Number One Under Heaven

Inside a spacious room, Meng Xiang was sitting on the bed, “Big Brother, where did Yan Yan go?” She asked Tian Yi who was currently creating formations around the room, making sure that it is working properly.

The moment they went outside the Xuan House, Yan Yan flew away and had yet to come back.

“Oh, her? I sent her to do some scouting. She should be back tomorrow.” Tian Yi said nonchalantly.

After another moment, Tian Yi nods to himself, “Un. This formation should be good enough. Now nothing will get out by accident.”

“Meng Xiang, come over here.” Tian Yi said.

“Yes, Big Brother!” Jumping down from the bed, Meng Xiang walked to the middle of the room and stood in front of Tian Yi.

Tian Yi looks down at her with a serious face, and said, “Meng Xiang, are you sure that you want to learn how to brew tea? I do not know how to brew tea the normal way, so I will be teaching you to brew tea the way I like it.”

“Un. I want to learn!” She nods vigorously.

“Good, then watch carefully. Bring out your Taintless Jade Cauldron.” Tian Yi said.

“Here you go Big Brother.” Meng Xiang takes out the Taintless Jade Cauldron and hands it to him.

“First, you make it around this size.” He changed the Cauldron’s size to be about the same as a regular teapot.

“Second, you add in some water.” He points to the Cauldron, and then water materializes inside the Cauldron.

“Next, you throw in some tea leaves. For this example, I will be using Jasmine Tea because it is my favorite. Keep in mind that the amount of tea leaves you put in will determine how strong or weak the tea will become.” He threw some Jasmine Tea leaves into the Taintless Jade Cauldron and closed the lid.

“Okay, this is the most important part, the flames that you will be using to boil the water. The control over of your flames will determine how the tea will taste, so be careful not to make it too hot or too weak.” Putting the Cauldron on top of his palm, golden flames flares out of his palm and starts boiling the water.

“…” Meng Xiang watched intensively, afraid to miss a single detail.

A few minutes later, the golden flames disappears, and Tian Yi opens the lid, releasing a very fresh jasmine blossoms aroma filling the whole room in seconds.

“Although it may be too hot for you to brew tea with your empty hands right now, you can do it on something for now.” Tian Yi said to Meng Xiang.

“Any questions?”

“… Big Brother, how do you make flames appear out of your hands?” Meng Xiang asked the most obvious question because she does not have any Divine Flames inside her body!

“That is the next part. Meng Xiang, I have many different kinds of Divine Flame for you to choose. However, before I let you pick, you have to do something for me.” Tian Yi said with a serious voice.

Seeing how her Big Brother was so serious, Meng Xiang copied him by making a serious face, but failed to and made a funny looking face instead, “I will do anything for Big Brother!”

“Good, then listen carefully. Meng Xiang, right now, you are not officially my Personal Servant yet!” Tian Yi said.

“Ah?!’ Meng Xiang could not believe her ears. She was not his Personal Servant yet?!

“B-Big Brother, are you abandoning me?” Her eyes start to tear up. Did this mean that Tian Yi has yet to accept her as his Personal Servant? Because she is useless?

“What are you thinking about in your head? I am not abandoning you. You think that one can become my Personal Servant just because they said that they would become my Personal Servant?” Tian Yi wipes off the tears from her eyes.

“To officially become my Personal Servant; you need to make a Heaven’s Contract!” Tian Yi said.

“Heaven’s Contract? What is that?” Meng Xiang was puzzled because she has never heard of such a term.

“Heaven’s Contract is when one or more person uses their Soul to swear to Heaven, making an unbreakable contract. If they break the contract, their Soul will shatter with no chance of reincarnation! I did not want you to make a Heaven’s Contract because you are still young, but now that we are at this point, I will ask you.” After explaining to her, Tian Yi looks at her with a serious expression.

“Meng Xiang, are you willing to follow me from now until the end of time, and serve me as my Personal Servant? No matter what I ask of you, it has to be followed. Think carefully, because there is no going back! Once you become my Personal Servant, you cannot quit! Even if I let you quit, you will still be forced to die and enter the Road of Reincarnation!” Finishing his question, Tian Yi silently waits for Meng Xiang’s answer.

With a blushing face, Meng Xiang said in a soft voice, “… If Big Brother did not pick me up, I would still be in the streets getting bullied right now, and I also would’ve never have experienced what a full stomach felt like… So whatever Big Brother wants me to do, I will do it because my life now belongs to Big Brother alone…”

“I will ask you one more time. Meng Xiang, are you willing to stay with me forever as my Personal Servant?”

“Yes, I am willing to stay with Big Brother forever!” Meng Xiang nods enthusiastically.

“Good! Then repeat after me!”

“Yes, Big Brother!”

Standing right in front of Meng Xiang, Tian Yi starts to speak while looking at her, “I, your name,”

And Meng Xiang looks back at Tian Yi, repeating after him, “I, Meng Xiang,”

“Vow with the Heaven as witness,”

“Vow with the Heaven as witness,”

“That I am willing to be the Personal Servant for this figure in front of me until the end of time,”

“That I am willing to be the Personal Servant for this figure in front of me until the end of time,”

“And that I will never intentionally betray or do anything that may hurt him, be it physically or mentally,”

“And that I will never intentionally betray or do anything that may hurt him, be it physically or mentally,”

“If I break my Vow,”

“If I break my Vow,”

“May the Heaven shatter my Soul, never to be reincarnated again!”

“May the Heaven shatter my Soul, never to be reincarnated again!”

“Good! Then I, Tian Yi will officially accept you, Meng Xiang, as my Personal Servant until the end of time!” He smiles at her.

*RUMBLE*

The entire World of Clouds trembled as if it was frightened by something approaching it.

Outside the world and in the starry sky, a nearly transparent rainbow light orb travels through the void like a shooting star.

Many shadows lurk around in the starry sky, with some even larger than an entire Minor World. However, at this moment, no matter which shadow it was, they all ran away from this rainbow light orb, afraid of the Godlike Aura it was emitting! They did not know what it was, but they did know that if they touched it, they would turn into dust instantly!

*Whoosh*

This rainbow light orb flew across the starry sky and into the World of Clouds. Striking down from Heaven, it went through the Xuan Family’s house roof and straight at Meng Xiang’s forehead!

*Ssss*

Meng Xiang felt something like a drop of boiling water touch her forehead, and she covered it by instinct.

It burned for a few seconds until it went away, and when she tries to find out what happened by touching her forehead, the smooth skin was the same as before as if nothing had happened!

Looking puzzled, Meng Xiang asked, “Big Brother, is there something on my forehead?” She shows him her forehead.

Tian Yi took out a mirror from thin air and held it in front of her.

“Ah?!” Meng Xiang looks into the mirror and cries from bewilderment.

There was a golden word marked on her forehead that read “天”! This “天” was both imposing and sharp, making it have this oppressive feeling to it!

“Meng Xiang, that is my Family’s mark. It will turn invisible after a few more minutes.” Tian Yi said.

“Oh.” Meng Xiang thought that she was going to have to walk around with a golden word on her forehead! Although it looked very domineering and cool, it was still a bit embarrassing to walk around with a word on her forehead.

* * * * *

Inside the Yun Family’s palace, an old man was laughing yet also crying at the same time, “My little ancestor, are you trying to hide from your father or are you trying to let him find you? Now that you did something this flashy, he will at least know the general direction of your location…”

* * * * *

Inside the Celestial Palace, a servant was kowtowing in front of Tian Qiang, “Y-Your M-Majesty, Young Master Tian’s Personal Servant slot has suddenly been occupied…” She held a colorless Jade Slip in front of her. What had used to be a luminous rainbow colored Jade Slip is now an ordinary Jade…

Hearing that, Tian Qiang went silent, “…”

He spoke after a minute of silence, “Which direction did the light orb travel to?”

Not even looking at his face, the servant could tell that he was trying to hold back his anger just by the tone alone!

With sweat pouring down her back, she answered, “Reporting to his Majesty; the light orb went towards the direction of Lord Wang’s domain.”

“Good! Tell General Xiang and General Ming to bring their entire army and search every single World in that direction! From the Major Worlds to the Minor Worlds! Search every single one of them!” Tian Qiang ordered.

“This Servant obeys!” The servant ran away to pass down the orders.

After the servant had left, Tian Qiang started massaging his temples, “This brat, no wonder why I could not find him in the three God World!”

“Haaa, barely a month passed, and he already caused so many trouble… Personal Servant— Who did he pick? Was I this rebellious when I was— No, definitely not!” He sighs to himself.

“If he continues to run around any longer, then–-” He could not imagine what Tian Yi would do— No, it was not that he couldn’t, but he didn’t want to! Barely a month passed, and one of the most important roles has already been occupied!

“Haaa, not to mention my wife… Is she really going to that place? Why would she even— Fuck it, not my business…” He looks into the distance with a weird expression on his face.

* * * * *

Back in Tian Yi’s room, Meng Xiang was looking around with an astonished expression on her face.

“B-Big Brother, can I really choose any of these I want?” She asked.

“Of course, don’t just look at these Divine Flames, but also try to feel it. If you feel connected in any way with one, choose it. If you feel connected to more than one, pick the one you feel most connected to.” Tian Yi said.

Meng Xiang looked around the entire room filled with more than 100 different colors of Divine Flames hovering around! Red, blue, green, black, white, bronze, gold, orange, yellow, every single color that she could think of was there! There was so many that she could not choose any!

After looking around for another 30 minutes, Meng Xiang finally stops in front of one, and she stares at it, “Big Brother, this one gives me a warm feeling.” She points to the Divine Flame in front of her.

“The Origin Divine Flames huh…” Tian Yi looks at the Silver colored flame in front of her. It was pure silver, but a trace of gold color can be seen once in awhile.

“Good, then are you sure that you want that one?” He did not tell her what kind of Divine Flame it was.

“Yes, Big Brother!” Meng Xiang nods vigorously.

“Okay.” Waving his sleeves, Spirit Power vacuums all the Divine Flames back into his sleeves, leaving behind the Silver Divine Flame.

“Big Brother, how do I use it?” Meng Xiang asked.

“You don’t need to do anything because I will feed it to you.” Tian Yi said.

“Feed me? With a spoon?” Meng Xiang joked with a smile on her face.

Tian Yi chuckled after hearing that, “Spoon? How am I going to feed you Divine Flames with a spoon? I will feed you with my mouth.” He said with a calm face, noticing nothing abnormal about it.

The smile on Meng Xiang’s face instantly froze, “Eh? What did Big Brother just say?” She refuses to believe that her ears were working properly!