Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

As Li Wenbin roared, the assassins who were intercepting the guards of the Prince's Mansion immediately looked in Li Wenbin's direction. When they saw that their companions who had surrounded and killed Li Wenbin had all fallen, their expressions changed.

"Not good, there's a powerful figure secretly protecting Li Wenbin. The mission has failed, so scatter and retreat. Every escapee counts." The assassins decisively retreated.

The guards from the royal palace who had been intercepted rushed to Li Wenbin's side. They did not chase after the assassins, because their mission was to protect Li Wenbin.

"Young Master, are you alright? Hey, what's this?" When these guys came to Li Wenbin's side and saw the people lying on the ground, they were all stunned.

Li Wenbin immediately launched into a tirade against them.

"You guys are way too late. If it weren't for these two young ladies by my side, I'd probably be dead by now," Li Wenbin said with a serious expression.

All the guards wore mournful faces at the same time.

"Your Highness, didn't you tell us not to follow us?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wenbin raised his folding fan again and smacked the guard captain on the head once more.

"I'll hit your pig head! I told you not to follow me, and you really didn't? I was implying something, didn't you understand? Couldn't you have hidden yourself around me, somewhere I couldn't see you? Can't you be a little smarter?" Li Wenbin scolded.

The guards couldn't tell whether to smile bitterly or not; they all had one thought in their minds: Fine, you're the boss, whatever you say goes.

"Alright, Your Highness, do you still want to be our guide? If you don't want to, my sister and I are leaving." Ye Liuyun rolled her eyes at Li Wenbin's unreasonable behavior.

"Alright, alright, you two can continue to disappear. Just don't let me see you. I'll continue shopping with these two girls," Li Wenbin gestured.

This gave the guards a real headache.

"No way, Your Highness, those assassins haven't been caught yet. They just escaped. This isn't appropriate. If the Prince blames us, we'll be in trouble." The captain of the guards was on the verge of tears.

They're the ones who're unlucky to have such a boss.

Of course, they were just saying that, since Li Wenbin had already told them that the two women were cultivators.

However, these assassins never reappeared, as everyone knew that Li Wenbin had extremely skilled bodyguards around him, making another attack impossible.

As they walked, they arrived at the city wall at the main gate. Outside were camps of hundreds of thousands of refugees and countless fruit trees, and the camp suddenly became lively.

For the refugees, not lacking food was the greatest happiness. As for their simple dwellings, once they were well-fed and watered, they had plenty of ways to build new ones.

"Oh dear, it's strange, so many fruit trees have suddenly sprung up outside the city, and it seems as if heaven is intentionally helping these refugees."

Li Wenbin casually picked a peach from a peach tree on the city wall and tasted it.

"Young Master, aren't you afraid these fruits are poisonous, being so casual about them?" Ye Liuyun found it amusing to see Li Wenbin eating them so readily.

But Li Wenbin looked completely indifferent.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, we're almost out of food in Donghai City. If the fruit from these trees is poisonous, we might as well die of overeating. Besides, we tested it yesterday, and it's not poisonous," Li Wenbin said.

After saying that, Li Wenbin picked two more fruits and asked Ye Liuyun and Long Lingyun if they wanted some.

Ye Liuyun was quite unceremonious, tasting one. It had little flavor, similar to ordinary fruit. As for the Dragon Spirit Jade, she didn't eat it, since it was just ordinary fruit and had no value to her.

"My lord," Ye Liuyun said casually, "I think Donghai City needs to manage its people. Look at them, picking crops by the truckload, only to have them rot in a few days. It's such a waste of God's bounty. Be careful, or you might incur divine retribution."

These words reminded Li Wenbin that he hadn't arrived yet.

“Eh? That’s true. This is too outrageous. I didn’t even think about it. There are so many fruit trees, and we’re not in a hurry to pick them all in one day. Hey! You over there, come over here.” Li Wenbin called out to a soldier on the city wall.

When the soldier heard Li Wenbin calling him, he quickly ran over.

"This humble servant greets Your Highness. May I ask what Your Highness's orders are?" the soldier hurriedly bowed.

"Yes, pass on my order to prohibit the people in the city from hoarding large quantities of fruit. If they all push carts to pick fruit, how can a family finish eating it all? Isn't that a complete waste?" Li Wenbin gestured.

The soldier nodded and then hurried off to relay the order.

However, not long after, the guards returned, this time to deliver the orders of the Prince of Donghai.

"Your Highness, the Prince wants you to return to the manor." The captain of the guards appeared out of nowhere and told Li Wenbin to go back.

Upon hearing this, Li Wenbin immediately became somewhat unwilling. He glanced at Ye Liuyun and Long Lingyun.

"Ladies, please excuse me, my father has summoned me back." Li Wenbin cupped his hands in greeting to Ye Liuyun and the other woman.

"Okay, go ahead." Ye Liuyun nodded.

And so, the three parted ways after talking for an hour.

Looking at Li Wenbin's expression, his face was full of happy smiles. Many times, even if you can't get the beautiful things, it's still a good thing to keep them in your memory.

After Li Wenbin left, Long Lingyun asked Ye Liuyun a question out of curiosity. She didn't think Ye Liuyun was just an ordinary cultivator; she wasn't even sure if Ye Liuyun was human.

"Who exactly are you? How could you create so many fruit trees out of thin air? And considering the methods you used last time, to be honest, even if I were at my peak, I probably wouldn't stand a chance against you," Long Lingyun asked Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun stroked his chin, rolled his eyes, coughed a few times, and said in a solemn tone.

"Ahem, listen carefully. I am the reincarnation of the Celestial Venerable of Immortality from the Upper Realm. I have come to the Lower Realm for a visit. You can consider me a god."

Ye Liuyun's childish tone made Long Lingyun roll her eyes.

"You're kidding me? How boring. Fine, I don't care about your background anyway." Long Lingyun chuckled, too lazy to ask any more questions.

"Look, I told you, but you didn't believe me. If I told you I'm just an ordinary cultivator, you definitely wouldn't believe me either. So, since you don't believe me anyway, then whatever?" Ye Liuyun chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Long Lingyun calmed down and thought about it for a moment. What she said didn't seem wrong. No matter what Ye Liuyun said, she probably wouldn't believe it.

"That's true."

The two didn't stay out for long before returning to their lodgings.

In the following two days, the Prince's mansion became lively because the assassins who had been knocked unconscious by Ye Liuyun were all taken back by the mansion's people and subjected to severe interrogation. Under intense torture, these people quickly revealed the identities of their backers.

The person who secretly assassinated Li Wenbin was Li Wenbin's elder brother, Li Wenzhe, the eldest son of the Prince's Mansion.

This is not in the Prince's mansion, but in the study of the Prince of Donghai.

There, a young man a few years older than Li Wenbin was kneeling in the study, trembling. Li Wenbin was also there.

"You wretched child, how dare you send assassins to kill your brother amidst the chaos? Who gave you the audacity? Do you think I'm dead?" The Prince of Donghai rose from the mahjong table and roared at Li Wenzhe repeatedly.

Li Wenzhe neither begged for mercy nor offered any explanation. Since this matter had been discovered, he had to deal with it. As for how to deal with him, that was beyond his control, and any further explanation would be meaningless.

Li Wenzhe was deceived. She had secret dealings with people in the imperial court, who promised him that if he helped the Prince of Donghai stand on the side of the court to resist the rebel king, he would inherit the position of Prince of Donghai.

The plan was simple: kill Li Wenbin and frame the rebel kings, and everything would fall into place. But then Ye Liuyun and Long Lingyun came along and ruined the plan, exposing him.

After scolding Li Wenzhe, the Prince of Donghai glanced at Li Wenbin. Seeing that Li Wenbin did not speak, he issued another order.

"Not going to talk? Fine, then. Guards, drag this wretched child out and lock him up. Without my order, he is never to step out of this courtyard again." Seeing his eldest son bowing his head and remaining silent, the Prince of Donghai didn't bother to ask any more questions, since the other party wasn't offering any explanation, which clearly meant he was admitting it.

Li Wenbin just watched without saying a word. In fact, if he had spoken, Li Wenzhe would have been dead for sure. Li Wenbin would never plead for someone who wanted to kill him, even if he was his brother. Not kicking someone when they were down was already merciful.

After Li Wenzhe was dragged away, the father and son finally started talking.

"Father, did my elder brother say which faction tricked him into coming to kill me?" Li Wenbin asked curiously.

"Hmph! Is there even a question? It's definitely the imperial court. Don't you think about it? At this time, who is more anxious? It's definitely my brother, the Prince. Besides Zhongzhou, the Prince of Chu in Nanling, the Prince of Qin in Xichuan, and the Prince of Yan in Beiyuan have almost all broken with the imperial court. As for our Eastern Wilderness, because there are three princes fighting, the imperial court still has some power to stir things up." The Prince of Donghai said coldly.

Anyone with common sense can see that this was done by the imperial court. They wanted to use this method to turn him against his nephews. The Prince of Donghai was the younger brother of the previous emperor, so he was naturally the uncle of these princes.

Of course, the previous emperor in this context certainly doesn't refer to that young emperor who died suddenly.

“Father, this is very strange. I have a feeling that there is a dark hand pulling everything from behind the scenes. Otherwise, why would the princes of the four regions rebel at the same time, without even giving the court a chance to explain?” Li Wenbin murmured.

The Prince of Donghai shook his head.

“There must be someone orchestrating all of this, but I don’t know who it is, nor can I imagine it. However, one thing is certain: the four great families are definitely involved,” said the Prince of Donghai.

Because it's very simple. Rebellion requires money and manpower. What can those princes' own guards do?

The Prince of Donghai did not believe that his nephews were capable of accumulating so much wealth and manpower in such a short period of time.

The only explanation is that someone is helping them behind the scenes, and after thinking it over, he can only think of the four great families, as only the four great families have this ability.

“This? Even they betrayed the court? Father, could something have happened? After their rebellion, almost all the court cultivators stationed in our Eastern Wilderness retreated back to Central State. This is clearly suspicious,” Li Wenbin said.

The Prince of Donghai sighed repeatedly.

"Sigh! Never mind, let's just take it one day at a time. By the way, didn't you say you wanted to discuss the matter of those refugees outside? Tell me your thoughts," the Prince of Donghai gestured.

Li Wenbin quickly began to talk about the refugees. He felt that these refugees should not be wasted, and the large number of fruit trees outside also needed protection. They should not be allowed to cut them down indiscriminately, since they could produce a large amount of fruit again next year, which is a renewable resource.

The Prince of Donghai also felt that his son's words made a lot of sense, so he agreed to make these arrangements.

Two days later, Jiang Wanshan returned.

"My lord, I have completed the task you assigned. These are the extra pills, and I will return them to you now. Eh? Who is this young lady?" As soon as Jiang Wanshan entered Ye Liuyun's room, he discovered that a beautiful and ethereal young girl was sitting by the window of Ye Liuyun's room.

Even at his age, he couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart when he saw Long Lingyun; she was simply too beautiful.

"Oh, don't worry, she is the form of my weapon. Ice Soul, come back." Ye Liuyun smiled at Long Lingyun, and the next moment, Long Lingyun turned back into Ice Soul and returned to Ye Liuyun's hand.

This scene startled Jiang Wanshan again. This weapon could transform into a human, so it must be at least at the early Earth Rank. Of course, he was only surprised for a moment. Compared with Ye Liuyun's other things, this was nothing.

"I see. This sword is probably a top-grade Earth-rank magic weapon," Jiang Wanshan exclaimed.

"I suppose so. Let's go. Take me to the Dongfang family." Ye Liuyun put away the extra pills and then left with Jiang Wanshan.

They flew directly out of Donghai City and headed towards the Donghai Islands.

It is estimated that it will take half a day to reach Dongfang Island. There are quite a few merchant ships coming and going on the sea, but most of them are ships from various coastal cities.

Chapter 441 Conflict with the Dongfang Family (5000 words + 3100 monthly votes bonus chapter)

Half a day later...

Ye Liuyun's flying boat landed above an uninhabited sea area.

"Huh? That's strange. According to the route in the East Sea Prince's memory, this should be the place. But why is there nothing here?" Jiang Wanshan looked puzzled and then scanned the area with his divine sense.

Unfortunately, his divine sense still couldn't detect any islands here; it was as if there was truly nothing there.

However, Lin Qingyou's divine sense easily saw through the true scene here. There was indeed an island in this place, but this island was protected by a Heaven-level formation, and cultivators below the Nirvana Realm could not sense it at all.

"My lord, there really is nothing here." Jiang Wanshan looked at Ye Liuyun with some helplessness.

But when he saw Ye Liuyun, he found that the original female Ye Liuyun was gone, and a handsome young man had appeared behind her.

"Huh? My lord, what are you up to?" Jiang Wanshan was taken aback. He couldn't understand what Ye Liuyun was up to.

Jiang Wanshan certainly didn't know that Ye Liuyun had once been a man.

The Ye family perceived her as a man, so Ye Liuyun would definitely have to disguise himself as a man to meet his sister.

"Don't ask. I'll tell you after I've finished what I'm doing. Don't reveal that I'm a woman," Ye Liuyun reminded her.

Jiang Wanshan was somewhat amused and exasperated, but he could only nod in agreement.

“Alright, what do we do next? Maybe I’ve come to the wrong place. It’s easy to get lost in this vast ocean,” Jiang Wanshan asked.

"No, no, no, you're not mistaken, this is the place, but you just can't see it. There's a massive Heavenly Rank formation here," Ye Liuyun said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wanshan's expression changed in surprise.

"Heavens, a Heavenly Rank formation? You, didn't you say that the Eastern Family was just a worldly family?" Jiang Wanshan was startled.

"Did I say that? I only said that the place I'm looking for is the Eastern Family, but I never said that the Eastern Family has nothing to do with the cultivation world. Don't frame me," Ye Liuyun retorted.

Jiang Wanshan thought about it carefully, and it seemed to make sense.

"Should I attack the formation and call the people inside out?" Jiang Wanshan asked.

Since there was a formation here, and they couldn't force their way in, they could only scare the person out and then explain their purpose.

Ye Liuyun thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that this was the only way at the moment, so he nodded to Jiang Wanshan.

Just as Jiang Wanshan was about to attack the sea in front of him, something unexpected happened. Ripples suddenly appeared in the empty space in front of them.

Then, a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in a sea-blue dress, flew out in a panic.

After she flew out, several more people chased after her.

"Dieyi, stop! You can't escape!" a young man shouted, leading several cultivators at the Dao Palace realm.

"No, the family has gone too far. I know my aptitude isn't very good, but why should you decide my marriage? You want me to marry into the Heavenly Water Immortal Palace? No way! I'd rather die than submit!" the blue-clad girl said angrily.

However, the group behind her completely ignored what the girl said and surrounded her at an extremely fast pace.

The girl was only at the Foundation Establishment stage of the Dao Palace realm, while the young man chasing her was at the mid-stage of the Dao Palace realm, and the others were also at the mid-stage of the Dao Palace realm. There was no way the girl could escape.

"Dieyi, don't be willful. The family has already made the decision. Even if you disagree, you have to marry him. Besides, Tianshui Immortal Palace is the largest immortal sect in the East Sea Islands of the Eastern Wilderness. There will only be benefits and no harm in you marrying into the East Sea Islands," the young man said seriously.

"Brother, are you still my real brother? Mother and Father both disagree with this, so why are you helping the family capture your own sister?" The girl was very angry.

The young man fell silent for a moment, but not for long.