Chapter 52: Flying Away from Wuyang

Ye Liuyun walked straight to the Bald Vulture in the beast cage and began communicating with it using his Divine Sense.

The Bald Vulture was startled as well, and its fierce gaze immediately softened considerably.

Ye Liuyun told it that if it was willing to become his flying bird, he could rescue it, would give it some food, and it wouldn't hinder its cultivation; that was far better than staying here to be tormented to death or constantly being forced to be a flying bird.

Ye Liuyun also used the Black Python on his arm as an example. The Black Python also confirmed for him.

So the Bald Vulture agreed, and obediently received a Soul Imprint from Ye Liuyun.

Lei Ming widened his eyes, looking at Ye Liuyun with admiration, wanting to learn his Beast Taming method.

Ye Liuyun now had no time to attend to her. He only wanted to leave this place quickly, lest further complications arise.

He went straight to the fat man to negotiate, asking him to sell the Bald Vulture to him.

Since the Bald Vulture was bought back, it had been unruly and never tamed; the fat man had long wanted to sell it. However, no one bought an untamed beast of prey. He thought the Bald Vulture would end up in his own hands.

Hearing that Ye Liuyun wanted to buy it, he immediately perked up.

"This kind of fierce bird is hard to come by! Seeing how sincere you are, I'll give you five hundred mid‑grade Crystal Stones!" the fat man said with a smiling mouth.

"Five hundred mid‑grade Crystal Stones? You think I'm a layman being fooled!"

Ye Liuyun thought of this and said directly, "You know the Bald Vulture hasn't been tamed properly. I'm buying it to feed the Black Python. Since you're not selling it sincerely, forget it!"

Ye Liuyun said no more, turned to leave, but the fat man grabbed him.

"Don't be in a hurry! Didn't expect the little brother to know the trade. How about this: a hundred mid‑grade Crystal Stones, you take them. That's half my cost!"

Ye Liuyun chuckled. The Bald Vulture had already told him how much they bought it for; they had only paid a hundred mid‑grade Crystal Stones then.

He didn't want to waste more time. He said directly, "No need for idle talk. I give you fifty mid‑grade Crystal Stones; if you agree, I'll take it away. If not, stop blocking me."

The fat man looked at him, gritted his teeth, and said, "Deal! Looks like the little brother really knows his business!"

Speaking so, he took the money, then produced the cage key and opened the Bald Vulture's cage.

Each beast of prey has a Beast Taming collar around its neck to prevent it from biting customers, and the Token that controls the beast is held by the customer.

"Little brother, although you've bought this beast, you'll have to pay extra for the collar!"

The fat man had deliberately omitted mentioning the collar earlier, hoping to cheat Ye Liuyun again.

Unexpectedly, Ye Liuyun said, "I don't need the collar; you can take it off!"

"Think about it, this is a fierce bird! Without a collar, how will you take it?" The fat man hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to refuse the collar.

"Then you don't need to worry; just take it off," Ye Liuyun said calmly.

The fat man, helpless, called a Beast Tamer to remove the collar.

He had assumed that once the collar was removed, the Bald Vulture would either fly away suddenly or rampage, so he kept his distance.

To his surprise, the Bald Vulture faithfully stayed behind Ye Liuyun, then lowered its body, letting Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming climb onto it, and immediately leapt into the air, carrying them away!

The fat man's steward opened his mouth, but remained silent for a long while.

Meanwhile, Lu Wei, since parting from Lei Ming at the ravine and Ye Liuyun, had lost track of him. He waited in the city for several days, but Ye Liuyun did not return.

Seeing that time was running short, he grew anxious. He rushed to Chengzhu Fu and presented the Token from Tianyun Royal Mansion.

He originally intended to have the Prefect's Office help locate Ye Liuyun, but discovered that Ye Liuyun was wanted by the Princess's Residence.

Immediately, he had the Princess's Residence lift the wanted notice on Ye Liuyun.

After waiting a few more days without news of Ye Liuyun, he had the Prefect's Office assign him a snow sculpture and flew back directly to Tianyun County City.

Actually, Ye Liuyun only needed to show the Token that Lu Wei gave him at the Princess's Residence; the Princess's Residence wouldn't dare pursue him, but he hadn't thought to use that Token.

The Bald Vulture they rode had great stamina and was at the True Origin Quadruple realm, with abundant true Qi. They flew until night fell, then found a safe forest to land and rest.

Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming both regained their original appearances.

Then Lei Ming suggested barbecuing meat to celebrate escaping the pursuit and to welcome the Bald Vulture.

Ye Liuyun knew she was craving snacks, but didn't expose it, and took out plenty of beast meat to grill.

He was indeed happy. With this Bald Vulture, traveling would be much easier, and its True Origin Quadruple realm also made it a decent combat force.

Later, Ye Liuyun took out a Storage Ring for the Bald Vulture and let the Black Python share some corpses with it as food.

He had killed many people during this period; all the corpses were collected into the ring and handed to the Black Python, causing Lei Ming to once suspect he was using corpses to cultivate demonic arts!

Now it became clear that Ye Liuyun was stockpiling food for his pet beast.

The Black Python's food supply was abundant; its Storage Ring was nearly full, yet it didn't mind sharing some with the Bald Vulture. After all, since joining Ye Liuyun, it hadn't lacked food!

At this moment, Lei Ming also engaged in banter with Ye Liuyun.

"I never expected it, you can even tame beasts! Tell me how you tamed the Bald Vulture," Lei Ming said.

Ye Liuyun chuckled, pretended to be mysterious, leaned toward Lei Ming, and said, "I won't tell you!"

He tossed the promised pendant artifact to her, saying, "As promised!"

Lei Ming pursed her lips, angry that he wouldn't tell her. Seeing the pendant, she immediately burst into a smile. "Fine, you kept your word!"

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun began to tally the gains he had stored in the Storage Ring during this period.

He hadn't shied away from looting those who pursued him during this time.

Just from the Storage Ring, he had collected over twenty.

Crystal Stones: low‑grade Crystal Stones amount to nearly three million, mid‑grade Crystal Stones nearly four hundred thousand.

He sorted and stored herbs, ores, and similar items.

Elixirs and weapons also piled up; he was too lazy to count them, planning to sell everything to Wanbaoge once he reached Tianyun County City.

He also found three cultivation manuals, one of which was a lower‑grade Mysterious Tier. Though he couldn't use these techniques now, he could bring them back to the Ye Clan to strengthen its power.

Ye Liuyun thought to himself with delight, "If I bring this money back to Fengyang City, I'd be a billionaire!"

"What beautiful thoughts are you having?" Lei Ming saw him pondering, smiled, and couldn't help asking.

Ye Liuyun glanced at her, then burst out laughing, "You're at least a beast of prey, yet your true form is so cute!"

That made Lei Ming so angry she raised her fist to strike him. "That's not my combat state! My combat form might scare you!"

"Is that so? Then transform one for me to see!" Ye Liuyun deliberately provoked her.

"Tch, I won't fall for your trick!" Lei Ming was actually smart, didn't fall for his scheme.

Ye Liuyun also noticed. This little girl is sometimes smart, sometimes stupid; she believes whatever you say.

After a while, Lei Ming asked: "I still don't know what you're going to Heavenly Fortune Prefecture City for."

"Participate in the competition, join the Royal Mansion!" Ye Liuyun said.

"What does the Royal Mansion do?" Lei Ming asked, somewhat puzzled.

Ye Liuyun immediately gave her a brief explanation of the Royal Mansion's situation.

"And you? What are you going to Heavenly Fortune Prefecture City for?" Ye Liuyun asked Lei Ming.

"I have nothing to do! I just think you're a nice young guy, so I'm just tagging along to have fun!" Lei Ming said.

Seeing that Ye Liuyun could return the Lei Source Pearl to her and was so kind to the Black Python and Bald Vulture, she decided in her heart that Ye Liuyun was a good person, and thus dared to trust him wholeheartedly.

"Um... okay! Thanks for the praise. I'm going to cultivate!" He had just praised this girl's cleverness in his heart, and now he regretted it.

If he were a bad person, selling her off, she wouldn't even know.