Chapter 774: Look Alike
The next day, as the sun rose in the sky once again, guests had come to the manor to see the people staying in it. They were carrying gifts as if nobles were seeking an audience with the royal family. They themselves were surprised by the changes outside and around the manor. It was only a day and so but the boring manor in the middle of the forest before had now completely changed. There are mutated big dogs and cats running around the manor. An immortal flower garden surrounding the house even covering the manor’s walls. Moreover, one of each flower was considered rare even in the immortal world.
However, they weren’t that surprised as there is an Elf King living in the manor. The changes must have something to do with this senior after all, elves are well known for their love of nature and they are also the guardians of the world’s trees.
While looking around in amazement, Young Master Su Liyi said, "Senior, this place no longer looks like your old manor. It looked so boring before now it looks like a little garden house in the middle of a hidden sanctuary."
"Young master, stop looking around. Let’s go and greet them over," a senior who came with his young master said..
They head to the door and knock. After a few knocking, the door opened showing the handsome face of Xue Renxue who welcomed them in. His wife is in the kitchen cooking with his mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law. As for his father-in-law and grandfather-in-law both were meditating in the living room to pass time. Only he who had finished his training was able to welcome the guest inside.
Xue Renxue said, "You’re here. Come inside. I will call the Mistress for you."
He had escorted them to the living room in which they were left in the care of Tan Huangyu and Tan Shenyu. As for the three ladies who are busy in the kitchen after knowing that there are guests, they’ve handed some tea and snacks which were served by Tan Shenyu. Well, it’s just placing it on the table even a man can do that.
Tan Shenyu said, "The others are still busy in the kitchen preparing lunch. My son-in-law had informed the Mistress, she should be coming down soon."
"Lord Andromeda is?" Young Master Su Liyi asked. He is actually more nervous meeting the Elf King than the goddess.
After all, even though the goddess is expressionless, she is gentle by nature. While Lord Andromeda is an Elf King, on their first meeting he saw that he is only biased towards the Moon Goddess and ignored the rest. He calls himself as the great grandfather of the Moon Goddess meaning that they at least have a blood connection.
Tan Huangyu was the one who answered this question about the Elf King. It can be said that he was the one serving the Elf Lord acting as his servant in this journey. Well he only needs to know where the Elf King is going and where he is so there would be someone to call him over when the meals are served. Lord Andromeda knows about this and would inform Tan Huanyu whenever he is leaving.
"Lord Andromeda is in the forest. He is more comfortable to stay in nature and would only come back here during meal time to accompany the Mistress with her meals." Tan Huangyu said.
It was at this moment that Yue Xuexia who was informed about the guests had arrived with Xue Renxue. The others salute in her presence.
The Moon Goddess said, "You are here."
"We greet the Goddess of the Moon!" Young master Su Liyi and his people all greeted her.
Yue Xuexia gestures for them to take their seat. After the guests had taken their seats, they started bringing out all the requests the two groups had talked about before. The materials to create a communication tool had been received by Tan Huangyu from the Goddess.
The Moon Goddess said, "Grandpa Tan, you and Grandma Tang can handle this one."
The others were all distributed as well and were left for Tan Shenyu and Xue Renxue to handle. Just as Xue Renxue thought that this group was about to leave, the moon goddess had gestured that they could leave for a while. It was then when they realized that there might be another conversation between them and that they must bring those men they had thrown in the basement.
Yue Xuexia said, "Are you here for trafficking of children who were sent to your place?"
Once these words were heard by the young owner of this planet, he immediately looked at the veiled Moon Goddess before him.
Surprised. "Her Majesty knows about it?" Young Master Su Liyi asked.
The young master pulled the jade token he had borrowed to the children and said, "Actually, Goddess, we wanted to ask for your help about this. The children said that they will only leave if the owner of this token appears before them and that they don’t believe that he is... dead."
Yue Xuexia controlled her qi and allowed the Moon Jade Token with blue moon and lightning vividly shaped this way. She stares at the token without any comment until it flew and landed in her hands.
She said, "When will the other children leave?"
"It should be tomorrow in the afternoon," Young Master Su Liyi answered.
The Moon Goddess said, "I will send him there. Tell the other children not to be worried."
"Yes. Thank you very much, Goddess. The children will definitely be delighted when they hear about this," said Young Master Su Liyi.
Yue Xuexia asked, "What about the children who had nowhere to go? What do you plan to do with them?"
"Our clan will adopt them. Teach them skills if they are ordinary people. Learning how to read, calculate, this planet had many kinds of jobs available for them. For those who have talent in cultivation they can become our guards and patrol in the future. Please don’t worry, goddess. We will take care of them properly." An elder from Su Liyi’s side said.
The Moon Goddess said, "I do not accept slavery for children."
Everyone was stunned when they heard about that. In the upper realm, the weak were exploited and the powerful ruled. This is something they couldn’t change but some things can be adjusted. Just one request from the Moon Goddess was enough to change the standing of those orphaned children in the minds of the people before her. They watch as she waves her hand and a small mountain of spirit stones, jade bottles of all kinds of pills and artifact weapons appear on the ground beside the table leaving Young Master Su Liyi and his entourage dumbfounded.
"The children will be provided for me until they reach adulthood. Teach them how to write and read then let them choose which to specialize. If they want to check their origins as long as your side is not busy, send them there at least once. If they were ill just give them healing pills among the rest. As long as you agree, I will give you my personal token and I will protect your clan from death once." Yue Xuexia said.
Then she asks, "Do you agree or not?"
Young master Su Liyi wanted to agree right away but the elders beside him all stopped him. They all bowed their heads and said, "We were happy that the Goddess had considered us. We will pass the goddess’s message to our patriarch."
"Let me go! I am the owner of this star, I can make decisions on my own!" Young master Su Liyi said.
However, the elders didn’t let him go. After grabbing their young master and bidding their proper farewell, they headed to the door about to leave. Ignoring the huge changes in the attitude of the elders with young master Su Liyi, the Moon Goddess remains composed.
"Alright, you can give me an answer on the day of the auction. Also... Trafficking wouldn’t appear on a private planet unless it was sneak in or someone had sneak them in," said the Moon Goddess.
"Thank you for your warning, goddess!" The young owner of Dawn Star said.
Young Master Su Liyi who heard these words suddenly turned serious and despite being carried away by his supposed subordinates, he still clasped his hand toward the moon goddess and thanked her for this warning. The hidden meaning of these words is simple. She is saying that there is a traitor from his side.
After this group had left, another group had arrived. It’s from the tailoring shop that came to show them the ready made clothes and some designs for everyone to choose from. Yue Xuexia stayed in the living room until lunch was done. After the meal, everyone was suddenly surprised that the Goddess had set aside a tray of food and thought she wanted it for snacks. But seeing the full course meal on the tray, everyone didn’t ask anything anymore.
Yue Xuexia said, "Come out. You have been watching all night and for half a day. Have a meal and we can talk after that."
All of the sudden, a boy wearing the same robes Yue Xuexia had made for him appeared before the Moon Goddess and stared at her. It was Yue Zhiya. It seems he had an ability that not only made him invisible but also prevented others from sensing him. But for Yue Xuexia and the Elf King, they’ve longed to see this brat sneak into the house but didn’t stop him at all. They let them be. Only when the Moon Goddess noticed that the boy hadn’t eaten for a day did she call him out.
"Why do you look so much like my grandmother, Jiejie?" Yue Zhiya asked.