System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

The Northern Underworld Immortal Abode, the backyard of the Golden Summit of Tangwu Mountain.

At the stone table, Chen Xuan, dressed in white, and Qing Tianyu sat facing each other.

Having just received a stern reprimand from Bai Li, Qing Tian Yu'er felt extremely wronged. Her competitive spirit and strong desire to win led her to make all sorts of demands on Chen Xuan's second primordial spirit, even going so far as to risk her chastity to sleep with him.

Fortunately, after Chen Xuan in white offered words of comfort and promised to stay with her for half a day, her emotions calmed down somewhat.

At this moment, Qing Tianyu'er rested her chin on her wrist, her azure eyes looking at Chen Xuan's face like autumn water, with a hint of triumphant joy deep in her eyes.

"You big bad guy, tell me honestly, did you do something unspeakable with that Bai Li?"

Chen Xuan was taken aback by these words, and looked at Qing Tianyu'er with a smile: "What do you mean by 'unspeakable things'? Please explain more clearly."

Caught off guard by Chen Xuan's counterattack, Qing Tian Yu'er's face flushed red to her fair neck. She stammered, head bowed, "It's... that kind of thing..."

Before she could finish speaking, Chen Xuan smacked her on the head. Qing Tianyu rubbed her head in pain, looking at Chen Xuan with a resentful and angry expression: "So, you two are really together?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Bai Li and I are spirit beast master and servant, we accompany each other day and night, isn't that normal?" Chen Xuan looked at Qing Tian Yu'er with suspicion and said, "It seems you don't have a spirit beast yet."

"Hmph, you know that's not what I meant."

Unable to glean the information she sought, Qing Tianyu continued, looking at Chen Xuan, "Bai Li is so eccentric and sharp-tongued, I don't know why you took her in as a spirit beast."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan's face darkened, and he said unhappily, "You are not allowed to talk about Bai Li like that."

The sudden reprimand made Qing Tian Yu'er tremble. She looked at Chen Xuan, her eyes instantly welling up with tears: "You, you actually scolded me for a spirit beast? I'm yours, I'm yours..."

Chen Xuan hadn't expected to get angry just from hearing someone speak ill of Bai Li. After calming himself down a bit, he looked at Qing Tian Yu'er seriously and said, "In my heart, Bai Li is not only my personal spirit beast, but also family."

"Family? You actually call a spirit beast family?" Qing Tian Yu'er looked at Chen Xuan in surprise, clearly this was the first time she had encountered such a thought. In the past, in that small world, spirit beasts were just tools to their masters, tools to take the fall or run errands.

Seeing Qing Tianyu'er's disbelief, Chen Xuan sighed and said slowly, "I can't control how others treat spirit beasts, but I will never treat any spirit beast as a tool."

“When I was going through a difficult time, everything I cared about was taken care of and protected by Bai Li. Her world consisted only of me, with no other ties.”

This had an unparalleled impact on Qing Tianyu'er's heart. She looked at Chen Xuan in shock and said, "So, you really like Bai Li? But, she is your spirit beast. According to the master-servant contract, you cannot refuse her for anything she does, nor dare you refuse her. It is all only natural."

Hearing this, Chen Xuan fell silent for a moment, instantly recalling everything that had happened in Zelin Sea. He had entrusted the entire Baili Spirit Field to Bai Li, and he no longer needed to worry about the massive monthly supply of spirit grains and medicinal herbs.

It took Bai Li three years to consolidate her cultivation and break through to the Extreme Dao Opening Mansion Realm. During these three years, the Dragon Xia Clan developed so rapidly because Bai Li devoted herself to controlling and dispatching the Opening Mansion Realm demon beasts of Ze Lin Hai to help.

Knowing his own thoughts, Bai Li even rallied all the powerful demons under his command at the Foundation Establishment Realm after learning that Elder Long had mastered the Nine Tempering Demon Body Technique, and searched far and wide for the rare treasures needed for the Nine Tempering Demon Body Technique.

Chen Xuan knew all of this.

Bai Li didn't have to go to such lengths, but she did anyway.

All of this stems from that one sentence: "Master, as your spirit beast, Bai Li will naturally love what you love and cherish what you cherish."

Bai Li used to only have eyes for Chen Xuan, and she didn't care about anyone else.

But what happened later.

Chen Xuan thought for a moment, looked at Qing Tianyu'er, and said seriously, "I like her. Although she is carefree and does things without considering the consequences, she is lively, sensible, quiet and well-behaved. She is never careless in the tasks I assign her."

Chen Xuan looked at Qing Tianyu'er and said, "The reason she reprimanded you this time wasn't because she was jealous of you; that was just an excuse. No one knows her better than me. The reason she took action this time was because you caused trouble in the Hundred Mile Spirit Field."

"Me, because of such a trivial matter, you attacked me?" Qing Tian Yu'er exclaimed in surprise, "How could that be?"

"Hmph, you went to Baili Spirit Field to ask for advice with that attitude. Bai Li will definitely give you a hard time and make you afraid to go down there again. She is worried that you will affect the Five Immortals' descendants' management of the Spirit Field. The harvest of the Spirit Field directly determines the cultivation progress of my primordial spirit body."

Chen Xuan knew Bai Li's little scheme without even needing to calculate, and said it directly.

"what?"

Qing Tian Yu'er was greatly shocked. "How could a spirit beast do this for her master?"

Chen Xuan looked at Qing Tianyu'er and shook his head, saying, "I don't know if you've ever heard this saying."

"What did you say?" Qing Tian Yu'er pressed.

"Discussions can win people's hearts, but sincerity is the ultimate weapon!"

Chen Xuan looked at Qing Tian Yu'er, "For example, you. That night, Elder Sang entrusted you to me on his deathbed, and I did not make a heavenly oath. If I were someone who coveted power and lust, you would have been pregnant long ago, wouldn't you?"

When Chen Xuan in white robes uttered such explicit words, Qing Tian Yu'er's delicate body couldn't help but tremble.

"Hmph, you're right, but what does that have to do with her?" she retorted defiantly.

"Given this premise, I did not take advantage of you in your vulnerable state, nor did I demand any of your valuables as payment. In fact, I even took a huge risk to escort you home."

Chen Xuan looked at Qing Tianyu'er and said, "Isn't what I've done fulfilling Elder Sang's promise? Haven't I treated you with sincerity?"

Qing Tianyu was taken aback. She subconsciously pieced together the fragmented information before nodding, because she found that what Chen Xuan said was all true and without any flaws.

When Chen Xuan saw that Qing Tian Yu'er had briefly regained the intelligence of the former little princess, he said, "The reason why you have complicated feelings for me is not because you fell in love at first sight, but because I am sincere enough to you. Last time, I had a long talk with you and inadvertently entered your heart."

Chen Xuan shook his head repeatedly, "Considering your background, your lonely experiences from childhood to adulthood, and the lack of family and affection, if a strange man suddenly enters your heart, logically you will definitely have an immense fondness for me or even like me. That will not change."

Words fail to convey meaning, and now it was Qing Tian Yu'er's turn to be stunned.

"Although you are young, under the guidance of Elder Sang and other Void-Reversing Immortals, you are certainly not a brainless person. Even if I had been eloquent before, you could still distinguish truth from falsehood based on my actions."

"Do you understand now?" Chen Xuan looked at Qing Tianyu'er, who seemed to understand somewhat, and said, "Bai Li has a sincere heart towards me, and she always knows what she is doing. But how come I can't see that? So in your eyes she is just an insignificant spirit beast, but in my eyes she is not only my spirit beast, but also my family, someone I acknowledge. How can I not be angry when you speak ill of her?"

"But, but she..."

Seeing this, Chen Xuan smiled and shook his head. "Her feelings for you are neither due to jealousy nor because of her eccentric personality. Believe it or not, if I just tell her that I approve of you, she will immediately treat you as one of her own."