Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 28: Golden Saber Sect’s Saber Skill Manual

Chapter 28: Chapter 28: Golden Saber Sect’s Saber Skill Manual

"Go on with your tasks!"

Ye Liuyun didn’t say much; he’d just spoken on impulse.

He waved his hand, signaling to Si Nan and Shi Sheng that they could leave.

Walking at the edge, Shi Sheng thought for a moment, then couldn’t resist leaning toward Si Nan to whisper.

"What did you just figure out?"

"Wait till you’re my age, then you’ll know."

"..."

Damn it, I’m pretty sure I’m older than you. What, am I gonna age backward now?

"Do you still want those three hundred taels or not?"

"!"

The debtor is always the boss, isn’t that right?

...

Half an hour later, the Golden Saber Sect’s money was carried out one chest after another.

Looking at the amount, there really was quite a lot.

By Embroidered Uniform Guard rules, all of this should be confiscated, but hardly anyone actually follows the rules—including Ye Liuyun.

"Leave one chest for the brothers to split. The rest, you each take one, and have someone send the remainder to my estate."

He pointed at Si Nan and Shi Sheng as he spoke.

That’s just how Ye Liuyun does things.

He gets to eat the meat, but the people under him will at least get some soup—not like some folks who don’t even leave others the pot.

"Yes, sir!"

When Ye Liuyun said that, everyone’s face immediately lit up.

With this much money, even just a share would be worth more than half a year’s salary to them.

"Uh..."

Only Shi Sheng seemed hesitant.

After all, in Shi Sheng’s past experiences, the money collected was always straight-up confiscated.

But before Ye Liuyun could say more, Si Nan just chimed in.

"Don’t tell me you actually think the money you handed over before really got confiscated!"

"What?"

His tiger eyes rounded; Shi Sheng genuinely hadn’t paid attention to such things before.

"You hand in ten thousand taels—if there’s even ten left that truly went to confiscation, you’d be lucky. The higher-ups split it long before it got there."

Si Nan was honestly crystal clear about this sort of thing.

Seeing Shi Sheng struggling to accept this and looking ready to go confront those folks, Si Nan said directly,

"Forget it, won’t do any good. Just take it. If you don’t, someone else will. If it weren’t for our lord, you wouldn’t get even ten taels if another captain was in charge!"

Before Ye Liuyun came along,

Si Nan had worked under other Embroidered Uniform Guards and was long familiar with their stinginess.

"..."

Seeing Shi Sheng silent,

Ye Liuyun said calmly,

"If you want things to change, work hard and get stronger. When you’re powerful enough that no one in Embroidered Uniform Guard dares challenge you, you make the rules. But until then, use this money to build up your skills."

Training in martial arts costs money.

Shi Sheng’s talent was decent, but if he wanted to break through to Postnatal, he had to buy rare herbs—no way around it.

"I understand, thank you sir!"

Shi Sheng wasn’t stubborn. After Ye Liuyun explained, he got it right away.

Exactly—if I don’t take this money, someone else definitely will. Better to spend it on improving my own strength.

Just like Ye Liuyun said: when I’m strong enough that Embroidered Uniform Guard does whatever I say, I won’t have to worry about corruption anymore.

Seeing Shi Sheng accept it,

Si Nan grinned and fished out about three hundred taels worth from Shi Sheng’s chest.

"Heh heh, now we’re even!"

"..."

Shi Sheng didn’t stop him, but he still shot Si Nan a glare.

So stingy.

...

After wrapping up the Golden Saber Sect matter, Ye Liuyun sent everyone home directly. No need to return to Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Good timing—they’d just gotten paid.

Some of the closer ones were already grouping up to go spend their money.

Others planned to save up for a wife, or like Shi Sheng, to buy martial arts supplies.

"Master!"

Inside the estate.

When Ye Liuyun returned, Xing’er was the first to greet him.

She took his outer robe, then her face changed.

"Master, you’re hurt?"

Noticing traces of blood on the robe, Xing’er’s heart jumped.

"Went out on a case today. That’s not my blood—it’s theirs."

He said this and moved his shin bones around, showing he was fine.

"Glad you’re okay, master."

Seeing Ye Liuyun really didn’t look injured, Xing’er relaxed.

"In that case, I’ll go have someone boil water, so you can wash the blood off."

"Sure!"

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, but didn’t refuse.

Still, looking at the obedient Xing’er beside him, Ye Liuyun was feeling curious.

"Has madam not given you much to do lately? Feels like you’ve been around me more and more."

As Sheng Lanzhi’s personal maid,

Most of Xing’er’s time should be spent serving her, right? So why’s she been sticking with me lately?

"Madam’s side is quiet, and there are other maids to take care of things too. Is master unhappy with my work, or tired of me?"

She thought he was getting sick of her.

As she spoke, Xing’er gave Ye Liuyun a watery, almost tearful look.

"That’s not what I meant."

He waved helplessly.

"I’m just worried if you’re always with me, madam might give you a hard time."

That was the honest truth.

Plus, this girl Xing’er was meticulous and thoughtful—Ye Liuyun was more likely to be pleased than bothered.

Seeing he wasn’t tired of her, Xing’er was finally at ease.

"Don’t worry, master. Madam actually told me to serve by your side."

"Good!"

Knowing Sheng Lanzhi ordered it, Ye Liuyun had no objections.

He nodded and led the way to the side courtyard.

...

After bathing, Ye Liuyun didn’t rush off to train or rest.

Instead, he began flipping through a book in the study.

Xing’er originally wanted to ask how to handle the money that Embroidered Uniform Guard had delivered that afternoon, but Ye Liuyun didn’t care much—just told her to handle it however she wanted.

Any food, clothing, or expenses in the house were managed by Xing’er anyway. If they needed more, he’d just ask.

He waved her away so Xing’er would leave.

This time searching Golden Saber Sect, besides the money, Si Nan also secretly found two martial arts manuals and handed them over to Ye Liuyun.

Martial arts manuals are even more valuable than money.

Some manuals are priceless—sometimes even with enough money, you can’t buy them.

’Golden Gate Thirteen Sabers!’

Just by its name, you know this saber skill must be unique to Golden Saber Sect.

Ye Liuyun skimmed through it and quickly grasped the key points.

This saber skill was on par with the Pine Wood Saber Skill Ye Liuyun was currently practicing.

Pine Wood Saber Skill focused on solid groundwork, while Golden Gate Thirteen Sabers was all about lethal intent.

With saber skills at the same level, learning more just gives Ye Liuyun more combat tricks—won’t improve his overall strength much. So he just browsed it and set it aside.

Even if I don’t practice it, it’s still a fine thing to collect.

"This purple-grade talent of merging blade and man as one really is beyond my expectations!"

If it were before, I’d have needed to train several times just to grasp the secrets inside the saber skill.

But now?

Just reading through once is enough to understand it.

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