"Can't you see that I'm angry at you?" Snowy asked with a cute pout as he followed Li Ming around the spell room.

He had been constantly nagging her for the past an hour, lowkey trying to make her talk to him. But unfortunately, he was failing miserably.

She wasn't exactly mad at him but she also was not paying any attention to him which was the reason behind his constant pestering.

Snowy had even started thinking that his master was enjoying the attention that he was giving her.

The little devil was busy boosting his ego!

Ruoshan and the dragon, Mr. Big Blacky, had left Xiao Tiantang about one and a half an hour ago.

"Even if I am aware that you are angry at me then what exactly you want me to do?" Li Ming asked as she finally stopped whatever she was doing and focus her entire attention on Snowy.

"Well, you can try to coax me," Snowy replied to her question but immediately changed his line as he saw Li Ming raising her eyebrows at him. The evil smile on her lips was enough for his soul to quiver in some corner.

"I said that you can. I didn't use should. That means you will never need to do something like this for me. Who said that I'm angry? Nope! I'm definitely not. I love my Master too much to be mad at her for such silly things. Haha!" Snowy changed his expressions to their cutest version and looked at Li Ming with hopeful eyes.

"It's good to see that you are trying to act mature. Very new of you. I'm impressed. Next time remember not to do something as stupid as calling names to someone you can't handle on your own. I'm sure your punishment won't be as easy as taking a dip in the pond." Li Ming told him in a strict tone though her eyes were soft.

"That wasn't an easy punishment! The water was freezing to such a degree that I almost got frozen in it, even though it's mid-summer. You can't call it a simple punishment. My soul almost left my body!" Snowy shrieked at the top of his lungs as he tried to explain to his Master that getting dumped into a pond full of such level of cold water could not be considered as an easy punishment.

"Stop whining and leave. I have some important works to complete. Go and disturb Mallow." Li Ming shooed him out of the room as she herself teleported out of the magical mansion.

It was time when she would find out exactly what plans did her PA candidates had prepared for their mission.

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While in the Yueliang Manor...

The environment inside the Moon Pavilion was too dense. Lord Yueliang looked at the three Immortals that were sitting around the table.

The Ever Night Lord, Ruoshan, was too busy reading some music scrolls that he had suddenly found very Interesting.

Similarly, The Shadow Lord, Zhang Yong, was finding his beautifully calligraphed and painted fan extremely intriguing. He too was busy in ogling his fan which he probably had already seen millions of times.

But then came the Second Demon Prince, Qin Hei Long, who had placed his intense and cold eyes on Zhang Yong and he also moved them towards the other two from time to time.

But none of them had uttered a single word. The pavilion was calm and silent and deep down everyone was waiting for the arrival of the storm.

"Exactly who is she?" The question that left Qin Hei Long's mouth grasped everyone's attention.

To be honest, they were waiting for The Second Demon Prince to either punish Zhang Yong or to release his pent up energy through words.

No one thought that Hei Long would ask about Li Ming. A hint of a smile graced Zhang Yong's lips but he controlled them from blooming into a full smile.

Of course, the person running through his, Qin Hei Long, mind and thoughts was Li Ming. The one and only ruler of their mind, soul and heart.

Even Zhang Yong couldn't get the girl out of his mind and they were not even soul mates like the others.

But his connection with her was as pure and beautiful as the bond of soul mates. Maybe he could never be her lover but he would be happy to stay by her side as her protector and friend.

His bond with the Supreme Immortal and the Second Demon Prince was formed thousands of years ago. The two cold-blooded Immortals had risked their lives to save a dying dragon and that ended up with them being connected to that dragon for the rest of their lives.

Zhang Yong was sure that the two of them regretted their decision of saving him almost every day and he too loved to make their lives hell as much as he could, but deep down all three of them cared about each other though none of them would ever accept it.

His bond with Li Ming had formed the moment he had first seen her in the Black Jade Inn.

He didn't even realize the presence of the bond until a few weeks later. Neither he nor Ruoshan or Lord Yueliang had any idea about how their bond formed all of a sudden.

But he would be lying if he said that he wasn't happy because of her.

Even though she appeared cold, detached, neutral and uninterested most of the time but her mere presence was enough to calm all of them down in a single second. Her aura was full of life and colorful light which attracts them towards her like a moth to a source of light.

Zhang Yong's amused eyes took in the hard expression of Hei Long, but there was something else there too, hiding behind his hard gaze was his true emotions.

Confusion, anger, interest, irritation, hostility, and even excitement. He was full of so many emotions but he hid them well behind his facade.

Zhang Yong could only feel a little percent of exactly how Hei Long was feeling and that too because of their bond.

"What are you talking about?" Ruoshan asked his brother with a confused expression plastered on his face even though he knew very well about whom Hei Long was asking.

All of them were aware that the Second Demon Prince was talking about Li Ming but none of them were eager to tell him the reality.

Why? Because all of them had memorized every single word of the prophecy that had changed their fate forever.

None of them wanted to take any risk when it came to their mate. Not even Zhang Yong.

Hei Long would recognize the bond between himself and Li Ming whenever the fate would allow and disturbing the destiny was never a good thing, not even for Immortals or deities.

A deep and dark chuckle followed Ruoshan's question as Hei Long replied to his brother's question, "Don't try to act confused and ignorant in front of me. I can smell her toxic fragrance on all of you. These two are literally bathing in it...." He pointed at Ruoshan and Zhang Yong.

".....and even you are carrying a light scent of it on you." This time he pointed his words at Lord Yueliang.

Before The Moon Deity could reply, Zhang Yong already opened his mouth, "Why? Do you want to accompany us and meet her too? I'm sure you too will like her."

His tone was carrying a hint of mockery and irony in it.

Hei Long abruptly stood up from his seat as he glared at Zhang Yong. This time his voice was laced with anger and a little hint of betrayal.

"I never thought that the three of you can stoop so low. I know that you are not a part of this and you can be with whoever you want but you should have at least made sure to stop these two following your steps." His words were directed at Zhang Yong.

And then he turned towards his brother and the Moon Deity. This time his voice sounded hoarse as he asked, "How can you do that to her? We have already waited so long. Can't you wait for a little more? You won't do this to her. You can't!" His voice had lowered and there was a little hint of desperation in it.

At the end of the day, Hei Long was the baby of his four senior brothers, and the thought that his brothers were still against their chosen fate, hurt him too deeply.

He didn't wait to hear their explanation or anything that they wanted to say. He didn't need to hear that she was not going to appear. Because deep down in his heart he had a feeling that she had already appeared in their world.

Now, he had two tasks to complete. First, make sure that the lilac fragrant girl would not be a thorn in their lives and only after he had taken care of this problem would he start with his second task of finding his soul mate, their soul mate.