Chapter 889: Leading Troops to Assist in Defense

After Ye Liuyun went back, he also didn't cultivate; instead, he told Ling Shuang and the others, then he wanted to directly return to Brave and Fierce Island.

He was thinking of sending these resources back so as to quickly develop Brave and Fierce Island.

"Can I go to your territory to have a look?" Ling Shuang was very interested in Ye Liuyun's Brave and Fierce Island.

"You're not cultivating?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

"Isn't cultivation the same everywhere?" Ling Shuang countered.

"Indeed!" After all, Ling Shuang had helped him a lot, and he felt embarrassed to refuse her, so he agreed.

The others all had to stay and cultivate. Although Yuan Datou's injury had healed, Ye Liuyun still advised him to stay.

"If you come with me, there'll be no fight; you'd be better off waiting here. I'll go back to check the situation and return right away."

Upon hearing there'd be no fight, Yuan Datou also wavered.

"Alright then, I'll wait for you at the academy!" In the end, Yuan Datou didn't go back with Ye Liuyun.

Actually, Liang Xinyu also wanted to go back with Ye Liuyun. But in order to improve her strength through combat in the academy, she had no choice but to endure.

Before leaving, Ye Liuyun went to the academy's Hall of Merit again and exchanged for some Returning Origin Pills.

He now felt those Returning Origin Pills were extremely useful; they could save lives at critical moments.

His points had been deducted by ten for repairing the cultivation room last time, leaving him with three hundred and nine points.

Each point could be exchanged for one honored-rank elixir.

Ye Liuyun directly exchanged for fifty Returning Origin Pills.

With the remaining points, he exchanged them for two hundred various honored-rank elixirs to keep for later use; finally, only fifty-nine points remained.

"These points are really valuable! One honored-rank elixir costs at least a hundred million top-grade spirit stones!" Ye Liuyun exclaimed.

Ling Shuang, however, told Ye Liuyun: "Not just a hundred million! The pills produced by Qian Long Academy are worth even more!"

"Then can I often go to the assassination battlefield to earn some points?" Ye Liuyun asked Ling Shuang.

"Of course you can. But if you go too often, you might attract the attention of the shadows!" Ling Shuang reminded Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun thought about it and agreed. He didn't want any involvement with the shadows, so he gave up that idea.

"There are actually many ways to earn points! After we return this time, we can go out and take on the academy's posted missions to earn points—both gaining experience and resources!" Ling Shuang suggested.

Ye Liuyun slowly nodded. However, he wouldn't undertake missions solely for the sake of earning resources.

He is now thinking more about how to quickly find his parents and aunt. Even if he goes out on missions, he must gain something related to that.

After exchanging for the pills, Ye Liuyun took Ling Shuang and piloted the super warship back to Brave and Fierce Island.

Along the way, he had the skeleton puppet help pilot the warship, while he himself cultivated continuously inside the Space World, practicing to draw on its power.

His realm—he isn't in a rush to break through now; he plans to fight a few tough battles first, compress his true essence completely into gold, then break through.

Ling Shuang, on the other hand, would cultivate for a while then go out to stroll, but she never saw Ye Liuyun, leaving her somewhat disappointed.

Ye Liuyun didn't stop cultivating until the warship approached Brave and Fierce Island,

He still needs to rely on wandering the Taixu to communicate with the Space World. Moreover, he can't always mobilize the Space World's power, so he's still far from being able to fight the Underworld God.

Nevertheless, he remains full of confidence. At least now he has found a method, and his mood has improved greatly.

However, as soon as the warship entered the range of Brave and Fierce Island, he furrowed his brow.

"Where did these five thousand soldiers come from?"

Ye Liuyun's divine sense discovered that his territory was garrisoned with five thousand soldiers, flying another's banner—obviously not troops recruited by Qin Peng.

However, he also saw that a large trade center was already under construction. The harbor and dock had been planned, and the ground was being leveled.

As soon as Ye Liuyun's warship approached, those soldiers immediately intercepted it.

"Who are you? What are you doing on Brave and Fierce Island?" the leading soldier asked.

Ye Liuyun took in his warship, didn't answer his question, but instead countered: "Whose army are you, and what are you doing on Brave and Fierce Island?"

"We are the private army of King Yu, here to assist in the defense of Brave and Fierce Island. Answer my question quickly, or you won't be allowed to enter Brave and Fierce Island!" the soldier leader said.

"Who ordered you to come assist in defense?" Upon hearing "King Yu," Ye Liuyun thought of Yutianxiang, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

Seeing Ye Liuyun not answer his question and speaking in a questioning tone, the soldier leader immediately waved his hand, readying the soldiers for battle.

At that moment, Qin Peng also arrived with his men.

"Marquis! You've finally returned!" Qin Peng, fearing they might clash, shouted from afar.

Upon hearing "Marquis," the soldier leader immediately knew it was Ye Liuyun who had returned.

He sized up Ye Liuyun, saw that his cultivation was only at the Yin-Yang Seventh Layer, and immediately showed a contemptuous smile.

He waved his hand at the soldiers behind him, signaling them to lower their weapons.

Qin Peng then stepped forward, leading the soldiers in paying respects to Ye Liuyun.

"What's going on with them?" Ye Liuyun asked directly.

"They're King Yu's people, insisting on garrisoning here to assist in defense and refusing to leave!" Qin Peng replied.

"Qin Peng, Commander, that's not how it works! We're also acting in good faith, helping you defend. Your little force couldn't possibly hold this territory at all!" the soldier leader immediately retorted.

Upon hearing that, Ye Liuyun said nothing more and directly released the Ghost Butterfly: "Kill him!"

The Ghost Butterfly immediately launched an attack on the soldier leader.

"You dare—" the soldier leader hadn't finished speaking when his soul was directly devoured by the Ghost Butterfly.

The soldiers behind him, overwhelmed by the Ghost Butterfly's aura, were so terrified they dared not move.

"Marquis…" Qin Peng also hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to kill that little leader as soon as he arrived.

He was worried that the leaders of the garrisoned troops would come to cause trouble for Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun knew what he was worried about, didn't let him finish, and greeted Qin Peng to return to the Marquis's residence.

"Come back with me to the Marquis's residence, and meanwhile tell me the situation."

"Yes!" Qin Peng agreed, and then returned with Ye Liuyun to the Marquis's residence.

Ye Liuyun's marquis mansion was a treasure of the noble rank, guarded by golden lions, so even Prince Yu's soldiers didn't need to exert effort to seize it by force.

However, the area around the marquis mansion had become the quarters of those soldiers.

Qin Peng's soldiers were all squeezed into remote places.

Du Yan and the others were also in the Grand Hall; upon seeing Ye Liuyun return, they all began to complain of their hardships.

「Recent events have all been forced to stop! 」

Ye Liuyun, after listening to the accounts of Du Yan, Qin Peng and the others, only then learned that these soldiers had also only arrived in the past few days.