After returning to Necropolis, Ye Liuyun handed over the late-sixth-realm Vermilion Bird, Bull Lion, Demonic Wolf, mid-sixth-realm Lion Tiger and early-sixth-realm Brute Bull to Ye Tiandao and Helian Xiu

Along with that, a large group of mid-fifth-realm devil beasts were left to guard Necropolis.

As for himself, he grandly led his army rushing to Chen Family to fulfill his appointment with Chen Taihe.

The news from the border battlefield spread very quickly. Many people would sell the information for money. Necropolis was no exception.

Ye Liuyun’s actions were immediately known by the Royal Management of the East.

"This is our chance to take down the leader once and for all!"

Dong Linghou immediately sent out a dozen fifth to sixth-realm martial practitioners, along with their strongest seventh-realm, to hunt down Ye Liuyun.

Previously, he hadn’t expected that Ye Liuyun would dare to challenge them. In almost one night, all of his external forces were defeated.

Half of his own army was also suffering losts. Ideally, he should have asked the Royal Management for aid.

However, Ye Liuyun didn’t seize the opportunity to advance further, nor did he dare to occupy the territory he took down. This made him think that Ye Liuyun might also be concerned of the seventh-realm expert on his side.

He would have to face millions of troops if he were to make an direct attack on Necropolis, with the high possibility of sacrificing his best armies in the war.

Therefore, directly killing Ye Liuyun was the best approach, which could even help him take over his huge army.

"It seems like he’s deliberately leaving us with an opportunity, to lure us into making a move!" said the seventh-realm expert.

"Could be. Bring ten fifth to sixth-realm practitioners with you, so you all could retreat safely even if there’s a trap."

"Ye Liuyun is just a mercenary captain who fought his way up from the bottom. He definitely doesn’t have too many strong practitioners around him, that’s his fatal weakness. Now his pet beast are all guarding the city, he can’t possibly have too much power."

The expert pondered, eventually coming to believe that Ye Liuyun probably did not have any more strength left.

There were only a few seventh-realm experts within the battlefield. Ye Liuyun wouldn’t have to wait before he could take action now if he were to have one of them with him.

So, he immediately departed with his men. By the time they arrived at the Chen family, Ye Liuyun had already taken a step ahead, meeting with Chen Taihe.

Ye Liuyun’s team appeared to be massive, but in reality, it only included him, Wu Qingcheng, Lin Luoyi, Scorch, and Hua Xiangyuan, four ladies, along with one hundred ordinary city guards. They had virtually no power.

But they did put on quite a show, making Chen Taihe dare not to belittle them. Even more so with Wu Qingcheng and Lin Luoyi as representatives from Celestial Cloud Emporium. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Lin Luoyi answered fluently to all inquiries about the emporium, Wu Qingcheng was also very knowledgeable about the affairs. Their bearing was a clear indication that they were not ordinary people, Chen Taihe naturally dared not to treat them lighthearted.

The ladies were also forthright and got straight down to business without any nonsense.

As their business talks were in full swing, the practitioners from the Eastern Royal Management directly came knocking at the door, openly declaring their intentions on Ye Liuyun.

They thought the Chen family did not have a seventh-realm expert and they could eliminate Ye Liuyun straightaway, thereby completing their task before his help could arrive.

But they wouldn’t have known that Chen He had already gathered all of the strongest practitioners of the family in advance according to Ye Liuyun’s orders. This was what they were intended for.

"They’re here to sabotage our negotiation!" Ye Liuyun explained to Chen Taihe.

The soldiers Ye Liuyun brought, naturally, were the first to charge into the battle. Still, they were quickly wiped out by the enemy’s experts.

Chen He also ordered his men to charge and occupy the rest of the practitioners.

As soon as blood was spilled, both sides were locked in a bloodthirsty rampage.

Chen Taihe wanted to understand the situation before he found everyone already drawn into a chaotic battle. With no other choice, he had his experts enter the fray.

Otherwise, the enemies would have had a much easier time taking down all his other martial practitioners.

The enemy hadn’t expected that the Chen family still had a seventh-realm expert fighting on their side; these two parties were going toe-to-toe quite happily.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun was hiding in the distance from the aftermath of the battle with Wu Qingcheng, Lin Luoyi and other women, alongside with Chen Taihe and his personal guards.

Suddenly, a white butterfly was gracefully fluttering behind the guards, just that everyone else was too busy engaging in the battle to notice it.

Hua Xiangyuan and Scorch were each putting out illusion spells, and together they took full control of Chen Taihe and his escorts.

Chen Taihe even took off the defensive jewellery hanging around his neck and handed it to Wu Qingcheng.

Ye Liuyun and his clone immediately released their divine soul, rushing into Chen Taihe’s consciousness and branded him with a Slaving Seal.

Then, Wu Qingcheng returned the jewellery to Chen Taihe.

Chen He was guarding in the middle with the housekeeper to block the vision of the opposing expert, certainly couldn’t put much attention to Chen Taihe.

Right after, the clone joined in the battle and initiated a pincer attack with his divine soul.

He was aiming the martial practitioners of both the Eastern Royal Management and the Chen family at the same time, letting others to take the blame of the kills and trying his best to make everything unnoticeable.

Once the people left in the fight got lesser, Ye Liuyun approached the battle with Scorch and Hua Xiangyuan, affecting the opposing expert with illusion attacks before initiating a divine soul attack with his clone. After devouring his soul, he had Chen Taihe’s expert to make the last hit.

It became much easier for him to get rid of the other martial practitioners on the other side.

Ye Liuyun immediately informed Ye Tiandao and Helian Xiu to lead their troops into the Eastern Royal Management’s territory to capture Dong Linghou alive.

Meanwhile, he stayed in the Chen family, controlling Chen Taihe and continuing to put up a show with him.

After wrapping up the business discussions, they threw a banquet to celebrate the joyous partnership.

In the course of the feast, Hua Xiangyuan played the zither, while Wu Qingcheng danced. They used illusion spells to their seventh-realm expert before Ye Liuyun and his clone take the chance and brand him with another Slaving Seal.

"That really wasn’t easy!"

After the successful endeavor, Ye Liuyun made a sentimental remark.

His kill of two birds with one stone - not only did he wiped out all the expert from the Eastern Royal Management, but also subduing Chen Taihe and his expert - was indeed a pretty good catch.

Moreover, he was about to claim the spirit crystal veins and territories of them as his own.

Ye Liuyun let Chen He dismiss all irrelevant personnel before discussing with Chen Taihe, Chen He and the expert on his plan to seize the highest power of the Chen family.

Chen Taihe suggested to deploy an assembly of Chen elders and experts to guard the veins, then leading them to take back the power.

Ye Liyun thought this was also a good idea, so he let him in charge for the execution, as he brought along Wu Qingcheng and others towards the route Dong Linghou might escape through to cut him off midway, and sent the expert to slow him down.