Speedy About-Face, With a Handling Fee

Zi Yan had not been in such a hurry at first, but the medicinal fragrance wafting from Xiao Yan was irresistible. With Elder Hao tightening security around the Medicine Garden, she had set her sights on the newcomer.

Watching Zi Yan put on the air of a solemn little adult, Xiao Yan nearly lost his composure again.

He walked up to Zi Yan and reached out to pat her little head.

But the moment he reached for her, Zi Yan nimbly darted aside, evading his grasp.

"Pay the protection fee, or I'll eat you!" Zi Yan took a step back, bared a row of tiny white teeth, and delivered her fierce threat.

"Pfft!" Xiao Yan could no longer hold it in. He burst out laughing on the spot.

"You!" Furious at being taken so lightly, Zi Yan stamped her foot.

The little girl was used to doing whatever she pleased in the Inner Academy. This was the first time she had met someone who did not take her seriously.

So she decided to teach this arrogant newcomer a lesson.

Zi Yan clenched her little fist and threw a punch at Xiao Yan.

She knew how formidable her brute strength was, so she held back deliberately, afraid she might actually hurt him.

Xiao Yan did not rush. He slid neatly out of the way, then extended a single finger and planted it firmly against Zi Yan's forehead.

His arm was far longer than hers. No matter how wildly the little girl swung her short arms, she could not reach him.

Zi Yan's brute strength, which had never failed her before, was utterly useless against Xiao Yan.

Seeing that neither her little arms nor her legs could reach him, Zi Yan puffed out her cheeks in anger. "That blasted Transformation Grass!"

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