Chapter 201 - The Dinner Party (Part Two)

Li Ming watched as her long diamond earrings sparkled in the light.

She decided to leave her neck bare and started putting on rings and bracelets instead. She was very happy about the outcome of her one and a half-hour of hard work.

She was wearing a hemline floor-length blue-green tulle gown with a sweetheart neckline. It was sleeveless and that left her entire collarbone, shoulders, and arms bare for her mates to gawk at.

Her long hair was beautifully arranged on her left side as it fell down her shoulder in curls. Her makeup and five inches silver high heels were the final touches to her killing look.

Li Ming smiled at her reflection in the full-length mirror as she admired her barely sixteen years old self.

With a deep breath, she turned towards the bedroom door. It was finally the time to give her mates the shock of their lives.

She was dressed to kill and she was ready for her mission of the night.

The Immortals were still in the living room as they waited for their mate to finally came downstairs.

"What is she doing up there? It's been so long." Ruoshan asked his brothers as he played with the buttons of his suit. 

"Maybe she got distracted by some work and decided to finish it first before getting ready?" 

It was more of a question from Zhang Yong rather than an answer.

"Come on, she never took this much time in getting ready before this. There is probably something wrong. I should go and check." Ruoshan started getting up but was stopped by his younger brother.

"Let's wait for a little bit more." Hei Long said as he pulled the Evernight Lord back towards his seat.

None of the Immortals could understand why it was taking Li Ming so long to get ready. 

Just as they all started getting impatient again just after ten minutes, the Moon Immortal finally heard some kind of weird sound coming from upstairs.

The other Immortals also heard the noise and turned to look at the stairs. Little did they expected to be attacked like that as, within a minute, a Goddess appeared at the top of the stairs.

Li Ming watched as shock and awe took over the expressions of her mates who were looking ethereal in their new get-up.

She started walking downstairs but made sure to be slow enough to torture the Immortals as they took in her appearance.

She walked towards the living room and stood on the other end of the coffee table as she admired the expressions of her mates.

"What? Not going to compliment me? After all, it took me an entire and another half hour to get ready." She asked as she twirled a little to show them her bareback.

The dress left not only her collarbone and shoulders but also half of her back open and bare.

Just as she straightened to listen to what her mates had to say about her appearance, she saw the Heaven Emperor coming towards her with a golden robe in his hands.

She was just too shocked to even open her mouth. She stood there silently as the Heaven Emperor draped the robe over her shoulders.

"Now, you look perfect. Just as beautiful and stunning as always." The Immortal Ruler said as he planted a soft peck on her temple, his cheeks and the tip of his ears immediately turning red in embarrassment.

If not for the fact that she was distracted by the cloak that had ruined her getup, she would definitely have loved to tease her shy mate some more.

"I think we are ready....." Wen Guiying didn't get to complete his sentence as they all watched their little mate taking off the cloak and throwing it on the couch.

"What...?" The Heaven Emperor looked at her with confused eyes.

"You must be kidding me right? Are you seriously expecting me to wear a cloak over this beautiful dress? No way!" Li Ming said as she folded her hands in front of her chest.

"B-but.....then.....y-you have....your shoulders....they are...." 

Even the Heaven Emperor himself was not clear about what he wanted to say. He just kept babbling while pointing at her shoulders and arms.

"Xingan, you have so much.....umm....you know.....that...." 

Ruoshan let out a sigh as he found himself unable to voice out the words that were clearly visible in his and his brothers' minds.

"So?" Li Ming asked with raised eyebrows as she looked at the Immortals with questioning eyes.

She knew exactly what was going through their minds. However, if she gave in to their request then how would she torment them? 

Therefore, she kept her expressions completely indifferent and cold as she waited for at least one of them to say something.

However, the Immortals were too afraid to utter a single word. None of them wanted to anger her even in their dreams.

"Since none of you have any problems anymore let's head towards our destination. It's getting late." She said with a smile that appeared on her lips out of nowhere.

The Immortals could only nod as they all circled around her and the next thing they knew, all of them were traveling through the dark void, and then within a few blinks, they were standing next to a stream.

The change in the environment of the new place was so clear that it didn't take long before the Immortals noticed the two different energies that were flowing through the air in sync. 

"Wait, I have felt this energy before. It's...Xingan!" Ruoshan looked at the smiling girl with surprised eyes.

Li Ming nodded her head as she said, "You are right. As you all know that there is a different energy present inside my body other than qi. The same energy is also present in this place. This is the Enchanted Magik Forest."

"Enchanted Magik Forest?" Hei Long asked as he looked around the nature that was surrounding them.

"En! I came across this place last year while trying to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of spiritual qi from the Thundering Peaks. Ever since then I'm in touch with the people who were living here in seclusion for millenniums." Li Ming explained further as she started walking towards the forest which would lead her to the case where everyone was waiting for them.

"What do you mean by them living in seclusion, Little One?" Lord Yueliang asked her.

That's how she told them everything about the day when she stumbled across the magical world and how she later ended up becoming their friend.

She was not really the owner of the Enchanted Magik Forest but at the same time, that's exactly how the supernaturals saw her. 

"Wow! Now you have another small but beautiful world other than the mansion and Xiao Tiantang. Let's include Dongji village in it too since you are now the Head of the village." Zhang Yong said with admiration and respect in his eyes.

The rest of her mates were also looking at her with the same expressions as the Shadow Lord and that made Li Ming blush a little.

"Alright! We are already here." She announced to distract the Immortals as they appeared in front of the caves.

At the entrance of the cave, six candles with matching colors of the Immortals' suits were arranged on a candlestick.

There was no one at the entrance which made everything even more unexplainable.

The Immortals turned to look at Li Ming who just shrugged her shoulders in reply. Even she had no idea what was going on.

As they neared the entrance, she noticed a note sticking on the candlestick. She picked up the note and read the words written on it.

'The Six Immortals should light the candle that matched their outfit before entering. You can leave the candles at the entrance after lighting them.' 

"Alright, here goes nothing. To be honest, I have no idea why they want you guys to do this but yeah, just light the candle of the same color as your clothes, and then we can...." She didn't even complete her sentence before all the candles were glowing in a mixup of yellow, orange, and red fire.

She turned to look at the Immortals who looked at her in return.

"I think we can enter now." Li Ming said before turning back towards the entrance and marching in.

The Immortals followed behind her. The path was decorated with red carpet and the ceiling of the cave was glowing as hundreds of fireflies illuminated their path.

Rather than the Immortals, Li Ming was the one who was the most surprised after seeing the level of preparation that sups had done for the dinner party.

She had known them for nearly a year but she never received such high-quality treatment. The thought made her scoff at the discrimination that the sups had shown towards her. 

The world truly was not fair towards her!