The moment Kata told the steward that he was done, the immortal sent out a beam of light that disappeared into the immortal lord’s pavilion.
A second later, Yue Juechen came over on his flying sword.
It moved at an incredible speed that had the immortal lord over Kata’s head in an instant.
Kata gulped slightly at the sight of the shiny sword.
This metal seemed sharper than anything had the right to be.
“Show me what you have managed to put together,” the young man said.
Kata just bowed before he led the group to a corner of the immortal mansion.
This was where he had placed the pump.
He did not explain how the simple machine worked.
This was very basic information, but he wanted to keep it to himself.
In fact, he had added a lot of useless parts to the mechanism such that even if these immortals tried to understand how it worked, they would have to spend a lot of time.
He did not think that any of these people would be willing to spend so much time on what they would most likely consider a parlour trick.
Kata and the three wena he had brought along cranked the pump a few hundred times.
With their strength, they quickly filled the tank.
As the humans watched the water being drawn out of the ground so easily, they were left speechless.
Kata just shook his head at this.
The immortals had become too dependent on their powers that the humans in this world had not bordered to come up with even the simplest inventions.
They had only the most basic things.
With the tank filled, Kata gave the immortal lord and his people a tour of the mansion, opening one tap after another.
The water flowed smoothly.
He then showed them the bathroom and the toilet, and they were shaken by the comfort they could see in their futures.
After that, Kata was given some time off work as his work was being evaluated.
Kata had not offered up plumbing out of the goodness of his cold dead heart.
He had done so in order to make himself more useful to the immortal lord.
He wanted the young man to take him under his wing.
This would only be possible if his value was made very clear.
Modern plumbing was only the first step in sucking up to the young man.
Kata had an entire week during which he did not have to work at all.
He spent the time meditating on his current situation, coming up with ways to go about his future plans.
During this time, Kata noticed a change in Kara.
His mother seemed to glow with a sense of happiness that was not typical of slaves.
Kata believed that this was all because of their newly found sense of security.
On this day, Kata was summoned by the immortal lord.
“I have seen your work and it is impressive for a Wena.
For this contribution, I have promoted you to the position of my personal slave.
You will be in charge of doing everything I want.
Do not disappoint me.”
Kata just bowed to show his acceptance.
“As my personal slave, you have the right to speak whenever needed.”
“As the Immortal Lord commands,” Kata said.
With this promotion, Kata was moved from the slave quarters and given a small pavilion next to that of the immortal lord.
Kata requested that his mother be allowed to stay with him, and with some luck, his request was granted.
Kara was more than happy at this development.
Their small pavilion had three rooms and was adequately decorated.
Kata was also allowed the freedom to move about within the confines of the mansion and the mine. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
This meant that Kata could enter the forest and hunt his cockroaches as he wished.
With his new position, he was given more than enough food and not the paste given to the slaves.
This meant that he no longer needed to eat the cockroaches for sustenance.
He now hunted the cockroaches for their radiation.
To ensure that his value to the immortal lord did not wane, Kata carried out all work given to him with utmost efficiency and perfection.
Every now and then, he came up with something new to show his importance.
He created a few pens for the immortal lord, and after that, he improved Yue Juechen’s carriage, letting it move without making the weird noises that were associated with all carriages in this world.
Kata could have created a vehicle for the man, but this would bring about too many questions.
After two months of this, Kata gained the immortal lord’s confidence.
There was no problem for which Kata did not have a solution.
When it came time for the immortal lord to return to his clan, Kata was not left behind, and when he requested that his mother come along, Kata was surprised by how easily he convinced Yue Juechen of this.
Just like that, Kata and his mother left the mine and entered the wider world under the protection of Yue Juechen.
A new immortal lord was assigned to the mine and that was the end of this matter.
The Immortal Sword Sect was the most powerful force in the land.
The Yue immortal clan was one of the nine immortal clans that were associated with the Immortal Sword sect.
Yue Juechen was the young master of the Yue clan, with his grandfather being the current immortal patriarch.
The mine was some distance from the Yue clan.
Yue Juechen returned to the clan ahead of his people.
Kata and Yue Juechen’s human servants had to slowly make their way to the clan in carriages filled with the young man’s clothes and other things he wanted to take with him.
Kata felt that something was off with this entire situation since for some reason, Yue Juechen had gone ahead with Kara and no one else.
As the carriage moved over the smooth roads, Kata made sure to observe for even the slightest details.
He observed the plants and even the kind of dirt around them.
There were very few people on the road, but soon, this all changed.