What? Prince Xiaoyao?

Xiaoyao was somewhat surprised—he hadn't expected to be ennobled as a prince. But this was just surprise. Where did he get a fiancée from?

"Fiancée? Xiaoyao, when did you get one?" Hei Xue asked with a smile, but her smile made people feel a chill.

"How would I know? Let's see who it is..." Xiaoyao looked down below and saw Guxing and her companions stepping forward. At this moment, he still thought they were just there for accompaniment. But why were there only four of them? Where was this fiancée?

"Please, madam, accept the royal seal."

Xiaoyao quickly saw the Young Miss extend her hand and receive the royal seal. He was still puzzled—where was this fiancée?

Could it be...

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All four—the Young Miss and her companions—said simultaneously.

"Wait!!"

From the VIP section on the city wall, a young nobleman shouted loudly. He didn't seem to be from Flowing Stone Kingdom, so unlike others who might have doubts in their hearts but held back from asking, he spoke up.

Actually, his doubt was the same as Xiaoyao's. Everyone was puzzled about who exactly was Xiaoyao's fiancée. Among these four girls, the Young Miss and Nangong Suxin were extremely well-known with many suitors. Everyone knew they were single, so many people wanted this situation clarified.

Although Guxing and Third Miss Nangong didn't have as many suitors as the Young Miss and her companion, they still had quite a few admirers who cared about this.

Regardless, whoever among these four was Xiaoyao's fiancée would cause objections. Even if no one questioned it now, people would ask later. With someone bold enough, of sufficient status, and not belonging to Flowing Stone Kingdom appearing, there was a high probability they would ask on the spot.

This young nobleman was the heir to the throne of a powerful country, much stronger than the current Flowing Stone Kingdom. He came here for one of the girls, so naturally he wouldn't give Flowing Stone Kingdom too much face.

"May I ask what Prince Longwei has to say?" the previous official asked. Naturally, Luo Yunqing couldn't speak up about this matter—it would lower his status and also be inappropriate.

Prince Longwei was this young nobleman's title. His surname wasn't Long, and Longwei wasn't his name either—it was a title. However, most people only knew this title; few remembered his actual name.

"I want to know which one among them is the so-called fiancée of Prince Xiaoyao. This needs to be clarified to avoid misunderstandings," Prince Longwei asked.

"What do you mean 'which one'? All four of us are," the Young Miss immediately said.

"Ah..."

The entire venue was shocked. They never would have imagined this. They could have conceived of it being one or perhaps two of them, but all four? This was somewhat tragic.

Was there any justice left?

Not only couldn't they imagine it—even Xiaoyao himself couldn't. Forget about four; he hadn't even thought about any one of them, because his relationship with them hadn't reached that level.

What was this all about? When did I have that kind of relationship with you all? Did you all take some kind of drug?

"I object!!" Prince Longwei immediately said.

"What are you objecting to? This is our business. What right do you have to object?" the Young Miss immediately said, looking completely disdainful.

This...

Prince Longwei was stunned. This was a private matter—no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't interfere.

"I object!"

Just then, everyone heard another voice of objection. Everyone thought: Who's so foolish? It was just said that this is their own business—no one has the right to object.

However, everyone quickly understood that the person speaking was the most qualified to object, because he was the person directly involved.

"Get lost! If anyone else says they object, I'll kill them, make them..." the Young Miss replied casually, but suddenly froze because she felt this voice was so familiar.

"I won't get lost. I want to object. Even if you kill me, I'll object. You became my fiancées, but I don't know about it. I object—I'll object to the end..."

What do you mean "your fiancées"? These are Xiaoyao's fiancées. Wait, this voice...

Everyone looked toward the city wall, at that person standing at the edge in what had originally been an inconspicuous spot. Although the wall's railing blocked most of his body, that face was in everyone's line of sight.

This... how was this possible?

Everyone was stunned, showing various expressions—some surprised and delighted, some looking as if they'd seen a ghost, some simply dazed...

"Xiaoyao!!"

"Big brother!"

A chorus of exclamations...

"Are you human or ghost?"

Lingling stared at Xiaoyao, touching his chin with her small hand...

"..." Xiaoyao felt somewhat powerless. "In broad daylight, do you think I'm human or ghost?"

"You have a chin—you're human," Lingling seemed not to have heard Xiaoyao's words and just reached a conclusion.

"Nonsense!" Xiaoyao said irritably.

"Xiaoyao, you're still alive?" Zhuque Leiting had also reached Xiaoyao's side by this time. The reason they could be faster than Guxing and her companions was simply because they were closer.

Although Guxing and her companions had very fast movement techniques, the distance between Xiaoyao and them wasn't short. However, they also reached Xiaoyao's side at this moment.

"Yes, I'm still alive and doing well," Xiaoyao replied to Zhuque Leiting, then said to Guxing and the others: "Boss, Young Miss, and that someone—sorry for worrying you."

Although it was a simple sentence, the feelings between them could be felt. There was no need for many words—each understood the others in their hearts.

"It's fine. As long as you're okay," Guxing shook her head.

"I wasn't worried about you. I believed you wouldn't die so easily," the Young Miss said with a smile, patting Xiaoyao's shoulder and putting her arm around him.

"I'm 'that someone'?" Nangong Suxin was quite unhappy. This little servant—no matter how you put it, she had worried about him for a year, yet he didn't even call her by name, just "that someone."

"Nangong Suxin. I just didn't see clearly..."

"..." Nangong Suxin kicked at him. This was called not seeing clearly? He was lying without any basis.

Xiaoyao nimbly dodged and said with a smile: "Just joking. How could I not see you clearly? But it's not good for you all to abandon Third Miss like this."

Only then did everyone notice that Third Miss Nangong seemed not to have left that place. She continued receiving Xiaoyao's ennoblement over there. Although Xiaoyao had appeared, the pre-arranged procedure was for them to receive it, and the official hadn't reacted, handing the Prince Xiaoyao seal to Third Miss Nangong.

This seemed to make Third Miss Nangong the sole fiancée of Prince Xiaoyao, which gave rise to some rumors.

This was also good. After Xiaoyao arrived, it was impossible to change the entire ceremony's procedure because of him. Although many people wanted to question Xiaoyao right now, how could they leave as freely as Guxing and her companions?

"Having Third Sister handle this is best. Now tell us what exactly happened to you—why didn't you appear for a whole year?" Nangong Suxin said indifferently. After all, it was her own sister, and besides, at this moment they felt questioning Xiaoyao was more important.

She didn't ask why Xiaoyao was injured or why he was fine after being injured, because those things weren't important and already had answers. Xiaoyao was standing before them perfectly intact—wasn't that the answer?

What she really wanted to know was: since Xiaoyao was fine, why had there been no news for a whole year, making her worry unnecessarily?

"When I woke up, three months had already passed. I stayed at Shadow Moon Valley for a while, then visited Heavenly Demon City, and after that made my way here," Xiaoyao said.

"Stayed at Shadow Moon Valley for a while? Heavenly Demon City? From what you're saying, you didn't seem to have any restrictions at Shadow Moon Valley," Nangong Suxin said.

"Naturally not. Uncle's family treated me very well," Xiaoyao shook his head and replied.

"Uncle?"

"Oh, you don't know yet—Qi Bupo is my mother's sworn elder brother. I should call him uncle," Xiaoyao said. He wasn't afraid of people knowing this relationship and thinking he was connected to the Demon Sect, bringing him trouble.

Although he didn't like trouble, that didn't mean he feared it. This matter was what it was—he wouldn't hide it because of potential trouble.

"Your mother? Fang Chunxue?"

This question actually hadn't been confirmed yet, because Luo Yuntian had left without saying anything, Yun Qingyi couldn't possibly bring it up, and Guxing and her companions only had speculation without actual evidence.

"Yes, Fang Chunxue. I never would have thought of this beforehand. No wonder I was wearing that jade pendant," Xiaoyao said. If he hadn't heard Qi Bupo tell those past events, how could Xiaoyao have thought that Fang Chunxue and Luo Yuntian had a relationship, and that she might have died because of it?

"This really is a dramatic turn of events. From what I hear, your mother and your father's original wife seem to have had some entanglement. Back then... what was the situation?" Nangong Suxin asked. Everyone probably guessed this, but no one had answers.

Nangong Suxin wanted to know, but she didn't. Currently, Xiaoyao also only had speculation.

"I can't figure this out either. For specifics, you'd have to ask Luo Yuntian..." Xiaoyao shook his head, calling Luo Yuntian by name directly. Clearly, he still couldn't consider Luo Yuntian as his father. Although he could sacrifice himself to save him, these were two different concepts.

"Your uncle doesn't know?" the Young Miss asked.

"No, he doesn't know about this matter. He only knows that Yun Qingyi and my mother had some discord, though it was one-sided from Yun Qingyi. Also, Yun Qingyi's appearance was very coincidental—right at the moment of my mother's death. So it's just speculation that it's possible. For specifics, we'd have to ask someone who was there," Xiaoyao said.

"You'd have to ask your father about this. You two don't seem to have had a proper conversation yet. He's currently cultivating at Peach Blossom Valley and seems close to entering God Level," Nangong Suxin said. Although she didn't know how Xiaoyao would handle his father-son relationship, they still paid attention to Luo Yuntian's situation.

(End of Chapter)