(Part 8)

Suddenly Senlin shouted, "What! Something is wrong? Wait a minute we are coming back!" Xianwu stared at her slightly dumbfounded, "What?" she asked slightly puzzled. Senlin tugged Shijei instantly looking at Xianwu, "Sorry but there is some problem in our palaces we will go back. Our higher ups are looking for us we'll meet you again!" Senlin continued rushing out of the cottage. Shijei however turned around before he left, "You two! Stay away! And you brat, don't you dare try anything funny. I'll will be back!" he warned rushing away.

"Wait! Both of…!" she called. However they had already left. It was as if bats fled out of hell. Xianwu sat slightly surprised trying to summarise what had happened, "Something happened in both of their palaces together…? Was it that urgent?" she asked in wonder closing the cottage door gazing at the two figures who instantly disappeared.

Xiao yin smiled twirling his hairs. "Hm… maybe they weren't hungry." He assumed. "Hm… that could be the reason but still… anyways, what about you…" she asked turning around her words turning into a slight whisper as she faced him soon realising that the little innocent figure who sat before her continuously playing with his hair was not only Xiao yin. "Yeying…" she completed her sentence walking towards the damp area where she stored her eatables.

Upon hearing those words Xiao yin halted soon replying back, "Sister… I prefer to be called Xiao yin…" "Oh…" Xianwu responded smiling, while pulling a wooden box she kept in on a rundown shelf. "So… what was the fearsome sovereign lord of the Inferno city doing here at the Spirit Sealing forest?" she asked. Xiao yin smiled. "Crown Princess of the Moon Blade Yue Xianwu…" he spoke up. For an instant, Xianwu gazed at him slightly surprised. Seeing her slightly shocked he spoke, "What's wrong?"

Xianwu soon moved her head left to right rejecting. "Oh nothing! Nothing at all!" she cleared while keeping her straw hat away and gathering her dishevelled hairs together. "I was just surprised since you called me like that… no, not that. It's just that I felt slightly different from how everyone calls me or you called me before…" she told. Yeying smiled, "Is that so…? Then you can call me like that as well." Xianwu stared at him blinking her eyes, "Pardon…?" "Means, you can also call me from my title." Xiao yin smiled.

"Oh! Does it mean that he wants me to call him by his title…?" she thought slightly anxious. "Well then… Ominous Star who soothed Nightingale…" she spoke. Her cheeks slightly flushed red. "I don't know… but it feels kind of embarrassing. No! It doesn't feels right at all! I better call him Xiao yin!" she thought in her head in the meantime. Xiao yin smiled speaking up once more, "Crown Princess of the Moon Blade Yue Xianwu…" Xianwu stared at him in wonder.

Suddenly Xiao yin continued, "As for the question you asked earlier for the answers it could only be that either I clearly came for you or that I was too bored and visited, as a passerby." He eyed Xianwu mischievously. "Say… Sister, what do you think?" he asked returning back to his usual playful self.

Xianwu thinking hard replied, "Hm… I dare not say what I think but from the looks of it…" she pondered thinking hard that how he kept doing all kinds of different work for her and even helped the villagers. Moreover, he too travelled with her to the silent city. So the only thing that crossed her mind was, "You really seemed like you were bored."

Xiao yin smiled back. "Moreover, weren't you the one who saved me at the river before?" Xianwu asked. Xiao yin nodded asking, "Sister… did you figure out who I was since all this time?" Xianwu had no answer to that. How could she say that she doubted him from the first day she met him however, kept it a secret to not to make him realise. Furthermore, how Shijei and Senlin had checked him for his identity it was crystal clear that she doubted him and gave them a chance.

But still, He didn't seemed too serious about keeping his identity a secret either. One time while fighting the corpses in the village, the other time fighting the resentments and lastly in the pit. Who would've not been aware of his identity? Xianwu keeping the berries inside a plate took them towards Xiao yin, "At first I thought that you were an intelligent boy but time after time I tried to test you in my ways secretly but I couldn't find any trace of abnormality since you were disguised flawlessly so I thought it would either be the case that you were a normal boy or you were a demolition staged cultivator. Moreover, since you were always dressed in black and red the symbol of darkness and blood, combining your behavior and speech (Mostly mischievous or angry on those you don't like with a changing accent of tone), vast and all-knowing knowledge with a fearless expression to face anything head on. Since all the pointers pointed towards you who else could it be rather than the ominous star who soothed nightingale who is most feared in both Heavenly realm and the Mortal realm…?"

Xiao yin, gazed at her with surprise. Handing him the plate, she looked around to see Fa ling who had come out of her hairs stretching himself hard. Moonlight which seemed to creaking inside form the windows lighted the dark room. "Looks like I'll have to light up the lanterns as well…" Xianwu spoke while standing up and making her way towards the doorstep where the lantern hanged.

"Sister… could it be that you were complementing me?" Xiao yin asked gazing at a red grape. "Of course… if not a complement, what else do you think it was?" Xianwu asked back. Lighting up the lantern she brought it closer towards him keeping it on the side of the rag. Xiao yin smiling once more gulped the berries one by one.

Suddenly, the jar began to wobble as a figure came out. It was Mo Bingwen. Without looking at the other two it made its way outside the cottage. "Oh you're awake…" Xianwu asked looking at him. "Maybe he's still traumatized…" she thought while going behind him. Bingwen went outside the cottage, as he seated himself in the garden. Tightly clasping his knees together he gazed at the star studded sky. Xianwu followed, soon seating beside him. The moment felt silent as Xianwu thought to broke it "Little Bingwen… why did you leave the jar all of a sudden? Did you not like it?" she asked politely.

Bingwen gazed at the sky gently rejecting her words while moving his head right and left. "Ah… I see that wasn't the case. But, it would still be better if you stayed inside since you are very weak right now." Xianwu replied. Bingwen gazing at the stars spoke," The sky here is a lot different than from what it looked like in the silent city. There were no stars and the moon was rarely to be seen but, here it looks majestic…" he praised with his soft sober tone. "That's right… it is pretty here however, near the village it looks much prettier would you mind to take a look there?" Xianwu asked. Xiao yin came out standing at the doorstep silently hearing their conversation. Bingwen didn't reply instead he called, "Sister Xianwu…" Hearing his words Xianwu looked at him asking, "Yes…"

"My brother…" he whispered. "Hm?" Xianwu asked. "What will happen to my brother?" he asked. Xianwu responded clueless, "I don't know but he will be punished for his wrongdoings." Bingwen nodded, "Hm, but actually… he isn't a bad person sister. In the past he had always cared for me and loved me. Whether someone said anything bad about me hurt me he would always stand up for me. He only cursed me to protect me and I… I cowardly hid in the city for such a long time… I should have faced my problems instead, I created more… I'm sorry…"

Xianwu sighed smiling, "Bingwen… it is all in the past now. You don't need to be so hard on yourself." She gently patted Bingwen's head making him slightly flinch but he soon adjusted. "Sister Xianwu…" Bingwen called. "I just wanted to be like my brother. I wanted to become a heavenly supreme just like him. I really admired him. I never wanted anything like this to happen. I am so sorry…" he told. "Say Bingwen, why are you apologising to me again…?" Xianwu asked slightly puzzled. Instantly Bingwen looked at her. His Black hairs fluttering with his jewel green eyes.

"If I could, then I would save the whole world." He spoke.