After leaving Fengyang Palace, Ye Yunfei immediately headed for Da Wangye's territory.
Within the Vermilion Bird Realm, many of the important figures of the Miao Clan had their own troops and territories.
Da Wangye was one of the most powerful individuals in the Vermilion Bird Realm aside from the Vermilion Bird King himself, commanding a vast stretch of territory.
Once inside Da Wangye's turf, Ye Yunfei began moving in secret, capturing his subordinates and then using the Puppet Soul Thread Secret Art to subdue and enslave them.
Consequently, it wasn't long before Ye Yunfei had subdued and enslaved a large group of Da Wangye's underlings.
Ye Yunfei had Situ Kong'er transform into one of these newly acquired slaves and head towards Miao Yazhi's personal palace.
Miao Yazhi was the daughter of Da Wangye's second son. Possessing considerable talent, she had been deeply doted upon since childhood, leading to a proud and domineering personality.
She herself occupied an entire city, named Yazhi City!
Finally, Ye Yunfei and Situ Kong'er arrived at Yazhi City.
"Let's go. We'll go find Miao Yazhi directly," Ye Yunfei said with a cold laugh.
According to the old maidservant's information, the strongest cultivators within Yazhi City were a few Heaven Realm consummates. There were no Half-Emperor experts.
If all of the Vermilion Bird King's descendants and grandchildren were accompanied by Half-Emperor bodyguards, then the Vermilion Bird Realm wouldn't have enough Half-Emperors to go around.
Ye Yunfei and Situ Kong'er went straight to the city lord's mansion, stopping before the palace where Miao Yazhi resided.
Ye Yunfei projected his Soul Power inside and quickly sensed the aura of Miao Yazhi's Soul Body.
The old maidservant was very familiar with Miao Yazhi and had given Ye Yunfei the specific characteristics of her soul body's aura.
"Let's go in," Ye Yunfei said, activating the Hidden Shadow Secret Art to conceal his form and aura, vanishing in an instant.
Situ Kong'er, meanwhile, entered the Phantom Tower.
Several large formations guarded this palace, but after a brief moment, Ye Yunfei had analyzed these formations thoroughly, and they were transparent to him. He walked straight in.
With his current realm amplifying the Hidden Shadow Secret Art, even some Half-Emperor experts with insufficiently powerful Soul Power might fail to detect him. Heaven Realm beings simply had no chance of sensing his presence.
Therefore, within moments, Ye Yunfei, completely undetectable, walked into Miao Yazhi's palace and arrived before the private cultivation chamber she frequented.
Along the way, Ye Yunfei passed by many servants, none of whom were aware of his existence!
Ye Yunfei's figure flickered, and he pushed open the door, walking directly into Miao Yazhi's cultivation chamber.
"Who is it?!"
Inside the chamber, Miao Yazhi finally sensed that something was wrong. A figure gradually solidified from illusory to real, standing right before her and watching her coldly.
"How dare you trespass into my private chamber!"
Miao Yazhi's voice seethed with anger, killing intent surging skyward as she looked at the unfamiliar man before her. "You are dead!"
Ye Yunfei reached out and grasped the air, releasing a terrifying energy that instantly imprisoned the space-time around Miao Yazhi, rendering her completely immobile, unable to even project her Soul Power.
Then, Ye Yunfei teleported Miao Yazhi into the Phantom Tower.
"Brother Situ, useful or not, let's subdue everyone in this Miss Miao's residence, turning them all into slaves. You assist me," Ye Yunfei transmitted to Situ Kong'er.
"Our goal is to control at least half of the Miao Clan's forces," Ye Yunfei added.
Coming to the Vermilion Bird Realm this time, besides rescuing his mother and sister, Ye Yunfei had another important objective: revenge!
However, there was still one presence in the Vermilion Bird Realm that Ye Yunfei was wary of: the Vermilion Bird King.
Ye Yunfei could not currently gauge the Vermilion Bird King's true strength.
Thus, for the time being, Ye Yunfei would deal with the Miao Clan by enslaving as many of their members as possible.
"Understood," Situ Kong'er replied.
Situ Kong'er emerged from the Phantom Tower transformed into Miao Yazhi's appearance. With that, matters proceeded smoothly. With Situ Kong'er's cooperation, in less than half an hour, Ye Yunfei had turned the vast majority of the personnel in Miao Yazhi's residence into his slaves and issued them a set of instructions.
Finally, Ye Yunfei had Situ Kong'er randomly transform a maidservant from the residence into Miao Yazhi's likeness, have her stay in the cultivation chamber, and then they swaggered out of Yazhi City.
The several Heaven Realm consummate experts responsible for guarding Yazhi City were completely unaware that the real Miao Yazhi in the Yazhi residence had been swapped!
After capturing Miao Yazhi, Ye Yunfei directly headed back towards Fengyang Palace.
Along the way, Ye Yunfei did his best to subdue and enslave every Miao Clan member he encountered with strength at Combined Realm middle stage or lower.
Ye Yunfei understood that the more slaves he amassed in this world, the more convenient his future actions would be!
Not long after, Ye Yunfei returned to Fengyang Palace, slipping inside with ease.
This was because, by this point, the majority of the patrol guards within Fengyang Palace were already Ye Yunfei's slaves.
Ye Yunfei returned to the room where Miao Ziqiong and Xiao Fei had previously been.
Inside the room at that moment, a Xiao Fei lay on the bed, a Miao Ziqiong sat by the bedside attending to her, and several old maidservants were busy within the room, preparing Xiao Fei's dowry.
Of course, the Xiao Fei and Miao Ziqiong in the room at that moment were fake, transformed using Situ Kong'er's Seventy-Two Transformations ability!
"Brother Situ, it's fortunate you came along this time. If I had come alone, many things wouldn't be nearly this convenient.
Brother Situ, thank you," Ye Yunfei couldn't help but transmit, looking at the fake Xiao Fei lying on the bed and the fake Miao Ziqiong sitting before it.
"Heh, Brother Ye, given our friendship, there's no need for such formalities," Situ Kong'er transmitted back with a laugh.
"If anyone should be thanking anyone, it's probably our Miao Shou Sect who should sincerely thank you, Brother Ye.
If not for you, Brother Ye, our Miao Shou Sect likely wouldn't have recovered its true heritage."
"In any case, we are all one of our own from now on. No need for such formal, mushy stuff," Situ Kong'er added.
"Well said, Brother Situ," Ye Yunfei laughed.
"Alright, Brother Situ, transform Miao Yazhi into Xiao Fei's appearance," Ye Yunfei said. "Tomorrow, we'll have Da Wangye's most beloved granddaughter marry the Jiao Clan's Second Prince.
Since Da Wangye wants to forge ties with the Jiao Clan, having his own granddaughter marry over is probably the best choice."
A cold laugh escaped Ye Yunfei's lips.
"That makes sense!
Haha, Brother Ye, your way of doing things is so direct and satisfying! I love this approach!" Situ Kong'er laughed heartily.
Next, Situ Kong'er employed the Seventy-Two Transformations, turning Miao Yazhi into Xiao Fei's likeness and having her lie on the sickbed.
Naturally, Miao Yazhi had been sealed by Ye Yunfei, unable to move and even having lost consciousness.
After giving instructions to the several slaves inside the room, Ye Yunfei left quietly.
Inside the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei approached Miao Ziqiong.
Xiao Fei was still lying on a bed at this time, yet to awaken.
"Fei'er, why hasn't Xiao Fei woken up yet?" Miao Ziqiong asked, having been anxiously keeping watch by Xiao Fei's side.
"Mother, rest assured. Xiao Fei is fine.
It's just that she has been poisoned for years. I didn't let her wake up immediately, opting for a gradual recovery instead.
Alright, the time is about right now. I'll have her wake up right away," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Really?!" Miao Ziqiong was extremely surprised.