After taking those miners with him, Ye Liuyun handed them over to Master Wei. The several Chen family’s guards were all put into captivity.

Ye Liuyun also conducted a soul search on the bodyguard commander.

Only then did he realize, it was a manager from the Chen family who was in charge of the mining had been pocketing all the miners’ payments.

Moreover, the same situation did not only occur in the Chen family’s mine. The embezzlement also happened in the other mines just in varying degrees.

"Oh, I see! I always thought that miners have a decent salary!"

After some thought, Ye Liuyun didn’t enslave the commander because his status within the Chen family was too low.

Ye Liuyun just tossed him a Sound Transmission Talisman and told him to confess what happened and seek assistance from Chen’s family. He also told him to get someone who could negotiate with Ye Liuyun.

It was justified for Ye Liuyun to detain him since trespassing on someone else’s territory and grabbing someone at will was an unjust act in itself.

Unexpectedly, Chen Youdao, the general administrator of the Chen family, simply told Ye Liuyun to release them without paying attention to what he said. He had no plans to pick up the bodyguards in captivity.

"Or else face the consequences!" he finished it with a threat to Ye Liuyun.

Then Ye Liuyun laughed and slashed down a guard before he gave the order to the jail guards. "Kill one daily until they send the ransom money."

After leaving his instruction, he left the prison.

The scene left Chen Zhiyuan dumbfounded. Upon witnessing Ye Liuyun slaughtering one of his men, he promptly begged Chen Youdao for help. "General administrator, He will resort to tough measures! He just killed one of us and threatened to continue the killing until the ransom was paid. Please, come save us!"

"This is outrageous! Wait for me, I am bringing people to deal with him!" Chen Youdao was greatly enraged. A mere mercenary leader dared to challenge the Chen family and kill their people!

He took an entourage of almost a hundred individuals, including disciples and elders of the Chen family, and marched off in a fury to get revenge on Ye Liuyun.

Before they even had a chance to approach the Dark Legion’s base, the scouts had already realised their arrival and reported back to Ye Liuyun.

"Humph, they’ve got some nerve! Since they have come to knock on our door, let’s receive them!"

Ye Liuyun chuckled, instructing Ye Tiandao to lead Lei Ming, Dragon Lady, and the Blade Legion to confront the enemy.

"Don’t worry about making a scene. The more of them we apprehend, the better. We can always ask for a ransom," Ye Liuyun told them.

He also loaned them a Demonic Wolf and a two-headed Devil Beast, to deal with the intruders.

Among these people, there was an elder in the advanced fifth level. Hence, Ye Liuyun didn’t want Ye Tiandao and his team to suffer too much loss.

But, to Ye Liuyun’s surprise, Ye Tiandao didn’t use the Devil Beast and instead, took down the elderly with sword intention and Spatial Force.

At the end of the day, Ye Tiandao’s squad only accidentally killed five individuals. The rest of them were either wounded or captured alive.

They were left with nothing except a Sound Transmission Talisman after Ye Liuyun seized their Interspatial Ring and other belongings. Without even meeting them, he had them imprisoned.

But the jail guard would force them to nominate a victim to be executed every day. If they couldn’t decide, he’d choose someone at random.

Those from the Chen family who dared to curse were dragged out to be whipped and used for execution techniques practice.

Without Ye Liuyun having to utter a word, Chen Youdao had been desperately seeking help from the Chen family.

But they lied and falsely accused Ye Liuyun in their pleas.

Upon receiving the plea for help, the Chen family’s administrative did not dare to hide the news because many disciples had been captured. Hence, he reported it instantly to Chen He, the Grand administrator of the Chen family.

"Make the arrangements. We will go and pay the ransom," Chen He instructed after he heard the plea.

"Pay ransom? They unreasonably obstructed us from arresting the miners, they have killed our people, captured our men, and yet we have to pay them ransom?” the administrator asked in confusion.

Chen He coldly snorted, "Humph! What kind of people are those bodyguards? Don’t you know how they are? If they had a just cause, would a mere mercenary team dare to oppose them?"

The administrator admitted the truth, but still said, "But this relates to the integrity of our Chen family..."

Chen He disdainfully replied, "How much does integrity worth? Aren’t you aware that the Dark Legion has monopolized the lower-class populace of the border battlefield? Can you ensure that we won’t need their services in the future?"

"We are in business. If a problem can be solved with money, there’s no need to resort to violence. These are a band of desperate people who are always one step ahead of danger. Push them too hard, and they will stab you. Even if you could eliminate them, we will still suffer losses, so why bother?"

"Moreover, they didn’t kill everyone outright. That indicated there’s room for negotiation! Always think before acting, don’t act foolish like those bodyguards who think the Chen family’s name can intimidate everyone."

“Yes, understand!” The administrator quickly responded before hurrying off to prepare a flying vessel and several bodyguards for Chen He.

With a satisfied nod, Chen He and the administrator boarded the flying vessel and rushed toward Necropolis where Ye Liuyun was.

Chen He was unprepared for the situation to escalate that intensely. However, if anything were to go wrong, the Chen family would undoubtedly hold Ye Liuyun responsible, considering his standing in the family.

The scouts spotted the vessel carrying the Chen Family’s emblem in time and reported to Ye Liuyun.

When Ye Liuyun heard about the arrival of a small vessel, he commissioned Master Wei to open the city gates to welcome them in and invite Chen He into the hall.

Master Wei informed Ye Liuyun through Sound Transmission Talisman that it was Chen He who had arrived.

By the side hall, Ye Liuyun had his clone waiting, donning the Concealcape. The main overseer in charge of the Chen family’s operations along the border battlefield. It was a position that warranted his attention.

"Commander Ye!" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Grand Administrator Chen!"

Both of them greeted each other with a polite smile as if they were long-lost friends.

Yue Liuyun briefed Chen He on what had happened after some casual exchange. He promptly summoned Chen Youdao and Chen Zhiyuan to be brought forward.

In these three days, Ye Liuyun had already sow discord among both of them.

This was because Ye Liuyun would always nominate which of them to be killed daily. Chen Youdao and others naturally chose the guards, never the disciples. And since they were outnumbered, those who were executed were all Chen Zhiyuan’s guards.

Because of that, Chen Zhiyuan harboured a deep hatred towards Chen Youdao.

If Chen Youdao had not provoked Ye Liuyun in the first place, the guards wouldn’t have to die!

When Chen Youdao entered and saw Chen He, his first thought was that he was there to back him up. He immediately started laying accusations. He claimed that Ye Liuyun obstructed them from capturing the fleeing miners, imprisoned the guards, and abused them.

After hearing this, Chen He replied Chen Zhiyuan with a threat, "I’ll give you a chance to save yourself, tell me the truth of what exactly happened!"

Chen Youdao didn’t expect Chen Zhiyuan would betray him, and added from the side, "Yes, Chen Zhiyuan. Tell the truth, won’t you? Did Ye Liuyun abuse us? Or had he killed many of us?"