"AH?"
The figure who suddenly appeared out of thin air is a little girl! She looked like a nine years old girl. Yes... the little girl was none other than Ling Mao.
The truth was, the moment Long Zhi Qiang walked toward Ming Yue, that was the moment Ling Mao recognized Zhi Qiang as Zhong Kui. Ling Mao sensed the Yin energy that was surging from Zhi Qiang's body. It's the purest Yin energy that could only belong to The Ghost King, supreme ruler of Demon Realm.
Ling Mao quickly used a simple enchantment to hide and paid attention to Zhi Qiang's behavior. The more Ling Mao saw his behavior, the way he spoke, the way he carried himself especially the way he behaved in front of her master, the more Ling Mao was certain that Zhi Qiang was Lord Zhong Kui.
However, Ling Mao couldn't address Lord Zhong Kui in front of her master. The reason for it was because her master didn't have all her memories from the time she lived as Chang'e yet. Now that her master had left, Ling Mao wanted to greet Zhi Qiang but didn't know how and when to begin. Only after Zhi Qiang asked the question that Ling Mao finally undid the enchantment.
Ling Mao kowtowed to the ground and greeted Zhi Qiang. "Ling Mao, the deserter of Witch Clan greets the supreme ruler of Demon Realm, Lord Zhong Kui, The Ghost King."
The members of Black Falcon, included An Fu, were surprised to see the little girl kowtowing to the ground and gave her greetings to their captain. This situation was exactly like it was straight out of Kungfu Movies!
"I accept your greeting. Rise." Zhi Qiang ordered in domineering tone.
From the way Zhi Qiang accepted the greeting, the way he ordered Ling Mao to rise from the ground, the way he spoke and the way he carried himself, the members of Black Falcon once again realized that their captain was really what he claimed to be. Even though they knew that their captain was someone who didn't like telling lies, deep down the seed of doubt still lingered a little bit.
"Our captain is really The Ghost King.." Cao Wen muttered softly.
"Do you know what this means, cousin?" Cao Feng asked Cao Wen who was staring at Zhi Qiang with dumbfounded expression on his face.
"What?" Cao Wen turned his gaze to Cao Feng only to find that there were fire in his cousin's eyes, burning with excitement.
"That means we are the subordinates of Ghost King, you know?!" Cao Feng said, "How cool is that?!"
"...It's cool indeed." An Fu nodded in agreement.
"Right?! I have to start searching a name or tittle for myself." Cao Feng said with a wide grin on his face.
"Ah Feng.. you.."
"Leave him be.. he is just a kid at heart.." Wei Qian patted Cao Wen's shoulder, trying to sooth his distress.
"Oh? That's rich coming from a person who is afraid of supernatural things~" Cao Feng retorted, wiggling his eyebrows up and down and sent a look full of mischief at Wei Qian.
"WHO THE F**K IS AFRAID?! I JUST DON'T LIKE THINGS THAT I CAN'T KILL!!" Hearing the sneer remark from Cao Feng, Wei Qian snapped instantly while Cao Wen stared at the both of them with flat eyes.
"....Both of them are children.." Cao Wen muttered softly under his breath.
"WHO THE F**K ARE CHILDREN?!"
"Who the hell are children?!"
Both Wei Qian and Cao Feng reacted at the same time, causing Cao Wen to roll his eyes and heaved a weary sigh at them.
Meanwhile, Zhi Qiang who was ignoring the reaction of his team members and their stupid debacle, gazed at Ling Mao. "Why did you hide yourself?" Zhi Qiang asked the little girl.
"Ling Mao felt The Ghost King's pure Yin energy and was wondering if it was really you, My Lord. So Ling Mao hid herself to pay attention to you. However once Ling Mao knew that it was really you, Ling Mao couldn't greet you in front of Master." Ling Mao explained.
"Was it because she doesn't know her identity as Chang'e?" Zhi Qiang asked, thinking that it would be logical since her reaction toward him was cold.
"No, My Lord. Master already knew that she is Lady Chang'e but Master only recovers a tiny bit of her past life's memories." Ling Mao answered honestly.
Hearing that, Zhi Qiang's face turned grim and seeing such reaction from him, Ling Mao flinched slightly. Her eyes stared at him in question, wondering if she had said something rude but Zhi Qiang's next words, caught her off guard.
"If it's like that, then Ming Yue still doesn't remember how The Heavenly Emperor betrayed her and cause her death." Zhi Qiang said in grim tone, "If she doesn't recover her past life memories as Chang'e then her soul and goddess' power won't be complete."
The Heavenly Emperor was the one who betrayed her Lady?!
He was the one who caused her death?!
Then.. He was the one who worked together with HER and trapped her Lady in that cave?!
Why?!
Ling Mao was surprised.. no more like shocked to hear that the one who caused her Lady's death was The Heavenly Emperor himself. Ling Mao knew how close her Lady with The Heavenly Emperor. Her Lady always treated him just like her own older brother.
Her shocked face turned sad when she thought how heartbroken her Lady was if she knew about this matter. Ling Mao opened her lips and was about to say something but Ming Yue's voice could be heard faintly from a far. Looked like her Lady was searching for her.
"Go. It will be suspicious if Ming Yue sees you talking to me." Zhi Qiang ordered her.
"My Lord, will you stay in this city?" asked Ling Mao.
"I won't, at least for now. I will go to Demon Realm after this, there is something I need to do there." Zhi Qiang answered.
"I understand, My Lord." Ling Mao replied and turned into her black cat form.
"Oooh!!" The Black Falcon members reacted as such when they say Ling Mao's transformation.
"Hey! She just turned into black cat!!" Wei Qian made a ruckus.
"Wei Qian ah, stop being noisy. It's just a transformation. You have watch Harry P*tter, haven't you? Isn't this the same?" Cao Feng reprimanded Wei Qian who acted exaggeratedly.
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