"What Household's child is this? So domineering?"
"You don't know? He's the Ling family's second young master. I heard he's a good-for-nothing who never cultivates, spending all day drinking with courtesans at Twin Phoenix Tower despite being so young."
"The City Lord's second young master? No wonder he's so overbearing, daring to directly rebuke so many nobles and dignitaries."
Although Ling Mu had given up cultivation from a young age, he was still the son of Qinglan City's City Lord. His status was not something any of the city's prominent families dared offend lightly. That sharp shout immediately cowed the entire scene.
Even the arrogantly swaggering girl in luxurious robes was clearly intimidated by Ling Mu's identity and did not dare say anything more, though she continued muttering under her breath.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Ling Mu walked to Nie Xiaoyu's side and crouched down, intending to pull the kneeling girl to her feet. Seeing his magnificent robes, Nie Xiaoyu instinctively shrank back, afraid of soiling the clothes of this young man who had spoken up for her.
Yet Ling Mu clearly did not care. He directly grabbed Nie Xiaoyu's grimy little hand and pulled her up, then looked at her face streaked with tears and rainwater as he spoke.
"You said you wanted the Jade Screen Immortal Spirit Pill to save someone. Do you know how much such a pill is worth? Even if you worked for Hundred Herbs Hall your entire life, it still might not be enough."
The young man's words made Nie Xiaoyu's tears flow uncontrollably again. Her father was gravely ill, and only the miraculous pill Uncle Fu had spoken of could save him. The pill was very expensive; that uncle had said earlier that it cost ten thousand Cangyun Coins. She had never even