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

"Why are you here?"

At this moment, Lin Heng narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the demon merchant in front of him.

Yun Qinghe recognized him, and Lin Heng naturally recognized him as well.

However, when Lin Heng bought the stone bricks before, he had looked for him in the market, but he had closed down his shop.

Now that this demonic merchant has finally returned, and even took the initiative to come to him, Lin Heng vaguely realized something.

After all, he had specifically given instructions to this demon merchant when he brought Yun Qinghe back.

If there are any more celestial servants, he needs to be notified immediately...

"Young master, please come here."

The demon merchant beckoned to Lin Heng in a sly manner, and Lin Heng went out and hid in a corner with him.

"Didn't our Linxian City experience a demonic tide before? I took a dozen or so spirit stones, using the spiritual energy within them to protect myself, and went into the demonic tide to see if I could find any bargains."

The demon merchant pointed to the nearby Linxian Mountain: "It was at the foot of that mountain, but I accidentally slipped and fell into a hole..."

"Excuse me."

Lin Heng interrupted him, saying, "I'm not interested in your adventures in the Demon Tide."

"But you'll definitely be interested in what happens next, young master!"

At this moment, the demon merchant's eyes were filled with a frenzied fervor: "In that cave, I saw a red-haired fairy! Although I don't know her background, I'm certain she's absolutely stunning."

Lin Heng's eye twitched twice: "You also have a fetish for unusual hair?"

"No, no, no, that's not the most important thing!"

The demon merchant immediately shook his head and continued, "Back then, several worms from the demonic tide crawled into the hole on her side. Guess what happened?"

"..."

Lin Heng's eyes grew somewhat impatient.

"Ha, young master, please listen to me."

The demon merchant, feeling awkward, rubbed his nose and continued, "That fairy actually used magic! And she killed all those worms!"

"Celestial arts?"

Lin Heng was startled.

In this world, is there anyone besides him who can restore the fairies' strength?

"Hehe, young master, don't panic."

Seeing that Lin Heng was clearly interested, the demon merchant took the initiative to explain to him, "Perhaps for a young master like you, if a fairy is sent to your hands, she will definitely be a fairy slave to be manipulated. But for us, the direct suppliers, this kind of thing is nothing new."

"Oh?"

Lin Heng asked curiously, "Is this kind of thing quite common?"

"certainly."

The demon merchant nodded and said, "Although the demonic tide destroyed the entire immortal realm and depleted the world's spiritual energy... there are always ways to preserve spiritual energy, just like the spiritual energy in spirit stones."

"So what you mean is?"

"Those fairies, especially those from ancient sects in the immortal realm, all retain some of their sect's secret techniques for protection. I estimate that the fairies in that cave relied on such secret techniques to temporarily survive the demonic tide."

Lin Heng nodded slowly.

The demon merchant continued, "It wouldn't be difficult to capture her and make her a celestial servant for someone as noble as you, young master."

"I just need to wait for the next demonic tide. I'll figure out a way to lure the demons away, and when they've exhausted their secret techniques, I'll... hehe."

He was only halfway through his sentence when a meaningful smile appeared on the demon merchant's face.

Lin Heng glanced sideways: "I didn't realize you were so capable?"

The cunning merchant pointed to his head: "To do business, you have to be quick-witted."

At this moment, Lin Heng directly asked, "Tell me, what is your purpose in telling me this news?"

"hey-hey."

The demon merchant raised a hand and rubbed his fingers together with Lin Heng: "Of course, I'm asking you, young master, how much you can offer for such a top-quality fairy."

"How much do you want?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

He certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to be the one to make the initial offer and be taken advantage of.

The demon merchant was taken aback, not expecting that Lin Heng, who looked so young, would be wary of him.

However, as the owner of a century-old store, the eccentric merchant naturally wouldn't offer an outrageous price.

After hesitating for a moment, the demon merchant held up four fingers: "Forty spirit stones!"

"Isn't it expensive?"

Lin Heng shook his head.

Although he can indeed afford so many spirit stones now, he only spent ten spirit stones to buy Yun Qinghe back then.

"Young master, the main problem is that the cost is quite high!"

The demon merchant hurriedly explained, "We lesser demons need a lot of spirit stones to protect ourselves in the demon tide, not to mention the plan I just told you about, which involves luring the demons into that cave, which carries considerable risk..."

"That's fine."

Suddenly, Lin Heng interrupted him, saying, "Twenty spirit stones. No matter what kind of immortal slave it is, bring it to me first, and you can get these twenty spirit stones. If it's what I need, I'll give you fifty."

"This...is it really?!"

The demon merchant opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Um."

Lin Heng nodded.

Actually, after having Yun Qinghe, he didn't care about the spirit stones. It's just that the Immortal Slave Manual has strict requirements for the fairy's spiritual roots, which ordinary fairies simply cannot meet.

He had not yet met the fairy that the demon merchant had mentioned, and naturally did not know whether she met the conditions of the Immortal Slave Manual.

"Okay!"

The demon merchant immediately agreed and said to Lin Heng, "Don't worry, young master. Those fairies who possess secret techniques definitely have powerful backgrounds. I have experience with that!"

He felt that Lin Heng was probably like those officials and wealthy businessmen, who preferred high-end goods with powerful connections.

"Then I won't bother you any longer, young master. I also need to go back and make some preparations. I'll go check on the situation there tomorrow..."

With that, the demon merchant turned around and prepared to leave.

"etc."

Suddenly, Lin Heng remembered something and called him back.

"Is there anything else you need, young master?" The demon merchant turned around again.

Lin Heng said, "There aren't many people operating at the market these past two days. You should be familiar with the market, so see if you can help me get some things."

The demon merchant nodded slowly: "I do know quite a few demon merchants in the market. What would you like to buy, young master?"

"Some seeds."

Lin Heng pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to him: "I just made a list yesterday, take a look."

"Crops? That's easy, I do have a few old acquaintances who are... Holy crap!"

The moment the demon merchant took the list from Lin Heng, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. His hands, holding the list, trembled uncontrollably.

Because the list Lin Heng gave him was entirely filled with spirit herb seeds?!

Raising his head, the demon merchant looked at Lin Heng with a puzzled expression: "But young master, there's... there's no spiritual energy left in this world, even if we could find some..."

"Even if you can find it, it's useless, and you won't be able to plant it because there's no natural spiritual energy, right?" Lin Heng added with a smile.

The demon merchant nodded blankly.

Such seeds still exist, but they no longer fetch a good price.

Lin Heng shrugged: "It's okay, as long as you get it for me, spirit stones are no problem."

The demon merchant opened his mouth, wondering whether he should ask a question.

"Since I was little, I've liked to use those seeds to eat sunflower seeds."

"..."