Gu Chen

Yi walked until he reached his place. It was a broken-down Hut at the edge of the Wu mansion. It was right next to the wall. His only neighbour was an old man he called Old Man Mu. Not out of disrespect but out of deep love for the only father figure he had known.

The Hut was made of a few poles, and mud and the grass was improvised using dried grass.

Yi entered the Hut and fell to the ground in exhaustion.

There was nothing inside the hut.

He immediately fell asleep but at the back of his mind, he made sure to note that he needed to wake up after a few minutes to go and do his chores.

He was used to doing this and so he was able to wake himself up on time. Although he had not had enough rest, he did not have any choice in the matter. As a slave, there were some things that he had to do no matter what.

He got up and left his Hut.

He went to the back of the hut. There was a small pond of water. He grabbed a bucket and fetched some water which he took to a small outdoor bathroom and had a bath.

This outdoor bathroom was made of nothing but a few poles and leaves.

After bathing, he picked up a surprisingly good-looking uniform from the wire nearby. This was a servant uniform for those who worked inside the mansion.

After dressing properly, he walked smartly towards the main residence where supervisor Wu and his family slept.

Yi was a handsome young man with a perfect physique.

He was twelve years old but he was extremely handsome. His muscular body was the stuff of myth. He walked with confidence in himself. Yi knew that he was a slave but the confidence he held in himself was quite abnormal.

He walked past other servants and slaves.

The females thought he was cute while the men wanted to bash his head in for being such a lady killer. They knew that if this boy lived to reach his prime, new standards for male beauty would be established and they would be the ones to lose out. Such a thing was unacceptable to them.

Yi walked past these jealous men and entered the most luxurious residence in the mansion.

The moment he entered the place, he saw a young boy about ten years old. He was practising with the sword. There was an old man next to him. This was the young boy's teacher. The man was the most famous swordsman in the city. He was called Gu Chen.

His sword techniques were sought after by all young men in the town but he did not have a personal disciple.

He taught many young men and women in the town but he only taught them the basics of the sword.

He never passed down his Quick Slash sword skill.

It was rumoured that his sword was so fast that one would not even realize that they had been beheaded by the sword.

Gu Chen was now in his later years.

He was already over seventy years old and people did not expect him to live much longer. For this reason, they always invited him to teach their young generation for some time. They hoped that he would take a liking to one of them and take them as his last disciple passing down his Quick slash sword skill.

Yi bowed to the young boy. The young boy sneered as he should. He was after all the eldest legal son of Supervisor Wu.

The young boy was called Wu Chen.

He was the pride and joy of supervisor Wu.

On the other hand, Yi was a bastard who was not even recognized by supervisor Wu.

His position in the family was so low that during the day he worked as a slave in the mines and at night, he worked as a servant in the mansion.

Yi did not dare ruse his head before being given perming the young boy. When the young boy had finished having his fun, he dismissed Yi as though he were a lowly dog.

You thanked the young boy for dismissing him as he walked away with his back bent like a eunuch.

Yi did not do this because he thought of himself in such a poor light but because he had come to learn how to handle these entitled people. By showing them the respect they thought they deserved he was able to save himself some time for more important things.

Yi walked into the residence and began his work with the other servants. He helped out in the kitchen and after that, he cleaned the residence from the floor to the ceiling.

He did all this without complaining but his fatigue could be seen.

When he was done, he went down into the basement where he took some time to sleep.

As he slept, he had dreams of an endless red sea.

In all of existence, there seemed to be nothing other than this sea.

Boom, the sea then exploded with a great and terrible power. This was when Yi always woke up.

He jumped up from the hard floor.

His forehead was covered in sweat.

Yi had been having this dream for as long as he could remember.

Whenever he slept, it was always the same dream.

Yi guessed that it was probably time for him to continue his duties as a servant. He dusted himself off before going upstairs.

He moved directly to an abandoned bathroom in the residence.

No one used this bathroom and yet You had been ordered to clean it every day.

He entered the bathroom and began cleaning it as fast as he could.

When he was done, he did as he always did. He removed his clothes and began taking a bath.

He made sure to take less than a minute. He was just pouring water on his body but he did not mind. By using so little time, he also reduced the chances of being caught using the bathroom.

Yi put on his servant uniform before leaving the bathroom.

He went directly to the kitchen where he began carrying food to the dining hall.

This was food meant for Supervisor Wu and his family.

Yi made sure to carry all the food to the dining where he set up the table before standing in a corner with his head lowered.

Soon, the young boy Wu Chen arrived. He had changed his clothes into something more luxurious. He wore white robes. These robes were more expensive than anything Yi owned. Not that he owned anything.

Yi made sure not to look at the young boy.

The boy ignored Yi completely as he sat on a chair and waited for his family as he played with his thumbs.

The next person to arrive was a young girl about nine years old. She was the supervisor's only daughter. Her name was Wu Li and supervisor Wu loved her more than anything in the world. Even more than he loved his son, Wu Chen.

The girl looked at Yi for a moment before quickly looking away.

Soon, supervisor Wu arrived with his wife Wu Lin.

The supervisor had aged a bit and he was now in his late forties. He had a potbelly and some of his hair was turning grey.

The wife Wu Lin was Yi's mother who had come from the mine.

She had been a slave and the Miner's sex slave but once the Miner had left, she had continued sleeping with Supervisor Wu for some time before she told him about her son, she also claimed that the young boy belonged to the supervisor. Supervisor Wu accepted her and married her as his legal wife but he still had doubts that this boy called Yi was his son. Since this was the case, he relegated Yi to being a slave in the mine. The only thing was that he would be allowed to live in Hundred Man Town within the Wu mansion and the guards in the mine were not allowed to give him too hard of a time. This was on the off chance that he was the supervisor's son.

Supervisor Wu had expected Wu Lin to protest but she did not. She cared about Yi as much as the supervisor.