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

Lin Heng went over to help and pulled Xia Feng out of the pile of rocks.

It wasn't until the stones were moved that he understood why Xia Feng had managed to survive.

It turns out that after seeing the demon-patterned warhorse yesterday, this guy knew he couldn't stay at home, so he went straight to the underground passage of Old Zhang's ancestral graveyard...

"Damn, what a pity."

Xia Feng gritted his teeth and said, "My immortal servant was actually trampled to death by two demon-patterned warhorses..."

My condolences.

Lin Heng patted him on the shoulder reassuringly.

Xia Feng's expression turned dejected: "Damn it, I spent so much money and haven't even enjoyed it a few times!"

"..."

Lin Heng's eye twitched slightly.

If he remembered correctly, he could hear the sounds of fighting next door almost every night…

"Holy crap, how come it's even more exciting in the city than here?"

At this moment, Xia Feng stood on a boulder and looked towards Linxian City.

Look at the devastation in the distance, then look back at his home...

"Hey, are our families really that lucky?"

Xia Feng looked at Lin Heng with surprise.

Lin Heng nodded slightly.

He knew that the reason Xia Feng's family hadn't been affected was because he had used Mu Tinglan's ability to assist Xian Shu in the battle yesterday.

Adding spirit stones to the Demon-Shielding Array not only enhances its effectiveness but also expands its range.

This area is just enough to completely cover Xia Feng's house.

"Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have let my immortal servant come with me to the tunnel... Oh right!"

Xia Feng looked at Lin Heng: "Young Master Lin, what about your two fairy servants..."

"I suffered a minor injury and am recovering."

Lin Heng said it casually.

"But yesterday I heard sounds of magic coming from above while I was in the tunnel..."

He was halfway through his sentence when Xia Feng looked at Lin Heng in disbelief.

Before Lin Heng could speak, he excitedly said, "Could it be that they unleashed their potential and regained their fairy-like strength to protect you?"

"?"

Lin Heng's eyelids twitched.

He was too lazy to explain, so he nodded and said, "More or less."

Xia Feng, on the other hand, fell into deep thought...

A moment later, he slapped his thigh: "Yes, yes, that must be it! It must be because you, Young Master Lin, have always treated them well that you were able to unleash their potential in this crisis, allowing their spiritual roots to temporarily revive!"

"..."

Lin Heng thought that with this guy's imagination, he could definitely earn a lot of spirit stones by becoming a storyteller in a restaurant in the city.

"Next time I buy a celestial slave, I'll try doing it like you did..."

Muttering to himself, Xia Feng seemed to realize something: "Wait, Young Master Lin, the city is in such a state... does that mean there will be a severe food shortage in the future?"

"Um."

Lin Heng nodded.

To be honest, this is also a problem that's giving him a headache.

If all else fails, he can only wait until Mu Tinglan and Yun Qinghe have recovered before going hunting on the neighboring Linxian Mountain...

"That's great!"

Xia Feng excitedly said, "Young Master Lin, how about we team up? We'll make a fortune!"

"Make money?" Lin Heng looked at him in surprise.

"Wait a minute!"

Xia Feng returned home and quickly brought out several small bags.

"This is?"

"seed!"

Xia Feng said, "Vegetables, rice, whatever you want, I'll have it!"

"You still have these things?"

Lin Heng couldn't help but look at his neighbor with new respect.

"Don't even mention it! I got ripped off with a whole spirit stone!"

Xia Feng felt a pang of heartache as he spoke, "Haven't I been sitting at home doing nothing and living off our savings? But I also know that the spirit stones left by our ancestors will eventually run out..."

"So when I went to the market last month, I heard those shamanic merchants say that the price of grain was rising and the price of seeds would also rise, so I bought these and stocked them up to wait for the price to go up."

"As a result, the price of the seeds plummeted just a few days after I bought them."

"Later I learned that the price increase happened to coincide with a wealthy merchant from out of town coming to Linxian City to buy goods. That guy bought a large amount of grain so he could sell it back as a specialty at a high price..."

"..."

After a pause, a cunning smile immediately appeared on Xia Feng's fat face: "I almost forgot about these seeds... I didn't expect last night's demonic tide to be so fierce!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the land in Lin Heng's courtyard: "How about it, Young Master Lin? You have the soil, I have the seeds, let's do something big, sell it for four or five times the price! Especially those wealthy merchants and officials, they'll definitely have spirit stones left over."

"Profiting from the demonic tide? Isn't that a bit unethical?"

Lin Heng pondered.

Xia Feng was deeply shocked: "Your moral standards are that high?"

"What I mean is..."

Lin Heng held up a full hand: "This piece of soil of mine can be accelerated to grow faster with spirit stones. Four or five times the speed might not even cover the cost. It should sell for at least fifty times the price."

"...Could it be that my moral standards are too high?"

"..."

"By the way, Young Master Lin."

Before plotting to make money, Xia Feng suddenly remembered a crucial piece of information.

He leaned closer and whispered, "Yesterday, when I was hiding in that tunnel, I heard voices. It sounded like they were coming from the other tunnel, not far from the Zhang family's ancestral graves."

"Someone's here?" Lin Heng asked in surprise.

"right!"

Xia Feng nodded firmly: "And there's more than one! I recognized one of their voices very clearly; I'm sure I wasn't mistaken. But... you won't tell anyone, will you?"

He paused mid-sentence, glancing at Lin Heng with some concern.

Because he knew that revealing this news could lead to his execution.

Lin Heng pointed directly in the direction of Linxian City: "Who am I supposed to talk to?"

"That's true! Those sorcerers didn't die last night, but they'll probably starve to death later..."

Xia Feng nodded, then quietly said to Lin Heng, "That person is Cao He, the city lord of our Linxian City!"

"City Lord?"

Lin Heng was taken aback.

"That's not even the most exciting part!"

Xia Feng exclaimed excitedly, "That was the most exciting thing he said!"

"How will you stimulate me?"

"Although I don't know who he was talking to, and I didn't hear the whole thing... I did hear him say that this demonic tide has exceeded his expectations!"

Unexpected?

Lin Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Is it possible that there is someone in this world who can accurately predict the demonic tide?

……

In the five days following the demonic tide, Xia Feng's seeds and Lin Heng's land were enough to solve their food and clothing problems.

Yun Qinghe and Mu Tinglan's injuries were improving day by day. On the afternoon of the fifth day, Mu Tinglan was even able to go to the fields to farm with Lin Heng.

But things weren't as optimistic in Linxian City as they were in their slums.

Those who still had some savings mostly traveled to other cities by horse-drawn carriage.

Aside from the officials who couldn't leave because of their high positions, the rest were some ragged residents begging around with bowls in their hands.

Before long, Lin Heng's increasingly prosperous courtyard also attracted everyone's attention.

This also includes the Snow-Haired Lion Demon and Cao He, the city lord of Linxian City...

"Young Master Lin, I've struck it rich today!"

In the evening, Xia Feng returned from the direction of the city with a smug look on his face.

As agreed, he and Lin Heng would split the grain they grew equally.

This guy works from dawn till dusk every day, selling the grain for a good price.

"How many spirit stones did you sell today?"

Lin Heng, who was farming with Mu Tinglan, looked up.

Xia Feng said slyly, "Today's grain wasn't exchanged for spirit stones, but I did get a celestial slave!"

"A celestial slave?"

"High-grade goods from a major sect! Damn it, when I asked that wicked merchant before, he actually wanted to charge me twenty spirit stones..."

Xia Feng slapped his big belly while cursing, then grinned slyly.

"But today, I acquired that celestial slave in just three days' worth of food!"