Chapter 2021: Chapter 2021 Robbing Medicinal Herbs
"How straightforward! I’m looking forward to our collaboration!"
Feng Hongxiu quickly responded with the Red Mansion’s conditions.
On the other end, Red Mansion swiftly relayed the message to all its branches. Feng Hongxiu discussed it with Ye Liuyun after she received the confirmation.
"Are you relieved now? I never imagined a Commander of hundreds of thousands of armies would fear death!" Feng Hongxiu teased Ye Liuyun.
However, Ye Liuyun couldn’t care less about her comment. "Every mortal fears death! It’s precisely because of this fear that I am alive today! And I can’t die right now!"
At this moment, Ye Liuyun thought about Liang Xue. He instructed his clone to contact Liang Xue to check on her recent situation and tell her about his progress.
After their flying vessel surpassed the massive troops, they often encountered war refugees along the way. Occasionally, they would meet the vanquished soldiers of the Eastern Royal Management.
"I wonder how many more people will become homeless!" Feng Hongxiu lamented as she gazed at Ye Liuyun.
"Why are you looking at me? My soldiers never oppress the commoners!" Ye Liuyun hastily defended himself.
"The battle still instils terror in the commoners, even when your army does not oppress them. It’s bloodbath everywhere!" Adopted by the Scarlet Cardinal House as an orphan, Feng Hongxiu had great compassion towards displaced commoners.
Ye Liuyun chose not to argue further with her on the topic.
He would have no right to speak without power. And to gain power, shedding blood was inevitable.
The war he incited might have resulted in a large scale of bloodshed, but it could solve the problem to the core. Unlike some major powers that had to constantly fight to maintain their power.
"You’re not to fault!" Feng Hongxiu believed Ye Liuyun had misinterpreted her silence as an accusation against him.
Ye Liuyun smiled as he replied, "Haven’t you been to the border battlefield? Look at its condition now, and you’ll know that under my governance, this world will be a tad better."
"Of course, this world prioritizes power. But at the very least, commoners can have the basic respect!”
Feng Hongxiu agreed, nodding her head. On the border battlefield, she had witnessed a thriving and orderly scene.
Martial practitioners were not keen on bullying the weak, hence the commoners would be treated with some degree of respect.
The flying vessel arrived at Bloody Cloud City in a flash. After stepping off the boat, Feng Hongxiu invited Ye Liuyun to the Scarlet Cardinal House for a good meal.
"We’ll do it another time. I have a large crew with me and am in a rush. It’s not convenient for me to join you this time around. I’ll pay you a visit when I pass by here again." Ye Liuyun promised her.
He released Azure to bid farewell to Feng Hongxiu.
When she emerged, Azure had elevated to the advanced fourth level. Her progress had surprised Feng Hongxiu.
"How did you manage to advance so quickly?" Feng Hongxiu was puzzled.
At first, she thought that Ye Liuyun had used medication to improve Azure’s progress. But when she used her divine sense to investigate it, she found that not only was Azure’s level stable, but her genuine energy had become more solid than ever.
"I have been diligently cultivating, paired with guidance from my master!" Azure couldn’t reveal the true secret of the Xuankong Stone, so she only explained it as such.
If she hadn’t been slacking off, she could have progressed beyond the advanced fourth level with the abundance of resources Ye Liuyun provided for her cultivation.
It had been four months since Ye Liuyun commenced his journey and most of the people and Demon’s level had advanced. Even Lei Ming had elevated through to the primary stage of the Sixth level.
After giving it some thought, Feng Hongxiu escorted Ye Liuyun out of Bloody Cloud City and gave him a Sound Transmission Talisman so that she could get in touch with him.
After Feng Hongxiu left, Ye Liuyun began discussing his strategy with Shui Bingyue.
"What excuse would you use for the action?" Shui Bingyue was concerned Ye Liuyun would expose his identity and her involvement.
"I’ve planned this on the way here. I’m going to disguise myself as a refugee and rob the medicinal herbs. This way, I can gather a bunch of free medicinal herbs and have an excuse to attack. What do you think?" Ye Liuyun asked Shui Bingyue.
"A refugee? Robbing medicinal herbs? You truly have a knack for profiting!"
Shui Bingyue was taken aback, but upon more thought, she believed the idea was feasible and well aligned with the circumstances at hand.
After all, those medicinal herbs were to be handed over to the Fairy Clan, so she wouldn’t be blamed for it.
"But won’t your Golden Phantom Eyes be too conspicuous? Should you put on a disguise?" Shui Bingyue inquired.
"Don’t worry, I won’t act on it personally. I’ll let them handle the task," Ye Liuyun pointed to four of them, Mo Hai and the rest of his guards.
"Them? This is the core land of the East. I’ve done some research and found out that both of those medicinal plant bases have advanced seventh-level martial practitioners."
"It is because the Shui Family is powerful and usually lax in their security. Given any average family, these medicinal plant bases would be guarded by martial practitioners of the intermediate eight level." Shui Bingyue reminded Ye Liuyun.
"You don’t need to worry about that. Get a room at an inn and wait for my news." Ye Liuyun did not go into great detail.
When they reached the city near the medicinal planting base, he let Shui Bingyue and her subordinates check into the inn. He then got a flying vessel and brought his men to the medicinal planting base to check on the situation.
After taking off their armour and military gear, Mo Hai and the others dressed like regular people.
Also, Ye Liuyun used his Phantom Illusion to turn himself into an ordinary martial practitioner at the intermediate fifth level. He summoned Lei Ming, Scorch, MoMa, and Blue Serpentine from his Spatial World to work on his plan.
"Moma, you must transform into your original form and not human. Act like Blue Serpentine’s pet beast, and go steal some medicinal herbs from the fields."
"I’ll bring Blue Serpentine to you when you get discovered by them. Blue Serpentine will act as my daughter while Lei Ming and Scorch will act as my women."
"We’ll have a confrontation with them and act like we can’t defeat them. That’s when we have the others step in."
"Mo Hai, you guys show your level, based on their level. Exposed your power as little higher than them, don’t reveal too much."
Ye Liuyun explained the general plot to them and everyone readily agreed.
But Lei Ming inquired, "Why do I have to pretend? I’m already your woman!"
Lei Ming’s inquiry caught Ye Liuyun off guard, and he was forced to respond, "I was just giving the storyline, it just slipped out!"
"That’s better!" Lei Ming stated as she instantly grabbed Ye Liuyun’s arm, making Scorch extremely envious.
However, she reacted fast. She thought of what Ye Liuyun just said, telling her to pretend to be his woman, Scorch immediately hugged him too.
"We’re supposed to be in hiding, remember? Can you two at least act more like it? People in hiding wouldn’t be so affectionate as you two are."
"And your expression shouldn’t be like this. As if you’re about to burst into laughter..."
Ye Liuyun had to practice with them himself, and only then did they start to act more believable.
Afterwards, Ye Liuyun led everyone to the medicinal planting base.
The planting field’s perimeter was guarded by a formation that alerted guards as soon as the field was breached by any martial practitioner.
