Hearing Xue Fuyao scold him, Jiang Zuo blinked and said, "Don't you think this makes it more exciting? Besides, this is a hidden weapon I developed specifically for situations like this. Silent, powerful-the only drawback is its limited range. It can only be used at short distances."
"The word genius was practically made for me. Such..."
At that, Xue Fuyao rolled her eyes. Not bothering with someone who was already lost in self-admiration, she prepared to open the third Jade Box.
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a large group marching toward her from afar. Leading them was, unexpectedly, a child who looked four or five years old, dressed in red, with two little tufts of hair on his head and chubby cheeks. He looked utterly adorable.
However, Xue Fuyao was not dazzled by the child's cuteness. This was the Black Market, after all. Anyone who could swagger around here either had powerful backing or strength of their own.
The latter was impossible, so it could only be the former. In particular, if her senses were not mistaken, what those people following the child carried was... demonic qi?
Xue Fuyao withdrew her gaze and opened the third Jade Box in her hands. Inside lay a golden fruit. On closer inspection, its shape looked remarkably like a child.
This was a Ginseng Fruit. Cultivators could extend their lifespans by consuming it.
Ginseng Fruit was golden from the moment it formed. Once it passed a thousand years of age, its shape would change, gradually becoming irregular rather than ordinary. It was said that once a Ginseng Fruit reached ten thousand years of age, it looked like a child.
The Ginseng Fruit Xue Fuyao had brought out was over a thousand years old. Its shape had already changed,