Chapter 1753: Chapter 1753 Kill To Get The Treasure
Pei Yong led these martial practitioners on a flight for nearly half a month before bringing the flying vessel to a stop.
"Up ahead is the nearby major city, Golden Gate. It has always been a landmark for entering the western hinterlands. Beyond the gate lies the borderlands, while inside is known as the western hinterland.
"This is also a trading center, where martial practitioners from both inside and outside the gate converge. Resources are not only abundant here but also reasonably priced."
He said, eliciting looks of excitement from the martial practitioners, who were planning to make some major purchases.
"However, the security here is quite chaotic. Bandits roam outside the city, and there are incidents of murder and robbery inside the city every day. Whether you can survive here depends on yourselves.
"We will be staying here for nearly a month, waiting for martial practitioners from other towns outside the gate to gather before we leave together. This month is also your opportunity to gather resources before reaching the residence of Prince Liang. Do you understand what I mean?"
After Pei Yong finished speaking, he asked the martial practitioners.
"Understood!" Immediately, a martial practitioner responded.
Pei Yong’s intentions were clear. The place was lawless, allowing for murder and plunder, and they were expected to seize resources by any means necessary.
Ye Liuyun looked thoughtfully at Pei Yong, who happened to be smiling back at him.
"It’s probably a form of elimination!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.
But for him, it was indeed an opportunity to acquire resources.
Along the way, Ye Liuyun’s fire and Spatial Spirit Crystals had long been exhausted, leaving only the Ice Spirit Crystals for him to absorb.
He could also take this opportunity to test the results of his recent cultivation. Having been cooped up on the flying vessel for so long, it was time to stretch his legs.
"All right, understood! Find me at the local lord’s residence in a month! And let me remind you again, there are a hundred thousand troops stationed at the local lord’s residence. The martial practitioners here, even at high realms, can reach the Fourth Immortal Realm. Think about the consequences before you act. If you cause trouble, you’ll have to bear the consequences yourselves!"
After Pei Yong explained everything, he retracted the flying vessel and headed straight for the city gate of Golden Gate. As for the others, he paid them no mind, leaving them to their own devices!
"He’s not watching over us?" One martial practitioner asked in surprise. "Doesn’t that mean we can go anywhere we want?"
Someone immediately sneered, "Are you stupid? We’ve already been selected. Even if we’re eliminated later, we can still get positions in Prince Liang’s residence or the Western Liang Army. By then, we’ll be provided with cultivation resources. Why would you run off on your own? It’s better than seeking resources on your own, right?"
Ye Liuyun smiled faintly, ignoring the confusion of these people, and headed directly towards the city gate of Golden Gate.
He wanted to assess the local situation for himself before making any plans.
As Ye Liuyun entered the city, the other martial practitioners temporarily stayed put, watching him leave. Once he was far away, a martial practitioner who had just reached the initial stage of the second level began to sow discord.
"I can see that this kid has a lot of resources! Weapons, treasures, elixirs. If we take all these resources from him, our realms will advance by leaps and bounds!"
This man was named Zhang Hao. Having advanced in realms, he felt he could suppress Ye Liuyun.
"Yeah! I see he’s consumed so many elixirs, and yet his realm is only at the late first level. It feels like those elixirs are being wasted!" Another martial practitioner immediately joined in, inciting others.
Ye Liuyun had deliberately displayed his realm as only at the late first level to these people, not revealing his true strength.
Seeing their greedy eyes on the elixirs and treasures, he understood their intentions.
"People with specialized cultivation spaces naturally have strong abilities!"
"Nonsense. If I had that many divine weapons, I’d be stronger than him!"
The more they talked, the more resentful they became.
"Since there’s no restriction on killing and looting here, why don’t we just take his resources first and split them among ourselves?" Zhang Hao incited.
"Isn’t that inappropriate? After all, we’re all in this together! Even if he’s not very sociable, it doesn’t mean he would harm his own people, right?" one martial practitioner hadn’t thought of attacking Ye Liuyun.
"What own people? Has he ever treated us as his people? Look at how arrogant he is. I feel like stabbing him! Let’s unite and kill him first, then divide the treasures!" another martial practitioner shouted.
Most of the martial practitioners responded enthusiastically.
"Well, we won’t force anyone. To avoid having too many people and not enough treasures, whoever is willing to kill Ye Liuyun, come with me into the city," Zhang Hao called out.
Surprisingly, he took more than fifty martial practitioners with him.
The remaining martial practitioners looked at each other. Some didn’t want to harm their own, while others were frightened by Ye Liuyun’s strength and dared not act.
So they lingered outside the city for a while, forming groups of two or three before entering the city.
Ye Liuyun’s Divine Sense observed the movements of these people from afar and simply smiled, paying no attention and continuing on his way.
But Golden Gate was truly chaotic. As soon as Ye Liuyun entered the city, he was accosted by seven local ruffians.
"Halt! Where are you from?" the leader of the ruffians asked as he was eyeing Ye Liuyun arrogantly.
He was at the initial stage of the second level. He wanted to give Ye Liuyun a hard time since he was all alone.
Ye Liuyun looked at them and just smiled, continuing on his way without stopping.
Suddenly, he was holding a Demon Slayer Blade, sweeping it horizontally.
The ruffians never expected Ye Liuyun to attack suddenly. Four of them, including their leader, were cut down by Ye Liuyun’s single strike.
Ye Liuyun used Spatial Force in this strike, cutting through them from the inside out, leaving them with no means of defense.
Of the remaining three ruffians, one was dumbfounded, while the other two turned and ran. Ye Liuyun released a Divine Soul to chase one, while the other received a strike that put an end to both.
The last ruffian was so scared he didn’t dare to run, kneeling and begging for mercy. Ye Liuyun sent him on his way with a single strike, without showing any mercy
This man’s realm was too low for Ye Liuyun to bother absorbing his Divine Soul power.
Ye Liuyun put the corpses away into the Spatial World and gave them to the Black Panther.
Afterwards, Ye Liuyun quickly left, causing no major commotion.
Through soul searching, he had already learned about the layout of Golden Gate City and saved himself the trouble of looking for the trading consortium, heading straight for it.
The trading consortium here was not just the Mystique Mart. It was a comprehensive business center established by the local lord’s residence.
A three-story building housed more than twenty small and large business consortiums. Even services such as restaurants and accommodations were ready.
Moreover, he had a thorough understanding of the rules here through the memories of those ruffians.
