The Guardian Elder's accusatory voice reached everyone's ears.
Xiao Mo gave the Guardian Elder a calm glance, then looked away and said to Tushan Jingci, "Miss, I did this. It has nothing to do with you. Let me handle it."
With that, Xiao Mo started forward.
But Tushan Jingci spread her arms and blocked his path.
"Xiao Mo, you're mine! Your business is my business! How can it have nothing to do with me?"
Tushan Jingci pouted angrily, then turned around, shielding Xiao Mo behind her like a little hen, and declared to the Guardian Elders with complete conviction:
"My Xiao Mo isn't the sort to pick fights for no reason!"
"Your book attendants must have done something outrageous!"
"If anyone should apologize, it's you!"
"Besides, your four book attendants couldn't even beat my Xiao Mo, and you still have the nerve to complain?"
"Aren't you ashamed?"
"Shame on you!"
"Bleh!"
At the end, Tushan Jingci pulled a face and stuck her tongue out at them.
"..."
Mocked by Tushan Jingci, the Guardian Elders' faces turned livid, then purple.
They wanted to lash out.
But even setting aside her status...
For adults over a thousand years old to lose their tempers at a mere six- or seven-year-old girl would be beneath their dignity.
Just as the two sides reached an impasse, a steward from the Hanshan Academy Enforcement Hall finally arrived.
Accompanying the Enforcement Hall cultivator was Master Xian of the Qianxue Study Hall, who was also Tushan Jingci and the others' teacher.
"What happened?"
Jiang Feng, the Enforcement Hall steward, frowned as he surveyed everyone.
The book attendant Wang Zhong tried to speak first and twist the facts to his advantage, but Master Xian waved him silent and looked at the human girl standing behind and to one side