Chapter 2020: Chapter 2020 Next Target
"In your opinion, which of the Northsky Sect and the Alliance of Merchants is easier to deal with?"
Ye Liuyun casually asked Feng Hongxiu.
"Alliance of Merchants?" Are you thinking about messing with them? Even the Red Mansion is afraid to target the key members of the Alliance of Merchants!"
Feng Hongxiu promptly cautioned Ye Liuyun not to consider interfering with the Alliance of Merchants.
"Hehe, I’m just saying!"
Ye Liuyun, who used to run a trade, certainly knew how strong a chain organization like the Alliance of Merchants was. Especially before he grew stronger, he wouldn’t deliberately provoke the Alliance of Merchants.
After his return, Ye Liuyun had no time for rest. He arranged for Feng Hongxiu to cultivate at his home while he went to look for Shui Bingyue.
"Congratulations on eliminating a strong opponent!" Shui Bingyue congratulated Ye Liuyun as soon as she saw him.
Ye Liuyun chuckled and asked Shui Bingyue, "Who do you think my next target should be? I plan to cultivate for a while to improve my strength. On this trip, I realized how lacking my strength is!"
Shui Bingyue chuckled and replied, "Cultivate?" You can try elsewhere, but it won’t work in the Necropolis!"
"Huh? Why?" Ye Liuyun questioned, perplexed, "Are you concerned that the Eastern Royal Management would send someone to kill me again?"
"Shui Bingyue shook her head, "No matter where you are, the Eastern Royal Management will undoubtedly send assassins after you! I’m talking about the Northsky Sect!"
"You’ve already controlled several elders and sacred disciples of the Northsky Sect. If you don’t control more of their people soon, the matter will eventually be exposed. So even if you want to cultivate, you have to go to the Northsky Sect!"
Ye Liuyun found her comment reasonable. He needed more authority inside the Northsky Sect so he had to control more people in the Sect. As a result, had to put great effort into subduing more influential figures.
Thus, he replied, "Alright then! It won’t be hard for me to join as a disciple since they are there."
Shui Bingyue nodded, and continued chatting with Ye Liuyun, "Does the newly opened trading branch in Necropolis have anything to do with you?"
"That’s the branch I invested in. But the operation is managed by another!" Ye Liuyun told it to her honestly. He also intended to cooperate with Shui Bingyue in the medicinal herbs business.
Shui Bingyue thought the same. She felt that Ye Liuyun had just stabilized his position and the trade hub opened right after. It was probably related to Ye Liuyun.
Her income would be more than anticipated if she could work directly with the trade hub.
Nevertheless, the Fairy Clan could only provide a limited quantity of medical herbs. Even though the manager of each base had certain authority to deal with the medicinal herbs, shouldn’t hand in less than required by the Fairy Clan.
Thus, Shui Bingyue needed a larger planting area. Now that the entire border battlefield belonged to Ye Liuyun, it was much easier for her to expand the growing vicinity.
Moreover, Ye Liuyun was not short of manpower, he had enough mercenaries as her labour to plant the medicinal herbs.
The two hit it off instantly. Ye Liuyun let Lin Luoyu and Wu Qingcheng emerged from the Spatial World to negotiate with Shui Bingyue about the supply and expansion of the planting business.
After they finished discussing the business, Shui Bingyue proposed to Ye Liuyun, "On your trip to the Northsky Sect, I might need you to help me kill some people along the way."
After saying that, Shui Bingyue handed Ye Liuyun a list. On it were the names of people who belonged to two different bases of the Shui family.
"Two medicinal herb bases. Can you handle all of them at once?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.
He had no doubts about Shui Bingyue’s competence. However, she lacked the manpower to handle two bases at the same time. She may therefore be overburdened for a while.
Shui Bingyue, on the other hand, laughed and retorted, saying, "The Shui family would not give me both bases. The base could be given to the other person beside me. So, I plotted both bases with the idea that I would ultimately get one of them."
"Once I stabilize the base I got, I’ll return for the other one."
"How clever of you! But why are there two persons on this list that need to be captured alive?" Ye Liuyun questioned after taking another look at the list.
"They were involved in the conspiracy that led to my mother’s death. There are things that I need to personally ask them. In addition, I need to exact revenge for my mother’s death."
"Of course, if it’s not a difficult job. You don’t need to capture them alive.” Shui Bingyue explained.
"I’ll do my best. When the time is right, I’ll get in touch with you about the details! Ye Liuyun stated.
"To spare you the trouble of going back and forth, I’ll accompany you this time. Or else, you might not have enough time," stated Shui Bingyue.
“Great! So, when do we leave?” Ye Liuyun inquired.
“I’m ready anytime you are!”
Knowing that Ye Liuyun had defeated the Great Expert, Shui Bingyue was prepared to leave at any moment.
She spoke with Lin Luoyi and Wu Qingcheng on a few issues before issuing orders to her men. After that, she brought along a handful of capable subordinates to accompany her on her journey with Ye Liuyun to Necropolis.
Feng Hongxiu had just entered a training state when she was summoned by Ye Liuyun.
“I knew it! There’s no peace for cultivation when I’m with you!” Feng Hongxiu complained discontentedly.
“Work on your cultivation in the flying vessel on the way home. I have to attend to some tasks in the Eastern Region. I will pass by Scarlet Cardinal House on the way, consider it me giving you a ride home. You won’t have to follow me around anymore. But remember that you can’t accept any assassination orders against me!”
Ye Liuyun negotiated with Feng Hongxiu.
Feng Hongxiu chuckled listening to him. “So that’s your plan! You should have said it sooner! I would have agreed instantly instead of following you here!”
"I meant that you are never allowed to accept any order to assassinate me!" Ye Liuyun hastily added after seeing her agreed readily.
“That won’t do! To permanently refuse orders on you, you’ll have to contribute to the Red Mansion!” Feng Hongxiu didn’t give in to his request.
"Does it count as a contribution if I save your life, the owner of the Red Mansion?" Ye Liuyun replied with a question.
"... Here you go again! Just because you saved me once, you are going to keep talking about it for the rest of your life?"
Feng Hongxiu pondered for a moment. Indeed, this could be considered as contributing to the Red Mansion. With Ye Liuyun’s Alora Crystals and resources, she could assist him in applying for it.
"I’ll give it a try! But for such matters, I can’t promise you right away. I can only try my best to fight for you!" Feng Hongxiu informed Ye Liuyun.
"Alright then! You can make the application while on the flying vessel. We will set off immediately!" Ye Liuyun urged Feng Hongxiu to board the flying vessel.
They boarded the flying vessel and headed towards Bloody Cloud City at speed.
Before long after the application, Feng Hongxiu received a reply from the Red Mansion. "On one condition, let the Scarlet Cardinal House open up a branch at the border battlefield! Also, wherever the Dark Legion conquers, it must not affect Scarlet Cardinal House’s operation. Do you agree to it?"
"No problem!" Ye Liuyun readily accepted.
Immediately afterwards, he took out the Sound Transmission Talisman to inform Yu Xiaofeng and Cao Meng to pass on the orders.
After he made the arrangements, Ye Liuyun suggested to Feng Hongxiu, "You can have your people meet directly with the city guard commander, Cao Meng. He will make arrangements for it!"
