Chapter 918: Bounty Target

Liang Xinyu only cared whether Ye Liuyun had slept together with Ling Shuang; she had no mood at all to think about anything else.

Su Manning secretly sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun: "Ling Shuang's identity seems complicated! Even a prince and a princess came to help her out of trouble!"

Even Ye Liuyun admired Su Manning's observational skill.

"Hmm!" Ye Liuyun replied, saying little else.

Su Manning immediately guessed that Ye Liuyun had also seen the clue, so she said nothing more and, together with Ling Shuang and the others, left Ye Liuyun's residence.

Ye Liuyun and Yuan Datou each returned to cultivate, awaiting tomorrow's entry into the Secret Realm.

He wasn't too concerned about dispelling the rumors. After all, the two major sects Fenglin Hall and Linyuan Hall were involved; if they still couldn't settle it, his worries would be useless.

After a day of hustle, the rumors about Ye Liuyun and Ling Shuang finally subsided.

But everyone still believed the two were at least a couple.

The people of Fenglin Hall and Linyuan Hall had already done their best, yet they could not change public opinion, and could only feel helpless.

Early the next morning, the academy's Secret Realm opened to the disciples for free entry and exit.

The academy's rewards were also very high.

For the Yin-Yang Realm's Foreign Tribe, Corpse Demon, and Demon Race's Yuan Dan, ten of them exchanged for one point; for the early Zao Hua realm, five Yuan Dan for one point. In mid Zao Hua, one Yuan Dan for one point; in late Zao Hua, one Yuan Dan for two points.

With this point ratio, ordinary disciples could easily earn dozens of points, so everyone was very eager.

Yuan Datou, Ling Shuang, Liang Xinyu and others entered the Secret Realm early.

The Secret Realm transports people separately. So those who enter must, after arriving inside, search for their own team, which carries some risk.

Ye Liuyun didn't join a team, so he wasn't in a hurry. Near noon, he finally entered the Secret Realm.

This Secret Realm was originally a Demon Race Dao xu, now it's tainted with the Foreign Tribe's evil aura, making the whole realm dead and gloomy, everywhere a pitch‑black hue.

"Spiritual Qi is scarce, not conducive for Martial Cultivators to restore True Essence. Those who come in will probably have to rely on pills to recover True Essence."

Ye Liuyun felt the Spirit Stones in this Secret Realm were extremely thin. Even using Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, he could absorb little.

But he could absorb Demon Qi, which could replenish some, so he wouldn't be entirely dependent on pills like other disciples.

He opened his Divine Sense and saw scattered Corpse Demons wandering in the distance, and for now found no powerful Alien Evil Artifact wielders.

He didn't act immediately; instead he took out the treasure‑searching divination board to see whether this Secret Realm contained any resources.

To his surprise, after the board's needle pointed toward a direction, it stayed perfectly still.

"It's still a resource with abundant energy!"

Ye Liuyun was somewhat overjoyed. He hadn't expected such a good resource here.

He confirmed the direction and rushed straight toward where the needle pointed.

On the way, he killed any Corpse Demons he met, extracted their Yuan Dan, kept them, and planned to return to exchange for points.

Exchanging Corpse Demon Yuan Dan for points is far more profitable than using Yuan Dan for cultivation. His Storage Ring still held many Corpse Demon Yuan Dan, all of which could be exchanged later.

The Corpse Demon Yuan Dan he had previously stockpiled could probably fetch a hundred points.

Whenever Ye Liuyun encountered academy disciples, he tried to avoid them so his trail wouldn't be discovered.

It was likely that the whole academy now knew Prince Xiao was putting a bounty on him. Fifty billion top‑grade Spirit Stones were a huge temptation for Martial Cultivators.

Many who entered the Secret Realm had already decided that whenever they met Ye Liuyun, they would try to kill him.

In their eyes, killing Ye Liuyun was safer and more profitable than battling Corpse Demons or the Foreign Tribe.

Ye Liuyun ran into a few Zao Hua Second Realm Corpse Demons on the road and fought them. Just after extracting their Yuan Dan, he found himself surrounded by more than ten inner‑sect disciples.

These inner‑sect disciples were all between the Zao Hua Fourth‑Fifth Realm, and Ye Liuyun was certainly no match.

Moreover, he had just clashed with the Corpse Demons; most of his defense relied on his Physical Body and armor, but the attacks also drained a lot of his True Essence.

"Hahaha, didn't expect we'd run into you!"

An inner‑sect disciple, seeing Ye Liuyun's retreat blocked, laughed fearlessly.

The others wore smug smiles, as if they could already see the fifty billion top‑grade Spirit Stones beckoning them.

"Are you sure you can kill me?" Ye Liuyun wondered where these people got such confidence.

"We know you have high‑rank pet beasts! But we've also made some preparations for you!"

A disciple who seemed to be leading called out.

The rest each released a mid‑late Zao Hua pet beast.

"So many! And they're even late‑stage Zao Hua!"

Ye Liuyun was startled as well; he hadn't expected such thorough preparation.

Those ferocious beasts, once released, immediately attacked Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun didn't dare to lag, unleashing his two dragon‑eagles, ice demon tiger, and ghost butterfly.

The dragon‑eagles and ice demon tiger were tasked with tearing apart those beasts, while the ghost butterfly went after the inner‑sect disciples.

Ye Liuyun himself took out the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner and began absorbing Soul.

"So many high‑rank beasts!"

The disciples were all dumbfounded.

They had originally expected Ye Liuyun to have at most two ferocious beasts.

As long as their beasts could hold off for a moment, they would have a chance to strike and kill Ye Liuyun.

But unexpectedly, the pressure of the four beasts enveloped the whole arena; none of them could get out.

Those mid‑Zao Hua disciples and beasts, under the high‑rank beasts' pressure, dared not move; merely having the strength to flee was already good.

The late‑stage Zao Hua ones still had some resistance, but the dragon‑eagles and ice demon tiger clawed and smashed them one by one.

The battle progressed extremely fast; in a few breaths, bodies littered the ground.

Ye Liuyun retracted the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, and the ice demon tiger and dragon‑eagles gathered the Yuan Dan and Storage Rings from the corpses.

"These people sure collected a lot of Yuan Dan!"

Ye Liuyun used his Divine Sense to scan their storage rings, and his eyes lit up.

The amount of elemental pellets they gathered is enough to exchange for two or three hundred points.

Ye Liuyun also immediately stowed the Dragon Eagle and Ghost Butterfly, mounted the Ice Demon Tiger, and withdrew from the battlefield.

He was afraid that lingering too long would draw in others.

Moreover, the aura here is quite suitable for the Demon Beast Ice Demon Tiger to survive. So he kept the Ice Demon Tiger by his side as a mount, so that while traveling he wouldn't delay recovering his True Essence.

For ordinary battles, he also leaves them to the Ice Demon Tiger to handle, so as not to reveal his True Essence fluctuations.