Chapter 415: Tender Story

Ye Liuyun originally thought Du Long would ask him to help take revenge, but it turned out to be to deliver a gift to a woman.

"You speak first, let me understand before I decide," Ye Liuyun didn't agree outright. After all, the other was a bandit; if he intended to harm someone else, it was better to find out first. Even if he couldn't obtain this inheritance, Ye Liuyun would not aid wrongdoing.

Ye Liuyun hadn't forgotten to remind Du Long.

"First, let it be clear: if you lie to me, I won't keep my promise. You'd better tell the truth!"

Du Long readily replied, "Don't worry; after I finish speaking you'll understand. I won't let you harm anyone!"

Then he narrated slowly: "Before I became a bandit, I fell in love with a woman and was willing to give her everything. She was beautiful and vain. For her, I turned to banditry because the trade brings quick money. Yet no matter how hard I tried, I could not meet her standards. One day she suddenly left without a word, leaving only a letter saying she was going to become the queen of the Golden Peng Dynasty!"

Du Long sighed, then continued: "I went looking for her, but she remained completely out of contact. Since then I have been scrambling to amass wealth, hoping that one day when I meet her again I could keep her. Yet three years later I suddenly heard that the Golden Peng Dynasty had a new queen, and that queen was the woman I had longed for. In a fit of anger, on the day of her coronation I slipped into the Royal Palace, stole her phoenix crown, and was consequently pursued by the royal family, meeting this fate."

Ye Liuyun listened indifferently. Without verifying the story's truth, he dared not jump to conclusions.

"Before I die, I've already come to terms. Once a person is dead, keeping the phoenix crown is useless; better to fulfill her. So I decided then to find a successor to return the phoenix crown to her and personally express my apology, asking for her forgiveness. Since I fell into this woman's hands, I might as well fall completely! What do you think?"

"You want me to go to the Golden Peng Dynasty's Royal Palace to find the queen?" Ye Liuyun asked. If that were the case, it would be no different from sending me to my death. Of course he would not agree.

Getting on the wrong side of a Chengzhu Fu is a minor matter, but offending this dynasty, he currently lacks the strength. The Golden Peng Dynasty is not a small state like those of the Five Domains.

"Of course not. If you go straight into the Royal Palace, you'll never get out; they'll capture and execute you! Moreover, given that woman's temperament, she would certainly kill you to silence you." Du Long also opposed such a move.

He sincerely suggested, "You could send this phoenix crown to Tian Yu Lou for auction. The auction of this item will surely attract the royal family's attention, then you can buy it back at a high price and give it to her. But you need to arrange for her to meet outside the palace; that way you can see her without entering the Royal Palace."

Ye Liuyun listened but did not reply immediately, instead pondering whether there was a trap.

"That phoenix crown should already be in your possession. It was originally buried underground, an utterly ordinary item; you can check it. I have no need to go to such lengths just to trap you; it doesn't benefit me, does it?"

Du Long seemed to read his mind and cleared his doubt: "It's truly just delivering a phoenix crown and telling her my longing and apology."

Ye Liuyun slowly nodded. "If that's truly the case, I could take a bit of a risk."

He still felt the matter wasn't that simple. Du Long had even planned how to lure the queen out of the palace; could it really be just a simple delivery?

Then he asked, "Since it's a phoenix crown, why not just have the royal family auction it back directly?"

Du Long retorted, "If you let the royal family auction it back directly, will you still be able to see the queen? If you can't meet her, how will my feelings be conveyed?"

He asked that, and Ye Liuyun had no answer. "What if I could meet the queen by some other means?"

"If you have a better method, of course you may use it; I only suggested this because I feared you couldn't force your way in. Whatever method you choose, as long as you fulfill my wish, it's fine." Du Long agreed outright.

"It seems that even if he has a scheme, it has nothing to do with the auctioning of the crown," Ye Liuyun thought, merely testing. Du Long didn't mind which method he used; he was relieved.

"What if that woman wants to kill me to silence me?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

Du Long smiled. "She's called Li Shuqin. With her ruthlessness, she would naturally want to kill you to silence you. However, as long as you don't meet her inside the Royal Palace, she won't make a big fuss against you. She also fears that others might learn about the history between her and me. If it became public, it would damage her reputation more. She won't risk her own future."

Ye Liuyun thought carefully and indeed saw no real problem.

However, he still said with reservation: "I will try my best once, but if I fail, there's nothing I can do. Moreover, I can't guarantee a time limit."

"No problem, as long as you're willing to try!" Du Long immediately agreed.

Then the two forged a contract, and Du Long handed the Dual Yuan Pill to Ye Liuyun, also passing on the method to cultivate the Dual Yuan Pill.

Ye Liuyun examined the cultivation technique carefully, and after confirming it was indeed sound, he finally felt at ease.

"Do you intend to refine this Primordial Power now, or wait until after you leave? If you don't need this power for the time being, I can seal it for you and you can use it when you break through the Heavenly Gang Realm." Du Long asked concernedly.

Ye Liuyun thought it over. He planned to first cultivate the Dual Yuan Pill before attempting a breakthrough. The higher the realm, the harder it is to forge a Yuan Pill.

Moreover, in cultivating the Dual Yuan Pill, he didn't want to use Du Long's Primordial Power; using the Giant Spirit Clan's Xuanqi Primordial Power would better complement his True Essence.

"I'll wait a bit longer; after I go out I'll use this power for the breakthrough. No need to seal it; I can use it shortly after I leave," Ye Liuyun replied.

"Alright then! Through that door you can go straight out." Du Long waved his hand, reopening the stone door that had been shut.

"Good luck!" Du Long said, and his Divine Sense began to fade away.

Ye Liuyun watched his Divine Sense completely dissipate, then activated his Golden Pupil to scan the area, confirming no residue, before summoning the Corpse-Eating Worms and preparing to leave.

"I didn't expect the inheritance to be accepted so smoothly!" Ye Liuyun felt a hint of relief.

Now he could hardly wait to go out and promptly cultivate the Dual Yuan Pill. Moreover, if feasible, he would pass this secret method on to others. Du Long placed no restriction on this technique; he could share it with anyone.