After the destruction of the Immortal Realm, I took in the fallen fairy.

After the Sand Fox family left, Lin Heng's Oasis in the Clouds continued its journey south toward Golden Deer City, and the land in the Oasis in the Clouds became much more open.

Lin Heng did not waste these empty spaces. In addition to having the immortal servants build shops for the Sand Fox family and Tian Qianchen's house, he also arranged some extra empty rooms.

As more and more formations are built in the future, when we encounter formations like the Fire Camp that require buildings as a foundation, we won't need to cram at the last minute like before.

However, Jinlu City is not close to Linxian City. It took Tian Qianchen more than a month to get here from the capital.

Even though Golden Deer City is slightly closer than the capital, the speed of Cloud Oasis is definitely faster than the horse he rode there...

However, according to Tian Qianchen's assessment, even using the Cloud Oasis for travel would take at least three or four days.

Although the past few days had been spent traveling, it was also a rare period of rest for Lin Heng.

In the morning, I gave Song Jingyu some pointers on her knowledge of spiritual herbs.

In the afternoon, I fulfilled my promise to Tian Qianchen and taught him the basic Spirit Suppressing Tower Formation.

That evening, Lin Heng pulled Gesang Naza over and pressed her head down to soak in the Immortal Spring to cleanse her spiritual roots.

However, considering that Baima Meiduo had given him the Tide-Summoning Seal, Lin Heng didn't allow her to have any opportunity to take advantage of him underwater like on the first night...

It wasn't until the next day that Tian Qianchen, as the elder of the General Administration, finally demonstrated the value of his presence.

After all, the Oasis in the Clouds is quite a grand sight when used for traveling.

When they passed by the city walls of the two cities that day, the Oasis in the Clouds was surrounded by guards at the city gates.

It wasn't until Elder Tian Qianchen of the General Administration Division intervened that the city lord finally allowed them to pass...

Although the size of the oasis in the clouds is such that ordinary people cannot stop its progress.

But if they really ignored everything, Lin Heng would probably become a wanted criminal of the Tian Shu Kingdom before even reaching Jinlu City...

Even so, Tian Qianchen still found it somewhat troublesome to run up and down like this.

The reason is simple: the vines are too tall. For his old bones, going down and then climbing back up would be the death of him.

Most importantly, Tian Qianchen felt that this completely affected Lin Heng's teaching of array construction!

So the next morning, when Tian Qianchen saw Yun Qinghe and the others cultivating using the Lingying Fuling Array outside the courtyard, he gave Lin Heng a suggestion.

First, he ordered the fairy servant to find a large wooden board.

Then Tian Qianchen pressed his back against the wooden board, allowing Yun Qinghe to use the entanglement skill of the Thousand Branches Vine Sword to bind him.

After the vines had completely wrapped around him, Tian Qianchen carefully pulled himself out and stepped aside, allowing Song Jingyu to burn the vines and withered branches into charcoal ash and imprint it on the huge wooden board, forming a life-size portrait.

Finally, Tian Qianchen added a few strokes to the face in the portrait...

Seeing his masterpiece, Tian Qianchen said to Lin Heng with satisfaction, "Look, little teacher, isn't this my portrait? Hang it on the vines below, and everyone will know I'm right here! It'll save the guards from making us stop!"

"...That's a good idea."

Lin Heng's eye twitched twice. Actually, there was nothing wrong with the portrait painting.

Because the old man's painting skills were quite good, it was easy to recognize at a glance that the painting depicted Tian Qianchen himself.

Once the lords of the surrounding cities recognized him, they would never send guards to block his way again.

But Lin Heng always felt that having his portrait displayed so openly and swaggering through various cities was like holding a grand funeral procession for the old man...

However, even Tian Qianchen himself did not feel it was unlucky, so Lin Heng had his servants hang Tian Qianchen's portrait on the vines below.

However, late on the third night, as the Oasis in the Clouds was about to reach Golden Deer City, Lin Heng noticed something was amiss.

His loyalty increased considerably when he instructed Song Jingyu on the knowledge of spiritual herbs.

Seeing that Yun Qinghe just stood there listlessly in front of Gesang Nazha, and when she arranged for Yun Qinghe to help the fairy slaves build houses, her loyalty increased slightly.

However, Mu Tinglan's loyalty level remained unchanged, even though he was only ten points away from reaching the maximum value of 300 points.

Although Lin Heng had long discovered that the higher the loyalty level, the harder it was to increase, Mu Tinglan's strangeness was not only reflected in her loyalty level, but also in the progress of unlocking the Delightful Enlightenment Platform.

Even though she had been sitting on the bed reading books obediently for the past few days, just like usual.

However, the progress of unlocking the puzzle board has been stuck at 61% since day one and has not increased.

Lin Heng, who was originally resting in bed, felt something was wrong no matter how he thought about it.

Seeing that Mu Tinglan was also staring out the window in a daze, Lin Heng lit an oil lamp and asked her to go to the Immortal Spring and soak in it with him alone one more time.

This time, Lin Heng specially used the Six Desires to set desires for her, so that she could give full play to the nature of a water spirit fairy.

The fully blossoming water spirit root even caused the spring water, which shimmered with golden spiritual energy, to gently overflow onto the shore...

"Try going back to bed and reading a book."

Back in the room, Lin Heng asked Mu Tinglan to pick up a book and read.

"Yes, thank you, Master."

Mu Tinglan obediently picked up the book to read, but the progress of unlocking it was...

It's still not moving!

Subconsciously, Lin Heng even wondered, "Could it be... broken?"

But Xiannu is human, how could she possibly be corrupted!

Moreover, Mu Tinglan's title is that of a goddess, the Nine Seas Goddess...

"Owner?"

Suddenly, Mu Tinglan put down her book and whispered to Lin Heng, "Has Master noticed that I haven't been able to provide any ability to help you with your array construction these past few days?"

Although Lin Heng never mentioned the effects of the Delightful Delight Platform, Mu Tinglan could feel them for herself.

Whenever her progress in unlocking progresses, her water spirit root experiences a blissful, trembling sensation.

But she had never experienced this kind of comfort since the Sand Fox family left.

"Hmm, do you even know what's going on?"

Lin Heng nodded and looked at her.

"My most noticeable feeling is that I've been somewhat absent-minded while reading lately, and I keep thinking about..."

Mu Tinglan paused halfway through her sentence.

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Heng asked.

"Thinking of my master."

Mu Tinglan pursed her thin lips, somewhat shy, but she did not hide her gaze from Lin Heng.

"Thinking of me?"

Lin Heng was stunned.

That doesn't make sense either, does it?

This is only the first time the nature of the water spirit root has been unleashed.

So what about now that there's no increase in the unlocking progress?

Mu Tinglan quickly replied, "Perhaps you've been feeling a bit down lately; it should get better after a while..."

She paused for a moment, then lowered her voice and asked with concern, "Won't this take up too much of Master's time?"

So it was just a matter of mood? No wonder they can't even resolve their six desires...

"Little teacher!"

"Young Master Lin!"

Just then, the voices of an old man and a young man came from outside the courtyard.

"Why are these two here so late..."

Looking at the oil lamp lit by the bedside, Lin Heng guessed that Tian Qianchen and Xia Feng probably called him because they saw the light.

So Lin Heng shook his head at Mu Tinglan: "Don't bother me, I just find it a little strange. When we get to Jinlu City, you can come with me for a walk to clear your head."

"Okay, you rest first, I'll go out and take a look."

Lin Heng nodded, then turned and left.

But just then, his Immortal Slave Manual sent a notification:

[The Nine Seas Goddess's Platform for Resolving Delusion: Unlock progress +1, now at 62%.]

"?"

Lin Heng subconsciously turned his head to look at Mu Tinglan.

As it turned out, she was staring blankly at her book, and her beautiful, alluring eyes blinked...

"Oh, I'm sorry, Master, I'll rest now!"

Seeing Lin Heng looking over, Mu Tinglan thought he was scolding her for not listening, so she quickly put down her book and rested.

Only after Lin Heng walked out of the hut did she slowly hug herself and tighten her grip on the collar of her clothes.

"Once we arrive in Golden Deer City tomorrow, can I accompany Master on a stroll to relax...?"

……

Late at night, outside the courtyard.

As soon as Lin Heng stepped out, Xia Feng grabbed him excitedly and asked, "Young Master Lin, I just heard this old guy say that we're going to Golden Deer City!"

"What? You know about Golden Deer City?"

Lin Heng looked at Xia Feng in surprise.

Xia Feng rubbed his hands together mischievously: "How could I not know about Golden Deer City? Its specialties are... hehe!"