Maybe that was the truth. In Xinyang Imperial Palace, he was no different from an outsider as he was not part of the royal family, nor did he have any relations with the officials in the palace.
Maybe that was also true. He was nothing more than a traitor in the demon realm, and no one would welcome him when he finally returned to that place.
Neither the Xinyang Imperial Palace nor the demon realm was home to Yu Ming, and that was why he could only call the Red Pavilion his home. In the Red Pavilion, people only knew him as the boss of the place, and they all respected him. They never questioned his background, and they also always greeted him warmly whenever he returned to the place.
Perhaps that was the reason why Yu Ming had always wanted to return to the Red Pavilion even though it was actually no longer needed. The Red Pavilion belonged to Wu Jinhai, but since that man had accomplished his every goal, that place was no longer needed. So, Yu Ming had a serious conversation with Wu Jinhai a few days ago about the future of the place.
["What are you going to do to the Red Pavilion, Xiao Hai?" Yu Ming asked the question when it was only him and Wu Jinhai.
Nothing had changed between them even after Wu Jinhai had once again become a normal human and not a half-demon. Wu Jinhai managed to get everything back into his hands again after he got rid of the poison in his body, but Yu Ming still treated the man as a friend or maybe a younger brother until now.
Upon hearing Yu Ming's question, Wu Jinhai didn't answer immediately, but instead asked, "Do you have any suggestions regarding that place? You know that I was only using that place to lure Bai Chen to my goal, and technically I didn't I need that place again after I managed to get rid of the poison in my body."
Yu Ming nodded after hearing Wu Jinhai's answer. Of course, he still remembered Wu Jinhai's goal when the red-robed man decided to build the Red Pavilion many years ago. Back then, Wu Jinhai had only wanted to meet the Immortal Elder in Dong Lang who could help him get rid of the poison in his body, but it was not an easy goal to achieve because the Immortal Elder was an exclusive person in the empire, and not many people knew about it.
Back then, Wu Jinhai had assumed that he could only try to get close to one of the members of the Dong Lang royal family so he could gather more information about the Immortal Elder. He had assumed that approaching Emperor Bai Guowei would be nearly impossible, and Bai Renshu was also not his choice because he had never liked that Crown Prince.
In the end, Wu Jinhai chose Bai Chen as his target to achieve his goal. The first reason was that he thought that Bai Chen was easy to approach. The Werewolf Prince was carefree and unbound by the strict rules of the Rongyao Imperial Palace because he didn't live inside the palace, and that was why the Prince could do whatever he wanted to do, including how he liked to play with men outside Dong Lang.
Yes, Wu Jinhai knew from the start that the Prince of Dong Lang favored men over women, and that was why Wu Jinhai had tried to lure him using the Red Pavilion. But then he discovered that the Immortal Elder had died many years ago. It turned out that the truth was kept as a secret within the Rongyao Imperial Palace, and that was why not many people knew about the Elder's death.
"I know about that," Yu Ming finally replied. "But you also know that the Red Pavilion has been very famous in recent years, right? Even if you don't need the place anymore, it would be a shame if we just closed it down."
As the boss of the place, Yu Ming somehow felt reluctant to let go of the place. After all, he was indeed the one managing the place in recent years even if Wu Jinhai owned the place. The reason was that Wu Jinhai needed to act in front of Bai Chen at that time, and that was why his identity as the real boss of the Red Pavilion remained hidden.
"You can do what you want to the Red Pavilion," Wu Jinhai finally decided. "I don't need that place anymore, but maybe you still need it, right? Therefore I will give you full rights over it."]
That was Yu Ming's conversation with the previous owner of the Red Pavilion a few days ago before Wu Jinhai was officially appointed as the new Crown Prince of Wu Li. There was no hesitation on Wu Jinhai's face when he could easily hand over the Red Pavilion to Yu Ming, and that was enough to show that Wu Jinhai indeed no longer needed that place, and he also felt that he had no connection to it.
In the end, Yu Ming officially owned the place, and that was why he could do whatever he wanted in the place from now on. He felt connected to the Red Pavilion, so he didn't want to let go even after becoming Wu Jingguo's attendant.
"Are you sure it's the road to the demon realm? Why does this road look normal?" Wu Jingguo asked the questions from the back of his horse, and Yu Ming's horse was walking beside his horse.
Yu Ming had previously thought about many things, and that was why he blinked his eyes to understand what Wu Jingguo had just said. "Mhm, this is the right way," he finally replied. "This does look like a normal road, but you will see the difference later."
Wu Jingguo frowned in confusion after Yu Ming answered his question, but he could finally feel the difference as the road ahead of them began to be covered in thick fog.