Snowy slowly started walking towards Li Ming followed by Mallow.

The Immortals watched in silence as the two daring fluff balls walked towards their doom.

Snowy approached Li Ming and rubbed his head on her ankle, making her glare at the little Pomeranian.

"What-?"

"Are you tired Li? I can feel your energy depleting. Is this because you are overworking yourself again?"

Snowy's question and the sadness that was covering his eyes, left Li Ming speechless.

She opened her mouth but then immediately closed it, not knowing what she should say.

"Do you seriously think that you can fool me by acting like you are angry at me? I know you are just tired and missing them. You know that you can always share your pain with me, right?"

Snowy's questions left everyone surprised. Mallow knew that Li Ming was overworking but even she had no idea that she was going through so much.

The young girl had a strong wall built around her which prevented people from knowing things about her that she didn't want to show.

Mallow felt bad for not being able to understand her Master's true emotions unlike how Li Ming always knew what Mallow wanted.

Meanwhile, the two Immortals were also going through the same thoughts. Only now did they realized that the constant hard work that she had been doing for a week all alone, was depleting her energy.

What they didn't know was that Li Ming wasn't only struggling with the constant up and downs of her spiritual qi, but also the heaviness that her heart had started to feel.

Normally, she should not be affected by the absence of her mates since it was barely a week.

During the morning training sessions, she always met with Wen Guiying but since they never had any kind of physical contact after the first day of their meeting, his presence was only making her soul go crazy.

But if Li Ming was not wrong then the main culprit behind this was the person standing in front of her.

How could Li Ming not recognize the signals that both her soul and heart were giving her for the past week?

Even she wasn't sure why she had not confirmed her doubts yet. Probably because she knew that the Heaven Emperor too was aware of the pull that existed between the two of them but he hadn't said anything.

The presence of her two mates around her and at the same time, the distance that they had between their souls had started to take a toll on her.

She let out a deep sigh as she looked at Snowy. She could not stay angry at him for more than a few minutes even if she tried her best.

"I'm fine, really. I'll take a break tomorrow. Don't be worried about me." Li Ming told her two fluffballs as she crouched down to rub their ears.

The low purs that came from Mallow and Snowy filled her heart with warmth and softness.

"I'm sorry for shouting at you guys. I should not have done that. I should rather have punished you two by locking you both in the treehouse that Tera had made in the backyard."

Both Snowy and Mallow looked up to stare at their Master. Indeed, a devil would always be a devil, no matter what.

A small twitch appeared on Li Ming's lips as she watched the horrified expression on their faces, but what she wasn't expecting was Mallow's next word.

"But we still love you, a lot."

Mallow wrapped her tails around Li Ming's neck and tugged her face downwards. As Li Ming followed her demand and lowered her face, she felt two wet licks on both of her cheeks.

"Hey!!!...."

Before she could do or say anything else, both the fluffballs disappeared back into her magical space.

"These little monsters!" Li Ming huffed as she wiped her cheeks with a handkerchief.

"Now you are even bringing your pets in my Snow Fields without my permission."

Li Ming heard the old man huffing but she completely ignored him. She knew that he would be more irritated by her indifferent behavior and that was exactly what she wanted.

As she turned around to go back inside the second section of the nursery where she was working, she heard the footsteps going out of her greenhouse.

A small satisfied smile appeared on her rosy plump lips, but the very next second her entire body became stiff as she felt someone walking towards her.

She already knew who it was before she even turned around to look at that person. Her senses had already started overleaping the moment the Heaven Emperor started coming closer to her.

She watched as the Ruler of the Immortal world stopped a few feet away from her, his dark eyes looking at her without any emotions in them.

Another reason why she had no idea what were the thoughts of the Heaven Emperor about her.

All her mates were champions when it came to be cold-hearted, indifferent, and strict. It was next to impossible to see any emotions in their eyes unless they want you to see it.

"Do you need som..."

"Take a break."

Li Ming didn't get the chance to complete her question as she was left entirely surprised by his words.

"Huh?"

The questioning sound and confused face was the only thing that she gifted him with in return.

"Don't overwork yourself. Take a break tomorrow. You won't be able to beat Master in this challenge if you can't even stand on your feet properly."

The Heaven Emperor said but then looking at the girl's expression he started doubting his words.

His voice sounded cold and indifferent but at least it didn't come out angry. His face was also emotionless but at least he wasn't glaring at her.

He told her to take a break the coming day even though he heard her saying the exact same thing to her spirit beasts, but at least in this way, he sounded worried.

He did great, right?

Li Ming wanted to introduce the Heaven Emperor with some chosen favorite words of hers, but then thinking about the consequences, she decided to keep her mouth shut.

After plastering a 'fake as hell' smile on her face, she nodded her head.

In her anger, she even imagined the flicker of a smile on the Heaven Emperor's lips, but of course, it was her stupid mind playing games with her.

The Immortal didn't waste a single more second as he turned around to leave the nursery.

Within less than a minute, his silhouette disappeared from her vision.

"Is this man for real? He's telling me to take a break tomorrow when he already knows that I have already planned to do that. Amazing!"

Li Ming made sure that her voice wasn't too loud as she spoke the words out loud that she had initially planned to speak on the face of the Heaven Emperor.

"I know right!"

Li Ming almost jumped at the sudden voice that softly whispered in her ear but the hand, that had suddenly grabbed her from around her waist, stopped her.

"What are you doing here? And let me go!" Li Ming whispered as she broke out from the arms of the banshee.

"I'm here to share a plan which will lead to your happiness." The banshee chuckled softly.

Li Ming eyed the woman suspiciously. She had trust issues when it came to the banshee and her plans.

"If I'm not wrong it was you who came to me with the plan of mixing aphrodisiac in the wine of the Vampire Clan head, and I'm pretty sure that it had led to no one's happiness." Li Ming said as she folded her hands in front of her chest.

"Oh come on! Don't talk about the things that happened back on Earth. Trust me, you will be going to love this plan." The banshee said as her eyes sparkled with happiness.

"Whatever, shoot!"

Li Ming rolled her eyes at the banshee's words as she prepared herself to listen to the plan.

Little did she knew that the banshee was only the messenger who was tasked to pass the plan to her, the actual owner of the plan was currently busy in their own preparations.

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"Did you tell her to take a break?"

The Heaven Emperor barely had set his foot inside the old man's hut when he was suddenly attacked by the question.

"Why would I do that?" The Heaven Emperor asked with confused eyes.

"Haven't you seen how tired she looks? She needs to take a rest." The old man said as he looked at the Heaven Emperor.

"So? Why would I need to tell her that? If she's feeling tired then she will rest on her own." The Heaven Emperor replied with an indifferent tone.

"How ungrateful have you become? The girl gave you a place to sleep, you eat the food cooked by her and you dared to talk about her like that. How shameless!"

The Master was definitely not happy about his former pupil's behavior.