Chapter 1787: Chapter 1787 Poor Impression
For the past few days, Xuan Yuanling had been anxiously awaiting news.
When she heard that Ye Liuyun had come to see her, she immediately rushed to the private room with such excitement that the steward found it quite unusual. He had never seen her so agitated before.
The first thing Xuan Yuanling said when she saw Ye Liuyun was, "You actually made it back?"
Ye Liuyun smiled faintly and handed her an Interspatial Ring.
Xuan Yuanling’s Divine Sense scanned the ring, and she exhaled in relief. "You really did it!"
But she quickly asked, "Why did you keep the evidence this time?"
"I have to leave soon and don’t have time to wait for you to investigate. I handed you the evidence to expedite the reward process. I promised your brother, and I needed to keep my word," Ye Liuyun explained candidly.
Xuan Yuanling smiled and handed Ye Liuyun the Alora Crystals she had prepared in advance.
"Pleasure working with you! I hope we can collaborate again in the future!" Xuan Yuanling was quite curious about Ye Liuyun.
However, Ye Liuyun always maintained a distant demeanor towards her, never engaging in much conversation, leaving her with no opportunity to inquire about his methods.
Ye Liuyun nodded, took out another Interspatial Ring, and prepared to exchange for Divine Crystals.
Xuan Yuanling immediately called her steward to assist Ye Liuyun with the exchange.
"If you make it back from the border battlefield, let’s be friends. I’ll treat you to a drink!" Xuan Yuanling offered.
Ye Liuyun smiled confidently, "You can count on it. Just have the drinks ready when I return!"
"Sometimes, I really admire you! Such audacity! Your realm isn’t that high, yet you accomplish so much!" Xuan Yuanling marveled.
"Haha, next time you treat me, I’ll tell you all about it," Ye Liuyun laughed.
With his assassination task completed, he felt much more at ease.
All that remained was to train at the border battlefield and then return to eliminate Xuan Yuanyu.
Hence, when Xuan Yuanling invited him for a drink, he readily agreed. He would need her to provide information on Xuan Yuanyu later.
Ye Liuyun returned to his residence from Mystique Mart and immediately began cultivating. With only a day left before their departure, he didn’t want to waste any time.
Dragon Lady had absorbed the Dragon Ball and refined the dragon horn, breaking through to the early stage of the third level before even Lei Ming.
Lei Ming and Man Shu had also broken through to the third level, keeping pace with Ye Liuyun.
Ye Tiandao and Black Panther were slower, but Ye Tiandao’s sword intention and Spatial Force had significantly improved.
Everyone was consolidating and advancing their cultivation in the Spatial World.
Ye Liuyun, alongside his clone, absorbed and refined the energy crystal balls they had looted, filling the Storage Stone with advanced energy to prepare for battle.
Just before the assembly, Ye Liuyun called everyone out from the Xuankong Stone.
Zhang Wencai, accompanied by Pei Yong, was already waiting for them.
Ye Liuyun checked the headcount. Including Zhang Wencai and Pei Yong, excluding Black Panther, there were only twenty of them.
However, everyone else’s realm had advanced to the late stage of the second level, matching Ye Liuyun’s apparent level. It seemed they had been training relentlessly during this period.
"Are you coming with us?" Ye Liuyun transmitted to Pei Yong.
"Yes! The chief insisted I accompany you!" Pei Yong replied.
In truth, Pei Yong didn’t want to go to the border battlefield, finding it too complex and chaotic. However, orders had to be obeyed.
Pei Yong’s realm had also advanced to the late stage of the second level, thanks to the resources Ye Liuyun had given him and those he had collected himself.
For this border training, he had just raised his realm, even using his Alora Crystal for his sword will.
"The journey to the border will take two to three months. These are your training resources for the trip."
Zhang Wencai explained, distributing an Interspatial Ring to each person, containing the necessary resources for their training. Even Black Panther received some feral beast virtuoso.
Though the resources weren’t much for Ye Liuyun and his team, it was better than nothing. Combined, they were enough for Ye Tiandao to break through.
Black Panther had amassed enough virtuoso to surely reach the third level during the journey.
"Once we’re on the flying vessel, refine the Sky Breaking Pills and other elixirs for everyone to use during the trip," Ye Liuyun thought to himself.
Zhang Wencai and Pei Yong then led the group to the outer city military camp, where a large flying vessel awaited at the entrance.
Zhang Wencai brought them to the flying vessel but didn’t let them board immediately, as if waiting for someone.
Ye Liuyun was puzzled, "This flying vessel seems a bit too large, right?"
Just then, he saw Zhang Wencai looking towards the military camp. From within, three thousand soldiers emerged, each holding a long spear in their right hand and a shield in their left.
Zhang Wencai explained, "These are the spear troops of our royal city’s praetorian guard. The female commander is Deputy Commander Xiao Yunfang. We’re joining them for border battlefield training."
Ye Liuyun glanced at the soldiers, standing in neat rows, their movements synchronized. Their realms were uniformly at the mid-stage of the second level.
Their equipment was all second-tier armor and weapons. This was no ordinary guard unit.
Only Xiao Yunfang had recently broken through to the late stage of the third level.
The unit included over twenty female soldiers, a rarity likely due to their deputy commander being a woman.
Xiao Yunfang led her unit to the flying vessel and gestured for them to board.
Zhang Wencai approached her, greeted her with a bow, and said, "Commander, these are the eighteen martial practitioners for this training session, along with one of my subordinates."
Xiao Yunfang glanced at Ye Liuyun and his group. Seeing them in military uniforms but lacking any formation, she found them rather unimpressive, preferring their casual attire.
So, she simply hummed in response without uttering a word.
Once her unit boarded the flying vessel, she said to Zhang Wencai, "Let them board now!"
With that, she ascended the flying vessel without waiting for Zhang Wencai.
Zhang Wencai then signaled his group to board the flying vessel with him.
"This woman is so arrogant!" A martial practitioner murmured.
"Quiet! Don’t speak carelessly! That’s the Deputy Commander of the praetorian guard, not someone you can casually comment on!" Zhang Wencai warned.
Ye Liuyun remained silent but shared the sentiment, finding Xiao Yunfang overly aloof.
As someone who had trained elite soldiers himself, he never saw such aloofness.
Even before the flying vessel took off, the two groups had already formed a poor impression of each other.
Thus, once aboard, they kept to themselves, each settling into their own space to cultivate quietly.
