Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 56: The First Gold Entry Appears

If you don’t even have the heart for a little competition, then what’s the point of practicing martial arts at all?

After a muffled peal of thunder, the sky showed no further signs of strangeness, as if that thunderclap existed merely to send off Zhao Tian, the so-called Child of Destiny, to his grave.

Very soon.

Two entries floated out from Zhao Tian’s body.

No need to look at "Bears Grudges," as for the golden entry, Ye Liuyun selected "fuse" without hesitation.

"Talent Entry System!

Host: Ye Liuyun!

Realm: Innate, Middle Stage!

Martial Skills: Wind-Slaying Saber Skill, Cangyang Force, Pine Wood Saber Skill, Shattering Jade Hand, Blazing Blade Skill, Phantom Ninefold Body, Overlord Saber,

Talent Entries: Child of Destiny (Gold), Iron Bones and Steel Tendons (Purple), Man-Saber As One (Purple), Extraordinary Comprehension (Purple), Swordsmanship Talent (Blue), Body of Supreme Yang (Purple), Smell Fragrance to Recognize Women (Blue), Tread Snow Without Trace (Purple),"

The first golden talent entry finally appeared.

I had thought it would be "Iron Bones and Steel Tendons" that leveled up first since it was already almost maxed out.

Never expected it would be Child of Destiny instead.

To Ye Liuyun’s surprise, the original "Good Luck" entry was gone.

It should be because the similarity is very high, so it fused into Child of Destiny.

"That means I had a little ’Child of Destiny’ entry before, too."

Thinking about it, the journey till now really has been a breeze.

Laughing at this, Ye Liuyun grinned, not getting caught up any further.

Gazing at Zhao Tian’s body, Ye Liuyun looked at the red dagger in his hand, recalling Zhao Tian’s description of what this red dagger was for.

Ye Liuyun simply squatted down and stabbed the dagger forth.

"Swish!"

Sure enough, as soon as the dagger pierced flesh, the red lines on the blade began to glow with dots of light.

The dagger was also steadily heating up.

Ye Liuyun could feel all sorts of forces within Zhao Tian’s body flowing into him through the red dagger.

Zhao Tian had used this dagger to absorb power from mountain beasts before, so his body was already far stronger than ordinary people.

After a while, the process gradually stopped.

"Guess you’re full now!"

The power in Zhao Tian’s body hadn’t all been absorbed yet, but this red dagger acted like it’d had enough to eat.

Not that it was at a limit—it simply needs time to digest before it can eat more.

Meanwhile, after getting "full," the Spiritual Artifact instantly turned into a beam of red light and sank into Ye Liuyun’s wrist.

This made Ye Liuyun want to test it out—he focused his mind, and the dagger appeared; another thought, and it vanished again. So freaking convenient.

"Nice, nice!"

Ye Liuyun stood up, satisfied.

He clenched his fist; everything just absorbed made him feel like his strength had more than doubled.

Though he figured such rapid progress would definitely slow down in the future.

Still, the boost made Ye Liuyun feel pretty damn good.

No wonder it’s a top-tier Spiritual Artifact. It’s subtler than Lv Lan’s Cold Jade Sword, but for this kind of effect, Ye Liuyun obviously liked it even more.

"From now on, you’re called the Blood Blade!"

Can’t always call you ’red dagger,’ after all.

Ye Liuyun said that to the red mark on his wrist, and with a flip of his hand, the mark faded away, waiting for Ye Liuyun’s next summon.

Now that both the entry and the Spiritual Artifact are mine,

there’s not much point in sticking around, so Ye Liuyun lifted his foot, ready to head off.

He’d only gone a couple of steps when something jabbed his foot.

Looking down, he found a piece of silver.

Pocketing it and tossing it in his hand, Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but laugh. Is this what luck feels like? You just walk around and find money!

Although Ye Liuyun didn’t really care about this bit of cash,

he still stuffed the piece of silver in his pocket before leaving.

...

"Is anyone still not back?"

As dusk approached, the Northern Governor Lei Zheng was doing a headcount to see if anyone hadn’t returned.

In the crowd, Lord Thousand Households Wan Feiliang hadn’t paid much attention at first, but when he glanced around, he noticed Ye Liuyun was missing. Ye Liuyun still hasn’t come back?

Instantly, Wan Feiliang’s face lit up with delight.

Even if he couldn’t take direct revenge on Ye Liuyun, making the guy uncomfortable wasn’t bad either.

"Governor, sir!"

With this in mind, Wan Feiliang strode forward two steps.

Just as he was about to speak—

For some reason, his foot slipped, and he twisted his ankle, falling right on his face.

...

The sudden turn of events stunned not just Northern Governor Lei Zheng, but even the other Embroidered Uniform Guard members nearby were left speechless, staring at Wan Feiliang.

Seriously?

You’re this embarrassing?

How do you manage to fall just by walking around?

Some of those standing close quickly stepped away from Wan Feiliang, keeping their distance, afraid he’d accuse them of pushing him.

Truth be told, Wan Feiliang himself was confused the instant he hit the ground.

"If you want to fall, at least give me a heads-up first."

Looking at this, Lei Zheng just commented blandly, acting like he couldn’t be bothered to care.

For a moment, those around struggled to hold back their laughter.

"No, no!"

Coming to his senses, Wan Feiliang got up in a hurry.

Couldn’t even be bothered about the dust on him, he blurted out,

"Governor, sir, I have to report—Ye Liuyun, Captain Ye, still hasn’t come back!"

Worried he’d mess up again, Wan Feiliang spit it out fast.

"Hmm?"

Hearing that someone hadn’t returned,

Lei Zheng subconsciously frowned, ready to speak,

when Ye Liuyun’s rather helpless voice came from right behind Wan Feiliang.

"Come on, Lord Thousand Households Wan, we may have our differences, but you can’t just frame me like that. I’ve been standing here a while, you know."

"???"

Wan Feiliang froze and turned around.

There stood Ye Liuyun, looking at him with an utterly exasperated expression.

"Impossible! You definitely weren’t here just now!"

If he’d been here, how could I not have seen him?

Saying this, Wan Feiliang glanced around at the others, hoping for backup.

Unfortunately...

Wan Feiliang had never been popular within the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and even those who’d seen the truth didn’t plan to help him out.

Most hadn’t been paying attention in the first place, so they were even less likely to speak up.

"You guys—!"

At this moment, Wan Feiliang finally got a taste of what it feels like to be excluded.

In the Embroidered Uniform Guard, getting a taste of workplace bullying.

"Enough!"

In the end, it was Lei Zheng’s words that interrupted Wan Feiliang’s stammering.

"If you waste my time on garbage like this again, even if the mighty Lord Grand Eunuch himself comes, I’ll beat you up in front of him, too."

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