Number One Under Heaven

“……” Xuan Wanshan silently followed her disciple around with a poker face.

“I have already seen a Phoenix getting beat, what else can possibly shock me?” She tells herself.

The Clan Head of the Feng Clan? What is he compared to a real Phoenix? Even if another Phoenix somehow shows up, she will still not be surprised.

“This is a good way to train my heart… Just let my disciple shock me until I can no longer be shocked at his actions…”

To train one’s heart is harder than training one’s soul.

A Soul may be extremely hard to train, but there are Soul Cultivation Techniques out there to help them, making it easier. However, Cultivation Techniques for the heart is extremely rare. Even if you had one, it would still be extremely hard to train the heart.

Training one’s Soul involves in training their Mental strength, such as strengthening their Willpower or sharpen their mind, helping them to see through illusions easier.

However, the heart is not something that can be trained so easily, especially if one has an Internal Demon.

An Internal Demon is also known as the Heart Devil, is Human’s negative emotions or a mental barrier that will ultimately affect one’s health or training. Let’s say there is a talented Cultivator known for being a genius. This genius has always been doing good with no setbacks, always winning his duels. However, one day he loses for the first time in his life, even beaten to the point of almost becoming crippled. This setback of losing for the first time in his life will plant a seed deep into his heart. With this stress of his, how will he be able to Cultivate peacefully? One can also get a Heart Devil from experiencing a traumatic event, such as being abused by others since young. Now when the time comes for them to breakthrough, which needs the individual to have a stable mind, it will be less likely for him to break through in an unstable mind.

Xuan Wanshan can tell that her heart is growing stronger and stronger due to her disciple, who is always throwing her emotions around. One second it was concern, then the next second it was happiness, but not even a second later it turns into shock.

“If this continues, I will probably be calm even if the sky splits in half…” She keeps thinking to herself, “Is this a good thing or a bad thing?”

She looks at the disciple next to her whose face was so peaceful that makes people wonder if he has ever experienced something unpleasant…

“We’re here.” Tian Yi wakes her up.

She looks around to see many servants running back and forth, some carrying tables, and some carrying chairs.

“Excuse me, do you know who has the setup plans for this banquet?” Tian Yi asks some random servant passing by.

“The setup plans? The Head Servant should have it.” Saying that he went right back to work.

Tian Yi looks around, then he sees a middle-aged man holding a stack of papers in his left hand, and with his right hand, he was pointing at people with his mouth moving nonstop.

“It’s probably him.” He thought and walked up to him.

“Excuse me, are you the Head Servant?” He asks him from behind.

“Of course I am, who the—” The head servant turns around, almost cursing at whoever it was bothering him from working. But he stops the moment he sees this group of 3, remembering that they were right behind the Ancestor!

“A-ah, I apologize for my rude behavior, who am I speaking to?” He apologizes to this group.

“I am Tian Yi, Outer Court Disciple of the Profound Dragon Spirit Sect, and I am here to help out the Feng Clan with the banquet setup. Can I see the setup plans so I can finish this up?” Tian Yi introduces himself, along with the reason why he called for him.

“Outer Court Disciple of the Profound Dragon Spirit Sect?” The head servant’s eyebrows twitch. Just an Outer Court Disciple? Then why was he following the Ancestor like it was normal?

“Of course, here you go.” He did not decline, because he can feel an overwhelming Aura around the matured young lady next to him, making his forehead produce cold sweat.

Because Xuan Wanshan has been following Tian Yi around like a shadow, always being shocked here and there, even the person herself forgot that she is actually a Spirit King, the pinnacle of Cultivation in the Mortal’s Realm.

Most of the people she has met so far are abnormal, like Ancestor Feng who was already a Heaven Realm Expert and Feng Huan, who is a Sky Realm Expert. With her Cultivation of a Spirit King, she has been overshadowed by the majority of the people she has met. Even her disciple does not look at her like one would admire a Spirit King. To have a Spirit King as a Master, what kind of fortune was that to Mortals? With that thinking, she instinctively lets out her Spirit King Aura, feeling refreshed because most of the time she has to suppress it inside her body, so it will not affect other people.

As time went on, the suppressed Spirit King Aura around her grew stronger and stronger, but nobody said a word because they all saw it as a regular thing, making it slip right through their head! Although Meng Xiang felt uncomfortable at first, she eventually got used to it, not to mention that being right next to Tian Yi’s gentle Aura helps her cope with it, making it almost nonexistent.

Now that Xuan Wanshan is finally around some ordinary people, of course, these normal people will notice the overwhelming aura around her!

Looking at the setup plans, Tian Yi nods to himself, “Un. Head servant, can you tell all the servants to stop what they are doing?” He asks the puzzled head servant.

“Stop what they are doing?” He questions in his heart. Is he here to help them out or, to slow them down?

But he does it anyways, “ALL FENG SERVANTS, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND PUT EVERYTHING DOWN.” He shouts with a very loud voice, making the servants there instinctively snap their heads to him.

*Dong*

The servants all put down the things they were carrying onto the floor and stood there silently.

“Good, now tell them to all move to one side. That place should be good.”Tian Yi points to an empty area.

“???” The head servant was very confused at his orders. What on earth is he trying to do?

“YOU ALL HEARD HIM, GO STAND OVER THERE.” He orders them again.

A minute later, all the Feng servants are now crowded in that one area.

“Good, then I’ll start.” Saying that, a gust of Spirit Power appears around Tian Yi like a storm, and it blows in all four directions, picking everything up along its way.

*GASP*

The head servant and all the servants there gasps in disbelief.

The tables, plates, chopsticks, napkins, everything related to the banquet was picked up by this wind, and not even a moment later, the entire place was complete organized just like the setup plans written in the paper!

Xuan Wanshan’s jaw slowly drops down, until it can no longer go any lower. Just when she had thought that nothing else could shock her, her disciple does this!

“D-Did he just use his Spirit Power to control every single object out here?! Impossible!!!” She cannot believe that the Spirit Power Control her disciple has was to this degree!

Spirit Power Control is when you manipulate the Spirit Power around you to do certain things, such as picking up a flower from a distance. This can be done by anyone above the Profound True Qi Realm, but at that level, most people will only be able to pick up a small pebble! Not to mention that if you want to control more than one object at a time, the difficulty will be multiplied by the amount of object you want to pick up! To control two rocks, it will be twice as hard, to pick up three rocks, it will be thrice as hard! Even the weight of the object you are trying to control counts!

There are two sides to Spirit Power Control, with one of them being Spirit Power Mastery, the number of objects you can control with your Spirit Power, and the second side being Spirit Power Force, the strength of the Spirit Power Control. The stronger your Spirit Power Force is, the more weight you will be able to pick up.

To strengthen one’s Spirit Power Control, they need to strengthen their Soul and Divine Sense. The stronger their Divine Sense is, the easier it will be to control the Spirit Power around them. Even as a Spirit King herself, she can only control around 50 steel swords perfectly! But this disciple of hers not only controlled over a thousand objects at once, he even controlled them perfectly by organizing the banquet setup! Even the heavy objects like the tables were controlled so perfectly that it did not even wobble around! What kind of monstrous Spirit Power Control is that?!

“Okay, it’s done. Let’s get our Mission stamped.” Tian Yi said with a nonchalant face as if this was normal.

“…..” Xuan Wanshan stares at his calm face and notices that there is not even a drop of sweat that can be seen on his face! All that Spirit Power Controlling and he did not even break a sweat?! Even the servants and she sweated just from watching!

Tian Yi starts walking back into the mansion that he had just come out from a few minutes ago.

“Master, why are you still standing there? Let’s go and get our credits for finishing this mission.” Noticing that Xuan Wanshan was still standing there in shock, he calls out to her.

“C-Coming…” Xuan Wanshan silently follows…

“This is definitely good training for my heart!” she is now certain that her disciple is a walking Cultivation Technique for strengthening one’s heart…

Holding onto Meng Xiang’s small hand, Tian Yi walks back into the mansion followed by Xuan Wanshan, leaving behind a crowd of dumbfounded servants. The once busy place instantly turns tranquil…

* * * * *

Right after Tian Yi and his group left the Main Room, Feng Huan started talking to Ancestor Feng, “Ancestor, what just happened? Who is that young man? Is he from the Holy Continent?”

Ancestor Feng frowns and said, “I also do not know who he is, but I rather have someone slap me to death than to believe that he’s from the Holy Continent! He’s definitely from a Higher Realm!”

Even if someone slaps him to death, he will not believe that someone with a Phoenix as their Spirit Beast can be from the Holy Continent!

“A Higher Realm?! What is he doing down here?” Feng Huan asks in a shocked voice. He still does not know about the experience that Ancestor Feng had tasted before coming back here. If he did…

“I do not know, but… Feng Yan!” Ancestor Feng calls for her, who was standing next to them.

“Yes, Ancestor.” She answers with respect.

“Even if you do not like him, try to seduce him! If our Feng Clan gains his background, we will definitely surpass the Holy Continent the next day!” He said in a serious voice.

“What?! But Ancestor, what about the Marriage Gathering and her feelings?! We cannot push her into a forced relationship!” Feng Huan cannot believe what the Ancestor had just suggested! As her father, how can he force his own daughter into a relationship that she does not want?!

“Father, it is okay, I do not mind. Ancestor, I will do my best to seduce him.” Feng Yan said with a calm voice.

“Good.” Ancestor Feng nods with a face full of approval.

“Yan’er, are you sure about this?! This is about your future!” Even he could not understand his own daughter’s calmness right now! She was always very strict when it came to her relationships, but right now, she does not even care when she’s being forced into a relationship?!

“Father, although I do not know anything about him right now, it is only because we have not met with each other yet. Who knows, maybe I will come to like his character.” She said, still with a calm face.

“… Then what about the Marriage Gathering? There is already a massive crowd of talented males waiting for it to start, and we cannot just tell them to leave.” Feng Huan reminds them of this problem.

“The Marriage Gathering will still go on, but our main focus is still him. The males can fight with each other, but it will only be for naught.” Ancestor Feng said.

“Then—”

*Knock* *Knock*

Feng Huan was interrupted by the door knocking.

“Who is it?! We are having an important meeting in here!” He shouts.

“Clan Head, Young Master Tian has come back and is asking for an audience!” The guard tells them behind the doors.

“What? Already? What happened to the banquet setup? Was there an incident?!” Ancestor Feng frowns, afraid that something unfortunate might have happened.

Feng Huan went to open the door, letting the guard come inside.

“Tell me what has happened!” Ancestor Feng asks him with a serious tone.

The guard kowtows, “Greetings Ancestor, Clan Head, and Young Lady Feng. Young Master Tian said that he was done with the banquet setup and has come back to receive the credit!” He said.

“What?! Done? How is that even possible?” The people in the room were puzzled. It has not even been 15 minutes since he had left and the banquet has already been organized?!