The night at the palace is quite serene, unlike the other rogue places of the Demon Realm. However, one room is still lively. Shen Mo had conjured a monitor from the wide mirror in his room. A young girl is often seen from the mirror, sometimes frowning, sometimes dazed. Shen Mo felt sorry after seeing her lonely figure flash by. He just admitted her as his disciple but he left her, and even Bai Muchen got dragged. However, he had checked on Bai Muchen a while ago. The young boy wasn't struggling and he is a great talent. He understands every concept of the cultivation technique Shen Mo handed, day and night, he trains it to near perfection.
Shen Mo was impressed. He is lucky he found these two and they were sent to his doors to be his disciples. He sighed helplessly to see Cai sneaking into the Unfettered Villa during nighttime. However, it was not within his expectation that a sword light will attack her. Cai reflexively dodged and dashed forward. Shen Mo stood up, shocked by Cai's abnormal speed.
The next moment, Cai's sword clashed with a wristband, causing sparks to form. A hand grabbed her wrist and flung her back but Cai stabilized her footing.
"You still missed." Cai taunted Bai Muchen who stood straight ahead.
Bai Muchen looked at her in a calm motion. He closed his eyes and lifted a faint smile.
"You think?"
A gentle breeze went past them and a clicking sound echoed. Cai's tied-up hair suddenly fell down with her headdress broken with a clean cut. Cai touched her falling hair strands. She can't help but smile wryly.
"You deserve to be my senior brother." Cai sincerely said.
Bai Muchen had surpassed her to a different level. Even if she discovered her terrifying speed and use it to defeat everyone in the outer court, she can't even make Bai Muchen take an inch backward. Shen Mo had given them different techniques but with the same grade. Perhaps it was their level that brought her to a disadvantage.
"Senior exaggerates. Foundation Building and Qi Refinement are different stages." Bai Muchen explained or comforted in a very odd tone. It was like he is not comforting her at all.
"En." Cai nodded, not knowing what else to say and she is even hesitant to call him 'junior brother'.
Just as there was silence, a growl came from the main gate. A white tiger with unusual eyes stepped out from the shadows. It was Mimi, who had grown up to an unexpected shape. Shen Mo squinted his eyes in disbelief. Mimi had become a grown white tiger with two pairs of wings developing on its back. Shen Mo can see Mimi's resemblance with Fenghu but there is something about the tiger that differentiated itself from its kind.
"Mimi." Cai approached the tiger and hugged it from its neck. She rubbed its soft fur as Mimi stood there obediently. "Did she bother you?"
"Not really." Bai Muchen took a space ring out of nowhere. It was clean white and simple. He tossed it up and down while explaining, "Master knows how to prepare everything. He stocked food for Mimi and the elders shift to look after it. If I have free time, I sometimes took care of the spirit beat. I must say, your pet is smart too."
"Huh?" Cai looked up in confusion.
Bai Muchen said nothing. He went back to the manor while Cai stopped petting Mimi.
"Mimi, you got praised by Apprentice Brother Bai. He doesn't say much but it was very rare for him to praise someone." Cai smiled lightly. She touched the small wings that are in contrast to Mimi's big body. "I wonder what sort of spirit beast you are. I thought you are just a wildcat before. Maybe if Master comes back, I can ask."
Shen Mo pressed his lips tightly. He waved his sleeve and the monitor dispersed to a cloud of dust. Mimi came from the hidden Fifth Guardian. Jin Xuanwan was sent to retrieve Mimi, but he doesn't want to make his disciple unhappy. Maybe there is still a way. He might need to talk with Jin Wei in the future to stop Jin Xuanwan or any of them from taking Mimi away. The problem is how will he face Jin Wei. She disappeared that night when she had enough of his paternal relatives. It's also not impossible for her to hate the outside world with how isolated the Golden Dragon Realm is.
Red fabrics all over the capital were displayed. The lively grand wedding of the Demon Clan's crown princess' was initiated at noon. The sky was dyed red when the wedding rites began. Demon Clan is brimming with crimson colors on this day, not because of bloodshed but for a once-in-a-lifetime occasion.
Jin Xuanwan watched silently on the side. She stood close to Shen Mo to avoid grim troubles around her. His paternal family is just too scary, she slept in paranoia the whole night!
However, observing how Xian Qing and Han Sheng got tied with a red string, her vigilance fell.
"My Master is fond of marriage." Jin Xuanwan said in a low voice that only Shen Mo and Du Zhi Ming heard her.
"Isn't a Holy Priestess forbidden to marry?" Shen Mo always thought of Jin Wei as someone independent. She doesn't like relying on anyone, especially towards men. He had helped her a lot of times and she keeps refusing his kindness. What more if she were to marry one day?
"True. But, Master likes attending marriages and officiating them. I accidentally found a wedding dress in her residence too. I didn't know why she is keeping such a thing when she didn't even put her suitors in her eyes."
"Talk about duplicity." Du Zhi Ming grinned on the side and gave Shen Mo a meaningful look.
"What do you mean?" Jin Xuanwan asked them but Shen Mo is puzzled as her.
"Humph. I know your Master. She's Jin Wei, that girl seven hundred years ago. My dull cousin over here hadn't figured it out yet but it was obvious to all. She-"
Jin Xuanwan tried to focus on what was Du Zhi Ming saying but the crowds cheered and she was unable to hear it. Her brows furrowed. She never got to know what Du Zhi Ming said but she noticed Shen Mo's change. He appeared to be stunned. He quickly masked his thoughts before she can see through him.
"Cousin, please don't talk like that again. It's impossible." Shen Mo said, his gaze kept on Xian Qing and Han Sheng. They are such a lovely couple at the moment. His aunt is about five thousand years old now that she has a husband but he is roughly half her age, why is she pursuing him to find a woman soon?
And the first bride that came to his mind was... No one.