"Yang Lixin, from now on you are going to live here!"
Yang Lixin stared at Ming Yue, looking dumbfounded. Even though he had a feeling his young miss was going to say that, but hearing it came out of her lips, made it more unbelievable.
"That..." Yang Lixin spoke after gulping an air once, "..Is that true? I am going to live here?"
Chuckling softly, Ming Yue's eyes became warm "Yes. I told Zhu Que to prepare your room. From now on you are going to live in the Moon Palace, just like the Wu Family."
"Th-Thank you very much, young miss!" Yang Lixin knelt in one feet.
Ming Yue's eyes widened in surprised, "Yang Lixin! Get up! Stop kneeling like that!" she was frantically rushing toward Yang Lixin but was held back by Bai Hu instead.
"Why should he stop kneeling?" Bai Hu asked with a frown, "Master.. you are a goddess, even though your power has not completed yet but that doesn't dismiss the fact that you are a goddess."
"True, more over you are the Moon Goddess who has been acknowledged by the Heavenly Emperor as siblings officially. That means your position is much higher than other deities." Qing Long added, agreeing to what Bai Hu said.
"Acknowledged as sibling?" Ming Yue asked in confusion, "Officially?"
"Yes. That is the reason why we, the four heavenly beasts, are able to be with you." Zhu Que answered, "The only person we have to bow to, other than Heavenly Emperor, is you, the Goddess who has the same status as Heavenly Emperor."
"..Bow you said.." Ming Yue frowned deeply, she clearly showed her dislike to such word.
"I never want you all to bow to me. We are friends, why should my friends bow down to me." Ming Yue said in annoyance.
Hearing her words, the four heavenly beasts were stunned. The reason for it was because Chang'e used to say the same exact words in the past.
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Thousand years ago, at Heaven Realm..
There was a huge banquet that was placed in Heavenly Grand Palace. It was to celebrate the Moon Goddess for being acknowledged officially as sibling by the Heavenly Emperor. By that, Chang'e the Moon Goddess would have the same status as Heavenly Emperor, other deities had to bow down and respectful at her.
The four heavenly beasts who were attending the banquet, knelt in front of Chang'e who was sitting next to Heavenly Emperor's seat. Chang'e who saw it, frowned in dislike.
"You four! what are you doing?!" Chang'e asked and stood up in anger.
"We, the four heavenly beasts, pledge our loyalty to you, Lady Chang'e." Zhu Que said and lifted her head to gaze at Chang'e.
"You are one with the same status as the Heavenly Emperor, thus we will also protect you with all our hearts."
Tian Huang laughed hard, "Looks like my sweet little Chang'e has managed to tame the four beasts, huh?" He asked while staring at Chang'e in amusement.
"Should this brother let you become the empress instead~?"
"Big Brother Tian! Please don't tease me!" Chang'e said, pouting slightly only to cause another laughter erupted from Tian Huang.
Chang'e glared at Tian Huang, clearly she wanted to warn him not to go overboard with the teasing but she forgot that she was an unrivaled beauty. The glare only made her looking more adorable instead. Tian Huang chuckled softly as he received the glare from his new cute sister.
"You shouldn't be angry with them. Your status now is not the same like other deities, it's normal for them to bow down to you." Tian Huang said, his tone was gentle and loving, full of pampering toward Chang'e as he caressed her head.
"But they are my friends! Why should my friends bow down to me! I won't allow it!"
Hearing the words Chang'e said, the three heavenly beasts lifted their heads and gazed at her. Those words she said were not just for pleasantries nor was said to make her looked virtuous. The Moon Goddess genuinely thought them as her friends.
Even though they got along so well with her before, they thought they needed to maintain boundaries now that she had the same status as the Heavenly Emperor. However, the Moon Goddess remained the same as before. She didn't want any boundaries nor she was acting high and mighty.
She was just.. being herself..
This brought a new wave of warmth into the four heavenly beasts' heart. They respected Chang'e even more and the loyalty they had toward Chang'e rose to absolute, surpassing their loyalties to Tian Huang.
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"Very well, My Lady."
Yang Lixin bowed slightly, "You too, young miss." he said as he watched the three beasts and Ming Yue exited the chamber.
As Xuan Wu started checking his pulse, the warm demeanor he usually had was nowhere to be found. It had been replaced by coldness instead. Yang Lixin felt as if the atmosphere had become heavy, the silence inside the chamber was deafening.
Both males didn't utter a single word and after a short-but-felt-so-long moment, Xuan Wu took his fingers off Yang Lixin's wrists.
"Your condition is good. The internal energy is stable. There is no worry in the future." Xuan Wu said, "All you have to is to cultivate well and get stronger."
"I understand." Yang Lixin replied, felt relief that there was nothing wrong with his new body. "Than--"
"Don't try to get close to her."
When Yang Lixin wanted to thank Xuan Wu, the man cut his words. He stared at Xuan Wu, looking stunned by his words that laced with threat. Yet, Xuan Wu didn't care about his reaction at all.
"If you try to get closer to My Lady more than you need too, I won't hesitate to destroy you." Xuan Wu added and turned around, walking toward the door.
"She is MINE.."
With that, Xuan Wu left the Green Moon Chamber, leaving Yang Lixin dumbfounded. Soon a soft chuckle escaped Yang Lixin's lips as he muttered softly, "Young Miss.. You are a sinful woman."
Indeed, she was..
Yang Lixin wondered how many men had fallen under her charm. As he criticized her inside, Yang Lixin also admitted that his Young Miss had a charm that made people wanted to get close to her. This charm existed probably because his Young Miss was the reincarnation of Moon Goddess.
Walking toward the nearby table and sat, Yang Lixin started eating the food that was prepared for him. In his mind, Yang Lixin thought that it didn't matter who his Young Miss got close with, what mattered to him was he would always be her bodyguard.
To stay by her side and protecting her was his duty and mission in this life.
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