Betrothed Before Birth

A full twenty ancestors appeared, their terrifying auras suppressing the entire scene. For a moment, the grounds fell silent; no one dared make a move.

Sensing the terror of the old men before him, Xuanyuan Ancestor broke out in a cold sweat. To be fair, he feared no one in a one-on-one fight and was confident he could escape, but the other side had the advantage in numbers. He was panicking like hell now.

It was not just him. The other ancestors were panicking as well. They had not expected that after all this time, these old monsters still had not died completely.

The gap between Peak Saints and Lesser Saints could not be bridged by numbers.

Very soon, all twenty Saints from the ten major forces were put to death.

The ancestors arrived before Jiang Ming in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Ming called out somewhat nervously, "Ancestors!"

"So this is Ming'er. As expected, naturally gifted and clever. Hahaha, we old bones will be heading back now. We're already this old, yet you still had to make us fight," one ancestor said with a laugh.

Soon, the ancestors vanished one after another.

"Son, I'm heading back too. You can handle the rest," Jiang Lingtian said with a smile, disappearing in a blur.

Jiang Ming's face darkened. Xuanyuan Mountain had now become Xuanyuan Plain, while half of the vast Xuanyuan City had collapsed.

After thinking it over, Jiang Ming summoned Jiang Xuanyi. "Find people to take over these ten forces. I'll leave the cleanup to you."

"Yes, Imperial Son!" Jiang Xuanyi replied with a nod.

Jiang Ming swaggered back to his carriage and left immediately. How could he possibly handle the cleanup himself? That was what subordinates were for.

After Jiang Ming returned to the Spirit Realm, Ye Qingmei called him over. She looked at him lovingly. "Ming'er, have you been busy lately?"

Jiang Ming's mind began racing wildly at the question. Something was off about his mother today. Could she be about to send him off to do something unpleasant?

"No... nothing much." Jiang Ming shook his head.

"Ming'er, did you know you have a marriage engagement?"

"Huh?" Jiang Ming froze. Since when did he have a marriage engagement? He had never had one after he was born. Could it be a betrothal before birth?

"Betrothed before birth?" Jiang Ming asked cautiously.

Ye Qingmei smiled and nodded. "That's right. You were betrothed before birth to the Imperial Daughter of the Ye Clan in the Eastern Domain."

"The Ye Clan's Imperial Daughter? The Imperial Clan of the Eastern Domain?" Jiang Ming asked in surprise.

Ye Qingmei nodded.

"Mom, you're from the Ye Clan too, right?" Jiang Ming asked curiously.

Ye Qingmei nodded. "Speaking of which, Imperial Daughter Ye Lingyao is a descendant of the Third Ancestor's branch, while your mother is a descendant of the Fifth Ancestor's branch."

As long as someone from the Jiang Clan broke through to the Peak Saint realm, they could enter the Imperial Mausoleum and become an Imperial Clan ancestor. Thus, the Jiang Clan had over a hundred ancestors.

The Ye Clan was different. Even becoming a Peak Saint was not enough. Only when the ancestor of one's branch passed away and one became the eldest of that branch could one inherit the ancestor's position. Even now, the Ye Clan had only nine ancestors, though it also had quite a few Peak Saints.

Jiang Ming nodded.

Ye Qingmei said, "What Mother means is that you should visit the Ye Clan, meet your fiancée, and see whether you're satisfied."

"Alright. If I'm not satisfied, can I break off the engagement?" Jiang Ming asked with a smile.

"Of course you can break it off if you're not satisfied!" Ye Qingmei said indifferently.

"What if she isn't satisfied?" Jiang Ming asked with a chuckle.

"My son is so outstanding. What could she possibly be dissatisfied with?" Ye Qingmei said. "Whether she's satisfied or not, if you take a liking to her, just tell Mother. I'll tie her up and bring her back for you if I have to."

Jiang Ming did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Mother really is the best. Then I'll pack up and make a trip to the Eastern Domain."

"Go on." Ye Qingmei smiled.

Jiang Ming returned to his residence. After thinking about it, there did not seem to be anything to prepare. The Eastern Domain was far away. He could either take a cross-domain teleportation array, or, if he was not in a hurry, ride an immortal ark there at a leisurely pace.

In the end, Jiang Ming decided to use the teleportation array. Traveling by immortal ark would take several years at least, which was rather wasteful.

Mainly because he had found touring Central Province rather boring before. At first, seeing different sights had been interesting, but after a while, he had grown tired of it.

Since he was going to meet his fiancée, it would not be appropriate to bring any maidservants along.

But in a foreign land, he still needed to bring some guards.

Jiang Ming left with a shadow guard, none other than Blade Shadow, who had secretly protected him before.

Heaven Domain,

Sealed Gate City

Though this city was located in the Heaven Domain, it was close to the Jiang Domain and served as a key passage between the two domains.

At the teleportation array,

Jiang Ming was standing in line, while Blade Shadow followed behind him in a black robe that concealed his entire body.

Every activation of a large teleportation array like this consumed enormous resources.

It cost roughly ten thousand Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones per person. After purchasing a spot, one would board a Spatial Ark, and the teleportation arrays at the two locations would establish a spatial tunnel.

Spatial Arks were specially designed to travel through spatial passages and could offer basic resistance against spatial storms. If a physical body faced a spatial storm directly, it would only be shredded to pieces.

Just then, a richly dressed young man led a large group of people past the line.

Jiang Ming had never indulged people like this. He reached out and grabbed the man by the collar.

"Do you fucking know who I am? I'm Zhang Wei!" the richly dressed young man shouted. "My father is Zhang Sanfeng!"

Jiang Ming lifted him up and slapped him across the face. A clear handprint appeared on his cheek.

"You!! My father, my father is Zhang Sanfeng!" Zhang Wei cried out.

Jiang Ming slapped him again, making it perfectly symmetrical on both sides.

"Wow! Is that guy insane? That's Zhang Wei!"

"Who's Zhang Wei?"

"You don't even know that? You know the Sealed Gate City Lord's surname is Zhang, right?"

"That much I know. Could Zhang Wei be the City Lord's son?"

That person gave him a look that said, those who know, know, then said nothing more.

"Release Young Master!" the nearby guards shouted angrily, but with Zhang Wei in Jiang Ming's hands, they did not dare act rashly.

"Don't you know how to line up?" Jiang Ming asked. He had been waiting properly, yet this bastard dared cut in front of him?

"I'm not taking the teleportation array!" Zhang Wei said with difficulty.

Jiang Ming paused, then released Zhang Wei and straightened his clothes for him. Laughing awkwardly, he said, "Hahaha, you should've said so earlier!"

Zhang Wei said resentfully, "You never gave me the chance to say it!"

He had only come over to inspect the teleportation array. After all, it was the foundation of all Sealed Gate City. Who would have thought that the moment he approached, someone would seize him?

"I'm telling you, this isn't over between us!" Zhang Wei roared. Having grown up in Sealed Gate City, he had never suffered such humiliation.

"Get him! Beat him up!" Zhang Wei shouted.

Seeing all the guards surround them, Blade Shadow stepped forward and stood before Jiang Ming. He no longer concealed his Lesser Saint aura as it erupted in an instant.

For a moment, the entire place fell silent. The terrifying aura left them unable to utter a word.

Fuck, you brought a Saint with you and still lined up so obediently. You were deliberately waiting for someone to pick a fight so you could play the pig and eat the tiger, weren't you?

Jiang Ming patted Blade Shadow on the shoulder, and the oppressive aura finally eased.

"Still want to fight?" Jiang Ming asked.

"N-no, brother. How could I possibly fight you? Hahaha." Zhang Wei laughed, looking as though he was just short of hugging Jiang Ming's thigh.

"Then stand aside. I'm boarding the ship," Jiang Ming said blandly.

"Hey! Alright! Please, brother!" Zhang Wei hurried to one side and made way.

Jiang Ming walked over, ready to pay the fare.

"Brother, no need to pay. It's on me! The room on the top floor!" Zhang Wei said with a smile.

Jiang Ming smiled. "You know how to handle things." He then strode straight onto the Spatial Ark.