Chapter 3482

However, Ye Liuyun would never easily let someone as arrogant as Yuan Sheng off the hook.

So after one slash rendered Yuan Sheng incapable of fighting, Ye Liuyun still did not stop. He brought his blade down four more times, severing all four of Yuan Sheng’s limbs.

“Ah! You insignificant ant, how dare you treat me like this! If you have the guts, kill me! Just wait and see how my cousin will avenge me!” Even in his agony, Yuan Sheng had yet to come to his senses and was still threatening Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun merely let out a cold laugh, planted one foot on Yuan Sheng’s face, and rubbed it back and forth.

“Killing you would be letting you off too easily!” As he spoke, he thrust his blade straight into Yuan Sheng’s core. “I want you to wish you were dead and watch as I keep you beneath my feet. Using someone else to threaten me is useless! If you really have the guts, then kill yourself. Let me see how much backbone you have!”

“I’ll fight you to the death!”

In a panic, Yuan Sheng feared that he would become a cripple for the rest of his life. He immediately released his divine soul and sent it charging into Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness.

But his divine soul was far weaker than Ye Liuyun’s. Ye Liuyun released his soul origins, using one of his divine souls to block Yuan Sheng’s outside his sea of consciousness while sending another inside. He then used the Soul Refining Cauldron to shatter and refine it.

“Get back there! In front of me, you’re the ant. You don’t even qualify to fight me to the death! You’re only fit to be trampled beneath my feet!” Ye Liuyun taunted him as he flicked his blade upward, as if he intended to pry out Yuan Sheng’s core.

Yuan Sheng’s face turned deathly pale with fright. The pain in his limbs and body had already driven him to the brink of despair. On top of that, his divine soul was damaged, and Ye Liuyun was stepping on his face. At last, he could no longer maintain his arrogance.

“I was wrong! I surrender! I’ll give you whatever you want. Just please don’t cripple me!” he immediately cried out from beneath Ye Liuyun’s foot.

“That’s more like it!”

Only then was Ye Liuyun satisfied. At the same time, he used his Crimson Eyes to cast an illusion on Yuan Sheng, making him hand over all his resources and points.

Yuan Sheng had not only a great deal of resources, but also more than two hundred points.

He had originally planned to use those points to exchange for another seventh-tier weapon. That way, he would have seventh-tier weapons for both defense and offense, giving him the power to fight seventh-tier experts in the future.

Now all those points went to Ye Liuyun, along with everything Yuan Sheng had spent so long accumulating.

“Hmm! For the sake of all those points, I’ll spare your worthless life!”

Ye Liuyun nodded in satisfaction, then kicked Yuan Sheng down to the foot of the mountain and paid him no further attention.

The remaining fourth-level disciple was already staring in stunned disbelief. When he saw Ye Liuyun turn his gaze toward him again, he could not help shivering.

“Do you have any points?” Ye Liuyun looked at him with a faintly mocking smile.

“Yes, yes!” The disciple immediately handed over his token with both hands and surrendered outright, having completely lost the imposing air he had possessed when he first arrived.

“How boring!” Ye Liuyun took the token and even complained. He then used his Crimson Eyes to control the disciple, making him hand over all his resources and transferring his points before letting him leave.

As soon as the disciple left, Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying hurried to the exchange hall. Using the five hundred points they had gathered, they exchanged them for the Jade Divine Bone.

“Haha, now this is what I call a high-end resource! I’ll go back and refine the Jade Divine Bone, while you return and break through your realm. Then we’ll challenge Qi Shengyu. He has probably used up most of his connections by now! We’ll take down Qi Shengyu first, then deal with Hou Yuanqing!”

After exchanging for the Jade Divine Bone, Ye Liuyun immediately returned to their residence with Chen Yueying to refine it.

“Hou Yuanqing thinks highly of his cousin Yuan Sheng. He’ll probably come looking for you very soon!” Chen Yueying reminded Ye Liuyun.

“That’s fine too. Then we’ll take down Hou Yuanqing first before dealing with Qi Shengyu. The outcome will be the same either way!”

Ye Liuyun did not care in the slightest. Even if Hou Yuanqing came personally, he still would not take him seriously.

“You make it sound so easy! He’s at the seventh level of the Taixu Realm. Are you really completely confident? Why don’t you summon a few yin souls to help you?”

Chen Yueying had not seen Ye Liuyun subdue the three ninth-grade Void-rank stone puppets, so she did not know what other trump cards he possessed. She only knew that he could control yin souls. In her view, when dealing with a martial cultivator at the seventh level, Ye Liuyun’s powerful divine soul alone might not be enough.

“I can’t say I’m confident. We’ll see how things go when the time comes!” Ye Liuyun said casually, as if joking.

As for summoning yin souls, he felt there was no need at all. It was merely a martial cultivator—not someone worthy of him mobilizing yin souls.

“Uh... I’ve really gotten aboard your pirate ship! Fine, I’ll go crazy with you. At worst, I’ll flee home and hide!” Chen Yueying could only resign herself to her fate.

By now, everyone in the sect knew about Ye Liuyun’s affairs. Even if she wanted to avoid trouble, she could not.

However, she genuinely did not think Ye Liuyun was at fault. Ye Liuyun had been with her the entire time and had never taken the initiative to provoke anyone. At most, he was simply rather good at setting traps for people.

But if these people had not provoked Ye Liuyun, he would not have been able to trick them. Ultimately, they had brought it upon themselves and were not worthy of pity.

After returning, Ye Liuyun did not let his guard down. He first refined the Jade Divine Bone as quickly as possible, integrating it into the area around his waist and abdomen to protect his core. Naturally, he had to endure that excruciating process once again.

Then he began inspecting the strength of every aspect of himself once more. Several of his soul origins had nearly finished refining the soul origins he already possessed, so he also needed to refine more soul origins to continue improving.

Thus, he added more soul origins and continued refining them to strengthen his divine soul. With the strength of his divine soul now, dealing with a seventh-level martial cultivator would definitely not be a problem.

Ever since he had refined that powerful blood pearl last time, he still had not fully absorbed it. For now, he could only maintain the status quo.

His physical body had just refined the Jade Divine Bone, which had improved his strength somewhat. As for the rest, he could only rely on opportunity. Something like the Jade Divine Bone was not easy to come across.

The quality of his divine essence was also constantly improving, but he still needed some time before breaking through his realm. His Spatial Force had only recently broken through to the fourth layer of the Void and still needed further consolidation.

If he wanted to improve his blade intent any further, he would have to raise his power of heaven and earth. Thus, he went to find the captives he had taken earlier and used them for practice, focusing on improving his power of heaven and earth.

He also released several of his guardian divine seals, letting them practice alongside him.

After Ye Liuyun kicked Yuan Sheng down the mountain, Yuan Sheng was overcome by pain, shame, and fury before passing out. He was carried back to Hou Yuanqing’s residence.

After learning what had happened, Hou Yuanqing could only focus on treating Yuan Sheng’s injuries first, exchanging for healing pills and recovery resources. As for Ye Liuyun, he did not have time to deal with him personally, so he sent several of his subordinates to do it instead.

However, before sending them out, he still gave them some instructions: “Bring that Ye Liuyun to me, dead or alive. If Chen Yueying interferes, arrange for someone to intercept her. But remember, do not seriously injure or kill Chen Yueying. Otherwise, don’t blame me for turning against you. Is that understood?”