"These things alone made you think of bribery? I thought they were merely ordinary fruits and flowers offered to guests—a small courtesy, hardly worth mentioning. To call them bribes would be too shabby. Or perhaps all of you in your sect..." I put on a look of astonishment. Without saying another word, my meaning was clear: I was mocking them for eating so poorly. If they already treated these fruits and flowers for guests as treasures, what would happen if they truly accepted bribes?
Sure enough, the moment I said that, the female elder of the Liumoon Immortal Sect flushed red. She had kicked an iron plate, and it truly hurt, leaving her unable to stammer out a word for quite some time.
"Heh heh, Sect Master Zhao is using Azurecloud Immortal Fruits and Moonwatch Flowers to entertain guests. You've truly opened this old man's eyes. I wonder, exactly how are these bribes supposed to be offered? I imagine I'm not the only one curious." These liaison elders were either shrewd to the bone or upright and incorruptible, so they had roughly split into two camps. The speaker belonged to the shrewd faction. His roundabout probing was, of course, asking where I had obtained so many resources.
"Elder of the Azure-Robed Immortal Pavilion! Are you saying you intend to accept bribes openly right now? How preposterous!?" the female sect master of the Liumoon Immortal Sect shouted angrily.
"Tsk tsk, Elder Wu, we've come from far away as guests. Our host is so hospitable that she doesn't even mind what we say, so why must we be so serious? Official matters are official matters, but there's no harm in exchanging a few private words." The elder of the Azure-Robed Immortal Pavilion shook his head, then looked toward the people from the