Yun Ling, Yu Shan, and the crown prince continued talking until late at night. They shared the fun experiences they had, the times where they felt despair, the things they love, and the things they hate... Yun Ling also shared what he was doing when his father sent him into the Great Buddhist Monastery after his scandalous affairs in the capital had come to light.

At that very moment, the three of them felt that they finally truly knew each other.

They were rivals since they were still children. They knew some things about the other but they really couldn't say that they knew each other well. This time, however, they could really say that they knew each other. It was really strange... they had just spent one night talking to each other about meaningful and meaningless things, yet strangely, they enjoyed every second of it.

"That happened? Really?!" Yu Shan and Yun Ling laughed when the crown prince shared with them the funny experience he had in the past.

"Haha, really. They were quite flustered at that time. And though I tried really hard not to, I was flustered too," the crown prince laughed along with them as he told them his story.

"Hahaha, man, that's so like you!"

In that night, the three felt that the distance between them had shrunk considerably.

After a few hours, Yu Shan suddenly looked at Yun Ling with a teasing smile on his face.

"Hehe, Yun Ling... you've slept with a lot of women before, right?" he asked, earning Yun Ling's attention who was drinking.

Yun Ling's brows twitched when he heard that.

"What about it?" he asked and then drank again.

The crown prince also looked at Yu Shan in curiosity, wondering what Yu Shan was going on about starting that topic.

"It's just that... you've been sleeping around for years right? And it was only a few months ago that you discovered that you actually had a daughter..." Yu Shan started. "I can't help but think... maybe you have other children out there that you just don't know yet?"

Cough cough~!

Yun Ling let out a cough as he almost choked on his drink. Then, he looked at Yu Shan with an annoyed expression on his face.

"That's not a funny joke, Yu Shan."

"No, really... although I mean it as a joke before, I'm quite serious right now," Yu Shan said with a serious look on his face, showing that he wasn't joking indeed. "It's not that hard to believe right? With how many women you've slept with, it wouldn't be unlikely if one or two of them got pregnant or something."

"That's true..." the crown prince said, agreeing with Yu Shan. "With how much you fooled around in the past, I'm surprised you only have one daughter right now. Perhaps, it is like what Yu Shan said... maybe you have other children out there?"

Yun Ling's face went pale.

There were few things he was terrified about. The immortal was one, and then that incredibly strong being he met when he was unintentionally using his Divination after ascending to the Fate Dominion Realm was another. However, upon thinking of the possibility that he may have more than just one child out there... Yun Ling was quite terrified.

What Yu Shan and the crown prince said made sense. That was why it was quite terrifying for him.

"You don't use protection, right?" the crown prince asked.

"No," Yun Ling said gravely. "Some women I've been with do use birth control pills... I, on the other hand, only used the withdrawal method. But there were a lot of women I've done it within the heat of the moment and because neither of us was prepared, they didn't take any birth control pills. Then, there might also be opportunistic women out there that purposely didn't take it because they wanted to get pregnant and become a daughter-in-law of our clan... that's why I use the withdrawal method whether they've taken it or not just to make sure..."

"Even so, that is still incredibly risky. You were quite foolish, Yun Ling," Yu Shan said while shaking his head.

Yun Ling couldn't argue with that. He was indeed foolish in the past. He used his second head more than he used his head when it comes to matters with beautiful women. That was the reason why his father sent him over to the Great Buddhist Monastery so he would be more disciplined and change over a new leaf.

"I can't deny that," Yun Ling said with a sigh.

"It's all in the past... what we should look forward to is in the future... just treat it as a lesson and do not do the same mistake again in the future," the crown prince said with a smile.

"You're right," Yun Ling said, smiling.

Yu Shan smiled and tried to lighten the mood.

"Well... seeing how you've changed with a daughter around... it made me wanna go find someone too and have a beautiful daughter with her..." Yu Shan said lightheartedly.

"Haha, want me to introduce you to someone?" the crown prince jokingly said.

"Get lost!"

"Hahaha..."

"These two..." Yun Ling just shook his head with a smile as he continued drinking with them.

...

It was already past midnight when Yun Ling returned to his home.

While he was heading towards his room, he couldn't help but chuckle as he remembered Yu Shan. Even though the guy couldn't handle it, he kept on insisting that he wanted to drink. As a result, Yu Shan was intoxicated many times in a single night as he kept removing the alcohol in his system and got drunk again and again.

"You seem to be in a good mood, son," Yun Zhan said as he suddenly showed himself to Yun Ling.

"I am... I never thought Yu Shan and the crown prince would make such good companies," Yun Ling said with a smile.

Yun Zhan smiled at his son as he closed his eyes.

"Is that so?" he said. "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself,"