Chapter 2134: Chapter 2134 Hunt Down
Ye Liuyun recalled the motions of those people studying the map and thought they might be plotting an action there.
The Redcloud Inn was not in the city, which also made it convenient for him to act.
"Let’s give it a shot! We’ll go there first and check the situation!" With Yuan Bin, Ye Liuyun immediately rushed to the Redcloud Inn.
Upon arriving, Ye Liuyun was taken a back, finding a large number of ninth-realms there, all brought by businessmen as guards.
The inn had many separate courtyards and rooms. Ye Liuyun only knew those martial practitioners were stationed at a few important places outside the inn. As for their target and when they were going to act, Ye Liuyun had no idea.
So, he booked a room and settled down there first. Then, he took Yuan Bin to the first floor, ordered some wine and dishes, and gathered information while eating.
The businessmen coming and going were all discussing business matters and inflations. The guards were chatting about the things they saw on the road, with little news about the royal city.
However, a table of martial practitioners caught Ye Liuyun’s attention.
There were five people at the table, a young couple both in early-eighth realm, an elderly figure dressing like a senior, and two mid-ninth-realm martial practitioners as guards.
They ate silently, their divine sense constantly on alert, and they looked much more tense than everyone else. The woman also kept looking outside, as if waiting for someone.
He found their behaviour rather weird. Even him and Yuan Bin had chatted about what they observed during the day, but these people were completely silent.
However, it was common for martial practitioners to have enemies or be hunted down. He couldn’t judge from this that they were the targets of the black-clothed assassination team.
While eating and chatting, Ye Liuyun kept his divine sense on the outside. However, after waiting for a long while, he didn’t see a trace of those men in black.
Out of helplessness, he and Yuan Bin had to return to the room and continue waiting. Those people didn’t move even after finishing their meal. They ordered some tea and stayed where they were.
Ye Liuyun waited all night, but still, there was no movement.
"Could it be that I’ve misunderstood, and they’re not targeting the ones here?"
Although Ye Liuyun had some doubts, he had ample time and decided to wait here for another day. If they still made no moves, he would think of another plan.
"Although very few martial practitioners in the regalty uses defensive relics, the city is crowded and complex, difficult to engage.
It’s better to act here. But, the guards residing in the inn are experienced, wanderers, all with strong defensive relics, it’s impossible to strike..."
Ye Liuyun was still mulling over how to catch more ninth-realms.
By the second day at noon, Ye Liuyun’s divine senses detected no sign of the men in black around.
He, along with Yuan Bin, went to the local tavern, planning to have a meal before leaving.
On arriving, he found that the same five individuals from the previous day were still sitting in the same spots.
"Wonder if they’ve been sitting here the whole time, or just returned today!" Ye Liuyun muttered to himself, ordering some food and wine and eating slowly with Yuan Bin.
Soon, many more merchant caravans arrived to have their meals, and the inn became lively again.
At this moment, Ye Liuyun’s divine sense suddenly noticed a wounded martial practitioner accompanied by a guard, hurrying toward the inn.
The five other martial practitioners inside the inn spotted them and bolted out at once.
The rest of the crowd treated the scene as commonplace. Brawls among them were quite usual, and they continued to dine while watching the excitement.
However, Ye Liuyun’s Golden Phantom Eyes noticed that the wounded martial practitioner handed over something to a woman. She immediately hung the item around her neck and concealed it under her clothing.
It was a small gold ring with no distinctive traits or any ranking; Ye Liuyun initially thought it was merely ornamental or a keepsake.
"Huh? That treasure seems to be a Time Turner!”
In Ye Liuyun’s mind, the Book Demon who had been silent suddenly showed enthusiasm.
"Time Turner?" Ye Liuyun asked puzzledly.
"It can freeze or reverse time! But I’m not entirely certain. Why not snatch it and give it a try, then you’ll know!" The demon suggested him to go and grab it.
"You’re not even certain, and you’re tempting me to get it?”
Ye Liuyun noticed the several people’s high regard for that treasure, perhaps the two injured people had gotten hurt because of this object. He didn’t fancy the idea of snatching what others were desperately protecting.
More importantly, the demon couldn’t even confirm if it was the real Time Turner.
Ye Liuyun also didn’t really believe in the existence of such a treasure.
"If such a treasure really exists, would they still get hurt?" he quietly pondered.
However, the demon seemed to know what he was thinking and said, “You think they could easily wield such treasure? Without Time Power, they can’t refine such a treasure at all! If it remains in their hands, it will be useless."
"But I don’t have the power either!"
"Why are you so stubborn! You don’t have it, I do! I can help you refine the treasure!" It impatiently said.
At this moment, however, Ye Liuyun’s divine sense discovered that the men in black appeared, 13 of them instead of 6. The positions they were in also corresponded to the spots indicated on the map previously.
"Great, they’ve finally shown up!" Ye Liuyun immediately took Yuan Bin back to the room, and then stealthily exited the inn with his clone, aiming to subdue them
As for the treasure that the Book Demon was suspicious of, he wasn’t tempted.
"You’re ignoring a huge treasure for those useless things! What’s the use of them?" It complained.
Ye Liuyun retorted, "I can’t just attack someone because of something you’re unsure of!”
At this moment, he noticed that the targets of the men were those five people.
Seven men together charged at them. While the other six men guarded their escape routes to prevent them from running.
Ye Liuyun, invisible, approached one of them at the periphery, and directly placed a Slaving Seal on him. Immediately after, he put him into his spatial world.
Then, one by one, he put all 6 of them who were guarding outside, into his spatial world.
"You two go first, we’ll hold them back!"
Among the five people, the elder was letting the two younger ones go first.
The martial practitioners who were watching the excitement in the tavern all lowered their heads to eat their food after seeing the men, knowing they were people from the Royal Hunting Team, and dared not to go out to join the excitement.
Among the five, only the elder and the two guards can face the men in combat. Along with the two injured companions, they were obviously not the opponents of the seven.
