Hou Chi was sitting in her study room when she heard the loud footsteps of her spirit bond. Hou Chi smiled as she sighed and set down the report she was reading as she looked up towards her study door.
"Master!" Hou Yu called out to her as she burst through the door of the study room
"Hou Yu, ah, Hou Yu. How many times had I told you not to run wild in the winter palace?" Hou Chi asked the young beast.
Since they returned to the nine-heaven, the others have been teaching her how to behave and have been helping her cultivate more in the winter palace.
The young beast smiled as she sat in front of her master with a smile and Hou Chi patted her head with a smile.
"What has made you so excited?" Hou Chi asked her and she nodded
"There is news that true God Bai Jue is returning to the nine-heaven after being gone for so long!" Hou Yu said to her and she nodded
"And why does that make you so excited?" Hou Chi asked her and she smiled even more
"I heard that there will be a big banquet and delicious food along with great wine." Hou Yu said to her and Hou Chi smile
"You and food, you better not drink too much at the banquet. The wine brew by Tain Qi is stronger than you think." Hou Chi said to her and she smiled
"The last time true god Tain Qi brought the liquor to the four-season palace but I didn't have the chance to even try, of course, this time I will drink my fill." Hou Yu said to her and she smiled
"So I take it that you want to attend this banquet?" Hou Chi asked her and she nodded, as traditions; spirit bonds can't go to any banquet if they are not accompanying their master.
"Can we go? Can we?" Hou Yu asked her and she smiled, Hou Yu was quite the wild spirit before but now she had become quite tame and polite.
"Yes, yes. We can attend." Hou Chi said to her and she jumped up
"YES!" Hou Yu screamed as she ran out of the study without properly closing the door
"Oh, this child." Hou Chi said as she waved her hand; the study room door closed and she went back to reading her reports
After the reports were done, Hou Chi went out of the study room to meet with the other season goddess
"Hou Chi." Shang Gu called out to her as she walked into the main hall and she smiled at Shang Gu.
"Shang Gu." Hou Chi said with a slight bow, since she is the youngest out of all of the season goddesses it is a courtesy to bow to them in greeting. The only people that the season goddesses have to bow to like everyone else are the true gods.
"Have you heard the news?" Er'Xi asked her and she nodded
"Hou Yu was so excited about there being a banquet that she ran to my palace in the morning. I thought that there was an earthquake in the nine-heaven realm." Hou Chi said to Er'Xi and they all chuckled
"That does sound like A'Yu." Chang Ge said
"But I like that she's such a free spirit." Hou Chi said
"And that's why she's so free." Shang Gu said to her
"I think that she should be as free as she can since she was someone who came from such freedom to begin with." Hou Chi said and they all agreed
As they were all chatting in the main hall it was soon time for each of them to go back to their own palace to get ready to go to the banquet but only Hou Yu came to drag Hou Chi back to the winter palace to get ready for the banquet
"Come, come. Master, you should be getting ready! We can't be late for the banquet." Hou Yu said to her and the other three chuckled
"Well, I'll see you ladies at the banquet." Hou Chi said to them and was dragged out by Hou Yu
Once the two of them were inside the winter palace, Hou Yu quickly took out her dresses so that she could get change and even set out all of her matching jewelry and headset so that she could get ready in time
"Master! Master! Sit down, I'll go your hair!" Hou Yu said to her, energetically holding onto the comb, waiting for her by the mirror.
"Let me finish getting my dress on." Hou Chi said as she pulled on her outer layer and walked over to the mirror. With a sigh, she sat down in front of the mirror
"Go ahead, do your worst." Hou Chi said to her and she smiled as she quickly combed through her master's hair, Hou Yu helped put her hair up and put in the hairpins and the headset while Hou Chi did her makeup.
"There. All done, master." Hou Yu said to her and she looked in the mirror
"You're getting better at this." Hou Chi said to her and the young girl smile
"Of course, I did it every day." Hou Yu said to her with pride and she smiled
"Now shall we get you ready as well?" Hou Chi asked her and she looked at herself
"Do I need to get ready as well?" the young girl wore a plain white dress with no decoration or any jewelry
"Of course. We're attending the return banquet of a true god, you should be dressed in your finest." Hou Chi said to her and handed over a dress to her since the two of them were similar in size
"Come, I'll help you get ready." Hou Chi said as she helped the young girl put her hair up and do her makeup for her.
Once Hou Chi finished getting Hou Yu ready, they got up and headed out of Hou Chi's room towards the gate.
"You're behaving pretty well." Zhu Zi said to Hou Chi as Hou Yu and Hou Chi walked out of their winter palace gate. Hou Yu gracefully bow down to Zhu Zi
"Why? Thank you." Hou Yu said to her and they chuckled as they fell in line behind their goddesses to make their way towards the banquet.
Once the four goddesses arrived, the others got up to greet them and the four of them headed to greet the other three true gods, they all headed towards their own seats as their own spirit bond also took their seats as well.
Just as they all took their seats, someone appeared out of nowhere in front of the three true gods, but the three of them did nothing but smile at him.
"Bai Jue." Qing Mu said to him, all of the gods and the seasonal goddess bowed down to greet him as well.
"Welcome true god Bai Jue back to the nine heavens." they all said in unison, Bai Jue walked up to his seat and turned around to face them all
"You all may rise." Bai Jue said to them as he took a seat, once the season goddesses lift their heads. His eyes wandered and landed on her
"Master!" Hou Yu called out to him