432: The King of Dai's Gift

"By the way, you still haven't said why you came to Shuntian Prefecture. Or are you just here for a visit?" Xu Ruoying asked.

Long Yuan smiled and said, "I'm not in the mood for sightseeing right now. Didn't I tell you I came from the northwest?"

"The northwest? You went to the great northwest? Why go so far?" Xu Ruoying asked impatiently.

"What's the hottest topic in the northwest lately?" Long Yuan hinted.

"Could it be... the trading incident in Dingyuan City?!" Xu Ruoying suddenly realized and asked.

"Exactly, that's why I'm here..." Long Yuan briefly described the course of events, skipping many details of his own involvement.

Xu Ruoying listened with excitement and giggled, "So this was manipulated by you. Now the Prince Ding faction is definitely done for!"

She suddenly remembered and asked, "Hasn't this matter already been exposed? The Emperor Ming must know about it, so do you still need to come to Shuntian Prefecture for this?"

"Didn't I catch those Evil Cultists and the lurking experts from various countries who raided Dingyuan City? I'm here to deliver the captives!" Long Yuan said proudly.

"What? You discovered that batch of robbers all by yourself and caught them all?!" Xu Ruoying exclaimed in disbelief.

"It's nothing, I just happened to find their hideout. However, Vance from Snow Eagle Country and his group haven't been caught... Let's go to the Jianxuan Envoy Department to hand over the captives in a while!" Long Yuan said.

"Hand over captives? Where are they?" Xu Ruoying asked suspiciously.

"I hid them in a cave outside the city before entering. We can just take them to receive them later!" Long Yuan smiled. He couldn't reveal his portable space, so he told a little lie.

"Outside the city? Won't that be insecure? What if..." Xu Ruoying became anxious upon hearing this.

"It's fine! How about this, I'll go find Department Head Chang of the Jianxuan Envoy Department and bring his people to receive them. As for the interrogation, I'll leave that to them!"

"Okay, okay. I'm familiar with Uncle Chang, I'll take you there now!" Xu Ruoying said hurriedly.

The two left Shidai Tianyin Company quickly. Not long after, they arrived at the North Division of the Jianxuan Envoy Department. However, Department Head Chang Hanshan was away attending a secret imperial meeting. Fortunately, the people in the North Division recognized Xu Ruoying, and since Long Yuan himself was a Guest Elder of the Southern Division, they were received quickly after showing their tokens. Upon learning of Long Yuan's intention, they immediately formed a team to go to a mountain outside the west city with Long Yuan and received the batch of Advanced captives Long Yuan had brought at a cave...

The value of this batch of captives went without saying. The people from the North Division were so excited they were howling, and they started the interrogation work overnight. Long Yuan accompanied Xu Ruoying to Shidai Tianyin Company to record the song "lone brave" that he had performed at the concert in Southern Yue City.

After recording, they saw Prince Dai, who had heard the news, intercepting Long Yuan outside the recording room, and then he brought him to the famous "Juxian Terrace" in Shuntian Prefecture to set up a grand feast!

Prince Dai's high-spec reception of Long Yuan left Xu Ruoying stunned. Although Long Yuan was currently a rising star at Shidai Tianyin Company, given Prince Dai's status and position, as well as the age gap between them, Xu Ruoying couldn't imagine Prince Dai would personally come out to receive him. Moreover, in their conversation, he subtly held Long Yuan in high regard, which made her even more confused...

One must know that Prince Dai was Long Yuan's Twenty-Six royal uncle and the behind-the-scenes boss of Shidai Tianyin Company. Even if Long Yuan was a Genius, as a prince of the royal family, Prince Dai was even more noble. At the very least, he was more respected than Prince Fu. As for saying it was for the sake of one of the company's pillars, that was nonsense. Prince Dai ran this company purely as a hands-off boss, treating it as a game, and didn't need to rely on it to earn a living.

"Could it be that the boss sees that Long Yuan will earn more money for the company in the future? Hmm, that's the only reason... But, the boss doesn't need to have such an attitude just to make money, right? I feel like he's almost fawning over him..." Xu Ruoying thought with a bit of disdain.

"Haha, Long Yuan, I have been looking forward to your arrival in Shuntian Prefecture for a long time. I even dreamed of you last night, and unexpectedly, you arrived today. It's a great joy, a great joy! Come, come, let's drink this cup!" Prince Dai raised his glass and said with a beaming face.

"Thank you, Royal Uncle! This nephew has long wanted to come to Shuntian Prefecture to broaden his horizons, but I've been a bit busy lately and only had some free time these past few days. I didn't prepare a welcoming gift in my haste, please forgive me, Royal Uncle! This nephew will drink first as a sign of respect!" Long Yuan finished the wine in his cup after speaking.

"Haha, why be so polite between us? This welcoming gift is from an Elder to a junior. Besides, your works have earned I don't know how much money for my company, so I should be the one giving you a welcoming gift. Someone, come here!" Prince Dai shouted loudly.

"Your Highness, this old servant is here!" A eunuch outside quickly bowed and said.

"Bring the welcoming gift I prepared for Long Yuan!"

"Yes! Your Highness!"

Not long after, a team of maidservants looking like palace maids walked in, each holding a tray. Every tray had glittering items, some covered with red cloth. As each person walked in, the eunuch would shrilly call out the names of the items: "One stalk of East Sea Fire Coral", "One hundred-year-old ginseng", "Five pieces of supreme-grade mysterious stone", "One villa in Shuntian Prefecture", "One Flying Dragon sports car", "One High Grade xuan sword"...

Long Yuan frowned inwardly. What was Prince Dai trying to do?

Although these welcoming gifts didn't mean much to him now, that was because others didn't know his background. For anyone else, these gifts from Prince Dai were definitely of a super high standard, and it was estimated that no one would be unmoved. Yet, for a nephew he had just met and didn't have much friendship with, he was so generous, which was obviously a bit abnormal...

Even Xu Ruoying on the side was stunned, her little mouth wide open in a circle!

Long Yuan quickly retrieved the information stream about Prince Dai. After a while, he suddenly realized and understood Prince Dai's motivation!

This old guy must have taken a fancy to the Rebirth art he had leaked!

He had told the Emperor Ming about this matter through Prince Zhao, and Prince Dai was beside Prince Zhao at that time, also learning about this high-tech Rebirth technique of uploading consciousness. It was precisely because of this reason that Prince Dai had been grounded by the Emperor Ming for a period of time and strictly ordered not to leak this information.

Such an opportunity for eternal life had infinite attraction to anyone. After learning about it, Prince Dai had been thinking about it day and night, wishing he could run to find Long Yuan. However, he was grounded by the Emperor Ming and didn't know where Long Yuan was. So, today, after learning that Long Yuan had arrived in Shuntian Prefecture, he immediately did his best to fawn over him, investing in his own cause of eternal life in advance!

Well, this is human nature, completely understandable...