165: The Fairy's Contract of Indenture

The night in the Black Wind Mining Area was even colder than the Far North Wasteland of the Lower Realm.

There was no tenderness here, only the clanging of iron pickaxes hitting the ore veins and the sharp crack of overseers' whips tearing through the air. As the aftershocks of that punch, which shattered a Human Immortal overseer, spread, the originally suppressed mining pit finally exploded like a pot of boiling oil.

Those "black miners," whose eyes were bloodshot from exploitation, witnessed a shocking scene like the fall of a god. The last trace of animalistic nature in their hearts was ignited, and they lunged frantically at the female overseers who were usually so arrogant.

Wails, sinister laughter, and the roar of exploding Spells echoed in the abyss.

Lin Chen stood at the center of the chaos, his dark gold eyes coldly scanning the crowd fighting like wild dogs. He didn't have the compassionate sentiment of a savior to lead this group of failures to break out of their cage. On his chessboard, the only variable was the shivering girl in his arms.

"My Lord... save... save me, they're going to sell me to the Hehuan Pavilion..."

Yun Xi lay limp on the stone couch, her tattered hemp clothes unable to cover her breathtakingly snowy skin. Not only was her Divine Soul damaged, but her Meridians were also blocked by a potent poison called "Immortal-Dissolving Powder." Without Lin Chen's overbearing Dragon Qi to suppress it, she would have already become a fallen leaf drifting in the wind of this chaos.

Lin Chen reached out and forcibly grabbed her pointed chin, his gaze cutting across her face like a blade—a face that remained peerless and world-toppling even when covered in filth.

"Save you?" Lin Chen sneered, his fingertips applying slight pressure to her collarbone, leaving a red mark. "In the Immortal Realm, Ascenders are worth less than dogs. What do you have to beg me to save you?"

Yun Xi winced in pain, her Phoenix-like eyes filled with tears. Yet, under that suffocating pressure, she had to puff out her chest, trying to maintain the last bit of her ridiculous dignity: "I... my name is Yun Xi, the Sect Master of the Yunmiao Sect in the Immortal Domain! Although my Sect was wiped out by enemies half a month ago, I hold the secret route to the Central Heaven Domain! As long as... as long as you can take me out, the Yunmiao Sect's Legacy will all be yours!"

"A Sect Master with no subordinates?" Lin Chen scoffed, his large hand suddenly sliding down and pressing against her flat, firm lower abdomen. "Or a stray dog who owes the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion three thousand High Grade Immortal Stones and was captured to pay off the debt?"

Yun Xi's delicate body trembled violently; all her pride collapsed in an instant. It was true that because the Sect owed a massive high-interest loan, she had been captured by those profit-seeking merchant associations and brought to this sunless mining area.

"You... how do you know..."

Lin Chen didn't answer. Instead, he pulled out a fist-sized crystal from his robes that emitted a five-colored auspicious Qi.

This was exactly the [Nine Heavens Soil Ore Core] buried deep within the pit that the System had just detected.

"Take me away from this dead land and get me a legal identity as an Immortal Citizen." Lin Chen casually tossed the ore core—something enough to drive Human Immortals or even Earth Immortals into a frenzy—between his fingers. "Is this thing enough to pay off your debt?"

Yun Xi's eyes were fixed on the ore core, and she swallowed hard. In this abyss where poverty and hunger intertwined, the so-called character of a Fairy was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper in the face of absolute wealth.

"It's enough... not only to pay the debt but even to rebuild a third-rate Sect..." Her voice became hoarse, and the look she gave Lin Chen gradually shifted from wariness to a nearly humble hope.

"But, I don't trust you."

Lin Chen suddenly leaned in, his violent aura pinning Yun Xi firmly against the withered grass on the stone couch. He extended his index finger, and a cluster of dark gold Blood Soul Fire ignited at the tip.

"Sign a [Divine Soul Contract]. From now on, your life, your Sect, and even every inch of your skin belong to me. If you resist, your Divine Soul will be extinguished."

Yun Xi bit her pale lips, looking at Lin Chen who was inches away. This barbarian who had "smuggled" himself up from the Lower Realm possessed a dominance and confidence she had never seen in any man of the Immortal Realm. In this desperate situation, this power actually gave her broken heart a twisted sense of security.

"Yun Xi... is willing to be driven by my Lord."

She closed her eyes tremblingly, letting Lin Chen's finger, carrying the Blood Soul Fire, press heavily onto her smooth, fair forehead.

"Buzz—!"

The moment the contract was formed, an invisible shackle bound their fates tightly together. Yun Xi felt a scalding power with the aura of a Dominator flood into her Sea of Consciousness, stamping her Soul with Lin Chen's Soul Imprint... "Boom!"

A violent explosion came from the direction of the Mine Owner's Mansion; it was the rioting miners triggering the destruction Formation.

"Go!"

Lin Chen grabbed Yun Xi's waist, which was slender enough to be held in one hand. With a tap of his toes, he turned into a streak of dark gold light, breaking through the roof of the stone house and weaving frantically through the gaps left by countless stray arrows and residual Spells.

Several heavy Ore-transporting Flying Boats were docked at the Black Wind Mining Area's port. Lin Chen landed in front of the most luxurious one, shattered the three guards blocking his way with a palm strike, and then threw Yun Xi into the hatch.

"Sit tight and lead the way!"

Lin Chen stood at the control console and slammed Human Sovereign Blood Qi into it. Driven by Lin Chen's unreasonable violence, the flying boat, which originally required several Cultivators to operate together, let out an overburdened roar and forcibly tore through the mining area's blocking light screen, shooting into the vast, boundless starry sky like an arrow from a bow.

Yun Xi leaned against the cabin window, watching the nightmarish mining area shrink rapidly in her vision until it turned into a black dot.

She turned her head and looked at Lin Chen, whose back was as grand as a mountain range as he operated the flying boat, and a tidal wave of shock rose in her heart. Was this man really just an Ascender from the Lower Realm?

...The flying boat entered a stable flight state, and the automatic route was locked.

Inside the cabin, the originally tense atmosphere became extremely suggestive in the aftermath of their narrow escape. Due to the frantic flight just now, Yun Xi's already tattered hemp clothes had completely fallen apart. Large patches of skin as delicate as mutton-fat jade were exposed to the air, trembling slightly with the vibration of the boat.

"Come here."

Lin Chen sat on the large main seat, his voice deep and carrying an unquestionable authority.

Yun Xi's body trembled. She knew that after handing over her Divine Soul, it was time to settle the "account." She moved her long, slender legs, and with every step, her toes, curled from shyness, appeared exceptionally striking.

She knelt at Lin Chen's feet, her head lowered. Her waterfall-like long hair draped down, perfectly covering the breathtaking curve of her chest, yet making this attempt at concealment even more lethal.

"My Lord..."

"Take them off. I don't like looking at these rags," Lin Chen spoke coldly, his gaze like burning iron tongs.

Yun Xi bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes. As the successor of a Sect Master from a major Sect, when had she ever suffered such humiliation? Yet, under the pull of the Divine Soul Contract, her body honestly produced a sense of transgressive excitement.

She extended her trembling fingers and bit by bit removed the last piece of cloth covering her shame.

When that nearly translucent body, emitting the unique fragrance of the Chaos Immortal Physique, was fully revealed before Lin Chen, the air in the cabin seemed to stop flowing.

Yun Xi had an excellent figure. Having practiced the Dao of the sword for a long time, her waist was straight and supple, shimmering with an alluring luster under the light of the Immortal Stone lamps.

"Is this your sincerity in begging for help?"

Lin Chen waved his hand and pulled her directly into his arms.

"Ah—!"

Yun Xi let out a short cry of surprise. When her cool back touched Lin Chen's chest, which was as hot as burning coal, the Chaos Immortal Physique within her seemed to receive an ultimate nourishment and began to let out bursts of longing roars.

"My Lord... please... be gentler..."

He leaned down and bit hard behind Yun Xi's sensitive earlobe.

"Yun Xi, remember this taste. From now on, whether you are a Sect Master or a Fairy, in front of me, you have only one identity."

Lin Chen suddenly pinned her down on the cold metal plate of the control console.

"And that is, a Private Slave for my amusement and to expand my territory."

Amidst the roar of the flying boat traversing the sea of stars, Yun Xi's beautiful and plaintive cries echoed throughout the cabin.

The stars receded outside the window, and this absurd play called "Master and Servant" had only just begun.

[Congratulations, host! You have completely bound the Immortal Realm's Daughter of Luck: Yun Xi!] [Current Relationship: Absolute Submission (Indenture)!] [Reward Obtained: Ascender Legal Identity Forgery Technique! Obtained Immortal Realm Currency: 10,000 High Grade Immortal Stones!] [Next Goal: Arrive at the Central Heaven Domain and rebuild the Yunmiao Sect! Turn the Sect into your first harem base in the Immortal Realm! ]