Chapter 46: Dealing with the Guard

Wuyang is the main city of Wuyang Commandery, naturally larger and more prosperous than Fengyang City. The streets are bustling with continuous traffic.

Ye Liuyun was still visiting the commandery city for the first time.

He soon saw Wanbaoge on the street. "Sure enough, Wanbaoge is everywhere!" But he had nothing to buy, so he didn't go in.

Then he noticed the nearby Beast Taming Hall. He had always been curious about this place, so he went in to look around.

As it turned out, this Beast Taming Hall not only sells tamed ferocious beasts, but also rents them out.

Most of the rented ferocious beasts are transportation types, mostly flying creatures, convenient for customers to travel.

This Beast Taming Hall has branches in every commandery city, allowing beasts to be returned elsewhere. However, the price is steep: renting a flying beast from here to Tianyun Commandery City costs at least two hundred mid-grade crystal stones.

This opened Ye Liuyun's eyes. He never expected there to be such a business!

No wonder Liang Xue was so surprised when she learned he could tame beasts. If he had time to capture and tame a flying ferocious beast, he could save a lot of time and crystal stones! Why hadn't he thought of that before!

Afterward he went to a crowded teahouse. He had heard from his aunt that the best way to gather information is to go to a teahouse, where many people chat idly.

Indeed, the teahouse was full of chatter about everything. Which young master was jealous over the top courtesan of the Drunken Red Tower, what major case had recently occurred……

What was talked about most was that the nearby Lei Ming Gulch might have a heavy treasure emerging, drawing violent thunder and lightning forces; many mercenaries and martial artists went treasure hunting there and all died there.

"Thunder and lightning power? My Thunderbolt Fist needs exactly this power." The more he listened, the more his heart itched, and he finally made a decision.

"Since I'm here, I shouldn't miss it. Anyway, I have enough time—I'll go take a look!"

So he asked the people around for directions to Lei Ming Gulch, preparing to go have a look.

And the guards following him naturally noticed all this.

He hadn't finished his meal when a middle-aged man approached, looking sincere, and asked: "Brother, I see you're asking about the route to Lei Ming Gulch—are you going there to hunt for treasure?"

Ye Liuyun glanced at him, puzzled in his heart. "This man is undoubtedly the guard leader. But isn't he at the True Origin Quadruple level? How did he drop to True Essence First Level?"

But when his Divine Sense swept over the pendant around this man's neck, he immediately understood that the man was wearing a treasure capable of altering one's cultivation level.

So-called treasures are like weapons, except their functions are mostly auxiliary. Of course, there are also offensive treasures, but those are extremely rare.

Ye Liuyun remained expressionless, feigning vigilance as he asked: "What's up?"

The middle-aged man laughed and said: "Don't hide it from you, little brother—I also want to go treasure hunting at Lei Ming Gulch, but I've heard it's extremely dangerous, so I wanted to find a companion. Seeing you're also alone, I came over to ask. Little brother, if you don't mind, shall we team up tomorrow? If we encounter danger, we can look out for each other.

Ye Liuyun showed an expression of understanding, relaxed his vigilance, and immediately agreed, also setting a time and place to meet.

"That's perfect! Having a companion makes things much safer. I'm staying at the Star Cloud Inn; I'll wait for you there tomorrow morning, and we'll set off together."

"Good! See you tomorrow morning!" The middle-aged man responded very cheerfully. After agreeing, he left directly.

Ye Liuyun, however, secretly rejoiced: "Looks like I'll be able to sleep well tonight! They probably won't move against me tonight."

Right after he finished his meal, he returned directly to the inn to rest.

Although he felt safe, while sleeping he still released some Divine Sense to guard against accidents.

Nothing happened all night; Ye Liuyun slept soundly until dawn! He woke up refreshed and clear-headed.

"So comfortable!" He stretched his waist and went out to eat breakfast.

Just after he finished eating, the middle-aged man arrived. Then the two of them left the city together, heading on foot toward Lei Ming Gulch.

Lei Ming Gulch is located in a dense forest thirty li outside Wuyang Commandery city; it's not far.

The middle-aged man kept taking the lead. Not long after entering the forest, Ye Liuyun became especially cautious, often calling for a halt.

"Big brother! There seems to be movement up ahead!" Ye Liuyun said while ducking to the middle-aged man's side.

But after several times, they were all false alarms.

"Little brother! You're being overly cautious!" the middle-aged man laughed.

"Hehe, this isn't my first time going out! It's better to be careful." Ye Liuyun gave an embarrassed laugh and continued walking with him.

As they were about to reach their ambush site, Ye Liuyun again said there was movement and hid behind the middle-aged man.

But the man didn't think much of it and opened his mouth to mock him—unexpectedly, a dagger stabbed straight from his back into his heart, carrying a surge of thunder and lightning power.

"You..." the man slowly turned back, glaring at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun twisted his hand, pulled out the dagger, and asked: "How is it? You're quite familiar with this dagger, aren't you?"

"How do you know?" the guard leader asked, using his last strength. He never imagined that such a meticulous plan would be seen through by a mere child, costing him his life.

"Tch! Trying to fool me? You're far from enough!" Ye Liuyun said, reaching out and snatching the pendant from the man's neck.

The guard leader died without ever understanding how he had been exposed.

"Hmm! This Yellow Rank Upper Grade treasure is worth a bit of money, right!"

Then he took off the middle-aged man's storage ring. Upon inspection, it actually contained over a hundred thousand low-grade crystal stones.

"It seems this group's activity funds are all with this leader; the others don't carry any money at all."

Ye Liuyun collected the storage ring, didn't bother with the corpse, and continued forward. Without the threat of the True Origin Quadruple guard, the others were perfect for him to practice on.

In less than half an hour, with the help of the Black Python, all the guards fell beneath his blade.

He used the blade also to conserve stamina, saving it for investigating Lei Ming Gulch.

Otherwise, he would really like to practice his Cutting Heaven Finger, but that technique consumes too much true qi—now is not the time.

"Huh? Is someone still following me?"

Ye Liuyun hadn't gone far when he noticed someone still trailing him, though he didn't know who it was.

Ye Liuyun furrowed his brows. "This person's cultivation is obviously much higher than mine! Yet they haven't made a move—probably not an enemy, otherwise I'd be dead already!"

Thinking that, he stopped paying attention and continued deeper into Lei Ming Gulch.

Lu Wei also felt vexed in his heart. If he kept following, sooner or later this kid would notice him! What a weirdo—how could his Divine Sense be so strong!

Ye Liuyun walked another roughly half hour into the deep forest, then heard rumbling thunderclaps and hurried toward the sound.

Far off he saw, in a mountain ravine, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling, dark clouds densely packed; the whole forest was pitch black as a result.

But this posed no difficulty for his Illusion Pupil. On the contrary, he sped up, hoping to shake off the tail behind him.

He headed toward the part of the ravine where thunder and lightning were most intense.

As the lightning became increasingly dense, his situation also became increasingly dangerous.