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

"No, there's no problem..."

Lin Heng shook his head, clearly noticing from the Immortal Slave Manual: "The old Extinction Fire Pearl could only be used once, but your Soft Vine Spirit Locking Technique can be used twice!"

"Is that how it is?!"

Yun Qinghe's worry turned to joy, and she proudly raised her chin, "After all, I am her older sister."

[Immortal Slave Yun Qinghe's loyalty +10, now 197]

Upon seeing the notification from the Immortal Slave Manual, Lin Heng was both amused and exasperated.

The fact that Gesang Naza can use the Soft Vine Soul Locking Technique one more time is most likely because her loyalty is higher than before.

However, Yun Qinghe misunderstood her words as praising her magic as being more useful than Song Jingyu's Extinguishing Fire Pearl!

But in any case, an increase in loyalty is never a bad thing.

What Lin Heng was even more concerned about was that Yun Qinghe's loyalty was only three points away from unlocking the next stage of the Thousand Branches Vine Sword's abilities...

After looking at the new spiritual runes engraved on his palm, Lin Heng arranged for the immortal servants to prepare for a rest.

However, Lin Heng did not fall asleep immediately after blowing out the oil lamp.

Gesang Nazha, who was standing next to him, had transformed into a heart-eating wolf and was lying beside him.

Fortunately, Gesang Nazha's tail still protected her from the evil energy of the plateau, although it was not as good as a fox tail in terms of texture.

At this moment, Lin Heng slowly turned over.

"Um?"

Yun Qinghe's chest trembled, and she looked down at Lin Heng, only to meet his gaze.

"Master...aren't you asleep yet?"

"I suddenly remembered something."

Lin Heng already had a clear plan regarding Yun Qinghe's loyalty, which was only 3 points away from being fulfilled.

"What is it? Does it concern me?"

Yun Qinghe looked at Lin Heng with curiosity.

"Um."

Lin Heng nodded: "It's related to the Yunling Sect disciples in Jinlu City."

"The Rhyme Spirit Sect..."

Yun Qinghe murmured the familiar name.

So as not to disturb the rest of the others, she whispered to Lin Heng, "Master, actually, I had a conversation with my former fellow disciples at the party in Golden Deer City that night."

"Oh? What did you say?"

Lin Heng asked curiously.

"Actually, we didn't talk much about what happened after we entered the Demon Calendar. Instead, we reminisced about the days we spent cultivating together at the Yunling Sect."

Yun Qinghe pursed her thin lips and said softly, "Back then, my fellow disciples all said that seeing me made them feel as if they had returned to their days in the Yunling Sect."

"However, I used to always be by the sect leader's side and didn't have much interaction with them. So they would usually see me occasionally, while I rarely noticed them."

"And it's the same now. Although they have also formed a slave spirit seal with their master and are also the master's immortal slaves, they rarely see me, who is also an immortal slave..."

Lin Heng shrugged slightly, about to speak, when he noticed Yun Qinghe clutching her chest.

Lin Heng was stunned for a moment. Although it was a subconscious action, he had forgotten that he was still in bed and that his head was resting on his own special pillow...

"cough."

Lin Heng cleared his throat sheepishly before continuing what he had been saying: "That's because your talent is different from theirs. Whether it's your former sect leader or me now, we all want to tap into your potential as much as possible."

"Yes, I understand!"

Yun Qinghe nodded heavily. "I've also noticed that when I'm by Master's side, I seem to be able to do things that many fairy servants can't, just like Senior Sister, Jingyu, and Fairy Nazha."

[Immortal Slave Yun Qinghe's loyalty +2, now 199.]

This can increase loyalty?

The feedback in the Immortal Slave Manual surprised Lin Heng somewhat.

Perhaps she felt that her words were an acknowledgment of her worth?

But why exactly is it 199?!

Is it a bit too much to keep such a low level of loyalty?

Fortunately, this was just an accident, and Lin Heng hadn't yet revealed the plan that he truly believed would increase her loyalty.

"However, speaking of your sect leader..."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Heng followed Yun Qinghe's words and said, "If we find her one day, we can establish a new Yunling Sect and let you manage it with her. After all, you were trained as her personal disciple before."

"real?!"

Yun Qinghe stared at Lin Heng in surprise.

Lin Heng nodded and said calmly, "I'm not joking."

Yun Qinghe's gaze towards him grew increasingly grateful...

As expected, the Immortal Slave Manual sent a notification at this moment:

[Immortal Slave Yun Qinghe's loyalty +20, now 219.]

[The Thousand Branches Vine Sword unlocks its third stage: causing the Cloud Oasis to branch out and sprout five new territories. Furthermore, with the aid of the Source Wood Rules, the goddess statue beneath each territories will provide an additional 100% bonus to the Five Source Rules. Once the Vine Goddess reaches the Ascension Realm, she can integrate the Cloud Oasis into her own domain.]

[Unlock Upgraded Array: Due to unlocking the third stage of the Thousand Branches Vine Sword, the Demon-Shielding Array will automatically upgrade to an Anti-Demon Array. It can utilize the pure source wood rules to resist and purify demonic energy invasion within its range, converting some demonic energy into spiritual energy.]

Automatically upgraded to an anti-magic array?

This saves me the trouble of manually upgrading the array.

However, resisting the invasion of demonic energy...

Lin Heng was startled.

Looking down, he saw that the rough wolf tail on his neck had turned into a familiar fox tail.

Turning her head, she saw that Gesang Nazha, who was sleeping on the other side, had unknowingly transformed into a nine-tailed fox spirit.

Gesang Nazha's transformation into the Heart-Eating Demon Wolf was a change caused by her spiritual root being tainted by demonic energy.

So when the demonic energy begins to manifest, the anti-demon array transforms that demonic energy into spiritual energy.

And Gesang Nazha, who should have transformed into a demon, naturally became her sand fox form...

"What am I doing...?"

Perhaps sensing the changes in her own spiritual root, Gesang Nazha, who had been fast asleep, gradually opened her eyes.

She gently raised her spirit fox head, looked around, and then stared at Lin Heng in surprise: "Master, have I transformed into a spirit fox of our Sand Fox family?"

"Yes, as long as you stay in the Cloud Oasis, you won't have to turn into the Heart-Eating Demon Wolf anymore."

Lin Heng nodded.

At the same time, he also put Gesang Naza's tail aside.

This was what he truly wanted to try after witnessing the effectiveness of the anti-magic array...

really!

Even after Lin Heng removed Gesang Nazha's tail, he no longer felt the discomfort he had when he first entered the Western Regions.

After all, the reason why such discomfort occurred in the Western Regions was because it was close to the collapsed Immortal Realm, which caused the demonic energy to disrupt the surrounding rules and forces.

Once the demonic energy was successfully resisted, the power of the rules in the Cloud Oasis returned to normal.

"Master, please wait a moment."

At this moment, Yun Qinghe got out of bed and went to the room next door where her belongings were stored.

Soon, Yun Qinghe brought over a small cloth bag and handed it to Lin Heng, saying solemnly, "If Master finds the Sect Master, please give this to him. Although I really want to rebuild the Yunling Sect with the Sect Master... I feel that Master needs me more right now, so I can stay by Master's side."

It turns out that her increased loyalty wasn't something Lin Heng had promised her that she had been longing for.

Rather than longing to return to the Yunling Sect, Yun Qinghe now wishes to stay by Lin Heng's side forever...