Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents

Chapter 525 - 145: The Grandmaster’s Authority Shocks the Court! Here Come the Sycophants_3

If the previous County Magistrate wasn’t bold enough to do stuff like this, then how could he have come up with so much money?

"Sir, do you need us to take these people back to the Imperial Prison?"

"No need, just kill them right here!"

They don’t have any kind of special talent at all. Even if you take them back to the Imperial Prison of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it’s just a waste of time—better to finish them off on the spot.

As for what will happen to Lishui City without a County Magistrate—

There’s nothing to worry about.

It’s like a radish and a hole—when the position of County Magistrate is vacant, someone will always take over. The Great Qian Dynasty might lack a lot of things, but there’s never a shortage of people.

Really no need to worry about this!

"Understood!"

,,,

Just as expected.

Exactly as Ye Liuyun had predicted.

A few days later, when he returned to the Imperial City, the moment he entered the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he was greeted by lots of smiles.

Sure, ever since Ye Liuyun became Southern Governor, plenty of people have tried to cozy up to him, but the situation definitely wasn’t as wild as it is now.

"Your humble servant greets the Governor!"

"Sir, you really are as brilliant and mighty as the rumors say!"

"Your humble servant only asks for a chance to serve by your side!"

,,,

Some who looked especially sharp and clever, just walked right up to Ye Liuyun.

Their words pretty much meant they were seeking a shot to follow Ye Liuyun.

Of course.

With Si Nan and Shi Sheng blocking for him, Ye Liuyun didn’t need to worry about it much.

"Hahaha! Brother Ye, you’re finally back!"

He’d just sat down for a moment when Northern Governor Lei Zheng, having gotten the news, strode over with his men.

"Long time no see, Brother Lei!"

That’s when Ye Liuyun realized it had apparently been a while since he last attended morning court.

Can’t be helped, it really is just way too boring.

At first he showed up out of curiosity, but after a while, it’s way too much to keep going, and the killer part is having to wake up early.

Tsk!

Worked so hard for all these years to get stronger, finally made it up here, only to end up as an ox and horse that has to clock in early for work?

All that effort—wasn’t it for nothing?

"No, no, no! Brother Ye, sit down!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun get up, Lei Zheng quickly hurried over, motioning him to sit back down.

Originally, because of Yue Xiu, Ye Liuyun and Lei Zheng had a pretty decent relationship.

After finding out Ye Liuyun became a Grandmaster, that bond clearly shifted—not that Lei Zheng is trying to latch on or anything.

Come on, getting a chance to know a Grandmaster—

Who’d be dumb enough to turn that down?

"They’re saying Brother Ye is already a Grandmaster—is that for real?"

It’s just a rumor, after all. Lei Zheng still wanted to hear Ye Liuyun say it himself.

"Just got lucky, that’s all!"

Ye Liuyun chuckled casually, looking like he saw it coming all along.

Back when he showed his strength, he already knew this would happen, but he didn’t care about it too much, and definitely didn’t regret it.

I worked so hard to cultivate—not so I could keep holding back, hiding everything.

Sure, he’s not going to deliberately show off, but neither will he purposely suppress his cultivation.

If they know, they know.

Nothing to be afraid of.

That’s exactly why Ye Liuyun has endless motivation to keep getting stronger.

"Hiss!"

Ye Liuyun’s answer was basically an indirect confirmation.

Lei Zheng couldn’t help but suck in a breath—it’s actually true!

The most important thing is—

Looking at Ye Liuyun so calm and breezy, as if it’s just a trivial matter, Lei Zheng had no idea what to say for a moment, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch!

Really wanted to curse out loud.

But then he thought, well, he’s my own brother, I’ll hold it in!

"Ahem, just tell me honestly—is there any secret? We’re all brothers here, I swear I won’t leak it!"

No other way—Ye Liuyun’s speed of cultivation is just too damn fast.

Who doesn’t want to get stronger?

Lei Zheng’s no different—if there really was a secret, he’d definitely want to give it a try.

,,,

Secret?

Does stealing other people’s talent count? But even if I told you, it wouldn’t mean much for you.

"Ahem! Honestly, I’m not too sure myself—just follow the steps of cultivation, and the breakthrough just happened. Maybe it’s just talent!"

At the last line—

Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but sigh, as if he were troubled about something.

"???"

Excuse me, you’re actually sighing about this?

Judging from your expression, you really don’t want this kind of talent, huh? Damn it, why don’t I have it?

At first, Lei Zheng even wondered—

Maybe Ye Liuyun’s been practicing some shortcut demon skills—there’s no way someone’s normal cultivation could go this fast.

But that idea got shot down immediately by Yue Xiu.

No one knows what Ye Liuyun’s true abilities are—

But Yue Xiu just believes Ye Liuyun isn’t someone who practices demon arts—don’t ask, it’s just intuition.

And all these generals—totally trust Old General Yue Xiu’s gut.

So nobody doubted anything.

But envy? Oh yeah, that’s real!

"Tsk tsk!"

After clicking his tongue twice, Yue Xiu didn’t forget the real reason he came over.

"Oh, right!"

While speaking—

Lei Zheng suddenly leaned in to Ye Liuyun’s ear and whispered,

"Old General Yue asked me to tell you—if you ever run into trouble that you can’t handle, just look for him!"