Chapter 442: To Steal a Sheep in Passing

During Ye Liuyun's soul search, he discovered that Lao Wu truly treated this princess as his own daughter, doting on her. No wonder he would rather let Ye Liuyun abduct the princess than see her wronged. Ye Liuyun, from the bottom of his heart, actually admired this Lao Wu.

Immediately, he took the clothes Lao Wu brought, went back and put them on. When he came out again, he truly looked like a palace guard.

Lao Wu gratefully bowed to Ye Liuyun. Knowing that Ye Liuyun's entry into the palace involved great risk, if the royal family found out, they would definitely kill him.

Lao Wu suddenly felt that if the princess could truly follow someone as loyal and righteous as Ye Liuyun, she might actually live quite happily.

Next, he brought Ye Liuyun directly back to the palace. Along the way, they went very smoothly. Relying on Lao Wu's status and familiarity with the palace, they encountered not a single inspection and went straight to the princess's residence.

The princess was under house arrest, with only some guards posted around her residence. She was not locked in a dungeon.

When Ye Liuyun arrived, the princess was throwing a major tantrum. Her hands and feet were tied to a chair, but she continued to cry and fuss nonstop.

At this moment she could no longer use her True Essence, and her Storage Ring had been confiscated. The maids and guards also dared not let her touch anything else, for fear she would harm herself.

When these servants saw Lao Wu coming, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Probably only Lao Wu could calm the princess for a while.

Lao Wu waved his hand, telling them to leave, and then he himself also went out, leaving only Ye Liuyun to face the princess alone.

Ye Liuyun stood still without moving. The princess didn't hear his voice and still thought everyone had been driven away by Lao Wu. She had just caught sight of Lao Wu entering, but didn't notice Ye Liuyun following behind him, thinking he was merely an ordinary guard.

She first cursed Ye Liuyun for a while, then burst into tears.

"Brother Liúyun, do you really not care whether I live or die? Anyway, I don't want to marry anyone else; if I marry, it must be you! If I can't die once, I'll think of another way..."

She spoke while crying, making Ye Liuyun feel heart-wrenching.

What he couldn't stand most was seeing a woman cry. Helpless, he could only speak up to stop her from continuing.

"If you die, who am I supposed to save then?"

"Ah?" The princess jumped at his sudden voice. "You damned guard, dare to eavesdrop on me..." Before she finished speaking, she recognized Ye Liuyun.

"Brother Liúyun, is it really you? You've come to save me, right? I knew you wouldn't abandon me! Oh dear, I'm so stupid, I almost died last night!" After confirming it was Ye Liuyun, the Ninth Princess began chattering nonstop, her face smiling through tears.

Ye Liuyun made a gesture for silence. He told her: "I'm here to rescue you! Not to forcibly seize you. If you keep shouting, you'll alert others and I won't be able to rescue you!"

"Oh, oh! I get it!" The princess immediately lowered her voice. Then she found it fun and exciting, couldn't help asking: "What's your plan?"

"I'll put you inside my Storage Ring and take you out. My Storage Ring can hold living beings." Ye Liuyun didn't say this aloud this time; instead he used Divine Sense to transmit his voice.

Afterwards, he also sent a mental transmission to Lao Wu outside, telling him to find a maid to serve the princess to sleep. Then he would knock the maid unconscious, and during the time they took the princess away, let the maid pretend to be the princess lying asleep on the bed.

Lao Wu quickly arranged it, brought a maid up, immediately knocked her out, threw her onto the bed and covered her with a blanket. Then he also lifted the seal on the princess's True Essence and returned her Storage Ring to her.

"But I haven't yet reached the Heavenly Gang Realm. Before we leave, why not swipe some resources on the way?" The princess found it stimulating, somewhat excitedly asking Ye Liuyun.

Even by this time, she still kept in mind the promise she had made to Ye Liuyun about breaking through her realm.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, then asked: "What good resources are there inside the palace?"

"Golden Peng essence blood!" the Ninth Princess naturally said to Ye Liuyun.

Many of the palace's descendants possess Golden Peng bloodline; it's because I have this essence blood that I could quickly boost my bloodline power and break through my realm so fast. But I don't have much stock left now; I need to get more.

"Where should I go to get some?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"There's some in the palace's Treasure Vault!" the princess immediately said.

"You'd better forget it! The Treasure Vault isn't somewhere you can just walk into. If anyone finds out, I'll be implicated myself!"

"No way! I'll take you in. The people at the Treasure Vault won't know I've been placed under house arrest!" The princess grabbed Ye Liuyun's arm, pleading. Without resources, she also didn't know how long she'd have to cultivate before breaking through to the Heavenly Gang Realm.

Ye Liuyun glanced at Lao Wu. Lao Wu also gritted his teeth. "Let's go, give it a try. If we're discovered, you run; I'll cover your retreat."

"Alright, let's have a look!" Actually Ye Liuyun didn't want to make the trip for nothing either.

So Ye Liuyun first placed the princess into his Storage Ring, then followed Lao Wu toward the palace's Treasure Vault. When they were about to reach the Treasure Vault, he released the princess, letting her lead Lao Wu and Ye Liuyun inside.

The guard of the Treasure Vault was an old man with a Seventh Layer Heavenly Gang Realm cultivation. Seeing this willful princess arrive, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

"I want to go in to get some cultivation resources," the princess said directly to him.

"Please go in, Princess," the old man said, not daring to stop her, and directly let her enter.

He didn't follow the princess inside either. This princess, he could barely avoid her; how would he dare to approach her?

The Treasure Vault is divided into zones. Some areas are off-limits even to the princess. So even if she acts up, she won't stray far.

The area the Ninth Princess can enter is where ordinary princes and princes can collect cultivation resources. After they went in, the princess gathered all the Golden Peng essence blood for herself.

Ye Liuyun instead gathered up all the piled Spirit Stones. As for those weapons and pills, etc., Ye Liuyun had no interest. He merely found two stalks of Spirit Grade medicinal herbs and directly stored them in his Storage Ring.

There were also two Ice Crystals, filled with freezing energy and the like. Ye Liuyun thought Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er might find them useful, so he stored them as well.

Suddenly, after discovering those two Ice Crystals, he also noticed a very ordinary-looking stone, plain in appearance. But the energy contained within it, when his Golden Pupil opened, seemed to emit golden light.

"What is this?" Ye Liuyun picked up the stone and asked the princess.

"This? It was seized from a demon's Storage Ring. But no one could refine it, so it's just been left lying here." The princess thought for a moment before recalling the stone's origin.

"Then I'll take this." Ye Liuyun also put the stone into his Storage Ring.

"Is that all you're taking? Nothing else interests you?" The princess complained he was taking too little. In her opinion, Ye Liuyun should have cleared the place out.

"I don't lack anything else; once we've taken these, let's hurry out before we're discovered." Ye Liuyun urged her.

So after they left the Treasure Vault, they still registered with the old man, telling him what they had taken.

While they were registering, another prince came to the Treasure Vault to take resources.

"Ninth Sister? Weren't you under house arrest?" that prince asked curiously.