Fengge was passing by looking for Tingzhe. Tingzhe had dragged him out of the banquet saying he had a surprise for him. It had been two hours and Tingzhe was no where to be found. Suddenly, he heard screaming throughout the whole place. He immediately recognized that voice and rushed in the direction of the voice thinking she was in some sort of distress.
The sound seemed to be coming from the god of sound's palace. Using his magic, he appeared in front of the god of sound's palace. Just as he was about to enter, the god of sound suddenly appeared.
"Greetings Your Highness" The god of sound said bowing down.
Fengge sighed at the glance of the sound god. Once upon a time, he was a celestial who had been very cheerful and loved playing beautiful tunes. After the death of his wife at a young age, not only did he stop playing melodious tunes but he started dressing in white which a color of mourning. Thousands of years had passed and yet, the god of sound had never taken of the color white.
"Guowei, don't stand on ceremony. How have you been these days? Today is my birthday, why aren't you at the banquet?" Fengge asked trying to cheer his friend.
"I was just on my way to the banquet. I heard that His Highness now has a new sworn brother. I hope I can get the chance to meet him." Guowei said.
"Of course. Among all the celestials in the heavenly realm, you and I have always been the closest. What's mine is also yours." Fengge said smiling.
"I dare not. Your Highness is the crown prince. Please excuse me. His Majesty might get impatient" Guowei said walking pass Fengge.
"Guowei!" Fengge shouted turning to face him.
Unfortunately, he had been too late. Fengge watched as the god of sound disappeared right before his eyes. Just as he was about to go after Guowei, he heard that scream again. Turning around without a choice, he went in search of the owner of that voice.
Su Ying screamed in frustration as she sat down. Nobody knew where she was therefore nobody would know where to cone searching for her. Tears fell from her eyes as she thought about her sect. Many people often said she was very emotional about things even though she had always tried to act tough.
"Brother Xie Bai. Where are you? I don't want to stay here. Brother Xie Bai." Su Ying said sobbing.
Suddenly a bright light appeared making Su Ying lift her head. Without thinking twice, she ran into the person's arms crying.
"Thank you so much for coming to save me Brother Xie Bai. I knew you wouldn't leave me here all alone. I was so scared" Su Ying said.
Fengge froze in shock as Su Ying hugged him. Not only was this unknown girl hugging him but she was also crying. She looked really scared of being abandoned.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know you were that afraid. I would have been here ahead of time. I was just delayed by the god of sound " Fengge said.
This time it was time for Su Ying to freeze. Realizing it wasn't her brother Xie Bai, she immediately realized the stranger she didn't know. Su Ying gasped when she realized who it was. It was the crown prince.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Fengge said getting worried as she wasn't responding to him.
Shaking her head, Su Ying confirmed she isn't hurt. Standing silently, Su Ying watched as he worried about her.
"Good thing you are not hurt. How did you get here?" Fengge asked seating down.
"I don't know. I just kept on walking. The banquet was becoming too noisy" Su Ying said making Fengge lift his head.
"My banquet was too noisy?" Fengge asked in disbelief of the girl's bravery
"Sorry. I forgot. It is your birthday banquet. My big mouth" Su Ying said hitting her mouth with her palm as she smiled sheepishly.
"Really? You are sorry?" Fengge asked.
"Of course. I don't want to get punished or worse, killed here in the heavenly realm" Su Ying said.
"I need to get back to my noisy banquet." Fengge said standing up.
"Ah, don't be angry. I apologize. Please take me along with you. My magic is not as powerful as yours. This place, although it looks normal, the formation surrounding this place is very complicated." Su Ying said.
"Seems like you are not stupid at all. You are right. This place is the god of sound's personal place. A few more walks from here is his wife's grave. Do you know that?" Fengge asked watching as Su Ying's mouth went open.
"Really? It's no wonder he got mad when I tried to play with him." Su Ying said.
"You tried to play with him? Wow! Miss, you are very daring." Fengge said smiling.
"Su Ying." Su Ying said.
"What?" Fengge asked.
"You called me miss. My name is Su Ying." Su Ying said.
"Ah, I embarrassed myself. Sorry. I often forget people's names" Fengge said.
"I noticed that." Su Ying said.
"Ah there you are being sassy again. I'm leaving. When the god of sound comes back, he will definitely have your head if he sees you here." Fengge said.
"You are making me scared." Su Ying said on the verge of crying.
Taking a deep breathe, Fengge disappeared with her. They appeared directly outside the banquet. Without saying a single word, Fengge entered the banquet leaving Su Ying outside. Rushing into the banquet, Fengge straightened his dress when he arrived. The younger celestials immediately came flocking around him.
"Fengge, look. The goddess of hunting brought us a lot of wine. Everyone is very happy" He said.
Fengge's eyes darted to the goddess of hunting who was obviously drunk. The goddess of hunting was the best archer in the heavenly realm but she was also the most drunk person in the heavenly realm.
"Fengge! Come and take your seat. Where were you?" The heavenly king asked causing Fengge to come and take his seat beside Tingzhe.
"Where were you? I was looking for you." Fengge said to Tingzhe.
"Sorry. I went in search of Jiu Bao when I saw she was free later on." Tingzhe said sadly.
"What happened? What did she say?" Fengge asked.
"Forget it. I don't want to talk about it." Tingzhe said.
Everyone at the banquet went silent when the god of sound came to take his seat in the middle of the banquet. This would be the first time in a hundred years since the sound god came to play therefore everyone waited in great anticipation as he placed his hands on the zither.
"Its him! Its him! I know him" Su Ying said happily.
"Know who? The sound god? Su Ying, don't tell me you are already drunk" Jiu Bao said looking into her sister's eyes.
"I'm not drunk. I am just alright. You probably don't know. Just a few minutes ago, I went around walking in the palace and came across him. He played the most beautiful melody in the world. There is truly no one that can beat him in playing any instrument" Su Ying said.
The sound god took a deep breathe before he began playing. All his emotions were always put into his music whenever he was playing. For the first time in a hundred years since his wife died, Guowei felt happy at the memory of the girl who had been able to match his melody. Only his wife had been able to do that before. Raising his head up, his eyes darted to her as he watched her talking to an unknown girl.
He could hear everything they were saying from where he was sitting down and he found her to be very amusing. She seemed to have a cheerful personality and her eyes. They were the same color of his wife.
"Not even your beloved crown prince?" Jiu Bao asked.
"What do you mean? Why are you always teasing me? I wouldn't talk to you" Su Ying said facing the other way.
"Its because you have always had an obscene obsession with the crown prince. To see that you are dumping him do easily is really a miracle" Jiu Bao said smiling.
"The crown prince was there. He found me and took care of me. He even asked me if I was okay. He was very caring and romantic" Su Ying said shyly.
Guowei's eyes widened at the hearing of Su Ying's comment while Fengge spat out his food coughing. Both of their eyes darted to Su Ying and her sister but unfortunately for them, the two girls were oblivious to everything. Fengge's coughing had attracted attention from the celestials beside him causing all of them to gather.
"Are you okay?" They asked.
"Yes, thank you. I am fine. The food just went in the wrong direction" Fengge said wavering his hand to dismiss the celestials.
While Fengge was flustered from what he had heard, Guowei maintained his composure playing the zither as if he heard nothing.
Fengge struggled to drink more water as his cheeks went red with embarrassment. She liked him. The obnoxious mortal said she liked him. No. She had a crush on him.
After Guowei was through playing the zither and was about to stand up, someone entered the banquet. The first people to come in were the maids while she walked at the back. When they got to the middle of the banquet hall, all the maids gave way as she came forward.
"Greetings Ice god. Greetings Your Majesty. Greetings Crown Prince. I, Princess Jiayi wishes the crown prince happy birthday and thousands of years forward" Jiayi said smiling.