Chapter 817: Things Aren

"I'm not really worried about the others; I'm worried about the Underworld God! Do you think these powers are enough to deal with the Underworld God?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

Qiong Qi gave him a blank look: "What do you think? A Divine Rank fighting a Divine Rank is like the Yuan Dan Realm fighting the Yin-Yang Realm; do you think there's any chance of victory?"

However, he was also afraid Ye Liuyun would be hit, so he quickly added, "Why are you in such a hurry? The Underworld God hasn't come yet. Look at your luck—you're carrying a Foreign Tribe Soul and a Ghost Butterfly. When it does arrive, you'll definitely have a way."

"Hope, huh! Anyway, at least for this round of Nether Hell pursuit, I now have some confidence. Quickly dig out those Foreign Tribe Yuan Dan; I need to boost my strength as soon as possible!"

Qiong Qi immediately got to work, extracting all those Foreign Tribe Yuan Dan.

Ye Liuyun, keeping his earlier promise, gave the Ghost Butterfly one.

The Ghost Butterfly, like him, can absorb any energy. So this Divine Rank Yuan Dan is enough for it to break through to the Life-Death Realm.

The Ghost Butterfly immediately began cultivating inside Ye Liuyun's Xuan Kong Shi.

"Master, time here is different from outside?" the Ghost Butterfly sensed the time inside the Xuan Kong Shi was odd.

"Exactly, one day outside equals ten days in here. Perfect for cultivation!" Ye Liuyun told it.

"That's great! By that count, only three days pass outside, and I can breakthrough!" the Ghost Butterfly, excited by the favorable spot, said.

It now feels that following Ye Liuyun is absolutely the right choice.

First, it gains energy, and also a place suitable for cultivation.

With these resources, it should break through in about thirty days, while only three days pass outside.

"Alright. Focus on your breakthrough; no one here can disturb you…"

Before Ye Liuyun finished speaking, the Ghost Butterfly had already absorbed all the energy of a Yuan Dan into its body and began refining it.

"Ugh... still impatient!"

Ye Liuyun immediately took out the Xuan Kong Shi and told the guard assigned by the Princess, "Go back and tell the Princess that the Ghost Butterfly needs time to adapt; schedule it for after three days. You don't need to stay here guarding either!"

The guard replied with a nod and went back to deliver the message.

After Ye Liuyun finished the arrangements and was about to return to cultivate, Qiong Qi called out, "Going to cultivate?"

"What? Do you have something else?" Ye Liuyun thought Qiong Qi had business for him.

"You're so careless! You think that's it? The Lie Mo Sect's auction of Foreign Tribe Evil Corpse is meant to let the Foreign Tribe Soul control humans; they'll definitely stay to watch, not just disappear after the sale!"

Qiong Qi reminded Ye Liuyun, fearing he might become too absorbed in cultivation.

Ye Liuyun finally recalled, "Right, I actually forgot about that! Did they follow us?" He hadn't even considered using Divine Sense to check if anyone was tailing them.

"Of course! As soon as we left the auction, a Demon Cultivator followed us!" Qiong Qi hadn't forgotten and had been monitoring with Divine Sense.

"Seems our fate with the Lie Mo Sect isn't over yet! Should we act now?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

"No rush. I've already set up a Formation in the courtyard, waiting for them to walk in." Qiong Qi grinned, "When that time comes, I'll need you to perform a Soul Search!"

"Alright! Then I'll go cultivate for a while; call me when someone arrives."

Ye Liuyun now only cares about increasing his strength, unwilling to waste any time, so he can only rely on Qiong Qi to stay and watch.

The Sect Leader of Lie Mo Sect, Xiao Wuji, was at this moment discussing with an Elder the matter of the Foreign Tribe Evil Corpse that Ye Liuyun had auctioned.

"Those same people again? Did they discover something and deliberately oppose us?"

Xiao Wuji began to suspect that Ye Liuyun might be after the Foreign Tribe's clues.

"That Golden Pupil kid and a red-haired old man—clear features, a scout wouldn't mistake them! They bought the flesh bodies of six Foreign Tribe adults; their intent is unknown," the Elder replied.

"Regardless of intent, send people there immediately. As long as their Souls aren't occupied by Foreign Tribe adults, eliminate them all at once and bring back the Foreign Tribe adults' flesh bodies," Xiao Wuji ordered.

He was worried Ye Liuyun would ruin their plan by exposing their actions early.

"Yes!" The Elder, taking the order, immediately mobilized two Fourth Layer of Creation, six First Layer of Creation, and over twenty late-stage Yin-Yang Realm Elders and disciples, personally leading the team to rush toward Ying Zui Dao.

This team-leading Elder, named Tian Huang, was only at the Third Layer of Creation a year ago.

Since allying with the Sect Leader and defecting to the Foreign Tribe, he received power from them; in less than a year his realm broke through the Third Layer, a remarkable leap.

Most Elders of the Lie Mo Sect have already defected to the Foreign Tribe and gained many benefits.

This is also why their strength surged, enabling them to capture other sects.

Therefore Elder Tian Huang especially reveres the Foreign Tribe Evil Artifact and is particularly attentive to its affairs, even personally leading a team.

Moreover, the personnel he selected should be sufficient to deal with Ye Liuyun and his group. Besides, on Ying Zui Dao they have a stronghold with another twenty to thirty people.

However, it will take them a longer time to reach Ying Zui Dao.

To prevent Ye Liuyun's group from escaping early, he also informed the escort team that delivered the Foreign Tribe Evil Corpse to the auction, and they immediately returned to Ying Zui Dao.

That team also consisted of six strong cultivators of the Creation realms and over ten Yin-Yang Mirror disciples. After delivering the Evil Corpse to the auction, they returned to the Sect, having just left Ying Zui Dao not long ago. In about four to five days they can return to Ying Zui Dao.

Neither Ye Liuyun nor Qiong Qi waited long. Shortly after night fell, a Yin-Yang Realm scout from the Lie Mo Sect slipped into the courtyard to investigate, got trapped in the Formation, and couldn't get out.

Qiong Qi captured him and handed him to Ye Liuyun for a Soul Search.

"The Lie Mo Sect's Elder Tian Huang is leading a team to wipe us out. And it's a Sixth Layer Elder leading the team!"

After the Soul Search, Ye Liuyun also learned that the Lie Mo Sect was about to strike, and he quickly relayed the information to Qiong Qi.

However, the scout's rank was low, yielding no further valuable information.

"How about we eliminate their stronghold here, set up a Formation, and wait for them to bite?" Qiong Qi suggested.

Ye Liuyun thought, "Fine. Their stronghold on Ying Zui Dao's strongest is only at the Second Layer of Creation; we can handle it easily."

Since the other side has no real masters, we have nothing to worry about.