"So you were his servant!" Yun Xiuying smiled.
"... Do you need something from my Young Master?" Lao
Bai started to feel suspicious. Why on earth is this crazy
woman carrying a painting of his Young Master?
"Yes, I want t— I need to talk to him." She said.
"… I am sorry, but Young Master Yi is not here with me." He
tries to decline without actually saying it.
"Then can you—-" She finally notices these females glaring at
her Painting of Desire, some were even drooling.
"Ah, not good." She thought to herself. These female disciples
looked at her painting like they have been starving for years.
She quickly puts away the Painting of Desire back into her
Storage Pouch.
"Aahhh….." The female disciples let out a weak cry, like
someone taking their favorite food away from their mouth.
"Senior, then can you please take me to him?"
She bows respectfully, making Lao Bai shocked. What the
hell? Why is the ruler of this World bowing to him, a mere
servant?
Lao Bai did not know what it meant to be Tian Yi's servant!
Forget the Yun Family; even gods had to respect his servants!
The requirements to become a servant of Tian Yi, son of the
Celestial Emperor, were through the roof and over the
Heavens! Even all of his previous servants are just temporary!
"T-that I can not do. No offense to your or your family, but as
his servant, his orders come first. He said not to find him, and
that he will come to me whenever he's done." He said with a
brave face. He is as loyal as it can get! Even if the person to
stand in front of him is a god, he will still consider his Young
Master first!
"I understand, then I will stay here with you until he comes."
She said.
Her grandfather always nagged about her impatience, saying
how it will be the end of her. At first, she just ignored it, but
after what happened today, almost offending the servant of
Tian Yi, she decides to change it. And what another good way
to start than to wait patiently for Tian Yi? If she is going to
fight with her impatience, she might as well start on the
hardest difficulty! What could be more difficult than to wait
for the son of the Celestial Emperor to meet them?! Her weak
point was being impatient, but her strong point is her
stubbornness! If she said she would do it, then it will happen!
"Uhhh…" Lao Bai turns speechless! She agreed so easily?!
She even said she understands? What does she even
understand? But more importantly, did she just say she will
wait here with him? Now how will he ever be able to sleep
peacefully, knowing someone from the Yun Family is
following him around?
"I-if it's fine with you…" But he didn't refuse! No, he
couldn't! Even if he did, with his power, how will he be able
to keep her away? It was impossible! If she really wants to
follow him, he can only let her do it while swallowing his
unwillingness!
"I hope she gets impatient and leaves before Young Master
gets here…" He wishes in his heart. If his Young Master
comes here, she will definitely eat him up; not even the bones
left untouched! He did not know how powerful his Young
Master's background is, so he can only hope that it is not too
weak in front of the Yun Family!
"Then it is settled, I will be staying here to Cultivate. Sorry to
bother Senior, but can you listen to my selfish request and
make arrangements for my settlement?" She bows again, not
daring to be disrespectful.
"Leave it to me; it will be done by today." He bows back, not
daring to be disrespectful, hoping that she will at least go easy
on his Young Master when the time comes… But then again,
with her appearance, his Young Master might actually not
mind it…
"Thank you, Senior. Once again, I am sorry for the trouble
today." She did not lift her head, respecting him even more
than her grandfather!
"Don't mind it; it was just a little misunderstanding…" He
also did not lift his head up, making this a very awkward scene
for the disciples. They were both bowing to each other
nonstop, so who has more background? They also had no idea
what they were talking about, especially when they were all
too shocked at the painting to even hear Lao Bai call him
Young Master!
But this awkwardness did not last long, interrupted by a clear
voice.
"Excuse me, but are you willing to sell that to me? The
painting." A very beautiful girl around 23 walks out of the
crowd, asking Yun Xiuying to sell her Painting of Desire.
Yun Xiuying did not say anything and just looked at her
silently.
"I am willing to pay whatever price you name, be it Sky
Realm Treasures or Spirit Stones. If I can afford it, I'll buy it."
She said straightforwardly.
Although she did not know Yun Xiuying's background, she
did not care. She wanted that painting no matter what!
"Wait! I also want to buy it!" Someone else jumps in.
"Me too! I'll even trade my family's heirloom!"
The entire area turns into an auction house.
"…." Yun Xiuying looks at them with a weird face. She didn't
even say anything about selling it. But she knows how they
feel, because she also went through it before, except she had to
fight with gods. If she didn't have her friends and mother's
support, she would've never been able to buy it. The price she
paid for this one Painting of Desire was enough to buy many
Minor Worlds…
Minor Worlds can be brought just like territory, except the
price of one Minor World is extremely expensive. Even Tian
Yi's billions of Immortal Stones is not even close to 1% of its
actual cost…
Although her family only rules over a Mortal World, they are
incredibly strong and prosperous. You might think that her
family 'only' rules over a Mortal World, yet there is only 99 of
them in this Universe. To rule one of these Mortal World, you
must have an incredibly high status. Her family's strength is
already considered to be at the top, only below the higher
Worlds.
"Wait, I have a question for you all." She made the bidding
stop.
"…." They stopped talking and looked towards her, waiting
for her to speak.
"If I sold it to you, how will you treat it?" She asked a simple
question.
"I'll make sure to clean it every 5 minutes!"
"I will protect it even if I had to use my life!"
"I will treat it like my own child!" They all shouted nonstop.
"I'll make sure it's even safer than my virginity!"
"…." The place instantly turns silent!
"????" They all looked at the shameless girl who said that.
Even Yun Xiuying's eyebrow twitched.
"Good, so all of you females here understand how important
this Treasure is, correct?" She asks loudly.
"Yes, we understand!" They all shout together, almost as if
they've practiced before.
"Then let me ask you this. Will you also be willing to sell it if
you had it?!" She looks at their shocked faces.
"N-no…" Someone said in an ashamed voice.
"Then what makes you think that I will be willing to sell it?"
She asks again.
"…" The entire area turns silent, and their heads lower from
shame.
After a minute of silence, someone spoke up, "You're right, I
am sorry. I lost to my own desires when I saw that Painting.
With my eyes only on the Painting, I did not consider it from
your point of view. If I had that, I would not sell it even if I
was beaten to death." The one who spoke up first was also the
girl who asked to buy it first.
"Since I can not have it, then can you at least tell me who that
figure is?" She asks with pleading eyes.
Yun Xiuying nods, approving her character, "Good, as long as
you understand. Since I also know how you feel, I will share
my happiness with all of you. All of you, look up!" She glares
at the group of females in front of her.
She watches them raise their head one by one, only speaking
after they all looked at her, "I will be in this Sect for awhile.
So while I am here, when you have time, you can come to my
room and look at the Painting!"
These girls here were just like her friends back at home, only
wishing to look at the figure inside the painting, knowing they
can't reach him. She is also the same, which is why she even
brought the Painting in the first place. As comrades, how can
she only keep the happiness to herself and not share it with the
others? As comrades, their backgrounds did not matter! She
decides to treat them like her friends!
"As for who he is, I only know that he is real and a certain
god, but nothing else!" She did not want them to know who he
was, or it will just make things more complicated. All they
needed to know was that he is real and not just some painting!
The females there suddenly felt overjoyed. They get to look at
that painting as long as they have time? If they didn't need to
Cultivate, they would look at it all day!
They all bowed and said, "Thank you Senior Sister for her
generosity!"
"Good, I will hang it on the wall in my room later. But I have
one rule, and that is to never get within 20 feet of it, or I will
instantly take it away! If you dare to touch it, I will personally
slay you!" She said with a serious tone. What if they
accidentally damage it? She did not want to imagine it because
that is already too painful!
"Yes, Senior Sister! We promise to abide by this rule!" The all
vowed.
"Senior Sister, since we do not know who that God is, what
should we call him?" Someone asked.
"Good question. How does the Empyrean God sound? Or do
you want another one?" Yun Xiuying made up a random
nickname.
"That sounds very fitting!"
"I like the sound of that, it's very imposing, just like that
figure!" They all agreed.
"Good, then you can address him as the Empyrean God from
now on." Yun Xiuying said without thinking about it much.
"Then Senior Sister, with you as the leader, who will be the
vice-leader of this group? And what about the ranks?"
Someone asked.
"Eh? Leader? Group? Ranks? What are they talking about?"
She was confused.
"Ah, I guess you can call it a group. It is a little gathering after
all." She nods in her heart, not aware of what she is doing.
"I don't care who's the vice-leader, just do it neatly." She said.
"Thank you Senior– No, thank you, Leader!" They said.
"Then this group should be named 'Empyrean God Church,'
correct?" Someone asked.
"???? Church?" She still did not realize what was going on!
"...….." Speechless, Lao Bai and the males looked at
this crazy scene with their eyes popping out.
"What the fuck are they doing? Are they going to make a cult
of out a painting?!?!?!" They all cried in their heart.
They were Mortals after all! Unlike Immortals, Mortals take
the word 'God' extremely serious. Knowing that the figure in
the painting was an actual God, why won't they worship him?
Not to mention that they were not wrong because his family
even rules over Gods…
Almost a God herself, Yun Xiuying did not think the way
Mortals do! Even her friends were Immortals, with knowledge
of the figure in the painting.
Her mistake was to treat these new friends of hers the same
way she did with her Immortal friends!
After a few moments of thinking, she finally understands the
situation! But it was too late because they've already accepted
him as a real god!
"…. Well, it wouldn't hurt to treat him as a god, because he is
one…" She thought.
To her, it was not weird for Mortals to worship him as a God,
because even her family worships his Tian Family.
"He will be known throughout the World sooner or later, might
as well start his following now…" She tries to think positively.
"Good! In a few days, the Empyrean God Church will have its
first opening, making it official! To join, you must be screened
by me personally! I will give the requirements later! That's all
for now, dismiss!" She is already acting like a Leader.
"Yes, Leader!" The females all scatters, running off to spread
this new Church of theirs…
".........." The males are still standing
there, frozen.
Yun Xiuying turns back to look at the stupefied Lao Bai,
"Senior, sorry for my selfish actions. I thought that it would
happen eventually, so why not start now. As for my settlement,
do you have any place here that you use to worship gods with?
I want to live near there." She bows to him respectfully.
"???????????????" Lao Bai stood there, unable to answer.
"What the hell is going on? What does she mean by it will
happen eventually? So is she going to share Young Master
with other females? Is she really from the Yun Family? So
Shameless! My mother, now I definitely need to protect Young
Master from her horny claws!" Lao Bai swears to protect his
Young Master again.
"S-sure, we have a Cathedral near the Holy Mountain… If you
want—"
"I'll take that!" She agrees instantly.
"O-okay then… I'll get it arranged now, please excuse me."
He bows before leaving in a hurry.
"Good, now to make this successful, I need to do this right.
This will keep me away from being impatient!" She swept the
entire Sect with her Divine Sense. After finding the only
Cathedral in the Sect, she flew towards it.
On this day, the entire Sect went crazy with many females
trying to recruit other females to this new 'Empyrean God
Church.'
"What Empyrean God? How come I have never heard of him
before?"
"So suspicious…"
"Where did this new God come from? What is he a God of?
Arts? Wealth? Strength?"
"They said that the Official Opening would start in a few days
and only females were welcomed…"
"Why females only? What's wrong with males worshiping a
God?"
"I'm not sure, but I heard one of the females saying something
like 'once you see him, you'll definitely join.'"
"Aiya, what is this World coming to? A female only Church
worshiping an unknown Male God?"
"What a joke, are they not ashamed of themselves?"
"Hey, let's go watch the Official Opening far away."
"Good idea, I'm sure we're not the only males thinking of
doing this."
Another rumor started spreading around the Sect, but only the
males knew of it.