Hearing the voice of the young fairy, Bai Jue looked at her briefly and smiled at her.
"A'Yu, how have you been? Do you like the nine-heaven so far?" Bai Jue asked her but his eyes were now again on the winter goddess.
"I've been good. It was thanks to your insight that I came to be with the winter goddess and she has been great to me." Hou Yu said to him and he smiled but it wasn't at Hou Yu, the smile was at Hou Chi
"Then shall we have a toast, goddess Hou Chi?" Bai Jue asked her and she smiled awkwardly at him as she looked up towards Bai Jue who was sitting up on his throne above hers.
"Of course, it would be my honor." Hou Chi said but in truth, she thought that he was weird since the first time that the two of them met due to the way that he reacted towards her. But she still had to show respect towards him since he was a true god, the two toasted to each other.
The banquet went on, but of course, all of the gods and goddesses were whispering and gossiping about how the season goddesses were taking the true gods as their husbands. Some said that the only two left would be Bai Jue and Hou Chi, of course, the minor and major fairies and goddesses had tried to win the affection of the four true gods; they were even willing to be just the side wives, just mistresses or even one night stands for the true gods yet the true gods never looked their ways.
At the end of the banquet, Hou Chi was heading out with the rest of the season goddesses back to the four-season palace but Bai Jue was waiting for them at the front gate of the main hall of the nine-heaven palace.
"Greeting to true god Bai Jue." They said to him as they approached him, Bai Jue smiled at the ladies with their bonds
"Goddess Hou Chi may I have a moment of your time?" Bai Jue asked her and she looked at the others, hoping that they would speak up for her but there was no sign that they wanted to help her out
"Of course, what can I do for you true god Bai Jue?" Hou Chi asked him and he smiles
"Just call me Bai Jue." Bai Jue said to her and she nodded
"Please follow me this way." Bai Jue said to her as he motioned towards his palace, Hou Chi turned towards the other
"I shall follow behind once I talk with true god Bai Jue, no need to wait for me." Hou Chi said to her group
"That is alright. Then we shall return to the four-season palace." Shang Gu said to Hou Chi as the other ladies smiled at her but she didn't get the chance to send them away since Bai Jue started walking ahead of her and to not fall behind she had to follow him.
"I wonder what they will talk about?" Er'Xi asked the group
"I don't know but we've never met with the true god Bai Jue before, how about you, Shang Gu?" Chang Ge asked her and Shang Gu shook her head
"I've never met him either but it seems like-" Shang Gu said as she trailed off and slowly turned toward Hou Yu
"Like you know him, A'Yu. Since he called you in such a familiar way." Shang Gu said to Hou Yu and the young fairy nodded with a smile
"Of course! He was my teacher in the spirit realm, he taught many spirits in the spirit realm before I came to the nine-heaven with my master." Hou Yu said to them with pride
"Did you know that he was a true god?" Er'Xi asked her
"No, we only knew that he was a high god but he had never told us that he was a true god." Hou Yu said as she shook her head
"What would he want with A'Chi." Chang Ge said and the other two season goddesses also ponder on that thought as well
"I don't know, but my teacher seems to like my master a lot since he was the one who convinced me to come to the nine-heaven with her, and I later heard that he was hugging her in the market of the spirit realm. The others were gossiping about it for a few days." Hou Yu said to them and the three of them listened intently to her words but they were soon interrupted by their husbands
"What are you three still doing here?" Tain Qi asked and Er'Xi smiled at her husband
"We're wondering what Bai Jue wanted with A'Chi." Shang Gu said as Yaun Feng wrapped his arms around her waist
"Bai Jue was here?" Yuan Feng asked her and she nodded
"It seems like he wanted to talk to her about something important." Shang Gu said to him and for a moment Shang Gu could've sworn that her husband knitted his brows, but Yuan Feng only does that when he's concerned and if it was just a casual talk why would Yuan Feng become concerned
"Is Everything alright?" Shang Gu asked him and he smiled at her
"Of course, dear." Yuan Feng said to her as he kissed her forehead
"Shall we head back?" Yuan Feng asked her and she sighed but nodded
Hou Chi followed closely behind Bai Jue but not too close either since she didn't know what he wanted with her and the last time that the two met, he hugged her tightly out of nowhere. Hou Chi also had no idea where he was going to lead her to either but since he was a true god, she still wanted to respect him and see what he wanted with her before she started to ignore or avoid him.
The two of them walked in silence for a while before they arrived at a reddish wall, with her being the winter goddess she could feel the heat coming from this wall. Hou Chi stopped outside the entrance of the wall, she was scared of what he wanted to do with her; bringing winter goddesses to a hot place. Does he want to threaten her or weaken her? What does he want with her? But before she could come up with any more concerns and worries he spoke up
"Come in, this is my palace." Bai Jue called out to her as he stood at the entrance, Hou Chi smiled and walked over to the entrance
"Let's talk here." Bai Jue said as he walked towards the garden table and chair that was in front of his palace but before Hou Chi could say anything else, true god Bai Jue already took a seat
"Have a seat." Bai Jue said to her and she nodded as she took the seat across from him but Bai Jue said nothing to her as she took her seat
"I know that the first time that we met, I was impolite, and would like to apologize to you." Bai Jue said to her but Hou Chi smiled and shook her head
"If it's about that it is fine, it's been so long ago now." Hou Chi said to him and with a smile, he nodded as he conjured up some warm tea and poured the two each a cup of tea
"I also have a few questions for you as well." Bai Jue said as he took a sip of tea from his cup, Hou Chi also took a sip of tea from her own cup as well
"Please go ahead." Hou Chi said as she set her cup down
"I would like to know if you've ever gone down to the mortal realm?" Bai Jue asked her
"I had." Hou Chi said to Bai Jue
"Was-was it during my turbulent in the mortal realm?" Bai Jue asked her but Hou Chi smiled as she chuckled
"How could I have that luck, I've only come into being about six thousand years ago." Hou Chi said to him
"Then when did you go down to the mortal realm?" Bai Jue asked her
"I didn't go there, more like passing through it when I went to the demon realm and on my way to the spirit realm." Hou Chi said to him but he shook his head
"That can't be the only time....what about before you ascended?" Bai Jue asked her and Hou Chi smile at him
"I didn't ascend into the nine-heaven realm though." Hou Chi said to him and he looked at her
"You-You didn't ascend? Were you born between a goddess and a god?" Bai Jue asked her and she shook her head
"I came into being on the Heaven and Earth platform." Hou Chi said to him and he nodded
"Do you have any memories of the time before that?" Bai Jue asked her and she smiled as she shook her head
"I came into being six thousand years ago but I became conscious about a few thousand years before I came into being." Hou Chi said to him and Bai Jue sighed
"Can I ask why you are asking me about this?" Hou Chi asked him and he looked her in the eyes
"In the mortal realm while I was having my seven turbulent, love was one of them and you look exactly like my wife in the mortal realm." Bai Jue said to her and she smiled
"But I thought that you wouldn't remember your love turbulent?" Hou Chi asked him and he nodded
"But I did and I do not know why or how but I remembered. I can still recall it all so vividly in my head." Bai Jue said as he stared at her, seeing the look in his eyes; she became restless inside
"I-I should get going." Hou Chi said to him and got up from her seat, before Bai Jue could stall her she disappeared.