Chapter 837: Cultivating the Magic Vine

How terrifying!

Ye Liuyun himself felt that if he didn't have those two supreme flames, this vine would truly be hard to deal with.

That vine, although it looks like a plant, still has considerable spiritual intelligence.

It first attacks martial cultivators with low realms, and only after absorbing a lot of energy does it gradually begin to attack martial cultivators of the Zao Hua Realm.

Ye Liuyun discovered that the vine can currently at most attack martial cultivators of the first or second level of the Zao Hua Realm.

Because when he encounters stronger martial cultivators, he actively avoids them and does not attack.

"The energy is still not enough!" Ye Liuyun immediately released seven foreign tribe souls, specifically to slaughter those Zao Hua Realm experts.

The Magic Vine, however, cooperated perfectly. Wherever, as soon as a Zao Hua Realm expert fell underground, the vine instantly extended its tendrils to absorb the energy of their physical bodies.

After the Chang Family Mansion became completely quiet, the Magic Vine had also absorbed nearly all it could.

Ye Liuyun collected the foreign tribe souls and the Magic Vine, then sneaked back to the stronghold and returned to his residence via the teleportation array.

In the Chang Family Mansion, all that remained were withered corpses.

In the Commandery Prince's Mansion, a black-clothed person was reporting Ye Liuyun's movements to the prince.

"This brat, where does he get all those strange things on him!"

The Commandery Prince also couldn't help but marvel at the various treasures on Ye Liuyun's person, which kept appearing one after another.

"Since he wants to cultivate helpers, we can lend him a hand!"

The Commandery Prince took out a map of Eagle Beak Island, marked several locations on it, and the markings were all depictions of the Magic Vine's tendrils.

After finishing the drawing, the Commandery Prince rolled up the map and handed it to the black-clothed person: "Deliver this secretly to Ye Liuyun."

"Yes!" the black-clothed person replied, and his figure vanished from the room.

That night, Ye Liuyun received the map.

He glanced at it and immediately understood its meaning, and also guessed who had sent the map.

"The Commandery Prince wants to use my hand to eliminate his rivals! Anyway, I also need to cultivate the Magic Vine, so let's cooperate once!"

Ye Liuyun immediately imprinted the map onto his Sea of Consciousness.

Because the distance was considerable, Ye Liuyun had Du Yan and the others pilot a Level 3 Battleship, setting out overnight.

With the speed of a Level 3 Battleship, that distance was nothing.

Ye Liuyun did not rush to launch an attack; instead, he examined each of the marked locations on the map before determining the attack order.

The marked locations on the map included three aristocratic families, a bandit gang, and a gathering place of ferocious beasts.

Ye Liuyun decided to first attack the ferocious beasts' gathering place. The beasts' vigorous blood and qi would let the Magic Vine grow faster.

Upon arriving at the site, Ye Liuyun directly scattered the Magic Vine seeds, letting the vine act freely.

Only when encountering a Zao Hua Realm expert would Ye Liuyun release the Ghost Butterfly to attack their soul, cooperating with the Magic Vine.

After landing, the Magic Vine also wisely extended its tendrils outward first, then drew them inward from the outside to the center, to prevent the ferocious beasts from escaping and wasting resources.

"These Magic Vine seeds are really smart!" Ye Liuyun admired the plant's intelligence.

Finally, with the Ghost Butterfly's cooperation, nearly a thousand ferocious beasts of various realms were all caught—none escaped, and the Magic Vine drained them completely.

"Let's go, change locations and continue!" Ye Liuyun called out, and the Magic Vine instantly retracted its tendrils, shrinking back into his hand.

Next, they first wiped out the three aristocratic families, and only then went to exterminate the bandit gang.

The bandit gang wasn't large, but even its weakest members were Yin-Yang Realm martial cultivators, and its Zao Hua Realm experts numbered nearly fifty. No wonder the Commandery Prince regarded them as a thorn in his side.

The bandits' strength was already comparable to that of a great clan, even stronger than the few families Ye Liuyun had just wiped out.

This time, the Magic Vine also changed its style, launching a full-scale assault right from the start. It even directly provoked the several high-realm bandit leaders.

It seemed to be telling Ye Liuyun that he had absorbed enough energy, and was afraid the Ghost Butterfly would steal its business.

So Ye Liuyun also refrained from releasing the Ghost Butterfly, merely watching the Magic Vine fight on its own.

Among the bandits there was a ninth-level Zao Hua Realm expert and an eighth-level Zao Hua Realm expert, so the battle was fierce, and the Magic Vine also lost many tendrils. But ultimately, as the bandits were absorbed more and more by it, it grew stronger.

Finally, it reduced the excess tendrils, and the tendrils it extended with concentrated force were already as thick as a thigh.

The eighth-level Zao Hua Realm bandit was killed by him, but the ninth-level Zao Hua Realm bandit leader resulted in a stalemate.

Ye Liuyun, in order to prevent it from losing more tendrils, finally also released the Ghost Butterfly to help it, destroying that bandit leader's soul and letting the Magic Vine absorb his physical body.

After the Magic Vine finished absorbing energy, it actively turned back into a seed and returned to Ye Liuyun's hand, also emitting a Divine Sense fluctuation to urge him to continue bringing it to find more energy to absorb.

"Haha, you're addicted! Dawn is almost here, go back and rest first. I also need to search some more, can't act recklessly!"

Ye Liuyun stored the Magic Vine, had Du Yan pilot the warship, and returned to his residence.

On the Commandery Prince's side, he also received the black-clothed person's message.

"All wiped out, not a single survivor!"

"Good lad!" the Commandery Prince, delighted, immediately arranged personnel to take over the industries of those families.

Ye Liuyun merely took their wealth from the Treasure Vault and the items inside their Storage Rings, but these families still had many industries on Eagle Beak Island, which all went to the Commandery Prince.

The two of them had a clear division of labor, and the division of spoils was satisfactory to both sides.

Ye Liuyun also found many Venerable-rank treasures in the bandits' Storage Rings, took out a few, and distributed them to Du Yan and the others.

These days they have also been quietly cultivating, without disturbing Ye Liuyun and the others.

"When are we leaving?" Du Yan again asked Ye Liuyun, taking the opportunity.

"These few days I'll go check the enrollment situation, then we'll decide together! It's not even a month yet, no rush!"

Ye Liuyun hadn't decided yet exactly when to leave.

The next day, Ye Liuyun began to go watch the enrollment trials.

Now enrollment is also nearing its end, and the sects coming to recruit are all some super major sects, with conditions also very strict.

Many martial cultivators lacking strength are not accepted by the sects at all.

Ye Liuyun went to look for two days, felt that those sects also had nothing special, and thus found them boring.

He also didn't want to expose his bloodline, Soul, and other strengths before these Sects.

So he never signed up, just waiting for the last day when the Commandery Princess mentioned Qian Long Academy's recruitment, then he would go check it out.

If still unsatisfied, he would directly leave Eagle Beak Island and rush to Zhongyang Dalu.

The Commandery Prince and Commandery Princess naturally received news of Ye Liuyun. They also guessed he wasn't very satisfied with the current Sect.

The Commandery Princess sighed at the Commandery Prince: "This guy's standards are too high!"