Chapter 406: 406: Fang family gains a new servant.

"I know," Lin Zhaoyue whispered softly.

Her voice was calm, yet her fingers never loosened around his hand.

"But three years have already passed within this realm. All of our children are grown up now."

"...Children?"

Fang Yuan stared at her blankly, confusion written plainly across his face. The two of them hadn’t even consummated their marriage yet.

Lin Zhaoyue nodded naturally.

"Mnm. Mei’er and the others."

Then she tugged his hand.

"Come. I’ll show you."

Before Fang Yuan could even process what was happening, she had already started pulling him away.

Behind them, Zhu Huan who had remained silent midair finally opened her mouth

"...What about me?" she asked weakly. "Take me too..."

Lin Zhaoyue suddenly stopped walking and the atmosphere instantly turned strange again.

Slowly, she turned her head.

"...Who is she?"

Fang Yuan also turned around before calmly answering,

"A servant my master sent to help our clan."

"Huh—what?!"

Zhu Huan’s eyes widened instantly.

"Wait, I’m not a serva—"

But before she could finish, Xuanwu and Xiao Bai slowly turned their heads toward her.

As if to say, think twice before you speak.

Boom.

Terrifying beast aura silently flooded the surroundings.

Zhu Huan instantly stiffened and cold sweat rolled down her forehead.

Her lips trembled faintly as she truly wanted to cry.

But under the suffocating, predatory gazes of the two beasts, Zhu Huan swallowed any complaints back and lowered her head.

"...I-I’m just a servant," she muttered miserably.

"I see." Lin Zhaoyue nodded lightly. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Yet her eyes lingered,unconvinced.

After a brief pause, she added in a calm, almost gentle tone,

"Then make sure you stay at least two thousand kilometers away from my husband."

Zhu Huan froze.

"...T-two... thousand?"

Her fingers slowly lifted as she began counting in the air, her expression turning increasingly blank.

"How... how long is that...?"

Fang Yuan let out a quiet chuckle.

"Wifey, don’t bully her," he said casually. "She’s actually quite useful to the clan."

As the word ’wifey’ land Lin Zhaoyue’ s entire body stiffened.

Following that, a faint blush spread across her face, creeping all the way to her ears already forgetting about Zhu Huan.

A few minutes later, the trio arrived before a vast camp of tents.

The area was quiet beneath the night sky, faint lantern lights flickering softly between rows of sleeping quarters.

Lin Zhaoyue finally loosened Fang Yuan’s hand.

Then she took a deep breath.

"Wake up."

Her voice was not loud yet it spread across the entire camp with terrifying clarity.

The next instant, chaos erupted.

Tents burst open one after another.

"What happened?!"

"Enemy attack?!"

"Matriach called us!"

Figures rushed out in panic, spiritual qi surging wildly in every direction.

Then everyone froze... dozens of eyes landed directly on Fang Yuan.

"Master!"

Fang Lian’s eyes instantly turned teary as she rushed forward and threw herself into Fang Yuan’s arms without hesitation.

Fang Yuan staggered slightly before catching her instinctively.

Then he blinked. She had truly grown taller.

"Brother!"

Fang Mei also charged forward right after her, nearly crashing into him as she grabbed onto his sleeve tightly.

At the side, Mu Qing stood completely frozen.

His mouth slowly fell open as he stared at the figure before him in disbelief.

"...Master?" he called out quietly, as though trying to confirm this wasn’t another dream.

"Brother Shouge!" x2

Lu Yi and Xiao Pei came running over together, tears and snot everywhere as they practically tackled Fang Yuan from the side.

"I thought you died!" Lu Yi screamed, tears of joy pouring down his face.

Yet the moment those words fell, a terrifying bloodlust suddenly engulfed the surroundings.

Everyone stiffened and Fang Yuan slowly turned toward the source.

Lin Zhaoyue was staring at Lu Yi with killing intent so dense it almost solidified.

It genuinely looked like she was about to slaughter him for saying something so unlucky.

Lu Yi’s face instantly turned pale.

Fang Yuan stared for a second before suddenly bursting into loud laughter.

"Brother Dajian," he said between laughs, "at this rate, you might die before it’s my turn."

Lu Yi immediately looked even more horrified.

Meanwhile, Xiao Pei had already started crying loudly from the side.

"Brother Shouge, you have no idea how miserable we’ve been!" he complained tearfully. "Sister-in-law forced us to cultivate every single day! EVERY DAY!"

"She said if we couldn’t survive hardship, we didn’t deserve to stand beside you!"

"she’s terrifying!" Xiao Pei wailed. "Don’t ever leave her here, if you’re going anywhere, just take her with you!"

When Lin Zhaoyue heard that she turned towards Xiao Pei who then immediately stopped crying and instead stuck out his tongue, pulled down one eyelid and vanished right behind Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan chuckled lightly and then looked at everyone present.

"Well, at least all of you reached the Hollow Spirit Realm because of her."

The moment those words left his mouth, Lin Zhaoyue’s expression changed instantly.

The coldness around her disappeared without a trace.

Her eyes visibly brightened, and the terrifying aura from earlier melted away as though it had never existed.

Even the corners of her lips lifted slightly.

Behind Fang Yuan, Xiao Pei stared in disbelief.

"...She can make that expression?" he muttered in shock.

Standing at the very back, Zhu Huan was completely stunned.

Her mind buzzed as she stared at the group before her.

Isn’t this supposed to be a lower realm?

What does he mean by "all of you reached the Hollow Spirit Realm"...?

Her eyes slowly shifted toward Lin Zhaoyue and smile on Zhu Huan’s face gradually stiffened as a faint chill crawled up her spine.

What exactly is she...? What kind of monster is she?

Based on common sense, a single cultivator reaching the Hollow Spirit Realm in a lower realm was already enough to be called a heaven-defying miracle.

But here—

From the looks of it, this Lin Zhaoyue had personally dragged every single one of them into that realm by force.

And this was still the lower realm.

Zhu Huan’s pupils trembled slightly.

If this woman were brought into the higher realms...

How terrifying would she become?

For the first time since arriving here, Zhu Huan genuinely felt fear toward Lin Zhaoyue.

Not because of her cultivation nut because of what she represented.

Only now did Zhao Lusi’s words resurface in her mind.

Back then, she thought the Wine Immortal had been exaggerating as usual.

But now, looking at the camp full of Hollow Spirit cultivators...

Zhu Huan finally understood that elder Zhao Lusi hadn’t exaggerated at all.