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

"My goodness!"

Xia Feng's eyes gleamed as he swept his gaze over the water-spirited fairy by the city gate, then he exclaimed to Lin Heng, "Young Master Lin, this big city is truly different!"

"Um."

Lin Heng nodded, his gaze also falling on the surrounding streets.

Compared to the impoverished Linxian City, every corner of Jinlu City seemed to exude luxury.

Not only were the fairies and the wealthy dressed more elegantly and appropriately, but even the demons who set up stalls on the street wore some kind of decorations such as rings and beads.

The ground beneath our feet was not covered with any dirty mud; it was all paved with neat stone bricks.

The only place with soil was used to grow beautiful green plants...

As for the architecture in Golden Deer City, it goes without saying.

Even the most ordinary residential areas are built with exquisite stone bricks, unlike the majority of buildings in Linxian City which are made of earth.

And on this street just inside the city, there are even many buildings constructed with expensive minerals and rare wood.

But what intrigued Lin Heng the most was that the fairies strolling leisurely through the market would casually toss a spirit stone to the demon merchants to buy their desired goods.

They would even cast a disdainful glance at people who were dressed rather poorly.

"Damn it, this outfit of mine is from the Western Regions!"

At that moment, Xia Feng was looked down upon by a fairy with a wood-elemental root in front of him. "Damn it, if I hadn't brought too few spirit stones, I would have bought her!"

"Wait for Young Master Xia."

Upon hearing this, Lin Heng's interest was piqued. "You mean, these fairies in Golden Deer City can also be bought as celestial slaves?"

"Of course! In this world, no matter where the fairies are, in the end they are all fairies with price tags. It's just that the fairies of Golden Deer City... are indeed a bit different from fairies in other places."

Xia Feng leaned closer and whispered to Lin Heng, "I heard it from the traveling merchants who had been to Jinlu City in the market of Linxian City before. Don't be fooled by how glamorous these fairies around us are dressed; their real purpose is just to increase their own value."

"To increase one's social standing?"

Lin Heng was surprised.

"Um."

Xia Feng said in a low voice, "These fairies were actually specially trained by the fairy slave merchants of Golden Deer City. In Golden Deer City, they can get a certain number of spirit stones from their sellers every day and spend them as they please."

After a pause, he looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Young Master Lin, do you think that since they are clearly commodities, why would the Immortal Slave Merchants spend money on them?"

Lin Heng remained silent, because he felt a sense of familiarity with these fairies from Golden Deer City…

"Actually, it's all to get them sold for a higher price!"

As they walked, Xia Feng continued, "Just by looking at the houses in Golden Deer City, you can tell the people who live here are no ordinary people, right?"

"And it's not just local wealthy businessmen, because Jinlu City has many unique industries that attract wealthy businessmen from all over the world every now and then."

"But the wealthier the businessman, the more he needs things that can demonstrate his status."

As he spoke, Xia Feng pointed to a wealthy businessman in front of him and said, "Young Master Lin, look at that fat man's spirit stone necklace. It's blatant flaunting of wealth."

"The same logic applies to their selection of celestial slaves."

"These blessings are something those from major sects wouldn't even glance at! But of all the fairies who have fallen in this world, how many were truly from major sects?"

"Therefore, in order to meet the needs of these wealthy people, the fairy slave merchants in Golden Deer City will package the fairies they have as high-end goods from major sects."

"This kind of packaging is not only about the fairies' attire, but also includes their lifestyle, way of speaking, and even their walking posture, all of which require repeated training."

"A fairy trained in this way would originally only fetch four or five spirit stones in our Linxian City, but now she's worth at least ten spirit stones!"

"Although everyone knows that the Immortal Slave Merchants of Golden Deer City are doing this now, those wealthy merchants just love high-end goods. The high-end goods they bring out are still high-end goods."

"According to what that traveling merchant told me, the locals in Golden Deer City all call these fairies 'Fairy Maidens'..."

So that's how it is!

Lin Heng suddenly realized what was happening and stopped in his tracks.

He finally understood what it was that familiar feeling these fairies gave him.

In the world before the time travel, some people who packaged themselves to make money and gain fame were called socialites.

Here, these fairies, specially packaged by the fairy slave merchants as being from major sects, are naturally called fairy maidens.

But there's one last question...

"Holy crap, Young Master Lin, look over there!"

Suddenly, Xia Feng patted Lin Heng on the shoulder and pointed to a spirit herb shop in front of them.

A fairy with a golden spiritual root was seen throwing a small pile of spirit stones at the demon merchant's stall and buying a sachet made of expensive spiritual herbs.

Xia Feng's eyes widened as he stared at the dozen or so spirit stones: "Damn it, look at that cloud-patterned fairy dress with gold trim, plus that sachet she just bought..."

"Her selling price is estimated to be over a hundred spirit stones!"

He kindly reminded Lin Heng, "So, Young Master Lin, you mustn't be as impulsive as you were in Linxian City when you bought immortal slaves. Although these immortal maidens are also clearly priced, the prices are much more expensive..."

"However, there's one more thing I'm curious about."

Lin Heng asked Xia Feng, "Why are these celestial maidens cooperating with those celestial slave merchants?"

"Well, I'm not too sure about that. The traveling merchants were vague about it back then too."

Xia Feng scratched his head and said, "I've only heard that the higher these fairy maidens sell themselves for, the more agreements they can get the fairy slave merchants behind them to sign with future buyers. And those agreements will contain clauses that restrict how the sellers treat the fairy slaves..."

"Understood."

After hearing Xia Feng's explanation, Lin Heng finally understood what was going on with these fairy maidens.

They cooperated with the fairy slave merchants to increase their own selling price, not just to make money for the fairy slave merchants.

They were also trying their best to secure a better future for themselves, given their destined fate of becoming celestial slaves...