He Zhen slowly opens his eyes to see he was in a bed and unfamiliar surroundings. His head ached from drinking too much yesterday. He yelped in pain.
A familiar person blocked his view. The figure was in gorgeous white hanfu. Snow white skin with redness smothered. Looks extremely beautiful. It was...Xiao Ling.
"You awake?" he asked playfully seeing He Zhen's squinted eyes. He Zhen softly smacked Xiao Lings' shoulder.
"We have an order, down in mortal realm in daomao forest, babies there for to be bathe are being missing for quite a long time." Xiao Ling spoke,
"do we have to go there" He Zhen whined "yes, we have to, or ill pull down you pants" "eeeek!!"
Xiao Ling chuckled at He Zhen's disgusted expression. He Zhen's face softened a little before asking,
"don't you find me scary...."
"Pardon?"
"don't you think I'm scary, the fact I am a very horrible person to be with, I don't understand that you want the world to know I'm not bad while I am, and... I don't know...I just can't find why..."
"Scary? What makes you think you're scary. Sure, you count me in on a fight and all. But, if I have to say, I don't think you're scary, you're unique, divine. Don't let the thought mess up your head. You're supernatural, that's what! Get ready I got no time to spare"
With that, Xiao Ling left, leaving He Zhen in a state of disbelief. His face flushed with a mix of surprise and pleasure at Xiao Ling's words. Feeling uplifted, He Zhen dressed quickly and joined Xiao Ling outside.
He was ready to embark on the mission when he noticed an unfamiliar person accompanying Xiao Ling. The newcomer had short, tied-up hair, wore flowing red attire, and had a notably delicate and feminine appearance.
"This is Chun Fu, the spring god"
Spring God, mostly the beautiful one that attracts the eye. The gods are pretty invulnerable and are capable of effecting people with flowers. Poison, love, medicine, any kinds of flower can be affected to anyone from them. A dangerous beauty in other words.
"Where is the Lord?" Xiao Ling inquired, noting that the directive had come from the Civil God rather than Liu Ling directly.
"He went to oversee the northern region; North White Flake was there to handle matters with him," Chun Fu replied with a shrug.
In the realm, the North White Flake, South Spring Blossom, East Sun Shine, and West Droplet Sought each preside over their respective ghost cities. Every fifty years, the Lord of Heaven visits each of these cities to renew a contract, ensuring they remain unsealed unless they violate any terms. The Ghost King also signs this contract, agreeing to maintain peace under these conditions.
"I understand. Oh, I almost forgot! This is Huan Cheng, a newcomer."
They exchanged greetings and bowed to each other before preparing the teleportation circle to descend to the mortal realm.
With a shine, they took their step in. As for He Zhen in the mortal realm, the first thing he was greeted by was... he felt a tug on his legs, as he looked down to see a small black furry creature, its eyes were green, ears were perked up so was its tail.
"oh a kitty!" Xiao Ling yelled upon seeing the young cat and tried to hold it but ended up scratching his face. He healed in seconds of time yet his eyes were watering.
He zhen picked the cat up, thinking if he did so he'd win...and he did win. The cat purred into his arms while the mortals around him was at awe, including our two gods.
So, this is the creature that the human sees as gods, I cannot see why?
They walked through streets because the 'loving' black cat was in He Zhen's Hanfu. They reached the fogging area of daomao forest. The name means 'hood' yet you wonder why.
The forest is surrounded by trees as much as a wall, even a ceiling not letting even light pass through, only thing that lights there are fireflies, most of the ground is a pond, a big round pound, the structure almost like a hood. This is the place where babies are there for their first bath for having peace and luck throughout their life.
Soon after they hear, sounds coming from the wind, howling in danger, what possibly might that be.