The newcomer reported, "During the routine inspection and count, the people on watch suddenly discovered that the fruit tree had blossomed."
"Bullshit! How could it suddenly blossom?" Ye Nian snapped, but he could no longer keep his composure and flashed out at once.
When he reached the vicinity of the Boundless Fruit Tree, he found a crowd already gathered around its perimeter, pointing and discussing it, with more people continuing to arrive.
Beneath the Boundless Fruit Tree, the three Crow Generals had assumed human form. Like demons, they stood guard under the tree, preventing those outside from approaching.
Those on the perimeter did not dare draw near either. If they startled the Crow Generals into destroying the fruit, no one here could bear the responsibility.
Pushing through the crowd to the front, Ye Nian fixed his eyes on the tree. The fruit was still hanging there, and he could not see where it had blossomed. He could not help asking, "Where has it blossomed?"
Those able to stand at the front were all people of status. An old man with white hair pointed and said, "Look, on that little branch."
Ye Nian deliberately tilted his head and followed the man's finger. On the small branch, he saw the faintest hint of flower buds. Their tips had already split open into white slits, as though they were about to bloom. Suspicious, he said, "Are you sure this counts as blossoming? Has anyone here ever seen what a Boundless Fruit blossom looks like?"
The white-haired old man sighed. "At first, we didn't dare believe it either. But when we noticed the anomaly and worried something had happened to the fruit tree, the people on watch took a closer look. The more they looked, the more it resembled flower buds. Fly up and