"There's another living being here?!"
Nuwa's delicate brows drew together slightly, but she did not attack again.
Ling Feng also looked toward the voice, scanning warily. Roots burst out of the soil one after another, followed by a peach tree that kept growing taller and spreading wider until it covered the entire Flat Peach Garden.
Under Ling Feng and Nuwa's gazes, a little girl's face actually appeared on the enormous peach tree, rosy-cheeked and utterly adorable...
Holy shit, has this thing... awakened into a spirit?!
Looking at the girl's face on the enormous trunk, Ling Feng appeared rather astonished.
So did Nuwa, but she was a little calmer than Ling Feng. Upon seeing it, she asked, "Are you born of an innate spiritual root?"
Yet instead of answering Nuwa's question, the little girl complained pitifully, "I'm not telling you! You're so mean! You picked my peaches, and then you hit me too! Boo-hoo..."
As she spoke, she shook her trunk as though she were in pain, tears welling in her eyes. She looked so pitiful and endearing that even Ling Feng began to feel guilty.
Why does this little girl make everything sound so suggestive? What do you mean, picking your peaches and hitting you? You're making me sound like some unforgivably wicked little-girl killer or a domestic abuser...
Naturally, Ling Feng's inward muttering did not escape Nuwa's eavesdropping. However, she did not understand his novel vocabulary, so she could hardly follow his train of thought.
Still, unlike Ling Feng, Nuwa did not pity the Ren Water Flat Peach Tree for her plaintive complaints. Instead, she argued her case. "Had you not attacked us first, I would never have struck you."
"That's because you picked my peaches first! Hmph!"
The Ren Water Flat Peach Tree gave Ling Feng an indignant