Every word Lin Feng spoke was like an invisible sledgehammer, smashing viciously into Qiong Xiao's heart.
Each word broke her out in a cold sweat, leaving her limbs icy cold.
The array techniques she had always been proud of, the means she relied on to survive, were riddled with flaws and laughably foolish in Lin Feng's eyes.
Yet Qiong Xiao could not summon even the slightest anger at being humiliated.
Because she knew that everything Lin Feng said was right!
Moreover, he had clearly used the simplest, most straightforward language, yet what he explained were the most profound and fundamental principles of arrays!
What was a foundation? What was an Array Core? What was essential, and what was secondary?
These obstacles she had pondered over for endless ages without understanding were instantly laid bare by Lin Feng's few casual words, leaving her utterly enlightened!
In that instant, the insight she gained was deeper and clearer than what she had gained from listening to a Saint expound the Dao for three thousand years!
This was no longer mere guidance.
This was the transmission of the Dao!
It was a supreme grace that parted the mist and pointed directly toward the Great Dao!
If her earlier submission under the pressure of life and death had still left a trace of humiliation and unwillingness at being forced into servitude,
then these few words from Lin Feng, surpassing even a Saint's teachings, completely shattered the last remnant of pride in her heart—the pride of a "Golden Immortal Great Being."
Qiong Xiao stared blankly at the man before her, the shock in her heart beyond description.
A few casual pointers had surpassed a Saint's teachings.
Th-this man... was he truly only as simple as a Saint?
A thought she had never dared entertain before began to grow and spread wildly within her.
She understood.
What kind of heaven-defying opportunity had she encountered?
What the man before her had given her was a broad path to the Great Dao, something she had never even dared dream of before!
To follow an existence like him, even as nothing more than a maid, was a blessing Qiong Xiao could only have earned by exhausting the fortune of countless ages!
Once she understood all this, every grievance, unwillingness, and humiliation in Qiong Xiao's heart transformed into overwhelming relief and wild joy.
She accepted this title of "Master"!
Wholeheartedly and sincerely!
Within just a few breaths, Qiong Xiao's gaze underwent a complete transformation.
The last traces of struggle and confusion faded away, replaced by an unprecedented clarity, resolve, and fervor.
She suddenly pulled free of Lin Feng's arm.
Lin Feng's brow lifted slightly at the movement, thinking she was about to cause more trouble.
But in the next moment, Qiong Xiao's actions surprised even him.
The peerless immortal maiden, who had just been filled with unwillingness, actually stepped back and solemnly straightened the disheveled immortal dress still stained with blood.
Every movement was filled with ritualistic gravity.
It was as though she were preparing to meet a supreme monarch.
Then, under Lin Feng's amused gaze, Qiong Xiao's knees gave way, and she bowed gracefully toward him with a reverence she had never shown before.
Her snow-white skirt spread across the ground like a blooming lotus.
She lowered her head, her soft hair falling over and concealing that breathtakingly beautiful face capable of toppling nations, revealing only a stretch of fair, elegant neck.
"Qiong Xiao greets Master."
Her cool, melodious voice came from near the ground, carrying a faint tremble from surviving calamity, but even more than that, sincerity and reverence from the depths of her soul.
"Thank you, Master, for saving my life and granting me the Grace of Rebirth."
This time, there was no longer the slightest reluctance or falsehood in her tone.
That word, "Master," was spoken willingly and naturally.
Lin Feng looked at Qiong Xiao kneeling at his feet, and a satisfied curve formed at his lips.
Good. This was what his first maid should be like.
He did not make Qiong Xiao kneel for long.
The sight of a top-tier Goddess kneeling before him was certainly pleasing to the eye, but having her remain on her knees would be a waste of such beauty.
Lin Feng stepped forward, bent down, and reached out his hand.
His warm palm gently clasped Qiong Xiao's fair wrist, which was somewhat cool and smooth from blood loss. With a slight pull, he lifted her from the ground.
The touch beneath his fingers was as delicate as the finest warm jade, making it hard to let go.
Qiong Xiao clearly had not expected Lin Feng to help her up personally. Struck by the warmth of his masculine presence, her delicate body trembled faintly on its own, while an unusual numbness spread from her wrist through her entire body.
She instinctively wanted to pull away, but did not dare. She could only allow Lin Feng to hold her, her entire body nearly pressed against his chest.
"You..."
Qiong Xiao had just raised her head, about to say something, when Lin Feng suddenly leaned close to her ear.
Warm breath, carrying a faint scent that unsettled her heart, brushed across the pale, crystalline curve of her ear.
Qiong Xiao's body instantly stiffened.
Then Lin Feng's magnetic voice, carrying an unquestionable dominance, slipped into her ear like a spell.
"Remember your identity."
"From now on, you need not stand on so much ceremony before me."
Boom!
Qiong Xiao's mind buzzed, turning completely blank.
That warm breath seemed to carry some strange magic. Her pale earlobes were instantly stained with an alluring blush that quickly spread toward her cheeks.
A heat unlike anything she had ever known rose from the deepest part of her heart, making her Dao heart, dormant for hundreds of millions of years, pound madly like a startled deer for the first time.
It beat even harder than when she had learned that Lin Feng might be a Saint.
After speaking, Lin Feng released her hand and watched her at his leisure.
Seeing her flushed cheeks, shy eyes, and adorable look of helpless confusion, the smile at Lin Feng's lips deepened.
Training a lofty Goddess was indeed far more interesting than simple fighting and killing.
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