(MC POV)
So I made a little mistake last night with those robbers.
I totally forgot about the fact that this place still had wild animals around so when I went to check on them in the morning, it seemed like all of them were killed and eaten by said wild animals.
At least… That's what I assume to have happened to them after I saw the blood splatters around the area.
Oh well… Too bad for them I guess.
Honestly if Brendan wasn't here, I would have just killed them myself anyway so it's really no big deal that they're dead… At least to me.
The main thing was that I managed to have a good time talking with Brendan last night and he certainly did look like he was enjoying himself too, even if we did get our chill time interrupted a little.
Good thing Brendan was quite sensible so there wasn't any need to worry about him getting trauma from this or something… He's a big boy after all.
Just kidding, I know he's seen worse so there's no need to worry about that.
With our little excursion over, we returned back home and thankfully the place was still in one piece.
That means that Iris actually did a pretty good job in helping me watch over things here while I was gone.
Now all I need to worry about for now was the Sect Showcase Festival that would be happening in a month's time.
And said month went by surprisingly uneventfully.
At least… If you ignore the fact that every other might was an orgy night with my disciples where Iris was included as well, which also meant that various reality bending stuff happens on those nights… Then it was quite uneventful.
Of course we always cleaned up after ourselves and the sex was mind-blowingly perfect so there was no reason to stop.
Also, I managed to remain coherent enough to enjoy the sight of Iris's ahegao face which was orgasm inducing by itself.
Other than that, the days were just spent normally where I watched over my disciples continue their cultivation while pampering Iris and Cai Hong.
I also did not forget to check up on Elaria too and she assured me she was reaching a breakthrough in her research very soon. She's the most worrisome one since I don't know if she would do anything weird in the name of her research… Sure, omniscience showed me that there was nothing for me to worry about, but just one unintended change from me could cause things to change drastically for her too.
At least for now it doesn't look like anything weird was going to happen.
Diao Chan was also doing fine with her Witch friends so there's nothing for me to worry about on her side. In fact, it seems like those Witches might also ascend with her too.
All in all, the days were back to peaceful ones and I could not want for anything more. This is perfect.
Thus, there were just a few more days before the start of the Sect Showcase Festival and the entire Sect was putting on the finishing touches for the preparations of the event.
It wasn't the first time I saw the Sect being decorated for an event but it was still an impressive sight nevertheless. At least those were my honest thoughts when I was looking around the Grand Courtyard that had been refurbished for the event in question.
"Ah! Master Lin! Here to check the preparations?" Sect Master Qing asked after spotting me.
"Hello Sect Master Qing. I'm just here to see what you guys have planned for the Festival actually."
He stroked his beard mirthfully, "Hoho~ It'll be the same as always. We'll let our young talents compete on stage with the other talents from various other Sects. Since all the other Sects are fellow beli… I mean… Fellow countrymen who are on good terms with us, I don't think there will be any problems!"
Well that's good to hear.
Although none of my disciples would be participating since they were already quite OP, they'll still attend with me as spectators.
They might still be able to learn some things by watching their peers after all so I won't let this chance go to waste. Just because they've ascended does not mean their skills and techniques have reached the top either so there's always room for improvement.
Right as I was about to ask who we were expecting to show up on the day itself, an Elder suddenly ran towards us in a hurry.
"Sect Master Qing! Sect Master Qing! We just received some troubling news!"
"Calm yourself, Elder Kang, what is it that has made you forget decorum?"
Elder Kang paused for a moment to compose himself before continuing, "Reporting to Sect Master, we just received news that Sects and dignitaries from the countries of Mei, Sun and Han will be coming here to attend our Sect Showcase Festival as well."
Sect Master Qing blinked at him, "Why… Why would they even come he-- Oh what am I saying, we all know they're coming here because of Master Lin isn't it?"
I swivelled my head towards him, "Eh, me? Why? I mean… I get the country of Sun, but why would the countries of Mei and Han come here too?"
The country of Sun was still worshipping me as their patron god or whatever it was they thought I am so I wasn't too surprised they would send someone here. But the other two didn't really have much to do with me right?
I mean I did threaten the capital of Mei once or twice but I never even interacted with anyone from the country of Han before.
Oh wait, maybe they're just here for a courtesy call or something?
Yeah right… Who has ever heard of coming to a Sect Showcase Festival as an event for courtesy calls?!
Wait… Actually… Why should I even care about why they're coming here? If they chose to come and spectate then sure, go ahead. Just don't involve me in some stupid scheme or whatever and that's good enough.
I then looked around our Grand Courtyard. It was big, but definitely not big enough to host all of the Sects inside Beiyang and the foreign Sects plus dignitaries at the same time.
"Are we even able to fit everyone here?" I wondered aloud.
Sect Master Qing widened his eyes, "Oh no… That's going to be a problem isn't it? Could… Could Master Lin help us with that? Maybe expand this space to make it bigger than before?"
Ah, ok. Since you're already asking for it then I'll just do a little bit of reality and spatial manipulation around here. That should help.
And snap. There we go, all done. Easy
Now all that's left to do is to wait for the day to come and the people to show up.
Hmm? Why is everyone in the Courtyard looking at me like that? It looked like their eyes were sparkling.
Oh well, nothing else for me to do here now… Let's hope the visitors behave themselves during the event.
