A frown instantly appeared on Bingyun's face as she turned her head toward the source of the discomfort.
"It's people from the Flame God Realm," the annoyance and hatred in her voice were barely hidden when she talked about them.
"It seems like they want something from Xuanyin," Yun Che said, staring at the group of people landing in front of the platform.
"It must be because of the Ancient Horned Dragon. If I am not wrong, the time for it to shed its skin is quite close," Bingyun explained. "They must want my Elder Sister to help them in eliminating it. But I doubt she would agree this time."
"It seems like you guys have a past with them," Yun Che replied while staring at the three people that descended on the ground. Coincidentally, they also looked towards Yun Che, giving him weird stares but soon returning their attention back to Xuanyin.
"Not a pleasing one at that," Bingyun added with a disgusted expression before putting a piece of cake in her mouth. Feeling the taste, her expression softened a little.
In the past, they had come to ask for Xuanyin's help to kill the Ancient Horned Dragon. At that time, Xuanyin agreed to kill it for them. But during the fight, due to the unexpected strength of the Ancient Horned Dragon and the arrival of the son of one of the three masters of the Flame God Realm, Xuanyin injured the son by mistake.
Instead of understanding and accepting that it was an accident, the Sect Master got angry and poisoned Bingyun.
In her fury, Xuanyin destroyed many Star Realms under the Flame God Realm and even heavily injured the three.
Bingyun doubted their past, she would agree to help them.
Knowing the history, Yun Che remained quiet. He had no interest in the Flame God Realm, nor did he have any intention of intervening.
The only interesting thing within the Flame God Realm was the Golden Crow's sword, but knowing her, she might have already retrieved it from there. So it was just one massive ball of flame for Yun Che that he could extinguish at any moment if he wanted.
'Now that I remember, in the original, the main reason why Xuanyin agreed to help them kill the Ancient Horned Dragon was that she wanted to give Yun Che, aka me, some experience and to learn from her. Now that there is no me, I guess she absolutely will not accept it then.'
And he was right, as after some long debate between the four, Xuanyin vehemently denied the request of the three sect masters. Even her expression had taken an extremely cold outlook, as if her looks alone were enough to freeze the whole world nine times over.
She looked mad.
"This Realm King has already given her verdict and doesn't want to repeat herself. You three may take your leave."
"Xuanyin, we have come with sincerity. Are you really going to deny us?" Huo Rulie said with a forced tone, holding back his anger as Xuanyin stared down at him like he was a circus clown. It infuriated him.
"Sincerity, you say? Hmm. That's a funny word coming out of your mouth, Huo Rulie. This Realm King doesn't remember your sincerity when you schemed against my sister."
A frown appeared on Huo Rulie's face, and an expression of anger surfaced on his face.
"You crippled my only son!"
"Humph. If you don't leave this instant, then this Realm King doesn't mind crippling the father too." Without any change in expression, with her head resting on her hand, Xuanyin said with an extremely cold voice.
Huo Rulie's expression instantly filled with fury, and the temperature in the surroundings raised exceptionally high, yet the expression on Xuanyin's face remained unchanged.
"You dare!"
Yan Wancang and Yan Juehai tried to stop Huo Rulie, but it was already too late. With golden flames dancing in his hands, he attacked towards Xuanyin.
"Stupid." Xuanyin snorted and waved her hand, the temperature that had increased due to the golden destructive flames within Huo Rulie's hand instantly dropped below minus, the flames within Huo Rulie's eyes freezing abruptly.
"Guh!" Huo Rulie took three steps backward and found his hands were covered with dense ice, even though his body seemed to be freezing over time.
This scared him.
He instantly channeled his profound energy, and his body burst into golden flames, melting the ice over his body.
Once the whole ice melted, he breathed a sigh of relief. He almost became an ice sculpture.
"Leave. This is your last warning."
With his teeth gritted, Huo Rulie turned around and angrily said.
"Let's go. It seems like the Realm King of Snow Song Realm doesn't want to have any form of relationship with Flame God Realm any longer!"
"Since you have come so far, why don't you stay for a cup of tea or two?" The sudden voice of a young male made three sect masters stop in their tracks.
Everyone's attention instantly turned toward the owner of the voice, at the young man sitting at one corner of the platform where Xuanyin's throne was placed, drinking tea and eating cakes with Bingyun and another heavenly beautiful girl.
A frown appeared on Bingyun and Xuanyin's faces instantly; both of them looked toward Yun Che with a questioning gaze.
'Damn… I can see now why they are sisters… They both look the same when annoyed.'
"Who are you, kid?" Huo Rulie saw that Yun Che's strength was only Divine Soul Realm, and it made him snort in disdain.
"Right, start a discussion by being rude. I like that." Yun Che nodded sarcastically, making Huo Rulie's annoyance increase even further. "Well, if you really want to know, then I am the fiance of Xuanyin and Bingyun."
"Huh?" Huo Rulie and all three sect masters had dumbfounded expressions.
"Yun Che!" Bingyun, on the other hand, had a panicked expression appear on her face.
Saying such a thing in front of the people of other Star Realms, and so openly, was no joke! If words of it spread out, it would tarnish the reputation of their star realm.
"What? Not like Xuanyin denying it. And it was also she who proposed it. I am the innocent one here, like always." Yun Che nodded with a smile. "I am the pacifist here."
"That's right. My lord, violence never solves anything. One should always talk it out like intellectual beings and not like some primal animals."
"... Actually, I like violence too."
"My lord…"
Xuerong stared at Yun Che with her iconic blank expression; a look of disappointment flashed past her eyes.
"I will always support you."
"Your expression says otherwise."
"You are imagining things, my lord."
"I must be then."
Bingyun stared at the duo before turning her gaze toward Xuanyin, who was staring at Yun Che with a complicated gaze. It looked like she wanted to deny Yun Che, yet, at the same time, she seemed to look like someone who accepted her fate as his future wife.
This almost made Bingyun cry. She wondered when her sister became interested in Yun Che. They have only met once at the Direct Disciple Trial and barely talk.
As the voices of people started to rise more and more, Xuanyin finally turned her gaze back to the people; her voice loudly rang within everyone's ears.
"Silence." And all the voices instantly vanished.
Everyone's eyes were now on Xuanyin, waiting for her response.
Obviously, no one dared to believe what Yun Che said until Xuanyin herself admitted it. Hence, everyone stared at Xuanyin with bated breath. This even included the three sect masters of the Flame God Realm.
Since they cannot reason with Xuanyin, they thought they might be able to reason with Yun Che and have him make Xuanyin accept it.
The silence stretched before Xuanyin finally opened her mouth.
"This Realm King had another announcement to make today but was disturbed by the intrusion of the people from the Flame God Realm." Xuanyin gave the three sect masters a disdainful gaze before returning it back to the people of the Ice Phoenix Sect. "This man's name is Yun Che, and as you have heard, he is the fiance of this Realm King and her little sister, Bingyun."
As her voice fell, everyone's eyes widened.
Either in disbelief or in shock, the cold Realm King Mu Xuanyin actually decided to marry her junior who wasn't even in the Divine Tribulation Realm!
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