Within the main hall, violet-gold light flowed quietly.
The Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit hung from a small tree half a person's height tall. Half its skin bore dragon patterns, while the other half bore phoenix patterns, as though two extremely ancient bloodlines slumbered within it. A thin barrier covered the outside of the tree. It was not thick, and after countless years, fine cracks had already appeared across its surface. Yet it still firmly sealed the fruit's fragrance inside.
Zi Yan stood before the barrier, tilting up her little face as she stared at it for quite a while.
Xiao Fan did not urge her.
Hei Qing stood behind them, looking more nervous than anyone.
Zi Yan herself was the most relaxed instead.
She circled halfway around the barrier, then suddenly reached out and poked it with a finger.
The barrier trembled faintly, sending ripples of violet-gold light across its surface.
Zi Yan blinked and turned back to Xiao Fan. "It looks like it's about to break."
Xiao Fan said, "Too much time has passed. Most of its sealing power has dissipated."
"Then can I just take it?"
Zi Yan's little face immediately fell a little.
"Why do I always have to wait whenever there's something tasty?"
Xiao Yi Xian chuckled softly. "Because the better something is, the less you can eat it carelessly."
Zi Yan thought for a moment, then earnestly argued, "But the better a pill is, the faster you have to eat it, or someone else might snatch it."
Hei Qing's eyelid twitched slightly at that.
Xiao Fan smiled. "No one's going to snatch it from you this time."
Zi Yan immediately looked at him. "You won't snatch it either?"
Xiao Fan froze.
"Why would I snatch it?"
Zi Yan muttered quietly, "You have so many flames. What