Chapter 2104: Chapter 2104 Luring Enemies with Empty Palace
Witnessing Shui Muhua being deceived not once, but twice, Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but find it entertaining. However, Shui Muhua failed to notice until after it had happened.
Subsequently, under the leadership of Yu Xiaofeng and He Lianxiu, Ye Tiandao’s elite Blade Legion amassed fifty thousand veterans and conquered other overlooked cities. Following it, no further major wars occurred.
However, Shu Muhua never heard from Guan Shanyue again.
When the Fairy Clan questioned him again, he was at a loss for words. Because of it, he earned a scolding from the Fairy Clan Elders. They instructed the Shui family to demote Shui Muhua.
Shui Muhua explained that he met a disciple from the Fairy Clan, but the name Guan Shanyue gave him was a fake and didn’t exist. It was only then that he realized he’d been fooled.
By the time he realised, Guan Shanyue had already returned to Regalty and returned to the battlefield of foreign races through the Conveyor Formation. There was no evidence left to be found.
The new local garrison had already rebuilt the Murong family’s home when the Fairy Clan investigators arrived to investigate the matter. However, they were unable to find any relevant information.
So, the Fairy Clan shifted all the blame onto Shui Muhua and told Cao Yuntian to settle the account with him.
Cao Yuntian understood that Shui Muhua was nothing more than a scapegoat. The Fairy Clan didn’t truly care about their affairs.
Additionally, the Murong family had been obliterated. Their main enemy was Ye Liuyun and it wasn’t Shui Muhua’s fault.
Therefore, Cao Yuntian started to instigate a conflict between the Fairy Clan and Ye Liuyun. He claimed that Ye Liuyun’s large army was inciting a war with the Fairy Clan.
The Fairy Clan instantly sent someone to question Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun explained that a great number of refugees, deserters, and robbers appeared after the cities were besieged. He had no intention of advancing towards Klanning City. his garrison’s only purpose was to uphold local law and order.
Indeed, Ye Liuyun’s army was merely stationed in Ludarbay City and was prepared but didn’t continue the war.
The Fairy Clan knew that Cao Yuntian hoped they would go to war with Ye Liuyun. However, it wasn’t a decision that could come from an instigation. If they wanted to eliminate Ye Liuyun’s army of hundred and fifty thousand, how many men from the Fairy Clan would sacrifice?
As long as Ye Liuyun didn’t provoke the Fairy Clan, they would not take the initiative to attack Ye Liuyun.
There is no evidence that Ye Liuyun disobeyed the Fairy Clan’s orders and wiped off the Murong family.
Besides, Ye Liuyun had annihilated the entire Murong clan. Even if they had evidence, all they could ask for was compensation. And the compensatio n they received from Ye Liuyun would be paid to Cao Yuntian instead of the Fairy Clan.
It was not in the Fairy Clan’s interest to seek recompense on behalf of others. Consequently, they decided to set this issue aside.
So Cao Yuntian and a few other martial practitioners waited for a few days in the Fairy Clan. Seeing that the Fairy Clan intended to let this matter slide, they had no choice but to leave the Fairy Clan.
"We will find Ye Liuyun and wait for the opportunity to avenge our leader! I don’t believe that the experts sent by the other major forces will back Ye Liuyun forever!" Cao Yuntian and other martial practitioners discussed this.
The remaining few individuals had no desire to challenge Ye Liuyun.
However, they felt that Cao Yuntian made sense. Although they didn’t want to seek revenge, Ye Liuyun certainly had a lot of resources on him. They could target Ye Liuyun for resource gain.
Therefore, some of the martial practitioners agreed and followed Cao Yuntian on his journey to Bolderia City.
The Scarlet Cardinal House kept an eye on their movements to report to Ye Liuyun.
But Ye Liuyun didn’t care, allowing the experts of the Dragon Clan to leave. He reassured them he had ways to protect himself.
Those experts knew that Ye Liuyun had special treasures in his possession. Hence, they returned to their base. Before leaving, Ye Liuyun gave them a lot of resources as a gratitude token.
After they left, some elders from the Northsky Sect, escorting a large group of disciples from both Wu Kun and the Formation Pavilion, rushed to Bolderia City to help Ye Liuyun set up array formations.
Wu Kun and others rushed over from the new Regalty. They had already done some setup in the old Regalty to move the Conveyor Formation leading to the foreign race battlefield to Bolderia City.
Among them was also Xuan Yuanling.
Upon their arrival, Ye Liuyun immediately asked Wu Kun to set up formations in the newly built palace. These days, Ye Liuyun has concentrated manpower and material resources just to build the palace. The other areas were merely cleaned and planned.
The palace’s formation was set up in three layers, all of which were offensive. The defensive and offensive abilities mainly targeted martial practitioners at the ninth level.
Upon completion, even Wu Kun marvelled at the palace’s defence. It was a solid fortress.
Ye Liuyun immediately set up the Alora Crystal for the Formation. He waited for Cao Yuntian and the others to take the bait.
Usually, he would stay in the palace, setting up commercial affairs with Xuan Yuanling. Even Feng Hongxue had returned earlier.
The Scarlet Cardinal House helped Ye Liuyun tremendously this time. Thus, he immediately arranged for Feng Hongxue to have Scarlet Cardinal House expand into the southern region as a form of payback.
For all the martial practitioners of the Scarlet Cardinal House who took action, Ye Liuyun arranged for people to deliver lots of resources as gratitude.
Therefore, the Scarlet Cardinal House had a positive impression of Ye Liuyun.
After reaching Bolderia City, Cao Yuntian and the other martial practitioners took things slow, probing the surroundings daily.
They found it strange that there weren’t any martial practitioners around Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun, with his Divine Sense strength, could easily discover them as long as they could probe him.
Right now, they were all competing in a test of patience.
Ye Liuyun recalled some martial practitioners in batches and fixed their return time to compel them to take action.
Due to the closure of the Alliance of Merchants, the supplies faced severe shortages. Many of the Celestial Cloud Emporiums couldn’t be opened because resources couldn’t be delivered.
Especially those within the territory owned by the Fairy Clan. They have started questioning Ye Liuyun about how to deal with the matter in the future.
After all, it’s a mess caused by Ye Liuyun, and it needs to be handled by Ye Liuyun.
Xuan Yuanling was eager to head to the Fairy Clan lands to set up the trading association.
However, Ye Liuyun was adamant in preventing her from going: "If you go now, you will become their target. Be patient for a few days, and stockpile some goods first. I promise once you get there, your business will open without delay."
Xuan Yuanling had no choice but to remotely postpone the opening of stores from within the palace. She directed the allocation of supplies and personnel recruitment, among other things.
"Don’t worry, no major forces will dare to compete with us to set up a trading centre. Those people will buy from us sooner or later, we won’t lose the business !" Ye Liuyun reassured Xuan Yuanling.
"Alright, you are the boss, what you say goes!" Xuan Yuanling could only comply with Ye Liuyun’s instructions.
Cao Yuntian and his men were indeed patient. They waited outside the city for half a month. It wasn’t until the first batch of martial practitioners returned to Ye Liuyun’s side that they found their patience running thin.
"He is trying to fool us with an empty fort strategy! There aren’t any martial practitioners with him. You see these returning martial practitioners, they commence their role as palace guards right after they got back."
"That’s right, we should make our move now! If we don’t, we won’t have another chance after most of his men return!"
All the martial practitioners on Cao Yuntian’s side were starting to feel anxious.
To be safe, Cao Yuntian advised them to hold their horses and wait a few more days. But another set of martial practitioners returned to the palace the following day and joined the defence forces immediately.
