by Feng Yise
As she said, Yi Han's pair of clever hands actually groped toward Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan gave a cold snort, fingers tapping over towards Yi Han's shoulder like lightning.
Who knew that this Yi Han's shoulder actually slipped away bizarrely, narrowly avoiding this tap.
Ye Yuan's heart sank and realized right away that this Yi Han concealed her strength.
His move failing, Ye Yuan hurriedly retreated, pulling apart a distance from Yi Han, maintaining vigilance.
"Goodness, Sir Source Night doesn't know how to be tender toward girls at all! Attacking so strongly, is this wanting to take this lowly one's life?" Yi Han giggled and said.
Ye Yuan said in a solemn voice, "Who the hell are you? Why are you teasing me?"
Yi Han smiled and said, "How did this lowly one tease Sir? It was clearly Sir who wanted to ruthlessly crush a flower. However, Yi Han is very curious just who Sir is? Putting aside your strength far surpassing those in the same-rank, your alchemy skills are even so powerful, the Devil Dragon Flame Crystal Pill at your fingertips with ease. Even the Fiend Medicine Hall's five elders had to show you a pupil's manners. With my Blood Yama Hall's eyes and hands, we actually completely could not investigate Sir's background."
Ye Yuan's heart sank, secretly thinking that this Hundred Knows Hall had such access to information.
It seemed like what he had done in Capone Capital City was already completely known by the Hundred Knows Hall.
At this time, Ye Yuan naturally would not treat Yi Han as an ordinary girl anymore. Her strength was likely far above his.
Even Dustless could not fathom Yi Han's depths either.
Although Dustless's strength did not recover to its peak state, under Divine Lord Realm, most could not escape his divine sense investigation.
But this Yi Han was clearly an exception.
Ye Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly and he said in a deep voice, "This young master had lived with my master in a remote land since young. It's also normal for you to not have heard before. So what's strange about that?"
Ye Yuan naturally would not make this kind of low-level mistake. He had long fabricated his origins.
Yi Han smiled and said, "So that's how it is. Sir doesn't need to panic. Let's sit down and talk?"
Ye Yuan nodded slightly and got seated again, and he said coolly, "If you want to ask about my master, you can save your breath."
A hint of surprise flashed across Yi Han's eyes, thinking to himself that this chap was so formidable.
She was just about to open her mouth and ask, and he already used words to block her.
If Ye Yuan's master was really a reclusive expert, then he was definitely unwilling to reveal his name.
This point was naturally justifiable.
Yi Han smiled faintly and said, "Alright, then Sir Source Night came to Capone Capital City just for the sake of investigation?"
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Precisely so! Miss Yi Han, wonder if Source Night can ask questions now?"
Yi Han said, "Does Sir know our Hundred Knows Hall's rules?"
Ye Yuan was stunned and shook his head as he said, "Don't know."
Yi Han giggled and said, "Sir is really interesting, to dare come and inquire about information without even knowing the Hundred Knows Hall's rules."
Ye Yuan had long heard that the Hundred Knows Hall's information was not easy to inquire, but he did not know the specifics.
Looking at it now, seemed like he thought too simply about it.
"Pray tell!" Ye Yuan said coolly.
Yi Han said, "Our Hundred Knows Hall's intel is divided into first-grade to ninth-grade. The first three grades' intel, as long as one pays sufficient fiend essence stones, they can obtain it. But fourth-grade to ninth-grade intel, apart from having to pay exorbitant fiend essence stones, one even has to agree to do some things for the Hundred Knows Hall for free."
Ye Yuan said in surprise, "That means, I owe you all a favor?"
Yi Han said, "It's pretty much this meaning."
Ye Yuan nodded his head and said, "If I don't do it?"
Yi Han smiled and said, "You need to leave behind a blood essence contract before we'll give you the information. If you renege and not do the favor, we can make you wish that you were dead through the blood essence contract."
Ye Yuan's heart turned cold. This Blood Yama Hall was very mysterious. It seemed like their background was huge.
Ye Yuan said, "If you all make me go and die, could it be that I have to act in accordance too?"
Yi Han smiled and said, "Our Blood Yama Hall has always been equally honest with the elderly and the young. It's just that some things, it's not convenient for us to act in our own capacity, so we need a promise. Some people, we never went to find him even till death. On the blood essence contract, there are naturally also some taboo rules stated one by one; for example, we won't make you go and die. Of course, if you die in the process of carrying out the contract, it's not within the scope. Once the contract activates, if you didn't complete it, you'll naturally suffer the contract's backlash."
Ye Yuan was incredibly shocked in his heart. This was equivalent to saying that as long as someone inquired about fourth-grade and above information, they would all owe the Blood Yama Hall a favor.
With the acc.u.mulation year after year, the Blood Yama Hall's favors outside would be very terrifying.
Among these people, it was hard to guarantee that some powerful existences would not appear.
As long as the Blood Yama Hall continued on retaining this blood essence contract, it was equivalent to this contract continuously appreciating in value!
No wonder even the City Lord Manor did not dare to provoke the Blood Yama Hall too. Just this blood essence contract, how could the average person afford to offend?
Ye Yuan nodded his head and said, "Alright, but I have to take a look at the contract's contents first."
Chapter 1493 - Special-Grade Retainer
After the contract entered his hands, a powerful law undulation came from it, making Ye Yuan secretly alarmed.
No idea whose hands this contract originated from, but that person's strength was definitely very powerful.
Ye Yuan's divine sense entered inside. The contents of the contract revealed itself.
He carefully analyzed the contents of the contract. After verifying that there was no problem, only then did he slowly say, "No problem. Now, can I ask for the information that I want to know?"
Yi Han smiled and said, "Of course you can! You can just directly ask the contract, the contract will automatically determine the grade of your question. Drip your blood essence on the contract and the information that you want to know will appear on it."
Ye Yuan drew a deep breath and asked the contract, "A million years ago, Capone Capital City had a fiend commander called Kanuo. I want to know who sent him to carry out the last mission, as well as all of the information for that person!"
After asking this, the contract had a reaction very quickly. A large word gradually appeared on it: Eight.
A hint of surprise flashed across Ye Yuan's face. He did not expect that this information's grade was actually so high!
But seeing that 'eight' word on the contract, Yi Han was all smiles and said, "Hehe, didn't expect that Sir Source Night's information is actually so valuable. Looks like … this favor isn't small."
From fourth-grade to ninth-grade, the contents of the contract were naturally different.
Fourth-grade was still relatively easy to return. Ninth-grade … it would probably be a favor to drive one to their death.
If someone checked for information not matching their own strength, that price might be death.
Yi Han looked at Ye Yuan rather interestedly, wanting to see how he choose.
However, she was a little disappointed.
She completely could not see through Ye Yuan's inner-heart activity, as if what Ye Yuan held in his hand was a piece of blank paper.
Suddenly, a c
old light flashed. The tip of Ye Yuan's finger had a gash cut open. A drop of golden blood slowly fell, dripping onto the contract.
The golden blood instantly disappeared. Very soon, densely packed words appeared on the contract.
Ye Yuan rapidly browsed it over, but the expression on his face became ugly.
Sure enough, the one who sent Kanuo to the Immortal Grove World was precisely that generation's city lord, called Ka Suo.
It was just that not only did this Ka Suo not die, he already broke through from the second-layered heaven Fiend Lord back then to the current Fiend King first-layered heaven, which was also the human race's Celestial Deity first-layered heaven!
After one's Martial Dao broke through to Divine Lord Realm, it was entering a whole new realm. Each step would become even more difficult.
Each major realm was divided into nine heavens.
Each breakthrough of a minor realm was exceedingly difficult, easily starting with 100 thousand years.
Presently, a million years had passed. That Ka Suo's strength steadily increased and actually already reached the Fiend King Realm!
Looks like wanting to find this Ka Suo to settle scores, I have to give the matter further thought and consideration. Ye Yuan secretly sighed in his heart.
This Ka Sou had already left Capone Capital City long ago. Right now, he was at Eminent Orchid Imperial City, wielding immense authority.
Apart from these, there were still many intel related to Ka Suo. This information was indeed very valuable, worthy of being an eighth-grade contract.
However, Ye Yuan was also secretly shocked and had an even clearer understanding of this Blood Yama Hall's strength.
Even a Fiend King powerhouse's information could be recorded so comprehensively, this was clearly not what an ordinary power could do.
After Ye Yuan silently noted down Ka Suo's information, the words on the contract gradually disappeared.
And Ye Yuan distinctly sensed that there was a kind of mysterious connection established between him and the contract.
"Looks like Sir Source Night is very disappointed!" Yi Han said with a smile.
Ye Yuan returned the contract to Yi Han and said indifferently, "Indeed a little disappointed. But, it's nothing as well."
He indeed did not care. There would come a day where he would step into Celestial Deity Realm and seek justice for the Immortal Grove World.
"Huhu, Sir Source Night doesn't care, but Yi Han cares a lot! I have a feeling that Sir Source Night's favor is much more valuable than this information! As for fiend essence stones, just take it as Yi Han becoming friends with Sir, forget about it," Yi Han said with a broad smile.
Ye Yuan glanced at her and said coolly, "Becoming friends with Miss Yi Han, one has to become more vigilant."
Yi Han giggled and said, "Is Sir praising Yi Han here?"
Ye Yuan said, "You can understand it like that."
Yi Han's strength was unfathomable. This Blood Yama Hall was even more mysterious and hard to fathom. Becoming friends with them, one would probably not even know when they were sold.
...
Returning to the Fan Family, Fan Yu was naturally inexplicably grateful toward Ye Yuan.
The Fan Family heard that a very powerful Fiend Apothecary appeared in the family and burst into an uproar all at once.
The Fan Family immediately convened an elders meeting and raised Ye Yuan to a special-grade retainer.
The treatment that Ye Yuan enjoyed in the Fan Family could virtually rival Fiend Commander Realm elders already.
Those people who said that Ye Yuan relied on a woman to get his position immediately shut up, all extremely fl.u.s.tered.
Offending a Fiend Apothecary retainer was not some wise thing.
Medicinal pills, who did not need it?
The Fan Family could not be blamed for going through so much trouble. It was true that fiend apothecaries were too in demand in the fiend race.
With the status of Fiend Apothecaries, they did not stoop to go to some large family to be retainers at all.
Otherwise, the Fan Family also would not be so cautious because of a batch of medicinal pills.
The news of a Fiend Apothecary emerging in the Fan Family immediately spread throughout the entire capital city like the wind.
The other three families, including the City Lord Manor, were all envious about this to the extreme.
Of course, if there were people envious, there were people unhappy.
When Ka Xin heard this news, his entire person went blank.
"Damn it! How can that brat possibly be a Two-star Fiend Apothecary? The important person that Meng Qi saw that day was actually him! This … How is this possible?"
Ka Xin was full of indignation and puzzlement. He seriously could not figure out how a young man with such powerful martial arts strength could possibly become a Fiend Apothecary that even Meng Qi bowed his head in submission to!
Lian Hua's face was also full of shock. She did not expect that Ye Yuan was a Fiend Apothecary. Furthermore, even the Fiend Medicine Hall's five elders were actually docile and obedient towards him to this extent.
Originally, she was just harboring the thought of teasing a little, that was why she would be like that toward Ye Yuan.
Now, she was really envious of Li Ji to death.
If she had long known it was like this, she should have thought of everything possible to snatch Source Night!
But now, it was too late to say anything. Source Night and Ka Xin were already like fire and water. It was completely impossible to bury the hatchet anymore.
She let out a sigh and said, "This matter is already beyond all doubt! The Assassination Hall took our bounty to assassinate Source Night, but it was stopped by the Fiend Medicine Hall's five elders. It was said that for this, the Fiend Medicine Hall already went to war with the Assassination Hall, cutting off all of their medicinal pills supply. I reckon that within a few days, the Assassination Hall will have to yield. Meng Qi clearly doesn't have this authority. For the Fiend Medicine Hall to do so, they definitely obtained the hall master's approval! Waging war with their own family for an outsider, this matter of thing, even thinking about it feels inconceivable."
Ka Xin's expression was green and already did not know what he should say.
He discovered to his dismay that he seemed to have really kicked a metal plate this time!
Lian Hua paused for a bit and continued, "To be able to make the Fiend Medicine Hall's hall master do this, that Source Night's alchemy skills must be extremely remarkable! The Fan Family picked up a treasure this time!"
Chapter 1494 - Giving In
Inside a hidden private estate in the capital city, Huo En was currently kneeling in front of a man in black, fearful and in awe.
"Huo En, do you know your mistake?" The man in black said coolly.
"Your Excellency, I … know my mistake!" Huo En hesitated for a bit, but finally still admitted his fault.
The man in black slowly turned around and said coldly, "In the Assassination Hall, you aren't wrong. But in the entire Blood Yama Hall, you've made a grave error. Now, the Fiend Medicine Hall and Hundred Knows Hall are applying pressure on me at the same time. The pressure on me, this hall master, is also huge!"
Huo En was a capable general under his command. When the Fiend Medicine Hall came over, he still supported Huo En a bit.
But, he never thought that later on, the Hundred Knows Hall actually came over to put pressure too. This doubled the pressure on him, a hall master.
The Assassination Hall primarily did some things that could not see the light and could not appear on the stage.
The prestige of the Blood Yama Hall was mainly established by the Fiend Medicine Hall and Hundred Knows Hall, these two halls.
The function of the Assassination Hall was to kill.
Huo En was depressed in his heart!
His position in the Assassination Hall was around the same as Meng Qi's in the Fiend Medicine Hal
l. Hence, he did not take Meng Qi's warning to heart as well. He even left a few harsh words.
He did not expect that now, his face was slapped resoundingly.
Huo En was fl.u.s.tered inwardly and said, "Your Excellency, what … what should this subordinate do?"
The man in black swept a glance over him indifferently and said, "An assassin failing an assassination, the outcome … you know it."
Huo En's entire body trembled, his gaze revealing a look of despair.
He originally thought that it was a big business for him. He did not expect that his life actually had to be capitulated on this mission!
"Do it yourself then!" The words of the man in black carried some melancholy.
Honestly speaking, he did not think that Huo En did anything wrong. What was wrong was that this was a world where the strong prey on the weak!
For that young man called Source Night to be able to make two great halls value so highly, it indicated that he was a figure who carried a lot of weight.
Then one could only say that Huo En was unlucky.
Who asked him to provoke someone he should not provoke?
"ARGHHH … !"
Huo En's gaze revealed a fierce look, his body suddenly burst apart.
Clank!
A black token dropped onto the ground.
The man in black extended a hand and beckoned. The token landed in his hand.
...
After Ye Yuan returned from the Hundred Knows Hall, he went to the Fiend Medicine Hall again to give Meng Qi they all a lesson.
Meng Qi and the rest naturally benefited greatly.
But this time, there was an additional person listening to him preach Dao, the Fiend Medicine Hall's hall master!
He was a Three-star Fiend Apothecary, his status in Capone Capital City extremely revered.
Even ordinary Fiend Commander powerhouses found it hard to meet him.
A single one of the medicinal pills that he refined was hard to seek after.
But this time, he was like a student, sitting together with Meng Qi and the rest respectfully, listening to Ye Yuan preach on Dao.
On the first day, he relied on his status and hid next door to listen.