"This is it."
Butler Liu stood a few miles in front, away from Crimson City. And Ye Tian Yun was beside him.
Ye Tian Yun nodded his head.
He glanced at Butler Liu to look at his expression.
'We stopped a few miles away from Crimson City in my previous life too.'
At that time, Butler Liu had said he was simply sightseeing before he approached the city. However, now that Ye Tian Yun carefully observed Butler Liu's expression…
It was clear that he was not sightseeing.
Instead, Butler Liu was surprisingly nervous!
'What is he nervous about?'
Ye Tian Yun had a guess, but he wasn't sure.
In front of them was Crimson City.
The only person who could make Butler Liu nervous was Ye Tian Yun's uncle - Wang Long.
Wang Long was the younger brother of Emperor Ye and also the Heavenly King of the previous generation.
Only those who had reached the top of the Middle Heavens Ranking Stele, with the cultivation of at minimum Half Saint realm and more importantly were Emblem Holders, was crowned as the Heavenly Kings.
And the reason why he had a different surname was not known to many.
Even Ye Tian Yun had never bothered to find out. The only thing he knew was that his uncle Wang Long was banished from the Great Ye Clan because of past incidents and had to give up on the Ye surname.
The details of the incidents were never made public, and even in the Great Ye Clan, this was a taboo topic.
His uncle Wang Long then settled in the Lower Heavens and took his wife's surname.
'When I visited this place for the first time in my previous life…'
Ye Tian Yun clearly remembered the day. The memory was etched in his mind as if it had happened just yesterday.
On that fateful day, Ye Tian Yun had arrived at Crimson City with Butler Liu.
However, because Ye Tian Yun was forced to come here, he was not happy with it. And for some reason, Wang Yao's antics annoyed him a lot.
In anger, he beat up Wang Yao, and this angered his aunt, Mrs. Wang.
Ye Tian Yun, however, wasn't afraid of them and even insulted her.
After that, his uncle Wang Long had expressed his disappointment in his upbringing, angering Ye Tian Yun even further.
'Ah, I don't want to remember that day…'
Ye Tian Yun didn't understand what had happened. Now that he remembered the incident, he felt embarrassed for himself.
'I wonder how things will turn out this time?'
He was curious and was somewhat even looking forward to the meeting.
Even though the desire to kill Wang Yao had not been extinguished, however, Ye Tian Yun knew that he could not kill Wang Yao.
At least, not just yet.
His uncle was a big block of protection on Wang Yao.
Ye Tian Yun couldn't even touch Wang Yao today.
'Now that I think of it, Uncle Long never appeared in any of my battles with Wang Yao, neither did my aunt. It was as if they had disappeared in the last few years…'
There were a lot of unanswered questions for Ye Tian Yun.
'Truth will eventually come out…'
"Let's go." Ye Tian Yun suddenly heard Butler Liu's call and found his body more forward, closely following the former.
Ye Tian Yun pursed his lips and focused on the destination.
'Ling Qing'er….'
This girl was his future sister-in-law and then his wife-to-be.
And also the reason why he was here with Butler Liu.
One would wonder why the Crown Prince would go himself to bring a child from the Lower Heavens.
Was he an errand boy?
Was there no one else?
It was hard to tell.
However, Ye Tian Yun knew the answer very well.
It was because of this girl's sister.
The girl Ye Tian Yun didn't even wish to think about.
Emperor Ye had asked Ye Tian Yun to come here to show the Great Ling Clan their sincerity for the betrothal.
Ye Tian Yun still remembered the trigger for Wang Yao's enmity was when it was revealed that Ye Tian Yun would marry the Ling Clan Princess.
Thinking about that incident, Ye Tian Yun couldn't help but glance at Butler Liu.
It was this very dear Butler of his who had pulled the trigger of something that would later lead to a huge war between the two greatest geniuses under the heavens.
"Butler Liu," Ye Tian Yun called him out.
"Hm?" Butler Liu turned around and asked, "What happened, Crown Prince?"
Ye Tian Yun cleared his throat and said, "Butler Liu, I hope you don't reveal anything about the Ling Clan Princess's betrothal."
"Huh!?" Butler Liu was surprised by unexpected words from Ye Tian Yun, "Crown Prince… how… how do you know about the betrothal?"
Indeed.
Ye Tian Yun was not yet told about the betrothal by Emperor Ye.
Mainly because the former was not in the Middle Heavens for the last few months.
"I just know," Ye Tian Yun knew Butler Liu might inquire about this and catch the loophole, but it was worth the risk, "Don't worry about how I know, just keep in mind that you must not speak about it."
"Alright, I won't. But there will be an exception - if Heavenly King Wang asks me about this on his own accord, I won't have any other choice but to reveal the truth."
"I understand," Ye Tian Yun nodded.
But he didn't care much.
His uncle didn't show any signs of interest in him. In fact, his uncle didn't even care who Ye Tian Yun was.
So why would he care about asking for Ye Tian Yun's marriage on their first meeting?
'It didn't happen in my previous life, and it won't happen now.'
Ye Tian Yun nodded to himself as the duo entered Crimson City.
'I wonder what that Wang bastard Yao is doing right now.'
The urge to assassinate his future enemy was bubbling up with every inch they got closer to the Wang Clan.