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

"So that's how it is! No wonder the only Gathering Yuan Grass seed failed to plant in the cave!"

Before the spirit stones from the Fairy Spring ran out, Song Jingyu listened attentively to Lin Heng's explanation.

She rolled her eyes, and finally slowly poured the spring water from her palm onto Lin Heng...

Song Jingyu blinked her adorable eyes and asked Lin Heng expectantly, "Then will you teach me how to cultivate other spiritual herbs?"

At this moment, she even regretted not listening to her sister sooner.

It turns out he really was a very good slave master!

"We'll talk about it another time; the soaking is over."

"oh oh!"

They emerged from the spring.

Yun Qinghe was the last one to come out.

However, when she saw Song Jingyu, who was originally incredibly stiff even when entering the spring water, now following her master like a little shadow...

Even her usually aloof face couldn't quite maintain its composure.

"Ouch?"

When Mu Tinglan saw Lin Heng and Song Jingyu passing by the bedroom one after the other, she immediately put down the book she was holding.

She deliberately raised an eyebrow at Song Jingyu: "Little red-haired girl, you've only soaked in the Immortal Spring once, and you've already been so well-behaved by your master?"

"...What, what do you mean by 'tuned'?!"

Song Jingyu puffed out her cheeks angrily, "Besides... I wasn't obedient at all! I, I just took advantage of his knowledge of so many spiritual herbs... Humph."

As she spoke, she immediately dropped her ingratiating expression and turned her head away.

Even with this explanation, the slave spirit seal on her back did not take effect.

Although Lin Heng knew that this little redhead was probably thinking about how he had found a good master...

The moment Song Jingyu was talking about using Lin Heng in front of him, she suddenly started to fawn over him, pinching his shoulder with her soft little hands.

"?"

"Master, master, can I try going to the courtyard gate now...?"

Song Jingyu looked at Lin Heng with longing.

Lin Heng waved his hand, both amused and exasperated, "Go ahead, it'll be a while before we leave anyway."

"Yay!"

Having received a satisfactory answer, Song Jingyu immediately went to the warehouse where the spirit herb seeds were stored.

But as she reached the door, she suddenly paused, turned back, and added, "I... I'm not working for you voluntarily!"

After saying that, she quickly left...

Oh, no.

Lin Heng couldn't help but rub his temples.

Is this the kind of arrogant and tsundere heir of an ancient sect?

……

After a short rest, some noise finally came from outside the courtyard.

"Young Master Lin, is Young Master Lin home?"

Lin Heng immediately got up and pushed open the door. Yun Qinghe, who had just finished soaking in the Immortal Spring, also immediately got up and followed him.

Upon going outside, I discovered that she was a fairy slave living on the edge of the slum.

At this moment, Song Jingyu, who had been squatting in the corner planting spiritual herbs, patted her hands, which were covered in mud, and came over, whispering to Lin Heng, "It seems like they're looking for you."

Lin Heng nodded and asked the fairy servant outside the door, "What's wrong?"

Xiannu pointed westward: "A fox demon has come from outside, saying he wants to invite Young Master Lin to visit the Western Regions."

Has it finally arrived?

Lin Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Okay, I understand."

Lin Heng nodded and said in a deep voice to Yun Qinghe and Song Jingyu, "Let's go."

"Hey, I still don't know if the Gathering Essence Grass has been successfully planted..."

Song Jingyu, who was on the other side of Lin Heng, complained softly.

Although what she really thought was, "Oh well, he's the one who taught me anyway, so I should just do whatever he tells me to do..."

Lin Heng could only shake his head helplessly at Song Jingyu, who was always complaining to him but was actually being hypocritical.

For the first time, this thought actually crossed his mind:

Slave Spirit Seal, you damn well better put in some effort...

I walked slowly to the edge of the slum.

Soon, he saw a young sand fox.

"Lord Lin Heng."

After the young Sand Fox politely bowed, he smiled and said to Lin Heng, "Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Gesang Dorje of the Sand Fox Clan. Just call me Dorje. My mother, Baima Meiduo, is the patriarch of our Sand Fox Clan."

So he was that old widow's son?

Even her son came personally to extend the invitation, which is enough to show the sincerity of the Sand Fox family.

"Sure, I'll go take a look around since I have nothing else to do."

Lin Heng nodded decisively.

This surprised Dorje.

Why is this young lord who governs this territory so unprepared for these outsiders from the Western Regions?

"That's right, sir. Mother believes that your permission for us to set up camp not only demonstrates your magnanimity but also establishes a friendly relationship between our two forces."

Dorjee followed beside him, smiling as he explained the purpose of their visit: "So my mother sent me to invite you, sir, to visit the exchange in our camp, and we've also prepared a banquet for you."

"That's perfect."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "Anyway, I didn't have dinner."

"..."

He was completely unprepared!

Doesn't he care at all why his mother is hosting a banquet?

They didn't care at all about the purpose of the banquet, or what they wanted to talk about with him.

Dorje sighed, truly baffled as to why his mother would fall for such a simple-minded and naive boy.

I hope he won't be chosen in the end.

Otherwise, based on kinship, I would still have to call him Dad...

The camp of the Western Region demons was very close to Lin Heng's slum, separated only by a dirt path leading to Linxian Mountain.

Upon arriving at the camp of the Western Region demons, the group quickly saw these demons and their celestial servants conducting their daily training.

First, there's horseback riding training...

"Damn it, you're climbing so slowly, what are we going to do when the demonic tide comes next time? Climb faster!"

"I'm sorry, Master..."

"Sorry? The Demon Tide won't apologize to you! Here, eat this bundle of grass first. If you're still slow after you've eaten your fill, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Master."

All around him were these stern Western Region demons and numb, obedient celestial slaves.

Yun Qinghe took a deep breath.

This oppressive scene had never even appeared in the former Linxian City market.

Beside her, Song Jingyu leaned closer and cautiously asked, "Sister, do you know... why I chose to be his fairy slave today?"

Why?

Yun Qinghe was also a little curious.

Song Jingyu suddenly became her master's fairy slave, and even she, as the older sister, didn't know why.

"Because I saw them having lunch today..."

Song Jingyu's gaze fell on the fairy servant who was being stuffed with weeds by the Western Region demons. "One of the fairy servants mistakenly mixed a spiritual herb into the pile of weeds. Before she could even touch the spiritual herb, she was... whipped to death by those Western Region demons."

"I see..."

"But what I like most are magical herbs!"

Song Jingyu whispered, "I can't possibly avoid touching spirit herbs... I remember my sister saying that he might give spirit herbs to the immortal servants, right?"

She carefully took out a spiritual herb from her bosom, which she had brought from the cave, her eyes filled with tension and fear.

"Um……"

Looking at Song Jingyu's pitiful appearance, Yun Qinghe was stunned.

Then, she somewhat awkwardly patted Song Jingyu's head and comforted her, "Don't worry, Master won't treat you like this over such a small matter. Besides, he sometimes gives us spirit herbs."

"Um……"

Led by Gesang Dorje, Lin Heng and the other two had reached the center of the camp.

At the same time, they also witnessed the inhumane treatment of the celestial slaves by the demons of the Western Regions.

They were truly treated like livestock.

However, what Lin Heng found somewhat strange was that he did not see these Western Region celestial slaves doing the things that celestial slaves usually do at the Western Region demon people's place.

Not even a single vulgar word like Xia Feng's...