Chapter 190 - New Deity (1/2)
Bolin and Xia walk into the grand white and golden room, bowing to the old man with white hair. The old man swipes his hand over the water in the golden bowl before saying ”What did you find?” Bolin steps forward and says ”The woman from the prophecy isn't dead. She's back and by his side. He turned her into a deity...”
The old man looks surprised before frowning and saying ”So she's alive after all... Just her? There were two deity births.” Bolin shakes his head and says ”We checked but only saw her. Do you think her return has anything to do with the strange deaths in the lower realms?”
The old man strokes his long white beard in deep thought as he says ”Only time will tell for sure but I feel like we may have to become involved this time. If the other deity birth wasn't by Bai Lei... Someone else is involved. Has there been any changes in Lady Mei?”
Bolin and Xia shake their heads as Bolin says ”There haven't been any changes with her but... the tree has started to lose its leaves.” The old man's face shows his worry as he tries to understand what's happening.
He slowly stands from his golden chair as he says ”I feel like we should talk with this woman from another world.” Bolin quickly straightens as he says ”Let me go, my Lord. I'm somewhat familiar with her.” The old man thinks for a moment before nodding his head and saying ”Go, I will go visit Lady Mei.” Bolin bows and disappears, leaving Xai alone in the white room. With a 'Tsk' and a sneer, she quickly disappears with white mist.
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”Is it always dark here?” I ask looking up to the night sky filled with bright stars. Bai Lei chuckles and says ”Yes, but it's not really dark. See?” I look around the bright courtyard with a smile saying ”You know what I mean.”
He takes my hand and leads me to a large garden with a familiar setting. A large gazebo sits in the middle of a large pond with several large weeping willows leaning over the edges and into the water. Excitement fills me as I quickly walk over to the bridge leading over to the gazebo.
Bai Lei watches me with a smile as I look down into the dark water with awe. Large koi fish lazily swim in the dark water filled with what looked like millions of stars. I thought it was beautiful before... but this... this was like magic.
Even though the water was dark, it was crystal clear, allowing you to see all the koi inside without a problem. The weeping willows lightly sway above the water, giving off a very subtle glow as tiny orbs of lights blink and dance in and around the air over the water, much like the fireflies did.
I look at everything with a loss of words. I slowly turn to find Bai Lei watching me with a warm smile, filled with love. ”Did you make this?” I ask with disbelief. His smile grows as he wraps his arms around me from behind and says ”I know how much you enjoyed the last one so I wanted to make one for you here. Do you like it?”
He leans down and places his cheek next to mine as I smile and say ”I love it... it's beautiful.” I feel him pause before slowly standing. He turns and looks behind us asking ”Is there something else you need Bolin?”
I turn and see Bolin bow before saying ”My apologies, my Lord but I would like to speak with Nova.” Bai Lei turns to look at Bolin with a cold look, asking ”What is it?” Bolin knows better than to hide things or lie in front of this man so he honestly says ”It's about the strange killings down in the lower realms and her connection with Lady Mei.”
Bai Lei's face hardens as he quickly says ”That no longer concerns her. Take your problems...” I cut Bai Lei off and say ”What strange killings? Is Lady Mei someone you know?” Bei lei grits his teeth in irritation but I ignore him and say ”I would like to talk as well.”
Bolin looks to Bai Lei for a second but when he doesn't say anything, he turns back to me and says ”Very well. Is there somewhere you'd like to go?” I look to Bai Lei and he quickly says ”Just speak here.” I give him a knowing smile and turn back to Bolin, asking ”I want to know about the strange killings you were talking about first.”