Target Golden Ao Island, Depart

The moment Qiong Xiao's knees heavily struck the ground, the moment she desperately clutched Lin Feng's thigh and cried out the first word, a cold, familiar mechanical voice sounded in Lin Feng's mind with perfect precision.

[Ding!]

[New Quest Triggered: Rescue Candidate Maidservant #2 – Bi Xiao.]

[Quest Details: Maidservant Qiong Xiao's elder sister, Bi Xiao, has entered the ancient Eastern Sea cave dwelling 'Golden Ao Island' by mistake and is in grave danger. Host, please proceed to rescue her immediately.]

[Quest Reward: Unlock Maidservant Slot #2, obtain all abilities of Maidservant Bi Xiao, 5,000 System Points.]

Lin Feng's eyelids slightly lowered, concealing a flicker of amusement in his eyes.

Candidate Maidservant #2?

Bi Xiao?

The System's reaction speed was truly impeccable.

Just as he had completely subdued the younger sister, Qiong Xiao, it immediately arranged for the elder sister.

This buy-one-get-one service was quite thoughtful.

Unlocking Maidservant Slot #2 meant his strength would once again experience a leap.

What was Bi Xiao's most famous Magic Treasure?

The Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.

That was a great weapon forged from two ancient flood dragons, incredibly sharp, daring to even shear through a Sage's Dharma body.

Once he took her as a maidservant, this fearsome weapon would effectively be in his hands.

And those five thousand Points were also a considerable income.

Lin Feng's gaze slowly shifted downwards, landing on the beautiful immortal who was trembling all over and on the verge of fainting at his feet.

Qiong Xiao clutched his thigh tightly. Her face, capable of toppling nations, was now covered in tear tracks and bloodstains. The former coldness and pride of the Sanxiao Fairies of the Intercepting Sect were completely gone, leaving only the most primal humility and pleading.

She pressed her forehead tightly against Lin Feng's trouser leg, as if it were a divine pillar or a sacred mountain she could rely on.

"Master… please… please save my sister…"

"Qiong Xiao is willing to do anything for Master! Even if it means being a beast of burden, a slave, or a servant, never to be reborn, I will willingly do it!"

The girl's hoarse cries echoed in the empty cave, filled with despair.

Lin Feng looked at her appearance without any emotion, even feeling a slight urge to laugh.

This is more like it.

When you beg someone, you should have the attitude of someone begging.

He slowly extended his hand, but did not help her up. Instead, he gently patted her trembling, delicate shoulders with two fingers.

The movement was light, yet it seemed to carry a peculiar demonic power.

Qiong Xiao's almost collapsed emotions were instantly soothed by an invisible large hand, and her cries abruptly stopped.

She raised her head blankly, looking at Lin Feng with tear-filled, blurry eyes, like a lost lamb.

Lin Feng looked down at her, his voice still calm, not loud, yet carrying a power that could make heaven and earth stand still.

"Get up."

These three simple words made Qiong Xiao's body tremble violently.

Lin Feng's next sentence followed immediately.

"Your sister's matter is my matter."

Boom!

It was like a divine decree from the highest heavens, or a declaration of the Great Dao's profound sound.

This sentence was like a warm torrent, instantly washing away all the coldness and despair in Qiong Xiao's heart, leaving her completely stunned.

What… what did I hear?

Master said… his sister's matter is his matter?

He agreed?

He agreed so casually…

Immense joy erupted like a volcanic eruption, instantly sweeping through Qiong Xiao's limbs and bones. Her body, cold from extreme sorrow, surged with a hot, warm current at this moment.

She even forgot to get up, just knelt there foolishly, looking up at Lin Feng with a dazed expression. Tears uncontrollably streamed down her face again.

However, this time, the tears were no longer of despair, but of the excitement of surviving a disaster and boundless gratitude.

"Master…"

She opened her mouth, but her throat felt blocked by something. She could only let out a choked sob.

"Aren't you getting up yet?"

Lin Feng's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

"Yes! Yes!"

Qiong Xiao jolted awake as if from a dream. She scrambled to her feet, flustered, not bothering to wipe the tears from her face. Excitement made her words tumble out incoherently.

"Master! Golden Ao Island is deep in the East Sea! Let's depart immediately! I'll lead the way for you!"

Her heart was ablaze with urgency, wishing she could fly to Bi Xiao's side at once.

As she spoke, she prepared to channel her Immortal Essence and transform into a streak of light to rush out of the cave.

However, Lin Feng remained standing still.

He looked at Qiong Xiao's frantic demeanor and simply shook his head gently, uttering two words.

"Too slow."

"Huh?"

Qiong Xiao's movements froze abruptly.

She turned her head back, her face filled with confusion and bewilderment.

Too slow?

With her Golden Immortal cultivation, her full-powered escape light could traverse ten thousand miles in a single breath. This was already one of the fastest speeds in the Primordial World.

And yet, Master still found it slow?

Was there an even faster way to travel?

The instant this thought flashed through Qiong Xiao's mind, she witnessed a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life.

Lin Feng casually, almost lazily, raised his right hand.

There was no surge of Immortal Essence, no interweaving of Laws, and no earth-shattering aura.

He simply extended his hand, as if tearing a piece of paper, and made a light swipe through the void ahead.

Screeeech--

A faint tearing sound, almost inaudible, rang out.

The space before Qiong Xiao, which was incredibly solid and could not be shaken even by a full-powered strike from a Golden Immortal, had... cracked open.

Yes, it had cracked open.

It was like a piece of fine, sky-blue silk being neatly sliced open from the middle by an invisible divine pair of scissors.

A dark, deep rift, as if capable of swallowing all light, appeared out of nowhere in the cave.

The edges of the rift were perfectly smooth, like a mirror, with no spatial storms whatsoever.

Through the dark rift, Qiong Xiao could even clearly hear the familiar sound of ocean tides coming from the other side.

Whoosh... whoosh...

She could also smell a fresh, salty sea breeze.

The other side was the East Sea!

Qiong Xiao's mind went blank, buzzing like a struck gong.

She widened her already large and beautiful eyes, staring intently at the spatial rift, her mouth hanging open unconsciously, her breathing ceasing at that moment.

What... kind of technique was this?

Tearing space?

No!

This wasn't tearing space at all!

So-called space-tearing involved forcefully breaking through spatial barriers with brute force, which would trigger violent spatial turbulence. Not only could one not traverse it, but even getting close would result in being ground into dust.

But where were the traces of violence in Master's move?

He was like the master of this world, the owner of this space.

He wasn't "breaking" space; he was "opening" a door!

An arbitrary door leading to any corner of the Primordial World!

What terrifying realm was this?

What heaven-defying Spiritual Power was this?

A Sage!

Even a Sage proficient in spatial Laws would need to pre-determine the location, perform incantations, and expend great magical power to open a stable spatial channel.

But Master?

He just made a casual swipe!

As easily and naturally as a mortal opening their courtyard gate!

Qiong Xiao felt her worldview completely shattered at that moment, then ground into the finest powder.

Her previous understanding of "power" seemed so laughable, so pale and powerless, in the face of Lin Feng's understated swipe.

Just as her heart was shaken to its core, almost suffocating, a warm and strong hand embraced her slender waist.

An irresistible force pulled her away from the ground.

Qiong Xiao's body stiffened, and she instinctively tried to struggle, but when she saw Lin Feng's profile, so close and still as calm as water, all her thoughts vanished.

Her mind gave up thinking, allowing Lin Feng to hold her as they walked towards the pitch-black rift leading to the endless abyss.

"Let's go."

Lin Feng's faint voice sounded in her ear.

The next second, the two figures stepped into the spatial rift and instantly disappeared.

As they vanished, the pitch-black rift quietly closed, as if it had never appeared.

Inside the cave, silence returned once more.

It was as if the scene that had just occurred, a scene that could overturn the understanding of the Primordial World, was merely an illusory dream.