52: Chapter 52 After the kidnapping, they went to extort money.

Zixia was facing off against Kunkun, having no time for anything else, but her heart was already in turmoil.

"Which imperial weapon is this? Why have I never heard of it?!"

Amidst her confusion, the golden light descended, and she was suppressed without exception.

The power of the purple-azure holy sword was also completely suppressed, and it fell to the side.

"What kind of Cultivator are you? From the Central Plains or the Northern Border? How can you be carrying an extreme dao imperial weapon!"

"Does Fellow Daoist not know that in the Primordial Continent, it is a great taboo to bring an imperial weapon into other regions?"

...

Jiang Yunyi, An Wuyun, and the others were all suppressed, unable to move even an inch, with only their mouths still able to chatter.

Of course, this was Lin Bei's intentional doing.

He ignored them and walked straight up to Zixia, looking at this famous Goddess of the Eastern Desolate with a smirk.

At such a close distance, Zixia saw Lin Bei's eyes clearly for the first time.

"You!?" Her eyes shook violently; none of the incredible things Lin Bei had done were as intense as this single moment.

How could she ever forget these eyes?

Months ago, her first kiss had been snatched away by a Cultivator in front of everyone.

Her always calm Heart-Nature had been rippled at that time.

At that moment, she had locked eyes with these very same eyes!

Holy crap! Was I recognized?

Lin Bei's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked away, his gaze falling on the purple-azure holy sword nearby.

"Don't touch it!" Zixia noticed his gaze and appeared very nervous.

"Tsk! Fairy, have you not realized your situation? Now even you are my trophy, let alone this sword..."

Lin Bei couldn't be bothered with her. He picked up the holy sword and pulled it slightly.

"Zheng!" The holy sword was pulled out half an inch.

"Stop!"

This time, it wasn't Zixia's voice, but An Wuyun's from afar.

Lin Bei casually picked up a stone and threw it hard at An Wuyun.

"Are you trying to show off? This isn't even your sword, why are you shouting?"

An Wuyun was hit until his face was bruised and swollen, and he didn't dare say another word.

The other Saints looked at the two with strange expressions.

"Zheng!!" Another sword ring, and this time the purple-azure holy sword was completely drawn.

Lin Bei swung it around a couple of times. "Hmm... it's average!"

Zixia's expression was complex, and hearing those words made her grit her teeth!

This was a Saint Weapon! And it received an "average" evaluation?

But then she thought about how this guy carried an extreme dao imperial weapon with him, and she felt it was somewhat normal.

Luo Qingcheng and the Lunar Jade Rabbit finished playing and came over, only to freeze in place upon seeing this scene.

Oh... she was so busy playing that she forgot about this!

"What's wrong, little maid?" Lin Bei couldn't help but ask.

"That... Fairy Zixia said a long time ago that whoever could snatch the purple-azure holy sword from her hand and draw it... she... she would marry them!"

Shing! Lin Bei reacted extremely quickly, slamming the sword back into its scabbard!

He said with a straight face, "Fairy Zixia, it's a misunderstanding! In fact, I didn't snatch the sword from your hand; I picked it up from the ground, right?"

Zixia just wanted to bite someone right now!

What did he mean? He didn't want her to marry him that much?? Was he looking down on her???

Lin Bei didn't want to be sentenced to a life of marriage for no reason. After speaking, he threw the purple-azure holy sword to Luo Qingcheng.

Then he walked over to the suppressed Saints and sent the still-unconscious Wang Xiao flying into the net with a kick, making the other Saints' eyelids twitch.

"Don't worry!" Lin Bei looked at them. "Fellow Daoist Wang's body is inconvenient, so I'm just helping him. You few, get in yourselves..."

As he spoke, he released the suppression on them.

The five Saints regained their freedom, but they couldn't muster any heart for resistance and obediently entered the net.

When it was Jiang Yunyi's turn, he suddenly stopped and cupped his fists toward Lin Bei.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I wonder what your intention is for tying us all up?"

Lin Bei had a fairly good impression of this person and gave a light smile. "Fellow Daoist Jiang has presumably never kidnapped anyone before?"

Jiang Yunyi was stunned. What kind of question was that?

He then gave a bitter smile. "I suppose only Fellow Daoist Lin could pull off such a grand scheme..."

Lin Bei was too lazy to think about the deeper meaning of his words and gave him a lesson. "After a successful kidnapping, the next step is ransom! Learn from this!"

"Ransom?" Jiang Yunyi was taken aback.

"Alright, alright, get in!" Lin Bei didn't give him another chance to speak.

Soon, only Zixia was left on the other side.

"Fairy Zixia, please. Don't worry, I'll even give you a private room!"

As he spoke, Lin Bei separated another small net and cast it toward Zixia.

"Wait... wait a moment..."

Zixia dropped her previously indifferent personality and spoke somewhat weakly.

Lin Bei paused his movements.

"Why don't the two of them have to go in?" Zixia looked at Luo Qingcheng and Qin Xiaobo.

"Them? They chose to be my maids, so of course it's different!"

"Then... then I'll be a maid too!" Zixia said after a moment of hesitation.

"You?" Lin Bei looked at her strangely. "What can you do?"

"I... I can Cultivate!" Zixia thought for a while before speaking hesitantly.

Pfft... Lin Bei couldn't help but laugh. "As if there's anyone who can't Cultivate!"

"My maid Qingcheng is clever and skillful; she can massage shoulders and legs!"

"And my maid Xiaobo has a big... cough, superb medical skills. You have to tell me something you can do that others can't!"

"Something I can do that others can't?" Zixia frowned.

It seemed that besides being better-looking, having better Aptitude, and having a more noble status, she really didn't have anything to show for herself.

Lin Bei shook his head. "See? You don't have any special life skills. What would I want you as a maid for? So, just get in there!"

"I... I..." Zixia really wanted to cry. She was rejected for marriage, and now she was even being rejected as a maid!

"I can pick tea!" Finally, she gritted her teeth and blurted out this sentence.

Luo Qingcheng covered her face, worried about this Goddess's IQ.

You could have made up anything more useful than that!

Unexpectedly, Lin Bei's eyes lit up.

"Really?"

Seeing a chance, Zixia quickly explained.

"Really! My grandfather has a tea garden on Mount Wuyi in the Eastern Desolate! I often go to help him pick tea!"

These words...

Sounded very reliable!

Lin Bei grabbed her, and they instantly disappeared.

In the Portable Space, in the area where the enlightenment tea garden was located.

Lin Bei appeared with Zixia.

"Just right, I have a tea garden that needs harvesting now. I'll leave it to you!"

Zixia was overjoyed.

Did she actually get lucky? This was great; she didn't have to be thrown into the net.

She turned her head.

Eh? What kind of tea is this?

Looking closer, she froze on the spot.

"Enlightenment... enlightenment tea?"

Zixia rubbed her eyes over and over, but the scene she saw still felt like a dream.

"What are you dazing for? Go try it, let me see if you lied to me!"

Pushed by Lin Bei like a puppet to an enlightenment tea tree, Zixia raised her jade-like hand and reached for one of the enlightenment tea leaves.

Lin Bei nodded inwardly as he watched.

Not bad, the technique was quite professional. One could tell she had practiced!

It was just a bit slow; it took quite a while to pick one leaf.

Lin Bei did a quick calculation. At Zixia's speed, it would take about ten months to pick all the enlightenment tea leaves!

"Good! You just stay here and pick them well! No stealing allowed; I've counted them all!"

After giving his instructions, Lin Bei went to another space and summoned the immortal bell phantom.

Then he took out the eleven fragments.

The fragments were instantly embedded into the immortal bell phantom.

"Ding! Host, please note that influenced by the Immortal Treasure, the System cooldown has been reduced to two days and ten shichen!"

A smile appeared on Lin Bei's face.

Now he could finally go and ransom them without any worries.

Just then, the immortal bell phantom trembled, and a voice slowly drifted out.

"One-tenth of the immortal bell collected. Skill unlocked: Days Like Years."