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

After passing through the north gate, Lin Heng and Yun Qinghe headed towards the farmhouse.

By this time, Song Jingyu and Yu Zhiyue had already returned to the farmhouse and were discussing the Magic Calendar.

"Owner."

From afar, Yun Qinghe's gaze had already fallen upon the farmhouse: "Is that your home in the Immortal Realm?"

"Oh? You recognized that?"

Lin Heng looked at her with surprise.

"Yes, because it really looks like it."

Yun Qinghe nodded slowly. "Master, look, there are obvious signs of new brick and tile renovations around that farmhouse. If I'm not mistaken, the extension on the left is a bathing room to hold the Immortal Spirit Spring, the room in front is the bedroom, and the one on the right is a warehouse for storing spirit herb seeds..."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Lin Heng, blinked, and said, "Doesn't Master think that this kind of expansion is just like the slum house we lived in back in Linxian City?"

"They are the same."

Lin Heng smiled and said, "It's because I'm used to this layout that after I moved here, I had the demon immortals renovate and expand the farmhouse, treating it like a former slum."

After a pause, he glanced at Yun Qinghe and couldn't help but sigh, "Speaking of which, you really are the first fairy to see me expand and renovate my slum house into the cloud oasis it is today from beginning to end..."

"The first one?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Qinghe couldn't help but purse her thin lips slightly, recalling her conversations with her senior sister Mu Tinglan these past few days.

So she carefully moved closer to Lin Heng and took his arm.

However, she glanced nervously at Lin Heng's reaction.

Because her senior sister said that some books describe in detail the relationships between Daoist couples during the Immortal Ancient Era.

Among them, couples will have a deep impression of each other's first time, and will become increasingly intimate when talking about it.

At that time, Mu Tinglan had privately discussed with Yun Qinghe their first experience with their master.

After thinking about it seriously, Yun Qinghe revealed the story of the first time she gave Lin Heng a spirit stone.

Upon hearing this, Mu Tinglan laughed and said that this wasn't the first time.

Using spirit stones is just a job, but couples should pay more attention to their daily lives.

If we were to build a house...

I guess that counts as a way of life?

Yun Qinghe thought to herself, at least, her master didn't seem to mind her leaning over and taking his arm.

As for Lin Heng...

reject?

It's been so long since I've felt such a full and satisfying touch on my arm. Why should I refuse it?

But before Lin Heng could fully savor this enjoyment, his gaze involuntarily shifted towards the direction of Guiyuan City.

"Master, what is that?"

Yun Qinghe tilted her head and looked in the direction Lin Heng was looking.

A disheveled old man was seen directing a group of disciples dressed in the attire of the Earth Tempering Sect to carry three large boxes toward the farmhouse.

"The Earth Tempering Sect, do you recognize it?"

After recognizing Xia Yonghe, who was walking at the front, Lin Heng asked Yun Qinghe.

Yun Qinghe replied, "The Earth Tempering Sect? I do recall that; I heard the sect leader mention it before. However, when I was in the Yunling Sect, the Earth Tempering Sect seemed to have already left Guiyuan City."

Lin Heng nodded slowly: "It seems that when you were old enough to remember things, quite a few things had changed compared to the current Immortal Realm..."

"Hurry up, all of you! These spirit stones were entrusted to us by the sect leader to be delivered to the Five Elements Immortal Venerable. Anyone who's slow will be in for a beating when we get back!"

As Lin Heng and Yun Qinghe gradually approached the farmhouse, they heard Xia Yonghe calling out to the disciples of the Tu Tu Sect.

"Yo!"

Just then, Xia Yonghe also saw Lin Heng.

Although he was somewhat surprised to see that Lin Heng had a fairy who was very close to him by his side.

But he still stepped forward respectfully and bowed to Lin Heng: "Young friend Lin Heng, have you just returned from outside?"

"I went for a walk."

Lin Heng nodded and looked at the disciples of the Earth Tempering Sect behind him: "Elder Xia brought the disciples of the sect here?"

"Oh dear, didn't young friend Lin Heng say he urgently needed spirit stones?"

Xia Yonghe patted the boxes that the disciples of the Tu Tu Sect were carrying next to him and said with a smile, "After our sect leader went back, he and the Yun Ling Sect sorted out the spirit stones in the sect, and I immediately asked the disciples of the Tu Tu Sect to send them over to you, young friend Lin Heng!"

After a pause, Xia Yonghe glanced at Yun Qinghe with some suspicion and asked in a low voice, "Young friend Lin Heng, this fairy... why does she look somewhat unfamiliar to me?"

"I am Young Master Lin Heng's Daoist partner."

This time, without Lin Heng's prompting, Yun Qinghe coldly revealed her identity.

Holy crap?!

Xia Yonghe's eyes widened, and he secretly gave Lin Heng a thumbs up.

He leaned closer and whispered to Lin Heng, "Damn it, no wonder you didn't let the rabbit fairies in the farmhouse serve you, young friend Lin Heng. So you've actually found such a beautiful Daoist partner? And..."

Halfway through his sentence, Xia Yonghe realized something was amiss: "I can't sense this fairy's strength at all?"

Lin Heng smiled calmly: "Hehe, just a late-stage Enlightenment Realm cultivator, it's normal that Elder Xia can't detect it."

"?!"

Xia Yonghe stared blankly at Lin Heng, as if looking at a monster.

The fairy who had reached the Enlightenment Realm, and his Daoist partner...

How did these two identities end up on the same fairy?

"However... Elder Xia."

After a brief chat with Xia Yonghe, Lin Heng's gaze fell on the box containing spirit stones.

This box contained about a hundred spirit stones.

If you put all three boxes together, there are probably only four or five hundred pieces.

This is clearly not on the same level as the spirit stones obtained from the Sand Fox Clan.

So Lin Heng asked in confusion, "Do the Yunling Sect and the Cuitu Sect only have these few hundred spirit stones stored?"

Xia Yonghe then came to his senses and replied, "Well, young friend Lin Heng, although both the Tu Cui Tu Sect and the Yun Ling Sect are large sects that produce a lot of spirit stones from their mines, their expenses are also quite high because they have to take care of their disciples' cultivation."

"Master, that is indeed the case."

Yun Qinghe whispered in Lin Heng's ear, "Back when I was in the sect, the sect could produce thousands of spirit stones every month, but it also needed to spend nearly a thousand spirit stones every month on sect construction and disciples' cultivation. This included the maintenance of sect resources, the purchase of cultivation techniques and spiritual herbs, and so on."

"Young friend Lin Heng, aren't several hundred spirit stones enough? This... for an ordinary cultivator, it's equivalent to a hundred years' worth of expenses," Xia Yonghe asked doubtfully.

"It's not enough."

Lin Heng shook his head and said, "I'm not using it for daily expenses, but for setting up arrays."

Forming an array? What kind of array formation requires such a massive amount of spirit stones?

Xia Yonghe was stunned.

But Yun Qinghe, standing beside Lin Heng, instantly recalled: "Master... Daoist partner, do you intend to construct an oasis in the clouds?"

"Um."

Lin Heng nodded slightly, then sighed.

"Then, your Daoist partner need not worry!"

A slight smile appeared on Yun Qinghe's usually aloof face. "Now that I'm here, I can have more children for my Daoist partner. I can give birth to two at once!"

That's true.

Lin Heng smiled and then called out to Xia Yonghe, "Elder Xia, just have your men move the spirit stones into the courtyard."

"Ah? Okay..."

Xia Yonghe nodded with a blank expression.

He is still thinking about what Yun Qinghe said about having two children at once.

Could it be that a fairy at the Enlightenment Realm can control how many children she gives birth to?

This fairy looks so young, she doesn't seem to have any experience in this area...

Seeing Lin Heng and his companion enter the farmhouse, Xia Yonghe couldn't help but stroke his beard in confusion.

Or should I go back to the sect again and get some more sturdy herbs?