Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents

Just as Ding Feichen said.

In this world, not only do poisons that can control people exist—they’re everywhere.

Most Demon Sects all have this kind of poison to control their disciples. Otherwise, do you really think those who join a family’s Demon Sect care about things like master-disciple loyalty?

However.

Ye Liuyun disdained to use such things.

Whether Ding Feichen would betray him or not, to Ye Liuyun, it was nothing but an insignificant matter.

It was just a casual move, nothing more.

If he’s useful, keep him; if he’s not, kill him right away. The world can deceive you in every way, but only your own strength won’t.

No matter how many people you nurture or how widespread your influence gets,

if you lack true power, it’s all just empty talk.

In the end, Ye Liuyun still let Ding Feichen go, and even gave him a token—the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s Southern Governor token. In a sense, this also represented Ye Liuyun’s identity.

As for whether it was truly useful or not, Ye Liuyun wasn’t too sure.

Anyway, Ding Feichen, upon receiving the token, looked absolutely ecstatic and even knelt down on the spot.

Ye Liuyun didn’t spare him another glance, just waved his hand and got back onto the carriage.

The coachman from before belonged to the Xie family. Fortunately, they hadn’t gone far since leaving, and the Xie Family’s residence was close by. If the coachman went back now, he’d probably make it before dark.

As for the new carriage driver—

Of course, it was the just-recruited Zhang San.

Honestly, this Zhang San was indeed a bit capable. The situation earlier was purely because Tian Zheng was hopelessly stupid, and as a lackey, Zhang San had absolutely no right to protest.

No matter how he tried to dissuade him, Tian Zheng wouldn’t listen. What could Zhang San do?

Now, serving Ye Liuyun, the first thing he did was forget his old name and use the one Ye Liuyun gave him.

Honestly—

Though the name Zhang San sounded a bit odd, it wasn’t too unpleasant, and probably wasn’t chosen on a whim.

"Sir!"

While driving the carriage, Zhang San started telling Ye Liuyun things about Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy.

"Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy broke through to Grandmaster Realm over a decade ago. Although he’s been in seclusion for the past few years, there haven’t been any rumors of him reaching mid-stage Grandmaster!"

Not everyone is like Ye Liuyun, breezing through cultivation with cheat-like ease.

After Grandmaster, every level is a major hurdle. Even a minor realm has trapped countless people—it’s not so easily broken through.

Seeing no response from Ye Liuyun inside the carriage,

Zhang San stared straight ahead, dutifully driving, and continued.

"The cultivation technique Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy practices is a bizarre, bloodthirsty one. Through constant slaughter, he sharpens his saber skills."

If he’s called Sword Demon, Celestial Frenzy is obviously no decent character.

He once was a villain of the highest order.

"But after reaching Grandmaster, according to Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy himself, mindless killing could no longer lead him further. He needed a breakthrough in mental state, which is why he’s stayed in seclusion these two years and rarely appeared!"

"Rumors about Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy in the martial world have decreased a lot too!"

Ye Liuyun wasn’t surprised by this in the least.

The higher your cultivation, the more important breakthroughs in mindset become—sometimes even more than brute cultivation.

Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy had caused too many slaughters before. It’s natural for him to have inner demons. Secluded cultivation at such a time is a good way to temper the mind.

Zhang San, who had once served Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy, naturally knew a thing or two about him.

Now with Tian Zheng dead, if Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy got word—even if he never cared for his own son—blood is still blood. No telling if Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy might come out of seclusion to avenge his son.

That’s exactly why Zhang San was sharing this information about Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy with Ye Liuyun now.

"Forgive my incompetence, sir. I don’t know much more—this is all I know!"

Even as a retainer,

Sword Demon Celestial Frenzy would never reveal everything about himself.

In fact, Zhang San only knew that Celestial Frenzy’s saber skills were heavily demonic, but the specifics were unclear.

He didn’t even know the name of that saber skill.

"Doesn’t matter."

At last, Ye Liuyun’s voice drifted from inside the carriage.

He spoke with utter indifference.

An early-stage Grandmaster, that’s all—hardly enough to stir things up.

Even if he’s lingered at early Grandmaster for over a decade, he’s still only at early Grandmaster.

Not even at mid-stage—what’s there to fear?

"Uh..."

Those words left Zhang San stunned, momentarily lost for words.

That’s early-stage Grandmaster we’re talking about. In this whole world, those at that level can be counted on two hands, and everywhere they go, they’re revered.

If someone else said such things, Zhang San would have thought they were just pretending, utterly clueless about what "Grandmaster" really meant. Only then could they talk so lightly.

But hearing Ye Liuyun say it, Zhang San couldn’t help but sigh to himself.

"No wonder he’s the boss..."

Only Ye Liuyun would truly have the confidence to look down on early-stage Grandmasters like this.

Maybe his decision that day was right—only by following a boss like this could there be any future.