The crowd was aflame with outrage.
Whether civil officials or military generals, all of them had red-rimmed eyes at this moment.
First Cheng Buxiu had knelt before the mountain gate and suffered humiliation; now Zhao Zhongliu had been beaten before the hall.
Even if it was Five Immortals Mountain, even if they were the legendary Immortals who held themselves above all others.
To trample people like this, to behave with such lawless tyranny.
High Ancestor's face was livid, the aura around him surging as he stared fixedly at the child.
If not for his concern for the citizens throughout the city, he would have long since been unable to restrain himself from fighting to the death.
Yet faced with the boiling fury of the crowd, the child was utterly unafraid.
He was Red Toad True Person's chief disciple and bore the inheritance of the Red Immortal.
Though he looked like no more than a child of seven or eight, his cultivation had already reached the complete Lamp-Lighting Realm.
Let alone the aged High Ancestor of the Li Clan.
Even if all the ants in this city rushed him at once.
In his eyes, it would merely take a little effort; with a flip of his palm, he could suppress them all.
However.
The child lowered his eyelids slightly, recalling Red Toad True Person's commandment.
This descent from the mountain had been solely to find the woman blessed with immense destiny.
If he started a massacre in this Imperial City and became tainted by the karmic sins of this dynasty, damaging his Dao heart and harming his cultivation, he would inevitably receive a harsh punishment upon returning.
At that thought, he curled his lips in boredom, and the killing intent in his eyes gradually faded.
"Forget it, forget it."
He casually