Chapter 62: Out of the Ordinary

Han Shan thought for a moment, then agreed to him, but the condition was to exchange using his points, which would be deducted double later. Ye Liuyun also agreed.

Then in the evening, Ye Liuyun obtained an entire dragon tendon. In fact, he only needed a segment, which was enough.

In the afternoon, he had already refined lightning and python poison into the arrows. The remaining work was to incorporate the dragon tendon and better metal to strengthen the Ice Moon Bow itself.

Before midnight, the Ice Moon Bow's modification was completed. It was thoroughly upgraded to a Mysterious Tier medium-grade weapon, more suitable for launching True Essence arrows, and capable of shooting arrows that combine freezing, lightning, and deadly poison attributes.

Ye Liuyun estimated that such an arrow, even if it couldn't instantly kill a True Origin Sevenfold martial artist, would at least affect him.

Lei Ming looked at Ye Liuyun's finished Ice Moon Bow and admiringly said to him, "Little brother, I admire you so much! I have two daggers here; can you help me improve them?"m.

Ye Liuyun gave her a sideways glance. "I knew you were up to no good!" But he still looked at Lei Ming's two daggers and finally thought it would be more suitable to refine deadly poison into them.

However, her daggers were of high grade; the Black Python's poison was somewhat mismatched for them.

So Ye Liuyun promised her that once he found a better poison, he would help her refine it in. Only then did she let Ye Liuyun go, satisfied.

The remaining time, Ye Liuyun slept soundly, so he wouldn't lack sleep during the anti-bandit operation.

After a hearty breakfast in the morning, all the disciples boarded a flying warship and rushed to the designated location.

The warship wasn't large, but with fewer than two hundred people total, it was just right.

After boarding the flying warship, Ye Liuyun observed the team formations.

Shi Jing Tian didn't team up with anyone; he acted alone, obviously not wanting to be held back by others.

Apart from Shi Jing Tian, his team had the fewest members.

Wu Gang's team had the most members, over forty. The remaining teams each had more than twenty.

Along the way, a Golden Armor Guard gave them a lecture on the map, confirming their general scope of action.

And Ye Liuyun, who was directionally challenged, no longer worried about getting lost after obtaining the Bald Vulture. He and the Bald Vulture's souls were linked, allowing the vulture to help him confirm the route.

"The area of your operation is called Myriad Burial Ridge, a forest land filled with graves everywhere; get mentally prepared." the Golden Armor Guard explained to them.

"A pack of feral beasts running to the grave mounds—what are they up to? Could they be grave robbing?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

His question immediately drew laughter from everyone.

Wu Gang laughed the loudest. "What does it matter what they're doing? Just kill them on sight! The fewer civilians around, the better, to avoid accidental injury!"

The Golden Armor Guard, however, looked at Ye Liuyun and said solemnly, "This is also what we want to know. The beasts' behavior is indeed highly abnormal, they hunt and slaughter villagers everywhere. However, based on current observations, the beasts show no tomb-robbing activity."

If any of you can uncover their true purpose, you will achieve great merit and earn the most points.

Wu Gang blushed profusely.

Who would have thought Ye Liuyun's seemingly naive question would hit the mark? This could be considered a hidden major task.

Everyone immediately began to think about how to accomplish this task.

Ye Liuyun didn't ask further; instead, he quietly listened to the Golden Armor Guard explain various contact methods and signals.

The warship brought them to the outskirts of the designated point and then set them down, lest they venture further and be discovered by the beasts.

There was still a stretch of distance between them and the point that they needed to cover on foot.

Thus each team dispersed and set off toward the destination.

Shi Jing Tian was the first to swoop away swiftly.

The rest also each led their teams, rushing in different directions, fearing that if they were late the beasts would be slaughtered by others.

Only Ye Liuyun was unhurried, walking at the rear at a leisurely pace.

Lin Feng saw the other teams had gone far ahead, felt a bit anxious, and urged, "Should we also speed up?"

Ye Liuyun, however, smiled and said, "Why rush? The beasts' activity range spans several hundred li, and they're in the mountains, indicating they're not concentrated; even if they were, they wouldn't be found all at once. So we don't lack this little while."

Yu Wenlong, hearing this, also nodded in agreement. With such a vast area and mountain cover, these beasts are definitely hard to find.

Thus he asked, "You're saying that means you have a method?"

Ye Liuyun laughed, "No wonder you're someone who's led troops and fought battles—your reaction is truly quick! My method may not be effective, but it's definitely much faster than theirs. So don't rush; let them go a bit farther."

Hearing him say that, the two also felt somewhat relieved.

After a while longer, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected that their distance had increased, so he directly released the Bald Vulture.

After the Bald Vulture emerged and grew in size, it startled Yu Wenlong and Lin Feng.

A True Yuan Fifth Tier beast!

Immediately they became excited. Having such a flying creature made them not only safer but also greatly increased their travel speed.

Thus several people rode the Bald Vulture directly toward the designated area.

Along the way, they passed a village that was eerily quiet.

They went down to inspect and found the village in utter disarray, with plenty of bloodstains, clearly having been ravaged by the beasts.

Yet even when Ye Liuyun extended his Divine Sense to search, he could find neither a living person nor a corpse.

Afterwards they passed another village, which was the same.

Based on the houses, each village likely had about three hundred people. Yet with so many people, not a single living soul or corpse could be seen, which was extremely strange.

Soon they arrived at the designated area. Ye Liuyun didn't rush to land; instead, he had the Bald Vulture ascend as high as possible to circle the entire operational zone from the air.

The Bald Vulture's eyesight was naturally sharp, and with Ye Liuyun's Illusion Pupil unobstructed in the air, he could see very far; soon the whole terrain lay before his eyes.

He had already seen several other teams approaching the mountains, and even spotted the silhouettes of Golden Armor Guards hidden in the dark.

He also detected some traces of beasts, but they were only scattered individuals.

Some low-level beasts had set up a ring of pickets on the outskirts, though not many in number.

Ye Liuyun didn't focus his target on those beasts, continuing his search.

But he inwardly wondered, these beasts' intelligence is surprisingly high! Actually setting up pickets on the outskirts—this is truly out of the ordinary!

Immediately, he also shared his suspicions with his companions, reminding them to be extra careful.

Soon, in a spot closer to the central area, they spotted three beasts heading deep into the mountains. Ye Liuyun estimated they might be returning to their nest.

Thus he had the Bald Vulture set them down far away, then let the Bald Vulture go alone to scout the situation.

As long as one flies to a sufficiently high altitude, they won't attract the attention of these ferocious beasts. After all, this is Myriad Burial Ridge. Bald Vultures, crows and other flying creatures appearing here is also quite common.

After Ye Liuyun and the others went down, they pursued those ferocious beasts. Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense had already locked onto them from over two li away.

"We need to capture them alive; I have a use for them. The three ferocious beasts are all at True Essence First Level, so we each take one. We must not let them send out a signal. First, cripple their cultivation."

The three of them sped up their journey while Ye Liuyun assigned them tasks.

"How do you know they are at True Essence First Level?" Lin Feng asked.

Ye Liuyun merely smiled and said, "Feeling!"

Lin Feng looked astonished, but Yu Wenlong firmly believed that Ye Liuyun had a way to judge the beasts' realm from afar.

Since the last match where he was defeated by Ye Liuyun's Yi Dao, he has been utterly convinced of Ye Liuyun's superiority.