1 Heavenly Lord Bu Si Nian
In the highest location in the highest heaven, there exist a majestic palace. It was crafted with the utmost precision, as it was clearly shown by the intricate designs of the outer walls. Countless stars were orbiting around the palace, like strict guards keeping the lookout for threats.
In the palace, countless maids and butlers were present everywhere. Even though there were so many of them, they look like they amount to little when considering the palace's size.
Inside, the sides of the palace were occupied by many doors and behind them were hallways that led to different rooms. Each and every one of them have their own unique purpose. Some were used to store precious items, some were used for displaying long lost artifacts, and some were just for recreational purposes.
As we go deeper and deeper into the main hallway, the rooms beside were getting more and more of importance.
At the very end of the main hallway, a massive door stood erect, supported by walls of unknown material. The door gave off a dark lustre, it seemed like it was constantly displaying its majestic might, as the strongest door in existence.
Behind the door, two figures were kneeling infront of a young man with delicate features. This young man had pale white skin and red hot lips, he actually looked more beautiful than his handsomeness, after adding on the tilted crown he equipped on his head, he looked like a dark, charming prince.
The two kneeling figures weren't bad looking either, in fact, they were actually really handsome men. One had a gallant stature and a muscular body in great proportions, while the other is much more skinny, and his eyes also radiated a tinge of cunningness. To the observers, these are the two kinds of people that many wouldn't want to provoke.
"Tian Hu Zi! How dare you not accomplish my task! I said, to destroy the Greta Dragon Planet, not to help it fight against its natural enemies!" All of the sudden, the silence is broken by the young prince shouting at the muscular man.
"And..And You!! Shen Da Ling! I said don't keep hiding our army in the base, but look at what you..--
*Piak!*
"Oi, Bu Si Nian. Wake up and go chop your wood." A rough voice suddenly came in from nowhere and interrupted the scene.
Bu Si Nian, whose body had his arms curled up around a small tree, suddenly felt a sense of scorching pain at his right cheek.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the source of the voice. There, he saw a middle-aged man that is about 200 cm tall. This person had a large body frame, his shoulders were wide and his body was slightly chubby. Overall, his presence would give off a sense of danger to anyone who went close enough to him.
'Oh, so it was just a dream...' Bu Si Nian's eyelids started drooping as he wanted to go back to his good dream. But, things didn't went smoothly as he thought. He suddenly experienced a massive pain and his body felt like it took flight.
"Oi. Bu Si Nian. Chop Firewood. Now." The rough voice resounded once again as the large figure stared down at him.
'Ugh..Not this again...' Bu Si Nian thought as his heart felt a great surge of disappointment.
Actually, his current fate is by technical means, his own fault.
Bu Si Nian is just a young boy tending to the farms, but he wasn't just some ordinary farm caretakers. His face had all the points that others would want to have, it was exactly the one that he had envisioned in his dream, and is also the only thing that is real in the dream.
He had lost his parents since childhood, and has been living independent ever since. With his kind uncle buying wheat and meat from him every so often, he had been living a relatively stable live.
But things didn't went so well.
One day, a girl riding on a spirit horse was moving about in his area of work. And by chance, the girl's eyes shone a mysterious light when she looked at him, and she displayed a mesmerized expression right after. In the end, she went forward and extended an offer for him to join her sect, the Spirit Lunar Sect. She, a core disciple, had the annual rights to give one person a free entry into the sect, as long as the person wasn't from some suspicious origin or is an enemy of the sect.
Bu Si Nian, a naive boy, accepted the offer immediately. He had always heard great stories about the legendary institutions known as sects. He had heard about people becoming deities and could fly while standing on swords and break boulders with one punch. What could his life be after joining a sect like this? He won't need to do farming anymore! Maybe he could finally take care of his kind old Uncle Shui!
At that point of time, he got so excited that he started to pack up his belongings right away. He had moved out without hesitation, and didn't even look back at his little dwelling.
And so the girl took him to where her sect resides. Along the journey, Bu Si Nian kept marveling in wonder, as he was stunned by many mysterious scenes, but the most notable one, is that the horse she was riding on could actually fly!
Some time later, they finally reached the destination. The girl who was originally smiling along the way, all of a sudden took out a jade stone and crushed it into powder. Then, she suddenly stopped in her tracks, tears started to flow out of her eyes and her body flashed a golden light and disappeared on the spot.
Bu Si Nian, like an abandoned child, wandered blankly around the sect. Many people saw him, but their eyes moved away after a short while. Everyone ignored his existence. Perhaps he didn't know, that his face is covered by a layer of mud; a result from his daily hard work.
He was at a loss of what to do, until he heard people's voice behind him.
"Hey, who is that?" A rough voice said.
"I don't know, I saw Senior Sister Hui rushing to the elders' section, he was left behind i think." Another voice replied.
"Must be a servant she took in then."
"Should we take care of him? You know, Senior Sister Hui rarely appeared in this area, she normally move around in the core disciple area only."
"I guess we should take him in.... as an investment." The rough voice replied after a while.
And so, Bu Si Nian felt a huge arm grabbed hold onto him, he was lifted up easily. When he asked where is he bringing him to, the huge man answered:
"To your new home."
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After some time of listening to people's conversation, Bu Si Nian gradually got to know some more things, and his way of thought changed very quickly.
It turns out, the girl that invited him into the sect is a core disciple of the sect, Hui Qiling. A core disciple is the highest ranking a disciple of the sect could get, right below the status of elders. Besides, her father is also an elder of the sect, and not an ordinary one. He was the 5th great elder of the sect council. This combination of status is so powerful that many people decided to pursue her, or at least bootlick her for some favor.
What happened to Bu Si Nian is exactly the latter case. The large chubby man, Hong Ke Mo, is the leader of the Sect Extras. Although the sect has many spirit items that are far more valuable than ordinary things, the sect still needs the common stuff to survive. Something like firewood, charcoal, wool, wheat, and so on. These things were used simply because using only spirit tools and ingredients would be too expensive.
And so, there existed a section of sect extras. These people usually have no cultivation and does the work that others don't want to do. Hong Ke Mo supposedly hoped that Hui Qiling would come back to fetch her 'servant', but what he didn't expect is that Hui Qiling's father suddenly died, and a great elder who had been laying dormant, suddenly stroke out at Hui Qiling, finding all kinds of excuses to finish her off.
Hong Ke Mo didn't want to unknowingly offend a great elder by taking care of Bu Si Nian, but he, a scrimp also don't want to throw Bu Si Nian away. He wanted to make use of Bu Si Nian by forcing him to do labor work. That way, his monthly required work would significantly reduce.
It has been three years ever since.
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Bu Si Nian looked at the giant, Hong Ke Mo, infront of him. His vision is blurry, but he could vaguely make out the shapes of two more figures behind the man, as sounds of laughter were coming off from his back.
'Oh fate, why me?' Bu Si Nian had finally decided to close his eyes as his heart was fully plunged into despair. He doesn't care about why is he going through all this anymore, all he wanted to do is shut his eyes tight, and only open them after a long, long time had passed, where things would be 'normal' again.
Right before his eyelids shut, he saw a third figure at the back.
'Who..'
And then his eyes closed.
