Crack—
The entire hall was petrified.
Nangong Yin, stuck in the gap of the door, froze stiff.
President Dong Ling, who had been strolling over with measured steps, trembled all over.
Everyone below who heard it had their pupils contract sharply, the entire place falling utterly silent.
With a bang, Liu Lu crashed to his knees, collapsing limply onto the ground.
He turned back to stare at Young Master Xu in disbelief. Seeing the fellow's haughty demeanor, he suddenly understood.
Young Master Xu had treated the person before him as just another ordinary ant.
He...
He had only been in the Royal City for a few days. It was perfectly normal that he did not recognize this "old auntie" he had spoken of! "Y-Young Master Xu!"
Liu Lu's teeth chattered as he shuffled over to Xu Xiaoshou, clutching at his trouser leg. "There's something this lowly one does not know whether he should say."
"If you've got something to say, spit it out."
Xu Xiaoshou flicked his sleeve.
He was still immersed in the stream of "Suspected," "Admired," and "Feared" notifications in the information panel.
Although he did not quite understand why everyone was reacting so intensely, Xu Xiaoshou had assumed it was the effect of his "Swallowing Mountains and Rivers," its pressure crushing the entire hall. Naturally, he did not take it seriously.
Liu Lu took a long breath. Climbing up along Xu Xiaoshou's trouser leg, he lowered his voice and said:
"Perhaps Young Master Xu actually knows who she is, but this lowly one must still risk his life to remind you."
"The old auntie you mentioned is the president of the Royal City Alchemist Association headquarters... President Dong Ling!"
"Huh?" Xu Xiaoshou abruptly froze, his heartbeat seemingly stopping on the spot.
"Frightened, Passive Value, +1."
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