The Center of Attention

At this moment, the three men had already risen to their feet and were standing beside Yi Yun. Their movements and expressions said everything—the contract had truly been forged, yet no one knew exactly what had happened.

All they had seen was that, less than an hour ago, Chu Pingyun and the others had come to threaten Yi Yun. And afterward, things had somehow turned out like this.

"Young Master Yi, how did this happen?"

Jingyue Sha asked in astonishment. Yi Yun gave two dry coughs. Although he had heard Old Snake's voice transmission through his essence energy and knew that he would be taking in these three slaves, he had not expected Old Snake to arrange such a high-profile, ostentatious scene. Originally, he had thought that quietly accepting them would be enough.

Especially...

Yi Yun looked toward Prince Tianhao. This was Yunze City, the territory of the Cloud-Leaving Empire. Directly taking their Imperial Prince as a slave was simply too outrageous.

Sensing Yi Yun's gaze, a trace of struggle appeared in Prince Tianhao's eyes. Although the Slave Seal was overbearing, it did not strip slaves of their self-awareness. Prince Tianhao and Chu Pingyun had retained their original personalities, as well as their previous memories.

The two of them hated Yi Yun far too deeply. They wished they could tear him into a thousand pieces, yet fate had played such a cruel joke that they had become Yi Yun's servants instead. Anyone could imagine the bitterness in their hearts.

They could only blame themselves for coveting Yi Yun's inheritance and plotting against him. If they had known this day would come, they would have deeply regretted their past actions.

At this point, even Yi Yun felt that he might have ruined them too thoroughly. Thus, seeing the struggle in their