Chapter 519 - 144: A Common Enemy, an Ally?

It’s just a golden-quality talent. It’s not like I don’t have one myself.

Even a superior red-quality talent—I have one too. Of course I wouldn’t be intimidated by this paltry display.

Perfect timing.

I can try out the red-quality talent I acquired recently.

"Yin and yang converge! All things follow nature!"

As Ye Liuyun moved, a diagram of the Taiji double fish rose from beneath his feet.

Fu Zhengqing’s tricks, in the instant they came crashing down, were absorbed by the Taiji double fish pattern, as if sinking into the ocean, not even the slightest ripple appeared.

They vanished without a trace.

"..."

This scene made Fu Zhengqing’s hand freeze mid-motion.

He just stared blankly at Ye Liuyun, his gaze dazed, as if he no longer knew what to do next.

He simply stood there, dumbly watching Ye Liuyun.

Because in that moment, Fu Zhengqing completely understood that Ye Liuyun before him was a true Grandmaster, not some pretense.

"Not planning to keep fighting?"

Seeing Fu Zhengqing stop, Ye Liuyun raised his brows slightly.

"If you won’t make a move, then I’ll have to!"

As he spoke, scorching fiery power and icy cold force appeared on Ye Liuyun simultaneously. With the talent of yin-yang convergence,

Ye Liuyun could already perfectly control these two completely different powers.

Fu Zhengqing may have fallen silent, but his hands didn’t stop moving.

Although Fu Zhengqing had lingered at the early-stage Grandmaster Realm for a long time—and while his cultivation hadn’t broken through further, the accumulation of his Inner Strength was far beyond that of an average early-stage Grandmaster.

But likewise,

Ye Liuyun, with so many top-tier talents, was no ordinary early-stage Grandmaster either.

As they clashed,

Even with Fu Zhengqing’s full effort, he was still forced back several steps.

"Hiss!"

This scene—

—left some of the onlookers even more shocked.

Even if both are Grandmasters, at most they should be evenly matched.

But from the way things look now, Fu Zhengqing actually seems to be losing ground.

Of course,

Ye Liuyun wasn’t so arrogant as to think he could definitely defeat Fu Zhengqing.

After all, apart from being a Grandmaster, Fu Zhengqing was also a tier-four Mage. But the methods of a Mage—unless it’s life and death at stake—Fu Zhengqing would never expose them so easily.

"That’s enough."

Fu Zhengqing realized,

If he kept fighting, unless he used his Mage techniques, there was no way he could win against Ye Liuyun. He’d only get crushed by Ye Liuyun even more.

If that’s the case, then what’s the point in persisting?

"Your talent—I am thoroughly convinced!"

This was an open admission of Ye Liuyun’s talent.

He had no choice but to concede.

At such a young age, and already a Grandmaster—is it really possible for someone to be this gifted in this world?

Many times, Fu Zhengqing wondered if Ye Liuyun had practiced some Demon Skill with severe side effects.

But if it were Demon Skill, it’s hard to reach Grandmaster; plus, looking at Ye Liuyun’s robust vitality, he didn’t seem to suffer from any side effects.

Even Fu Zhengqing

—had to admit.

If anyone in the world could steadily make it into the Land Immortal Realm, it was probably Ye Liuyun before him.

However—

Precisely because he knew Ye Liuyun’s cultivation had reached the Grandmaster Realm, Fu Zhengqing’s gaze toward Ye Liuyun held a trace of something indescribable.

He just didn’t show it at this moment.

"Let’s go!"

After one last look at Ye Liuyun, Fu Zhengqing turned and left on the spot.

As for that middle-aged man, Fu Zhengqing didn’t give him even a spare glance.

It was as if he’d simply been ignored.

It could be seen—

Fu Zhengqing’s appearance had filled the middle-aged man with hope.

But now, because Fu Zhengqing left, the hope in the man’s eyes instantly faded away.

"Well? Bet you didn’t expect your shield wasn’t so reliable after all, did you?"

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun smiled from the side.

"You—!"

The words instantly made the middle-aged man freeze. His eyes widened in disbelief as he looked over.

As if he never expected

Ye Liuyun to guess that Fu Zhengqing was his protector.

But judging from the situation, that so-called shield apparently couldn’t be counted on. What struck the middle-aged man even harder was realizing the Embroidered Uniform Guard before him was actually a Grandmaster!

With that thought, the man suddenly deflated like a punctured ball, all his spirit gone in a moment.

"Kill him."

Seeing this—

Ye Liuyun wasn’t surprised at all.

Fu Zhengqing was an absolute egoist.

When it came to his own interests, no one cared more than Fu Zhengqing. He’d only intervene if doing so didn’t compromise his own interests.

There was no need for questioning.

On one hand, everything important—I’ve already figured out.

On the other hand—

Even if I interrogated him, this man probably wouldn’t talk. He might’ve been abandoned, but I’m sure Fu Zhengqing must have some kind of contingency, like keeping his family under control.

No matter how hard I try, he won’t say a word.

Might as well just kill him.

And a matter like this naturally didn’t need Ye Liuyun to do it himself.