Personal Maid (Please Vote, Please Follow)

"Sure~ I'll leave it to you."

As soon as Xiao Feng finished speaking, he swung himself out of bed, walked over to the wooden table, and sat down. His gaze at Qing Lin was full of encouragement.

"Splash, splash..."

Qing Lin took a somewhat nervous deep breath. Imitating the other maids, she soaked a towel in the water and carefully began wiping Xiao Feng's face with it.

Just as Qing Lin was focused on wiping Xiao Feng's cheeks, she noticed that he was staring intently at something.

Subconsciously following his gaze, Qing Lin realized that her sleeve had come loose, revealing several faintly visible green snake scales.

Her adorable little face instantly turned deathly pale. She hurriedly used the towel in her hand to cover the scales, her delicate body trembling slightly as she repeatedly apologized in a tearful voice, "S-Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you."

Seeing Qing Lin's pitiful appearance, Xiao Feng sighed inwardly and reached out to pat her little head. "Silly girl, you don't need to feel guilty. I just thought the scales on your arm were beautiful, so I couldn't help looking at them a few more times."

"..."

Qing Lin froze slightly. This was the first time she had heard someone say that the scales that even frightened her were beautiful.

"Y-Young Master, are you really not afraid?"

Qing Lin nervously raised her little head and looked timidly at Xiao Feng with her slightly bewitching greenish eyes.

"Of course it's true."

Xiao Feng took Qing Lin's little hand, slowly rolled up her sleeve, and gently stroked those green scales with his fingers. He said with utter sincerity, "I think these scales are beautiful, and they're really cool!"

To be honest, Xiao Feng had not been lying to Qing Lin. In the era of his previous life, people's tastes were very free.

Never mind that Qing Lin merely had some snake scales. As long as she was cute enough, even if she were half-human, half-horse or half-human, half-spider, plenty of people would still like her.

After staring into Xiao Feng's eyes for a while, Qing Lin could tell that he was serious. An unusual feeling suddenly arose within her scarred and fragile heart.

Qing Lin only felt her breathing grow hurried and her heart race. Three tiny green dots faintly emerged in her greenish eyes.

Xiao Feng suddenly asked, "By the way, I still don't know your name."

"I... I'm Qing Lin."

"Qing Lin? That's quite a nice name."

Xiao Feng softly repeated Qing Lin's name, then got straight to the point. "Why don't you follow me from now on? I happen to be lacking a personal maid."

"Ah?"

Qing Lin's little mouth fell slightly open, her face full of disbelief.

"If you're unwilling, I won't force you."

"I'm willing!"

Qing Lin hurriedly cried, "X-Xiao Feng, Young Master, I'm willing to be your maid!"

Whenever others saw the snake scales on Qing Lin's arm, they either showed frightened expressions or felt disgusted and disdainful.

Xiao Feng was the first person to praise those scales as beautiful. In Qing Lin's eyes, he was like a ray of light in the darkness. Therefore, even if she could only be his little maid, Qing Lin already felt deeply satisfied.

"Alright, then it's settled."

Xiao Feng smiled and patted Qing Lin's little head. "But once you become my personal maid, you'll have to cultivate properly from now on. Otherwise, if I plan to go somewhere dangerous, you won't be able to come with me."

"Y-Young Master, Qing Lin will cultivate diligently."

Qing Lin unconsciously clenched her little fists, her pretty face filled with determination.

"Very good. After breakfast, I'll teach you a cultivation method. Don't disappoint me~"

"Mm!"

Faced with Xiao Feng's gentle, encouraging gaze, Qing Lin nodded her little head with utmost seriousness.

After Qing Lin finished helping Xiao Feng wash up, she led him toward the dining hall.

By the time Xiao Feng arrived at the dining hall, Xiao Yi Xian and the other two had already arrived. He went straight over and sat beside Xiao Yi Xian.

Seeing that everyone had gathered, Xiao Ding hurriedly invited Xiao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian to eat breakfast. At the same time, he asked about the Xiao Family's recent situation.

Xiao Ding and the others had chosen to leave the family and seek opportunities elsewhere after Xiao Yan's cultivation talent developed problems. By now, they had been away from the Xiao Family for over two years.

Although Xiao Ding and the others exchanged letters with Xiao Zhan every so often, the information contained in letters was limited and certainly not as detailed as what Xiao Feng could tell them.

Under Xiao Ding and the others' curious questioning, Xiao Feng roughly recounted what had happened to the Xiao Family over the past two years. He then asked about their experiences in Stone Desert City over the years.

Since the three Xiao brothers had not seen each other for many years, they had plenty to talk about. This breakfast did not end until more than two hours had passed.

From Xiao Ding and the others' conversation, Xiao Feng also gained a fairly detailed understanding of the distribution of forces within Stone Desert City.

There were dozens of mercenary groups of all sizes in Stone Desert City, but only three had Dou Shi experts overseeing them: the Sand Mercenary Group, the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, and the Storm Mercenary Group.

Among them, the Sand Mercenary Group was widely recognized as the strongest because its leader, Luo Bu, was a Two Star Dou Shi.

Unfortunately, aside from Luo Bu, the Sand Mercenary Group had only one vice leader who was a Dou Shi. All its other members were merely Dou Zhe.

Although the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and the Storm Mercenary Group had no Dou Shi experts, they had more Dou Shi than the Sand Mercenary Group.

To prevent themselves from being swallowed up by the Sand Mercenary Group, the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and the Storm Mercenary Group had formed an alliance, creating the current three-way balance of power.

After understanding Stone Desert City's current situation, Xiao Feng also began considering helping Xiao Ding and the others unify the city.

According to Xiao Feng's original plan, he would spend around half a year training in the Tagor Desert.

During that time, Xiao Feng needed to search for Storm Land, as well as the traces of various poisonous creatures and snake-type magical beasts. He would inevitably need quite a few people.

Rather than having Xiao Feng establish a new force from scratch, it would be easier to help Xiao Ding and the others strengthen the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.

However, there was no need to rush this matter. Xiao Feng planned to first accompany Xiao Yi Xian around Stone Desert City for a couple of days, guide Qing Lin onto the path of cultivation, and then begin handling serious business.

After breakfast, Xiao Feng brought Qing Lin back to cultivate and taught her the most basic Breathing Technique.

Those who had just begun cultivating Dou Qi were unable to cultivate a cultivation technique during the Dou Qi stage. They could only practice the most basic Breathing Technique, simply drawing the Dou Qi contained within heaven and earth into their bodies.

Qing Lin's cultivation talent was exceptional. In less than half an hour, she had mastered the Breathing Technique Xiao Feng taught her and could begin cultivating on her own.