I've Been Part of Shrek Academy for a Long Time!

"If you came tonight only to say these things, then forgive this old man for not keeping you company."

"You know I've just taken on the burden of Sea God Pavilion. I have plenty to deal with and no time to chat here with a little brat like you."

Seeing Long Wushang still beating around the bush, especially whenever he mentioned Long Xiaoyao, Xuan Zi's expression grew even uglier.

If Long Xiaoyao had stood before him and spoken so arrogantly, Xuan Zi truly would have had nothing to criticize.

But was a little brat like him really planning to use Long Xiaoyao's name to pressure this old man in Shrek City? What a joke.

Xuan Zi snorted coldly. After speaking, he waved a hand, drew over the wine jug on the table, opened its spout, and took another fierce swig.

Long Wushang did not get angry at his reaction. Instead, he took out a jug of fine liquor he had brought from the Sun Moon Empire from his storage ring.

To put it plainly, this fine liquor was alcohol blended from industrial spirits. Such a method had yet to appear in the three great empires.

It was a genuine rarity, something ordinary people could not buy even with money. One sip of the stuff was incredibly potent.

"Why must Senior Xuan Zi harbor such hostility and resentment toward me?" Long Wushang asked with a smile as he walked to Xuan Zi's side and offered him the fragrant wine. When Xuan Zi refused to take it, he set it on the steps nearby.

Xuan Zi gave a cold snort and glanced at the jug, showing no appreciation for his gesture of goodwill.

"What an interesting thing to say. It would be stranger if this old man had no hostility toward you."