The moment the explosion happened, the immortal lord appeared above the scene.
He was a young man, 14 years old, and with a handsomeness that was already leaking through.
He wore white robes that fluttered with the wind along with his long black hair.
Standing on the sword with his hands behind his back, he gave off the aura of a truly immortal being.
He looked at the crater with confusion.
“I do not sense any immortal qi in this place.
How can such an explosion be created without immortal Qi of any kind.
It is impossible to bring about this level of destruction without using a talisman or an immortal spell.
Still, this damage is still below even what a Mortal Grade immortal spell can do.
The only possibility is that someone was practicing a mortal grade spell and lost control.
The power released was powerful but still limited, creating only this much destruction.
Is this the failure of that fool of a steward,” the young man spoke to himself, but none of the guards thought of him as having lost his mind.
With the powerful aura he was exuding, it appeared as though he was speaking to the world itself.
Immortal spells were separated into five grades: Mortal, Man, Earth, Heaven, and Divine immortal spells.
Yue Juechen thought about the matter for a few more seconds before he realized that he had no answer to this question.
His eyes glowed slightly, allowing him to see through the rubble.
This was an immortal spell he was using.
He found but a single trace of the steward.
It was a piece of bone covered in shit and soot.
This was all that was left of the steward who held so much authority in the mansion.
Yue Juechen investigated the matter for a few more hours, even searching the entire mansion in case there were intruders moving about.
In the end, he concluded that the steward’s cultivation had gone berserk after he failed in cultivating a new immortal spell, bringing about this disaster that led to his death.
The case was closed.
Yue Juechen was not about to waste more than a few hours looking into the death of a mere steward.
He was the young master of the Yue immortal clan, and this was beneath him. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Over the next few days, Kata and the other wena resumed their work, but the mansion was filled with chaos.
All the guards who had even a little bit of power wanted to take over as the new steward, and this created tensions that sometimes exploded into fights.
From these fights, Kata gained more information about the immortals.
He also learned that there were 13 immortals in the mansion, with all the other humans being mortals.
After a week of this, the immortal lord finally called Kata to his pavilion.
It was the grandest and largest in the mansion.
Kata was shaken by the possibility that he had been found out and would soon be killed, but he was also excited since this was a part of his plan.
Kata was led to the immortal lord.
The moment he entered the hall, Kata fell to his knees and prostrated himself to show his utmost respect for the 14-year-old boy who held more power than most nations from Kata’s past life.
The immortal lord was a walking calamity.
From what Kata had seen of the power held by the other immortals in the mansion, Kata estimated the immortal lord’s power and it was terrifying.
Kata still had a lot to learn, and he was willing to play the subservient role for as long as he needed in order to learn all there was about the immortals.
Kata said nothing.
As a slave, he was only allowed to speak once given permission by his masters.
“Before his death, the former steward sent me a message.
From the content, I can tell that you are proposing some sort of contained latrine and bathroom.
You want to create a mechanism that would allow us to use water within the mansion without having to fetch it from the wells as we have done for countless years.”
Kata just listened and hoped that his plan would not lead to his untimely death.
He was proposing indoor plumbing, and he hoped that the immortal lord was wise enough to see the benefits of this development should it be allowed to go forward.
Kata had come up with the idea after seeing the steward’s latrine and the state of his bathroom.
Indoor plumbing would increase hygiene and allow the humans to feel as though they had some level of control over that part of their lives.
Kata waited for the immortal lord’s judgment, and as he had hoped, Yue Juechen was wise enough even with his young age.
Everything will be as you have specified.
You will be given an allowance of three days to complete the proposed modifications.
Should your mechanisms fail, you will lose your head,” Yue Juechen said.
Kata smiled slightly at this.
The following day, a group of chubbily dressed humans came to the mansion.
They were clearly humans.
The carriage they came with was filled with metal fabrications and pipes of all sizes.
Kata was allowed to inspect the items.
He found more than a few errors in the fabrications, but he did not say anything since he would always melt the metal and fix everything himself.
He just needed an explanation as to where he had gotten the metals.
Kata did not waste any time after that.
“I need some help,” he said.
The guard who had taken over as the new steward did not object.
Kata chose the three men he had tortured for trying to make a move on his mother.
The men had become more than obedient to Kata.
Plumbing was a simple art, with little science.
Kata found no problem in putting everything together.
He had even managed to put together a simple manual pump that would bring the water from the aquifer beneath and into the large tank he placed on the roof.
The water would then be distributed through the pipes with the help of gravity.
As he worked, the humans in the mansion watched him, and so did the new steward.
After three days were up, the entire system was in place.