Divine Flames
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!