Chen Lin watched Yuan Qing leave without any sign of worry.
Once you entrusted someone with a task, you should not doubt them.
Since he had chosen to trust Yuan Qing, there was no need to overthink it.
He glanced around his fiefdom and, out of habit, tried summoning Blind Girl and Jinlin. When neither responded, he tried summoning Hua Ruyu.
A figure flashed into view.
A woman with snow-white wings, two small dark red horns, and three petals on her brow appeared, gazing at him with a bright smile.
Hua Ruyu!
Chen Lin froze for a moment.
Then he smiled as well and teased, "You actually answered my summons this time. Now that's a rare sight."
"You've ascended to eternity?"
Hua Ruyu glanced over Chen Lin and immediately sensed the aura of eternity emanating from him. Her smile faltered.
"Hahaha, just a stroke of luck. A stroke of luck."
Chen Lin laughed heartily.
He felt as though he could finally hold his head high.
Although she was his contract servant, ever since she had reclaimed her identity as Hongming Ancestor, she had always given him a sense of oppression. He even suspected she had once intended to kill her master.
Grass had never been able to let that matter go.
Now, however, Hua Ruyu's cultivation was still at the true realm, while he had left her far behind.
Hua Ruyu's expression shifted repeatedly.
"What? Aren't you happy that your master has grown stronger?"
Chen Lin spoke with keen amusement.
In truth, he had summoned her without needing her to do anything. It had merely been an instinctive act to see whether she was still alive. He had no intention of continuing to make her serve him like a slave.
Hua Ruyu broke into a smile.
"Of course I'm happy.