The little girl was indirectly squeezed aside by the old man. She bit her lower lip, looking aggrieved. Although she was twelve or thirteen, she was still just a child.
"Good heavens, this is... this is an Earthly Immortal Fruit sprouting! My god, could it be that the water in this barrel hasn't been poisoned!?" The old man was startled and even reached out to undo the transparent lid.
Le Zhi immediately hammered him several times with her fists and hurriedly cried, "You can't open it! You can't open it! Go away!"
The old man instantly widened his eyes and stood up. Fu Yang hurriedly pulled the child behind him, saying warily, "Senior, children don't know any better..."
"Lord Xia! You actually dared to cultivate the Heavenly City's forbidden treasure, the Earthly Immortal Fruit! Are you trying to get yourself killed!? And you even let a little girl watch it for fun!? Do you know that if anyone here lets it slip and word gets out, not one person present will escape unscathed!?" Xu Xuan shouted.
This was the rear courtyard area, and no matter how loudly he shouted, his voice couldn't pass through the grand formation. So I didn't care how loud he was and merely said, "Stop making such a racket here. I was never one of your Heavenly City's people in the first place. What's wrong with cultivating a few Earthly Immortal Fruits? Do I need your permission?"
"Hehe, you're indeed impressive, kid, but aren't you afraid I'll spread the word? When that happens, the City Lord will be the first to come after you! If you don't want me to say anything, it's simple enough. Just give me a set of martial-skill umbrellas, and I'll let you off for now!" Xu Xuan tried to extort me