Chapter 943

Last time, the Myriad Dragon Society was chased and slaughtered by demon corpses in the Secret Realm, suffering heavy losses; many experts in the society have already died.

Ye Liuyun estimated that the members of the Myriad Dragon Society would not be able to stop him.

So that night he hid in the void, intending to sneak into the residence of the inner-disciples to ambush the Seventh Prince.

However, he overlooked the strength of Qian Long Academy.

Qian Long Academy is a place even the Imperial Family dare not provoke—how could the inner-disciples' quarters be a place he could just walk into?

Before he could even reach the inner-disciples' quarters, several Supreme-rank Elders' Divine Sense swept over and detected him.

"Damn! I only thought about the Seventh Prince's strength and overlooked the academy's strength!"

Ye Liuyun felt a bit regretful; he had recently taken over Prince Ning's Mansion and then Prince Xiao's Mansion, getting a bit arrogant, and his actions became less cautious.

"What are you doing sneaking around here?" Two Supreme-rank Elders suddenly appeared before Ye Liuyun.

"Uh... I need to go back to the society to find the president!"

Ye Liuyun had no choice but to make up a lie. Fortunately he hadn't entered the inner-disciples' quarters; if he had, it would be even harder to fabricate.

"Which society's disciple are you? Why go to the society sneaking around, entering through the void?" That elder pressed on relentlessly.

"I need to go to Phoenix Forest Pavilion. I was in a hurry and didn't think much!" Ye Liuyun explained.

He secretly thought: "Good thing there's Phoenix Forest Pavilion as an excuse; otherwise I'd have no reason to enter!"

The two elders looked at his Golden Pupil and seemed to have guessed his identity.

One of them asked: "You're Ye Liuyun, right?"

"Exactly, I am!" Ye Liuyun replied, bowing.

The two elders glanced at each other and did not make things difficult for him any further.

But an Elder still warned him, saying: "This is the Hidden Dragon Academy. No matter how you cause trouble outside, the academy's rules must still be observed. You came out of the void—enter openly and aboveboard!"

After the Elder gave an order, he and another Elder left.

"So I've become famous? Being famous even comes with this kind of convenience?"

Ye Liuyun also emerged from the void, secretly relieved to have escaped disaster.

If he were an ordinary disciple, those two Elders might have handed him over to the academy's Hall of Law.

Even if they couldn't be bothered, a slap and two kicks—he'd have to endure it.

After Ye Liuyun came out of the void, he couldn't just turn back right away—having just told a lie, he had to grit his teeth and go to Fenglin Pavilion.

Although Martial Cultivators rarely sleep, Ye Liuyun's midnight visit to see Xia Tianqiong still made her heart tighten a bit.

"This brat didn't stir up another big disaster, did he?"

She's even a little afraid of Ye Liuyun now!

"Speak up—what trouble did you stir up again?" Xia Tianqiong asked directly.

"……" Ye Liuyun was somewhat speechless.

"What's wrong? Still feeling embarrassed?" Seeing him silent, Xia Tianqiong grew curious instead.

"Can't I just come check on the gang when I have nothing else to do?" Ye Liuyun squeezed out.

"You never come usually. In the middle of the night, you come to check on the gang? And you specifically asked to see me?" Xia Tianqiong didn't believe it at all.

Since joining the gang, Ye Liuyun has only come twice, never contributed anything, while Xia Tianqiong has been protecting him all along.

"Um… it's just because I don't usually come; now that I'm back, I immediately came to see if there's anything I can help with in the gang!" Ye Liuyun said hesitantly.

Ye Liuyun really couldn't think of any other reason, so he said that.

Deep down, he was actually afraid Xia Tianqiong would assign him a task.

He still had a pile of his own matters—where would he find time to manage gang affairs?

Xia Tianqiong sized up Ye Liuyun, then suddenly laughed: "This isn't your style! Why are you being polite with me?"

Ye Liuyun racked his brains and suddenly recalled that among his spoils was a top-grade venerable-rank Star Soul Grass.

"Actually, I came to give you something! From the spoils I gained this time, I think you could make use of it."

He said, and then took out that Star Soul Grass.

Ye Liuyun wasn't just making it up; he felt Xia Tianqiong's Soul wasn't strong enough, and this Star Soul Grass, which nourishes the Soul, should help her.

Xia Tianqiong had also helped him quite a bit, so giving her a precious medicinal herb was hardly inappropriate.

"For me?" Xia Tianqiong was somewhat surprised.

Upon seeing that top-grade venerable-rank Star Soul Grass, she immediately knew it would be useful to her.

But she couldn't understand why Ye Liuyun would run over in the middle of the night to deliver something.

"Yes, it's for you!" Ye Liuyun replied awkwardly.

"You…" Seeing Ye Liuyun's somewhat bashful attitude, Xia Tianqiong couldn't help but overthink.

"He couldn't be taking a liking to me, could he?" Thinking that, she immediately denied her own thought: "No, Ling Shuang already likes him first—I can't go after her man."

She looked at Ye Liuyun, thought back to his past deeds, and indeed he was quite charming.

"Though he doesn't seem interested in Ling Shuang… pfft, pfft, what nonsense am I thinking! How could I go after my sister's man?"

Her mind was a jumble of thoughts, and a faint blush rose on her face.

"Chief?" Ye Liuyun saw her face redden, not knowing what she was thinking, and couldn't help calling out to her.

"Ah… oh… well, I'll accept the gift. Thank you for your thought!"

Xia Tianqiong flusteredly took the Star Soul Grass and put it away, sitting awkwardly opposite Ye Liuyun, not knowing what to say.

Ye Liuyun also had nothing to say. Feeling the atmosphere too awkward, he resorted to small talk: "How have you been lately?"

"Ah? Me? I've been fine… your thought… this gift, I can't accept!"

Ye Liuyun's question only made Xia Tianqiong misunderstand even more!

Her mind was in turmoil, thinking about competing with Ling Shuang for a man, and her reply came out incoherent.

"What's the big deal! It's just a stalk of medicinal herb—it should help your cultivation!" Ye Liuyun didn't understand her thoughts, still trying to comfort her.

"Oh. Then... then I'll take it first!" Xia Tianqiong also didn't know what to do.

Her mind was in turmoil; although she said she didn't want it, she hadn't even thought of taking out that star-soul grass.

Ye Liuyun still thought she wanted it, but felt embarrassed. Seeing her awkward look, he couldn't help laughing.

"Don't be polite—just keep what I gave you!"

"Oh, okay!" Xia Tianqiong replied, but still didn't know how to face Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun sat awkwardly for a while, couldn't stand it any longer, so he got up to leave.

"Then I'm leaving!"

"You really have nothing else?" Xia Tianqiong wanted to confirm Ye Liuyun's intention again.

"No other reason! I just thought this herb would be useful to you, so I brought it over!" Ye Liuyun said casually.

"Oh... then I'll see you off!"