Chapter 3483

Several of Hou Yuanqing’s men also didn’t understand why Chen Yueying could not be harmed.

However, Hou Yuanqing had a bad temper and disliked people prying into matters, so they did not dare ask any further. They only knew to follow his orders, and had even specifically arranged for two men to intercept Chen Yueying.

Hou Yuanqing was an elite disciple, so he naturally knew the sect’s affairs like the back of his hand. Moreover, his family was a marquis’s house, and his status was far from ordinary. Thus, he naturally knew that Chen Yueying was a princess.

Hou Yuanqing had already known Chen Yueying before coming to the sect. After arriving at the sect, however, Chen Yueying did not reveal her identity. Whenever he saw her, he merely greeted her without exposing her.

He did not know what Chen Yueying’s attitude was now, so he could only have others test the waters first. If Chen Yueying was determined to protect Ye Liuyun, he would simply act according to the sect’s rules, and Chen Yueying would have nothing to say against him.

He also felt that Ye Liuyun was merely a guard with a low cultivation level, so Chen Yueying should not think too highly of him.

The men he sent had grown accustomed to acting arrogantly under his influence. Wherever they went, merely mentioning his name earned them a certain amount of respect. Thus, when they went to find Ye Liuyun, they treated it like summoning a servant and sent a voice transmission directly from the foot of the mountain.

“Ye Liuyun, come out and meet us!” Their tone was extremely arrogant.

Their voices carried all the way to the mountaintop, and even Chen Yueying stopped cultivating to investigate the situation with her divine sense.

Liao Yaotian immediately went to notify Ye Liuyun as well.

“Have they come up the mountain?” Ye Liuyun merely sent a voice transmission to ask.

“No, they’re only shouting from the foot of the mountain!” Liao Yaotian replied.

“Ignore them. What a bunch of trash—they actually dare order me to go meet them! Once they come up the mountain, activate the formation and deal with them directly!” Ye Liuyun instructed him.

“Liuyun, those are Hou Yuanqing’s men!” Chen Yueying sent Ye Liuyun a voice transmission at that moment.

“Mm! Ignore them. If they dare come up, deal with them the same way. If they don’t dare, tell them to get lost!” Ye Liuyun replied indifferently. He did not even move, continuing to cultivate in his spatial world.

“This guy! He’s even more arrogant than Hou Yuanqing’s men!” Chen Yueying shook her head helplessly and left him to it.

Liao Yaotian was even more speechless. Not knowing how to respond, he could only wait outside the courtyard with Qi Tianlin and Chen Mo for those people to enter the formation.

After shouting for quite some time and seeing no movement on the mountain, those people finally charged up the mountain in a fury.

As soon as they went up the mountain, they were once again enveloped by the formation, and they could no longer get out.

“How dare you! Do you know who we are? You actually dare activate the formation against us?” one of the disciples began berating them through a voice transmission.

Only after the formation had been activated did Liao Yaotian go notify Ye Liuyun again.

Only then did Ye Liuyun emerge from his cultivation.

Chen Yueying also wanted to stop cultivating and come out to accompany him, but he stopped her.

“Focus on improving your cultivation level. I’ll deal with these people. I’m still waiting for you to challenge Qi Shengyu once your cultivation level improves!” Ye Liuyun told Chen Yueying to concentrate on cultivating.

“Sigh! How can I possibly cultivate peacefully in this situation? Why don’t I go into your spatial world and speed up my cultivation?” Chen Yueying took the opportunity to suggest it to Ye Liuyun.

“That works too! I’ll deal with them first, then come back and take you to my spatial world so you can speed up your cultivation.” Ye Liuyun thought about it. Chen Yueying indeed found it difficult to cultivate peacefully under such circumstances, so he agreed.

Without waiting for Chen Yueying to come out, he drew the Demon-Slaying Saber and charged straight toward them.

This time, he did not even bother asking questions. He used the formation to isolate them from one another and dealt with them one by one. When they had arrived, every one of them had been unbearably arrogant. Now, however, Ye Liuyun had cut them down until they were powerless to resist, taking all the resources and points they possessed.

“Throw them all out! Then leave the formation active so we can focus on cultivating for a while! Call me if anyone breaks into the formation!” Ye Liuyun gave the order, then went back to fetch Chen Yueying and continued cultivating.

“Boss, you’re awesome!”

Liao Yaotian exclaimed admiringly. Then, together with Qi Tianlin and Chen Mo, he threw the injured disciples straight from halfway up the mountain down to its foot, ignoring their screams of agony.

“They can’t even beat Boss, so what do they have to be arrogant about? If Boss were a sect disciple, he would be countless times stronger than them!” Chen Mo could not understand what these people had to be so proud of.

“They’re only acting tough because of their backer. They’re all useless trash! True experts are like Boss—they speak with their strength. No one like them goes around making such a loud fuss!”

Qi Tianlin added a comment of his own, after which the three of them immediately went back to cultivating.

The three of them had witnessed quite a few battles in recent days, yet they had been unable to help at all, which left them extremely anxious. Thus, they seized every moment to cultivate each day and never slackened.

After Ye Liuyun dealt with these men of Hou Yuanqing, there were still plenty of people around Hou Yuanqing who volunteered to come cause trouble for Ye Liuyun. Some even forced their way into the formation at night, only to be trapped by the formation Qiong Qi had set up. Not a single one managed to break through.

Everyone who came was robbed clean by Ye Liuyun. Those who brought neither resources nor points were naturally killed outright. Ye Liuyun showed them no leniency whatsoever.

He did not care who they were or what background they had. As long as they dared to come, he dared to strike. Thus, he soon accumulated another five hundred points.

As soon as he had enough points, he and Chen Yueying immediately went to the Exchange Hall and exchanged them for another blue crystal that refined the soul.

The crystal was filled with energy that purified and refined the soul. Ye Liuyun wanted to use it to further strengthen his advantage. While waiting for Chen Yueying to break through, this resource was perfect for him, since he could stop at any time without delaying a battle.

The blue crystal’s effects were well worth its five hundred points. Ye Liuyun was full of praise as soon as he used it.

As soon as that blue energy merged into his soul, it forced all the impurities out of it and then actively compressed it.

His three soul sources had only just grown to the size of his physical body. After being compressed by the blue crystal, they became two heads shorter than his physical body.

Ye Liuyun’s soul sources had already been exceptionally solid. After being refined by the blue crystal, they became almost tangible. If he released them now, Evil Creature would not even be able to distinguish them from his true body if not for their different colors.

“If I keep cultivating like this, won’t they become clones? It’s just that their combat power is far inferior to that of the real body!” Ye Liuyun marveled exaggeratedly at the changes in his soul sources.

Moreover, quite a bit of the blue crystal remained after he finished refining his three soul sources. Ye Liuyun immediately gave the remaining crystal to Lei Ming and the Dragon Girl so they could refine their own soul sources as well.

He himself began training his soul sources. He had them practice by replicating his actual attacks. In addition to the power of heaven and earth, he also had his soul sources practice Spatial Force.