There were many countries and tribes in the desert that still had a slave system even until now.
To the aristocrats, the act of getting the slaves to kneel down and lick their feet was the greatest favor they could give the slaves. However, when the Erupting Sand King said this to Fang Xingjian, it was a form of humiliation. It was also a common way aristocrats in the desert would humiliate each other.
However, regardless of whether it was the Erupting Sand King, the Heavenly Dance Monarch who was at the side, or the countless Sand Country's experts who were in the city, none of them seemed surprise at this. Instead, they felt that it was a matter of course.