Chapter 235 - 53: Like Jumping in Your Face, Huh? Even Heaven Shows No Respect (Part 2)

Even if Ye Liuyun is a young Grandmaster, there’s probably still some danger for him.

"Hahaha! Who knows, anyway, whether I’m in danger or not, I don’t know. But that Minister of Rites is pretty dangerous!"

Likes to jump out and show off, huh.

That Fu Zhengqing is a Grandmaster—I can’t beat him right now, but you, a guy with no real power, you think I can’t handle you?

Official rank and all that, since when has Ye Liuyun ever cared?

"Hahaha! Ye bro, you truly are genuine!"

Back when Ye Liuyun suggested the Minister of Rites go with them, Lei Zheng pretty much guessed what was going on.

Now hearing Ye Liuyun just say it outright—

Lei Zheng couldn’t hold back and laughed straight up.

As a member of the military, Lei Zheng had long found Ji You, that Minister of Rites, an eyesore.

...

After court was dismissed—

Ye Liuyun originally planned to just leave right away.

But Yan Shuzhu had someone call him into the imperial palace.

"Xihe Dynasty has a fierce and violent reputation. On this trip, you could be in danger!"

Yan Shuzhu was still worried.

Worried whether Ye Liuyun’s trip to the Xihe Dynasty would bring trouble.

Standing off to the side, Lv Lan’s gaze flickered—she really wanted to say she’d go with Ye Liuyun, but thinking Yan Shuzhu still needed her protection, she lowered her head slightly and chose to keep quiet, feeling helpless.

"Relax, if there’s really any danger, I’ll run for it!"

Ye Liuyun was someone who cherished his own life an awful lot.

Sacrificing myself for Great Qian? Oh, Ye Liuyun’s just not that noble.

His own hide is what matters most. Everything else is just fluff.

"Besides, the new emperor of the Xihe Dynasty just took the throne. The leftover followers of the other princes will keep him busy for a while. He won’t have time to worry about anything else!"

If it’s not a sure thing, Ye Liuyun won’t do it.

According to the briefing—

The new emperor of Xihe Dynasty had emerged as the final winner from the struggle among all the princes.

But even though the other princes lost, they still managed to leave quite a few cronies in the Xihe court, just to make things harder. The imperial power is still shaky.

Xihe Dynasty might be fierce, but that doesn’t mean they’re stupid.

There’s no way they’d pick this particular moment to antagonize neighboring dynasties.

"As long as you’re confident!"

Hearing Ye Liuyun put it that way, Yan Shuzhu nodded along.

Though he was the emperor—

Even so, Yan Shuzhu’s intel might not be as sharp as Ye Liuyun’s.

Seeing Ye Liuyun so full of confidence, Yan Shuzhu gave a slight nod and chose to trust him.

...

After making small talk for a bit—

Ye Liuyun left the Imperial City, without heading straight to Purgatory or back home.

He went straight to the Embroidered Uniform Guard instead.

"Sir!"

Just as he arrived at the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s station, Si Nan came striding over to meet him.

He also saw the ornate box in the man’s hand.

"What’s that?"

Staring at the ornate box, Ye Liuyun frowned in puzzlement for a moment.

"Heh heh!"

Si Nan let out a sly chuckle, opened the box, and inside was something that looked like a pill, with a strong medicinal scent drifting out. Just sniffing it made one feel energized.

"This is a superior Life-Extending Pill! I heard one can prolong life by ten years!"

Life-Extending Pills are already extremely rare, let alone a top-grade one.

But a normal person can only ever take up to ten of these in their lifetime—at most, a hundred extra years. After that, even more won’t help you.

"Where’d you get this?"

Something as precious as a superior Life-Extending Pill—

Even Xie Ling’Er’s Fanlou probably doesn’t have many of these lying around, right?

"Didn’t you ask me to correspond with Prince Jin? Last time I sent a letter, I..." He coughed, "tweaked the contents a little, so Prince Jin had someone deliver this pill over!"

"Tweaked it a little?"

Ye Liuyun raised an eyebrow.

Probably more than just ’a little’, huh?

...

"See! Didn’t I say so? Ye Liuyun really is pure-hearted and trustworthy!"

Inside Prince Jin’s Mansion—

Holding the letter, Prince Jin Yan Ze looked smug as can be.

The letter said Ye Liuyun was enduring humiliation for Prince Jin’s sake in the Imperial City—not only dealing with the daily grind of the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s cases, but also overcoming all sorts of probing from those Imperial City bigwigs.

And under one of those trials, Ye Liuyun landed in a life-or-death situation.

Because he remembered Prince Jin’s kindness, in a desperate moment he broke through to the Grandmaster Realm.

"Grandmaster Realm! He actually broke through to Grandmaster!"

Gotta say, Prince Jin City really is too far from the Imperial City—the news just gets here at a snail’s pace.

Prince Jin Yan Ze looked quite shocked.

Didn’t expect Ye Liuyun to already be a Grandmaster.

Relieved, yet a bit regretful—

If only he’d known Ye Liuyun would break through, he would’ve kept him in Prince Jin City—then he’d have three Grandmasters under his command.

But it doesn’t matter, oh well.

Even if he’s not in the Imperial City, just thinking about this Grandmaster still makes Prince Jin Yan Ze feel much more at ease.

To make Ye Liuyun even more loyal—

Prince Jin Yan Ze just handed over the hard-to-come-by superior Life-Extending Pill to Ye Liuyun.

He’d originally planned to give this thing to the new Zhao family patriarch to curry favor.

But now that he thought about it—

This kind of Life-Extending Pill—are you even worthy? Are you a Grandmaster?

...

"Prince Jin lives up to his reputation!"

Meanwhile, on Ye Liuyun’s side—

Staring at the superior Life-Extending Pill, he couldn’t help sighing.

Figures—an idiot with too much money.

This is almost making him feel bad about keeping up the scam... Well, whatever, he’s just not a great guy, might as well keep lying for a bit!