Number One Under Heaven

Suddenly assaulted by a gust of wind, the servant instinctively covered his face, but the moment he does, a suction power sucked his entire body inside the grand doors!

The servant came to a stop a second later, and he looked up to see a middle-aged man glaring at him with a face full of veins that looked like it could pop any second!

Just one glance at that angry face frightened his soul so much that he swore a few drops of pee came out by accident!

“T-T-This servant greets his Majesty.” He instantly kowtowed.

Taking a minute to calm himself down, Tian Qiang asked, “What were you just saying about that brat’s Personal Servant?”

However, no matter how hard he tried to calm down, his voice still sounded furious!

“T-This servant was sweeping the halls when this servant saw a rainbow orb fly out of the Jade Slip room… This servant instantly went to investigate and found this—” He carefully lifts a colorless Jade Slip into the air. This Jade Slip looked exactly just like the last one when Meng Xiang took the first position!

Tian Qiang slowly reached out his hand that was slightly trembling and grabbed onto the colorless Jade Slip.

He stared at the motionless Jade Slip on his palm with an emotionless expression for a good minute, and suddenly roared, “HOW?! HOW MANY DAYS HAS IT BEEN SINCE THE FIRST ONE?! IT HAS ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS, YET HE SOMEHOW FOUND ANOTHER ONE?! BULLSHIT! IF THIS GOES ON, WON’T ALL THE POSITIONS BE TAKEN BEFORE THE MONTH ENDS?! DOES HE EVEN KNOW WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO HAVE A PERSONAL SERVANT?! IS HE TRYING TO KILL ME WITH ANGER?! IF HE IS, HE IS DOING A DAMN EXCELLENT JOB!”

This angry roar of his shook the entire Celestial Emperor’s Realm and even dimmed the Heavens, frightening the sleeping Dragons in their cave and singing Phoenixes in their nest! Even the Heaven itself ceased all of its activities, and the entire World went silent as if there was no life on it!

*****

*Haaaah* *Haaaah* *Haaaah*

Tian Qiang panted after letting out his anger.

After a good minute, he looked at the servant twitching like a frog on the floor, “I apologize for my inappropriate behavior just now. It was unbefitting for someone like me.” He said.

“Starting now, I will be living in the Jade Slip room, so move all my work there! I dare— hope that brat will accept another one! The faster, the better!” He decided to camp in the Jade Slip room so he would be able to chase the next one to Tian Yi’s location!

“I will not leave until I find that brat!” He declared before disappearing from the room, leaving behind the still twitching servant on the floor!

*****

Tian Yi was looking at the bright sky through his window, “We are almost there…”

“Yu Yue, come with me, I want you to meet with someone.” He said.

“Yes, Master.”

“Who does Master want me to meet with? No, who is there to meet with?” She wondered.

Tian Yi and his group walked out of their room to stop in front of a door only a few rooms down the hall.

*Knock* *Knock*

*****

*Yaaaaawn*

Xuan Wanshan slowly wakes up from what felt like an eternal sleep.

She looked around with a puzzled face, “How long have I been asleep?”

Getting off the bed, she tried to walk but was astonished at the strange feeling she has with her legs and fell back onto the bed! It was as if she had not used them for ages and forgot how to use them!

*Knock* *Knock*

The door was suddenly knocked on and disrupted her thoughts.

“Who is it?” She calls from her bed.

“Master, it’s me, Tian Yi. Can I come in?”

“Come in.”

*Creek*

The door opened, and Tian Yi walked in followed by Meng Xiang.

“Good morning, Master.” Tian Yi greeted her.

“Good morning to you too. Tian Yi, how long until we arrive at Xiangliu Continent?” Xuan Wanshan suddenly asked.

“We will be there in an hour.” He replies.

“WHAT?! AN HOUR?! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!” Xuan Wanshan could not believe her ears! Did that mean she slept for an entire week?! How did that happen ?! She does not even remember going to sleep!

“Tian Yi, what has happened for the past week while I was asleep?!” She asked.

“I have been in my room the whole time, so…” He did not lie, but he also did not tell her the entire story.

“What?!” She is finding this situation more confusing and weird by the second!

“Let’s go check up on my parents!” She wanted to see what the situation was on her parent’s side.

“Master, wait. Before we go, I have somebody I would like to introduce to you.” Tian Yi suddenly said.

“????” Xuan Wanshan was puzzled. Who was he trying to introduce at a time like this?!

“Master, I found another Personal Servant and her name is Yu Yue. She will be staying with us starting today.” He pointed to the figure who was standing near the door.

“Eh?”

Xuan Wanshan looked towards the door to see a decently pretty girl standing there with an expression on her face that was hard to describe. There was confusion, bewilderment, and shock all mixed together on the girl’s face right now.

“Yu Yue, this is my Master, Xuan Wanshan.” Tian Yi said.

After Tian Yi had finished his sentence, Yu Yue’s already weird face turned even more bizarre! It was no longer a shocked face, but a face full of terror! She has studied about the Tian Family before in order to prepare for the future, so how could she not understand the horror of this situation?! Her Master, the Son of the Celestial Emperor, has accepted a Master that none of the previous generation has! What did this represent? This meant that history has already been made in the Tian Family, only waiting for it to be discovered!

“N-Nice to meet you, I guess?” Xuan Wanshan said.

“….” But Yu Yue could only stare at her with her mouth opening and closing nonstop. She does not know what to say! How is she supposed to act in front of her? How is she supposed to address her?

Suddenly kneeling on one leg, Yu Yue said, “G-Greetings, Uhhh… Master’s Master…?”

Xuan Wanshan opened her mouth, but no words came out! This situation was the same as when Yan Yan first met with her!

“Why are they always kneeling?!” She could not wrap her head around why they always look so shocked whenever Tian Yi introduces her.

“No need to be so formal, you can just call me Senior.” Xuan Wanshan said.

“Yes, Senior.”

“Is that all? Then let’s go.” Xuan Wanshan quickly walks out of the room.

“…” Yu Yue continues to stand there with a worried look. She still could not believe what was happening! Her Master accepted a Mortal as his Master! If the Higher Realms finds out about this, all hell will break loose! If the Tian Family finds out… Even she cannot imagine what might happen! Now that she think about it, even accepting her as his Personal Servant was something that involved breaking one of the Tian Family’s Rules and an important one at that!

“Master…” She looks at Tian Yi with a worried face.

“Yu Yue, do not think too much about it. I know what you are thinking, but do not worry, I will deal with all of the consequences. You are now my Personal Servant and will be forever. Nothing will be able to change it, not even my Father.” Tian Yi said with a confident smile.

Most of Yu Yue’s worries went away after seeing his smile, “Yes, Master.” She smiles back.

*****

“What?! Father, Mother, you have also been asleep until now?!” Xuan Wanshan was astonished to find out that her parents had experienced the exact same phenomenon as her!

“Also? You too?!” Xuan Cheung was as surprised as her.

“What is going on? How come I do not remember anything before going to sleep?” Xuan Yuming was more puzzled than anything else.

“ I can only remember up to the point when I dragged Shanshan to my—- !!!” She suddenly realizes something.

“Wait! I was supposed to be with Shanshan, so why did we wake up in two different places?!” She said.

“!!!” Xuan Wanshan also realized it after being told.

“Could it be… Were our memories erased? But why?” Xuan Cheung started to speculate. Cultivation Techniques that controls one’s memories were considered a Legend, but that is the best thing he can come up with right now.

“Tian Yi, you said that you have been in your room the entire time, right? Since you remember, this phenomenon did not affect you?” Xuan Wanshan asked.

“That’s right.” Tian Yi tells her the truth.

“Then do you remember anything weird or suspicious that happened during the week? Anything at all?”

“No…”

“Haaa… There’s no point in thinking about this anymore. Forget about having no memories, for this to happen to us, Spirit Kings, the unknown is already beyond our power…” Xuan Cheung sighs.

“You’re right; there’s no point in fearing what may or may not be out there…” Xuan Yuming agrees with him.

“….” Tian Yi silently watched. He was feeling a bit guilty, but he cannot help it.

Xuan Yuming suddenly looked at him, “TianTian, what do we have here? Did you find a girlfriend without letting Mother know?” She joked.

“TianTian?!?!?!” Yu Yue could not believe what she was hearing! This Mortal had the audacity to address her Master in such a way!

“Senior, this is Yu Yue, a new servant of mine.” Tian Yi ignored her joke.

“Another Servant? Are you not satisfied with the two beauties by your side already? If you keep this up, it might trigger some envious Young Master. Ah, never mind, I almost forgot…” Xuan Yuming almost forgot that he was a Spirit King just like them. She still finds it hard to believe that an 18-Year-Old could be a Spirit King.

Arrogant Young Masters could be found in every city, and they are easy to trigger, especially when it comes to beautiful girls. They liked to prey on the weak, but considering Tian Yi’s strength, she does not have to worry about him, but the Young Masters instead.

*****

*CRRR*

“Uhh, I do not know how to say this but… We will arrive at the Xiangliu Continent within an hour… I am sure that most of you have many questions. Our personnel has already spoken with many other passengers, and it appears that most of us have been asleep for the whole journey with no memories of what happened before sleeping. This is an unknown phenomenon that we have no information on and cannot resolve. It also appears that nothing else other than being asleep and memory loss has happened, so for your health, we suggest forgetting about it and put it off as a weird phenomenon. I repeat —-” The speaker continues to speak about the phenomenon.

“….. Well, since there are other victims, we can cross out the possibility of someone targeting our Xuan Family.” Xuan Cheung said. As the head of the Family, that was one of his biggest worries. However, now that he finds out there are many other victims, the possibility of his family being targeted is now almost non-existence, making the invisible mountain on his back disappear.

“That’s relieving.” Xuan Yuming also had the same worries.

“….” Tian Yi felt even more guilty after finding out about the stress they had, “I’ll find a way to apologize later…” He thought.

*****

*CRRR*

“We have arrived at the Xiangliu Continent, but please continue to stay inside your respective rooms until we come to a complete stop. I repeat—”

“What a quick journey…” All the passengers thought. Because they have been asleep the entire time, this journey was literally an hour long to them!

*CRRR*

The static sound came back after a few minutes later, “Thank you for riding with our Dragon Head Airship. After making sure that you have all your luggage, please proceed to the deck and wait for our personnel to take you down. I repeat—”

“The Pill Contest that I will be judging at begins tomorrow, so let’s hurry.” Xuan Cheung said.

Tian Yi was instantly intrigued, “Pill Contest… This will be interesting…” He thought.

Xuan Wanshan noticed the smile on Tian Yi’s face, “Tian Yi, remember who we are with, do not cause trouble for my parents, got that?” She warns him.

“Of course, how can I possibly cause trouble for Master’s parents?” He said before following Xuan Cheung outside, followed by Meng Xiang and Yu Yue.

Xuan Wanshan watched Tian Yi leave with narrowed eyes.

“Shanshan, what are you so worried about? How can such a good kid cause any trouble?” Xuan Yuming patted her back.

“Mother, you have no idea what kind of troublemaker he can be…”

“Hahaha, I’d love to see that.” She starts laughing.

“……” Xuan Wanshan became silent.

“You won’t be laughing when it happens!” She thought.