In the next five minutes, Li Ming finally succeeded in calming down her sweet family and made them leave her alone as she has to return to the auction.

It had been more than forty minutes since she had left the auction house and a complete hour since the auction had started.

However, since she didn't get any signal from her clone, she was not worried about missing the auction of her pills.

After everyone returned to their own business, Li Ming immediately casted a spell on herself to make her appearance look just like before.

After that, she teleported exactly in front of the Demon Prince who was still hiding in his secret spot on the oak tree.

Hei Long was waiting for everyone to leave so that he could also leave the place without getting detected, but he almost got a panic attack when the lilac girl appeared in front of him out of nowhere.

Before he could lose his balance and plant himself on the ground, the small hands of his lilac girl reached out and caged him between them as she placed her hands on the thick branch behind him, on either side of his shoulders.

Her sudden movement immediately made his body stiffen and he found himself sitting on the branch with perfect balance.

He would not be able to show his face to anyone if he ended up falling from the branch in front of the young girl.

"Tsk tsk! The High Demon Prince stalking a young teenage girl like this that he even became shameless enough to barge into her space. Truly unbelievable!" Li Ming said with a wondering tone, though it also carried a touch of disappointment, a perfect dramatic combination as she mocked Hei Long.

Her words melted the initial shock in which Hei Long was stuck at the moment and immediately his shock changed into irritation and anger.

Couldn't blame the poor Prince! After all, Li Ming had a special power of making people lose their calm and sanity.

Some people could bring out your best version and some your worst. In ninety percent of cases, Li Ming worked as the latter.

"You...!"

Hei Long wasn't sure what he wanted to do. Either he should disappear from there and save himself from facing the very reincarnation of the devil, or maybe he should just strangle the girl and just finish her forever.

He almost felt like losing his soul as the second option entered into his thoughts. His hands unconsciously moved towards his heart to clench it because of the intense pain that hit him, but he stopped in midway.

Li Ming noticed his movements. Though it was barely visible in his expressions but the slightest tremor in his hands as he clenched it in his lap, gave him up in front of her.

She gulped down her saliva as the thought of backing up entered into her mind.

Her first mission in solving the mystery behind the problem in Hei Long's soul mark was to get a look at his soul mark.

If she could see what was wrong with the mark, maybe it could give her some lead on the problem, and to complete this mission, she needed to come closer to him.

After all, getting him half-naked won't be an easy job. But if her nearness would give him pain then she didn't think she could handle it.

Seeing your mate in pain because of you was the worst experience possible and Li Ming had no wish to go through that experience.

Just as she was thinking about backing down, her eyes fell on her wrist where the soul mark was carved, hidden beneath the sleeves.

The most simplest way of telling the Demon Prince that she was his mate was to just show him the soul mark that she carried on her wrist, but none of them were aware of the consequences.

Just like they were not sure if the rule of not telling him the identity If his mate if he failed to recognize her, applied to Li Ming too or not, similarly, they were not sure if revealing the soul mark on her hand to him would also end up in a disaster or not.

Right! She couldn't give up like this. She needed to fight through this trial. Who knew if whatever was wrong with the soul mark could also be dangerous for the health of Hei Long.

With a short inhale of the air which brought in the delicious scent of her mate, she replied, "En! Me. I thought that you hated me, but looks like I'm wrong. If you hated me why would you be stalking me like this? Have you finally fallen for me?"

Her sparkling eyes looked at him curiously, like she was actually waiting for his reply.

"Rubbish!"

Hei Long almost felt his blood boiling as it threatened to burst out of his mind after hearing her ridiculous words.

"Aaah! Are you shy? You don't want to confess now? It's okay, just tell me and I won't tell anyone else. We can always date secretly until you will be ready to reveal our relationship." Li Ming excitedly introduced the idea.

"..."

Hei Long had no idea how to handle the girl who had suddenly started spouting nonsense.

"So? What is your reply? Are you ready to enter into my harem? I already have some hot sexy Immortals in my harem, you will be a nice and perfect addition to it."

Yep! She had definitely lost her mind.

"Have you lost your mind, woman?" Hei Long finally let out his shock.

He stared at the girl with his beautiful eyes which had turned into small soccer balls.

"Keep your dirty claws away from my brothers and also from me!" His words came out deep and threatening.

There was barely a distance of few inches between their bodies as they both sat on the tree branch.

Li Ming retracted her hands from around the Prince and started looking at them with a sad pout.

Hei Long had no idea what the girl was doing but his mind was telling him to run away from the demoness when he had the opportunity.

After inspecting her perfectly manicured nails for a few seconds, she looked at the Demon Prince with a firey glare pointing at him.

All of a sudden, she thrust her hands right in front of his eyes, once again making Hei Long almost lost his balance.

He stared at the girl with confused eyes, not understanding what she was trying to do.

"Don't your eyes work properly? How are my perfectly manicured nails are looking like claws to your NOT PERFECTLY WORKING eyes?" Li Ming shouted angrily at the Demon Prince, almost making him cover his ear to save them from the calamity of her shouts.

With his jade flute, he pushed her hands away as he said in a strict tone, "I need to return to the auction. Can't waste my entire day here on you. Just remember my words clearly, don't mess with me and my brothers. Stay far away from us."

Li Ming stared at him for a moment before she beamed happily unexpectedly.

"Are you not going to tell me why you have suddenly turned to my stalker? You even dared to enter into my spaces without my consent. What a daring demon you are!"

Hei Long smirked softly at her words. His eyes boring directly into the dark obsidian eyes of his lilac girl.

Li Ming stared at those sensual lips that looked even more alluring with that smirk on them.

Her fingers itching to caress them but she stopped her train of thoughts before she could end up doing something stupid.

"Maybe you are the master of these two spaces but unfortunately, I don't need your permission to enter. In this case, you can't stop me." His voice came out into a whisper as he inched a little closer to her.

If it was some other situation, Li Ming would have even forgotten how to breathe after looking at her mate trying to intimidate her.

However, the situation was different. Here, she was an equal partner in this game and she needed to win it, for both of their better future.

Therefore, rather than getting intimidated, she closed the gap between their bodies, only leaving a slight gap so that they won't be touching each other.

Though Hei Long definitely forgot how to breathe as he felt her warm breath hitting his face.

"Trust me, my Prince, if I accepted that challenge I have the best way of making you stop at my every command. So? Don't test me."

Her voice was breathy and carried the slightest touch of sensuality in it.

With a wink, she returned back to her original position, once again leaving plenty of space between the two of them.

"Unfortunately, I also can't waste my entire day here talking to you as I have important business to take care of at the auction house. See yourself out my Prince. Bye!"

And with a light wave of her fingers as a bye, she disappeared from the magical mansion.

Returning to the auction house and leaving a dumbfounded Demon Prince behind.

Now, it was officially the time for the entertainment to start in the auction house.