Winter Blossom

A Winter Queen

With the eight names written neatly and clearly on a slat that he held onto overnight, Mo Yuan awoke at the break of dawn as was his habit.  He knew if he was to find out who the Goddess was, before his meeting with Winter Blossom, then he had a lot of work to do.  And once he had meditated for an hour, then taken his breakfast, he was ready to leave.

Starting with a Princess from the Wastern Ranges that bordered the Northern Sea board Tribes, because it was the most closest, he met with the girls father under the pretence of scouting for rare blooms and medicinal plants for his elixir chamber and of course his daughter was in attendance to welcome him seeing as it was his first visit to that particular family.

It was a pleasant visit and lasted no more than an hour and seeing as she was definitely not the girl he was looking for, he quickly crossed her off his list the moment he left before heading towards the Western Sea board and another young lady who was actually far younger than he had anticipated.  Just a mere 30,000 years of age so definitely not his Winter blossom.  

He was making good time and with only six visits left, he then headed Northeast where four more young Goddesses lived and of course none of them were even remotely similar, in fact one of them he was positive was a male in disguise.  There were many such males who were very feminine and preferred to live as females but he kept his judgements to himself and kept going. And by the time mid afternoon rolled by, he was down to just two on his list.

And though he was positive he had the only names that would definitely contain his Winter Blossom, he could not help but feel a little disheartened and even nervous that he may have either forgotten someone or even rashly crossed a name off the list, but still, with only a few hours left before he was to meet with Winter blossom and with only two names left,he immediately headed south and this time for a Queen, one he wasn't sure about, because she was so reclusive.  In fact, just looking at his last two names, these women were exactly the same.

They were both reclusive, wealthy and avoided all contact with the outside world.  If they needed to make contact, they always used emissaries, only Lord Pua assured him that no such High Goddess existed or rather, no high Goddess had notified the Celestial Heavens of her Ascension and knowing Bai Zhi who was a very proud man when it came to his children and their accomplishments, he could not see him hiding such enormous news.  If anything, he and Zhe Yan would have made it known immediately.

Therefore, either they were lying, or the South Seas was where his little Winter Blossom could be found and it was to the South Seas that he now found himself while leaving Bai Qian til last because she was the closest to The Peach Tree Woods.

From what he knew, this Queen was an only child having lost her mother not long after being born, but he had met her father a few times at the annual Leaders meetings in the past.  However, like Qing Qius Queen, this one also did not attend the meetings, and nor was she ever forced to, and that was only because the South was so far away and the distance was too far and too much effort for what the world had learned was a fragile girl.

Of course, Little Blossom was far from fragile, but if he had learned one thing over the years, it was the Leaders did all they could to avoid attendance and if acting fragile kept them from attending then he could absolutely imagine his mischievous little Winter Blossom doing just that.  But only these two women were exempt and Bai Qian only because of her very high status which made her the only Leader they did not dare to offend.

And suddenly his mind was conflicted.  Both women were Queens, both ran exceptionally large Tribes and both women were exceptionally wealthy.  Both were also reclusive and so few people outside of their Tribes had ever laid eyes on them even though he knew both of their fathers, though one more than the other.  But still, both women were about the right age as Winter Blossom and apparently both women were very beautiful.