The moment Qiong Xiao's knees slammed heavily into the ground, the instant she desperately hugged Lin Feng's thigh and cried out her first word, that cold, familiar mechanical voice rang out in Lin Feng's mind with perfect precision.
[Ding!] [New mission triggered: Rescue maidservant candidate number two—Bi Xiao.] [Mission details: Bi Xiao, elder sister of maidservant Qiong Xiao, accidentally entered the Ancient Cave Mansion of Golden Ao Island in the East Sea and is trapped in grave danger. Host, proceed to the rescue immediately.] [Mission reward: Unlock Maidservant Slot number two, obtain all of maidservant Bi Xiao's abilities, and receive 5,000 system points.]
Lin Feng lowered his eyelids slightly, concealing the amused glint in his eyes.
Maidservant candidate number two?
Bi Xiao?
The system's timing was truly impeccable.
He had only just completely subdued the younger sister, Qiong Xiao, and it had immediately arranged the elder sister's matter.
This buy-one-get-one-free service was rather considerate.
Unlocking Maidservant Slot number two meant his strength would experience another leap forward.
What was Bi Xiao's most famous magic treasure?
The Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.
It was a terrifying weapon refined from two ancient Flood Dragons, incomparably sharp, daring enough to cut even a Saint's Dharma Body.
Once he took her as a maidservant, that deadly weapon would effectively fall into his hands.
And those 5,000 points were no small reward either.
Lin Feng's gaze slowly shifted downward, settling on the peerless immortal maiden at his feet, who was crying so hard that her entire body trembled and she was nearly fainting.
Qiong Xiao clung tightly to his thigh. Her breathtakingly beautiful face was streaked with tears and bloodshot veins, and all the aloofness and pride she had once possessed as one of the Three Immortal Maidens of the Interception Sect had vanished, leaving only raw humility and pleading.
She pressed her forehead tightly against Lin Feng's trouser leg as though it were some heavenly pillar she could rely upon.
"Master... please... please save my sister..."
"Qiong Xiao is willing to do anything for Master! Even if I must serve as an ox or horse, become a slave or maid, and never be reborn, I am willing!"
The young woman's hoarse cries echoed through the empty cave, filled with despair.
Watching her like this, Lin Feng felt no ripple in his heart. He even found it a little amusing.
That was more like it.
If one begged for help, one should have the proper attitude.
He slowly extended his hand, but rather than helping her up, he merely patted her trembling fragrant shoulder lightly with two fingers.
The motion was gentle, yet it seemed to carry some strange magic.
Qiong Xiao's emotions, which had been on the verge of collapse, were instantly soothed as though by an invisible hand, and her sobs came to an abrupt halt.
She raised her head blankly, her tear-filled eyes fixed on Lin Feng like a lost lamb.
Lin Feng looked down at her. His voice remained as calm as ever, neither loud nor forceful, yet it carried a power capable of stilling heaven and earth.
"Get up."
Those simple two words made Qiong Xiao's body shudder violently.
Lin Feng's next words followed at once.
"Your sister's matter is my matter."
Boom!
It was like a divine decree from Above the Nine Heavens, or the proclamation of the Great Dao itself.
Those words became a warm torrent that instantly swept away all the coldness and despair in Qiong Xiao's heart, leaving her utterly stunned where she knelt.
I... what did I just hear?
Master said... my sister's matter is his matter?
He agreed?
He agreed so casually...?
Overwhelming joy erupted through Qiong Xiao's limbs and bones like a volcano, and warmth surged once more through the body that had gone cold from grief.
She even forgot to stand, remaining foolishly kneeling on the ground with her head tilted up, staring blankly at Lin Feng as tears spilled down her cheeks again beyond her control.
Only this time, they were no longer tears of despair, but tears of surviving a calamity, of excitement and endless gratitude.
"Master..."
Her lips parted, but her throat seemed blocked by something. She could not utter a single word, only make soft sobbing sounds.
"Still not getting up?"
Lin Feng's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"Yes! Yes!"
As though waking from a dream, Qiong Xiao hurriedly scrambled to her feet. She did not even bother wiping the tears from her face, so excited that her words came out in a jumble.
"Master! Golden Ao Island is deep within the East Sea! Let's leave now! I'll lead the way for you!"
She was frantic with worry, wishing she could fly to Bi Xiao's side immediately.
As she spoke, she began circulating her Immortal Essence, preparing to transform into a streak of light and rush out of the cave.
However, Lin Feng remained where he was without moving.
Seeing Qiong Xiao's frantic appearance, he merely shook his head gently and uttered two words.
"Too slow."
"Huh?"
Qiong Xiao froze abruptly.
She turned around, her face filled with confusion and disbelief.
Too slow?
With her Golden Immortal cultivation, she could cross ten thousand miles in a single breath by driving her escape light at full force. That was already among the fastest speeds in the Primordial World.
Yet Master still thought it was too slow?
Could there be an even faster method of travel?
The instant that thought flashed through Qiong Xiao's mind, she witnessed a scene she would never forget for all eternity.
Lin Feng casually, even somewhat lazily, raised his right hand.
No Immortal Essence surged forth, no laws intertwined, and there was no earth-shaking aura.
He simply extended his hand and lightly swiped at the empty space ahead as though tearing a sheet of paper.
Riiip—
A faint tearing sound, almost too soft to hear, rang out.
The incomparably sturdy space before Qiong Xiao, which could not be shaken in the slightest even by a Golden Immortal's full-force strike, actually... split apart.
Yes, it split apart.
Like a fine bolt of sky-blue silk, it was cleanly cut down the middle by an invisible pair of divine scissors.
A pitch-black, bottomless rift that seemed capable of swallowing all light appeared out of thin air within the cave.
There was not the slightest spatial storm at the edges of the rift. They were as smooth as a mirror.
Through that black rift, Qiong Xiao could even clearly hear familiar waves crashing from the other side.
Splash... splash...
She could also smell the salty, fresh scent of the sea breeze.
On the other side was the East Sea!
Qiong Xiao's mind buzzed, turning completely blank.
Her already large and beautiful eyes widened as she stared fixedly at the spatial rift. Her mouth hung open unconsciously, and even her breathing stopped.
What... was this technique?
Tearing space apart?
No!
This was not tearing space apart at all!
So-called tearing space apart meant forcibly smashing through the Spatial Barrier with brute force, triggering violent spatial turbulence. Forget traveling through it—even approaching it would result in being ground into dust.
But where was there even the slightest trace of violence in Master's move?
He was like the ruler of this world, the master of this space.
He was not "breaking" space, but "opening" a door!
A door that could lead to any corner of the Primordial World!
What kind of terrifying realm was this?
What kind of heaven-defying divine ability was this?
A Saint!
Even a Saint proficient in the Space Laws would need to locate the destination in advance, form hand seals, chant incantations, and expend tremendous magical power to open a stable spatial passage.
But what about Master?
He had merely made a casual swipe!
It was as effortless as an ordinary mortal pushing open the gate to his own courtyard!
At that moment, Qiong Xiao felt her Worldview completely overturned, then ground into the finest dust.
Everything she had once understood about the word "powerful" appeared so laughable and so pale and powerless before Lin Feng's casual swipe.
Just as her mind was reeling and she was nearly suffocating, a warm, powerful hand wrapped around her slender waist.
An irresistible force pulled her from the ground.
Qiong Xiao's body stiffened, and she instinctively wanted to struggle. But when she saw Lin Feng's profile so close at hand, still as indifferent as water, every thought vanished.
Her mind abandoned all thought as she allowed Lin Feng to hold her and lead her toward that black rift opening onto an endless abyss.
"Let's go."
Lin Feng's calm voice sounded beside her ear.
The next second, their figures stepped into the spatial rift and vanished instantly.
As they disappeared, the black rift quietly sealed itself as though it had never existed.
The cave returned to dead silence.
It was as though the scene that had been enough to overturn all understanding of the Primordial World had only been an illusory dream.
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