Chapter 2351: Chapter 2351 Take Over
When Cao Qingyun’s men arrived at Misty Valley, Ye Liuyun and his clone immediately took action. Using the Golden Phantom Eyes’ white light, they began eliminating Cao Qingyun and the martial practitioners within the estate.
This method was both quick and silent.
Each martial practitioner was swiftly killed and stored in the Spatial World, making it difficult for anyone to detect what was happening.
Ye Liuyun also changed into Cao Qingyun’s appearance, which ensured no one would notice anything amiss.
After most of the martial practitioners had been eliminated, Ye Liuyun gathered all the remaining people in the estate. He executed the last few martial practitioners and dismissed the servants. He then released Ye Tiandao and several Blade Legion soldiers, who disguised themselves in martial practitioners’ clothing, taking full control of Cao Qingyun’s estate.
At the same time, the assassins began their own assault on Cao Qingyun’s martial practitioners.
Once Cao Qingyun was killed, the martial practitioner controlled by Ye Liuyun turned on the remaining warriors. They assisted the assassins in their pursuit.
The sudden change caught the martial practitioners off guard. The Divine Soul contract they had signed with Cao Qingyun in their Ocean of Consciousness also vanished at the same time. Coupled with the assassins’ pursuit, they immediately scattered in all directions.
As they fled, the assassins gained the upper hand, chasing them down and picking them off one by one.
A few who managed to make it back to the city noticed the changes in the estate. After using their Divine Sense and confirming Cao Qingyun was still alive, they returned to the estate to ask him about the situation. However, they were immediately killed by the Blade Legion soldiers.
Ye Liuyun then handed the ten stewards to Celestia, instructing her to take them back to the guild and continue running Qingyun Guild.
A few days later, a shocking news spread throughout the city: Cao Qingyun had transferred both the guild and his estate to Celestia. The citizens were allowed to continue doing business as usual.
Then, news spread that Cao Qingyun had relocated from Qingyun City. His estate was also auctioned off by the Qingyun Guild.
Many martial practitioners in the city speculated that Cao Qingyun had left to avoid assassination.
Thus, Ye Liuyun had successfully dismantled Cao Qingyun’s defenses from within and smoothly took over his guild, securing his own assets.
Celestia didn’t know how to run a guild, but Liang Xue and Wu Qingcheng could secretly guide her. Moreover, with ten stewards around, there was hardly any need for her to make decisions. She was essentially just a figurehead.
Ye Liuyun didn’t let Liang Xue take charge of the Qingyun Guild because he was concerned about the complex local relationships in Valorcrest. He feared someone might pay the Stygian assassins to target the guild leader and didn’t want Liang Xue to fall into danger.
With Celestia as the guild leader, at least the local assassins would’t target her. There were eleven Stygian members under Ye Liuyun’s control, and they would protect Celestia.
Celestia quickly recruited martial practitioners to further secure herself, ensuring that no one would dare to harm her.
After taking over the Qingyun Guild, Ye Liuyun stayed in the city for another two months.
Although his actions hadn’t caused a major stir, many people noticed something was off. However, as it wasn’t their concern, no one dared to cause trouble.
The Yonglie Mansion actually noticed the issue. However, the Qingyun Guild was a major trading force. Hence, Wan Weihou did not want the situation to escalate and disrupt the city’s commerce.
After observing for some time, Wan Weihou saw that the Qingyun Guild was functioning normally and chose not to interfere.
Once Ye Liuyun confirmed everything was stable, he retrieved the Pure Brew he had accumulated from the Stygian members in the area. Then, he returned to Lunaris City to report his progress.
Upon returning, Ye Liuyun initially planned to kill Mystic Fox as part of his report.
However, Ton Xin had made significant changes to the warship with Mystic Fox’s help. Ton Xin insisted that Ye Liuyun keep Mystic Fox around to assist with the warship’s design.
Ye Liuyun agreed to Ton Xin’s request. He did not hand over the head of Mystic Fox but instead submitted the head of Cao Qingyun.
Meanwhile, Scythe received the news. He was impressed by Ye Liuyun’s methods. However, he soon inquired about the whereabouts of Mystic Fox.
Ye Liuyun didn’t hide anything. "Mystic Fox’s trap designs are excellent. I don’t want to kill him. I’ll keep him to work for me."
Scythe agreed. "You can keep him, but you must exchange his token and revoke his Stygian membership."
"That’s not a problem!" Ye Liuyun immediately exchanged Mystic Fox’s identification.
Then, Scythe brought up the next mission.
"There are still many tasks in Valorcrest. If you stay there, you’ll be able to take on more missions. Plus, now that you control the Qingyun Guild, it makes more sense for you to take the tasks there," Scythe explained.
Ye Liuyun agreed with this. His main reason for returning was simply to avoid letting the members there know that he was the one who took down Cao Qingyun.
After chatting with Scythe for a while, Ye Liuyun did not pick up any new tasks and headed back to Valorcrest.
Once he arrived, he went straight to the Stygian secret realm.
Some Stygian members had been discussing Cao Qingyun’s demise and speculating that Ye Liuyun might be the one responsible.
As soon as Ye Liuyun appeared, they started to inquire.
However, Ye Liuyun maintained that he was on a different mission and had no knowledge of Cao Qingyun’s incident.
They also asked about Mystic Fox, since Mystic Fox’s mission had already ended and everyone knew about it.
He simply claimed he had taken advantage of the situation. When he killed Mystic Fox, the latter was already severely wounded.
To make it more convincing, he even had Griffin’s group deliberately act displeased with him, creating the illusion that he had stolen Griffin’s kill and taken credit for the mission.
After that, Ye Liuyun accepted a few more assignments from the Stygian in Valorcrest and completed them all successfully. Before long, his accumulated points elevated him to rank eight.
During this time, he also consumed a pot of Pure Brew every day to continuously refine his body. The people around him were also cultivating their bodies using Pure Brew, though none as diligently as he did.
But Celestia and the others weren’t as fortunate. They went to exchange for Pure Brew every day, yet could only store it up for Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun didn’t want to shortchange them. So, he instructed Celestia to take some Divine Soul cultivation resources from the chamber and distribute them to the group. He wanted them to strengthen their Divine Souls to avoid being controlled by similar attacks in the future.
Just as everything seemed to be progressing smoothly for Ye Liuyun, Stygian suddenly issued a large number of assassination missions. The targets were all participants in the upcoming talent selection trials.
It was likely that someone wanted to improve their own side’s chances by eliminating strong competitors.
Although most of these contestants had yet to reach the Immortal Realm, many hailed from influential families and were guarded by powerful experts.
The Stygian assassins suddenly found themselves overwhelmed with tasks. At the same time, Ye Liuyun joined in, completing several missions himself.
However, one target remained untouchable, despite numerous attempts. Many Stygian members had even perished trying to fulfill this mission.
The target was Mu Tianyang—the daughter of the garrison commander in Valorcrest.
Mu Tianyang was heavily guarded by experts, leaving assassins with no opening to strike.
