Chapter 13
Volume 1: Chapter 24: Tenth Surrender
"That mount belongs to the Cave Master, so Brother Miao must not neglect it."
s.h.i.+ Xiang pointed towards a valiant, yet exceptionally gaudy, yellow dragon steed. He watched Miao Yi’s reaction as he advised him in a careful manner, thinking that Miao Yi would not be happy doing such a menial task.
But all this was nothing to Miao Yi. He had always been very interested in dragon steeds and so he was looking forward to having the opportunity to get close to them.
Seeing that Miao Yi did not show any signs of being upset, s.h.i.+ Xiang secretly let out a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Miao Yi would be offended and complain to Cao Dingfeng. In his anger, he would seek both s.h.i.+ Xiang and his wife for punishment.
"Actually, you do not need to let the dragon steeds out everyday. Once every five days is enough since after all, we still prioritise cultivation." s.h.i.+ Xiang smiled as he consoled him.
Miao Yi nodded his head.
After chatting about dragon steeds for a while, Miao Yi found out that the role of Horse Deputy had previously been handled by Madame s.h.i.+ Xiang, so this was already considered to be a handover.
After completing the handover, Madame s.h.i.+ Xiang left with a straight face.
s.h.i.+ Xiang then accompanied Miao Yi back to his cultivation residence, mainly explaining the Transient Light Cave’s situation to Miao Yi. His explanation was a form of introduction, as briefed by Cao Dingfeng.
Inclusive of the Cave Master, there were a total of eleven people in Transient Light Cave. Cave Master, Yuan Zhengkun, had a cultivation at White Lotus Fifth Grade. Cao Dingfeng and the other two cultivators who had their cultivation at White Lotus Third Grade were Yuan Zhengkun’s capable right-hand men. Even s.h.i.+ Xiang and his wife had their cultivation at White Lotus Third Grade. The remaining four cultivators were at White Lotus Second Grade. Only Miao Yi alone had a cultivation at the first grade of White Lotus.
The average ‘cave’ level allocation has always been eleven people, mainly because there weren’t enough resources to accommodate more. It was important to know that for every person accepted, they must divide the allocation of followers’ incense and power of will.
Currently, both of them were conversing with each other in a courtyard pavilion. Madame s.h.i.+ Xiang soon returned, with two nervous, beautiful maidens trailing behind her.
"These two servant girls are sent here from Transient Light City by Cao Dingfeng to serve your daily needs," Madame s.h.i.+ Xiang uttered to Miao Yi with an expressionless face.
"Serve me&h.e.l.lip;" Miao Yi glanced over at the two beautiful maidens who had their heads lowered. He still wasn’t used to this kind of treatment. Mainly because he had never properly come into contact with women before this, so it was inevitable that he was embarra.s.sed, like a lad’s first time. He couldn’t help but turn his attention to s.h.i.+ Xiang, asking, "So every cultivator has some?"
If every cultivator had servants taking care of their daily needs, he would simply push the boat with the current and accept it, else it would be quite embarra.s.sing.
s.h.i.+ Xiang chuckled awkwardly, not saying a word.
Madame s.h.i.+ Xiang sarcastically said, "We don’t have the sort of life where we can order servant girls around to serve us. It’s good enough that we ourselves don’t get ordered around."
"...." Stunned, Miao Yi finally realized that although the husband and wife’s cultivation base was the same as Cao Dingfeng, only second to the Cave Master’s, yet their statuses seemed to be far apart in comparison. Cao Dingfeng still ordered the both of them around as he pleased.
s.h.i.+ Xiang rubbed his nose, anxious to keep up appearances as he said, "Every cultivator in the cave will have two