"Just look at my waist. It's full of bruises. Oh, my poor waist...!"

Zhang Yong's complaints ranged throughout the magical mansion and Li Ming almost threw the Shadow Lord out from the window.

"Will you just shut up for a second! Let me take a look." Li Ming said a little strictly as she moved towards the fourth prince who was sitting at the end of her bed.

Zhang Yong immediately followed her command and became completely silent. A smile played on his lips as he watched the young girl frowning as she looked at the purple bruises that were decorating the right side of his waist.

"Are you sure these are the results of my pinching? I was not that harsh after all." She asked while looking at him with suspicious eyes.

"You really underestimate yourself. Do you think I have pinched myself to create these bruises?" Zhang Yong asked her as his eyes filled with hurt.

He was acting like Li Ming had just accused him of some massacre.

"Alright! I accept that I'm the culprit behind this condition of yours. I was not thinking straight at that moment. But tell me, how come these bruises did not heal in the past two hours? You are such a powerful cultivator after all."

Li Ming stared at the Fourth Prince with her hands folded in front of her as she waited for the crafty Shadow Lord to answer her question.

If there was anyone out of all of her mates who had the capability of giving her competition in craftiness then it was definitely the Shadow Lord.

The man was just full of as many wicked ideas as Li Ming. If the two of them someday decided to open a business or some spy agency then would definitely become the thorn of many eyes.

"Of course it was me who stopped my powers from healing these bruises. Otherwise, how would I have shown you exactly how cruel you have become?" Zhang Yong scoffed at her as he moved his palm over the bruises and they immediately disappeared.

"..."

Li Ming was left completely speechless.

"Forget it. We are getting late for the party. Let's go." She said while picking up her veil from the dresser and once again putting it on.

As she turned away from the mirror her eyes landed on the Fourth Prince who was busy in putting his clothes back on.

She smiled softly as she walked over to him and started helping him.

No matter how much they bicker, their friendship was just as solid as one could be. And their bond only made it much stronger.

After the Shadow Lord was once again back to his formal glory, meaning his clothes were back to their formal glory, they decided to leave the magical mansion.

As Li Ming was walking down the stairs towards the dining hall on the first floor of the Black Jade Inn, she suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned towards Zhang Yong.

"I never knew that you are hiding such a magnificent body beneath these robes. Maybe, just maybe, I would love to enjoy a gym session with you. Look forward to it." She winked at the puzzled and mostly baffled Fourth Prince before continuing walking downstairs.

"G-gym? Wait, Ming'er!" The Shadow Lord hurriedly walked behind the young girl who had left him confused with half of her words, while the other half left him a little embarrassed.

For the next two hours, they enjoyed their time at the birthday celebration that was beautifully organized by the people of the Inn and Minghue Tea House.

From just two of the parties, she had collected enough gifts to fill an entire room. Even though she had clearly forbidden every single person from Dongji Village, Black Jade Inn, and Minghue Tea House to not buy any kind of gifts for her, everyone still brought gifts for her.

Also, there were hundreds of others who came to join the celebration that was going on in the Black Jade Inn.

She received treasures from all over the mortal realm and even she agreed that if the Emperor would have, by any chance, seen her birthday celebration then he would have puked blood in terror.

Her next birthday party was organized at the Enchanted Magik Forest by the Sups, pixies, Kara, and her two snowballs.

By the time she finally was free from all the three parties it was already around five-thirty in the evening and she was feeling dead tired.

In all the things that she received as birthday presents, a particular golden envelope had caught her attention.

It was a gift from Kara but she asked Li Ming to only open it at the first ray of the dawn.

Even though Li Ming was getting cramps in her stomach because of her curiosity that wanted to know exactly what was in that envelope, she could do nothing but wait.

However, before that, she had another birthday party left to attend.

She hurriedly kicked out Zhang Yong from her magical mansion and prepared a bubble bath for herself.

She added some energy-boosting spiritual herbs in the bath to make her energy less body feel a little bit more alive.

It took her nearly half an hour to finish her bath and another ten minutes to dry her hair.

This time she took a huge tulle ball gown out of her collections that was too heavy to even hold.

It carried spaghetti straps with a black beading bodice. There were huge handmade flowers attached at the hem of the tulle ball gown.

The blueberry color evening gown was sticking to her body like a second skin.

This dress was far much bolder than the one that she wore the last time.

This one had a clear split in her neckline that ended right above her navel, leaving the curve of her C cup breasts a little visible.

The spaghetti straps also left her shoulders and arms completely bare and unlike the front, her back was left completely bare.

She pulled her long hair in a high tight bun with a few loose curls that decorated her face and nape.

Her makeup was light but her rosy lips were shining brightly as the light shone on them. Long silver earrings, bracelets, and rings were the only jewelry that she wore, and the five inches heels were the final touch to her smoking look.

Let's see exactly how her mates were going to survive through the night!