Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents

Right now, the world is at peace, and there aren’t any wars to fight. But that’s actually pretty nice—who really wishes for battles every day?

"Even if there’s no chance to get on the battlefield now, who says there won’t be opportunities to fight side by side in the future?"

"Ha!"

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this,

Yue Xiu couldn’t help but laugh as well.

He was just about to say something more, when suddenly, a servant from the residence came running in at a brisk pace.

"Hmm?"

Yue Xiu frowned and looked over.

He knew his own household staff well enough; unless it was something important, they’d never dare to interrupt him like this.

"General, it’s the Embroidered Uniform Guard. An Embroidered Uniform Guard is outside, saying he has urgent business with Lord Ye!"

Not here for me?

Yue Xiu was a bit surprised, then looked over at Ye Liuyun.

Clearly, Ye Liuyun hadn’t expected an Embroidered Uniform Guard to show up for him at this hour either. Could something have happened?

But as far as he knew, it’s been peaceful lately, and nothing unusual has happened.

"Let him in!"

Since this was for Ye Liuyun, Yue Xiu naturally wouldn’t stand in the way.

He waved his hand, giving the servant a brief command.

"Yes, General!"

The servant didn’t dare dally, answered at once, then turned to go report.

A moment later—

Si Nan walked in.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard here for Ye Liuyun was indeed Si Nan.

"My lord!"

It was clear from his face that Si Nan was anxious. Only after seeing Ye Liuyun did his tension finally ease a little.

"What happened?"

Ye Liuyun’s face was calm, his gaze level as he looked at Si Nan.

The greater the crisis, the calmer you must stay.

Judging by Si Nan’s change of demeanor, this probably wasn’t a trivial matter.

"Lord Ye, Feng Feiyi ran into trouble!"

After glancing at Yue Xiu, Si Nan decided to speak up.

"Just now, someone delivered this letter to the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

As he spoke, Si Nan took out an envelope stained with blood. Ye Liuyun accepted it, and after reading its contents, his eyes narrowed. Even his expression grew grave.

"So, it’s the Zhao family of Lingdan City, is it? They’re bold, I’ll give them that!"

The letter’s message was simple.

Earlier, on Ye Liuyun’s orders, Feng Feiyi went to Lingdan City to buy six months’ worth of pills from the Zhao family.

Everything had been going smoothly, with no issues.

They’d done business so many times that both sides were already well practiced at it.

But that very night, out of curiosity about the pills, Feng Feiyi wandered Lingdan City and accidentally discovered the Zhao family using Demon Skills to refine pills, using living people directly as ingredients.

The Zhao family patriarch is at the early-stage Grandmaster level.

Feng Feiyi had been hiding his aura well, but after seeing this, his emotions gave him away—he was spotted instantly.

Lingdan City is, after all, someone else’s turf.

And Feng Feiyi is only at a postnatal-cultivator level. If he wasn’t a sharp fellow, he’d probably have died on the spot.

However—

He’s not in good shape now either. If his injuries aren’t treated soon, his life is still in danger.

This letter—

Feng Feiyi must have racked his brain to get it sent back to the Imperial City at all.

The moment he read the letter, Si Nan realized Feng Feiyi was in trouble, and didn’t hesitate to set out for Ye Liuyun at once.

"My lord, according to the messenger, it’s already been three days since the letter was sent!"

In other words—

This letter was written three days ago; for these past three days, Feng Feiyi’s fate has been uncertain.

"..."

Ye Liuyun said nothing.

He honestly hadn’t expected that a simple task of escorting pills could result in such an accident.

"Gather the men!"

Opening his eyes, Ye Liuyun didn’t hesitate even a little.

Lashing out commands to Si Nan with a resolute tone.

"Call in all our people, surround and wipe out the Zhao family of Lingdan City. I want to see just how brave they really are, daring to lay a hand on my people!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun’s order,

Si Nan knew this was no time for dithering, so he responded at once and hurried off to make preparations.

Once Si Nan had left,

Ye Liuyun turned to Yue Xiu, saying,

"Looks like our drinking tonight ends here."

"No problem!"

Knowing Ye Liuyun had urgent business, Yue Xiu naturally didn’t complain.

On the contrary, seeing Ye Liuyun ready to go to war for his subordinates, Yue Xiu’s admiration only grew. In his own way, he was just as protective of his own people.

And in this respect, Ye Liuyun really was a lot like him.

"Need a hand? I still have a few men I could lend you!"

"..."

Are those ’few men’ you mentioned not the four hundred thousand strong army under your command?

Forget the Zhao family.

That army alone could wipe Lingdan City off the map.

"Why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?"

Ye Liuyun smiled, waving his hand to decline Yue Xiu’s goodwill.

"Something like this, I can handle on my own. But if I really need help, I won’t hesitate to ask you!"

Seeing Yue Xiu wanted to say something else,

Ye Liuyun added,

In matters like this, Ye Liuyun wasn’t shy at all. If there was a relationship he could use, why not use it?

But,

Just as Ye Liuyun said, this is just the Zhao family—it’s nowhere near the point where he needs Yue Xiu’s aid.