Chapter 3460

But unexpectedly, Jiang Yuhan’s sea of consciousness contained a treasure capable of resisting illusion arts.

Ye Liuyun immediately changed tactics and had the short sword attack Jiang Yuhan directly. Yet his sixth-rank armor was actually able to withstand the short sword’s attack, clearly showing that it was no ordinary item either.

“You actually want to kill me? Have you ever thought about whether you’ll be able to leave this planet after killing me?” Seeing that Ye Liuyun could do nothing to him, Jiang Yuhan began probing with threats again.

Ye Liuyun let out a cold laugh, drew the Demon-Slaying Saber, and swung it straight at Jiang Yuhan’s head.

“It’s useless! Your weapon can’t break through my armor!” Jiang Yuhan did not dodge at all, merely raising his sword to block the blow.

His armor included a helmet, and he was certain that Ye Liuyun’s saber could not cut through it. Besides, the longsword in his hand was also a fifth-grade Void-tier treasure.

Ye Liuyun sent a voice transmission to the Demon-Slaying Saber to provoke it: “He actually looks down on you and says you’re useless! There are fifth- and sixth-rank treasures in front of you—let’s see whether you can split them open!”

The Demon-Slaying Saber also let out a hum. “Piece of cake. Watch me make him pay!”

Then came a swish, and half of Jiang Yuhan’s head was sliced off. His longsword and helmet were both cleanly severed as well.

Jiang Yuhan never imagined, even at the moment of his death, that Ye Liuyun truly intended to kill him—and would do so with such decisiveness. Had he known this would happen, he would have admitted his mistake and surrendered long ago.

Ye Liuyun immediately withdrew the Golden Crow Sacred Flame, raised the Demon-Slaying Saber, and began killing the remaining guards. He also released five golden dragons, surrounding everyone who remained and allowing no one to escape.

Whether they surrendered or begged for mercy, Ye Liuyun gave each of them a single slash and spared not one.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun collected all the resources from their storage rings. He took their corpses to feed the ferocious beasts, then burned everything to ashes, leaving not the slightest trace behind.

After taking some healing medicine, Chen Yueying’s injuries improved considerably. She had only been shaken by the impact of true essence and suffered no external wounds; the gilded armor had blocked them all.

Ye Liuyun first put away the six remaining golden dragon puppets. He did not waste the three puppets that had been completely disabled either, but stored them and gave them to Tong Xin and the others to refine into metal materials.

Then he stripped Jiang Yuhan’s suit of armor off and tossed it to Chen Yueying.

“You should wear the armor on the outside from now on. It’ll be safer that way,” he advised Chen Yueying.

By this time, Chen Yueying had recovered somewhat and began telling Ye Liuyun what had happened.

It turned out that after Jiang Yuhan detected the disturbance here, he had brought some guards over to investigate. They had long known that there were Blood Foxes here and normally did not dare approach.

When they investigated this time, they discovered that someone had taken all the medicinal herbs from the Blood Foxes’ garden, and guessed that someone had wiped out all the Blood Foxes. Then, seeing Chen Yueying alone inside the formation, they assumed that she must have companions who had gone after the Blood Foxes.

They wanted to take Chen Yueying captive while they had the chance, then threaten Ye Liuyun into handing over his resources when he returned.

However, with Chen Yueying inside the formation, they did not dare attack by force. Instead, they pretended to be courteous and asked her about the situation, tricking her into leaving the formation. The several experts then blocked off her retreat.

“Oh.” After listening to Chen Yueying’s account, Ye Liuyun merely responded indifferently, without much reaction.

“You’re not angry with me?” Chen Yueying was rather curious as well. Ye Liuyun had not blamed her for destroying three golden dragons, nor had he criticized her for trusting others too easily.

“When you wanted to save Yue Hengfeng before, I already knew you’d suffer from this sooner or later! It was unavoidable. It’s better to suffer a loss sooner rather than later. Nothing anyone else tells you will help; only after you’ve suffered a loss and been deceived yourself will the lesson truly sink in!

“As for those three golden dragons, they were only puppets. The resources these people carried are enough to make up for them, so I won’t give you a share.” Ye Liuyun said this casually, not taking the matter to heart.

“What about this suit of armor, then?” Chen Yueying asked, pointing at the armor Ye Liuyun had just tossed to her.

Ye Liuyun did not care much about the armor either. Instead, he handed Chen Yueying the drop of Blood Fox essence blood and also showed her the small blood-colored bead.

“These two are the truly valuable treasures. Refine this essence blood, and I’ll refine the blood-colored bead myself. Consider the Blood Fox Ancestor’s other cultivation resources payment for the armor—I won’t give you a share of those either!”

“You’re certainly calm, dividing everything so clearly. If you hadn’t returned in time just now, I might have died here!

“I should be thanking you for saving my life! Otherwise, you should refine this essence blood yourself!”

Chen Yueying knew that Ye Liuyun was looking out for her and did not want her to take so many resources.

She had not done anything to begin with, and she had also caused Ye Liuyun’s three golden dragon puppets to be destroyed through her own mistake. She already felt guilty enough and was embarrassed to take anything else from him.

“Refine it. Otherwise, you’re too weak, and you won’t be able to complete missions with me in the future!”

Ye Liuyun smiled and did not take back the essence blood. He knew he had given Chen Yueying quite a lot, but he had obtained these resources because Chen Yueying had brought him along on missions. He should know how to be grateful, and there was nothing wrong with giving her more.

Besides, Chen Yueying had genuinely treated him well. Even as a friend, he would never slight her.

“All right, then. Thank you!” Only then did Chen Yueying put away the essence blood, after which she began complaining to Ye Liuyun again about Jiang Yuhan and the others.

“Let’s leave this place first. If we delay too long, the garrison might come search for us!”

Ye Liuyun did not pay much attention to her complaints. He had seen this sort of thing too many times and was already used to it. As for how much of a lesson Chen Yueying could learn from it, that was her own concern. There was no use in his saying more.

“All right! You seem not to care much about this sort of thing.” Chen Yueying agreed at once, released the flying vessel, and left the planet directly with Ye Liuyun.

“To me, this has long since become routine. Didn’t I tell you that helping others also requires wisdom and strength?

“Answering someone’s questions is also a form of helping. You could have answered from inside the formation—why did you have to come out? You clearly couldn’t beat them, yet you still delivered yourself to their doorstep. In that case, don’t blame them for attacking you.” Ye Liuyun spoke in an indifferent tone.

“Sigh! You really are more experienced! I’m just too quick to trust people!” Chen Yueying sighed.

Ye Liuyun, however, told her solemnly, “You may be free of the intention to harm others, but you must never lack the intention to guard against them! In a martial world where everything depends on strength, trusting everyone you meet is stupidity—it’s simply asking to die!

“People who seek their own death can be saved once or twice, but sooner or later there will be times when no one can save them. I hope you can learn enough from this lesson and not make the same mistake twice!”

Chen Yueying nodded and began reflecting on Ye Liuyun’s words and the lesson this incident had taught her.