Chapter 396: Chapter 107: I Don’t Need Anyone to Like Me! As Long As They Fear Me, That’s Enough_2

Si Nan first nodded excitedly, then immediately arranged for people to start divvying up the pills.

Of course, Si Nan was smart about it.

He separated out the most precious pills, the ones that might actually benefit Ye Liuyun, and set them aside for him, giving everyone else the lower quality ones.

Even if the others saw this, nobody said much about it.

After all, if it wasn’t for Ye Liuyun, they wouldn’t be getting any of these pills in the first place—otherwise, they’d be left with nothing.

What’s more—

"Lower quality" here was only relative to someone like Ye Liuyun, a Grandmaster.

For everyone else, these pills were already incredibly rare treasures.

Even Jiang Jing, who was at the Innate Perfection realm, was grinning ear to ear after getting his share of pills.

With these, he wouldn’t have to worry about pills for a long time.

...

Once everything was divided up—

Ye Liuyun didn’t rush to leave Lingdan City with everyone right away.

By the time they walked out of Zhao Mansion, it was already late and getting dark.

Since Feng Feiyi had already been found, there was no reason to hurry. Ye Liuyun simply led his group to a restaurant in the city and checked in for a temporary stay.

Luckily, Lingdan City was lively enough for that.

There really were a few big restaurants in town. If not for that, there wouldn’t have been enough room for more than a hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards.

The situation with the Zhao family—

The townsfolk must have picked up a bit of news about it.

So when they saw the Embroidered Uniform Guard out and about, they quietly slipped aside, afraid to get noticed.

Once Ye Liuyun and his team had completely left Zhao Mansion—

Quite a few people—

—like a bunch of sharks smelling blood—began sneaking into Zhao Mansion, trying to see if they could fish up any scraps in the chaos.

But actually—

"Damn, are these Embroidered Uniform Guards part pixiu or something? Didn’t even leave so much as the wall paint behind."

"This is too clean!"

"There’s nothing left at all!"

"Forget it. At least we can grab a couple of those useless alchemy furnaces. No way we leave empty-handed!"

Some, unwilling to go home empty-handed, grabbed a couple of worthless alchemy furnaces and left.

After all—

If you don’t grab anything, weren’t you just wasting your time in the middle of the night?

...

The next day—

In his room, after breakfast, Ye Liuyun was studying his haul from this trip.

Not only did he get the Talent Entry from Zhao Xingjin, he also got those from all the other Zhao family members.

All those people basically had some kind of alchemy-related talent entry. The quality was uneven, but with so many, Ye Liuyun managed to combine them into a new gold-tier talent entry.

"Alchemy Talent (Gold)."

Ye Liuyun tried it out for himself.

The effect was actually pretty good.

He didn’t even need an alchemy furnace anymore—he could just summon Pill Fire out of thin air, refine herbs directly, and turn them into pills. Success rate was high, too.

All that could be said was, gold-tier talent entries really lived up to their reputation.

But—

As good as it was, it didn’t boost his cultivation. It couldn’t directly make Ye Liuyun any stronger.

That was pretty damn frustrating!

Plus, Ye Liuyun had zero interest in becoming an alchemy master.

He’s a Grandmaster, after all. Wasting time making pills for other people to eat? Who the hell thought they were that important?

The first gold-tier talent entry that could only sit in the corner collecting dust had arrived.

He shook his head, scattered those thoughts. Better to have it than not. He’d keep it for now.

Just then—

Ye Liuyun’s door was knocked on.

Realizing it was Si Nan and his lot outside, Ye Liuyun called out for them to just come in!

"Sir!"

Si Nan came in and bowed deeply to Ye Liuyun, very earnestly.

Even though Ye Liuyun never made a big deal out of it, his subordinates didn’t dare be careless about etiquette.

Sometimes, knowing when to bow was just the way things were done.

"Just tell me what it is."

Ye Liuyun waved his hand for Si Nan to speak plainly.

"It’s like this, sir. There are people from the Bai family here asking to meet you!"

"The Bai family?"

Noticing Ye Liuyun’s confusion—

Si Nan immediately explained what he knew.

"Sir, the Bai family is just like the Zhao family—one of Lingdan City’s top alchemy clans. Their Patriarch only took the position in the past two years, and rumor has it her cultivation is already at the Innate Perfection realm!"

Figures—

If you don’t have strength as your foundation, no matter how clever you are, you can’t just sit tight as Patriarch.

Otherwise—

You might end up like Yan Shuzhu, just a puppet.

"I see."

Ye Liuyun had just wiped out the Zhao family, so all the other alchemy families in Lingdan City were hiding, waiting for the Embroidered Uniform Guard to leave.

But instead, the Bai family not only isn’t hiding—they’re showing themselves. Takes some guts.

"In that case, let them in."

Just as well—he wanted to see what the Bai family wanted at a time like this.

...

"Target: Bai Xi!

Cultivation: Innate Perfection!

Talent Entries: Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart (Purple), Graceful Figure (Purple), Mage’s Gift (Purple)"

"Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart (Purple): A heart as exquisite as jade, adept at observation, skilled at seeking benefit and avoiding harm." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Soon, a young woman with delicate features and striking looks walked into Ye Liuyun’s room.