"Your maidservants Shen Rong, Shen Tang, Shen... pay our respects, young master. Thank you for saving our lives and granting us the chance to slay our enemies with our own hands.
"We are willing to follow you for the rest of our lives, serving as your oxen and horses to repay this kindness!"
Shen Rong, Shen Tang, and the other two women dropped to their knees before Long Ji, who stood surrounded by the others. Their heads nearly touched the floor, hiding their expressions.
"Open your souls and your hearts. Let me plant Servant Marks, and follow us from now on."
Long Ji showed no softness either. Clusters of light from Servant Marks flickered in his hand.
"We will open our soul defenses and our hearts at once!"
Shen Rong and the others obeyed without hesitation. Their hearts had already turned to dead ashes; they had thought they would die here in humiliation today.
They had never expected the winding mountain path to open onto salvation, much less a chance to kill their enemies themselves. This was already an immense blessing.
Having already wished for death, all they wanted now was to repay this kindness. Naturally, they would not refuse Long Ji and Youmeng's Servant Marks.
Long Ji planted Servant Marks in all four women, then casually tossed four sets of clothes and several healing pills before them, saying softly:
"Put on your clothes first, then heal your injuries. There will be places for you to put your strength to use!"
Judging by their bone age, Shen Rong and the others were not particularly old, only around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, yet they had already reached the eighth level of the Great Vehicle Realm.
That was already exceptionally good aptitude. After all, someone like the Ox Demon had cultivated for