Chapter 831: Keeping the Secret

The Formation inside the stronghold was all arranged by Qiong Qi, so how could any sound get out!

Even if he self‑detonated inside, the people outside wouldn't notice any abnormality.

Qiong Qi then stepped out.

"You're not bad, kid, you caught a big fish!"

"He insisted on chasing after us himself. He's probably been driven to instability by our torment these past few days!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

The Grand Elder of the Chang Family has indeed become a bit impulsive these past few days because of Ye Liuyun.

Unexpectedly, he was careless for a moment and fell into the trap.

"Ye Liuyun?"

Although the Grand Elder couldn't see Ye Liuyun inside the Formation, he recognized him as soon as he heard the voice.

"You only realize now? Too late!" Ye Liuyun deliberately provoked him.

At this moment, Qiong Qi had already triggered the Formation's attack: nine fire dragons surged toward the Grand Elder.

The fire Qiong Qi used this time wasn't just the Formation's own source. He embedded his artifact, that broken fire furnace, into the core of the Formation.

Thus the current fire dragons are formed from flames spewed out of that divine furnace.

The extreme heat of those flames even made Ye Liuyun feel terrified, causing him to step back involuntarily.

Even wielding an artifact, the Grand Elder of the Chang Family couldn't withstand the successive assaults of the nine fire dragons and was ultimately burned to ash in bitter defeat.

His Divine Soul Power, artifact hammer, and Storage Ring were all seized by Ye Liuyun.

"Nothing else, shall I head back first?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

"Go back. The few stray fish outside can't stir up much trouble! When Elder Tianhuang arrives, I'll call you again for assistance."

Qiong Qi also let him leave; Tianhuang will arrive a day later, and waiting here does no good.

So Ye Liuyun used the Teleportation Array to return to his residence and continue cultivating.

The Chang Family Elders outside waited for a long time, yet their Grand Elder never emerged.

They successively sent two people in, and neither came back.

"There can't be another Formation inside, can there?" an Elder wondered, "Why does Lie Mo Sect's method resemble that of the kid named Ye Liuyun so closely?"

"What shall we do now?"

Three Chang Family Elders remain; you look at me, I look at you, and we have no ideas at all.

Ye Liuyun's matter isn't over yet; now there's an additional Lie Mo Sect, and both sides' tactics are identical.

As for whether there's any connection between the two groups, they no longer have the capacity to consider it.

Immediately, the three of them returned to the clan, gathered disciples, and attacked the stronghold, hoping to rescue the Grand Elder. (untranslatable)

But after fighting for a long time, the situation was the same as Ye Liuyun's side—no progress at all.

In the end, they could only retreat helplessly to the Chang Family, leaving people to monitor the stronghold's movements.

The Chang Family now faces internal strife and external threats.

Internal opinions are also divided, each calculating their own interests.

Many former partners who once cooperated now add insult to injury, seizing the opportunity for profit.

Those who previously held grudges also step in to trample.

Combined with Ye Liuyun and Lie Mo Sect, the entire Chang Family is being pushed to a precarious, almost collapsing state.

And the final straw that will topple the Chang Family is about to land on Eagle Beak Island.

Lie Mo Sect's Elder Tianhuang, leading a group, is speeding toward here.

"How could the Chang Family attack our stronghold!"

He fundamentally doesn't believe that.

However, the stronghold's overseer has served Lie Mo Sect for many years, making it unlikely they'd lie about such matters.

"Everything can only be clarified once we reach Eagle Beak Island!"

Elder Tianhuang closed his eyes, pondering a response.

He had a premonition: upon arriving at Eagle Beak Island, a great battle would likely await them.

Just before Elder Tianhuang's landing, Qiong Qi suddenly appeared before the stronghold's overseer, helped him and the guard dissolve the Master-Servant Contract, but seized their Transmission Talisman.

The overseer didn't understand what Qiong Qi meant.

Qiong Qi grimly laughed, "You've already betrayed Lie Mo Sect, so there's no need to restrain you with a Master-Servant Contract any longer!"

Immediately, Qiong Qi left, leaving the two of them staring dumbfounded.

"Elder, what does this mean? Aren't they afraid we might report?" the guard asked the overseer.

"Report? Isn't that putting ourselves in the same spot?" the overseer shook his head, "We must never disclose our betrayal of the sect."

"Then what do we do? Even if we stay silent, he'll still speak!" the guard was completely baffled.

The overseer thought for a moment: "There's only one way—have Elder Tianhuang kill that fire old man, silencing him completely! Then we'll be safe."

"I'll do everything you say!" the guard assured.

The overseer looked at the guard and smiled, "I think the dead are better at keeping secrets!"

"Elder..."

The guard was pleading for mercy, but the overseer slapped the top of his head, sucking all his vital blood away.

While Elder Tianhuang hadn't arrived yet, he immediately returned to the stronghold, preparing to eliminate the other guard as well, to remove any future trouble.

But as he went to find that guard, he was spotted by a Chang Family sentinel monitoring the area.

Although he dealt with that guard, a squad from the Chang Family pursued him.

Having nowhere to hide, he fled toward the landing site, waiting for Elder Tianhuang to rescue him.

Before Tianhuang could land, he discovered that the stronghold's overseer was being chased by the Chang Family.

"Quick, save him!" Tianhuang gave an order, his subordinates all rushed out, and they completely routed the Chang Family members who were pursuing the outpost's person in charge.

"Elder Tianhuang, you've finally arrived!" the outpost's person in charge cried, "The outpost has been taken over, and the Chang Family are also pursuing us…"

Before he could finish speaking, Tianhuang directly projected his soul into his sea of consciousness and began examining his soul.

After examining him, they found his soul was not being controlled, so they somewhat believed his words.

"What on earth is going on?" Elder Tianhuang asked.

"I don't know, everything's gone into chaos. First someone attacked and captured our outpost, then the Chang Family started pursuing us!" The outpost's person in charge dared not relate how he had subdued Qiong Qi, so he could only say everything was unclear.

"Didn't your transmission talisman say the outpost was captured by the Chang Family?" Tianhuang began to investigate carefully.

"Yes, at first that person also said he was a Chang Family member. But I just discovered that the Chang Family members are monitoring him outside the outpost, so now I can't be sure either."

"What about those people I sent you to find?" Tianhuang was most concerned about the whereabouts of Ye Liuyun and the others.

"They're still there! But there are also Chang Family members monitoring outside their residence." The outpost's person in charge answered truthfully.

"Then let's go find him first!"

Tianhuang had already decided on the road: no matter what, first retrieve the foreign tribe's great one's physical body, then talk.

"Yes, I'll lead the way!" The outpost's person in charge immediately led Tianhuang and the others, rushing to Ye Liuyun's residence.