241 The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien (1/2)
After a few hours of rest, Yi Ping was awakened by several maids who hastily entered the bed chamber. They were polite and entered quietly with their heads lowered.
The leading maiden alone held a sword by her side. Yi Ping thought that it was a little weird but he thought no further of that because at this moment, the Goddess Lessica was looking at him intently.
The Goddess Lessica said shyly as she held the blanket tightly to her naked self, ”My lord, they are here to take you to the Verdant Palace.”
The leading maiden said quietly without looking at Yi Ping or the Goddess Lessica, ”Our condolences to the Great Lord Yi Ping, we are here to take you to the Verdant Palace. We trust that you have a good rest. At the same time we are here to take the Goddess Lessica to her quarter.”
Yi Ping looked at the Goddess Lessica. This was exactly what she had told him; in a few hour time they would come to escort you to the Verdant Palace and as for her, they would first question her about you.
The Goddess Lessica had said to him, ”I will never betray your faith in me. You can trust me in this matter.”
Yi Ping said aloud as he grabbed his swords, ”Wait for me outside first. I will come out shortly.”
All the maidens hailed softly as they quickly left the room.
When they had left the room, the Goddess Lessica quickly kissed him on his cheek as she slipped on her robe, whispering gently. ”Take care…”
Before Yi Ping could say anything to her, she had already tiptoed out the room in a hurry!
Yi Ping sighed softly…
He had said to her a few hours ago, ”You know. We can put on an act but to use you for my own nourishment, I rather not. Also, I am not as weaken as supposed. Moreover, I don't belong in here and…”
The Goddess Lessica lowered her glances, ”I perfectly understand. I can sniff the scent of the Great Goddess Fantian on you…some things will never change…”
Yi Ping asked, ”Eh?”
But she was silent on this.
Casting what had happened earlier aside, he began to arrange his robe. As he walked out, he saw that a dozen maidens were already quietly waiting in an orderly manner for him.
The same leading maiden said quietly, ”My lord, please follow us to the Verdant Palace. The Great Lord Xuan Yuan seeks your audience now.”
Yi Ping asked her, ”What is your name?”
The leading maiden was startled but she quickly composed herself to say, ”I am just a lowly servant. There is no need for my lord to know a nobody like me…”
Yi Ping sighed softly as he asked firmly, ”What is your name?”
The leading maiden turned ashen immediately as she said quickly, ”Please forgive my improper impoliteness! The Goddess Dion Les Fey of the Villa Clan pays my deference to my lord!”
As Yi Ping looked at her, he could sense a subtle hint of defiance in this attractive maiden. He thought, ”Like the Goddess Lessica, they are all not willing to serve in this manner?”
He felt a little pitiful for her…
The Goddess Dion said with trembling voice, ”Shall I escort my lord to the Verdant Palace now?”
Yi Ping said in a soothing voice to her, ”Do not be afraid. I am just curious what your name is. As simple as that. I have no wish to punish you. Moreover I do not have the right to do so.”
The Goddess Dion replied with frightful expression, ”My lord has every right. I am wrong…”
But Yi Ping interrupted her as he said gently, ”I am just a traveler and a guest. I do not have the right. I am not used to being greet as a lord. You can disperse with the formalities. Just call me Yi Ping if you wish to, alright?”
The Goddess Dion nodded slowly, not knowing what to say…
Yi Ping smiled, ”Let's go now.”
The Goddess Dion waved her hand and immediately, the remaining twelve maidens began to walk in an orderly manner behind them!
Yi Ping could sense that the atmosphere now had become less tense and several of the maidens were even secretly smiling at him!
The Goddess Dion said shyly, ”My lord, may you please follow my lead!”
Yi Ping immediately said, ”Aye!”
As they continued walking for a distance, Yi Ping asked earnestly all of a sudden. ”Say, why alone of the rest, you are allowed to carry a sword?”
The Goddess Dion looked at Yi Ping, not knowing what to reply as she stopped dead in her tracks.
Yi Ping quickly smiled gently, just in case she got the wrong idea that he was interrogating her. ”Don't get me wrong. I mean, are you a special rank or something? I am just being curious.”
The Goddess Dion heavy a soft sigh of relief as she smiled, ”My lord, it is because the Villa Clan practices a special form of divine practice which we call the Divine Sword Practice. This special form of divine practice makes us inseparable from our divine swords. That is why only the Villa Clan is allowed to carry our own swords with us.”
Yi Ping nodded slowly as he began to think, ”Why is that, this sounds so familiar?”
All of a sudden he was shook by a thought as he looked at the Goddess Dion again as he thought, ”The Ascension Sect! The Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect have the exact divine practice too! Can it be that the special divine sword is actually imparted by a Desolate Immortal of the Villa Clan?”
That was because he had heard from Alice that not all the Desolate Immortals were eradicated from the Immortal Realm and that the consequent conflicts between the Celestial Immortals and the Desolate Immortals had at least taken a further several thousands of years before the remaining Desolate Immortals had gone into hiding!
The Goddess Dion asked curiously, ”My lord, is something the matter?”
Yi Ping gave a smile quickly, ”Nothing. I am just thinking that the Villa Clan must be a special clan on its own.”
The Goddess Dion was startled as she looked at Yi Ping with melancholy eyes before she answered softly, ”It is…”
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But she quickly regained her composure to say, ”Let's us be on our way.”
They did not talk further after this.
When they had entered through the gates of the Verdant Palace, Yi Ping first impression was that it was only too imposing and that no words could describe its grandness.
The Goddess Dion said quietly, ”We have almost reached. After this is the Antiquity Hall of the Universe.”
There were hundreds of Desolate Immortals in the grand hall when Yi Ping had entered it. All the Desolate Immortals were all talking among themselves.
Upon Yi Ping's approach, almost all of them stopped their conversations and were looking into his direction!
Yi Ping immediately felt uneasy at the many eyes that were upon him and he wondered why they were all looking at him with such weird expression?
All of a sudden the Great Lord Shenmu had hastily walked from the crowd as he laughed jovially, ”So our most important guest of honor is here. Quick summon the Great Lord Xuan Yuan now!”
He turned around to laugh loudly, ”Open your eyes! He is the one that have fought against the two bitches earlier! What do we call him? He is the hero of the Verdant Palace!”
At the loud announcement of the Great Lord Shenmu, all the Desolate Immortals quickly greeted Yi Ping at the same time, causing the grand hall to explode with their outbursts!
The Great Lord Shenmu laughed jovially as he patted Yi Ping on his shoulder, ”Look! You are so popular already!”
Yi Ping smiled weakly, ”Not at all…”
”Not at all? So someone gains his popularity because of someone here decides to call us bitches?” A familiar feminine said unhappily.
Immediately the Great Lord Shenmu and the rest of the crowd fell into dead silent as the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien and the Heaven Goddess Zero walked into the grand hall!
The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien stared coldly at the Great Lord Shenmu as she continued, ”Eh, do you dare to say it again in front of my face again?”
The Great Lord Shenmu began to fluster as he said quickly, ”I don't mean it…”
The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien interrupted coldly, ”You don't mean it or you don't dare to say it?”
Many of the Desolate Immortals were caught in a dilemma. They had never seen the Great Lord Shenmu looked this flustered before.
One of the Desolate Immortals quickly said aloud, ”This is the domain of the Great Lord Xuan Yuan and the Great Lord Shenmu. Do you think that with your current immortal positioning, you are even fit to address the Great Lord Shenmu in this manner?”
Perhaps he thought he could score some points with the Great Lord Shenmu by speaking on his behalf but instead of gaining appreciation, the Great Lord Shenmu turned to look at him angrily before he said rudely. ”Do you think you are even fit to address the two Great Goddesses?”
That Desolate Immortal immediately turned ashen as he quickly lowered his head awkwardly!
The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien raised her eyebrows in surprise as she looked at the Great Lord Shenmu before she said coldly, ”I am glad you still have some saving grace after all.”
The Heaven Goddess Zero looked at Yi Ping with a smile, ”So you are a hero of the Verdant Palace now? What a pity that you have chosen to be their lackeys!”
Yi Ping knew that she was trying to provoke him but he was calm. He was usually not bothered with petty meddles. But if it was a fight then maybe he would really be interested but he was not the type to pick a fight because he liked to fight.
The Great Lord Shenmu asked weakly, ”May I know what brings our two Great Goddesses here?”
The Heaven Goddess Zero looked a little annoyed that Yi Ping had remained expressionless but she answered nonetheless to the Great Lord Shenmu, ”We are here to attend the grand unison of the Great Lord Xuan Yuan naturally. Why else should we be here for?”