ominous, so he decided to be more cautious.

Afterwards he alone traversed the void, hurrying to a nearby town to scout for information, not wanting to trouble the well‑meaning fishermen.

Outside the town he met three Martial Cultivators heading back to the city, and again tried to make small talk to learn about the place.

Those three Martial Cultivators were all at the Great Void Ninth Level, instantly recognized Ye Liuyun as an outsider, and after a quick discussion decided to capture him and deliver him straight to Jin Feng Sect for reward.

The three exchanged glances; one Martial Cultivator suddenly launched a surprise attack, slapping a palm toward Ye Liuyun's chest.

Ye Liuyun gave a slight smile: "Since you struck first, don't blame me!"

Ye Liuyun neither dodged nor evaded, hard‑caught the palm, yet did not step back a single step. His Physical Body at this moment could not be broken even by a Third Stage of Dong Tian Martial Cultivator, let alone these Great Void Ninth Level Martial Cultivators.

Immediately he unleashed a Soul Blade, charging one by one into the Sea of Consciousness of the three Martial Cultivators.

A moment later, he used the Thousand Illusion Technique to transform into the appearance of a Martial Cultivator surnamed Pang, took off their Storage Rings, and then hauled the three corpses into his Space World.

He not only devoured the three's Souls just now, but also scanned a lot of information. Among them was a piece that piqued his interest: Jin Feng Sect has a habit of cultivating war slaves.

The so‑called war slaves are those outsiders and Martial Cultivators who cannot pay resources, or have erred or broken the law, gathered together as slaves, forced to fight each other for amusement and profit, like the arena he had seen before.

Of course these people also become training partners for Sect disciples, brutally slaughtered at will. He felt he had found a way to infiltrate Jin Feng Sect.

However, this is not the only method; he intends to enter the town first to see the situation, find a few more people to verify the information before deciding.

This frontier town also hosts an outer‑gate Steward surnamed Huo of Jin Feng Sect, perhaps a better breakthrough can be found through him.

Ye Liuyun patrolled the town and found the ordinary commoners truly lived in poverty, a stark contrast to Steward Huo's residence.

Steward Huo's dwelling featured high walls and a grand courtyard, guarded by sentries at the gate, with music and dance emanating from the courtyard—clearly another world.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense swept the town, finding no strong figures, and he immediately went straight to seek Jin Feng Sect's Steward Huo.

The Clone Puppet he impersonated counted as a strong figure in this town, and knew Steward Huo, so the sentries did not block him and promptly reported for him.

When Ye Liuyun was led inside, Steward Huo was drinking and reveling with several women. Seeing him enter, he neither shied away nor greeted him.

"Steward Huo truly has an elegant mood!" Ye Liuyun said, feigning flattery.