Chapter 829: Winning Over Surveillance

Most buildings inside the Chang family were burned down; martial cultivators of the Zao Hua Realm, a total of nearly fifty died; those of the Yin-Yang Realm have already exceeded two hundred.

The Chang family's treasury was also looted clean.

Their losses in this battle far exceeded previous expectations.

Now the Chang family's Zao Hua Realm martial cultivators number only thirty-plus. This scale—let alone being ranked among third-rate families, even making it into fourth-rate would be good!

"Ye Liuyun destroyed the Chang family; we cannot let him go! Keep sending people to watch that brat! I don't believe he'll stay holed up in his room forever without showing his face!"

The Grand Elder was also furious; he insisted on killing Ye Liuyun.

"Also, send people to capture his accomplice; not a single one can be let go!"

Thus the Chang family sent out many disciples to search everywhere for Qiong Qi's whereabouts.

Qiong Qi has been staying inside the Lie Mo Sect's stronghold, never leaving, so they temporarily cannot find him.

Ye Liuyun also returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to continue cultivating, leaving only the Skeleton Puppet outside to monitor the situation.

He also gave the border-crossing pill he obtained at the auction to Lei Ming, letting her break through to the Yin Yang Jiu Zhong realm inside the Xuan Kong Shi.

News of the Chang family's heavy losses spread again.

After receiving the news, the Prince also praised Ye Liuyun to Liang Xinyu.

"With one person's power to oppose a family, this Ye Liuyun is not simple!"

Liang Xinyu immediately understood her father's intention to win over Ye Liuyun, and said to the Prince: "Once the period for using the ghost butterfly ends, I will personally send it back to him."

The Prince nodded approvingly: "Hmm. If he could become your personal bodyguard, that would be even better!"

Liang Xinyu felt embarrassed: "With Ye Liuyun's wealth, it's hard to sway him with material things!"

"'Hehe, people always have needs!' the Prince reminded Liang Xinyu."

"'Father King means he needs us to help destroy the Chang family now?' Liang Xinyu asked."

The Prince slowly shook his head: "The Chang family has actually already been destroyed by him. Now they have no money, no people—I estimate Ye Liuyun doesn't even worry about them."

"'Then what does he need?' Liang Xinyu wondered."

"'Then we just need to see why he came to Yingzui Island!' the Prince smiled at Liang Xinyu."

"'Great Sect recruitment?' Liang Xinyu suddenly realized: 'Being my personal guard would naturally let him go to a great sect—how...'"

"'Maybe he wants to go, but not under your name as a guard. The more capable a person, the less willing to be subordinate.' the Prince pondered."

"'Alright, I'll first go sound him out, see if he has any sect in mind.'"

After Liang Xinyu finished speaking, she withdrew first, having someone fetch sect materials to get familiar with them.

After Liang Xinyu left, a black-clothed person silently appeared in the Prince's study.

"'Found anything?' the Prince asked in a low voice."

"'Found some. After Ye Liuyun arrived here, he sent his nearby people to different sects. Then he destroyed a Lie Mo Sect stronghold, now occupying it, as if waiting for other Lie Mo Sect members to walk into the net.'"

That black-clothed person even recounted Ye Liuyun's affairs at the auction.

"'Lie Mo Sect?' the Prince couldn't fathom any connection between Ye Liuyun and the Lie Mo Sect."

"'Send more people, strengthen surveillance!' the Prince immediately ordered."

"'Yes!' the person replied, then vanished into the darkness."

"'Could the Lie Mo Sect be related to the Foreign Tribe?' the Prince speculated in his mind."

Although the Lie Mo Sect is not within his jurisdiction, it is the nearest major demon cultivator sect to him, and having risen quickly recently, he naturally pays attention to it.

He can only rely on the events of the Lie Mo Sect selling foreign tribe corpses and Ye Liuyun destroying a Lie Mo Sect stronghold, linking them together to make some guesses.

The next day, Liang Xinyu returned the ghost butterfly to Ye Liuyun as scheduled.

"'Princess, why bother coming yourself? A servant could do it!' Ye Liuyun also didn't expect Liang Xinyu to personally deliver it."

Upon seeing Ye Liuyun, Liang Xinyu also noticed he showed no trace of tension or worry on his face.

"'It seems he truly doesn't regard the Chang family as important.' Liang Xinyu thought to herself."

"'Young Master Ye, speaking of which, having safely returned the ghost butterfly, I am naturally duty-bound! Here is the remuneration per contract for Young Master Ye, plus the prize money from your stage battle that night—I've put them together.'"

Liang Xinyu said, handing Ye Liuyun a storage ring.

Ye Liuyun didn't even look at it, just took it and gave a simple polite reply.

"'Thank you. Thank you for your trouble, Princess.'"

Ye Liuyun communicated with the ghost butterfly a bit, found nothing abnormal, and let it return to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

"'Not lacking resources—really hard to win over!' Seeing so many spirit stones given to him, Liang Xinyu noted he didn't even bother to count them, showing he truly lacks nothing."

Afterward, Liang Xinyu also chatted casually with Ye Liuyun.

"'Young Master Ye, may I boldly ask: have you chosen which sect to join for the great sect recruitment?'"

Ye Liuyun didn't hide it, saying directly: 'I'm not really familiar with the sects of the Central Continent, nor do I have a specific goal. I'll likely pick one from the few super-major sects in the final days; if none suit, it doesn't matter.'

Hearing this, Liang Xinyu couldn't help but feel worried.

"'It seems he isn't particularly keen on entering a sect. What to do? He seems indifferent to everything!'"

"'Have you heard of the Qian Long Academy, Young Master Ye? It's also a super-major sect, gathering many noble and royal offspring, whose disciples are the top talents of the Central Continent.' Liang Xinyu recommended an academy to Ye Liuyun."

Moreover, noble and royal offspring usually receive abundant resources from childhood, their talents fully uncovered, indeed basically representing the top talents of the younger generation.

"'Are you going to the Qian Long Academy, Princess?' Ye Liuyun asked back."

Liang Xinyu nodded and smiled: 'If you also go to the Qian Long Academy, we could see each other often!'

"'I'll consider it!' Ye Liuyun would not change his original intention just because of her words."

Which sect to go to must satisfy him personally.

Moreover, he is now most concerned with how to exterminate those Lie Mo Sect people; as for whether to join a sect and which one, he currently can't even think about that much.

Those sects, he doesn't absolutely have to go to!

"'Alright then! Young Master Ye, if you need anything, you can come find me anytime!'"

Liang Xinyu, seeing Ye Liuyun, wasn't very interested, so she got up to take her leave.

"It seems I still haven't found what he truly needs! What does he actually need?" Liang Xinyu thought, and couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed.

Ye Liuyun didn't try to keep her, nor did he mention any demands.

To him, the relationship with the Prince's Mansion was just a single transaction.